It’s difficult to know whose side we should be on during the current rammy between “rangers ” and the SPFL.
Whilst the ins and outs of the debate over whether or not the season should be ended and theproze monies paid out are numerous, and there will have been a lot of scratching of backs and fiddling with knobs behind closed doors, it seems that this particular showdown has both participants wearing black hats.
In the blue corner, we have Wild Billy Bluenose, who can whip up a posse from the gutter at a moments notice to intimidate his opponent. A serial liar who is only interested in scamming the local thickies and leaving a trail of debt behind him before he gets on his horse and blows town.
Over in the tartan corner, there is Kid Donkeycaster, who can whip up a cup of tea if given instructions, but won;t leave town because he’s forgotten which end of his horse points forward. The Kid is supported by the local officialdom who , in the best traditions of the one horse town , make the rules up as they go along.
It’s amusing, and it passes the time to watch them scratch each others eyes out, but again it shows just how badly run Scottish football is, and how one big noise can try to influence proceedings.
It’s difficult to see between the lines, but the further you stand back from a gunfight where you hope both guns go off at the same time, the easier it is to see where the bullets should land.
They should land between the eyes of both, and that way the town can get a bit of peace and quiet, and go about its normal business as soon as possible.
Wild Billy is upset. He’s skint and the threatening letters are dropping through his letterbox.
Worse still, the plague is in town and his business is closed. And hot dang, the bank won;t lend him any money because he has a habit of not paying them back.
But he’s a member of the Town Business guild, where a mans handshake is his word, though not his, obviously, and he thinks that the Kid should pay him some money thats due on his end of year bonus even though the year hasn;t ended yet.
Billy thinks the Kid should cancel all the contracts but pay him anyway, and he’s not doing it for himself, mind, he’s doing it for all the little ranchholders who might lose their livelihood.
Because Billy is a nice guy, and wants to be seen as one.
Even though he would stab his granny for a fiver.
Again.
The Kid said, by way of compromise, let’s put it to the vote.
And to make sure everyone has time to think about it, they can have 28 days.
But then he kept sending telegrams which let everyone who hadn’t voted by tea time how others were voting, so that Billy could send his posse round to help people make the right decision.
In fact, word on the prairie is Billy was offering some guys a job in his gang if they made the right choice.
Thing is, everyone knows Billy is a liar, and one of them tried to put a notice up that he’d done as he was told, but then someone else got cold feet and said he’d sent his telegram to the wrong place and it ended up in the fire.
Then Billy said the Kid was a rootin tootin blackguard, and threatened go to the sheriff and demand a lynchin.
The kid told him to put up or shut up, and dangnabbit , if Billy didn’t say all he wanted was a loan anyway, from the towns emergency fund, and they could take it out of the money due when business picks up again.
The Kid hasn’t responded yet, but it could still be resolved at High Noon, but if that happens, then the big city papers will be after the story, and maybe the governer will send a federal marshall into town.
So they’ll probably all just scratch each others backs and fiddle with knobs to keep it all in house.
After all, no one wants the feds involved.
They might start to look deeper into the towns business, and thats when the shit kickin starts….
On Saturday, we had this…
Graeme Murty doing his best to make sure he can’t hear the phone ring.
Today…
My money is on the SPFL. capitulating to Billy Liar, not too Null and Void (because they cannot) and to a 14 team reconstructed league (keeping Hearts from going astray).
Why? because that is what always happens, its happened since Old-co joined the league. New-co,-Old co- Arini-co, all follow follow the well trodden path of when challenged they ramp up the noise and threats. I.E.
The Compliance Officer Vincent Lunny, 2011-2014, who could forget his testimony to the LNS. inquiry that the side letters were merely “imperfectly registered” or, his replacement Tony McGlennen, with his 8 month investigation into the awarding of THAT licence and how the “Rangers” were awarded it. “Rangers” will fiercely resist these ridiculous charges”. Tony scarpered quickly. And then Clare Whyte, Tony’s replacement in 2018 who continued the investigation and two years later? SFA. Squinty quickly called for it to be sent to CAS- still waiting. A two year investigation costing big money and after Craig Whyte’s sworn testimony.
“Loyalty- Integrity- Sportsmanship- Honesty- Compliance RIP. Meanwhile, Maxwell and Doncaster still receive hefty salaries for making decisions, really?
They created a monster and this is their payback.
Yes, the secret agreement that was sent to Peter and not to his secretary, the one that he said at the last AGM. that he had never seen- twice. I liken it to a Boa Constrictor, squeezing the honesty out of Scottish football.
Henke- yes, the monster that lives in a sewer near in Govan.
Weered- Thank you sir, its the man ^ upstairs that brings out the best in me, Alles ist gut. Stay safe and keep well.
