Snout in trough required, Champions League frustrations

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The frustration at the news Derk Boerrigter is injured, again, and will miss another important Champions League game, is enormous.  Derk was a big part of our summer signing strategy but he came with a caveat concerning his propensity to suffer injury.

We have seen only flashes of him since he joined from Ajax in the summer.  His opportunities to exploit his undoubted speed in SPFL games will be limited by opponents tendency to defend deep, denying him space to run into, making Champions League games all the more important to his season.

Our other pace player, James Forrest, will surely come into sharp focus for the visit of Ajax on Tuesday.

I see Alasdair Johnston is expressing concern that Our Hero is still pulling the strings at Ibrox!  I never thought of that!

Let’s see…. He is a director of Sevco 5088 Ltd, the firm which had an irrevocable right to buy the assets of liquidated Rangers, he issued a pre-action letter to exercise those rights, there was in independent ‘inquiry’ which completely failed to investigate control of Sevco 5088 Ltd, then he went quiet. Why are we always a day behind the news?

Does that mean he got bored and went away, or is he conducting his business in private?  I am sure it’s the latter but Craig Whyte is the least of Johnston’s concerns when it comes to who is able to pull strings at Ibrox.  All the action is offstage.

Speaking about what is happening offstage, whenever Rangers International’s advisers confirm how the company can appoint sufficient executives to be compliant with AIM requirements, they will need a new chief executive.

Going by recent (and not so recent) trends they will need someone with their snout constantly in the trough, with impeccable Rangers credentials, with their snout constantly in the trough, who is currently available for work, with their snout constantly in the trough, who has previously worked in the game and with their snout constantly in the trough.

If only they could find another genuine fan who would be prepared to do whatever necessary in return for a remarkable contract.  Can’t think of anyone.

Wait a minute………

Thanks to everyone who participated in Show Your Hand yesterday.

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  1. Che (Standing Beside Wee Oscar) on

    murdochauldandhay & wee oscar

     

     

    21:33 on 17 October, 2013

     

     

    Och don’t spoil it!

     

     

    Lol

  2. First comment from hunmedia….

     

     

    At last a true Bear and a man with smarts, not looking for cash,coming in as CEO.

     

     

    I’m a happy Bear tonight, the charlatans are being weeded out. TFFT.

     

     

    Wait to hear our poisoned media telling us he was not impartial in his previous role and was secretly tryinto help us. Shower of crap the lot of them.

     

     

    We’re on the road back.

     

     

    The club with no name and no shame.

  3. Doc is supporting Oscar and McKenzie.

     

    21:35 on

     

    17 October, 2013

     

    MurdochAuldandHay, thank goodness Paul67 took down the not lazy journalism banner!;-)

     

     

    No worries mate, it’ll come in good time.

     

     

     

    Going on holiday to Sorrento tomorrow Doc my brains Up Pompie the night :)

  4. John O’Neil

     

     

    Perhaps having published it, it is Paul who will require good lawyer.

     

     

    No worries, our host has set out the interweb rules many times before. Posters are held legally responsible for what they post. E.g when someone posts something crass on twitter or facebook, it’s not the facebook or twitter owners who are held legally responsible. Paul didn’t ‘publish’ any responses to his article.

     

     

    HH

  5. Will Celtic fans never learn??

     

     

    Honestly gets me so down at times.

     

     

    Some seem to enjoy writing players off after hardly any games.

     

     

    Derek is the new:

     

     

    Sammi

     

    Forster

     

    Hooper

     

    Ambrose

     

    Lustig

     

    Wilson

     

     

    Could go on, but I’m sure you get the point.

     

     

    Give players time to settle for Gods sake.

  6. 67Heaven ... I am Neil Lennon, supporting WEE OSCAR..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors on

    is monstr munch jabba still picking up a wage at thcastle ofvdoom…?xx

  7. 67Heaven ... I am Neil Lennon, supporting WEE OSCAR..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors on

    Please excuse the spelling errors…..just nodding off

  8. BIG-CUP-WINNERS on

    lennybhoy

     

     

    Don’t worry about it. We all post things with reasonable intent, but contain something we later regret.

  9. scroll by if you could do without a rant.

     

    I was on strike today, my workplace was closed, I could have easily turned up, signed in and got paid , wouldn’t have made a difference to a damned thing but I couldn’t, my conscience wouldn’t have let it. A couple of colleagues are in the union but only joined to get protection and had no intention of striking – said so themselves – as vile a manifestation of repugnant thatcherite individualism as I’ve ever seen. I’ll take what I want and give nothing.

