Neil Lennon seemed hurt by the performance yesterday. “Some of [the players]look like their minds are elsewhere at other clubs.
“I don’t know if they have been tapped up, I don’t know where they are mentally, but you can tell by their body language they are not with us at the minute and I’ll have to sort that out.”
“I have pulled them out of places that no-one had heard of and put them in the shop window.
“And I want payback now. That is simply not good enough.”
Those of you of a certain age might have thought that sounded a bit like:
“You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar, when I met you. I picked you out, I shook you up and turned you around, turned you into someone new.”
Of course, that girl from the Human League retorted:
“I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar, that much is true. But even then I knew I’d find a much better place, either with or without you.”
As Human League declared in verse, talent will find its level, but only if it performs. It doesn’t matter where they came from, players who cannot excel in the SPL will drift into relative obscurity on leaving Celtic. There has been no exception to this rule.
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BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
Wasn’t all bad. In his first match v Rangers at Paradise I had him for first goal and 2-0. £2 at 150/1!
LB
Jam67 @10.42 said …
as for the msm and the spl league points total
better to win the league by 1 point in an honest set up than win it by 30 points with the help of cheats with whistles
Excellent retort my good mhan – well said!
Just watched the Griffith free kick v Hearts…..World class officials indeed :o(
LIVIBHOY
Congratulations,ya lucky bassa!
He was a good player,no doubt about it,just not for us. In that respect he wasn’t the first nor the last.
I remember backing a dog at 150/1 in the late 80s,put a quid on it cos I couldnae believe the price! Only after I checked no-one had cut a leg off it,mind…
voguepunter
Hibs did get that goal last season v the Pars that was never in.
They seem to get the same rub of the green with these things as us tho. 1 for them and a dozen against.
Lot of Hibee’s not happy in the office in auld reekie today tho.
LB
RANGERS plan to increase the club’s turnover to £100 million a year once it returns to top-level competition.
I plan to be the King of Scotland. You will get better odds on me achieving my goal first…
ASonOfDan
Only 100 million Challs is slipping…
Ah…. the ole low points tally not seen during the days when Sevco weren’t ever really trying to gain an unfair advantage?
If Celtic have a low winning score only MSM would notice, or care, they’d care if it was the highest winning points margin as well, and both ways it would be because there is……. no Rangers. If Celtic do the double, it’ll be because there is no Rangers, if we don’t, some hurting hun hack will still write it’s because there is no Rangers.
None of it matters and it’s all about the death of Rangers, just like virtually every football non story in Scotland is somehow linked with the Armageddon. It’ll get worse as the season draws to a close, and reach fever pitch in the summer when they resign themselves to another year in the bottom tier.
Next they’ll be telling us that if we had Rangers we’d have goal line technology, and Hibs would have beat Hearts.
Imagine there is no Rangers. it’s easy, if you try.
ASonOfDan – 11:12 on 11 March, 2013
Is that the number of rocks they’re planning on turning over in the hope of finding a pot of gold?
bournesouprecipe
I’m surprised the whole country hasn’t ground to a halt without the “fabric of the nation”
Another year in the bottom tier how much do I like the sound of that…
Sign that goalie – safe pair of hands, but with a sore finger.
Is his name Martin?
HH!!
emeraldbee\o/ proud to be an internet bampot
11:05 on
11 March, 2013
thank you
without fear of favour…………sfa & spl …………what about rag ers / sevco / new club 2014 ?
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all the while the fake over continues at hampdump and in the msm
the spl clubs are meeting at hampdump to talk over rule changes
ffs they cannot even uphold the ones they have already
its all about the money and keeeping the status quo……a band aff their heids
if you contine to finance them with our cash
THE STENCH FROM HAMPDUMP WILL LINGER FOR MANY MORE YEARS TO COME
jam67
LiviBhoy
Correct mhate,though the ratio a wee bit oot,I would say 1 for ,100 against :O)
Recent poor domestic performances, many attributing to possible attitude/motivation issues from the players, which on occasion is understandable.
However, earlier this season we brought in Jim McGuinness from Donegal GAA. I understood his role to be Performance Consultant or something similar. At the time Lennon said : “He will predominantly work with younger players but if I feel there is a first-team player that would benefit from Jim’s skill I would have no hesitation in using him.”
If he hasn’t already been near the first team players, why not? Jim has a masters degree in sports psychology. Time to earn your crust Jim!
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS @10:06 lampoons
“…
Their chances of a £100m turnover are similar to Hitler’s of a 1000-year Reich.”
Do you think future generations will be dressing up as Rangers players and supporters for fancy dress nights with a horror theme?
