It was theoretically possible someone could have bid for Rangers today but it was always more likely that interim-managers, Duff and Phelps, would get offers that were dependent on a remarkably positive upside.
Sure, if HRMC get their bums handed to them on a plate by the First Tier Tribunal (FTT), Craig Whyte decides to tear up his security on Ibrox and Ticketus forget where they put the contract of sale for the next three years season tickets, even I’d bid for them. Not much, though, I’m only interested in Waitrose Park out at Milngavie.
There is nothing Duff and Phelps can do about the FTT but wait for the verdict. It might report in their favour. If so, it’s game on and they will surely invite offers for sale again, until then, they will have to shuffle paper and look busy.
No one has been able to shift Craig Whyte’s security or offered to buy Ibrox from him, so he is the only real bidder for Rangers and I don’t think he even bid today. Our old friend Game Theory would have us busy planning for a scenario when he exercises his power in this game. Ostracising him might encourage him to walk away, or it might force him to dig his heels in.
Game Theory would also suggest we don’t play poker when we know the other guy has four aces, they don’t often walk away.
Pay the man or find a way of telling yourself he’s not that bad after all.
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Saint Stivs on 17 March, 2012 at 02:48 said:
Not!
‘GG on 17 March, 2012 at 02:45
That track will be on one of the multitude of CD’s I have bought for my Mum.
When you hear nonsense like gaga and jls repetition you really do appreciate how amazing these individual artists were.
Margaret McGill 02:48,
If Jobo still does his rewind, this track must be up there for the CQN Gold Cup.
The Vibe is driving, the lyrics are compatible to anything.
Good to see some fans of the King on here tonight.
A wee bit self indulgence as this is one of my favourite song of hope and defiance
Dawning of the Day
Tom McLaughlin on 16 March, 2012 at 23:04 said:
macjay -The game is live on SBS.
Tom,Thanks a million.
I currently have a mate,an auld git like me,over here and we`ve been trying to figure
out a way to avoid the result till the delayed transmission.
Problem solved.
I`ll call him now and we`ll watch live at my place.
b.t.w. 24 x 440ml cans of the Guinness for $60 at Dan Murphy`s.
Hail Hail
Emerald city is beautiful. What are we waiting for?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG2keYgBiZc&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PLB5B1A46E981A6F4F
Been lurking mostly tonight
Thanks for some great music, I leav you with this;
Happy St. Patrick’s Day, CQN
http://youtu.be/nTn8PWwB5TM
Margaret
I’ve read that before somewhere… ;-)
I guess all our fathers would be smiling at this point in our long history.
The Old Man
Happy St Patrick’s Day
Keep the Traditions Alive
Last night I had a pleasant dream
Though restless may I be
I dreamed I saw brave irishmen who set old Ireland free
and how excited I became
when I heard the cannon roar
Oh! Maggie McGill …..I long to see old Ireland free once more.
TEUCHTERS STEAMIN’
TAL
The streamers and bunting are out here in the slumbering suburbs.for St Patrick.
My local supermarket were promoting Bantry Bay salmon today and Dubliner cheese. They both tasted very good. Well the samples were free and no breaking of the Friday abstinence rules.
My 5 year old grand daughter had her Irish Heritage day today at kindergarten. So she was despatched at 11:45 wearing the hoops and chanting
“Celtic Celtic that’s the team for me.”
All the pubs around have local Irish singers in their bars this weekend includung a few from across the pond.
Our local St Patrick’s Day parade was last Sunday and of course parades happen most weekends this month throughout the county and the rest of the state.
The big one is tomorrow in Manhattan of course. I have marched in it with the local CSCs a couple of times and it was a great experience, especially the huddle at the end up around 84 street in the freezing cold. Tomorrow’s parade will be done in balmy late spring like weather.
It is a universal feast and display which transcends religion and race.
I can’t imagine anything similar in my native land.
The Herald
No manager in football history has come into a cup final on the back of the commitments Neil Lennon has faced in the past five days. Lennon helped carry the coffin of his friend, Paul McBride QC, at his funeral on Monday and the following day he was in the witness box at the trial of the two men accused of plotting to kill him. Grief, anger, stress – he could have be forgiven for having headspace for everything except football.
Hard to believe the extent of the pressure our friend Neil faces.
Frankly,the S.P.L. is the be all and end all for me.
The rest is frippery.
Nevertheless…………………….
macjay1 for Neil Lennon on 17 March, 2012 at 04:25 said:
Yup. If Lenny gets a treble and manages to stay clear of the journalistic skullduggery of Scottish hunscumbagmanship I am telling you Neil Lennon is wading into John Lennon territory (trade mark awe naw)
I hope he gets it right on Sunday..Glasgow’s Green and white!!
Jesus is Neil Lennon ,except no as big.
Happy anniversary to the Teuchters wife(long sufferin’)…who was daft enough to say ..I do.. awe those years ago.
The auld Teuchter followed the ‘tic over to Canada in ’94 to see a pre-season tourney and ended up havin’ a wee fa’oot wi Luigi…who was a wee bit upset that two of his players decided to have a couple o’guinness’s wi’ the Teuchter…an’ a blast o’the Wolfetones…Anyhoo The bold Luigi informed the Teuch that he was a disgrace to to the ‘tic…..I think his anger only lastedf a couple o’days…when Fergus got him in the office….Anyhoo God bless the wife, who could’nt go on her honeymoon until the Teuchter paid his subscription to the TOCSC.
