News that a new company, “Glasgow Rangers Limited”, has been registered today with an address matching a waste management company in Buckinghamshire, has delicious irony but in itself means little. After Rangers owner, Craig Whyte, laid out all sorts of medium-term scenarios for the club in media interviews last week a land-rush for fresh rangers intellectual property, including a company name, should be expected.
If those with secured property rights over Ibrox are busy forming a new company, they are unlikely to be the only ones.
Still, waste management. It’s perfectly scripted.
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Dontbrattbakkinanger says:
26 October, 2011 at 10:09
Wanyama CB then? He is strong, decent in the air, can tackle and has pace.
Paddy at Sweeper!
LB
Dontbrattbakkinanger – Zheng Zhi is yesterday’s news.
It’s all about Oliver Kapo these days.
Allons-y! (thumbsup)
Dontbrattbakkinanger says:
26 October, 2011 at 10:09
The mind of a footballing genius Mr DBB
Zheng Zhi as libero – bring it on
Get aff that treatment table Zheng – yer badly needed
hail \o/ hail
Livibhoy-Looks like Rogne is getting a start ,with Dan probably.CM injured as well now seemingly.
greenjedi says:
26 October, 2011 at 10:06
I’ll stop making excuses for them if you stop being wilfully ignorant of the facts.
Question. Would Rangers have been able to employ the same quality of player had they chosen to pay their players in the normal way? Please remember that far from being ‘years ago’ they were using the EBT scheme until 2010 ie during the current 3-in-row.
As far as I’m concerned the strategy here is no “staying just ahead of them”, it is “living within our means”. Had they not cheated our ‘means’ would be a lot higher and therefore so would the quality on display.
Happy birthday to the not so ole Minx1888 – have a great day!
Vmhan – shame on you for your Bully Bhoy tactics last night. You would never get me doing something like that….! :-)
TTTT
!!Bada Bing!! says:
26 October, 2011 at 10:13
Has Rogne ever played a full 90 mins for the first team?
LB
starry plough says:
26 October, 2011 at 10:10
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Absolutely Superb Stuff M8!
Hail! Hail!
Nuclear Bovril and a Half Munched Pie – I would favour a more Guantanamo Bay style approach to incarceration
You might very well think that, my honourable friend.
We do have the Bass Rock sitting doing nothing.
Time it earned its keep, eh? (thumbsup)
Many happy returns to Minx88.
Philvis, au contraire mon copain, the ole Bass Rock is ‘not sitting there doin’ nothin’.
It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest due to its large colony of gannets, and in the ole days the hermit Saint Baldred lived in a cave on the island, doin’ good deeds and makin’ himself generally useful.
Off oot.
May God Bless ‘Every’ Celtic Fan
Hibs 2-4 Celtic
philvisreturns says:
26 October, 2011 at 10:04
Had my suspicions about “KEVIN”
so I posted this:
macjay1 for Neil Lennon says:
26 October, 2011 at 09:09
Flatus afoot.
He then has this exchange with bt as follows:
blantyretim says:
26 October, 2011 at 09:37
I’m fine Kevin, just a bad back.I will be up and about in a day or so..
The chaps in the City seem to think he`s kosher.
Methinks.
philvisreturns says:
26 October, 2011 at 10:17
Yes and any overspill could be housed on the ‘Anthrax Island’ of Gruinard. It’s apparently safe now. Maybe.
BT, not going tonight – think the Hutch cancelled the tickets as I didn’t hear a thing about them. Either that, or he’s given them to the Commy bus.
HH
Giggs
philvisreturns says:
26 October, 2011 at 09:29
ARE THERE NO WORKHOUSES?
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A question first posed by Scrooge (A Christmas Carol by C Dickens) I believe.
Saint Baldred is not to be confused with Jobo Baldie, amateur meteorologist and exciseman of this parish.
Although I expect Baldred would occasionally emerge from his cave to see if it was still rainin’ and blowin’ a gale [yes].
Really wasn’t impressed by Hooper on Sunday. Also he does get regularly kicked lumps out of. Maybe tonight would be good to drop him to bench. I admit to really make the decision you’d have to know his mindset and fitness. (in other words, be Lenny).
But I’d like to see young George and Paddy playing from the start, at the expense of Hooper and James Forest.
It’s so tempting to say ‘the Bhoy George’ :-) , thankfully I resisted.
BRTH @ 09:55
I applaud your suggestions regarding questions for the SFA to answer on the matter of Rangers’ UEFA licence application.
However, do you think it is likely that the SFA is will do anything other that its utmost to dodge this issue?
Also, how can we awkward types ensure the necessary enquiry gets carried out, to the extent we would like?
