I hear that there was a free and fair exchange of views in the tunnel at Tynecastle last night.
For the avoidance of doubt, there was no Maroon component in the immediate post-match discussion.
It was entirely within the Sevco family.
My information is that immediately after the battering at Tynecastle that the Admirable Warburton resembled the legendary leader of Neasden FC.
Like Ron Knee he was tight-lipped and ashen faced.
Then there was an unscheduled conclave at Ibrox last night.
I think it is fair to say that the specific details of the Admirable Warburton’s contract were perused and parsed.
My understanding is that if his dignified employment is terminated, then he is due a lump sum equivalent of his annual salary.
Quite simply the Holding Company Vehicle do not have access to that money at the moment.
Of course, Mr David Cunningham King could always decide to over-invest.
Whatever it takes and all that…
The Admirable Warburton has key performance indicators for this season; achieve second place and win one of the cups.
Well at time of writing he is maintaining that position in the SPFL, and the Engine Room Subsidiary is still in the Scottish Cup.
Therefore, it is difficult to see what reason the High Command would have to sack him.
Even if they want to do that today, then the chaps in the Blue Room would have to find a substantial six-figure sum.
So unless the ex-City Trader shows the Dunkirk Spirit then expect him to remain in the Sevco dug out.
Seen the clip on Question time re the straight bananna and honestly man this is why we need to get to feck away from these crackpots.These people make decisions and change them on decisions based on the supermarket i would accept it if the person was on the magic mushies or something more stronger,but, this is straight forward in their mind rational thought processes, does this remind you of other gullible folk who can be led down garden paths based on nonsense and vote deciding on which way the wind blows a flag or something.
Tommorow it will be spin spin the scottish cup, europe, second place, the boards shrewdness in the market blah blah.
I know the Res 12 guys have been disappointed at Lawwell ‘ s response to the corruption that enabled Oldco to participate in CL qualifiers back in the day.
It’s also the case that the football authorities barely punished the Ibrox club for their gross misdemeanours.
However look at where we are today. Celtic and Brendan ruling the roost, on and off the park, whilst over in La La land there is chaos in the Ibrox board room and a 25 point gap at this stage of the season is unheard of.
Recruiting an inexperienced manager has been a disaster, as has his signings. How will the new manager be able to move on a dozen or more players, some of them on 4 year contracts, and earning substantially more than they would elsewhere………look at the AS Galacticos, what were they on down south, £1000 per week max, now earning 3 or 4 times that!
The Supreme Court ruling should put an end to the ‘No Sporting Advantage’ nonsense from Nimmo Smith. Every title and trophy won over the 12 years of cheating, that we know about should be stripped by the football authorities immediately with an asterisk in the record books explaining why.
What the Ibrox club is going through now is their punishment, not inflicted by the football authorities or their haters, but totally self inflicted.
That will do for me and the longer it goes on the better……….and as far as the media is concerned they are an irrevelance. They have backed the wrong horse in a two horse race, may they rot in hell.
I am afraid that I disgree with the asterisk years, so to speak.
The compliant football authorities would after a very short initial period, omit the asterisks, by accident of course, as would the SMSM. There are no asterisks against the names of Ben Johnston or Lance Armstrong. Their medals and titles were stripped, even though they did not feel happy with it, or agree with it. They never would.
The titles should be stripped and reallocated to the club’s whose fans have lost out, Falkirk, Kilmarnock, Queen of the South, Aberdeen etc etc as well as Celtic. Many of these smaller clubs only appear in a national final once in a lifetime.
David Murray told the FFT that the ” trust allowed us to attract players we could not otherwise have obtained ” . Here, the owner of the club is admitting an unfair sporting advantage. Should the SC rule in favour of HMRC then RFC were clearly using a method of payment which was illegal and so not available to other participating clubs.
In short…….they cheated and in the spirit of the Golden Rule of Law, a criminal cannot be allowed to benefit from or retain the proceed of crime.
As to the Peepul and possible social unrest………well that will have to be confronted NOW, because when Celtic pass the 54 titles they will be upset then also.
If the titles are not stripped, should HMRC be successful, then why not let them bribe referees, many of course would not need bribes, or match fix openly. The game would be pointless it is predicated on The Peepul always dominating in the words of Walter Smith “by hook or by crook” .
The Scottish football public deserve justice and to have their game back as a fair and sporting activity. One club, dominating, is OK, if not desirable, if it is done fairly and within the the confines of sporting integrity.
Alfie, in your scenario the football authorities would have to play by their own rule book.
History tells us that won’t happen any time soon.
Hear,hear,totally agree with all points joe mac.
That karma is a far cry from instant,but as you rightly say;let’s enjoy it for as long as it lasts.I’m hoping this March will be the catalyst sparking the beginning of the final demise for the Well Fried South Side Engine Room Subsidiary Company.(WFSSERSC)serfco.
Then ‘That’ St.Patricks Day 2017,will go down in history,alongside the 14th Feb.2012.