Might it be necessary to specify on our invites “nae huns allowed”!?
The story in the Herald is hysterical. They give you a fantasy breakdown of the figure to show you how achievable it is.
Jackanory tell me a story…
NTASSOOLLA
That’s a thought-we’d probably have to specify “No young royals allowed”
miki67 we CQNers are very much with you. When we say “if there’s anything we can do”, we mean it. That’s likely to translate into a few hours company.
I was on last night and I did reply to one of your posts. It may be that you missed that. Or it may be that you do not want to correspond with me. I don’t know.
Peace.
That Herald story (SFTB) is similar to the LNS judgement and `punishment` in that both cases only confirm what we already knew: The Authorities and the MSSM are firmly behind whosoever plays out of Ibrox.
34,000 odd ,eh? Based on something I read recently, they add about 6,000 or so onto the actual crowd (as do we) so 28,000 ish.
Interesting.
JJ
“It should have been 4-2 at half-time,” he
said. “We had clear-cut chances, which
on a pitch like this is difficult to do. And
the game became a fight in the second
half, which you expect it to.
“It gives us a week to recuperate. We
have had a long week. We had a four-
hour drive on Friday after coming back
from Italy on Thursday.
“So there were mitigating circumstances
for a bit of lethargy but what you can´t
lack is character and I thought we lacked
that in a lot of departments.
“I´ll make changes. I will hopefully have
Georgios Samaras and Emilio Izaguirre
back next week, and we will see how
Victor Wanyama is.”
Anyone got a link to the herald article , could do with a good laugh .
HH
Miki67
our lady of lourdes pray for you
You are an inspiratation to us all with your bravery
You’ll never walk alone
Celtic are in a no win situation this season. If they win the league at a canter the MSM will bleat about how boring it is, if it’s exciting and Celtic win then they will claim that we wouldn’t have won if there was a financially unviable ( sorry strong) Thems in the league..
Is the Herald farticle by Richard Wilson?
I don’t belieeeeeve it!
Coat on car started.
new article posted
Jjp on
stole my thunder…i had thot jim mcguinness was actualy brough over for our first team..due to our poor home form at the time.he shouldnt be away from our first team imho..big ff hasnt been the same player since he returned from injury…his body language after the recent goals we’ve lost shows this..kayal was starting to look himself before the winter break and seams to have stalled..these guys stepping in when asked should be burtsting a gut to stay in lennys plans..the team has missed brooney and lustic in the team..for a period they were excellent..
A mate of mine was down watching liverpool at the weekend with his wee bhoy and on his return train journey had the unfortunate circumstance of being on the same train as sevcovians down watchin chelski…all fighting with each other on the way back..being a castlemilk bhoy..it wasnt an issue for him to be concerned..but his kid seeing it?different issue…utter scum the lot of them!!is see the spl fans united survey isnt doing as well as it should..maybe wee should make it an idea on here to boost its responce?
Greig Cameron
Deputy Business Editor.
Monday 11 March 2013
RANGERS plan to increase the club’s turnover to £100 million a year once it returns to top-level competition.
The announcement comes little more than a year after the club was plunged into administration, allowing Charles Green’s Sevco consortium to buy the business and assets after it was liquidated.
Finance director Brian Stockbridge made the prediction for the third division side as he believes an enhanced retail operation combined with greater sponsorship income – including a naming deal for Ibrox Stadium – will supplement match-day and football revenue.
The club pulled in £9.5m of revenue in the seven months between May and December last year and reported a £7m loss.
But Mr Stockbridge pointed out that Rangers historically had a turnover of about £60m in years when competing in the Champions League – not including merchandising, which had been hived off to JJB Sports.
Rangers is now involved in a joint venture with Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct, and recently signed a kit deal with Puma.
Mr Stockbridge revealed the Ibrox megastore is soon to be made four times bigger, on a site on the ground floor of the Edmiston House office block at the stadium.
He said: “When [Rangers] did its own retail it made £20.5m turnover and £5.6m profit just from merchandising.
“But because the club needed money, it gave it to JJB and took an upfront payment, then took the £3m annual licensing fee.
“So, let’s say if we can only do as good as £20m [even] with Mike Ashley as our partner, with Puma and with internet sales, then suddenly we are looking at £80m to £90m turnover.
“Then you look at the additional sponsorship possibilities and think it would be nice to get it to £100m, but even then I wouldn’t think my job would be done at that point, as it could go on beyond that.”
He said Rangers were looking at opening a retail store at Glasgow Airport and one in Belfast. Internet sales and the use of Puma’s international retail presence are also expected to grow revenue.
