Milan’s mistake with their Champions League squad – they inadvertently included Stephan El Shaarawy in their restricted A List of players, instead of the B List, denying a place in either list for M’Baye Niang, is welcome news. Their squad is strong, with or without Niang, but the oversight lends credence to the notion that a malaise has settled over the club. Director, Umberto Gandini apologised, but already the Milanese are focused on what they don’t have in their armory as a result of the oversight – an excuse for failure is ready made.
I met the owner of an IT company shortly before they went into liquidation and asked him who he had on his board. “Are you not on our board too?” was his jocular response. The company had already gone through a couple of difficult years. With each passing period investors became increasingly concerned; they all wanted a place around the boardroom table, convinced that their gilt-edged experience would be able to guide the company through its troubles.
The chief exec had to cope not-so-much with a boardroom full of captains of industry (which they were), as another pressure group to satisfy, along with clients, creditors, staff and the bank (they may have been weeks from liquidation, but they still had borrowing, this was not a Metro Bank deposit account-only operation).
The chief exec understood the industry and, left to his own devices, stood a sporting chance at survival, but when the boardroom table became occupied by a parcel of rogues the game was up.
On a completely separate matter, I am delighted at the prospect of Paul Murray and John McClelland having a second shot at being a non-executive director of a football club. Wikipedia’s definition of the roles of a non-exec is worth a cursory glance to indicate why. They did so well last time. The others, who it is proposed will share a place at Newco’s table, also appear perfect for the role. If only Sir David would come out of retirement and join them.
Will one of the many directors insist that The Rangers Football Club Ltd submits its Annual Return to Companies House? Under its previous name, Sevco Scotland Ltd, The Rangers Football Club Ltd bought liquidation assets from Duff and Phelps, and which, according to Rangers International’ PLC’s interim financial statement in March, was incorporated into the PLC’s group.
The Return is over two months late. Perhaps, with so many directors available for comment, one will be asked by a journalist or shareholder why the company which bought all the assets has not submitted basic information, revealing ownership details. Perhaps not. No hurry, a striking off notice will be weeks away.
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I’ll tellye sumthin. Naw ave changed ma mind. I don’t go to them “other sites” often.
But, what I huv noticed is that there is a word that is frequently seen on their sites but seldom seen on ours and that word is C*** I do not know why that is because we all come (originally) from the same town So ? mmmmmmmm?
Mungolian bhoy.
P67 would deletet your account for one if you used language like that on tbis site.
This work lark has crtainly curtailed my cqn posting. Too tired to post much..
BT
Up early again? Good to see that your progress is such that you’re back at work. Good to see the progress but I’m sure that you have your own views about being back at work.
Dr whatfor.
Good to be back helping those who need inmore than I.
The fightback begins..8)
BT
Get in there!!
HH
The bardest part of the day is gettjng mrs bt out of her bed to run me to the station..
Wish me luck comrades…
Later…KTF
Good morning friends and a Big Happy Friday from a dry but cloudy East Kilbride.
Hope wee Gordon’s Scotland continue to show the ole green shoots of recovery this evening.
Oh and to anyone involved in the Kano Foundation golf day today, have fun and fingers crossed that the rain stays away.
Well, in that case I might as well go for a rare hat-trick.
Picking up a new car this afternoon. SEAT Ibiza 1.2 FR. Red. Woo-hoo!
Off to work…..
Which one of you comedians started the ‘five star’ rumour on sevcomedia? Mocking the afflicted, I call it!!!
I notice that BT Sport 1 are screening the Stan Petrov charity match
Live, this coming Sunday, which kicks off at 2pm.
Said TV screening should start, around 1:30pm.
There is a crowd of 55,000 expected for said match, I’ll be there.
It should be a good day out, I hope the weather stays dry.
I also notice Martin O’Neill is Managing the Hoops Eleven & Kenny
Dalgleish is Managing Stans Eleven.
So here is too an enjoyable fundraising day, cheers everyone. :-) :-)
Maybe something for some views to be reconsidered a wee bit:
“Petrov, who was diagnosed with acute leukaemia in March 2012 and has now been in remission for over a year, explained that his friendship with Terry began when they were captains of Aston Villa and Chelsea respectively. “He’s been a great support to me throughout my treatment. He’s been
brilliant for me.
“When I called him and asked him to play he said he’d be there and just to let him know when it was. That was his reaction. He said that every player would love to play at Celtic Park in front of that crowd.”
JJ (Aff oot)
I bid you a pleasant day, Jungle Jim.
Morning Celts and happy Friday!
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ACCR cheers for the ringtone.
Offski!
V
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At the Start iof this Article l assumed it was Murray (P) and McClellend he was talking avout..Ha
Courtesy Do The Bouncy..
The Quiet Before the Storm
It’s often a strange experience being a Bear but you have to say it’s never boring.
