You get the sense that the Sword of Damocles is hanging over Newco Rangers. Some wondered about the sense in Mike Ashley controversially renaming Ibrox as the rumoured ‘Sports Direct Outlet Village’ but having bought the rights to do so for £1, he is now able to leverage this detail in his earlier loan.
He has the retail and stadium naming rights but ownership of the club badge, details of which it appears the Newco board leaked to the Daily Record yesterday, would allow him to control the strips, novelty ducks and other tat, no matter where it’s sold. Any future shirt deal would need his authority, as it would require use of ‘his’ logo. Which would inevitably lead to shirt deals being concluded by one of Ashley’s in-house brands.
All this makes sense if you are a retailer with notions of monopoly status. ‘Rangers’ branded pencil cases, alarm clocks and shirts will continue to sell, no matter in which league Newco inhabit. It’s a straight merchandise play from the retailer, who is the only person in the UK in a position to exploit clubs going through a hard time, like Newco.
Ashley is thick-enough skinned after sitting through all that Newcastle fans could throw in his direction for years. He doesn’t need to be liked, and with control over intellectual property like the badge, he doesn’t even need to be the retailer to make money every time club merchandise is sold. Newco wouldn’t even be able to put the badge on their tickets without his agreement.
In many ways this proposed deal is an inevitable step. Clubs are enormous merchandising opportunities, the people who can profit most from this are the retailers. It is, of course, only inevitable because of the state Sir David Murray left oldco in. As soon as he handed the keys to a liquidation specialist the game was over.
News in today’s Herald that an S&P study makes Celtic the least likely publicly listed football club in Europe to default is likely to sound a little hollow to some who watched us against Accies on Sunday. There are many ways to build a sustainable and successful football team, but none of them involve spending more than you earn.
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Hi – needing some help – looking for the name of a song about someone sitting at a grave of a young Irish soldier who lost his life in ww1 – I’m not sure if the young Irish soldier is recounting his memories or the visitor is – many thank s Jm hh
Cults
It will be the unthinkable them me thinks.
There will no spend, let alone major, in fact I will wager now, we will prob make in the window.
And RD and JC will still be there, and they will get it right, hunt the players who can’t handle the change, bring in players who want to play.
Now that is all well and good if the manager has a say, but I doubt he will, JP will be scouring the planet as we speak, looking for freebies and rejects who can play Ronny’s system, he will just have to suck it up like the rest of us.
HH
Pedro67, sounds like you had a good night. Sorry I couldn’t make it. Just finished my day that started at 03.00 talking to some fannies in aus, and finished at 22.30 talking to other fannies in Alaska.
I need a new job:_)
Finishing at exactly 16.00 tomorrow then off to Spain on Saturday for sclaffbaw, bevy, nookie and sclaffbaw. Aye ok, double sclaffbaw and nae nookie……….ha ha.
TET, if you’re still about, did you get my mail?
voguepunter
22:53 on 9 October, 2014
Just saw the ‘boydie’ heid butt…..fek all in it .
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His cranium is indeed rather empty.
what is the stars
21:42 on 9 October, 2014
the glorious balance sheet
23:37 on 9 October, 2014
Excellent synopsis
Some Tim’s are awe right
HT, is there any connection between your signature count on Sunday and the online petition, or will they both be equally ignored?
macjay1 for neil lennon
23:34 on 9 October, 2014
Macjay dismay you never fail to disappoint
Nothing will ever be as vitriolic is this lot yet our board are betting on the bigot buck
ACGR
Just came thro a few mins ago, feckin pish btw, you sent it at 2 this afternoon, appoling techno these days.
Spain had the same luck as we did at the weekend, all over their oppo but no luck in the scoring dept.
Sack ra lot o them
HH
johann murdoch
The green fields of france?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr6OzLJrS2k
The Glorious Balance Sheet
at 23.37
Pal… According, tae whit ye jist Wrote.n…
Ah must say.. that Ah wid be astonished if..
Ye Trewly believe.. Yersel… Whit ye jist Wrote…
It wid Seem, tae Me…. that You are Willng tae Go tae GREAT LENGTHS..
in order tae..
Tae Back up Yer Argument.. in extremis..
In Light of that..revelation…
Ah see that Ah wull never be able tae Convince you..
that..
Not everyone ,believes,( .. as You obviously do,) that
Obtaining..
The Living Wage…. fur Celtic Workers..is So Essential..to further the Peace n Tranqulity
of the World.
Kojo
Still,Laughin’
TET
I honestly would accept any combination of john Hughes, Jackie Mac, John Hartson or Kris Commons as a management team over these two hopeless cases. It is inconceivable to me that any of the above would not have exceeded the results achieved so far…
Sleep well Timland
Off to the big town in the morning, oh the joy of it all.
HH
KTF
Gotta Scram, Sam
Seeya..
Kojo
Still,Laughin
johann murdoch
23:37 on 9 October, 2014
Could be
No Mans Land
Ole Young Jake Bugg fair shook the founds of the Concert Hall tonight in Glasgow.
