So what do we know?
Need for clarification
Rangers’ potential new owner has asked for clarification on what he is buying, a franchise with a place in the SPL or the middle of a doughnut, with the ability to apply for membership to the Scottish Football League.
That clarification has not been delivered, which must undermine Rangers sale.
Rangers want an extension
Despite needing clarification, Rangers administrators, Duff and Phelps, failed to attend the meeting and asked for a further extension (it’s like the 2007-08 league season all over again). Curious, to say the least. Clearly they were not in a position to offer the SPL information that would assist their case.
To be revealed before 30 May
The next meeting is on 30 May, by then the First Tier Tribunal on Rangers Employee Benefit Trust will have reported. There will also be a considerable amount of information in the public domain on how Rangers operated under Sir David Murray. With all this information available, it will be impossible for the SPL to further delay publishing the findings of their inquiry into Improper Registration of Players by Rangers. In disciplinary terms, this is the big one.
What about Craig Whyte?
Bill Miller was appointed preferred bidder on Thursday but, as floating charge holder, Craig Whyte can ask the court to block stop Duff and Phelps disposing of Ibrox. We don’t know Craig Whyte’s mind, or if he has a deal with Miller, but if they are not working in partnership, you can expect a late and effective legal block put in place to stop the disposal of Ibrox.
So what does it mean?
The chance of a Newco being in place, in the SPL or SFL, for the start of next season has never been more remote. On 7 May they don’t have a buyer, after 10 weeks they don’t have the stadium and the moral outrage over what looked likely to be voted through today is beginning to gain traction.
Today was the best chance Rangers had to cut a quick deal with the SPL. Further delay only means more time for the other clubs to work on contingency plans and to be lobbied by their own supporters.
We are six days away from the end of the season and Duff and Phelps have to put enough of a confirmed deal in place to convince someone to part with £11.2m. They don’t have passage into the league and they don’t have a stadium to sell.
If Bill Miller stays in the game until the end of the week and submits a formal offer for the stadium and other assets, we can expect Craig Whyte to go to court to halt the process. I cannot see how or why Miller, who doesn’t even have a passport and has made no moved to come over and negotiate in person, would put £11.2m on the table when he doesn’t know what he is buying, or what sporting and financial penalties are coming his way.
Rangers will have to overcome all these obstacles long before 30 May if they are to stay in the game long enough for Newco to inherit their place in the SPL but their chances of surviving that long is dependent on a positive outcome from the meeting that has now been postponed.
They look marooned; I don’t think they are going to make it.
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31003
I don’t think he is a hun, I have seen him on a few other blogs and the like, never anything untoward,the oposite infact, just my take.
MayoD on 7 May, 2012 at 23:03 said:
Ah,old Willie Vass again.Still only got the flower ones in my house. ;0)
Here is a novel idea, inspired by something MWD mentioned to me on Friday.
Why don’t we play the other ten Clubs, forfeit our points against them. Doesn’t the season ticket renewal offer a price for adults that do not include them games??
Tell the SPL we will not recognise them and refused to play them. It would also get it right up Sky, no four games them…
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
I cannot believe that people on here are prepared to believe that Celtic are going to leave the league just because a guy called Richard Wilson tweeted it.
Madness madness madness
Lads.
We`ve stuffed the huns financially and on the field.
We have lots of reason to be optimistic.
And cheerful.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7GepOF-D-c
I cannot believe that people on here are prepared to believe that Celtic are going to leave the league just because a guy called Richard Wilson tweeted it.
Madness madness
Summa of Sammi…. on 7 May, 2012 at 22:45
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Got it……HH
Just say no to a newco.
aldersyde avenue
You had three madness’s in your last post, are you coming around to the possibility :>)))
THE EXILED TIM on 7 May, 2012 at 23:11 said:
;-)))
TET
Fair do’s……but…….god bless her maj…..once a laugh……..1000 times is kickin the arse right oot it…..har what I’m sayin Timaboob?
I understand that Richard Wilson has tweeted that the Mayan prophecy is true and that the world will indeed end on 21 December.
That will probably explain why Celtic decide not to resign and why UEFA decide not to prevent the huns being kept in the SPL.
