The reason a transfer ban was imposed on Rangers is straightforward enough, they bought players and cannot pay for them. Clubs from Vienna to Edinburgh are owed money and have little prospect of being paid ahead of the coming transfer window, a fact which will have an enormous impact on their own competitive challenge next season.
The SFA cannot allow member clubs to continue to splash cash on players while clubs from other associations go without payment. It has a duty to inhibit clubs in violation of the rules from further strengthening while others have been weakened as a consequence.
This notion is tolerated in Scotland (only by those with a vested interest in Rangers flourishing) but is simply untenable. The appeal will be rejected.
It beggars belief that Duff and Phelps complain that Rangers competitive challenge will be inhibited as a result of not being able to sign yet more players, the administrators are the architects of the situation the club finds itself in.
Duff and Phelps devised a plan which would see Rangers retain their squad, or at the very least, be in a position to trade players in the summer. The plan was sold as a great victory, a panacea which would ensure the club would continue to field a competitive team throughout the administration process, something unheard of at other clubs in the same situation.
At significant cost to creditors, they kept players on full pay for several weeks before agreeing to retain the entire squad on reduced salaries. Throughout this period they played teams they owe money to, including Hearts, who they defeated last week while using a player bought from Hearts with an outstanding £800k bill.
For signing players and gaining a competitive advantage, without paying for them, inhibiting competitors’ teambuilding efforts, the only appropriate punishment is a transfer ban.
No disrespect to junior, amateur and lower league teams, but…
One team in Glasgow,
There’s only one team in Glasgow.
One team in Glasgow,
There’s only one team in Glasgow…
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Hokey Cokey Bids – The Farce Continues
Apparently Brian Kennedy was on the radio this morning saying he is not joining with TBKs.
Any coalition would only come once the result of the appeal against the transfer embargo is heard and a result comes.
More Jackson Moonbeams.
Keith Jackson should just come out with the rest of the media and say Rangers are pining for the fjords and be done with it.
The fact that he won Journalist of the year is a disgrace.
I demand to know who was on the panel. I think the public should be told so we can P*** ourselves laughing. Name and shame these peepel.
HH
Sorry to spoil the party atmosphere but apparently Rangers will be saved
see this link
http://forum.rangersmedia.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=218314
In case you dont want to read the whole thing I think this bit sums it up
Stupid Huns He He
“wonder what rabbit they have pulled put the hat
They were reliant on TiketUS for the initial working capital but with this gone I assume BK is putting it up instead.
All we need now is to get this bloody SFA ban lifted and we can move forward.
TicketUS will go after Whyte who will no doubt try to sell Auchenhowie or Ibrox to pay them so it is important that D&P & TBK get as much good stuff to use against him as possible.
We MUST remove Whyte’s floating charge over the assets or it’ll come back to bite us.
Feeling cautiously optimistic that a plan is in full swing here.
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Billy No’well. Pat Kane!! Welcome bac! HH.
What is the stars
So Brian Kennedy is going to pay off 140M quids worth of debt as well and pay the big tax case?
Damn it. that’s my weekend ruined.
Cognitive Dissonance time for sub -average Alistair –
” I respect him and I respect his decision ”
Meanwhile Sub -average Alistair’s paymasters are appealing the decision which Sub average Alistair has publicly respected ..
Numb nut !
Ogilvie – “He wasn’t involved in EBT’s”
Now that the two thugs from Ayrshire have got their five years each, can someone post a running total of the Scotsmen who have been convicted for attacks on Neil Lennon?
This will be a useful statistic for future discussions on the best little country in the world.
Paul
“Why SFA will reject Rangers appeal”.
I agree with your headline however you don’t say anything about the punishment that has been handed out.
I believe the appeal panel will uphold the decision of the Tribunal, ie. guilty verdicts on all charges.
However, the appeal panel will also reduce the penalty. The fines will be reduced or dropped and the transfer embargo will become a suspended sentence for a defined period, eg 2 or 3 years good behaviour.
By upholding the guilty verdict the panel and SFA will be able to claim no fear of intimidation. By reducing the penalty they will go some way towards soothing the raging masses.
Crazy Bill Miller stated last week he was going ahead with his bid Monday.
Where is he?
oglach on 27 April, 2012 at 12:16 said:
greenjedi on 27 April, 2012 at 12:08 said:
quonno on 27 April, 2012 at 11:54 said:
Oglach. Until a unifies nation comes about why not be happy with Harp on a Green background/
Ticketus joined up with the bidders as they knew they would get more money that way than via a CVA.
Ticketus have now said they do not feel they will get the ROI they want by funding the takeover.
This means they now believe their best chance of getting the most money for their creditors is via a channel that is not CVA or part of the bid.
The only other option is liquidation.
If there is a preferred bidder named today just sit back and keep laughing as there is no way a CVA can be agreed with Ticketus…..and we haven’t even started talking about good old Hector.
deliasmith on 27 April, 2012 at 12:29 said:
Five years each. Am pleasantly surprised that they got that much.
