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Dictionaries across the English speaking world will need to be updated for the term ‘loose cannon’, currently- noun, a person whose reckless behaviour endangers the efforts or welfare of others.  In future they should be appended, ‘Charles Green’.

For months Charles has been busy telling anyone who would listen to him that his The Rangers club will never appear in the Scottish Premier League.  Now, he has told the world the Scottish Football League are set to propose reconstruction which would see the end of the SPL and create one fewer step between his new club and top flight football.  He told TalkSport, “I understand that the Football League [presumably he means the SFL]on Wednesday are having a meeting of clubs and it’s the intention of the executive to unveil what they think would be a restructuring plan for Scottish football.”

Green is one of the few from the SFL who have had anything to do with the plan, few were aware of it until his announcement yesterday.  I hear the other architects of the plan inside the SFL are chief executive, David Longmuir and Airdrie United director, Jim Ballantye.  My source also told me SFA president, Campbell Ogilvie was “in on the ground floor with the SFL plans”.  They will all, surely, be frustrated that Green was out there with the news before the league were.

As STV today reported, the SFA have set a deadline of 30 November for the leagues to agree a reconstruction plan, “threatening they would instead push through with their own plans to bring about change by the 2013/14 season if an agreement could not be reached”.  That’s next summer!

Timing here is everything, and is urgent.

The SPL Commission will soon convene into Improper Registration of Players at Rangers…
the predecessor club of The Rangers…
whose SFA membership The Rangers benefited from in order to compete in league football with less than three years accounts…
and who consequently are liable for penalties served on Rangers.

If found guilty, and no one is holding to the pretence otherwise anymore, the consequences for The Rangers are enormous.  Forget about the inevitable stripping of titles, this is of historical consequence only, prize money [of circa £15m]will also be reclaimed and a punishment levied.

As I have said before, the toxicity of the old club is simply not viable to continue with.  Newco Rangers either have to start from scratch, or the structures of Scottish football need to brought down with any penalties due wiped from the slates.

The Rangers share prospectus, now overdue, will have to detail these risks to the company unless an alternative narrative can be agreed and presented.

The chances of the SPL giving this Longmuir, Ballantyne and Ogilvie plan serious consideration are remote.  It is a nonsense, will be rejected by the SPL and may even face opposition from those clubs within the Scottish Football League who stand to benefit from the change, but will find the motivations behind it unsupportable.

Scottish football is enjoying a well-earned renewal this season, no thanks to the game’s administrators, but the serious allegation, that many leagues and cups were won for over a decade by a club which was paying players against the tax laws of the country and against SFA, SPL and Fifa regulations, has yet to be resolved.

Until we know the truth, hear the consequences, know that those responsible are no longer in control of the game and have been banned for life from future involvement, there can be no talk of expedient change.

STV’s revelation that the SFA have imposed a 30 November deadline is the greatest illustration yet why “heavily conflicted” Campbell Ogilvie should have been on garden leave months ago. All those who carried out the duties which led to this shambles, and who have legal responsibility for it, should receive the life ban from the game that was promptly applied to Craig Whyte.

A swift rebuttal of this nonsense with a clearing of the decks is required. There can be no discussions on these matters while inquiries are on-going and those responsible for recent events are still running the game.

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  1. TheBarcaMole on

    Sixteen roads to Golgotha

     

     

    09:00 on 14 November, 2012

     

     

    What is this,Communist Quick News,or what?

     

     

    It’s 2012 ffs!…………………….

     

     

    Would you prefer Conservative Quick News?????????

     

     

    TBM

  2. TheBarcaMole on

    Hardly been able to walk the length of myself this past five days but OK for now as of this morning and realised that I couldn’t give a toss about Atos……..

     

     

    TBM

  4. TheBarcaMole on

    Ravi, BMCUW, Paddy, Rockon, if you’re looking in; have just re-arranged flight tickets.