Now that we are able to compete on an equal basis the thought crossed my mind that it had the feel of the quiet before the storm. If we ignore the self destructive nature of the people who run our club and their childish infighting, we are in quite a good position or as the yanks say the state of the union is good. (sorry about the pun)
On that premise I began to wonder what would happen next because I never, for a moment, believed that those who strove so hard to kill us would allow us to rise without hindrance and that they would, in the interests of sporting integrity, ensure that hurdles were placed in our way. As I say that I can hear the usual suspects crying paranoia in one respect they would be correct there is paranoia but it mainly resides in those who wish to see our club buried without trace.
We are, if you believe most of the Scottish media, the epitome of evil and the main reason for the demise of what to be a great football nation although the reason for this view has ever been adequately explained but then again if you have control of the media then no explanations are required. They are organisations who demand full disclosure from everyone, about everything, except themselves. Ah but!, they say, the Rangers support are just as paranoid and to an extent they are right but as the old adage goes “just because we are paranoid doesn’t mean everyone isn’t out to get us”
We have the situation that if everything goes to plan, and there are no changes in the rules governing promotion and relegation, then after two years we will be back with the “big boys”.
These clubs, so big that they average between 5,000 and 10,000 attendance at games over a season and for the most part have very little chance of winning any trophies. Yet each year they represent the country in European competition. The reason they can do that is because the “Premiership” is a joke and a league without class or competition. To be fair it was not much better when we were in it but at least no one would have been talking about Celtic playing their CL qualifiers NEXT year.
On that basis there is certainly some motive to at least delay our return to the top because we would, even having rebuilt our squad compete for the league and all cups. This raises an interesting point that were we to say win the Scottish cup next year we would be eligible to obtain the European license (because our 3 years would be served) and play in the Europa League, if the SFA were prepared to grant it. It would interesting to see what would happen. And whether some other impediment were to placed in our way.
We now have on the SFA and SPFL boards representatives from clubs and individuals who were at the forefront in trying to kill Rangers in the name of “sporting integrity” but none of whom have had the common decency to admit they were wrong let alone apologise. This is a damming indictment into the bias, nasty, vicious heart of Scottish football and exposes the blatant attempt to use a groundswell of misinformation to kill off a rival hated adversary. There is no doubt that we as bears had a role to play in our downfall of our club but had the rush to condemn, by the “football family” been stemmed, it is wholly possible that the club could and would have come out of administration, perhaps weaker but still in the then SPL.
There is no doubt that there was a concerted effort to destroy our club by some of this family, ably assisted by a number of prominent journalists, a word I use advisedly.
Why then do I rake over old coals. Surely it’s past and everyone is moving forward to the betterment of Scottish football. Well you can believe that if you want but my instincts tell me that there is more waiting down the road for us. If you look dispassionately at what has happened over the past few months it is like a game of chess where all the pieces are being put into place ready to try and make the final move of checkmate. What gives rise to this assertion is the following;
Why the rush to re-organise Scottish football which resulted in little more than a name change?
The member balance of the SPFL board.
The addition of Lawell to the SFA main board
The uncertainty of new rules for competitions this year regarding e.g. trialists
The decline in attacks by the media, excepting Green and the BBC’s usual diatribes.
We now have things starting to move slowly with certain journalists starting to find things other than board to smack us down with like the concern over Lawell’s appointment and major war breaking out on twitter and other social media sites. We are chastised as we do not regard Lawell as the messiah who will save the game in Scotland. Why would we be concerned after all he is the man who has continually and over a number of years stated his desire is to take his club out of Scotland. Good to see that the game is in safe hands.
It will be interesting to watch the way in which the media deal with Ranger’s progress through the leagues. We are dammed if we do and dammed if we don’t. They have us winning every game and delight when the team struggles whereas we, the supporters, know that it is not always as easy as they think it should be and therefore we and our players give other teams more respect the media and the ”big boys” do.
I believe this may be one part of the strategy to keep Rangers in the wrong type of headlines, which of course sells papers and raises ratings. However what worries me more is what is happening behind the scenes at Hampden and how that will affect the club I love.
In summary there is never any evidence or hard fact that I or anyone else will be able to show that there is still hatred being aimed at our club. I think the best way I can summit up is to ask those of you who have holidayed in any tropical or hot country and experienced a serious storm. You instinctively know that something is about to happen, something is coming your way. You can’t see it, feel ,taste it but you know it is coming.
That’s how I feel at the moment so please bears lets watch for the storm clouds this time before we get caught in the maelstrom.
Summa
Top of the morning from a still, grey, Fife.
Neil Lennon & McCartney
01:38 on 6 September, 2013
Dutch MP claims Gareth Bale’s Real Madrid transfer was bogusly financed by bankrupt Bankia
………………………….
