It’s difficult not to associate Hearts’ owner, Vladimir Romanov’s outburst on their club website yesterday with the current issue over Rangers finances, which could soon see the SPL, the SFA and the media take sides between Rangers and their creditors, in particular HM Revenue and Customs.
Romanov’s rant on the demise of the Scottish game was ignorable until he dragged in the “tax authorities” for blame. As you and I know, the tax authorities don’t play favourites, they collect vat, income, corporation and other taxes in line with the law.
Hearts failed to pay player wages last month and Romanov now says, “there is no point is spending millions to watch someone else’s show”. Most of Hearts debt is owed to Romanov’s own bank but if player wages are unpaid there is a good chance HMRC will also be outstanding, explaining the “tax authorities” reference.
If a new football club playing at Ibrox is ushered into the SPL with a points tally calculated from the position of a defunct Rangers you can expect a gold-rush of clubs ready to flush their debts to the country, and history, away.
Well done to STV who yesterday revealed the actual decision making process which would be put in place to judge an application to join the league midseason or at any other time. The SPL board, by simple majority, have the decision, while the SFA need to ratify membership.
If the SPL board vote to reward bad debtors’ shares in their league what incentive would most clubs have to pay their bills? Fortunately, our history is more valuable than any amount of cash.
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Hands up if you work for a media company and post under various pseudonyms.
Kevin wants the return of the ‘Jungle’ ASAP! says:
3 November, 2011 at 09:14
Watch the road.
ma missus also said its a disgrace what happened to that guy commons, ” I seen it on the bbc ” she said, God give me strength por cierto.
Kayal33 says:
3 November, 2011 at 08:40
Who deserves a new contract ?
Por Cierto
Grounds for divorce.
jj
Kayal33 3 November, 2011 at 08:52
“Don’t read it then. Scroll on. ”
Better still, if you can’t take the criticism of what you post, don’t post it.
Once upon a time, a Prince asked a beautiful Princess, “Will you marry me?” The Princess said, “NO!” And the Prince lived happily ever after and rode motorcycles and broads and hunted and fished and raced cars and went to naked bars and dated women half his age and drank whiskey, beer and Captain Morgan and never heard bitching and never paid child support or alimony and kept his house and guns and never got cheated on while he was at work and all his friends and family thought he was cool as hell and he had tons of money in the bank and left the toilet seat up.
The end
RavenCelt says:
3 November, 2011 at 09:18
Mulgrew, Ledley, Forrest, Matthews and Ki are probably the only 5 who I would consider giving a new contract to, but they all have 3+ years left anyway with the exception of Ki.
THM and Kayal
Both weak arguments.
a) I cannot “Scroll on.” until I have read it to know that I should have scrolled on.
b) I don`t know I am going to be criticised at the time of writing.
SpockCSC
Jungle Jim says:
3 November, 2011 at 09:25
touche :)
Jungle Jim 3 November, 2011 at 09:25:
Live long and prosper!!
Kayal33 says:
3 November, 2011 at 09:23
So just Ki then (I wouldnt give him one either but thats just a personal opinion). Hardly seems credible that the squad are up in arms about his contract.
Latest injury list according to the Herald
“Emilio Izaguirre, Scott Brown, Kelvin Wilson and Mohamed Bangura have been joined on the injury list by Mark Wilson, Joe Ledley and Charlie Mulgrew. Badr El Kaddouri and Thomas Rogne are ineligible and Ki Sung-Yueng has a virus.”
We’re going to have to score a lot of goals tonight…
RavenCelt says:
3 November, 2011 at 09:27
I took it as meaning Brown, Ki & Kayal, Kayal now having signed.
Kayal33 08:40
Thanks for posting that, Ive no access to twitter just now so didnt see them.
Theres too many rumors about PL and the way he goes about his business for them to be easily dismissed.
EN
funniest line of the day comes from The S*n
” Templeton has been offered to Ra*gers for a cut price £500k”
Is that Zlotys, Shekels, rupees or Hungarian Luncheon vouchers ?
Do these journos seriously not have a clue what going on down Govan way ? Made me chuckle anyway !!
Steve Lomas new manager at St.Johnstone.
Good morning Hoopy Campers.
Tom English in The Scotsman today (linked to on the CQN front page) has a good article which articulates a thought that’s been nagging at me since Neil threatened to “name and shame” certain players.
Whether he likes it or not, he is stuck with these players. They will decide whether he succeeds or fails in his job. Levelling them in front of the media was not the cleverest thing Lennon ever did. Sure, he’s done it before and he got a reaction from them, most notably after the Ross County debacle. But he’s tried it a number of times this season and it hasn’t worked. Have they stopped listening to him? Has he lost the dressing room? You really have to wonder.
It is said that he has two games in which to save his job. Nobody outside the key people at Celtic know whether that is true or not, but, hopefully, it isn’t. Lennon has promise as a manager, but he has lost his way these past few months. Those who hailed him last season are now beginning to turn and those who played for him in his first season seem a little demotivated to do the same again. Berating them in public might play well with the press and the punters, but it won’t have sat well with the one group he really needs on his side – the players.
This is a giant hole that Lennon is in. And, on Sunday against Motherwell, he had better start climbing to get out of it.
