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.

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  1. Summa of sammi

     

    Last nt was able to log in by scrolling to the left on home page and log in message appeared down right hand side my only prob is haven’t worked out how to log out ye,lol

  2. The latest post on RTC seems to have been pulled, the one about Gavin Rae.

     

    Anyone any idea why?

  3. Snake Plissken on

    LennonMcMjallby

     

     

    I canny think of anything to top boozegate but we bazza must have paid it himself as as far as we know McGregor never had an EBT.

  4. Dontbrattbakkinanger on

    Is lassies boxing not just wrong, or have my critical faculties been corrupted by witnessing too many fracas outside the Ladies Torlet in the oooooooooooolllllllllle Burns Howff?

  5. Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on

    dbbia,

     

    I’m with you on this, if they want to fight, then it shoud be stripped to the waist in mud, now that would be an olympic event that would blow away all other tv ratings.

  6. Google “Gavin Rae” and they say….

     

    ………………………………………………Did you mean Hun?

     

     

     

    :)

  7. Foxy Boxin’ with a couple of ‘well-made’ gals from Saskatoooon……………….

     

     

     

    Secondsout CSC

  8. Royal blue timestamp ! ??

     

    I’m not sure I’d count that as a ” site improvement ” but defo a ” sight for sore eyes” :-)

  9. traditionalist88 on

    bobbycfc

     

     

    Latest RTC article still available from what I can see- unless its been modified, not sure

     

     

    HH

  10. “Income Tax” was initially introduced to pay for war. Maybe SDM is just a peacenik and philvis is a secret socialist.

     

    Aye,right.

     

    : > )

  11. Timestamp now gone back to grey ….I think my iPhone or eyesight was having a senior moment there :)

  12. traditionalist88 on

    Qualify tonight and we guarantee European football of some description until December at least. A must. Don’t blow it Celtic.

     

     

    HH

  13. What with the Irish celebrating success in the womens boxing and us (ahem) Brits whooping at the the performances by the aristocracy and minor royals in the ole dressage and the Eton Rifles in the rowing, the sooner we get back to concentrating on the beautiful game the better.

     

     

    I do love the Olympic cycling right enough.

     

     

    TeamBrailsfordCSC

  14. traditionalist88 on 8 August, 2012 at 15:03 said:

     

     

     

    ahh – it’s back!!

     

    It definitely wasn’t there for a wee while, wonder if there have been edits done to it?

  15. Rioskorrie on 8 August, 2012 at 14:45 said:

     

    kdc – are you Neil Doncaster in disguise?

     

     

    How very dare you!

  16. traditionalist88 on

    bobby cfc

     

     

    I had a look on the RTC twitter page, one of his followers pointed out a minor typo with one of the figures mentioned so probably just that being fixed

     

     

    HH

  17. traditionalist88 on 8 August, 2012 at 15:09 said:

     

     

    cheers for that – also not sure if the original had the link to the forum at the bottom for comments

  18. viewfaethewindae on

    Forster

     

     

    Matthews

     

    Mulgrew

     

    Rogne

     

    Izzy

     

     

    Forrest

     

    Ledley

     

    Kayal

     

    Wanyama

     

    Commons

     

     

    Samaras

     

     

    Off out to catch the game,

  19. Truth_Beauty_and_Freedom on

    Hi Fellow Celtic Fans!

     

     

    Slightly off-topic I know… I have tickets for tomorrow nights Women’s Basketball Semi-Final between USA and Australia. My blood, and heart, is 100% Celtic being born of Scottish parents and descended from Irish and Scottish Grandparents. As such I am not just a mad-keen Celtic Supporter, but I am proud to be Scottish and PROUD TO BE BRITISH! As such I intend to wear my beloved Hoops to the Women’s Basketball Semi-Final (hopefully celebrating a victory tonight!), but I also intend to proudly wave the Union Jack! (I can just imagine quite a few folk on here might find that unpalatable, but if so then please ask yourself why?) I hope that the demise of Rangers helps to create conditions in which I can celebrate all of the above and not be somewhow lambasted as a ‘Hun’. Just as Zbsyzek (apologies if spelt incorrectly!) can celebrate being Polish AND being a Celtic Supporter, I don’t see why I can’t celebrate being BRITISH and being a Celtic Supporter. After all, INCLUSIVENESS is one of the cornerstones of this fine Club and Institution that I Love, is it not?

     

     

    Yours in Celtic,

     

     

    TB&F.

  20. MIKI67,

     

     

    CHEERS,

     

    I’m on the phone to Premier Sports as we speak, it’s murder trying to book this game!!!

  21. traditionalist88 on

    bobbycfc

     

     

    Yeah don’t think that was there originally either

     

     

    HH

     

     

    (Truth_Beauty_and_Freedom – Unpalatable is the polite version)

  22. hamiltontim…..if you’re around.

     

    Not heard of any pubs in Hamilton showing the game. I’ll only manage to see the 1st half as fin2001 is playing in a friendly tonight.

     

    Kids football and CL qualifier kick off times just don’t jive, I demand to know who arranged this….PL needs to make a statement!!

     

     

    Hail Hail.

  23. Lennon n Mc....Mjallby on

    DBBIA

     

     

    I must admit to knowing a few women from the past I would be happy to see punch the dung oot wan anither ;)

  24. It’s back!

     

     

    CQN fantasy league :- fantasy.premierleague.com

     

     

    To all those who played last year, its a simple 5 minute job to re-register and set up your team, most of you will have probably forgotten your passwords so just type in your email and a recovery password will be sent to you.

     

     

    New players just register normally, will take no longer than ten minutes.

     

     

    To join the league the code is :- 721106-181775

     

     

    Although the EPL season starts at the weekend, the CQN league won’t start until the weekend after to allow people to join.

     

     

    Enjoy!

  25. Truth_Beauty_and_Freedom on 8 August, 2012 at 15:16 said:

     

     

    fascinating, no wait, it’s the other one….

     

     

    ;-)

  26. truth_beauty_and_freedom

     

    15:16 on 8 August, 2012

     

    >>>>>>>>

     

    You’re dead right there. Two very big words. One giant Mhan.

     

    Jock Stein

     

    HH!

  27. Jeez, that was torture speaking to Premier Sports!!

     

     

    Game is on in my house this evening if anyone wants to watch!! ML1.

     

     

    :-)

  28. Dontbrattbakkinanger on

    Hooped Dreams- it was when the ole cistern backed up.

     

    Luckily ole Dick Byrne modified his vocoder to double as a plunger in these fraught circumstances.