Despite Walter Smith urging “Rangers fans to get fully behind the resolutions which last week were presented to the Board and shareholders”, which include sacking chief executive, Craig Mather, he added, “Craig Mather, as I have said before is doing a good job. It is unfortunate that this has happened but when change does come I hope he’ll be allowed to continue the job he has started”.
Smith is clearly close to, but not in tandem with, those who requested an Emergency General Meeting.
As well as support for the chief exec, on the manager, Smith says, “As for Alistair McCoist, it is important that we all appreciate that no other Rangers manager has had to work with poorer or more trying circumstances. It is my fervent hope that when the dust settles and Rangers have a clearer path and future he is given the chance to manage under conditions similar to those which were afforded his predecessors.”
Here we get to the crux of the problem. Rangers International face enormous financial challenges. With a half decent football manager, they would be able to win promotion from the third tier of Scottish football with a football budget of around £1m, or several times that of their nearest rivals. If, as the Herald suggested this week, there is not enough money to finish the season, the most immediate responsibility of the directors is to cut costs accordingly.
Cutting costs is not the reason anyone gets into football, and it is certainly not what Walter Smith knew in his time at the Rangers group of clubs, but at times it is absolutely necessary. The non-executive directors of Rangers International would serve their fans interests best by telling this unpalatable truth.
Failure to do this will pale in comparison to some other potential consequences. In setting his stall behind McCoist, Mather’s team building exercise and the EGM protagonists, Smith has almost ensured collapse if those demanding change cannot command the support of 51% of shareholders. To succeed, Paul Murray will need to demonstrate the leadership and deal management skills which were lacking a year ago.
Meanwhile, John Brown’s warning about Green turning Ibrox to dust hangs over the place, a bit like dust.
There is one overarching concern, however. Green is critical to fending off any impending action by Craig Whyte. His evidence will be necessary to explain how Sevco Scotland Ltd assumed the irrevocable entitlement of Sevco 5088 Ltd. Even with Green on-side, this looks like a challenge, but if the main protagonists in this action are separated from those who will have to defend any action, you suspect Whyte will be enormously encouraged.
When Whyte believed he was double-crossed he went nuclear. All Green would need to do is corroborate a sliver of Whyte’s evidence to bring Whyte’s legal challenge into sharp focus. For this reason, Green has to be part of the picture going forward. Demonising him is tempting, and may be deserved, but it’s self-defeating – and these people know all about self-defeating.
Section 111
Two weeks ago I said “place your bets” on what would happen after Celtic issued their “final warning” over a number ongoing issues in section 111. No one was in control of the situation, not Celtic, and not members the Green Brigade, who I believe had nothing to do with several of the issues.
Since then I’ve watched the debate. Some, like Phil Mac Giolla Bhain, attempted to inform on the debate, interviewing handicapped supporters and independent safety experts. Anticipating this day would come, I thought about interviewing the Council, but decided against, not wanting to draw them into making a public stance they would be unable to back down from.
Yesterday felt as inevitable as what’s going to happen next in Govan. Can the situation be rescued? Of course. Will it? Place your bets, people…
I’m not a regular newspaper buyer but the front page of one of today’s is a keeper. Celtic have a lateral movement issue, which dominates the front page, when the utter implosion at Ibrox is relegated to a side column. It’s a testament to our age. We will survive. I can’t say that with any certainty about the other lot.
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Taurangabhoy
08:02 on 7 August, 2013
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Aye, you would know.
Tom McLaughlin
I think after the events of the last year or so it makes sense to suspect that the club are aiding the police against the GB. I’d be very surprised if they’ve not.
Mornin
Thanks TnT for the info on Elsborgs recent form. Celtics defenders needs to have their best heads on to keep Bangura in his place, until he runs out of gas. They did a great job on him last week, one more push against them and we will be through to the qualifiers !
Sorry Boerrigter did not travel, returned to the tackle at Ross C game and convinced myself it was not too bad. ROF, courtesy of CNN has a good piece on him.
We finished strongly last week against E and they know it. They have to come out all guns blazing, so a wee breakaway in the first 15 will see Sammi and Stokes combine to score……….if only if only.
Keep safe.
HH
twists n turns: u can sign up on line, mine was activated in less than 5 mins, you just need your Sky viewing card no. if you’re with Sky, not sure what you need otherwise
only kiddin KevJungle , knowing your obsession with the daily record : ) . Now that the Sun is members only I need to read the negative news just to be part of the picture. It’s not such a bad time to be a Tim Kevjungle. I expect us to get a shot at the CL proper again and if we can get through that Celtic will stay at the top table for a long while.Hail Hail.
Jenko
cheers, I shall do that tonight.