I carried her over the threshold that night……on the understanding ..she would be carrin’ me home from here on in.
Lenny has an opportunity to do what giants have done before….Sunday is a big day for us all….lets have a ball.
TAL
bjmac on 17 March, 2012 at 04:00 said:
when youre a dedicated follower of facism ….sorry fashion … as we are in the best wee country in the wurruld one tends to have the occasional sense of veja du all over again. Right now I am having amnesia and deja vu at the same time. Its hellish, except yesterday evening when I went to a French restuarant and the waiter said “Dont I know you?”. Turns out that he sold me a deep fried pizza in Drumchapel once.
BTW one thing about huns that you should all be aware of. CQN moderators are thick as 2×4’s. Am I right?
Or as the orange apprenticeship bhoys call them..dimensional lumber
bjmcgIll
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uh7OMcFi_s
UTP
TAL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKm9–AYmbA&feature=related
Poison Ivy “McGill”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ5PWflZ7y0
FTR
Happy St Patricks Day from a sun drenched old town in Marmaris.
The Party begins……………………………………hic !
What will be the high point of this season… The Treble or the Demise of the Huns?
If the Huns liquidate and find themselves out of the SPL.. It will top everything for me… Even our big cup win in ’67! ;>)
Happy St Patrick’s Day from Jordan. Looking forward to a nice barbeque by the Dead Sea after work. Best wishes to Lenny & The Bhoys for tomorrow. HH
hail hail and a happy St Patrick’s Day from the United Arab Emirates
landed here 10days ago, spent that time in a hotel
managed to catch the DUtd game via web
terrific result
Scott Brown for me is becomin a top top player
last night i moved out of hotel and into a big mansion here in Al Ain
this house has about 10 rooms
i was the only one in the building overnight
bit strange but its free to me so worth it
owned by the company
was a bit apprehensive thinkin there’d be no internet connection
ends up that the company gave me a wireless plug-in
so i had a connection after all
search straight off for CQN and then OAOradio show
brought a decent set of speakers with me
turned OAO up full blast
sound was boomin around the mansion, haha
Housey, Tommy in Glasgow, Paul Larkin, Seamus Cummins all loud and clear in UAE
we are 4hrs ahead here at the moment
so will mabe catch rfc gettin gubbed this evening
then somehow see the cup final tomorrow, tho i will be workin again
anyhow
take care, behave yersel, have a good time, and God bless
hail hail
TC
ps – am goin for Celtic to win 5-0 in the cup final
Whytey and Ally must stay
Top of the morning to you all from a fine and clear Fife, and happy St. Pat’s.
This day always reminds me of childhood days when we would go to mass with the school and take a piece of shamrock from a big bunch at the church door. The wearing of it after school sometimes brought problems though.
Hope tomorrow brings us a good game and hopefully our first silverwear of the season.
H.H.
happy Paddys Day from a cold but dry Rosses in Donegal , on my way to Derry for the ryanair Paddy McCourt F/A flight to glasgow and a pint at the bar to start a weekend of celebrations Hail Hail
Margaret McGill on 17 March, 2012 at 04:27 said:
macjay1 for Neil Lennon on 17 March, 2012 at 04:25 said:
Yup. If Lenny gets a treble and manages to stay clear of the journalistic skullduggery of Scottish hunscumbagmanship I am telling you Neil Lennon is wading into John Lennon territory (trade mark awe naw)
John Lennon`s tribute to the hun coming up just about now:
Crippled inside.
Happy St Patricks day Fae Blackpool.
Staying in Jury’s hotel Glasgow over the next couple of nights, will be in Merchant square later on today for the St Patricks day festival, I’ll be the one wearing Green :>)
As promised; jOHN lENNON
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQwWp98IuGE
Happy st pats day all cqnrs. Like many on here I am almost getting tierd of the constant smoke, mirrors and general mendacity surrounding the Hun story. We all know that they will survive one way or another. Whether its newco or some miricale of Satan that enables them to come out of admin there will always be Huns.
Cheering you up am I?
Now I don’t really have a Problem with there being a rangers with rangers supporters as it is real good beating them but they would absolutely have to compete on a level field. No more cheating.
The real problem is not a team playing in blue at Ibrox or wherever. The problem is the sfa. Mibs, press and the ignorance and ambivalence of the non celts community. The two sides of the same coin belief is widespread.
I wish not that the hun go away cause they won’t, but that referreing governance and press coverage become fair, honest and not screwed in favour of one team.
Sialf
HH
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Should read skewed
Good morning friends and Hail Hail from a Gloriously St Patrick’s looking East Kilbride.
Sun shining and hardly a cloud in the sky so a wee bit chilly. But I’d settle for the same for tomorrow.
Cup Final Day -1 and counting…
Jobo
Cultsbhoy at 6:14,
don’t agree mate, nothing will top our big cup win or the historic treble.
Better to love yir team and Feck thems IMO
V
skyisalandfill on 17 March, 2012 at 07:13 said:
I thought ” screwed ” was just about right .
:-)
Happy St. Patricks day from a dry Aidrie, Party in Coatbridge later on with the utd game over the tannoy.lol
KLV