Slightly OT but here is a full report on the sentencing of McKenzie and Muirhead today
http://openjusticeuk.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/muirhead-and-mckenzie-sentenced-to-five.html
New definition of density!
Jardine saying EVERYONE picking on the dodgers..
Even the TAXMAN.. He said this without irony ..
Compounding the problem is the msm entertaining and reporting this dross without comment or retort..
Punishments tend to fit the crime…
Shut up Sandy…
HH
Fat Sally has revealed Duff and Phelps believe they are close to striking a deal which would see Rangers taken over.
The Light Blues manager spoke to the firm today and was encouraged by what heard two and a half months after the club went into administration.
The Blue Knights, Brian Kennedy, Bill Ng and Bill Miller have all shown an interest in purchasing the Ibrox outfit at various stages.
And while McCoist would not divulge who Duff and Phelps are currently negotiating with, he believes forward steps are being taken.
He said: “I’ve spoken to the administrators this morning and they were very positive with news that they are close to getting a deal done with a potential purchaser.
“They didn’t tell me who it was or go into any greater detail other than tell me they were very, very close which is obviously encouraging.”
It has been reported this morning that Kennedy is poised to team up with the Paul Murray-led Blue Knights to submit a joint bid.
And having spoken extensively to both men, McCoist admits he would have no issues with them pushing a deal through and taking charge.
He maintains he would have exactly the same stance if American tycoon Miller were to be successful.
Asked if he would be happy for a Murray/Kennedy alliance to move in, McCoist added: “Of course I would.
“I’ve got to tell you, having also spoken to Bill Miller on numerous occasions he definitely seems to have the club’s best interests at heart too.
“The fact him and I had a conversation for well over an hour after the (transfer embargo) decision was made on Monday night would indicated he is seriously interested.
“Again, I have spoken to Paul Murray and indeed Brian Kennedy on numerous occasions and if either of those gentlemen got control, I’d have no problem at all.”
McCoist admits he does not know if the deal Duff and Phelps are close to agreeing would see the club exit administration via a company voluntary agreement.
He said: “They didn’t give me that information at all but as we’ve said all along, that would be the ideal situation. They are hopeful of getting a deal done.”
ArranmoreBhoyLXV11 on 27 April, 2012 at 12:34 said:
New definition of density!
Jardine saying EVERYONE picking on the dodgers..
Even the TAXMAN.. He said this without irony ..
Compounding the problem is the msm entertaining and reporting this dross without comment or retort..
Punishments tend to fit the crime…
Shut up Sandy…
HH
Real problem is, that despite record number of Scottish bankruptcies in first quarter of this year; Thick Tims still don’t accept that only one these companies must be saved.
That is the way THEY think. That is, if they think.
ASonOfDan on 27 April, 2012 at 12:37 said:
Its me.
Alas poor Sandy
” Why’s everybody always pickin’ on me?”
Brogues of Brown
Lieber and Stoller / The Coasters CSC -Way down south.
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The true colours of Rangers, at a very level have finally been made public for all to see.
Firstly, Fat Sally demands to know the identity of those on the SFA panel who decided the appropriate punishment. Think about it. He was blaming them for killing Rangers. Wrong!!!! They didn’t kill Rangers. Rangers greedy hierarchy killed Rangers. Something Fat Sally should be all too aware of, and therefore ai lot more careful about exactly what he said. Of course now that the lunatics are out sending threats he denounces them. To little, to late Sally. Your big gob came out with a comment that inflamatory to say the least. Can you imagine the uproar if Neil Lennon had come out with such comment? The Scottish press would have had a field day. Now we have Sandy Jardine coming out with even more nonsense
I DEMAND to know who Fud and Yelps are negotiating with.
WHO ARE THESE PEEPEL?
jamesdoleman on 27 April, 2012 at 12:33 said:
As I said earlier I am surprised and disappointed by the sentences.
I think the defence teams’ expressions of satisfaction kind of confirms that.
Will you be posting anything further about the prosecution’s decision not to appeal the removal of the attempt to murder element from the indictment?
BhoyinEngland on 27 April, 2012 at 12:41 said:
. Your big gob came out with a comment that inflamatory to say the least. Can you imagine the uproar if Neil Lennon had come out with such comment? The Scottish press would have had a field day. Now we have Sandy Jardine coming out with even more nonsense
It’s what is known as making bullets for other poor sods to fire and possibly do time for.
Good afternoon all.
I wish I had something cheerful to contribute but I am filled with a sense of foreboding about Sunday. I hate playing them normally (I have witnessed us being cheated far, far too often) but this is of a different order entirely. McCoist and Jardine have fanned the flames of an already volatile situation. There will be awful violence, I’m afraid. Those 2 individuals should be charged by the police for incitement.
anyone got any insight into the Safe Standing area ?
anyone ?
