All three outfits looking to take control of Rangers want to meet the SPL before formalising their bids. It would be inappropriate for any bidder to discuss the terms under which a new company could enter the SPL with the League’s executive. It is not their place to negotiate with the League, or to establish the terms under which they would be prepared to spend money on Rangers.
Let’s be clear about what cannot be achieved by meeting the League:
The SPL cannot give them any indication as to whether the resolutions will be passed
They cannot give them any indication if other resolutions will be proposed and passed
They cannot give them any indication on the probability of a new company being given access to the SPL
SPL executives have no influence on these matters. From an information discovery position, these meetings are utterly pointless, there is no need for them and no insight can be gained from them.
The SPL executive cannot consider representations from third parties who are hoping to cut a deal on buying a club. If any bidder were to discuss their own bid or the consequences of any sanction the meeting becomes wholly inappropriate.
Any meetings which do take place should be minuted, with minutes distributed to all SPL clubs, and should be open to any other SPL clubs who wish to attend.
No secret deals, no secret attempts to influence.
Pay your bills!
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Vmhan,
I rarely get to games, but I would support the idea.
PF
that would be an improvement on my current form.
Today is another day,the young lady in Bet Fred will smile politely as she does when I hand over my slips, shake her head and thank me for the donation to the Fred Done retirement fund.
Partizan I would as well, don’t know if anythings planned, but there is a lot of anger and this is the 1st opportunity ….. Good to shift it HH.
V
Vmhan, can we walk back in again after, say,10 mins ? I’d support a demo of our disgust at any new co parachute plans.
safe journey today. Where are yiu sitting? I’ll be in g5
Sanna
Che
nice to see we`re spreading it around
i`m currently donateing to paddy power
Got to shift it
V
Warts 07.41 …….. Let’s just wait and see how this all develops. ….. The time for us all to react is when they have their contrived vote ….. If it goes against sport and justice, all honest folk in Scottish Football will react very strongly .. While some are conspiring, others, like our Board, are acting with professional dignity….
…….and I get the impression that the ‘contrivers’ are finally realising the implications of any sculduggery (the world, and HMRC, are watching…
If they win the vote, all he’ll will let loose……
Break loose even….!,,,
Vmhan Supporting Lenny! on 15 April, 2012 at 07:51 said:
Morning Celts that’s wee Riley walked, breakfast done, gear looked out, car retrieved, Celtic socks…. Pain killers…. Sweets, drinks…… Missed anything? probably ha!
See ye all at Hampden.
Ps Fae last night… Monty’s in Gorouck… Zat Naw a Hun pub …. MHam :>)
V
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Vmhan
Not anymore, quite a few of us Tims now frequent montys including ticgaz and his pals. Gourocks green an white (nearly) :-)
Not picked up a ticket yet but it’ll be f6 in with the Derry Celts, GB are close to you, see ye there.
Sing up mind :>)
ps I see Maloneys are shutting they’re pub in Edinburgh when the Thai Tims are over to feed them…. They have a trip to the zoo planned.
Very decent of them.
V
Ice on the birdbath and a beautiful sunny morning here in North Ayrshire.
Come on the Bhoys!
lochgoilhead bhoy on 14 April, 2012 at 19:42 said:
Great post.
Hail Hail!
Moira Gordon has an interview with Mark Dingwall in the Scotsman
Having read the interview it seems Mark has charmed her with his raconteur wit and charm, Moira fell under his spell no mention of the word paranoia
Here is a couple of examples of everybody is oot to git us, from the administrators to awe the clubs in the SPL
“There’s definitely been a mood swing concerning Duff & Phelps and their recent behaviour,” said Mark Dingwall, board member of Rangers Supporters Trust. “We feel it has become more and more curious in terms of the time it is taking to make the important decisions. At each step of this there has been delay after delay, from the way they handled the players’ wage cuts, the handling of bids and the things they are saying about Craig Whyte.
“I have been to several meetings with the administrators and they assured us that Craig Whyte would be no impediment to doing a deal but then we see things this week saying that he will have a say in who gets his shares. I think people are beginning to question the administrators. Why haven’t they taken the legal steps needed to make sure he can’t do the club any more damage?
