People hear what they want to hear. When Neil Lennon was asked at a media conference if he was able to spend £6m on one player, as he was last year, he gave the honest answer; “Yes”. He was able to make this type of signing, but that’s not to say he would regard this as the best use of his very finite resources.
Some felt “cheated” when Celtic ultimately didn’t make a £6m signing, they perhaps only read headlines with promises to that effect, without drilling down to the actual quotes. Nothing can be done about this. Dave King is another story.
King desperately wants to do something positive for Newco Rangers, perhaps mindful of his role as a director when Original Rangers were consigned to liquidation. He wants to believe that he can bring influence to bear on the collection of hedge funds and Respectable Local Businessmen who control Newco, but he appears to be indulging in a bit of ‘hearing what he wants to hear’.
Newco accused King of making “untrue” and “disgraceful” comments, which is perhaps polite for “glib and shameless liar”. Based on their public comments, Newco are in the right. After almost two years of over-promising and under-delivering, they have played clever. Specifically, they did not publicly promise to reveal their forward budget plans for the club before season ticket renewal deadline. Why would they?
King met the board and then told the world he won this assurance from them. I’d be amazed if Graham Wallace was sufficiently malleable to be manipulated into making such a commitment to a man who led Oldco into liquidation. Wallace’s 120 day review period was surely chosen not because it takes anything like this long to discover the blatantly obvious, but because it allowed him to kick all this trouble into the long grass of the close season. Wallace’s entire strategy for this season is not to be drawn on discussing the long metaphoric winter that lies ahead.
A few weeks ago I described King as the Pied Piper of Govan. In truth, I don’t expect many fans will sign up to his hair-brained “give me, not them, your money” plan. It’s far more likely that thousands of would-be fans will simply tune out. There are a million more things people can do than watch lower league football; maybe some could back the team their grandchildren will support, I hear they have Champions League qualifiers coming up.
The worst thing for King right now is for Salary McCoist to fluke a cup win today, allowing Newco to flood their support with season ticket renewal notices on Monday on a wave of positivity. Acting on the eve of such a major game will surely have been a well-considered move. Better all-round if United win, momentum is halted and those hedge funds and Respectable Local Businessmen are forced into a humiliating liquidation.
Don’t bet on it, though. The current key holders will have contingency plans of their own.
Seville – The Celtic Movement
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More falling down
Stevo,
absolutely agree. They need to get the finger out. FK to Huns and Walker eating his soup.
What are United playing at…..they’ve gone to sleep
Utd getting dragged into a slugging match and not playing football. Bottle crashing and ref is real worry as giving them everything and can see a penalty coming in last 5. Like Armstrong but Mackay-Stephen has been awful. Utd need to play football and not kick and rush
D utd self immolating here.
FK to Sevco at edge of box 50/ 50 challenge. B/S ref
This pish would get fitba banned
free kick newco
Too many crapper in the Utd team for them to be dangerous..
Orc is as Orc does..
great save after a deflection
Well done the Polish Keeper
Yikes. That was close. Goalie makes amends.
Keeper great save from a deflection.
12 mins left
Cheers mickbhoy1888
Dundee Utd couldn’t pass water at the moment. If newcomer score again I think they’ll go on and win it
Big free kick to Newco
Madden doing all he can
Great save
Jeez Utd lucky there…deflected shot for corner comes to 0
Goalie back in the good books
Utd need to hold their nerve
mackay steven jumped upon /assaulted – no yellow
Outrageous
Utd player assaulted no yellow?
How was that not a booking?
Shields the latest not to be booked for an assault
Mibbery in full flow now. A stonewall yellow but , err , not given.
The only thing missing from this pantomime is the crowd shouting “look out he’s behind you”
Assault by Shiels – no booking
great cross from du – no one in 6 yard box
Ciftci should have scored.
10 mins
jackie bhoy this is pish
That cefti (?) is slower than a turning super tanker
Shocker – free kick to Dundee Utd.
Mind you, it is 70 yards from goal
Aye, blow yur nose, sally….hahahaha
Ally has a nice suit and tie and no doubt shiny brown brogues but , apparently, no handkerchief.
Corner boy.
Flag goes up everytime Utd are in an advanced position