Looking at the huns new top, something missing, oh it’s the five stars!!
Sorry if said before :)
new Barca manager is Tito Vilanova, Guardiola’s assistant
” A man can fail many times but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame somebody else ”
John Burroughs.
The Hun mind thinks it owns the world —–if you aren’t for them -you’re against them.
Parkheadcumsalford
I know what you mean, but none of this is Celtic’s fault, unless you count breathing and existing.
Ask yourself what the best way might be to cool their ardour. I think it will be if their team takes an absolute doing on the field. If we are wiping the floor with them, even if the scoreline only partially reflects it, they will quieten down.
You are entirely correct to be fearful of how this might play out later in the pubs and on the streets, but at the stadium itself, our heroes can help douse these flames.
Away from the stadium, as Paul says, we all need to play with the heid. Even those of us who are quite far away.
Celtics new away kit 2012
http://i.imgur.com/Q1rOz.jpg
Rangers new away kit 2012
http://i.imgur.com/AMUQD.jpg
Lovely day here in North Ayrshire. And everywhere else, I believe.
I see the Kilwinning Two will be out next Summer. According to the judge it was not terrorism. In fact, he said he “could not fathom” what could have possessed these “family men” to act in such a way.
Does this man live in Scotland, or on the moon?
He is either being “disingenuous”, or inhabits a cosseted, rarified environment which should prohibit him from sitting in judgment on those of us who are in the real world.
His comment reminded me of the ridiculous old buffoon of a judge who, many years ago, asked the (then) bonkers question, “Who is Ringo Starr?”
I’m arriving at Glasgow airport from Belfast at 11.30 am on Sunday. Is there anyone willing to share a taxi to C eltic Park?
jhilday on 27 April, 2012 at 12:56 said:
the judges comments if they werent so serious would be laughable, with no pun intended they are a sad indictment of the culture of this country we live in, the First Minister is one who is always keen to discuss factual evidence, generally supported by reams of paper holding some departments stats, perhaps the First minister or even his Justice colleague would care to examine the statistics involving this ongoing crusade against Neil Lennon? how mant times has this man been abused, how many people have been investigated, how many court cases have there been, how many convictions have there been, maybe when he has had a look he can give an opinion on causation, they cant all be family men can they?
The huns dead yet?
Celtic, Celtic thats the team for me,
Celtic, Celtic on to victory,
They’re the finest team in Scotland, I’m sure you will agree,
We’ll never give up till we’ve won the cup and the scottish football league
They come from bonnie Scotland, they come from county Cork,
They come from dear old Donegal and even from New York,
From every street in Glasgow they proudly make their way,
To a place called dear old paradise and this is what they say.
Celtic, Celtic thats the team for me,
Celtic, Celtic on to victory,
They’re the finest team in Scotland, I’m sure you will agree,
We’ll never give up till we’ve won the cup and the scottish football league.
There’s Fallon, Young and Gemmel who proudly wear the green,
There’s Clark, McNeill and Kennedy the best there;s ever been,
Jim Johnstone, Murdoch, Chalmers, John Divers and John Hughes,
And sixty thousand Celtic fans who proudly shout the news.
Celtic, Celtic thats the team for me,
Celtic, Celtic on to victory,
They’re the finest team in Scotland, I’m sure you will agree,
We’ll never give up till we’ve won the cup and the scottish football league.
Brian Kennedy is a Huns fan wanting to save Admin FC?
He is a rugby man. Sale Sharks least Stockport County’s ground so that they could have a decent ground for Premiership Rugby.
He then bought the ground and Stockport County. He sold the football team to the fans after being relegated to the Conference.
He has now moved Sale Sharks to another stadium newly built by Salford City Reds Rugby League team.
He is like a cuckoo taking over the best and throwing out the eggs.
He plans to buy Ipox and then Glasgow Rugby team. They would play at Ipox.
Some say a rugby team already plays there.
you wonder if this guy Vilanova is just in situ for a year until Guardiola’s had a break then he will revert to assistant again
Houl yer wheest on 27 April, 2012 at 13:01 said:
Getting the same flight as you so can share taxi with you.
Was going to text you later anyway, can also give you a lift to airport on Sunday morning if you need it.
Mort
Paddysmarket on 27 April, 2012 at 12:58 said:
Paul you are correct in sending out a message for our Bhoys and
Ghirls to be careful on Sunday, the mindset of these people who will be visiting the holy ground, have been pre conditioned for some time now and have in the past few days been primed by people who should know better.
I for one will be attending on Sunday I will take my usual route which will bring me into contact with them, directly,I will then return to the watering hole that I celebrate {win ,lose or draw } in, on the Southside of Glasgow , I simply refuse to alter my match day experience, which has given me great joy now for some 49 years for the sake of a moronic visiting horde on Sunday.
Be safe and God Bless