Really, if we cannot beat a team who has Mo Bangura as their main threat and showed absolutely nothing last week- apart from a long range effort- then serious questions need to be asked.
And looking at our potential R4 opponents we will never get a better opportunity to reach the promised land.
We have more than enough resources and if successful tonight we will add to them.
TAURANGABHOY
If you mail me at
bmcuwp@gmail.com
I’ll give you my log-in for The Herald.
It’s the “desktop” version,but I’ll explain how to use it on a phone.
I predict a 2-1 win for the Bhoys.
At Ibrox I predict a riot.
Saw a picture of a barrage balloon outside Ibrox the other day. Rubbed my eyes and looked closer, only to realise it was Jabba.
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KevJungle
07:53 on
Why the hell did i not skin maself and by a SB ?
If yer daft enough – CSC
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Kev..
Normally l love Your posts..Well most of the Time..Everyone Loves a Panto Villan..
Oh Yes they Do..;-)
Thought the Above was a Wee bit Disrespectful..
Summa
Taurangabhoy
08:14 on 7 August, 2013
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Guid on ye mhan.
My prediction for the season….
Celtic to win the domestic Treble including cuffing Sevco in one of the cup competitions.
Celts to reach the CL group stages and finish 3rd – then get to the EL semi-final stage.
Here’s hoping :)
Hail Hail
Don’t take me seriously – necessary nuisance – CSC
A woman goes into a pet shop and immediately spots a beautifully coloured parrot with a price tag on the cage of £50.00.
“Why so cheap?” she asks the pet shop owner.
The owner looks at her and says “Look, I should tell you first that this bird used to live
in a house of prostitution, and sometimes it says some pretty vulgar stuff.”
The woman thought about this, but decides she has to have the bird anyway. She takes it home and hangs the bird’s cage up in her living room and waits for it to say something.
The bird looks around the room, then at her, and says “New house, new madam.”
The woman is a bit shocked at the implication, but then thinks “that’s really not so bad.”
When her two teenage daughters come home from school, the bird see’s them and says, “New house, new madam, new girls.”
The girls and the woman are a bit offended but then begin to laugh about the situation considering how and where the parrot has been raised.
Moments later, the woman’s husband Keith comes home from work. The bird looks at him and says ……………………………………..”Hi Keith.”
Mon the Celts
Summa of Sammi….
08:20 on 7 August, 2013
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Chill mhan – chill :)
As my favorite super villain would say – “Why so serious ?”
HH
twists n turns @ 08:02
Apply here:
http://www.bt.com/sport/?s_intcid=con_intban_btsport_home_football
P
ACGR
Different house different madam different girls same old punchlines!
That was some eulogy you gave The Ardbeg last night.
Though mixing yer Gordon’s at the same time might not have too wise.
This,added to the VOGUEPUNTER/!BADA BING! controversy the other day might give the RuthereglenMassive a complex!
That’s about six metres of complex!!!
Morning all. Dreich down here.
Occasionally reference is made on CQN to Ibrox being asbestos ridden. Is there any truth to this? Long may they cut one another’s throats down there.
PARKHEADCUMSALFORD
Afraid not,mate.
All of those sections fell down….
Whither the cash strapped scrofulous hillbillies the day?
Bmcuw
Lost AOL account annd not sure when its coming back.
I have lost all my contacts.
Acgr has my gmail address should you need to contact me..
Useless@it.com……… O(
BTW this means I have list most of my CQN contacts… Grrrrrr
Morning Lubo hope you enjoy the game tonight,have you met benny yet? 2-0 or 3-1 to the ghood ghuys tonight.Hail Hail Hebcelt
kevjungle
08:25 on 7 August, 2013
Summa of Sammi….
08:20 on 7 August, 2013
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Chill mhan – chill :)
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The thing is Kev a lot of fans do skin themselves to pay for season books.
BLANTYRE TIM
Oh,hell!
I lost my HOTMAIL account last April,as it had been hacked.
Yer in for frustrating times,mate.
I’ve got a lot of details if you need them.
Mail is
bmcuwp@gmail.com
BTW,the mail I sent you at stupidgit.com keeps coming back to me!
twists n turns
08:02 on
7 August, 2013
Vmhan
I am a BT broadband customer. Does that mean I get this new BT sport thingy (to copy your technical term, hope you don’t mind) free? If so, what do I need to do? Phone them?
5th generation
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Twists,
Yes you’ll get it for free, there are I think three options.
1. View via your sky sat box
2. View via a BT Vision box and
3. View via the intranet on mobo, lappy (tech term……) or pc
The last option via timternet is free, the other two will mean a connection fee of about £45quid?
I went for the box because it gives me other options for recording etc plus free HD for 12months.
Google “BT sport sign up” or something similar to register.