He’s better live than his recordings, really brings the songs to life, and plays with great swagger and confidence, with a tight as 2 man backing band.
He played his best song ‘Broken’ magnificently, and certainly surprised me with his electric gee-tar pyrotechnics too.
Good set too from young Dublin band ‘Hudson Taylor’, supporting.
Some great vocal harmonies, and plenty of energy.
Reluctant to attend beforehand, but very glad I did.
Wasn’t even the oldest there!
The huns and the media love us attacking our own.
Ronny gets my support as long as he is our boss.
Night Bhoys…have a wee bit of faith.
Cults
Twas not to be.
Pedro listens to John Park and no other, till he-they are gone, it will be same old, same old, or worse, and I will wager anything it will get worse.
Been saying the same thing for long enough, many now are begining to realise that Pedro is a prob, yet they are all after the head of Ronny, that is coming form people who think they are on the button btw.
CFC NOT PLC
HH
Margaret McGill
23:48 on
9 October, 2014
macjay1 for neil lennon
23:34 on 9 October, 2014
Macjay dismay you never fail to disappoint
Nothing will ever be as vitriolic is this lot yet our board are betting on the bigot buck.
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“Fail to disappoint”
:-):-)
That`s the nicest thing you`ve ever said to me.
Maggie.
I`m all aglow at the prospect of a new beginning.
Based on mutual respect and a love of Nigel.
Johann murdoch green fields of France.
HH
KTF
Thunder Road, that’s a cracking wee tune. Enjoyed that. “play the fife lowly” is a great line.
Fanx and hail hail bruv
cultsbhoy
hartson and commons, you are not serious.
Kojo.
Ah like yer fitba posts.
For RD is to last till beyond Christmas he needs to learn adaptability.
In team selection and formation. One step at a time.
Yet to see the Boyd incident.
Not proven ? Live on the TV ?
Sounds like shades of an Edinburgh jury.
TET
Can,t argue with your posts.
Res 12 . The OB act. The lack of foresight in signing policy .
Stand alone policy ?
Everything points to a welcome back to the huns.
Totally misguided.
Kojo
23:51 on
9 October, 2014
Living wage.
Strangely the same hourly wage for a mother of six and a lad of eighteen Summers.
Each according to his needs…………………………..
I think we are lucky,to have a forward thinking person like Ronny in charge of our club.Move forwards not backwards
Remember Jock Stein!
Kojo caught on video a few years back
http://youtu.be/bMEccNLXcQc
Fanad
Are you being serious or sarcastic
Timhorton
Team building lunches at MacDonalds… But would still better the results so far imo
BGX
Ref Kojo
I’ve spent the last ten years trying to ignore his crap. Only now and then do I rise to his bait. It is very difficult when he talks such utter nonsense.
I thought tonight he surpassed himself in his ability to have one ounce of christianity to his fellow man. A christian he is not, and therefore should be shunned.
Macjay, apologies for my “pish” comment in the early hours. I thought they were meant to be links. Ha ha, I don’t do twatter, am I a philistine?
Blushing:-(
MARGARET McGill
Gotta disagree with ya on the video. The bird talks more sense than Kojo and at least the bird might have an ounce of feeling for his fellow bird ( or man ) unlike our Kojo whose only interest is self and money.
Unthank road, if you go along to the hootenanny on Saturday and meet canamalar, gee him a big slobber kiss from me and tell him I love him.
Jury? Mibby, mibby no:_)
HH
acgr
Loved that song ever since i 1st heard it about 30 years ago.
My big brother bought it.
He was forever reading the NME, listening to John Peel and going to the concerts up and coming bands instead of paying too much attention to mainstream established stuff.
Its a special song to me cos it reminds me of him.
We haven’t talked for about 15 years now……what a waste :(
Cot time. Night Night Timland. KTF.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
baw baws for me you lot!
Some of us need beauty sleep.
A Ceiler Gonof Rust
00:10 on
10 October, 2014
Mate.
That`s much appreciated.
Watter aff a duck`s back.:-)
You`re in good company.
No Twitter or Facebook for me.Emails suffice.
Recently ,I reluctantly got myself a mobile phone,out of sheer necessity.
I quite enjoy being difficult to contact.
Thunder Road, I ain’t talked to my big bruv for a few years. Not because we’ve fallen out, just because we have very different lives.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsOA-5H_L2g
Try this one. First posted on can by shady, who left these shores with his young family and started a new life in aus. Very apt.
HH
Thunder Road
Ma wee brother moved to Oz about 10 years ago. He’s been back a few times, but I miss him more than I’d ever tell the wee git!
Obviously none of my business, and don’t know the circumstances, but I hope the ‘waste’, as you rightly call it, stops soon, for both your sakes.
macjay1 for neil lennon
00:19 on 10 October, 2014
“I quite enjoy being difficult”
Too true