Yesterday was not a particularly good day for football. The Edinburgh cup final was played before a half empty Hampden long before the end and Chelsea’s revival of catenaccio secured the Champions League. If nothing else the latter proved that football at the very top level is not always great. Perhaps the reason why truly great teams are so celebrated.
There is an interesting dynamic to Rangers in administration. Creditors have a cash offer of around £8.5m to consider but eight players, Naismith, Bocanegra, McGregor, David, Whittaker, Goian, Lafferty and Edu cut release clause deals with Duff and Phelps for values greater than this.
Any CVA agreed next month (unlikely though it is) could be paid for by the departure of these players. Charles Green could potentially be the second person to buy Rangers for only £1.
It is, however, unlikely that other clubs will offer money for these players before a CVA is agreed as they will be available as free agents should the CVA fail and those in control of Ibrox attempt to form a Newco. Therefore, the chances of creditors getting their hands on any of these transfer fees are limited, no matter what happens to the company.
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I think P G’s away to bed in a tidd!! Ill give him 10mins and he’ll be back on.
antrimkev
“but a long ball unattractive team?
seriously?”
Did you miss the bits about power and pace or are you going to keep being selective?
Let me repeat. I enjoyed the MON era. All those easy 5:0 wins against teams that could not cope with our strength and pace? What’s not to enjoy?
When you can play long balls up to personnel like Hartson & Sutton where possession is kept and re-cycled, it can be effective football, attacking football and, if you are a fan of the team, attractive football.
What it cannot be and is not, is Barca style purist football or Liverpool 80s style or Milan 90s style or Lisbon Lions style. MON would not claim that nor would he apologise for it. He played to his strengths
Neil Lennon is a far better manager than Martin O’Neill.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5f54_RUqf0
Good night Bhoys & ghirls
HAIL HAIL
antrim kev @22.26
I think I’ll have to leave this.
You seem to be having trouble reading what I wrote and you are replying to a different argument.
setting free
i think you will have to leave it
you are answering yourself which is always a bad sign or a sign of drinking?
anyway all the best
Champion’s League knock-out stages awaits.
Think about it.
Wonkyradar
I never addressed my last post to you, why did you assume it was meant for you or was it just a case of ‘if the hat fits’?
Maybe’s WGS didn’t arrive a Celtic man, he sure was when he left.
Pound for pound, for what he achieved, there wouldn’t be a much better manager, not counting big Jock obviously
Absolutely great to hear the degree of appreciation for wee G.S.
in ” A Gordon Strachan retrospective.”
Cultsbhoy
I’ve read Strachan’s autobiography, in fact it’s sitting beside me on my bedside cabinet now. My version must have been edited differently from yours, as in mine he talks very highly of Celtic and the supporters.
Bhoys & Ghirls
Just a wee thank you to all those CQNers, posters and lurkers alike, that bought the remaining “first edition” CQN badges. I hope you are wearing them with pride.
We have raised just under £210, which will be winging it’s way to the beneficiary, The Kano Foundation, later this week. I am sure they will put it to good use.
For those that wanted, but missed out and indeed the many that have contacted us to register their interest for the new badges, a big thank you. We currently have pre-orders of over 100 badges already.
The new badge designs (there will be 2) have been finalised and these should be available in early July. Just in time for the new season.
HH
CRC
cqnbadges@gmail.com
The knock-out stages of next season’s Champion’s League.
Think about it.
TET
I would agree with your summation. His honesty in his parting speech, I didn’t arrive here as a Celtic supporter but I’ll certainly be leaving as one” is all that we can ask of those who represent our club.
The seeds of discord are sown and a wee snigger is had by the one professing innocence as poster turns on poster.
How many times have we seen it and how many times more are Tims going to fall for it?
antrim kev
I am stone cold sober unfortunately.
I posted the timing of your post that I replied to.
This maybe proves my point about your willingness to read accurately.
Three more sleeps…:)
Until we meet again…
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
In Lennon We Trust.