This season’s travails have come as a surprise and a disappointment. But the players didn’t suddenly become bad players, and our manager didn’t suddenly become a bad coach or a bad leader of men.
People’s opinions and attitudes and approaches to things change, sometimes very rapidly. This applies to the manager and the players as much as it does to the fans.
Neil and his players still have it in them to be formidable. (thumbsup)
RFC_OfficialRangers FC Official
In case any of you have missed it, club captain @davidgweir is now on Twitter! Sir Davie is signing his new book today at Costco in Glasgow.
Costco? Sir Davie at a cash and carry? High life right enough.
bournesouprecipe says:
3 November, 2011 at 08:50
Good morning CQN
Thought the Kris Commons spoof was excellent, and a just deserts for the Laptop Loyal,
even though I had to explain to my wife that there was nothing wrong with him.
…….
Bourne, me innaw…. Ye gottae luv them eh
V
Is anybody going to suggest a starting eleven for tonight’s game?
Estadio Nacional 3 November, 2011 at 09:30
No smoke without fire.
Kayal33 says:
3 November, 2011 at 09:30
Still doesn’t sound right. Kayal has his contract, does Ki even want one ?
If these well paid players, who threw away the league last year and are in the process of being out of it before Christmas this year, are blaming Peter Lawell …… then I give up.
I think we need to install some large mirrors at Lennoxtown so that they can have a long hard look at themselves.
Of course the rumour just might be nonsense.
2010 Never Again
Is there anyone who still gives Willie Collum the benefit of the doubt as to his MIB allegiances.
It seems to me he never gives any major calls against the Huns and always seems to miss the obvious infractions by their players…….as well as giving penalties to them ad hoc….even a penalty against Celtic he couldn’t have possibly seen.
And then there’s also the Naismith tackle……he was looking directly at it only 6/7 metres away.
http://i44.tinypic.com/1zd6h40.jpg
Are all these things coincidences?
team for tonite for me
==============forster===================
matthews======loovens===dan=======M wilson
forrest=======kayal====wanyama====commons
============mccourt===samaras==========
RavenCelt says:
3 November, 2011 at 09:39
Correct the rumour may well be nonesense, time will tell. What is neither rumour nor nonesense is that out team is drastically underperforming this season and certain individuals appear to be playing with minimal effort.
St Johnstone appoint new manager to bring the SPL hun manager count back to 6 (50%).
——————————-Fraser—————————-
—–Cha—————Dan————–Glenda————Matthews—–
——Forrest————Kayal———Wanyama————-Samaras—–
————————–Sokes————Hooper———————
That’s the best team i can come up with.
donegalbhoy67 says:
3 November, 2011 at 09:42
M.Wilson in London having knee injury assessed. Could be out for season, worst case scenario.
—————–Forster—————-
Matthews Loovens Majstorovic Cha
————Kayal Wanyama———–
Forrest——–Commons——McCourt
—————-Samaras—————
play Cha at left back as Matthews is better at right back and Cha’s pace can cover Dan’s lack of.
donegalbhoy67 says:
3 November, 2011 at 09:42
Good call.Think Wilson is injured though.
Kayal33 says:
3 November, 2011 at 09:45
Not bad,all things considered.
I would ditch McCourt though,switch Commons to the left,bring Sammi into the centre and play Stokes up front on his own.
Beautiful morning here in North Ayrshire.
Come on the Bhoys!
Philvis
Remember that Tom English`s article was written the day AFTER Neil said that he had no problems with any of his players. Also, quite a number of those players have come out and publically backed Neil and agreed that they are to blame, not him.
You seem a bright guy. Ask yourself what English`s intention is in writing this article.
JJ
Kayal33 says:
3 November, 2011 at 09:45
thanks i didnt know that
cha was my second choice
HH
DB67
—————–Forster—————-
Matthews Loovens Majstorovic Cha
————Kayal Wanyama———–
Forrest——–Samaras——Commons
—————-Stokes—————
I stole most of your formation Kayal33(apologies) and just made one or two changes.
We can win the game with this team and formation.
The European Club Association (ECA) is the body which represents the European Football Clubs across the 53 UEFA member associations and they have been the body which has signed the agreement with UEFA.
The feeling from the ECA is that if many clubs are currently losing up to €100million a year then in the near future there will be a huge problem in relation to the financing of many clubs. Football clubs in Europe generate huge sums of money but currently are spending more than ever before, many feel that this is a position which simply cannot continue. With the money currently being made in European football it is felt that the clubs have enough time before the regulations come into effect to get their houses in order.
Is John McLelland still the vice chairman and Joan La porta still chairman of this association.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Club_Association#cite_note-UEFA_hails_creation_of_ECA-0
HH
Kayal33 says:
3 November, 2011 at 09:45
donegalbhoy67 says:
3 November, 2011 at 09:42
M.Wilson in London having knee injury assessed. Could be out for season, worst case scenario.
—————–Forster—————-
Matthews Loovens Majstorovic Cha
————Kayal Wanyama———–
Forrest——–Commons——McCourt
—————-Samaras—————
agree with Kayal33 here
With only 15 fit and available players,that looks like the team we might see tonight
EN
Who are the Hun managers?
JJ