He said: “The Puma deal is a very good one. Typically, a manufacturer pays upfront and will claw that back at the end through the shirt prices.
“With Puma, I negotiated that we get a very high royalty rate on everything, even what we sell in the shop here at Ibrox.”
A naming-rights deal for Ibrox is due to be in place for the start of the next season, with Sports Direct one potential partner.
The sales figures for online streaming of Rangers games this season are described as encouraging and the venture is “profitable”. The club is also in discussions over rolling out WiFi around Ibrox and upgrading the electronic displays.
While Blackthorn Cider has agreed a deal to be shirt sponsor, Mr Stockbridge is looking for an additional brand to place on the youth team strips as they cannot carry alcohol advertising.
Mr Stockbridge said: “It is about looking at new things the club has never done before to generate revenue, but without ripping people off. This is more than a football club. It is a global brand. Anything that can be done to improve the revenue for the club and commercialise things in a more effective way should be looked at.”
While the exact reconstruction of the Scottish football leagues remains undecided, Mr Stockbridge is adamant the club does not need to be playing in the top flight to be profitable.
He admits to being “horrified” at some commercial contracts into which the club had previously been tied, but is delighted with where it now stands.
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paul holmes, glasgow
Very ambitious plans . Green has said that he will cap salaries at Ibrox at 30% of turnover so some folk are going to make a lot of money if this pipe dream ever reaches reality . The failure to beat Annan and the continued booing of McCoist and his team of under achievers does not convince me that Rangers will be turning over 100 million pounds per year soon . You need success for that . I do however congratulate Green for a propaganda machine that matches anything in history . Champions League /cannae beat Annan = propaganda
6 hours ago
Graham McKay, Edinburgh
Turnover is not profit. As the article states on £20.5m turnover we got a profit of £5.6m or around 27%.
I’m glad no one involved relies on convincing you of anything.
1 hour ago
in reply to paul holmes, glasgow
Frank Galvin, Edinburgh
We can assume that salaries will be £30m on a turnover of £100m. Since remuneration will be the biggest cost by some distance I think Paul is right that some will make a lot of profit.
However this is just another puff piece from Traynor in the aftermath of a terrible result on the pitch. If Rangers couldn’t turnover £100m before the credit crunch whilst playing in the CL with all those tax avoiding stars playing for them and with greater interest in the SPL than now; I think its fanciful that they will reach such a figure for a very long time.
1 hour ago
in reply to paul holmes, glasgow
Stephen King, Edinburgh
They should build a casino.
5 hours ago
anthony frye, Scotland
Well this new entity are doing very well for themselves it would seem.Nice to see some optimism around Ibrox for a change.
5 hours ago
Ian Mckinnon
Move to a new stadium (or share Celtic Park/Murrayfield) and aim for £120m.
4 hours ago
paul holmes, glasgow
Ian , I am aiming to snatch Kate from William and live in a cooncil hoose in Leven . ( or share a hoose with my granny in Anstruther ) I think I will fail just like Rangers .
2 hours ago
in reply to Ian Mckinnon
Graham McKay, Edinburgh
Ian, moving to a new stadium or sharing will not increase turnover, only costs, thus the percentage of profit on the turnover decreases.
1 hour ago
in reply to Ian Mckinnon
Gordon Robson
“Rangers historically had a turnover of about £60m in years when competing in the Champions League” was this when they weren’t paying the taxman?
4 hours ago
TOMMY GRAY
Cheep Shot. Gordon.
4 hours ago
in reply to Gordon Robson
Cameron Kennedy
Not sure how that is linked to the taxman…turnover is sales.
4 hours ago
in reply to Gordon Robson
Graeme Robertson
£100m turnover. Wow. £100 million. Thats a LOT of money. £100,000,000. Turnover.
Is it season ticket renewal time yet?
4 hours ago
Peter Gillespie, Glasgow
Yeh, we should just sign Roy Keane/Robbie Keane/Craig Bellamy in January….etc – is it season ticket renewal time yet?
1 hour ago
in reply to Graeme Robertson
Alan McGregor, Glasgow
Does sound like a lot Graeme. Would get you pretty close to the top 20 clubs in the Deloitte Football Money League beside the likes of Juventus, Marseille and Milan.
16 minutes ago
in reply to Graeme Robertson
Frank Galvin, Edinburgh
Is this before or after they build the supercasino with the floating pitch etc?
4 hours ago
Graham Wilson, London
We were also aiming for a win on Saturday. Will there be a decent football team to watch in this £100m plan? Jam tomorrow on the financial side is fine, but there is some basic bread and butter to sort out today on the playing side.
