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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shambolic, huff n puff, no quality whatsoever, a great game
Now go away and be quiet
No Huns in Paradise, thanks Jackie, I knew you wouldn’t let it happen.
Hoopy days ——absolutely Braw ……
I can’t believe how poor Utd have been despite the result. Final score 3-1
Huns horrible little kit man didn’t even have the good grace to get up off his seat and shake hands with Jackie Mac
Well done Jackie Bhoy..
Poor game. United are capable of better. Rangers raised their “game”. Typical cup game perhaps.
Get the Karaoke on Ally
OK What song will the Pie Man sing at to-nights karaoke.
Frank Ryan’s Whiskey ” Independance for Shetland Now”
14:38 on
12 April, 2014
No Huns at CP heheheheheheheheh
Will surely save the SFA about 20-30k in damages claims.
For us that cannae stand that mob its been a great week.. for them its the week from hell..
good luck in the final Jackie.
Well done united!
HaHaHaHaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHaHaHaaaaaaaaa ya Beauty!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI1nPd7hezM
Lets laugh like hell
Nevin on shortbread ” It wasn’t fair on R#**ers ” ???
So, will it be all about how the players gave a performance for Ally?
I said last week that I sort of understood commentators supporting the underdog against Celtic.
They never seem to do so when they play Sevco, though.
That last Utd goal will be shown over and over again. A classic F up.
Oh the Sevoc are shi*te oh the Sevco are shi*te
Dundee United didn’t play well, but they had enough. The kick and rush, long ball, rely on free kicks merchants were well beaten in the end
HaHa HaHa HaHaHaHaHaHa
HaHa HaHa HaHaHaHaHaHa
Sally can get the “plucky losers” speach brushed down.
I hope it keeps him in a job for next season
You’ve got to feel sorry for thems keeper. He’s going to be a scapegoat.
Hope Dundee utd win the cup. Genuinely have a bit of a soft spot for them. Lived in fife for a bit and all the utd fans were good guys.
Shooper now checking out the song sheet for the post match Karaoke.
Good to see Huns have a ready made replacement keeper when Man City`swoop` for Cammy Bell.
So… All those fearing a sevco win… Did you really, REALLY, think they were gonna win today?
Agreed doc, it was a horrible thought and now not going to happen, hail hail
Semis aren’t pretty…..with the bhuns out now, the final will be pretty ……hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
FF comment….Sums it all up really
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Re: Rangers Vs Arabs – Scottish Cup Semi Final – Match Thread
This mob are 35 points behind the scum (Celtic). Let that sink in.
job done, at last, utd
Jeg er
:o))
Yes that’ll be why they left their own ground before the end of a horsing.
DO DO DO DO DO DO DO
DO DO DO DO DO
HAHA HAHA HA HAHA HAHAHAHAHA
H.H.
Simon D and Jackie mac smiling on the Ibrox pitch
Hope you all took 3/1 utd and Cfti to score???
Malc – right up until the keeper’s howler, I was waiting on Sevco getting a flukey goal….!
T4
Saw Sevco kit man in total slump at the end. Guess it’s karaoke time again for one fat whisperer
Well, that was a good result. I gather Madden was his usual self. Ally didn’t look too happy at the end.
Armageddon at Ibrox? I DO so hope so.
Afternoon
Crap standard with United sinking to their level for too much of the game. Rangers though looked what they are – a lower division team. You could say they rose to the occasion. If you were stupid. Great third goal. How was only one Hun booked?
Jimbo67 supporting and praying for Oscar Knox