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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fritz
Keepers ball all day long.
Second…Sevco oops.
Id sub the keeper if I was Jackie
Watching this guff on a square sausage.
Called iZombitv. You couldnt make it up.
Dr what for. 1345
Absolutely spot on.
How many times over the years have we , and other teams for that matter , been far better then them , but honest mistakes have swung the game in their favour?
Today’s is proving no different. Plus ca change.
Big Cupya bassa ye had me spilling ma coffee there. Still 1 – 2!!
Utd looking a bit nervous rushing their passes
Madden continues where he left off
Foul for rangers when united player pulled to ground?
The wife just got a booklet through the post from her union , the GMB.
Inside , an article about the abuse Neil Lennon received at Aberdeen v St.johnstone cup semi-final.
The GMB condemn the abuse and urge the SPFL and the SFA to review their procedures .
Also inside is a small article about a new book called JAMES CONNOLLY
& THE RE-CONQUEST OF IRELAND.
You would never see this in the MSM.
Moshni is comic cuts
That mosni is really pish
I hope he proves me wrong and I know it’s near the end of a long season but for the second week in a row I am perplexed by the attention foisted on that Gauld of United.
BTW – that Mosni is a hilariously bad player.
Jimbo67 supporting and praying for Oscar Knox
Pure lie from hell from commentator
Rngers going for their 51st final
FFS
Rangers biggest problem is thinking they can play football.
Come on Arabs
Too anxious for the third goal they know they need
This ref is definitely going to gift Huns a goal
poor stuff
AND……….. That’s no a fitba’ pitch. That’s a tennis court. I’ve seen wider single track roads on Skye.
And another thing.
Is there any team anywhere that gets away with as much dissension as thems?
Whenever I watch Moshni I always feel he’s missing his partner Hardy. Pure comedy gold.
Wilson not impressive today.
Huns MK2 free on edge on box
Can the goalie do his job?
mon tae……..utd get this sorted and stop fannyin aboot!
passing is dreadful it really is
Wilson off…no surprise there.
Saves the ref a job
Poor game. Expected better from United.
Cifiti (?) is mince
very scrappy match now
Mark Wilson withdrawn
United not playing well this half at all.
Utd are gash a big danger they could blow this
Swally looking at gregs take out list
Dundee Utd aren’t exactly helping themselves here
been pretty crap 2nd half so far
Good to see Mark Wilson out playing.
Huns still getting away with murder.
ffs a hairdresser coming on
Dreadful game. Dundee Utd are extremely poor at the moment.