Yes it is to be expected but interesting that any politician would get angry when a bank subsidised by EU funding uses it to prop up a profligate football club living beyond its means.
But is it any worse than the Bank of Scotland doing the same with shareholder’s/savers money going to a businessman who happens also to own profligate club, which also cheats the taxman?
Afraid you won’t hear any politicians in this country speak out about this outrage instead the politicians outbursts were about the possibility of this football club going burst……………..because it was a scottish institution…..doncha know.
SOS copy and paste post 07 59
Nada hay más surreal que la realidad. (There´s nothing as surreal as reality) – Salvador Dali
Jungle Jim,
7.26
Morning all,
I was never a fan of John Terry.Thought it was a strange one him appearing at Stans Game.I chatted it over with someone wiser than me(my Son), who informed me of some of the stuff that was being said by celtic fans regarding JT. He said to me “Dad the guy has decided to get involved in a worthy cause, probably knows hes going to get pelters, and hes put his name forward”. John Terry went up in my estimation,and I really hope he gets a true welcome on Sunday!
lilys grandpa
Summa of Sammi….
Sevco 1550 European Exclusion has not been served until they produce
legit/legal business accounts which consist of no sniff whatsoever of
any sign of money laundering being involved in the transparency of
their day to day running and organization.
& That’s if they manage to win the said trophy in the foreseeable future
which in any case is highly unlikely.
First post in weeks,hope Ive not broke it!!
lilys
Starry Plough – Sorry to read the sad news about your Mother chara.
Sincere sympathy from Belfast.
KTF.
“However what worries me more about my team is what is going on behind the scenes at Hampden” if you had payd more attention about what was going on behind the scenes at Ibrox your old club would still be here and you would not be spending a lot of time posting things about a tribute act who are playing at your old teams stadium , or ticketuses, or who ever owns that should and would have been my first priority, I would be demanding to know who owned the stadium, they all seem more worried about PL than who Owens there stadium, no wonder they got liquidated, OH and they won’t be playing anywhere in Europe next season, stupid, stupid sevco zombies.
Sevco is also known as Baby Co.
With D3 winners 2012/13 on their new history show.
& Their confused songs show, which makes them
hypocrites you know, and their church leader who
we now know, does not follow this socalled Sevco.
I cannot wait until the bigot dome is turned in to a car park….those zombies are totally brain dead….meanwhile, they all attack jim spence for telling the truth.
I don’t totally understand why none of them have been jailed yet….but I live in hope.
what a corrupt cesspool the sfa is….absolutely shocking what they re getting away with…I really hope and prey that they get their comeuppance…anyway
Mon the hoops
Hail Hail
WITS, Calabam, LeftClick and BGFC, for last night, thanks Lhads.
Hi Ho…………………
I heard that Gareth Bale is now earning £300,000 per week with
Royal Madrid,that’s £15,600,000 per year what a lucky guy.
Sometime in the future he will probably get a new massive/
Mansion built in Wales which will make Buckingham Palace
look small and also put Spain’s economy into snail pace
recovery mode.
The Green Man
The sad truth is the SFA and Scottish Football, need that mob around.
Because of the money they bring into Scottish Football, via their vile
following, sad but true.
What exactly did Jim Spence say? Tried to look online but found links to zombie sites spewing bile.
AKBW
I for one…will never watch that mob ever at CP, and I hope I wont be the only one
I hope PL can sort it out because its beyond joke at the sfa….they should be investigated by UEFA
No sevco at CP…No old firm either….ipox turned in to a car park:)
Hail Hail
Probably the truth Paul The Spark, but it’s quite obvious that the
Listeners to who listen to Radio Clyde phone in’s, who in majority
are mainly huns, do not want to hear the truth being spoken.
They just want to mainly hear BS being said, about their favourites,
all of the time. Talk about living in denial, or what.
The answer may be found here
“The old club that died” lolocaust :-)))))
AKBW1888
Jim Spence is on BBC
I’d be genuinely interested to know how many Tims professing that they’d never attend a game against the deid mob would in actual fact turn up in 2/3 years time once they’ve played their way back to the top tier.
HT
Start a list
Love
Didn’t realise that Ingurrlands latest worldbeater Rickie Lambert, who made his debut against Scotland is 31 years old. So for a centre forward that probably gives him a maximum lifespan of about 2 years.
pogmathonyahun aka laird of the smiles
09:54 on 6 September, 2013
The answer may be found here
HEED EXPLODES… Wahaaahaaaa.
Brilliant
Gb
the green man,
When the unfortunately inevitable arrives in the, hopefully, distant future I dream our club and fans treat the match with the disdain it deserves and the crowd is smaller than Arbroath Dec 12 (no disrespect intended towards the Red Lichties).
I will not be there.
cv