What you going to do?<\/p>\n
I dont know<\/em><\/p>\n But you said it would be okay<\/p>\n I know<\/em><\/p>\n But you said you could sort it<\/p>\n I know<\/em><\/p>\n But you said<\/p>\n I KNOW WHAT I SAID!, leave it will you. Im trying to think here.<\/em><\/p>\n But what happened?<\/p>\n I dont know alright, i just dont know<\/em><\/p>\n How can you not know?<\/p>\n How can I not know, what sort of question is that?<\/em><\/p>\n Well you said it was straightforward enough<\/p>\n I know<\/em><\/p>\n You said you would just go back, get the 50 grand a year while you got the low down<\/p>\n I know<\/em><\/p>\n So how did it end up with you here?<\/p>\n I dont know<\/em><\/p>\n I dont understand, did they force you out?<\/p>\n Not exactly<\/em><\/p>\n Did they demote you?<\/p>\n No<\/em><\/p>\n What then?<\/p>\n The reverse<\/em><\/p>\n The what?<\/p>\n They made me the boss<\/em><\/p>\n Oh,\u00a0 well then, but wait, I really dont understand<\/p>\n They made me what I thought was the Boss but i wasnt the Boss<\/em><\/p>\n Did you act like the boss?<\/p>\n In front of the punters aye<\/em><\/p>\n So?<\/p>\n Behind the scenes I had nothing<\/em><\/p>\n But you were head of the board<\/p>\n I know<\/em><\/p>\n So how did you have nothing<\/p>\n Because they were just at the wind up<\/em><\/p>\n Who?<\/p>\n You know who, them<\/em><\/p>\n Who?, the guys who take aw the money and give nothing in return?<\/p>\n Aye<\/em><\/p>\n Irony eh<\/p>\n Enough of that crap you<\/em><\/p>\n So, what now?<\/p>\n Well its back to Square one<\/em><\/p>\n Whats that?<\/p>\n We support the other guys<\/em><\/p>\n What other guys?<\/p>\n Mind the guys we supported the first time?<\/em><\/p>\n First time what?<\/p>\n The first time the club ended up the creek without a paddle<\/em><\/p>\n Those guys?, but haud oan<\/p>\n What?<\/em><\/p>\n I thought you left those guys to jump ship wae the other guys?<\/p>\n I did<\/em><\/p>\n And now the other guys have kicked you out?<\/p>\n Naw, I left<\/em><\/p>\n I say potato, you say\u00a0potatoh the bluebells<\/p>\n Whatever<\/em><\/p>\n So the old guys you left to go wae the new guys are now the new guys again?<\/p>\n Something like that<\/em><\/p>\n And whats happening now?<\/p>\n I dont know<\/em><\/p>\n What do you mean you dont know?<\/p>\n I dont know alright. They say they want change<\/em><\/p>\n Change, how much they got?<\/p>\n Nothing<\/em><\/p>\n What?<\/p>\n They arent offering money, they just want change<\/em><\/p>\n This the same guys who didnt have any money the last time?<\/p>\n Aye<\/em><\/p>\n And include the guy who was on the Board back when we spent aw the money ourselves?<\/p>\n Aye<\/em><\/p>\n And they think its going to change cause they ask for it?<\/p>\n They hope so<\/em><\/p>\n How?<\/p>\n They have the fans backing<\/em><\/p>\n The fans? That the same fans who have backed every Tom Dick and Harry who have stepped up to the door?<\/p>\n Well, everyone bar John Broon, aye<\/em><\/p>\n The fans who keep wanting represented on the board, is the new mob giving them that?<\/p>\n I dont think so<\/em><\/p>\n So nothing changed then, same faces, same patter<\/p>\n Well Dave King says hes interested<\/em><\/p>\n He still around banging his vuvuzela?<\/p>\n Aye, says he cant see any problem with SFA checks regards decent and proper either<\/em><\/p>\n Well maybe Campbell can check for him, he survived awright<\/p>\n Aye<\/em><\/p>\n What about Sally?<\/p>\n What about him?<\/em><\/p>\n He backing new guys?<\/p>\n No yet<\/em><\/p>\n No yet?<\/p>\n Well he has to play it cool doesnt he?<\/em><\/p>\n How come?<\/p>\n Well if he says anything then the current mob can sack him<\/em><\/p>\n They havenae sacked him yet after yet another cup shambles, they willnae dae it now surely?<\/p>\n They will if it saves them redundancy<\/em><\/p>\n Ah, so he had the Chairmans backing?<\/p>\n No quite<\/em><\/p>\n How no?<\/p>\n Ive left.<\/em><\/p>\n Oh!\u00a0So anyone backing him?<\/p>\n Aye<\/em><\/p>\n Who?<\/p>\n Charles Green<\/em><\/p>\n Hold it, Charles Green?<\/p>\n Aye<\/em><\/p>\n He no in Bongo Bongo land or his French villa?<\/p>\n Naw, hes back<\/em><\/p>\n Back where?<\/p>\n At Rangers<\/em><\/p>\n What?<\/p>\n Aye<\/em><\/p>\n Doing what?<\/p>\n Generating interest in the clubs shares<\/em><\/p>\n What?<\/p>\n Hes hired as a consultant<\/em><\/p>\n For whom?, the club or his mates or is it all the same thing these days?<\/p>\n Well good question, Hes saying 14 million will get some shares bought.<\/em><\/p>\n Really?<\/p>\n They worth it?<\/em><\/p>\n No really?<\/p>\n Ah,I remember his prospectus, I take it they are worth a lot more?<\/em><\/p>\n No really, half that if youre lucky. Holding company shares have plummented since the IPO.<\/p>\n Wow, much did his mob pay for the shares mind, they must be taking a big hit then?<\/em><\/p>\n No really?<\/p>\n What?<\/em><\/p>\n They all got loads and loadsa shares when they slipped in, all at a discount rate<\/em><\/p>\n Oh, so a chance they might break even if theyre lucky?<\/p>\n Naw, they’ll make a killing probably<\/em><\/p>\n How did this happen?<\/p>\n Their discount rate was next to nowt<\/em><\/p>\n So theyre still quids in and the punters are gubbed. How did that happen?<\/p>\n I dont know<\/em><\/p>\n Is that all you can say, I dont know<\/p>\n Feels like it<\/em><\/p>\n So what now?<\/p>\n Golf for a few weeks and then we will see what happens with the EGM<\/em><\/p>\n EGM?<\/p>\n Dont ask, I dont know!<\/em><\/p>\n Forget it. Do us both a favour and just lets get up the road, this is embarrassing<\/p>\n Aye, sorry<\/em><\/p>\n Save it!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The tired old man sighed heavily and shamefully lowered his gaze. He reached out his hand and turned on the cold tap. He lowered his head and splashed the water on his face, carefully avoiding his spotless clothes. The cool fresh water felt good; this was the first time he had felt aware in a long time. He rose from his position and dried himself off with a nearby towel.<\/p>\n It was time to go.<\/p>\n He knew it, they knew it, everyone knew it.<\/p>\n Would he ever be back?. Well they had seen him go plenty of times, and of course he’d always made it back. He had always survived, in fact somehow he always got plaudits regardless of whatever calamity had lay at his feet when he walked away. Would they ever learn? He doubted it. 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