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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Well after several, “I feel sorry for Ally McCoist!” comments and a, “You just need to face up to the fact that loads of companies and employees would have take advantage in the same way that rangers and their players did!” I finally lost it!!
The staff room may well be a quieter place for the foreseeable future. Well for me anyway :-)))))
googybhoy@13:04
Kennedy is a publicity seeker. He is not interested in buying the Huns in any shape or form. He has had ample opportunities to ‘firm up his bid’ for them. He has fallen short at every juncture
Even the Huns in my office see him as a joke. Ditto Paul Murray
Lets send a message to the SPL
The Green Brigade have asked us to advertise a protest which they have planned for Sunday’s game. The protest will involve us all, in the 15th minute, standing up and turning our backs to the pitch. The idea behind the protest is that we send a visual message to the SPL and clubs that fans will literally be turning their backs on Newco should they vote yes to the proposals on Monday. Given the game is live on TV and will be going across the world, any visual protest like this will be picked up by the media and discussed.
The Celtic Trust is happy to support this visual protest and we call on all fans who have concerns about the integrity of the game in Scotland to support the Green Brigade in this action.
HT
Sounds like an episode of Waterloo Road.
Whit yeez dane wae huns in yur staff room.
Kick Huns out of all staff rooms. Worse than smokers the lot of them.
MWD
ASonOfDan on 27 April, 2012 at 13:13 said:
Great idea but can I just suggest we err on the side of caution here, we need to leave one person facing the pitch to keep an eye on the huns in case wee craigys in amongst them and tries to run off with our silverware.
hamiltontim on 27 April, 2012 at 13:10 said:
ht , I lost it last night,sitting in the hoose ,stv news in bacckground.
John mckay ” that wee fenian bass Lennon to face 3 charges”
Wife pipes up ” oh aye whits that about”?
Me ,whits that abooot? …………..that rat mcmoist has put the lives
of three guys in danger,and you never sayed a fekin peep.:O((((
Her defence,I never heard anything. AYE RIGHT.
Che,
Agree. There is almost a smug pride in his professed ignorance of a force in Scottish society which has led to multiple crimes and outrages against a totally innocent man.
Send several bombs through the post and get a pat on the head and a slap on the wrist.
Anywhere else in the world and these men would be looking at decades behind bars.
HT
im a bit disappointed in you,
there was no need for a double exclamation mark.
anyway what was the janny doing in the staff room, were you fixing the boiler or something?
If any other manager in Scotland but specifically one with the initials NL who manages the Tax paying team in Glasgow had come out with the nonsense that Mr Mcoist came out with on Tuesday, there wouldn’t be a library in Scotland big enough to hold the book that they would throw at him. What does Mr Mcoist get tea and sympathy about the pressure he has been under. By the way has any media pundit or analyst or journalist asked him or Mr Smith, how many contracts they worked under.
Anyone….
anyone…
anyone…
Thought not
Typical Hunguffery at it’s worst.
MWD
Huns I can handle, middle class wives of middle class men are another proposition!!
Still shaking but I had one ally who piped up, “I just want them to die and as quickly as possible”.
I believe she’s from good stock :-))))
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I see sky sports news have rewritten the evidence of viable explosives, now, didnt a navy explosives expert tell us they were viable
Gordon_J – Ha!
Omnishambles: the mot juste.
Armando Iannucci CSC. (thumbsup)
CELTIC’S hopes of making an impact in the Champions League will be badly damaged – if a Rangers newco is forced to start life in the Third Division.
That was the stark prediction from Fat Jake former German international Jorg Albertz today.
“The Old Firm game is the biggest and best fixture for Celtic or Rangers players in their domestic season. If you take that away, Scottish football will suffer.
“The quality of the league will decline and the transition to Europe will become far greater and more difficult to overcome.”
And I thought we only played them 4 times a season not every week…
Then mccoist has a wee laugh about violent threats to judicial panel members
Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire – I see sky sports news have rewritten the evidence of viable explosives, now, didnt a navy explosives expert tell us they were viable
It was just a bit of banter and ‘Lennon’ brings it apon himself, etc. etc. (thumbsup)
voguepunter on 27 April, 2012 at 13:16 said:
your a brave man
i tried that arguing with the mrs once
never again
she wore the “get your self to eff” night dress for weeks
had the “get your self to eff” face on as well
matching set
che
I was putting sawdust down.
VP
GGGRRRRR!!!!!
