Rhetorical magic from old Lumley-troubler

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Old Lumley-troubled used a classic rhetorical technique yesterday. Give your target audience lots of points to consider which you know they will agree with; build empathy, get heads nodding, fists banging on tables, then slip in the line you are trying to sell. As a piece of prose, you have to respect the statement. This guy, or his writer, has not only read the Greeks, he’s understood their importance.

If Sir David is right, Rangers issued no side contracts, all non-discretionary payments to players in connection to football were registered, if the redacted contract which appeared in The Sun in March was a piece of fiction, if the prima facie evidence presented by Duff and Phelps was an error, he and his soon to be liquidated former club have nothing to worry about.

Cicero CSC.

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  1. The Good Ship Celtica. on

    Evening,

     

     

    Does anyone know of any pubs in the Shettleston / Sandyhills / Tollcross area of Glasgow showing the game tomorrow?

     

     

    Thanks in advance.

     

     

    TGSC,

     

    Sailing On….

  2. ibleedgreenandwhite1 on

    WeefratheTim on 7 August, 2012 at 19:29 said:

     

    Snake

     

     

    According to twitter, it’s the Philly CSC they’re refusing to sponsor, or am I reading that wrong?

     

     

    Weefra HH

     

     

    What have the Philly CSC done to upset Magniers???

     

     

    HH

  3. VP

     

     

    If Bada is going to Stewartfield maybe I could just climb into one of his socks!!

  4. Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo on

    TET

     

     

    We are only interested in another league. I dont believe any effective time is spent by us addressing the situation.

     

    How many times now has Paul67 declared that is the only solution. I prefer acceptable solution to our board.

     

     

    HH

  5. ibleedgreenandwhite1 on

    Snake Plissken on 7 August, 2012 at 19:34 said:

     

     

    Seems a real bad move by Magniers??

     

     

    HH

  6. MWD

     

     

    Dontcha just love it when huns disguise themselves as blue plastic seats!!??

  7. •-:¦:-•** -:¦:- sparkleghirl :¦:-.•**• -:¦:-• on

    Blimey that looks empty. So the 22000 are all in the same stand as the photographer then?

  8. Awe Naw

     

     

    If the ECA dish out a few pounds we will happily accept.

     

     

    As for your point about another league, have to agree.

     

     

    It’s the treating us like mushrooms that miffs…

  9. saltires en sevilla on

    weeminger on 7 August, 2012 at 14:27

     

     

    Ok mate I admire a robust defence of a good Celtic man. But it defies belief that someone is suggesting Paddy’s fitness issues are a statistical anomaly ….is that what you are saying or reading you wrong?

     

    HH

  10. Magnificentseven on

    Moonbeams WD. Kano 1000 \o/ Supporting Neil Lennon 100%. Champions. C’mon Wee Oscar. on 7 August, 2012 at 19:37 said:

     

     

     

    http://p.twimg.com/AztvNObCcAAZkg9.jpg:large

     

     

     

    what do you think they will report the crowd as???

     

     

    was in the local co-op earlier, hun in in front of me, guy behind says “are you going tonight” he ignored him so I tapped him on the shoulder, he asked him again, his response was ” what game” they don’t care about playing diddy teams.. or the fact that the new huns are now a diddy team……………..they will be in administration within weeks………………..can you die twice???

  11. Transfers

     

     

    For those of you who dont want us to spend heres an idea

     

     

    Sell Ki for £7m he has 3 years left on contract of £500k per year =£ 8.5m

     

     

    Buy Rhodes for £5m at £25k per week on 3 year contract =£ 8.6 m

     

     

    Simples!!!

  12. •-:¦:-•** -:¦:- sparkleghirl :¦:-.•**• -:¦:-• on

    Nah, I reckon it’ll ne nearly full tonight, I bet it’s just the traffic at helen st or something.

     

     

    :-)

  13. •-:¦:-•** -:¦:- sparkleghirl :¦:-.•**• -:¦:-• on

    Gee whizz though what must it be like to play a competitive game in a stadium like that?

     

     

    It’s one thing to play at a small park packed out at 4-5000, it’s another thing entirely to play at a big stadium with just a few thousand in the stands.

  14. Larrybhoy

     

     

    My mate is west ham supporter says inside info is that they have bid £7m+ add ons for him Also qpr guy is on record as saying they are very interested so i think as soon as Olympics over he will be gone

     

    Still think Ki would be a sensation in Spain

  15. !!Bada Bing!! on

    Good to see Shortbread have the huns game live on radio…….the same Shortbread who were banned a couple of months ago,throwing rehab money to them.Disgusting.

  16. Magnificentseven on

    Estadio on 7 August, 2012 at 19:55 said:

     

     

     

    KO delayed at Ibrox.

     

     

    Est attendance 470

     

     

    Hail Hail

     

     

    Estadio

     

     

     

    there you go, i fixed it for you

  17. lochgoilhead bhoy on

    I’m marooned at Worsley Park near Manchester. Anyone local suggest where I should watch the game tomorrow?

  18. Tim Malone Will Tell on

    Ahhh – the classics – Greece and Rome.

     

     

    New Sevco motto for all you latin scholars – “Quid Pro Huns”

  19. The players were running out to warm up in that pic so no surprise it’s deid. For a midweek League Cup match, we’ve closed the upper tier before so if they get 30,000 it’s a good figure.

     

     

    Or is it? You’d have thought that in their predicament they would need to seel-out every game, part of the budgeting. Have they budgeted at 30,000 each game? Would they really see more than that for their opening league fixture against East Stirling? This is their ‘save our club’ moment. And most of them have been posted missing.

  20. •-:¦:-•** -:¦:- sparkleghirl :¦:-.•**• -:¦:-• on

    Bloke109 on 7 August, 2012 at 19:59 said:

     

    The players were running out to warm up in that pic so no surprise it’s deid.

     

     

    I wondered that then dismissed it on the basis that they seemed to be running out altogether rather than in dribs and drabs

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