Night Celts……….. perhaps the nightshift Celts…….. worldwide diaspora will bring a level of Celtic minded to the blog, then again (smiley)
macjay1 for Neil Lennon on 7 May, 2012 at 22:51 said:
You are right that we could get out voted, but I wouldn’t under estimate what we can do as a club. I would however struggle to accept us just rolling over and accepting this without a fight.
However, we could always go and borrow £150m and win the champions league next season and then bust the club and come back as Newco Celts :-)
We are at the crossroads in Scottish football, Will integrity overcome the cheating establishment? I think we need the help of St Hector to help us. This will play out over the next 2-3 weeks, IMO.
HH
CRC
aldersyde avenue
Aha, even you are starting to believe it. You had three ‘madness’ on the last page and two on this – your strong belief that it won’t happen is starting to wilt :-)
31003
That I agree with, pain in the feckin erse :>)
Time for a song……this is Beth’s favourite song
Apparently it was Richard Wilson who alerted the CIA to the latest Al Queda underwear bomber.
Thanks Richard. Top Man.
Exiled Tim
Too quick for me. Bravo :-)
Richard Wilson. You cannot be serious
In the mythical Cowboy town called Sectarian Practices Lodge, the local evil black-hatted bully lies dying. He shot himself while polishing his diamond encrusted rifle during his latest raid on the town bank. He had been distracted through laughter when looking at the googly eyes of his current sidekick, Shooter “McGavigan” Whytie, who had fled the scene, reportedly with some loose change from the stricken bully’s pockets.
Concerned citizens gather round the wounded body to discuss how they will handle the situation. Despite their resentment at years of bullying, theft and abuse, they make conciliatory noises towards the bully as they hear, from his breathing, that he lives yet and may harm them still.
They talk to him of how they may restore him to better health. Some suggest that he may consider reforming his ways to treat them better if they continue to help him, but they drop these suggestions quickly as they hear his anger rise and he begins to note the faces of anyone making negative comments.
They are aware that a Federal Marshall is investigating his wrongdoings but he seems content to travel by slow stagecoach on his journey from the state courthouse and is not expected for some time yet.
Meanwhile a colleague of the evil man, name of Tennessee Bill Miller, is riding in swiftly, well, at least compared to the lawman’s journey he is being quick, and the townsfolk fear that he is either going to restore the Town Bully to his former status or he is going to find his buried treasure and finish him off himself. There’s not much honour between thieves, after all.
Meanwhile, in another part of town, the good people are ignoring the scene, neither cowed nor inclined to murder a weakened man. They are hoping that he will die of his wounds before either the lawman or his fellow outlaw have time to administer any coup de grace.
For, after all, the Town Bully has many sons and followers, who are looking to nurture their wrath and create a long running feud. They need someone to blame for the death of their father and their leader. If Tennessee Bill kills the bully, they will feud with all the territory’s Outlaws until they win back their father’s position. If the Marshall hangs the Town Bully, they will fight the law for years to come, and if the good citizens finish him off, they will continue their father’s feud with them and make their lives miserable.
But, if he dies meantime of his own self-inflicted wounds, before medical help reaches the scene, because the citizens are dithering and spend days debating, on the question of which town has the nearest and best doctor, then who will the family and friends blame? On whom can they take revenge if their father was found to have killed himself?
(to be continued)
Zane Grey csc
ASonOfDan on 7 May, 2012 at 22:49 said:
I’ve just read your post
Are we saying here that, if the decision is delayed until a Newco is in place, they will not be punished for up to 15 years of cheating………?
If that’s what the delays are all about, they should hang their heads in shame, they really should …….. They won’t get away with THAT one…… What a shower…..
Celtic has a responsibility to its shareholders. They will comment soon enough if the resigning stuff is made up nonsense.
If they are resigning then…… Whoah…. the nuclear option has been taken.
Time for me to bid you farewell, for the night only…
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Lads if FF doesn’t sign what about Paul Robinson ?
Richard Wilson just tweeted that my spelling of Al Qaeda in the last comment was wrong.
The man’s talents are unlimited.
hen1rik
Over Craig Gordon for sure.
Why don’t the movers and shakers in this situation get together,blame Lenny for the whole mess and agree to Newco in the SPL as it wasn’t their fault?
NOTTHATFARFETCHEDcsc
sftb
Superb :>)
Lennybhoy 23.09 …… That’s exactly what we need to do….