The BBC-4 British History’s Biggest Fibs was good,but,I’m unsure as to exactly how many of them will actually take ANYTHING from it,WHY break their delusions now.They have denied what the World has know for long enough,and even though the programme was presented as fairly easy to comprehend,they are known for denying REAL FACTS.
It would seem shite and serfco go hand-in-hand.
Cheers Phil,your playing a blinder,keep it up.☮️✅
I disagree it should be Celtic in the Record Books with no asterisk as we all know why.
Yes you’re correct,but at present it doesn’t say CFC,sure,we all know why,BUT the titles WILL go to CFC in the end.Even some of their own fans agree,they cheated,end of.
In athletics and field sports,javelin,shot putt etc. IF the winners have been found to have won by illegal means,the runner-up automatically is awarded the gold.
They will lose those titles attained by cheating.EVENTUALLY.
Cheers Phil,prolific these days,loving it ⚽HH
I am disappointed to hear that Warbo’s talents and achievements are not getting the appreciation they deserve from his board. I assume he won’t do walking away without his full entitlement being paid up?!
In any case he shouldnt get any blame for last night’s defeat as the Hearts win was all down to a shock contender for ‘player of the month’ [if I may….] https://theclumpany.wordpress.com/2017/02/02/a-shocking-player-of-the-month/
Take note that Billy “cod faced” Davies has been rolled out recently as a pundit. A strange coincidence?
He is exactly the type of “Aye Ready” born and bred Dead Cheats FC and Sevco supporter that the lunatic fringe will grasp onto once they have forgotten the notion of snaring a Klopp or De Boer as manager.
When Sevco limp to season ticket renewal time and the football authorities grant them their European license, they will need a real steady member of their type of craft at the helm. One who will say the right things and soothe their aching souls with words of solace like “loyal” and “staunch” and the every hypocritical “dignity”. Step up Billy, your time is nigh…..
Will he bring Tommy Sheridan as his Number Two?
Only if he can ‘swing it.’
This evening’s BBC Scottish Sportsound was moving in a different direction post Tynecastle matters last night, with Tom English, Graham Speirs and Richard Wilson in the vanguard (!l).
Mr Wilson’s take is pretty fairly represented on the BBC website….
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38848036
although there is still a “stone me…I never saw that coming” flavour reflected in the show and the article.
Once again, Tom English disappointed me. He went through the King arrival and stated that….”everyone knows that the King money was a mirage….but that’s in the past so let’s move on…Warburton has been given adequate money to bolster the club but it has not been used properly…”….oh dear!
Sadly, a once truly great journalist and author has morphed into a Keith Jackson lookalike.
Please stick to rugby, Tom, where you excel.
how about a mass vote “joey” for player of the season
What ever happened to the dignified posts of sevco fans which used to give us all a good laugh on here? Jennie, VB that guy who always said “awkward” …. Please come back. Please. Please. I miss those guys.
As I recall the most ardent of Neasden FC fans are Sid and Doris Bonkers…
would they be in any chance be related to
Mason and Wilhelmina Mac Bonkers of Larkhall. …..???
I think we should be told….!!!
Residents of Tesco Road if memory serves correctly…
Mr king ….. sugar daddy/heart breaker/con man
Sir David … tax dodger
Sally Mc Coist … the gardener
Walter b … the bus driver/Parker
Mark warburton.. high flying city trader
Barton… secret agent
Nico… Zimmerman/ oap
Kenny miller … turn coat/judas
…… what a film in making , just needs a title anyone ??????
Die Another Day…???
A Series of Unfortunate Events ????
Once upon a time in Govan
The Great Rot’n’Soul Swindle.
The Embezzler – King
The Collaborator – Regan
The Crook – SDM
The Tea-maker – Barton
The Gimmick – Going for 55p
The Exile- JJ
Man in Prison Cage – Whyte
Soo Catwoman – Paul Murray
Nightclub Bouncer – Jabba
Record Executive – Jackson
French Man on Street – Barton (again)
Audience Member (uncredited) – Warburton
Went to this cinema to Watch La la Land last night thinking it was about Sevco.
You Only Live Twice
Resurrection Man
Apocalypse Now
The Muppets
The Man Who Would be King
Swindlers List
Die Hard
Lost
Is this current dangerous and reckless briefing against Warburton via the media intended to force his hand to resign voluntarily to null and void any compensation they would have to pay if they fired him? Everyone knows, especially those in the media, there is an element of the TRIFC support that feeds off this kind of negative frenzy and would not hesitate to cause Mark Warburton physical injury, given a chance, without a second thought. But then again, a duty of care towards any individual is a totally alien concept to some of those employed in the media who should know better by now.
Incitement is a crime.
They could be jailed.
Working in Edinburgh today , run into a young talented winger who likes a double, said they knew the old guard was there any time they wanted , and the score line flattered the govan 11
Our pal joey got it spot on ,maybe if they’d taken his advice things might be different ,his synopsis of the Celtic drubbing was the green light for the board to try and dump his contract they thought they had him bang to rights , as the lead ballon hits the deck once more
Lunatic loose in the daily retard,”Its time to bring WALTER back” as David Francey would say,Oh Dear Oh Dear Oh Dear.. HH.