I have a feeling that most member clubs of the SFA are sh1t scared at the prospect of the Foe Malign being wound up (or even scaled down to the size they ought), both from the prospect of reduced revenues, as well as the usual pro-Rangers sentiment.
Who can (or will) drive forward such an enquiry? Would Celtic, Hearts, Dundee Utd, Hibs, or whoever, see it in their interest to do this? Can we fans do this for ourselves? Can we (realistically) expect UEFA to take an interest and open its own investigation?
Furthermore, if it turns out to be the case that the SFA failed to process The Stickies’ application correctly (or even thoroughly), I think it’s as likely that this would have been due to a lack of the necessary talent/skills at the SFA. That’s not me making an excuse for it [the SFA], since I also think it likely that institutional bias may have influenced the processing of this application. They’re unlikely to want to admit to this, though it might actually turn out to be their best option.
Here’s hoping …
FF
I don’t think Hooper has been the same player sincehe got that bad calf muscle injury against the Horribles.
I like Charlie Mulgrew, but can’t
in the general adulation surrounding him.
He’s had some good games(Hearts A, despite the defeat, was imo his best game this season) but also a fair few poor to wretched displays.
This isn’t meant as a criticism of Charlie, who I’d love to do well, but as a defence of players like big Dan, who seem to endure a far bigger
of criticism than is their due.
Let’s look at Dan’s howlers, to start off with. St Johnstone, where despite not being culpable for the goal, he seemed to crumble mentally under fan abuse, leading to him lumping balls out the park, Sion away, where he got himself sent off in the first minute. All well and duff.
Have people forgotten Aberdeen 1-0, Dundee Utd 5-1, Sion 0-0, St Mirren 2-0, Ross County 2-0 (where he carried Kelvin Wilson in the first half), Inverness 2-0, Udinese 1-1, and the Hearts 2-0 where he played very well, and the recent Aberdeen game?
Yes, he has had some stinkers – getting sent off in Sion being the low point – but as a defender, despite the calamitous nature to his play when his confidence drops, he has played more consistently than the rest.
Hamiltontim if you’re around.
The postie has just been. Thanks again.
philvisreturns says:
26 October, 2011 at 10:04
macjay1 for Neil Lennon – Sadly,I think you`ve got it in one.
“The difference is that, while the Irish all have an allegiance to Parkhead, there are millions of Scots who not only don’t support Rangers, but actively dislike them.
– Hugh Adam, director of Rangers Football Club for 15 years. (thumbsup)
Phil
Ironic that you use a hun to support your opinion.
And,while we Tims travel thro` Scotland actively demonstrating our allegiance to Ireland,do you feel that the average Jock would find that acceptable?
It’s not beyond the realms of fantasy ,to think previous hun managers/staff were paid in the same tax dodging fashion………
macjay1 for Neil Lennon – I know “Kevin” is a hun.
Not so sure about you though.
Hmmmmmmm….. (thumbsup)
Dontbrattbakkinanger – Site of Special Scientific Interest my lean, muscular buttocks.
Every anthill, dunghill, or stickleback-infested canal is a site of scientific interest, a national park, an area of outstanding natural beauty, or some other such absolute guff these days.
It’s ridiculous Commie-Marxist rubbish designed to choke the life out of property rights.
Is it too much to ask that we build a hilarious Rangers-themed gaol in the Firth of Forth?
I think not. (thumbsup)
Nuclear Bovril and a Half Munched Pie – Yes and any overspill could be housed on the ‘Anthrax Island’ of Gruinard. It’s apparently safe now. Maybe.
I like the cut of your jib. (thumbsup)
fritzsong – A question first posed by Scrooge (A Christmas Carol by C Dickens) I believe.
Srsly? (thumbsup)
In the Thai jungle and fishing out 5kg catfish. I now have 11 of them in the net. The last one I named Gregor Stevens.
Anyhoo I just met jungle Jim who told me oor Gordon_j had not been keeping well.
Get well soon Gordon_j
HH
Philvisreturns says:
26 October, 2011 at 10:17
Nuclear Bovril and a Half Munched Pie – I would favour a more Guantanamo Bay style approach to incarceration
You might very well think that, my honourable friend.
We do have the Bass Rock sitting doing nothing.
Save on the boats….
We do have Glenboig sitting doing nothing.
Though Amnesty might complain.
Play
Those concerned about the affect the demise of the exhuns will have on us would do well to remember that any potential revenue loss for tv monies etc (yeah right) would be more than offset by Champions League revenue (presuming we would qualify)
I understand why people would be suspicious about the eventual outcome for the exhuns because we have become used to them cheating there way out of any tight situations with help from the SFA and their widespread brethren. This time it’s different.
