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Untrue, disgraceful and hearing what you want to hear

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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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  1. winning captains on

    Two seconds from the Seville book, as written by SFTBs. Enjoy…

     

     

    77 mins. 57 secs. : The second hand advances before the ball reaches the keeper 4 yards away. The right back lies on his back in front of Henrik. In leaning back to scoop his shot Henke has fallen away to his left and is about to fall. Two other Boavista defenders are charging back to clear the ball if the keeper can stop it or slow it down. The odds are very much in the balance. The keeper, seeing the ball go to Henrik’s left foot has automatically adjusted to expect a shot to go to his left hand side. However the scoop and the awkward stance seems to have sliced the ball to the right. It rises in a drunken parabola. Ricardo sees that, in adjusting to his left, his right hand will not now reach the ball on his right while it is in front of him. He springs backwards with a mighty leap attempting to paw the ball away from behind him. I have slowed down this moment hundreds of times and each time it looks like Ricardo is the favourite to reach the ball, but anyone diving backwards will find it difficult to retain height and reach as it is an action rarely performed, outwith a mosh pit, for good anatomical reasons. Ricardo manages to lay a glove on the ball, and is criticised by an English co-commentator for his “chocolate wrists”, but the scoop and slice have created just enough upward and leftward movement, off Henke’s boot, to render his attempted stop ineffective. The English co-commentator attributes the blame rather than award the achievement to Henrik, who, of course, had not, according to this jingoistic Colonel Blimp, yet proved himself in the EPL.

     

    Ricardo is still in mid air falling down to earth as the ball reaches the goal line and I am just about to emulate Ricardo in adopting some peculiar and unlikely aerial shape in my own living room. Though I am a few years away from turning 50 at this point, the expensive light fitting hanging above my sofa in the SFTB living room is in real danger of damage, as am I from it.

     

     

    77 mins. 58 secs. : The ball hits the ground a yard behind the line. Ricardo is on his back hoping to see the ball has sliced enough to hit the post or go wide. Henrik is on all fours ready to sprint to the left hand corner flag in familiar celebration. The Boavista number 3 has his head in his hands, perhaps the most aware player of the import of the situation. A small band of Celtic fans is going wild in the stadium. A decibel roar loud enough to short several power supplies is heard across Scotland and Ireland and in small pockets across the globe. There is an instinctive understanding of the importance of this goal but it is a visceral understanding. This is no time for rational appraisal. this is a time to go legitimately mad.

  5. BIG-CUP-WINNERS on

    I’d trust Dave King with my life too……..

     

     

    You just know many of the gullible will fall for it.

  7. mayanman on

    Returned home yesterday to my Virtual Ticket Goody Box, eventually gained entry to the box after removing 2 miles of parcel tape, lol. Brilliant, well done everybody involved, looking forward to a great read and the beanie will keep ma napper cosy in this weather having returned from warmer climes.

     

    Thanks once again to all and delighted the evening was a big success.

     

    HH

  9. bournesouprecipe on

    The ole Saturday morning Breakfast Club

     

     

    Don’t you forget about me.

     

     

    Don’t, Don’t, Don’t, Don’t

     

     

    Don’t you forget about me.

     

     

    WhatTheHellDoWeKerr CSC

  10. Steinreignedsupreme on

    I’m going to form a Sevco supporters organisation. These guys don’t have enough groups speaking in their behalf.

     

     

    Our stance is we support the board and want them to stand up to the rebels, but we also support any chancer that comes along to try and topple the board.

     

     

    Anybody want to join?

     

     

    Membership £16.90

  11. RobertTressell on

    I’m declaring an interest in today’s game at Ibrox. I don’t care that a win for Sevco would keep Ally in a Job, I don’t care that it would be a kick in the stones to Dave King.

     

     

    I simply do not want the FollowFollowers who have TUPED their support from OldCo to Newco to be anywhere near Celtic Park for the Scottish Cup Final.

     

     

    And you’re right Paul67 – this ‘park your money here’ scheme is going to flop. I think Dave King knows that. The rest of his game is a mystery to me but I would be astonished if the current incumbents do not already have the assets well and truly secured in some way.

     

     

    The best that Dave KIng will ever get is his hands on the keys to the board room and a landlord to pay rent to for the stadium and outbuildings…….

     

     

    Whatever way you try and work it out the New Rangers, same as the Old Rangers, are well and truly donald ducked……….

     

     

    My infrequent returns from exile to post are getting too frequent for my liking. A nice day is passing me by………

     

     

    To the garden (or maybe the telly for a while)……………….

     

     

    GardenersQuestionTimeCSC

  12. winning captains on

    mayanman – glad it arrived safely and sorry for the slight delay in getting it to you. We packed it full of as many goodies as possible. Paul’s article in the new edition of CQN Magazine will outline just how much we actually raised for Mary’s Meals.

     

     

    If we stage the event again next year hopefully you will be there yourself.

  15. Jobo Baldie on

    Despite my rant on the previous article I do think I’ll count how many empty seats there are today.

     

     

    When the ticket allocation was announced the argument against Dundee Utd having a bigger share was, indirectly that it would deprive fans of the other team. United appear to have sold out their allocation. Have their opponents?

  19. Snake Plissken on

    Christian Dailly appears to be very much in favour for United today.

     

     

    Dry boak – Tanner canny help but mention the dreaded OF

  20. the long wait is over on

    Shameless repost of a shameless repost…

     

     

     

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    the long wait is over

     

     

    08:17 on 12 April, 2014

     

    Shameless repost.

     

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    the long wait is over

     

     

    13:36 on 11 April, 2014

     

    For those expecting Dundee Utd to run over Rangers tomorrow remember this:-

     

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=335lUV9WGgI

     

     

    Tempted to post this frequently over the next 24 hours to remind us all of what Mibbery can achieve for thems.

     

     

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  21. Steinreignedsupreme on

    Tanner the Toley: “The atmosphere sounds just like and ‘old firm’ game”.

     

     

    As the Zombies sing something about ‘surrender’.

  23. Marrakesh Express on

    Tanner a disgrace yet again praising the atmosphere just as pope and vatican get it.

  24. Snake Plissken on

    You could understand the BBC employing Tanner or even STV but how he got that Sky gig is quite a mystery.

  33. Margaret McGill on

    steinreignedsupreme

     

     

    12:46 on 12 April, 2014

     

    U2 blasting out on the ole Ibroke PA. I’ll bet that’s a first.

     

     

    +++++++++++++++++++++

     

     

    I hope it’s

     

    “Still haven’t found what I’m looking for”

  35. nakasammi on

    Started as you would expect.

     

     

    A lot of endeavour from the lower league outfit.

     

     

    Ian Cocker is a cracker! He shrills anytime they’re in DU’s half.

     

     

    Just seen I mis-spelt his name. I’ll just leave it as it is:-)

  38. nakasammi on

    Snake Plissken

     

     

    Definitely not. He’s been hanging about with Tajer, I mean Tanner too much

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