Ah,sweet music Maestro Phil,
Torrid and horrid times abound with serfco,and you Phil,are conducting the orchestra to this cortège.BRAVO
Alas,for Everyone else observing,this is quite simply,comedy/melodic masterpiece.TYVM.
Correct me if I`m wrong Phil, but doesn`t MW still have a promotion bonus outstanding to collect, or has that been paid?
“Tight lipped and ashen faced.”
Life just gets better and better.
I loved the journey of Neasden FC through my undergraduate days.
Hilarious journalese…
And if I remember correctly, their fans (Sid and Doris Bonkers) could get a bit fighty when things didn’t go their way
And their one-legged goalie. Hilarious stuff.
“fearless one-legged custodian Wally Foot”.
Baldy Pevsner, the own goal specialist!
right behind Sid ‘n Doris before his untimely death and her joining the super league in New York were Bernard ( Levin) and Arianna (Stasinopoulos ) aka Bonkeropoulos….
not forgetting the journalist in the sheep skin coat…..E I Addio …..!!!
E I Addio. Our man on the terraces…
This will be the loafs last season. Sevco will need to sell season books big time next season..A new manager with with a bigger rolodex and magic hat than the loaf will be next seasons Joey and Nico.
If they had the money in the kitty, Warburton would be doing a “Mowbray” this morning.
Are we beginning to witness the end again, haha, who will they blame for been duped this time round they got their man as they wished. I remember McCoist warning or attempt at hot air threat be careful what you wish, the only wish was for a level playing field as is required in sport, and how ironic the statement was made whilst he filled his pockets.
Warburton as a City Trader (allegedly) must shoulder blame for his part he saw the script and ran with it, he knew it was a pantomime and he choose to run with it. There is no one to blame this time round out with themselves.Warburton goes down with his cast.
They choose to cheer on a tribute act whilst feeding on magic mushrooms and believing in magic hats, sugar daddies and moonbeams believing every word they read or had read to them at bedtime.
Their chapter closes there is no new beginning in a corpse, there is no resurrection, it happened life moves on we all understand dead, we have dealt with it we have went through the stages and finally we accept it.
So be it if we have to play another new team in the future regardless of what they call themselves the truth has come home to roost the media sold you a dummy and you fell for it,
Anthony Stokes was dealt with for assaulting Elvis at least the guy admitted he was not the real thing he knew the difference, so now we would like to tell you, and the media the difference, that is not Rangers the courts know it and we all know it.
GIFRUY and so long and another thing the old firm copyright might not apply since one half was liquidated, ask Charlie if he bought it with his basket of bully prizes.
What about his bonus from last year? Has it been paid yet?
Utter Shambles !!!! The Peepul will are revolting I Whatever it takes, can this basket case of assets please be put out of its misery once and for all and as soon as possible.
On termination do they also have to pay the balance of lWarbufoon’s £500K pormotion bouns from last season, which I assume is being paid a la Jak – 25% down and 25% per following year.
The daily reject just listed the euro payouts to the clubs in alphabetical order so they wouldn’t have to show Celtic in first and second in last place…..How low can you go ……Too bad they got their payout after the transfer window closed !!!!
7k pmsl!!!
I spotted that sleight of hand. It actually draws readers moreso to the Celtic biggest payout and prompts the reader to think, huh! the retard letting itself down again. Why do I read this.
Thankfully, Joey Barton wasn’t present for the open and honest clear the air meeting. Perhaps he has phoned in to console them?
Last laugh on all of them goes to Ms Budge, Craig Levein and Ian Cathro.
Phil, Conflating football news with military disasters continues to be disappointing. I know I don’t need to come in and read it, but I’d rather try and get you to change. In the spirit of Martin McGuinness sitting down to dinner with the Queen. It’s the way ahead.
Many Scots and Irish men were on that Dunkirk beach. There were two Scottish Divisions and an Irish Division. A few thousand Celtic supporters. Many didn’t get off it.
The Highland Division were the rear guard and were left behind. They spent five years in Stalags. My great Uncle among them who was a massive Celtic fan. His brother died. Another Celtic fan. My mother remembers both of them fondly when browsing family photos.
If you delete Dunkirk Spirit in your prose and insert Easter uprising spirit, another military disaster, you might get it.
I presume you’ve never been on military operations and therefore are not qualified to write about such things. You haven’t earned the right to poke fun at it.
Please try and stop being so bitter. Provide reconciliation leadership from your online reach and try and grasp that Sevco Rangers isn’t the British Government, Army, Navy and Airforce nor the Royal family.
May you and yours be happy and healthy.
Spot on. Well said. I was also really disappointed with the Dunkirk remark.
Surely The Hat has sealed his own fate with his increasingly bizarre press conferences, particularly post match.
What a nice chap he is giving a duty of care to the clubs that own his loanees. Taking off Hyndman because it was raining and his hair was getting wet was very noble indeed.
Really? He hasn’t a scooby and has a football philosophy that would stretch the talents of Xavi and Iniesta never mind Holt and Halliday.