{"id":10394,"date":"2016-11-22T12:13:13","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T12:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etims.net\/?p=10394"},"modified":"2016-11-22T15:00:58","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T15:00:58","slug":"the-streets-of-coronation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=10394","title":{"rendered":"The Streets of Coronation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anyone been watching Coronation Street lately?<\/p>\n

Theres been a slow burner of a storyline where by a notorious sleazy crook named Phelan, comes back to the Street after years away due to a money grab scandal where he left quite a few folks lives ruined and claimed to be a victim just like everyone else impacted by the deceit.<\/p>\n

Is the dodgy character back with humility and a sense of turning his back on his old ways?<\/p>\n

Of course not.<\/p>\n

Over the last wee while we have watched as hes sleazed, schemed, schmoozed his way into gullible ( and\u00a0often decent) peoples affections and once against gained their trust despite mindful\u00a0others shouting “DO NOT TRUST THIS MAN!”. The shouters have been increasingly marginalised and mocked as more and more people see the return of Phelan as “A good thing for everyone” and only joy. The “negative” people were derided for not giving the guy a\u00a0 chance and his victim status replaced with one of sainthood. Phelan’s fans ask if only\u00a0his down-criers\u00a0had his courage to come back and be a real man taking actions when needed. They gloat in his presence and\u00a0wish that only more and more people could be like him.<\/p>\n

The neysayers waited patiently and continue to ask one question “Why is he REALLY here?”.<\/p>\n

They feared the worst.<\/p>\n

They feared history repeating itself. They feared a greedy, selfish rat would use his charm and deceit to fleece good people out of their hard earned money and break both their hearts and bank balances by his actions while he once again got them to pay for his lifestyle before heading off into the sunset with bags full of cash and\u00a0his excuse of a\u00a0conscience barely touched.<\/p>\n

Phelan played dumb when they asked “Why is he REALLY here?”.<\/p>\n

He was in no rush.<\/p>\n

He waited until\u00a0he was ready.<\/p>\n

Phelan had spotted an opportunity and Phelan had a plan.<\/p>\n

Not just one simple plan though.<\/p>\n

No<\/p>\n

A\u00a0grand Master plan.<\/p>\n

First of all Phelan would get himself into a role of trust. He would win over the people around him\u00a0and then work on the larger community. The long game. The long con.<\/p>\n

Once that was complete, he knew the doors would open, blinkers would come down.<\/p>\n

That was when he\u00a0 would look to access funds.<\/p>\n

Soon enough he was helping out, he was looking out, he was available if needed\u00a0to help look after a business.<\/p>\n

His deceitful ways ensured that he didn’t even need to ask for control, the people around him heralded his arrival and thanked him greatly by taking him into their home and their hearts.\u00a0 The people felt so good at this man of experience being on board they handed over control, the keys and access to the bank account.<\/p>\n

They\u00a0wished him well and stepped away, knowing the new-sayers were idiots with their cries of “Danger, Danger!”<\/p>\n

This was only stage 1.<\/p>\n

With his\u00a0base solidified, it was time for Phelan to up the stakes and move in for the bigger prize.<\/p>\n

Phelan spoke to the people of a grand vision.\u00a0He painted pictures of luxury and a lifestyle befitting the very best. He gave them a glimpse of what could be, if only they believed in themselves,<\/p>\n

He didn’t make demands,\u00a0he simply showed people what could be if they were willing to walk the walk alongside him.\u00a0 The bright range bright future was just over the horizon,\u00a0“Get what you deserve”\u00a0said Phelan.<\/p>\n

He promised to make the people\u00a0 part of the\u00a0wonderful project and talkedof how everyone would profit from the rewards.\u00a0\u00a0All the people\u00a0would have to do was input some cash, as much as they could afford, nothing crazy, \u00a0of course he being such a nice generous\u00a0guy would take on the burden as well as using all his knowledge, expertise and vision to carry everyone forward on a wave of grand returns.<\/p>\n

The people smiled and handed over the cash.,The down-criers shivered but were cast to the shadows.<\/p>\n

Sadly for Phelan though, the grand plan is starting to unravel.<\/p>\n

His business partner has stopped taking his calls.<\/p>\n

The bank account is empty.<\/p>\n

There is no cash coming in.<\/p>\n

The people are wondering just exactly when the promised rewards will come to fruition as nothing concrete has appeared yet.<\/p>\n

People are starting to get hurt.<\/p>\n

The exit strategy is hard to see and the walls are closing if not crumbling. The roof is literally falling in.<\/p>\n

So, What next for Phelan?<\/p>\n

Who knows for now. Hes already started the counter attacks and blaming absent others for all the problems that people are becoming wary off.\u00a0 Will people believe him? Hey, they did before, a few times, so why not again?<\/p>\n

Will he last till Xmas, who knows?<\/p>\n

All that can save him is one big push, one big deceit of promises that results in more fools being found to put in more money to more pipedream schemes that will only result in Phelan looking at a nice comfortable Long Haul ticket out of sight forever, carrying bags of cash of course.<\/p>\n

Its gonna be dramatic viewing but it just goes to show what can happen when good people let their good nature be taken advantage off. It is a fine morality tale in how people will believe what they want to believe rather than stop and question reality, even when its staring them hard in the face. Its well worth a watch over the next few weeks\\months that’s for sure.<\/p>\n

Enjoy.<\/p>\n

Desimond<\/p>\n

PS<\/strong> : Apropos of nothing, its the Rangers AGM this week, Davie King may be in town.<\/p>\n

Look out for coverage of\u00a0that special new resolution that will allow the The Rangers Board to issue more shares which will raise money for the club but could actually be used principally to pay off the current loans (and interest accrued?).<\/p>\n

This new motion has\u00a0 the backing of the Club1872 Group, that’s the fans group which has its\u00a0origins in fans share schemes. Those were schemes\u00a0set up to protect the club from the dangers of share shysters and Corporate swizzkids. The Rangers fans schemes raised a lot of interest from their clubs fans.<\/p>\n

Lots of interest usually also means lots of cash.<\/p>\n

The nice folk at the Rangers Board then charitably took the idea of fans-share\u00a0ownership schemes\u00a0under their “wing” and\u00a0duly \u00a0amalgamated the various fans share scheme groups into Club1872.<\/p>\n

Club1872 loudly states that it is totally\u00a0independent\u00a0while\u00a0it just happens to be\u00a0housed within Ibrox and has a Rangers Board member on\u00a0it’s board,\u00a0and clearly there are no issues of conflict of interest there whatsoever.<\/p>\n

It seems that Club1872 sit on quite a bit of supporters money, I’m sure its in safe hands, what could possibly go wrong?<\/p>\n

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PPS:<\/strong> Next time you hear someone slag the Celtic Board, don’t sigh or moan about moaners. Smile knowing its good to have people always asking questions and demanding validation!<\/p>\n

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