Regardless of the outcome of administration or whatever guise it takes, the long term outlook for them at the very least is much reduced circumstances. Even after the tax bills have been disposed of they are going to have to cut their cloth according to their income and that is going to hurt, and hurt like hell.
Poorer team on the pitch and vastly reduced attendances and merchandising revenue etc off of it.
I think that when they do go “pop” it will be a time for great rejoicing because this time, at long last, i’s a game changer and I for one will not hold back with my GIRUT celebrations.
Look – just before I sue all of you.
Can I ask you a question? Rhetoric? Most definitely. But I’m sure you’ll find it helpful in the extreme.
Do you honestly believe that my mighty predecessor Sir David Minty would sell the club he held so dear to a man with no money?
I mean, I may not have the backstreet provenance of Sir Minty in matters such as selling knock-off Chipie sweatshirts to my mates in Ayrshire – true. But let’s just say, with the greatest respect, that’s why he’s only got one bongdillion.
Whereas my business provenance has been obfuscated for all the world to miss. And due to debilitating shyness and almost hermit like desire for privacy I never, ever like to transmit the notion that I’m a Bongdillionaire. Did you get that? Bongdillionaire. The aire bit means I’ve got more than one bongdillion.
But no. Time and again you’ll all bait me with scandalous facts about my past, driving me from my privacy straight into the suing courts.
Hopefully this will put all your minds at rest. Especially BrogoRogoTrevogo and Hogo and that Phil Silvers chap. But remember – if you even dare to think otherwise. Dream it even. You’ll wake up to a writ.
That’s right.
KABOOM!
Sued.
Philvis
Wilkpedia:
The Bass Rock is a Bird Sanctuary, home to a large number of Gannets. The rock is currently uninhabited, but historically has been settled by an early Christian hermit, and later was the site of an important castle, which was, after the Commonwealth, used as a prison. The island was in the ownership of the Lauder family for almost six centuries, and now belongs to Sir Hew Fleetwood Hamilton-Dalrymple. A lighthouse was constructed on the rock in 1902, and the remains of a chapel are located there.
Maybe the new Blue Gannets would like to visit the Chapel to repent their many sins.
Sir Hew Fleetwood Hamilton-Dalrymple….mmmm…. Sounds like a Current to me. ;)
Thumbsup…
What about the dawn raids at Ibrox when police removed computers?
Never heard anymore about that, is it an ongoing investigation?
Dontbrattbakkinanger says:
26 October, 2011 at 10:35
I don’t think Hooper has been the same player sincehe got that bad calf muscle injury against the Horribles.
I’ve heard a lot of people say that. I dont know whether they mean he’s not physically the same, or if it’s in some way a mental thing? That’s what I was thinking of when I said you’d really need to be Lenny to know whether dropping or resting him would be a good idea or not. Man management is an area that supporters can only guess at I think.
Glasgowghirl, some nice pubs in belfasts cathedral quarter, duke of York and the John Hewitt. Maddens is a great wee Irish pub with traditional music most nights. There are plenty if things to see. Taxi tour will bring you all round west Belfast and driver will tell you about the history of the place. Milltown and city graveyards are good but weather may be too cold!
SFFS
I have it on very good evidence that the glorious tumbling honey locks of the glorious tumbling honey locked Kate Humble are tumbling with indignation at the proposed handing over of the gannet colony on the Bass Rock to the tender mercies of Kirk ‘the eggsterminator’ Broadfoot.
weeminger
Summer of 2008, Ranger loose to Kaunus and our out of all.european competition. Celtic mysteriously shelve all transfer targets to strengthen the defence
January 2009, Rangers try and get rid of Boyd, Celtic are 9 points clear and refuse to back the manager to buy Fletcher, we instead sign Wilo Flood for £50k and implode in the league.
Summer 2009,Manager resigns as he cannot put up with pennypinching, we appoint a guy who just got his team relegated, who through out his managerial career said pretty football is more important than winning!!!!!!!!
January 2010, get rid of our top scorer and bring in several players on loan.
March 2010, Sack the manager.
Summer 2010. Appoint a Rookie manager. Replace our keeper who was one of the best 2 we’ve had in 40 years with the 3rd choice from a team in the Championship, ON LOAN!!! Bring in several players for the price of McGeady,. no net spend.
May 2011, just loose out on the league, win SC.
Summer 2011, fail the manager big time buy refusing to sign ANY of his targets that would cost money and strengthen the team. Instead buy players with “potential” who do not give us the boost required.
Oh aye, its all their fault for cheating!
In the NFL it is common to find that when a player has a great rookie year their second year is disappointing. It could be injuries, or opponent game plans taking them into account which they didn’t before, or more players being aware of how they play. Perhaps Hooper is suffering from teams knowing how best to keep him quiet.