Let’s be clear from the off, Craig Whyte is not your friend. He was not the man who “murdered” Rangers any more than Alasdair Johnston, his accuser, who was paid to ensure the club was run in an appropriate manner in the years prior to its crash into liquidation.
If Whyte has your job, your pension or your wellbeing in his hands, you would likely fair no better than those who have had the misfortune to be vulnerable to his exploitative nature before. He is the worst manifestation of our corporate system.
As yesterday’s verdict at Glasgow High Court established, he was merely a collaborative player in the drama which saw Murray Group shed its liabilities to Rangers fans into an all-too certain, and limited, future.
The SFA were right to quickly fine and sine die Whyte, despite the fact that he has no inclination to become involved in football again. What the Association must now do is examine the role of those who had explicit and executive oversight responsibility of managing Rangers through the process of its decline and sale to a character with a lengthy corporate irresponsibility charge sheet.
Whyte was not in any way a bad choice for the job required at Rangers. For those with most to gain, he was the perfect choice. He was, in fact, the only choice, if the desired result was to be delivered – and it was.
No one else would have had the stomach to pick up a corporate basket case, manoeuvring bank debt, securitising years of ticket sales, brazingly stiffing public service funding, and in doing so, freeing Murray Group from a disabling liability.
What do I care? I predicted, then watched, Rangers inevitable crash into administration and liquidation. Patience and thick skin was all that was required through the years of bravado from Ibrox. Those who shouted down the glaringly obvious in support of these charlatans have been shown up as malleable accomplices.
There is one outstanding matter I do care about. In my opinion, Sir David Murray did not discharge his duties as the ultimate controlling director of Rangers FC in a responsible manner. If there is one issue which every Scottish football fan can unite on, it is surely this.
The deplorable sequence of events at that club, from it’s exploitation of the Employee Benefit Trust scheme to pay millionaires tax free sums through a system which was designed to allow employers to aid staff through periods of hardship.
To its submissions to the SFA on taxable overdue. To the shredding of correspondence, and failure to disclose other correspondence.
Rangers were a huge influence on our game; on the SFA, the SPL, the media, and more. The executives concerned had placemen who protected them. The SFA must now charge those responsible for bringing the game into disrepute.
More sine die punishments would mean little to men who are already finished with the game, but it would be a hugely significant act of faith towards the paying public, of all colours. It is time for us all to unite against the men who really did sell the jerseys.
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Is this 01/04/17 ???????????????????????
Greenapinita
The very mention of his name brings out typical posts like yours.
You know the ones,
Great Efe Luv You.…………………BUT
Off course red Effe was useless he played over 150 games for Celtic and was an African Nations winner..
Fickle fenians
BSR,
Yes I understand we can all become emotional and nostalgic when talking about former players.
The simple fact is that ,if BR and the managerial team though he was good enough, or could become consistently good enough he would still be there. I trust that decision.
Anyway a blog is all about discussion and opinion. If you think he should still be there and competing for a place then fine, absolutely no issue with that. I happen to agree with BR and the managerial team though.
HH.
I watched the Sean Fallon documentary again earlier , what a privilege it was to have such an honourable and principled man playing a such huge part in our history.
BT your dad made a fine contribution to the documentary along with some photos of him I hadn’t seen before, some of him celebrating a goal or us winning a game.
I then watched the last five minutes and four minutes of injury timeof the cup final this season. Our play was very controlled and disciplined something I never noticed at the match and when I watched it after getting home that day.
Apparently a Home friendly on Saturday 15th July v Lyon
Poor Efe – his mistakes were high profile – but he was actually a very good footballer (should have been holding mid-fielder – from someone who never coached at highest level).
Celtic v Lyon 15th of July at CP, TBC
GREENPINATA
Where did anybody post they thought that Efe should still be at Celtic?
Where do any posts that clearly prompted your post, intimate that BR’s very
clear ( given that he’s now a Hibs player ) disagree with him?
The post was from the official site thanking the new Hibee for his services to Celtic,
It just beats me why some supporters always need to caveat Efe posts with a caveat
Just Asking CSC
Bada
On the season book?
It’s becoming obvious Brendan is getting found out, getting rid of Efe FFS, a total joke.