     

    Will be arriving MIA at 07:35 on the nineteenth…………..

     

    Feguckeckin’ fortune to change but hey what to do???????

     

     

    Regards & Hail Hail

     

    TBM

  8. kitalba on

    MWD:

     

     

    Right at this moment Ramie will be battling the Perth traffic that stands between him and Kano and a cold one.

     

     

    Kano went through a bad wee patch just recently and a wee bad patch for us could be so bad for him.

     

     

    Typical Kano, he bounced back and is looking forward to his Birthday on the 15/12 and Christmas so soon after.

     

     

    I’ll send you Kano’s address (all thanks to Ramie) this weekend, and if you can get a card in the post to him, just so he knows that he’s not forgotten, he’d be pleased.

     

     

    It’s four years and a fortnight since he took ill. He has not spoken a word nor scratched an itch in all that time.

  10. TheBarcaMole on

    Kano,

     

     

    Hello pal……..

     

    Spoke with yer Da and Paul a few months back.

     

     

    In my thoughts.

     

     

    BA says hi……….

     

     

    Regards & Hail Hail

     

    TBM

  11. !!Bada Bing!! on

    kitalba,MWD-I came on to CQN after seeing your fundraising efforts for Kano at CP one Saturday.The spirit and friendship you guys and plenty of others towards Kano and his family is remarkable,and true to the Celtic Spirit,Hail Hail.

  13. Summa of Sammi.... on

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    Curly..

     

     

    I agree with You Re; STD’s Attack on SFTB..Who is a Poster you say to Yourself.. I wish l had Put it Like that..

     

     

    I have Never Once seen him say anything Derogatory or Abuse anyone on here.. You always get a well thought out Concise reply..

     

     

    The Poster you Refer to.. lm just Glad l don’t Understand over 90% of what he Posts..

     

     

    What l do Find Creepy..he seems to know a Lot about other Posters..(Personal stuff)..

     

     

    All kinds l Suppose..

     

     

    Summa of TheSingingRichardCSC

  14. lionroars67 on

    Tony McKelvie‏@TonyMcKelvie

     

     

    A visual representation of the latest Plan for Recontruction of Senior Football in Scotland pic.twitter.com/nFDDaTXN

  15. miki67 on

    Capitalist Quick News.

     

    Cancer care in the UKplc? Awful. I won’t go into it here, but a friend of ours who has a stage 4 cancer has been treated woefully, and that’s with private care via her employment, and it’s still godawful. She isn’t well off….medical care just happened to be a perk in her job.

     

    Consultants acting like gods, cold and heartless nurses.

     

    Yes, there are the exceptions, but if you’re not an off the radar wealthy type (or part of the elite at the apex of the rotten edifice) you’re in a lottery.

     

    It really was better, with all the faults, before the Thatcher regime started up the train wreck of a society we live in today.

     

    Makes me sick.

     

    Another Bad day at Black Rock for me, obviously.

  16. !!Bada Bing!! on

    Rioskorrie-6 as well mate,nothing about mandatory booking of players with green and white hoops leaving the pitch after scoring,but we know of course it’s discretionary :{

  18. Ten Men Won The League on

    Looks like £12-15 for us for the Arbroath SC tie

     

     

    TICKETS for Arbroath FC’s fourth round Scottish Cup clash with Celtic at Parkhead will go on sale on Sunday.

     

     

    Admission prices are £12 for adults and £6 for children with tickets available between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. At Gayfield on Sunday.

  20. philvisreturns on

    Good morning gentlehoops,

     

     

    I just discovered this web page called conjunctivitis.com

     

     

    It’s a site for sore eyes. (thumbsup)

  21. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    THE BARCA MOLE.

     

     

    Glad yer sorted,but my sympathies for it being necessary.

     

     

    Please let me know when you are over till,I will try to keep the horsey tips to a minimum……

     

     

    And obviously try to get home for a bit. Any time after 5/1/13 should be manageable.

