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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Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on 7 August, 2012 at 14:09 said:
It’s not a cover all.
Whenever his ‘fitness’ comes up in debtate people comment that it’s ridiculous that after being here for so long that he (McCourt) still has fitness issues.
I’m just pointing out that in his case the fitness issues aren’t of the “he can’t run for 90minutes stamina variety” they’re related to his core strength (as was widely reported when he arrived and promptly disappeared for months and I vaguley recall a member of the Celtic staff appearing on Shortbread to detail it) and that his fitness issues relate more to his likelyhood of injury increasing the longer he stays on the park. And not in the same statistical way that it would for any other player.
Pau67
Nail and head. Nice one.
Weefra HH
hamiltontim on 7 August, 2012 at 14:27 said:
And that’s how they’ll end up in a dusty bin.
Paul67
BBC have 53 pieces of paper that contradict Sir Minty.
weeminger on 7 August, 2012 at 14:19 said:
You are right – I heard Neil lennon say the same thing – problem with his core strength.
I personally think McCourt’s body shape looks a bit different to how it should for a pro footballer as well. (As did neil lennon’s when he played). I am sure however that the bulk of the issue is due to a lack of core strength.
Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on 7 August, 2012 at 14:09 said:
Sorry – but that isn’t true. Brown’s issues could be caused by something else entirely. (another example would be craig beattie – he had a number of niggling injuries related to weak hamstrings).
I wish Paddy’s stamina matched that of the Paddy McCourt debaters.
weeminger on 7 August, 2012 at 14:28said:
Clearly they have learned nothing from the folly of the old regime.
Hell slap it into them!
hamiltontim
Sandaza and Kyle should keep the physio busy, if they have one.
Moonbeam alert! Moonbeam alert!
Afternoon bhoys, hot and hun free.
A bit baffled at what the huns are up to.
Signing players they can’t afford, I would doubt they have a decent line of credit from any bank.
The sfa must have recieved assurances, no laughing at the back, that newhun co are solvent enough to pay said players.
As I said before, they must have very deep pockets, or a plan………
Did the Sun show the side letter. They had a big scoop with one a few months back,was that next to Murrys rant today.
roy croppie
Now all they need is Beattie.
What’s the collective noun for a team full of crocks :-)
HT
Crooks?
Weefra HH
WeefratheTim on 7 August, 2012 at 14:41 said:
Pmsl!!
Ps extra Ross County tickets have become available on CFC website for anyone eligible.
hamiltontim on 7 August, 2012 at 14:39 said:
Q) What’s the collective noun for a team full of crocks :-)
A) The Rangers
Time for bed; must be, as just agreed with poster and comments below in their entirety….
Regards & Hail Hail
TBM…………..
philvisreturns on 7 August, 2012 at 14:12 said:
For me, the best part of Sir David Murray’s statement was the bit about “bayoneting the wounded”
Bombastic martial metaphors are as quintessentially Rangers as hiding in the shipyards during WW2, or ostentatiously inviting uniformed service personnel to your stadium while refusing to pay taxes that contribute to their wages, weapons and life-saving equipment. (thumbsup)
hamiltontim
nice one and I’m far too polite for that collective noun:)
MerdeSevcoCSC
I like Cicero…
It is a true saying that “One falsehood leads easily to another”.
Is B/T back yet.
Guy on my bus wearing an old Rangers top (there’s no other kind) and as he gets off, someone says to him ‘I hope you’re going to the game’. He stood on the pavement bewildered as the bus drove off. As a marketing technique, I’m not sure it’s sustainable, but it may well take them up to a couple over the 25,000 expected.
Love is everywhere. As Cicero once said.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcrGnFjRXrs
Everyone knows Brazilians can’t defend. And Kevin Kyle?
Oh ‘The Rangers’ are $*1@e !!!!!
I believe everything David Murray has said in the last day or so to be true. He would not lie, deceive nor practice mendacity at any time.
I would stake my last £100 at the Ibrox Supercasino on it.
Massive thankyou to dettolandtheblackash and saltires en sevilla for getting my ticket sorted this lunchtime.
Thanks ghuys!
Lucky old me also has a ticket for the Olympic semi-final at Wembley today – Mexico v Japan…
FitbaAddictsCSC
Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.
Cicero
There is a website called “Dave’s Web of Lies”
http://www.davesweboflies.com/
Is this a coincidence?
As the old proverb says “Like readily consorts with like.”
Cicero
One for Ned Flanders.
luxcelt,
his body shape is wrong, must be one of the silliest arguments I’ve ever seen on here :oD))))
But look what happened to Cicero, declared an enemy of the state in the end….
kdc
Fact! Wikipedia’s ‘Cicero’ page has had ‘hunners’ of hits today.
philvisreturns on 7 August, 2012 at 14:12 said:
Brilliant!
I had emailed the SFL asking why their website was giving zombie fc’s history to Sevco thus implying unbroken history between to separate clubs.
Reply below
Dear Mr. Murray,
The Scottish Football League has accepted Rangers as an Associate member. The Scottish Football Association membership of Rangers FC was transferred from Rangers Football Club PLC (in Administration) (“Oldco”) to Sevco Scotland Limited (now called The Rangers Football Club Limited) (“Newco”) in terms of Article 14 of the Scottish FA’s Articles of Association and, therefore, it is entirely appropriate for the Scottish Football League to represent Rangers in this manner.
Regards,
Carol
Wtf?
Good Night……God Bless.
TBM
lorbobo
No, that says although they have the shares and basically the place of the oldco, it is a brand new club.
I’m not sure if these people are so stupid, or just in complete denial.
Kevin Kyle at SevCo
A grand a week basic with £2k appearance money
Edu, Bocanegra, Bedoya + Goian will be gone by end of window
http://scotslawthoughts.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/rfc-sevco-membership-doc.pdf
So Sevco have signed three new half decent players. How can they afford the wages???
And as for this quote by their new Brazilian CB…
‘The club is famous in my country because it has such a strong history’
Hate to break to it to you but…….
lorbobo,
ask they why duff&phelps represented rangers fc plc in the spl with a full membership, after the time the sfl granted newclub the associate membership.
the reply should be a laugh.