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<\/a><\/p>\nDerek McInnes, who was the centre of controversy when Ladbrokes had him favourite to be the next to lose his job, must be wishing he’d popped into the bookies before they suspended betting.<\/p>\n
Anyway, we hear that Police Scotland want a word with him in connection with what could be another monumental fraud case to hit the Scottish game…<\/p>\n
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And the support ?<\/p>\n
They just can’t watch anymore;<\/p>\n
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All of this puts a spring in the step of the average Tim who will be heading into Lanarkshire today.<\/p>\n
Not as big as the spring in the ever affable Efe Ambrose’s stride though.<\/p>\n
We have to be a unit, be a block, and once we are like I think we will be unstoppable Right now we have not got to the level we can get to. We have had some new players in but once the team is in its stride I think no-one can stop us.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWe are still in four competitions so we will try to do something new \u2013 we can win the Treble or to reach the later stages of the Europa League.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThere is a lot of talent in this squad and, if everyone is playing to their best, then I don\u2019t know how the gaffer can pick his team. It will give him a good headache. We are all fighting for places and that will help the team a lot.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Either the man has nerves of steel, or he doesn’t quite get the fear that supporters get on some occasions when he is in possession of the ball. Or not in possession, come to think of it.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0“I never think about that because I always have belief in myself. The best way to fight criticism is to deal with it and stay strong.<\/em><\/p>\n “You don’t run away from it – you face it and I have a manager who really believes in my ability.”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n So much so that there’s a little noose in his living room for every time Efe makes an arse of it.<\/p>\n There’s a few players missing today. Long term casulaties Charlie Mulgrew and that Croatian kid, whatever his name is, are still injured. so is Scott Allan, in fact nearly everyone is moaning about something.<\/p>\n \u00a0Expect something along the lines of Gordon, Janko, Boyata, Ambrose, Izaguirre, Armstrong, Biton, Commons, Rogic Mackay Steven Ciftci.<\/p>\n Motherwell fans who have accepted that Mark McGhee is back as manager after his scintillating spell with the national team will be watching more in hope than expectation, which is the effect McGhee has on teams, and don’t expect too much of the new manager bounce that sometimes happens when a new man comes in.<\/p>\n \u00a0Motherwell will start with a goalkeeper, nine defenders and Keith Lasley to do the fouls.<\/p>\n Without actually saying so, and using far more diplomatic language than is necessary, Ronny Deila agrees.<\/p>\n They will always be up for playing Celtic but they will have even more energy now,”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Playing ? Surely he meant “kicking ”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n “When a new manager comes in people get excited and it is not easy for us to understand totally what they will be doing.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n I think we’ve got a reasonable idea ….<\/p>\n<\/div>\n “There will be some differences but again, we have to concentrate on getting a very good performance ourselves and, if we do, then we know we are capable of beating Motherwell.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n “We want improvement, individually and as a team. We know we have skills to win trophies and that’s what we want to do. But there is a long way to go and there is so much hard work going into this period and through the whole year.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n “We need to develop ourselves and if we do that well we have a good chance to have a good season.” \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Elsewhere, the first day of the trial of the Magnficent Seven<\/p>\n began in Edinburgh.<\/p>\n There are a lot of reporting restrictions on the case, but James Doleman did manage to summarise the charges;<\/p>\n Five people appeared in court in Edinburgh today,\u00a0\u00a0Craig Whyte, David Grier, David Whitehouse, Paul Clark and Charles Green. For legal reasons we cannot report the bulk of proceedings but can summarise the charges as they stand at the moment.<\/em><\/p>\n The indictment read to the court is 20 pages long but can be broken down to three sections. The first set of charges relate to allegations that Craig Whyte fraudulently acquired Rangers Football Club (RFC) by concealing the fact he was funding his takeover using money borrowed from \u201cTicketus\u201d (Octopus investments) instead claiming to various bodies that he was using his own personal wealth. He also committed fraud by not disclosing he had been previously banned from being a company director. David Grier David Whitehouse and Paul Clark are charged with conspiring in this alleged fraud to the sum of \u00a328,262,094 with Whitehouse and Clark also accused of conspiring to pervert the course of justice by not disclosing information to a court.<\/em><\/p>\n The second set of charges relate to allegations of a conspiracy between Whyte, Whitehouse, Clark and Charles Green to place RFC in administration and then, after appointing Duff and Phelps as administrators acquiring the assets of the business for a sum significantly below the market value using a company, Sevco 5088 as a vehicle. This, the prosecution say deprived the company\u2019s creditors of money that should have been due to them. Greens consortium, the Crown said, paid Duff and Phelps a \u00a3200,000 \u201cexclusivity fee,\u201d of which \u00a3137,500 of which was refunded by Craig Whyte. Green is also charged with misleading investors and others about Whyte\u2019s role in the transaction.<\/em><\/p>\n The third set of charges relate to Green transferring the assets of the club to a new entity \u201cSevco Scotland Ltd,\u201d hence taking possession of a \u201cnon-cash asset\u201d without the approval of the directors of Sevco 5088. This also deprived investors in Sevco 5088 of a financial benefit and later led to inviting the public to invest in shares at an Initial Public Offering while depriving them of pertinent information, ie the potential claim of Sevco 5088 on the company.<\/em><\/p>\n No pleas or declarations can be reported. The case continues. \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Well, we’ll just have to wait and see. No doubt the media will keep us informed with the facts.<\/p>\n Supporters of the old club, who think it didn’t die, \u00a0face another battle against reality when they try to get to the game using the new system designed to cut down on travel costs.<\/p>\n Right, I’m a remarkable fifty years old today, and intend to take it out on my liver. Well, if those tablets work for the dog I can always try a couple in the morn if I overdo it.<\/p>\n Artur Boruc was the man struggling with an outbreak of hair on his face in yesterdays picture.<\/p>\n And who’s this ?<\/p>\n \n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Before I start rambling, there were quite a few replies to yesterdays articles which needed to be approved, that’s all been done now, so the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":7911,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/etims.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ross-co.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2J7If-23A","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7910"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7910"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7912,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7910\/revisions\/7912"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Embedded](\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/CRgL2ptWcAEaoRw.jpg\")
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