  10. Houl yer wheest

     

    17:55 on

     

    17 October, 2013

     

    RobertTressell

     

    17:02 on17 October, 2013

     

    Great articles which should be circulated and read widely. Here’s a statement from a former RUC man.

     

     

    SeeingRed [John Weir’s Affadavit]

     

    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

     

     

    Would take much of that statement with a pinch of salt. He was convicted of one murder…….everything else is conjecture and the ramblings of the disenfranchised IMO.

     

     

    Try reading this its a technique used by fiction writers I believe.

     

     

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronicity

     

     

    Besides it is written in very similar style to the Freddy Scappataci files and confessions in crypto me.org to the point I believe its the same author.

     

    In fact having read it through completely I would say its a straight lift from crypto me?

     

     

    Of all the places in the world you could go to smoke big joints, drink yourself silly and take prescription drugs for his PTSD…….he chose NIGERIA.

     

     

    Helloooo……

  11. Doc is supporting Oscar and McKenzie.

     

    21:49 on

     

    17 October, 2013

     

    MurdochAuldandHay, any space in the suitcase for a wee Fhella to stow away?

     

     

     

    Sorry Doc but my suitcase doesn’t shrink to fit inexperienced travellers :)

     

     

     

    Lennybhoy…Supporting Neil Lennon, Wee Oscar Knox and CFC until I die

     

    21:46 on

     

    17 October, 2013

     

     

     

    Will do lennybhoy thanks

  12. Evening Timland from a warm hun free mountain valley.

     

     

    So, PF is a hun, well I never, always said CQN is an education >}

     

     

    A three game ban for Broonie, what a feckin joke, a yellow at most, coupled with injuries, Lenny has a hard task for the Ajax game.

     

     

    HH

  13. the exiled tim

     

     

    22:03 on 17 October, 2013

     

    Evening Timland from a warm hun free mountain valley.

     

     

    So, PF is a hun, well I never, always said CQN is an education >}

     

     

    A three game ban for Broonie, what a feckin joke, a yellow at most, coupled with injuries, Lenny has a hard task for the Ajax game.

     

     

    HH

     

     

     

     

    Perversely I think might be a good thing. Just got a wee feeling we fancied ourselves too much for the Ajax game and were getting a wee bit too confident. Think the absence will focus the minds of the remaining squad.

     

     

    Hail! Hail!

  14. Big nan 20.36 I was once asked to join the masons here in fife. Guy said “you’d be surprised who you’d know. I replied ‘”no, I wouldn’t”.

  15. I noticed on KDS that Lotte has been outed on twitter as one of the HR girls who works at the bigot dome.

     

     

    God help her.

     

     

    I also see that the sojers are not to be done for sectarian singing, well,they can kill innocent Irish people without getting done, what chance for singing about killing them.

  16. BIG-CUP-WINNERS on

    estorilbhoy

     

     

    The expectation is probably from our fans rather than the players. A lot of them played in the preseason match a couple of years back and will remember that humbling.

  17. taggsybhoy

     

     

    22:10 on 17 October, 2013

     

    Big nan 20.36 I was once asked to join the masons here in fife. Guy said “you’d be surprised who you’d know. I replied ‘”no, I wouldn’t”.

     

     

    Taggsy,

     

     

    How’s your granny’s shoes for leather?

  18. bazzabhoy

     

     

    21:53 on 17 October, 2013

     

     

    Some supporters expect every signing to hit the ground running and if they don’t perform like messi they must be a dud, crazy but a suppose its football for you HH

  19. Sir Paul

     

     

    Boeriggter, Won’t be Missed..fur He wuz nevah really Here!

     

     

    Ah hiv already written Him Aff… Ah hiv!

     

     

    He has a rep of Being a Basket case..and He sure hiz no disappointed!

     

     

    If the Celtic Scouts hid taken Kojo’s Instruction oan.. “Steps tae Tak by Scouts ,, Well Afore they recommend a Target.”.. Page 3

     

     

    They wid hiv learned tae Haunt the Supporters’ Forum of the Team that Their Target played Fur.. That is the best Place tae Find oot…How Their Target who played fur that Team was Valued..

     

    Naebuddy, knows as much aboot a Player’s Faults and No Faults..as the Supporters sof the team , whit he Plays fur.

     

     

    If the Scouts hid done their Hame-work.. Right..

     

     

    They widda Fun oot that Boeriggter his .. GLESS ANKLES..

     

     

    And.. Consequently… Celtic wid hiv bin .. Two Million Pounds Plus. Richer.. Right Noo!

     

     

    When wull These Scouts evah Learh?

     

     

    Nevah?

     

     

    Yep.. Ah agree.. Fur they Hivnae Any.. Malam!

     

     

    Kojo

     

    Still,Laughin