“There is a lot of confusion now,” said Dingwall. “The timing of the SPL decision has angered the Rangers support. Many of us don’t believe it was coincidence that the SPL unveiled the new proposals on the day Duff and Phelps were supposed to announce the preferred bidder. We feel it was an attempt to delay or derail the process.”
VMHAN
The global Tim family wishes it was with its brothers and sisters.
Hang on a minute.
It is.
Looking forward to today’s game, bhoys communion will force me to miss final if we get there but as long as we do I,ll be happy with that.
Mass first, aulds for breakfast then bus.
Enjoy the game lads and lassies
C’mon the hoops….
Good morning friends from a gloriously bright and sunny East Kilbride, just 7 miles away from Hampden In The Sun. Rally looking forward to seeing the Champions put on a show today to set up a Green Final.
Jobo
Is everybody away already or still in bed :-)
Anyway offski now
Hh
Good frank discussion from Graham Spiers in the Sunday Herald this morning:
http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/expediency-trumps-justice.17309455
GourockEmeraldBhoy on 15 April, 2012 at 08:39 said:
I’m still in bed getting a creaked neck reviewing all the posts …..
Looking forward to watching the game on the telly, since I’ve been on a Bhoycott for almost 15 years……hopefully, this will all pan out the way it should, and I can then get back to attending all away games also …… Until that happens, I won’t be giving ‘them’ any of my money ……
April 1988. Quite possibly the best football experience of my life. 1-0 down with a minute to go and then…. back in the days of standing terraces, must have been swept for yards down the Celtic end terrace when the winner went in. On the way out there were guys hugging, dancing on top of motors, their owners inside cheering them on, just sheer unfettered joy everywhere :-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unom8ZawIdM
LIVERPOOL are considering a shock swoop for Celtic’s chief talent spotter John Park. SunSport understands Park’s five-year stint at Parkhead sourcing promising players from all over the world has impressed Anfield chiefs. And his name is high on a list of potential targets. Liverpool powerbrokers John Henry and Tom Werner sacked director of football Damien Comolli on Thursday. The Americans were unhappy after splashing out a massive £120million on new players and seeing most of them fail to live up to their hefty price tags. They want to bring in a big name to replace Frenchman Comolli — with Dutch legends Johan Cruyff and Louis van Gaal being linked strongly. But it’s also believed they are keen to further strengthen their recruitment set-up by bringing in a proven candidate to work alongside Comolli’s successor. Park was head-hunted by Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell in January 2007 after a hugely successful spell at Hibs in charge of their youth academy. At Easter Road, Park helped young talents such as Scott Brown, Garry O’Connor, Kevin Thomson, Derek Riordan and Steven Whittaker become first-team stars. All were later sold for big money which paid for the club’s training ground and stadium redevelopment. Since then Park, in his role as the Hoops’ football development manager, has played a key role in securing stars such as Emilio Izaguirre, Ki Sung-Yueng, Victor Wanyama, Thomas Rogne and Beram Kayal. All were relatively unknown when they arrived at Parkhead but are now rated players with significant transfer value
67Heaven … I am Neil Lennon..!!..Truth and Justice will always prevail on 15 April, 2012 at 08:51 said:
I understand where your coming from and also hope the same. Just love going to watch the hoops especially now I’ve got a season book between the bhoys as well.
Enjoy the game anyway and hopefully the result
Hh
Defo away this time, don’t wanna be late…
Reality by-pass from Richard Wilson, still arguing for the Rangers squad to be strengthened by new signings? it seems the reality of a player budget reliant on champions league money and tax evasion equals multi million pound losses in the accounts, is this to difficult for a broadsheet hack to understand
http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/out-of-crisis-can-come-a-new-identity.17309458
BB:
That is an accurate appraisal of the (supposed) choice facing Scottish football between justice and integrity and fiscal expediancy. It is entirely fair to state the likely loss of revenues and the possible consequences but Spiers is to be congratulated for counter-posing the total loss of moral authority implicit to their avoidance.
I detect a subtle shift in his thinking, though this is more intuition than researched. Whats missing, of course, is his conclusion. He implies it but doesn’t clearly state that there is no choice; when ethics and justice conflict with expediency reason demands the former must win out…
JOHN ROBERTSON insists Rangers must be made to hand back Lee Wallace to Hearts unless they stump up what they owe.
The Jambos legend is outraged the Light Blues are able to hold on to a player they couldn’t afford.