     

     

    Hope it all goes well,bud.

  25. kitalba on

    MWD:

     

     

    To the best of my knowledge all the addresses are current, I prefer not to bother Caroline and talk with Ramie when we can.

     

     

    Do you remember this from Pablo…

     

     

    Kano

  27. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    Quote in the Telegraph,from chief of Scottish and Southern Electricity.

     

     

    They have recently increased prices by 9%,and now reveal a 38% increase in profits.

     

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    But Lord Smith of Kelvin, SSE’s Chairman, said: “While some observers may choose to criticise SSE for making a profit and paying a dividend, I believe that profit and dividend allow SSE to employ people, pay tax, provide services that customers need, make investments that keep the lights on and create jobs, while providing an income return that shareholders like pension funds need.”

     

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

     

     

    What a pile of sanctimonious twaddle.

     

     

    Profiteering from a cartel,designed to make the public suffer,and set up by an ideology-driven government.

     

     

    But that’s ok,as his shareholders include pension funds………..

  33. philvisreturns on

    BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS – Profiteering from a cartel,designed to make the public suffer

     

     

    Yup.

     

     

    In the name of the massive hoax and con job that is “global warming”, the previous Labour government and current ConDem one have signed up to make energy as ridiculously expensive and overtaxed in this country as possible.

     

     

    Labour’s Climate Change Act is estimated to cost us £18bn a year till 2050, and will do nothing to stop climate change.

     

     

    and set up by an ideology-driven government.

     

     

    As opposed to all the non-ideology-driven governments. (thumbsup)

  34. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    PHILVISRETURNS 1107

     

     

    Being driven by ideology is rarely a good idea,whether you are talking about governments,small businesses,or simply the fella in the street.

     

     

    If you are not open to new ideas,and adaptable to changes accordingly,yer toast.

     

     

    So,aye,my point about ideology-driven governments was valid. And don’t forget,your favouritest-ever PM was the one who sold that industry and many others for peanuts.

     

     

    Amd in a manner which allowed them to fall into the hands of foreign-owned companies.

  36. philvisreturns on

    BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS – Being driven by ideology is rarely a good idea,whether you are talking about governments,small businesses,or simply the fella in the street.

     

     

    I don’t think you’re quite right on that point. An ideology is just an attempt to make sense of the world. Without a philosophical or moral compass a government is just a cynical bunch of people who want to keep power for its own sake.

     

     

    Anyway, it’s a relatively trivial point, as is talking about Thatcher again (just let it go buddy).

     

     

    You raised a far more relevant point: Labour and their successors in government have conspired to make electricity intolerably expensive in this country to appease the Global Warming death cult.

     

     

    Thousands of pensioners are dying every winter as a direct result of the global warming scam pushing up energy bills.

     

     

    We should round up every single MP who voted for Labour’s evil Climate Change Act and burn them inside a giant wicker man.

     

     

    Or, use their blubber for lamp oil. We’ll need it when the blackouts start. (thumbsup)

  37. oldtim67 on

    Kitalba.

     

     

    I remember that video clip and shed a few tears at the time,I’ve shed a few more this morning.So very sad that a person can be cut down in his prime like that.

  38. Headtheball on

    But Lord Smith of Kelvin, SSE’s Chairman, said: “While some observers may choose to criticise SSE for making a profit and paying a dividend, I believe that profit and dividend allow SSE to employ people, pay tax, provide services that customers need, make investments that keep the lights on and create jobs, while providing an income return that shareholders like pension funds need.”

     

     

     

    I’m no business expert but isn’t ‘profit’ something that’s left over once you have paid all the bills, staff etc?

  42. yorkbhoy on

    Looking at the Sevco pp presentation… I have got a business proposal for CQNers. Send me your money and I will make you rich… As you know Apple and Microsoft make lots of money, so therefore I can. Easy

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