A wee snifter will sort me oot later!
mrob1967 – If any other manager in Scotland but specifically one with the initials NL who manages the Tax paying team in Glasgow had come out with the nonsense that Mr Mcoist came out with on Tuesday, there wouldn’t be a library in Scotland big enough to hold the book that they would throw at him.
Indeed.
Our hypothetical non-Rangers manager would be sweating like Ally McCoist in a library. (thumbsup)
hamiltontim
Hope you didn’t threaten anyone or promise reprisals like Mr. Jardine and Mr.McCoist
HT
“middle class wives of middle class men are another proposition!!”
Indeed.
So its not easterhouse your working in then?
FourGreenFields on 27 April, 2012 at 13:22 said
we demand to know the identities of these middle class school teachers
Che on 27 April, 2012 at 13:21 said:
Che ,that will never happen to me,too irresistible.:O)
HT
I demand to know the name of your Ally. I don’t know who your Sally is (I do but for the sake of transparency I demand your Sally McMoist name be publicised).
MWD is a good stock cube.
Afternoon all.
Sickening week. I used to work beside big Drysdale and can attest to his neutrality and his intelligence. Mccoist’s comments are entirely shameful. He and his ignorant fellow travellers are even worse than I thought.
Ankle still playing up so probably have to give Sunday a miss
Nobody ever comments on my dreary posts so I’ll say something outrageous.
KNICKERS!
H x 2
As part of my ongoing Mid- Life crisis, I am considering a tattoo on this virgin(as yet, unwrinkled) skin of mine.
The Celtic crest circled with the intricate Celtic design, as shown on our upcoming new Hoops jersey, is very tempting.
Is it possible to get this done ?
MWD
Damn you stole my line, RE: Waterloo road. lol.
HT
I’d loved to have seen that, you’ll now be the talk of the steamie and later tonight you’ll probably get a phone call/txt from another teacher who you very rarely speak to asking ‘are you ok? have you calmed down, I could tell you were upset’!
Hilarious
brimmer
jimbo67
Tricolour ones?! ;)
HH
jimbo67 – KNICKERS!
How did you know? (thumbsup)
MadraRua
As long as you go to a reputable tattoo parlour and not a tattoo party in Easterhouse.
Couldn’t make it up
Ally McCoist football game allows players to refrain from paying taxes
Mort
Thot I saw a N A there????
I wonder how many Govanites actually understand or comprehend how ‘special’ this Sunday’s game is?
I wonder if the constant misdirection in the press and media has deluded them enough to think it’s ‘just another day at Timtown’
I wonder, I wonder…
Like always I fear the ref…
U
philvis..,
just a wee bit miffed a national news broadcaster would distinguish between a bomb threat and a bomb threat, selecting whose evidence is valid is what the guilty verdict was about I thought, silly me, making a case for leniency, I suppose I should just buy my own media empire if I dont like it.
jimbo67
Hope they are not tri-colour knickers , that could be a problem for some posters on here.
jimbo67
go and wash your mouth with soap and water
Jimbo67.. 1323..
That’s outrageous!
HH
thebhoywithmcgraininhisside on 27 April, 2012 at 11:21 said:
Does anyone have any info on CAS 2011/A/2551 Fenerbahce SK v. UEFA & Turkish Football Federation.
The fact that Fenerbahçe’s withdrawal of its appeal “coincided” with the conclusion of the Turkish Football Federation’s (TFF) Ethics Committee report fuels doubts that the match-fixing case is set to be closed by backroom deals.
Fenerbahçe announced it had withdrawn its appeal to TFF and UEFA at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, only hours before the definitive report on match-fixing. The Ethics Committee report was set to show the TFF Disciplinary Committee the way with regard to possible bans regarding the match-fixing case.
It was reported that UEFA President Michel Platini had voiced his concern about Fenerbahçe’s appeal during his meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Speaking at the UEFA Congress a day after, Erdoğan said “millions [of fans] should not suffer from individuals’ mistakes.”
With the dramatic turn of events yesterday, it looks like Fenerbahçe has accepted to withdraw the case, which was called “a case of honor” by its chairman, evidently to get something in return. That something, possibly, will be the Ethics Committee report, which will apparently rule that there were no signs of match-fixing in last year’s games.
That being said, Fenerbahçe will be relieved that it will continue its title race without fear of a points deduction or European ban.
With the football aspect of the match-fixing case bound to be closed that way, it remains to be seen whether the legal process – which is still charging 93 football club officials and players and jailing 10, including Fenerbahçe chairman Aziz Yıldırım, pending charges – will be wound down when the hearings continue next week.