I hope this helps young mhan :¬)
Ps got to go, busy half day, then hospital with the wee yin
V
Twists
Call 150 from your landline (BT). They’re v helpful on the phone and give you all your uptions. Sorted.
*options*
BMCUWP
Sorry for late reply.
I aim to please.
Good morning CQN’rs I’m making no predictions about tonight because it would just come back and bite me in the gluteus maximus. I would have liked to have gone up to Sweden for the game but oldest daughter and the grandweans arrived from England last night and some things are more important, well almost ;-).
I watched the Chuckles interview last night and it was comedy gold but he never learns or does he care? When asked about his racist comments he replied “where I come from we believe in calling a spade a spade”, dearie dearie me!
Well here’s hoping for a result tonight a draw or even losing by the odd goal, not 1-0, will suffice.
Hail! Hail! PMTYH
Summa of Sammi:
Yir right, probably blinded by the pre-session in ‘Eddies Wee Club’ and confusing Melbourne with Brisbane experience.
However, Liverpool still got 90,000. Is Celtic more global than Liverpool?
Wing Commander
Just check Bert Kassies Euro qualfier site. It looks to me like last nights results have bumped a couple of tough teams (Viktoria Plzen, Dinamo Zagreb) up to seeds for the next round. So we would miss them … if we can beat Elsfsborg.
Seeded teams coef. Unseeded teams coef.
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FC Basel *3 Sui 59.785 Austria Wien *3 Aut 16.575
Celtic ** Sco 37.538 Legia Warsaw ** Pol 13.650
Steaua Bucuresti ** Rom 35.604 NK Maribor ** Slo 9.941
Viktoria Plzen ** Cze 28.745 Ludogorets Razgrad ** Bul 3.450
Dinamo Zagreb ** Cro 25.916 Shakhtyor Karaganda ** Kaz 2.941
SILVERCITY1888
Hmmmm…
Waiting that long before replying is just milking the applause….
ACGR, Did the parrot really say, Come on the Celts.
Hola Hola just back from Majorcy and don’t practice the saddo habit of logging into a blog to have someone to speak to while on my holly bags. So whits been happening on the Celtic front not interested in 2nd division clubs news.
Ps anyone with a wee holiday But n’ Ben around the area of Andraxt better check and make sure it’s still there
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2381017/Majorca-wildfire-rages-control-wooded-hills-700-evacuated.html
Hebcelt,
Thanks again for sorting me with a ticket. Im driving there later today and will meet up with him. Been in contact so should be OK. Staying over so i can have a few beers to celebrate.
Hail Hail.
Lubo.
pod i
Wee question. Have BT broadband through my business, work from home. Will i be able to get the sport or would i only get it if i have residential broadband? Cheers in advance big yin.
sipsini
08:46 on 7 August, 2013
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I know they do – I used to be the same until
the bored announced that they would be downsizing when WGS took the reigns from MO’N.
The bored didny make a big play of the fact that they would be engaging in duplicity on a ‘grand’ scale ie: selling anybody who would fetch a few bob and replace them with an inferior replacement – all the while still charging top dollar from their faithful support.
Eight years doon the road and their still at it. Although – the club did have to reduce some SB’s by £100 as a result of awe the empty seats that are now to be found inside CP – dressing it up as a ‘gesture’ to the fans as it was the clubs 125th anniversary ? BS imo
I’m not being biased when I say that the Cellic fans are the best on this planet – goodness, I’ve been one for 49 years.
There are those types of folks oot there who will ruthlessly exploit the ‘grand’ ole nature of the Cellic support – especially those who are supposed to protect / direct / galvanise them
you know the types, yes them in the bored room.
I would take up the entire blog if I had to cite why I feel this way – so I’ll give one example
The reaction or, lack of reaction to LNS verdict. The bored actually left the clubs take on that to be courted by puppet manager Neil Lennon. I mean – ye couldny make it up.
So – If fans want to skin themselves to buy a SB while the bored sell all the assets on the field – then snaffle awe the money – guid for them !
The Kelly’s & White’s were pitchforked oot Kerrydale Street for less !!!
HH
Hola Hola just back from Majorcy and don’t practice the saddo habit of logging into a blog to have someone to speak to while on my holly bags. So whits been happening on the Celtic front not interested in 2nd division clubs news.
You’ll no doubt excuse me for not practicing the saddo habit of replying politely to a knob?
Windfall last season and we go into a crucial CL qualifier with a weaker team. Apart from the MON era, where DD allowed the board to spend thinking that we were going to the EPL, there has never been a hint of us speculating on the team . Its like we reach a level and resign ourselves to accepting that this was as good as it gets, so dont expect it every season.
Having said that, we ought to get past Elfsborg, but its far from as clear cut as it should be.
hh