I think it is safe to say that the Penny Arcade has finally dropped for some of The People.
Failure to defeat Ross County at the third attempt probably underlined how difficult life will be for the Engine Room Subsidiary after the split.
And yes, I thought that Sevco would prevail against the Staggies at the stadium that John Brown played for.
So apologies to the men from Dingwall.
Although the Engine Room Subsidiary has developed severe mechanical problems on the park, it is off-field issues that should be keeping The People awake at night.
There was once a young man in a Glasgow TV studio who smirked and said that there were “no dark clouds over Ibrox”.
Well, peace be upon him, because he really should have a look there right now.
Another crisis loan will be required from the directors this month to meet payroll and other essential bills
For the avoidance of doubt, Mr David Cunningham King is unlikely to be a contributor to that effort.
General Ashley is marshalling his legal battalions for a March offensive on the Holding Company Vehicle.
The Sports Direct tycoon has played a long game since the Off Licence Putsch of March 2015.
His overall stagey was based on the belief that the chaps in the Blue Room would ultimately run out of cash.
Despite all of the blustering of Mr David Cunningham King about taking Ashley to court over the retail deal, it hasn’t happened.
The Rangers Retail Limited agreement still has five years to run.
Beyond that date, Big Mike will remain the landlord of the megastore for until the middle of the next decade.
The retail deal remains extant because legal opinion has been uncharacteristically unequivocal about the contact.
Quite frankly, it’s bomb proof.
Therefore, challenging it in court would simply be a waste of money that they don’t have.
The relationship with Puma has also broken down to such an extent that the Engine Room Subsidiary has been supplied with only what is stipulated in the contract and nothing more.
I have recently heard that charities have been told to buy replica kits if they want them signed by the Sevco squad.
For the avoidance of doubt across the city, Celtic will happily supply the shirts free of charge to any good cause.
What we have at the moment in Planet Fitba is a ramshackle outfit pretending to be Rangers (1872).
The divergence between representation and reality is marked and will only get worse.
Given the recent results, the speculation on the chap who will replace the Admirable Warburton has already started.
It is a cruel and unedifying spectacle as a decent man tries to save his job.
When Ronny Deila was struggling the stenographers were gleeful in heaping pressure onto the likeable Norwegian.
Now it is open season on the ex-City trader.
Moreover, I suspect that this has been authorised at a high-Level.
The party line out of Ibrox now is that coming second was the objective for this season all along.
Yet last summer, The People lapped up the “going for 55” pish as season tickets were being flogged.
When things are going badly for a football team, it is usual for the fans to focus on one particular player as the source of all the on-field ills.
The accepted term for such an unfortunate is ‘whipping boy’.
Given the worldview of much of the Ibrox clientele, I wasn’t surprised to learn that they had decided that Republic of Ireland international Rob Kiernan was the guilty man.
The 26-year-old defender has captained his country at Under 19 level.
To focus on ONE player as the reason for Sevco’s football ills stretches the data to breaking point.
However, it is clear that The People live in an alternative dignified reality from the rest of society.
That was brilliantly portrayed in Danny Boyle’s new movie Trainspotting 2 where there is a wickedly accurate portrayal of a certain sub culture.
Renton’s narration explains that The People have been left behind by modern Scotland.
My own experience of these dignified sentinels of…ahem…British ‘greatness’ is that they do not like it when anyone holds a mirror up to them.
It is a belief system that culturally authorises the stupidity of Spud and the criminal viciousness of Begbie.
Now I know why one ex-Blue Room chap, peace be upon him, was so exercised by this cinematic portrayal of a large section of the Ibrox customer base.
The Shankill Butcher ethnic cleansing singalong is simultaneously hilarious and chilling.
In a story about drug addiction, the two ex-junkies end up on stage feeding Herrenvolk hallucinogens to The People.
True to life it ends up with the drunken fascist rabble being fleeced of what little money they have.
I saw the film last night, and I can highly recommend it.
As for Sevco, if this movie were on Netflix then it would definitely be in the horror category.
Great stuff as usual Phil. They came down heavily
against F.C Begbie the other night and it was sublime.
PS. What is the craic with ‘the stadium John Brown used
to play for’?
Sorry, I have been away from Glasgow for many years.
Google Scottish Comedy FC or Triggers Broom FC or Is There Any Life At The Bigotdome
Sorry couldn’t resist that one Phil.
Paul look up,1)Craig Whyte. 2)Charles Green. They are the two previous owners,before the present chairman,David Cunningham King.
That probably seems stranger than my opening jest,It REALLY is one helluva story.ENJOY☮
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Absoloute hilarious honest mistakes been the subject of the weekend Celtics penalty seems to be awarded out of favouritism according to St Johnstone manager, Thomson could not wait to give the game changer.
I can now see lots of honest mistakes going to the govan team in the Scottish Cup and the second place race, and with the celtic penalty been used to cover the mistakes and give free rein to the refs. I would rather the pen was not given and it would not be the first time a decision was overturned Dundee utd game been the example, however, Celtic i believe would have still won the game or would not have lost at the least.