I’ve been asked to consider the catch 22 which faces the men with the decision to make regarding Newco SPL direct entry.
Say “no” – hostility in overdrive, as per Ali McCoist and Sandy Jardine, and numerous threatening individuals and groups throughout the country.
Say “yes” – stand accused of selling sporting intergrity down the river, hostility from every other club’s supporters, including your own – a legacy that will never go away.
A lose/lose scenario, if ever there was one.
How welcome would a higher body ruling on illegal, offshore payments and illegal player registrations be for you in those circumstances?
I am told that the evidence, when it is released with the ruling on EBTs, will leave nobody in football with any decision to make. It will be as conclusive as it is embarrassing for certain individuals.
Dictionary corner. Today’s words:-
systematic
deception
pervasive
celticrollercoaster says In Neil we trust on 7 May, 2012 at 23:13 said:
Mate,
What comforts me is that I am absolutely certain that our Board have made contingency plans for every conceivable outcome.
We,the fans ,reduce the power of the green pound and therefore the bargaining strength of our Board by threatening financial sanctions against Celtic.
By all means boycott the hun fellow travellers.Just don`t harm Celtic.
Not a lot to ask of Celtic supporters.
Sftb
Brilliant
Everyone
Spread this story
It will ease their pain…..
THE EXILED TIM on 7 May, 2012 at 23:20 said:
sftb
Superb :>)
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Don’t you bliddy encourage him (smiley)……….
Hamburg – There was an unexpected
turn of events at the press conference
called by FC St. Pauli on Monday
afternoon, when the Bundesliga 2 club
announced that they will be retaining
the services of André Schubert as head
coach for next season.
“The executive committee and supervisory
board have reached a unanimous
agreement on that,” St. Pauli president
Stefan Orth said. It was a decision that came
as a surprise not only to the Hamburg
newspapers which had been reporting
Schubert’s imminent dismissal but also, by
his own admission, to the 40-year-old coach
himself.
Schubert prepared for the worst
The executive and the supervisory board
had given the green light to maintaining the
current arrangement in a meeting that
ended only an hour prior to the press
conference and Schubert acknowledged that,
“I’d gone in there with the feeling that it was
pretty much the end of the road, based on
the developments of the past few days.”
“The media view was that we would parting
ways. Internally, the situation was on a
knife-edge,” Orth said, describing the
mounting speculation that differences
between the coach and club functionaries
and representatives, as well as inter-
personal problems with the players, had
rendered Schubert’s position untenable.
Coach promises improvements
Schubert himself conceded that, “I maybe
didn’t always choose my words carefully
enough,” and vowed, “I’ll be approaching a
few things differently from now on as far as
working together and communicating go.” At
the same time, he was adamant that, “I
won’t be twisting myself inside out. But that
doesn’t mean you have to be incapable of
learning.”
“It would be dishonest to say that there
haven’t been some atmospheric
disturbances,” Orth expanded, “but after
our discussion today, we’re confident that
this will work out. It’s been a bumpy start,
but we’re convinced now that it will work.”
Above all because, “There can be no
complaints about his ability. He’s an
excellent coach,” the president made clear.
The decision to retain Schubert “was arrived
at gradually over the past few weeks, when
we repeatedly got together and thrashed
things out. It’s not down to the fact that we
beat SC Paderborn 5-0, even if it is nice to
end the season on a high note.”
Chemistry there between players and
coach
Orth said that during Sunday’s final round of
league action, “My mind was in Düsseldorf,
where I was hoping something might still
happen.” Fortuna’s home draw with
Duisburg was enough in the end to edge St.
Pauli out of the promotion play-off spot on
goal difference, but the performance against
Paderborn “showed that things are fine
between the team and the coach.”
Schubert agrees, pointing out that “We
outran our opponents in 32 of our 34 games
this season. No team overturned a deficit
more often than St. Pauli. If you’d watched
how we celebrated together, you wouldn’t
be saying that the chemistry’s not there!”
Accordingly, he is not expecting the events
of the past weeks, culminating in the
premature reports of his dismissal, to have
any adverse affect on his authority: “Now I
can focus fully on my job again. I promise to
give it my all.”
sftb,
Nice work fhella.
sftb, it was good…….
We need a Sutton on these boards to put the huns in their proper place. The 3rd division.