The Ibrox club signed Wallace for £1.5million last summer at the start of the doomed Craig Whyte era.
But around £800,000 is still unpaid and Jambos are just one club on a long list of creditors.
Now Robbo fears the defender will be sold on for a fortune once Gers are out of administration.
Just like Rangers coined in £6m for Nikica Jelavic’s transfer to Everton when they still owe Rapid Vienna – the club they bought the Croatian from – around £1m.
Robertson’s old club face Celtic at Hampden today in the Scottish Cup semi-final, looking to lift the trophy for the first time since 2006.
But the Gorgie legend blasted: “Even if Hearts win the cup, the money they are owed for Wallace is still greater.
“I don’t understand it. If I didn’t keep up payments for a house or a car, I would expect it taken off me – so why can’t Hearts take Lee back? That’s what would happen in the real world.
morning winners
Good Morning Celts, what a long week it has been waiting for the Hoops game..
Enjoy you day where ever you are in the Celtic World today..
Would love to see Big Vic burst the net again..
Starry
Good morning all. Another glorious day in North Ayrshire. (Oh, that it might be a wee bit warmer.)
Any more nonsense coming out of the sou’ side about our cheatin’, bankrupt neighbours?
ARTUR BORUC last night revealed he wants to rejoin Celtic.
The 32-year-old keeper spent five successful years at Parkhead before moving to Fiorentina in a £2million deal back in 2010.
His contract with the Serie A side expires in the summer but they have an option to extend that by a year.
However, Fiorentina are fighting relegation at the moment and no decision will be made until they know the outcome of that.
Hoops gaffer Neil Lennon could be looking to sign an experienced No.1 if Fraser Forster opts out of a £2m move from Newcastle – and Boruc is preparing for all eventualities.
The Pole told MailSport: “Of course I would go back to Celtic. I miss a lot of things about Parkhead and living in Glasgow.
“If someone from Celtic ever wants to have a discussion with me about the possibility of it happening sometime in the future then I will listen. Who knows what will happen? It would be nice to think that it might happen for me again there one day.
There is no Old Firm.
Sitting in I3 for today’s game, any of you nearby?
Pointed out yesterday among other things the move to u20’s league following our entry into the Next Gen series and sure enough we have Rangers lamenting that they can’t get (no mention how they could afford the travel costs)!
Don’t think I’m blocked by Stewart Regan! He tweets on many banal items but not on the positives of our game…..have asked him if he’ll be at the game today?
Going to watch the warm up’s with close interest today, did anyone else notice the sprinklers being turned on when Celtic were in the middle of their warm up!
Enjoy the game one and all!
hail hail
lionroars67 on 15 April, 2012 at 08:29
said:
Moira Gordon had an interview with SDM at the time he had banned the herald and was trying to get spiers sacked. The article was something about Cold Reading and how used it to be able to suss people out (really worked with CW) Iwas an article which Trynor would have been proud of. How time tells us differently.
The best laid lies of mince and sports journalist …..
As much as i love Boruc FF has to be 1st option, Only if he decides he wants to leave then we go to option 2. Boruc will always be a Celtic Legend but we are building a new 1 with FF
We must be at the top of our game today.
This will be a much better Hearts team ,than the one we gubbed recently at
Swine castle.
Beattie,Webster,Black ,Templeton.
Will make a considerable difference to the Hearts cause.
They have already beaten us this season.
They will also believe that if they beat us today ,that they will be strong favourites to lift the cup against their oldest rivals.
Only a top quality performance will do.
P.s.
Gary Hooper .Too often Zaliuskas has marked you out of a game.
Up your movement and he won’t cope with you.
Now is the time for you to have your first good game at Hampden.
Taggsybhoy,
What memories. Paul McStay – his finest game?
Lionroars
the reality of the hun situation seems to be lost on most
i believe those huns who are openly suggesting that a fresh start are wise to the wretched state that they would be in should they remain in the SPL
Serge on 15 April, 2012 at 09:25 said:
As much as i love Boruc FF has to be 1st option, Only if he decides he wants to leave then we go to option 2. Boruc will always be a Celtic Legend but we are building a new 1 with FF
I agree, been big supporter of FF like you hope he stays.
Mince = mice
Well they are mince and mice anyway