Lennybhoy
Just programmed to record it. Cannae wait :-)
CRC you trying to steal sales? :p
HH
Neil Lennon>Gordon Strachan>Martin O’Neill>Neil Lennon>Gordon Strachan>Martin O’Neill>…etc
Each boss had better aspects than each of the others. Jock Stein had them all beaten by a margin though.
^and all of them were far superior to Barnes & Mowbray
^ and Macari
^ and Brady
dirtymac
…and Brady…
Venglos was doss though.
Great Uncle Jo :-)
HT – hah! beat ye tae it
Win everything next season.
Swine :-)
HT
He gave all he had to Celtic.
He was asked to reduce the wage bill, he was imo, not expected to win 3 iar, let alone the last 16 of the CL twice.
I agree that the football sometimes wasn’t scintilating, but on ocassion he didn’t get the luck he deserved,
Milan in Milan, stone wall pen when Maldini stopped the ball with his raised arm for example.
Helicopter thursday was the icing on the cake for me.
Far too many supporters bought into the msm hype, the same supporters who never paid any attention to the media hype btw.
Bundoran Bhoy – Saying NO to Newco!! on 20 May, 2012 at 22:48 said:
Let’s not get into the “CQN badge sales” debate again.
CRC will get all my sales;-)
Jansen was flaky.
Shoulda used heid n shudders
Back to lurking. Night y’all.
rangers in administration, the gift that keeps on giving…
Dave King has emerged as the latest obstacle to Charlie Green’s alleged
takeover at Rangers.
Last Sunday the former Sheffield United chief claimed that he had paid Whyte
£2 for his 85% shareholding in the club only to reveal on Friday that the deal
was dependent on a CVA being accepted by HMRC and Ticketus.
With Andrew Ellis claiming to be owed 24.9% of Whyte’s Rangers
shareholding any sale is likely to be challenged by the former Northampton
Town director.
The prospects of getting a CVA approved from a pot of £8.5m looks remote
with King stepping in today to stake his claim for Whyte’s 85% shareholding in
the club.
King shocked the Rangers support in March when he declared that the
liquidation of the club looked inevitable with today’s comments further
reducing the chances of the club remaining as a going concern.
Discussing his claim for Whyte’s shares the South African based businessman
told the BBC: “It was verbally agreed over lunch but is legally valid. It suited
him at the time and I will hold him to it.
“I have first option on [his] shares and would not forgo this unless I
was absolutely certain that any proposed transaction, that excluded
me, was in the best interests of the club. I have yet to see such a
proposal.”
King, who is the largest shareholder in Rangers after Whyte added: “I stayed
on because I also had my investment and those of the other minority
shareholders to protect and I believe that my presence on the board
prevented Whyte from getting away with more than he even did.
“The ultimate problem was that he knowingly lied to me and blocked my
ability to validate some of his contentions with the club’s financial controller.
“I believed that the financial controller had a fiduciary obligation to supply me
with information even though it transpired that Whyte had told him not to.
“I was also alert to the fact that Whyte would run out of time and felt that it
was better that at least one independent director would be there.
“I was also alert to the fact that Whyte would run out of time and felt that it
was better that at least one independent director would be there to protect
the interests of the minority shareholders and the fans.
“If I had resigned Whyte would have had carte blanche. The minorities, in my
firm view, were defrauded in the initial transaction by Whyte and I intend to
seek recourse in that regard once I have access to the Duff & Phelps
investigation of the company’s affairs.”
Rangers problems are expected to escalate on Wednesday when a BBC documentary by Mark Daly throws fresh light on the troubles at tgghe club. In October a programme on Whyte revealed that he had served a seven year ban as a director and resulted in the broadcaster having it’s media access to the club withdrawn.
Doc is Neil Lennon on 20 May, 2012 at 22:51 said:
You two timer, you said i was your one n only ;-)
HH
THE EXILED TIM on 20 May, 2012 at 22:51 said:
Correct & HT will agree but, I loved the wee fecker as a player also, as well as our MANAGER.
Bundoran Bhoy – Saying NO to Newco!! on 20 May, 2012 at 22:55 said:
No, I said I was one time only;-)
Unparalleled success,on the domestic front and the European spectre.