I did reply to all, but?
Well put but surely this is just down to the usual arrogant self righteous peepel forgetting as you mentioned there that they clearly still have this superiority complex that most fans in Scotland and the uk and parts of the world know that no longer exists and in these testing times they should be shamed by all in the world of football which really shouldn’t be spoken about in these distressing times . SHAME ON RIFC . Yous need to have a good hard look at yourselves
RIFC? Steven, would that be the ‘club’, the SFA registered club/company (TRFCL) or the “holding company”?
Creating obfuscating fog is their consistent trick.
Only the ‘foggiest’ of us would fall for it.
They’re deid, or breathing their last in Liquidation. Their bastard oddspring (offspring) is in a similar position.
Do not doubt this; Peter Traitor Lawwell and Dermot Fucking Desmond were/are complicit in the hunnic myth of survival.
They (PTL and DFD) had plans. “We’ll get the “Old Firm” into the EPL and enrich ourselves by tons”. THAT is/was their plan. A pair of fucking fleas, leeches, viruses if ever there was one such virus.
In an awful reference to Rod Stewart, a Pangolin Wind. Bat-shit crazy or human laboratory manufactured? Difficult to prove. I believe in the latter, as I did/do with BSE (mad cow disease), MERS, SARS and Ebola.
Do not doubt this: mankind is the cruellest, most dangerous and disgusting species on Earth and, co-incidentally, the only one whom has gods. Even “loving gods”. FFS, Strange? I think so.
FC not PLC
Charlie , a plus 5 and a plus 4. Your playing to the gallery……lol
MIKE
Wasn’t it Sandy Bryson who came out with the “improperly registered” guff?
Mick- The Celtic Star June 2018. Paul McConville- 2012 Whatever happened to the LNS report. Lunny was acting as prosecutor and no doubt that Bryson was in cahoots- properly registered or not, “there can be no doubt that Sandy would have nodded them through”, all Huns together. Well done on Sentinel, ban the trolls and my best to the madman and to TGM.
Caption: Fenian barstewards and their green walls! You’ll no catch me in here again
Caption:An initiation rite of the Knights Castile Templars.
you keep your prayers for yourself ya f’kin mug
Tell it to your lodge brethren. Nice decent lads eh?
Giving food parcels .
to pensioners…
Sorry I do not have a problem with that.
Obviously by having a ’67’ in your name you are blessed with special powers to perceive many things, religious orientation amongst them.
You probably class yourself as a ‘ good tim’.
Your posts prove you are anything but.
I don’t need any of your hypocritical prayers.
Apologies my prayer offering was ecumenically insensitive and obviously touched a nerve. Let’s start again. Kumbaya?
From the horse’s mouth and ps Hitler was kind to dogs
https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2171622/orange-order-charm-offensive-negative-public-image/
The 67 is a reference to Celtic’s finest hour. Now I’ve showed you mine…
God bless you my son!
So, what’s the word on the ranch, then?
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The Rangers proudly display the Covid -19 trophy : Won without a single hand being washed…….
A full statement to follow.
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Proudly displayed within Ibrox, the Richard Gough Shower Challenge trophy.
Caption: Confused? You won’t be after this week’s episode of Sploap
Caption – No amount of soap can was the shit from their hands.
Caption Hey Maw that’s yer soaps starting oan the wee telly
Nothing changes in scottish football full of liars cheats and charlatans,wouldn’t believe any of them if they told me the time.
Caption: Head cleaner at Ibrox stops Jermaine Defoe from stealing the handwash.
We know these are difficult times for all so my comments might not matter to a lot of people out there which I respect but this league debacle with regards RIFC is an absolute disgrace as it’s nothing more than the arrogant and self righteous rangers doing what they do best as when they are in chaos everyone else is to blame . The league should be handed to the celts as no doubt about it as I knew that this would come to this as I’ve no doubt there is some serious foul play going on behind the scenes with regards rangers and there hierarchy as it’s the only way they know how to deal with anything that goes against them as we all know they have a superiority complex which we also know had been blown away in recent years and more so since mr Dave ( THE KING OF SCOTTISH FOOTBALL) Cunningham arrived at ibrox. The sfa should be pulling them over the coals with regards there statements of late pure and simple as surely this is bringing the game into disrepute as it wreaks of out and out skullduggery through there ranks and even more so in these testing times . As we where all told ??? TIME TO MOVE ON
I wish one Scottish journalist would ask the Sevconians, why the big bad SPFL decided to let them play a postponed game from a Saturday, the very next day, against the wishes of the opposition Livingston, and that was only a few months ago. Once again it seems as though a financially stressed company had the begging bowl out!!