“Ryan Jack was nimble, Ryan Jack was quick……
…but Ryan Jack still couldn’t dodge
Jonny Hayes’ roundhouse kick.”
Talking about nostalgia; going to watch the philosopher,s stone with a bunch of muggles.
Hail, Hail to all.
BSR- It should be….
How much closer would corbyn have been to the tories before the election was even called if he has some more MPs with backbone who supported him and not a bunch of careerist Blairites
The Latest Survation Poll (and they got the Brexit vote spot on) shows as follows:
CON 41.3
LAB 40.4
LD 7.8
UKIP 2.4
SNP 3.6
PC 1.7
GRE 2.3
OTH 0.5
Not sure how that works out on a constituency basis but that must be mighty tight in terms of a Tory Majority
FAPAAC
The behaviour of some Labour MP’s in this regard, since the Election was announced, is unforgivable. These people should be chased from the Labour Party. I believe they will find more kindred spirits in the LibDem movement.
HH
Drove for 5 hours to get home through bumper to bumper traffic just to make sure I could vote.
Voting Labour here is a futile gesture but one I am delighted to make. Mon the Bill Edwards!!
BROGAN ROGAN TREVINO AND HOGAN on 8TH JUNE 2017 9:24 PM
The exit polls will be available in about 20 minutes. I think they’re regarded as being the most accurate.
Davidopolous
Well done
Na Trachtalai Abu
ERNIE LYNCH
Not good reading, I fear. However I am a notorious shitebag. HH
https://twitter.com/terry_obrien86/status/872916162186817537
He won’t get a gig on Sky Sports..
Evening all. 10 minutes to post something that you can refer back to tomorrow and say ‘who’s a clever bhoy then…’
I’ll start [2015 election results in brackets] –
Tory (booooo) 335 [330], Labour 222 [232], SNP 51 [56], Lib Dem 10 [8]
WHAT IS THE STARS
If we win I’ll start greetin…
Hell, if we cut the majority I’ll probably greet as well…
Davidopolous
If Corbyn wins I will cry like a baby
This is depressing already:(
Tory fkrs
HH
But in the real world I’ll just greet at the fact that I live with so many fascist pensioners…
JOBO BALDE
I’ll join in, I fear a Tory majority of 44 seats.
Exit poll. Hung parliament
SNP -22 seats
Exit poll predictions
314 Con
266 Lab
Exit Poll
Con 314
Lab 266
SNP 34
Lib 14
UKIP 0
I fear that both Tories and SNP respectively will still have a big majority of the votes in UK and Scotland respectively. Pre-election Polls consistently under-report Tory voting intention.
But, at least, the press-proclaimed landslide victories have been shown up. And the UKIP vote will be on the slide.
Jeremy Corbyn was monstered in the press and this was reflected in all polls prior to the election being called. WHen the real Jeremy Corbyn showed up on the hustings and in media debates, people were foced to revie their opinion of the real Corbyn and the monster that had been portrayed to them. Some could not cope with the cognitive dissonance this caused and were left deriding him for his unwillingness to cause first strike mutually assured destruction.
The BBC poll tracker over this period makes fascinating reading:-
Election Poll tracking
This shows us how much influence the press and media has when the rules of balance during an election are not in play.
Laura Kuennsberg will have to do hand stands to explain how this could be so in her blue tinted world.
The rest of us will still have to cope with a bitter Tory Party going back to in-fighting and a rotten Brexit deal with all the misery that will bring in its wake.
Thank God I paid for my Season Book in advance
314 Tory
266 labour
34 SNP
14 Lib dem
0 UKIP
No overall majority?
Goooood evening CQN
Voted today for first time in many opportunities
Chris Kane – Scottish Labour
Come On Jeremy
O’Connell away to Bury. Some performance data from his 13 appearances:
• 13 apps – I have data for 12.
• 905 mins
• 60.46 passes per 90m @ 91% complete
• Won 66 challenges and lost 3! WOW.
• 54 intercepts @ 5.27 per 90m – high
• 7.66 clearances per 90m
• 1.09 fouls conceded per 90m
• 7 defensive saves @ 0.7 per 90m
• 14 def errors, 4 critical @ 1.39 per 90m – ugh (more than Efe…1.26 per 90m)
• 1 assist vs Dundee