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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St Johnstone in their first ever Scottish cup final
Well done!
Maybe less talk of Derek McInnes for manager of the year now!
An Our Wullie cup final then
Pleased for Tommy Wright, a massive Tim.
Mastermind McInnes fails to match McNamara
Would rather dons won…but well done to St J!
They’ll be dancing in the streets of Johnstone tonight :-) well done the Saints.
Sheepies goat sha88ed
Terrific comeback by St Johnstone! :-)
Well done St Johnstone. I’m glad it is them against UTD.
May number 17. 17th May cup final. Spooky?
Afternoon everybody.
Nice to hear that PL represented Celtic well at Anfield. I have met Pool fans in England, Scotland, Ireland and Russia – always a pleasure. I always have had a good reception from them when I tell them I am a Celtic man.
Come on Liverpool.
Tried to post this earlier but I probably ate it…..
Very interesting piece in today’s SoS about the Duncan Ferguson head-butt on John McStay 20 years ago. Ferguson went on to enjoy a very lucrative career and is now a coach at Everton. McStay was cold-shouldered by Raith. He is now a painter.
Clarke, the ref saw nothing. Smith, the manager, saw nothing. McCourt, the fat Sally, still says there was no contact. Not one hack asked Smith a single question about it at the post-match press conference.
Not a bad game actually. Far more football than played yesterday. Wonder if wee Pat will describe it as ‘ fabulous’?
Baldie Pukki or May?? I know who I want at Celtic next season
Reckon they will be lucky to get 25K at the final now.
Ulryc
May will miss the final because of the stupidest regulation in football – he was booked for celebrating his 2nd goal – time to get rid of this nonsense
Curly…
DU will take 25k themselves!
Stein
Is he??
IDS is dumbstuck
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtube_gdata_player&v=Exh8t6lUpAI
St Johnstone in the final. Does that mean the top tier will be shut?
As Bernard would say BOOTIFUL
come on United and Saint supporters
don’t give media a end of season gloat
hail hail
Has anybody posted sign Stevie May yet?
Jude2005…
Not sure any of them! ;-)
steinreignedsupreme
14:38 on 13 April, 2014
Didn’t know that
jinky
Dont think so.
bournesoup…
Jude just did it!!!!
I made a point of watching the highlights of the Dundee United match on BBC last night.
Camera cuts to Stephen Thompson sitting among the United fans, because it was not safe for him to take up the seat he should have been occupying in the Ibroke directors box.
Rob McClown: “Dundee United director Stephen Thompson, very much a man of the people.”
justafan –
You reckon? Hope they do since it is the season closer.
Looking forward to greeting the (greeting’) sherries the morn. Especially those who didn’t go down “because I’m saving my money for the final” . . . . . .
Lyruc
Was watching Scottish Semi
Did Sky show Peter at Anfield laying the wreath ?
Great that the honours are shared across Scotland, and another slap for armageddon.
bsr
Aye me. He is far better that them 2. If L G gets sacked we must go for him!!
jinkyredstar cuts it back for Neil Lennon
14:42 on 13 April, 2014
May will miss the final because of the stupidest regulation in football – he was booked for celebrating his 2nd goal – time to get rid of this nonsense
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Commentator said he was ok for final
Jobo Baldie –
Well, were we right or were we right?
Well done Saints on stuffing the Dons.
Now come on Liverpool.
After the conduct of their supporters this season I’m delighted that Aberdeen haven’t reached another cup final.
Cowiebhoy
They sure did. He was with King Kenny and someone else
Steinreignssupreme
Jude2005 right. Tommy Wright a massive hun. Did nets for duelling banjo cousins in Belfast…..Linfield.
HT
Agreed. We may have an intact stadium after the final after all!
Suarez should be off. Should have been yellow for that dive. Divine feet, dubious character.
Glad for St J.
HH jamesgang