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I cannot fathom why someone would leak their intentions to quit as chairman of a football club.  Either Walter Smith is sufficiently alarmed by the conduct of his club to resign, or he should be busy working to resolve matters.  Leaking that he intends to resign will surely only add to the nonsense that surrounds the club.

Some will believe that Smith, who accepted the position as chairman of Rangers International when season tickets went on sale in May, can shuffle of the scene now 34,000 tickets have been sold.  Shareholder votes will determine the future of the club, in this instance, the identity of the chairman has little reach beyond parting fans with their cash.

Some investors may consider a more immediate problem is why the club are burning a hugely disproportionate amount of cash to secure promotion from the third tier of Scottish football, and why a management structure is not in place to deploy resources more effectively.

In light of Francisco Sandaza’s off-the-cuff comments to Tommy in Glasgow, and his subsequent dismissal by Rangers International, we urge Mr McCoist to be more cautious than he was after his team’s spirited, but ultimately fruitless, performance in Forfar on Saturday.  It would be unfortunate if McCoist transgressed a condition of employment and suffered accordingly.

Advertising Standards Authority ruling withdrawn

It doesn’t rain but it pours.  The Independent Review Process of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has looked into the ASA’s recent, and widely reported, ruling on Rangers International’s claim on football titles won by a liquidated club. The Review found that “it was a procedural flaw for the ASA to have relied on an extract only of a report sent to it by the advertiser”.

Further, the review process ruled that “there was also the risk of a substantial flaw of adjudication in the distinction that had been made between ‘club’ and ‘company’, especially in the light of previous ASA decisions about companies that change hands and the circumstances in which the new company could or could not trade off the reputation of the old company”.

The Chairman of the ASA, Lord Smith of Finsbury, as decided to reopen the ASA’s investigation into the case and to withdraw the published adjudication, which favoured the advertiser.  Withdrawing this adjudication does not infer that a different outcome will subsequently be reached.  To use a football analogy, it’s half time and they’re all square.

An interesting, and potentially critical part of the story, is that after the initial ASA decision was issued, the club’s web site noted that their submission to the process included information that a “panel of the London Stock Exchange” supported their claim.

The Stock Exchange subsequently appeared surprised at this assertion, so much so that the club promptly withdrew the claim from the web article.

“You’re history, that’s what you are, na na na na”.
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  1. Neustadt-Braw on

    and here is a Braw song for one all ….and think on the ithersideotoon….this has got to be a hit ….love from Forfar

  4. Neustadt-Braw on

    I am number 8 from 11….easy peasy ! hahahahaha whatever your up to in Celtic land ……….have a wee think nooandthen…..just a wee think …and it is a Braw place where we all are …aye jist Braw….goodnight …thanks for the music FFM…as varied as the so called support….!!!!!!!! hahahahahahahahahahaha braw

  5. A Stor Mo Chroi on

    Those pesky Green Brigade kids, they bring nothing but shame to the great name of Celtic, what with their bangers and lateral movement. They should take a lesson how to behave from their fathers.

  12. Margaret McGill on

    So I’m guessing that the GB are a fly in the green & white visionary ointment If anyone can enlighten us as to this vision pray tell.

  15. Tom McLaughlin on

    FFM –

     

     

    You really do need to get a grip.

     

     

    I respect your right to have an opinion, which is more than you are prepared to give anyone else who happens to disagree with you.

     

     

    You throw insults around and dismiss people’s legitimate right o a voice and a point of view.

     

     

    Just as the GB were well warned about their behaviour and what might happen if it didn’t improved, you and the rest of us have been warned about using bad language on the blog, yet like the GB, you stick two fingers up to the owner of the blog by peppering your comments with the F word and the B word.

     

     

    Very ironic is that.

  18. James79 on

    ffm

     

     

    There’s still for the club and the GB to sort it out, hopefully when everyone calms down a bit!

  22. James79 on

    ffm

     

     

    True, but having a go at everyone left right and centre ain’t gonna get your view across mate

  24. James79 on

    margaret mcgill

     

     

    03:44 on 6 August, 2013

     

    When does a lateral movement become a bowel movement….that is the question

     

     

    Lol :-)

  25. Fortunes Favour Mibbes on

    GCT,

     

     

    Am going to fly over to Australia purely for the satisfaction of wringing yer fecking kneck ya big ballsack :))

     

     

    I posted circa 200 times, and threw no insults. I don’t think I was overly aggressive in response to anyone that disagreed with me.

     

     

    The worst I did, was slur TinyTim – I explained that was wrong, but I hold that it was understandable, as like you, he talks a power of pish at times. Other than that, I’m glad that there was some good discsussion on what is a crucial issue.

     

     

    I don’t understand where you’re knicker-twisting reaction comes into play here, but I welcome it for a laugh.

     

     

    HH

  30. James79 on

    Might not have been your intention I just thought it came across that way.

     

     

    Like I said earlier emotions are running high on this topic, I just feel everyone has to take a step back and take a deep breath for a day or two

  31. Neustadt-Braw on

    then I am an Ent……………hahhaahahahahahaha but a Celtic minded one …anywhere near and ……………..u things will be brided..hehehehe

  32. Fortunes Favour Mibbes on

    GCT,

     

     

    I refer the right honourable GCT to the discussion last night, where said fella took a more quick offence which has no relevance to the long term discussion I’ve partook of on this fine evening :))

     

     

    To find fault in my 200 posts tonight, but none in the 3 posted by yourself the night before, is a bit worrying.

  36. James79 on

    fortunes favour mibbes

     

     

    03:53 on 6 August, 2013

     

    Hmm, so none of you are addressing me by name now ?

     

     

    :)))

     

     

    Heh heh heh.

     

     

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    Apologies, I thought I did :-)

  38. Fortunes Favour Mibbes on

    Neustadt-Braw / James79,

     

     

    Am not clear on your stance here.

     

     

    Apparently by asking you this question, I’m breaking the blog rules, and being abusive etc.

     

     

    If you were the Board, what would you do with the GB who are causing all this division?

  40. Margaret McGill on

    On a lighter note I see that on a day of many revelations Rolf’s tie me kangaroo down sport now makes a helluva lot more sense

  41. Fortunes Favour Mibbes on

    ————-

     

    James79

     

     

    03:42 on 6 August, 2013

     

     

    ffm

     

     

    True, but having a go at everyone left right and centre ain’t gonna get your view across mate

     

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    I think its worth repeating this post to show what the GB are up against amongst the online community.

     

     

    By debating the issue, I’ve been having a go at everyone.

     

     

    Here endeth the lesson.

  42. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    FORTUNES FAVOUR MIBBES

     

     

    I’m generally with you on this one,mate. The club appear to have done very little to defend our fans in efforts to criminalise them.

     

     

    In addition,they have allowed a team of prissy pen-pushers to shove them around,citing behaviour which is far from dangerous.

     

     

    I agree with those who say that the GB need to box clever,but I doubt it would make much difference.

     

     

    As I see it,those who want “to smash the Republican Marxist Green Brigade” have found a way of doing it.

     

     

    The club either stands up or climbs down. I think we know which it will be.

     

     

    PS-I do quite like that song!

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