Could you imagine if Celtic had held their vote back and in place of dundee we held the deciding vote for the next 25 days
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Monti is instructed by his new boss to fill the handwash dispensers with soap
Una,
My boss doesn’t ask me to do anything, he’d rather find someone competent to carry out his request.
Sevco update the ‘ blueroom ‘ toilet to meet health and safety guidelines , but Dave has the key.
Caption : Notice on Ibrox wall –
“Only break plastic in case of Emergency”.
Must be Celtic soap….It’s no been liquidated yet.
Caption: Welcome to the shower block Mr Epstein.
My old neighbour is trying to set some kind of record. He has jetwashed his driveway 5 days in a row , 4 hours a day……and what a whine it makes……due to mental cruelty and diminished responsibility , I think I might only do 18 months….
Another couple of days and the water shortage will kick in .
I deliberately take my time when power washing my slabs, i have the noisiest power washer in Scotland, i just put my headphones & listen to the rebs 🙂
Ah….talking of clueless…..
Caption: As Fat Boab goes into ICU Soapy self-isolates.
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Put that in your palm olive…
Not in your life buoy…
LOL!!!!
Null and void f.c. sporting integrity my arse.
The sewers do become empty in times of angst.
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The sevco wurld class ATM lye.
Stay safe.
Caption: Slippy G has a quiet word after Jimmy Bell refuses to sign purchase order for 6 carbolics.
If you replace the rb with th it’s catholics, keeping well CS? 😉
Aye fine, keeping it light…
Harvey epstein will do anything to avoid Big Bubba dropping the soap in the shower again….
Have the SPFL really fucked this up?
1. They originally adopted a ‘wait and see’ policy re-starting the leagues as per most other countries
2. When it became obvious that wasn’t possible they proposed calling the lower leagues based on average points
3. Huns proposed incompetent motion to pay prize money without calling leagues
4. SPFL offered Huns the services of their lawyer to draw up competent motion (natch Huns refuse)
5. Stooshie as “deadline” passes with outstanding Dundee vote being cast. This one’s on the media who should’ve known what the rules are but are as incompetent as their Ibrox Idols.
6. Huns allege bullying and go into full plaything projectile perambulator mode.
7. SPFL call out Huns and tell them to put up or shut up.
8. Huns don’t put up…or shut up.
9. Huns getting the crayons out again to say they never asked for prize money but simply want loans. This was a lie, as they had explicitly asked for prize money but, surprise, surprise, none of the media call out their lies.
10. Dundee now have until Albert Kidd day (3rd May) to cast their vote.
I’m not sure what more they could’ve done to try to get consensus. As it stands 33 clubs support their stance with only 7 against, 6 of whom have legitimate reasons to vote against, as it affects their relegation/promotion chances and an illegitimate 1, who have nothing to gain themselves but simply want to stop another team’s legitimate title, whilst still wanting the prize money.
11. 2012 x 2 = last minute desserts.
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Things last longer with the intellectual property label on.
sevco How now! ___? FC.
(AKA)The Rangers F.C. in Glasgow;
The processing fee.
Delivery charge.
Advertising fee.
Club identification number etching.
Fabric protection.
Paint protection.
Dealer preparation.
David Graham,you`re on the floor.
https://the-shamrock.net/2016/09/18/glengarry/
Magic Charlie, thanks for that.
am born and bred ther henke fae scottish and irish families brings a tear tae ma eye every time
Charlie,
Good stuff my good man.
Neil Doncaster luvs spam.
How do we bear out?
Spam was a childhood delicacy where i grew up.
I liked it grilled with some chips & beans.
I’m sure my ma told me it was steak 🙂
Square slice was known as Goy Steak up our scheme.
During the lockdown, even the soap was socially isolating
after too many unsavory incidents in the prison showers the soap is put in a place that it cannot be dropped!
Ralph, see over the years, you’ve ALWAYS been on top of events. You’ve provided truth, humour and definition in reasonably equal doses and in a terrificly readable, trustable manner.
THANK YOU.
Hail Hail the Albert Kidd track and trace deliveries.
9IAR.
Caption: Museum displays the last bar of soap left in the UK after Covid-19. It was stolen from a pensioner who was going to make soup from it…Pensioner died but doesn’t count in the statistics. Refused a Covid test because wasn’t wealthy or important enough and didn’t have a second home to scarper to.
Allegedly the last hun statement to their “demented bigots” of a support, says Ladbrokes will no longer be the bookmaker of choice at Ibrox, of course the Ladbrokes sponsorship ends this season!! Their level of “gullibilly Ness” has reached new levels.
Buster fuds? 🙂
Caption – a quick check in the executive bogs at the top of the marble staircase confirms that all the liquid assets have dried up.