How about a mission statement that says we are going to have decent and committed players who win games with flair and excitement, supported by an astute management teamwith robust tactical decision making qualities and game reading skills? Get that right and £100million turnover will be a nice side dish.
4 hours ago
Ian Mckinnon
Good morning Graham,
You are bang on the money. The decisions made, actions taken, pie in the sky ideas floated and lofty ambitions revealed all smack to me of protecting and sustaining the share price for a quick getaway when the lock-in ends.
Everything should be focused towards building a sustainable club and team for the future.
P. S. I have not watched Saturday’s 2 episodes yet. Your comparison of me to Tintin a couple of weeks ago has turned out to be strangely prophetic. Did you catch all 6 of BS-I?
3 hours ago
in reply to Graham Wilson, London
Graham Wilson, London
Hi Ian, that sounds a bit worrying, have you been in the wars? I hope it’s nothing like as drastic and you are alright now. Had I known I might have compared you to someone else, but Spiral isn’t really brimming with other characters you might want to be compared with. Monsieur Le Juge? (Though this is perhaps more Michael P than you.)
I very much enjoyed Bob Servant, in that cringey masochistic way- you were right that the god and skirt episode was very funny. I’m afraid I overanalysed the allegorical intent and got myself a little lost, but it stood on its own two feet anyway.
Hope you are ok.
2 hours ago
in reply to Graham Wilson, London
Michael Price, Glasgow
As ever it takes your humour to point out the ridiculous Graham, although you might be more accurate with Monsieur douleur dans le cul (forgive my pigeon French) than Monsieur le Juge?
1 hour ago
in reply to Graham Wilson, London
les barrie
La La land must be a wonderful place,there is no “top level” in scottish football,Green repeatedly tells us that Rangers will never rejoin the SPL,Annan, one of the poorest clubs in Britain totally deserved to beat the second most expensive squad of players in scottish football,aside from several of the youngsters there isn’t a player at Ibrox worth anything
The initial euphoria of the lumpen hun suddenly given entry to Hades has dissipated.
It will not be sustained for another three seasons.
Ticketus will have to be sustained for a few more seasons than that.
Ibrox Stadium is at an age when the maintenance bill would be expected to mount. Anecdotal evidence suggest this is an area where savings have been made. A false economy.
new article posted.
Re Herald article:
Old Rangers pre JJB – 20.5M turnover, 5.6M profit
Old Rangers with JJB – 3M all profit
New Rangers with Sports Direct (approx 50/50 JV) – 20.5M turnover, 5.6M profit shared with SD so 2.8M to New Rangers.
So adding 20.5M to turnover and ending up with 200K less profit is being spun as good news!
MJM
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/rangers-aim-for-100m-turnover.20455502
I once got hit on the back of my napper by a flying pie standing in the jungle at a Huns game. Gubbing der Huns soffened the blow that day but I never really got over the humiliation!!
On another topic I was a bit wary of our trip to Dingwall after playing in Turin, turned out right to be wary, but it reinforces the point that our back up players are not as great as THEY think THEY are. Forsters needing dropped I think, Hooper played ok and the rest struggled in my opinion.
Lads,
if anyone wants to enter the CQN Cheltenham Naps competition, then please post your entries each day here.
In the interests of making things easy (for me), it would help a lot if you can list your selctions as below, and then I can copy and paste the information :
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Cheers, fleagle1888
We’re picking a horse in each race?
1. Champagne Fever
2. Simonsig
3. Merry King
4. Hurricane Fly
5. Arabella Boy
6. Quevega
7. Carlito Brigante
… seems like a lot of work for you Fleagle.
If only looking for 1 pick per day, then Champagne Fever in the first.
Feels like Christmas morning (as someone posted on Twitter).
… it’s also just been posted that there’s a 10.30 inspection!!!
CATHAL
Sorry,ate.
Champagne Fever has no chance-it’s my Nap of the whole meeting!
At least it’s in the first race,so I’ll know my fate early.
Must admit,I thought it would be the usual one selection,but this is more interesting. Great idea,FLEAGLE 1888.
Back with a full list later.
Fleagle here are my picks,if it goes ahead,thanks.vp
1.PUFFIN BILLY
2.OVERTURN
3.CLOUDY TOO
4.ROCK ON RUBY
5.ANY CURRENCY
6.UNE ARTISTE
7.KRUZHLININ
Lads, my selections for Day 1:
1. Un Atout
2. Simonsig
3. Golden Chieftain
4. Zarkander
5. Any Currency
6. Swing Bowler
7. Johns Spirit
Cheers, fleagle1888
ps – Cathal : excel lookup tables and copy/paste make it relatively easy… :)