A lesson to be learned by all teams in spfl from Sunday’s game at Perth.The football on show was of a high standard(albeit the match officials not) and a very good game was on show.The simplicity of the football was none so more evident than the moves leading to the 5th goal scored by Celtic.If this had happened in any of the major leagues it would have received World Acclaim.
Hear,hear,well said Pj44,if it were Messi the whole World would have seen it by now.HH
To be fair, I have a skwatch at one of their forums regularly on Facebook and I’ve not seen anything on there about Kiernan other than he can’t defend nothing about being Irish, however it is a great giggle seeing them clutch at any straw going, European football for instance the be all and end all for their finances, conveniently forgetting they are at the level of Aberdeen and Hearts who are usually pumped out straight away by Latvia’s 3rd or 4th best team
Excellent Phil, Donation made,HH
Many thanks
CFC declare a cool record £21.5m profit to end December 2016. No need to sell players.
Raman Bardwaj had a wee smirky smile as he then moved onto Sevco 1-1 and pressure on Warburton for the Morton game.
But that’s a Financial Fair Play >£30m profit for the last three years which allows CFC to spend same on summer players without breaking FFP.
Zippidy Doo Da, Zippidy Day, my oh my what a wonderful day.
Yes,Cream Tea and scones,
It most certainly IS a great time to be a Tim-Malloy,long may it be so.
In Phil’s previous article the new meaning to ‘Helicopter Sunday’ that I mentioned,was that of a rescue mission,namely,safely extracting bark warfarton after we hand them their arse on a silver salver in THAT March fixture.Could also prove to be a title clinching party game too,but,as far as I can ascertain,we must win all matches between now till then.
In fact,he,mw,would be well advised to leave the country,such is their pleasant demeanour.
And thinking on that fixture,and I’m hoping that this is taken as a given,that there will be policemen posted in ALL toilets that the away support has access to.Billed to ipox,obviously.
Cannae wait ⚽✅
Cheers Phil.
Modern Scotland? I fail to see anything modern about it other than its existence at the present time.
It’s “modern Scotland” that has allowed this mob to carry on the way they do whilst keeping hush about it.
Remember, Alex the Salmon told us that they are the fabric of Scottish Society.
Could this be the reason Scotland is among the world’s most backward societies? Is the fabric beginning to go at the seams?
TBF I’m sure Salmond said they were PART of the fabric of Scottish society, which is, unfortunately, true. I would draw an entirely different conclusion to his though!
Part of the WARP of the fabric.
Instinct tells me that Ashley has had a belly full of Scotland’s corrupt football establishment from fans to SFA and everything in between via the SMSM. I can see him pushing to humiliate all involved. In return for the circa £5m he is likely to win in court, I can image him offering to buy a controlling interest at a knock down price to avoid admin – and thus making the SFA bent over and say aaaargh on their 10% ownership “agreement”. Rangers won’t be near Europe for many years – nor will NUFC – so what’s the problem – Ashley has plenty of time to knock the books into shape, destroying WATP in the process, before selling on in a few years to someone who gives a shit.
CC,
Not sure that MA would want to get that involved. Imo for what it is worth, if I were him I would lengthen the Retail deal and take ownership of the IP permanently. This has the advantage of not being involved, not facing boycotts and no bother from the Klan. Also, the IP would be insolvency proof, as the Klan will not want to let go of it.
MA would still, if he invested his £5M in RIFC find that £18M worth of Director debt would have to be dealt with and in a debt for equity swap mean that MA would still have to negotiate with them in running the club, perhaps they might even still retain control. Iirc Phil said that MA wants the whole board gone and now, that could only happen by liquidation and purchase of the assets, starting over again, but now having control and responsibility. Don’t think he would want that involvement.
Btw I see BFDJ is claiming £16M has been spent on the stadium and Murray Park, so permitting TRFC to access Europe under FFP rules. This claim is clearly fabricated nonesense as the loans have gone on operating costs. They really are sick.
Phil, there would be no point in holding a mirror up to these peepul as there would be no reflection.
P.S. Irrespective of his Ethnic origin, Rob Kiernan is a crap defender.
1690
That has been proven to have come about due to LIES and SPIN,UNTRUTHS or PROPOGANDA in today’s parlance.
The programme entitled ‘British History’s Biggest Fibs’ BBC-4,I’m sure you could still get it on the iPlayer,although you will choose NOT to believe it,because anything that doesn’t fit with your backward,outdated and despicable klan kulture,is dismissed immediately.
Good luck in the future,when Scotland realises that you and your ilk are NOT part of a Modern Forward thinking,and hopefully independent Scotland.
Thanks again Phil.
And your point is caller?
Their WHOLE culture and outlook is nothing more than ABSOLUTE S#ITE.From the invasion of william of orange to present date.Were you serious?
And if you were,maybe you should watch the programme.Bat Faster.DOH.Dumbass.
Maybe listening to the garbage on radio snyde ssb too much,eh???
Try widening your horizons…….or a different radio channel…..
Surely the Comedy section “Carry on Screaming WATP”
It’s a horror show at Sevco. Apologies to Burgess.
And to think Craig Whyte the man who with others made this all possible will never receive a gong from Betty or anyone else in buck palace is shocking. The services Chairman Whyte rendered to Scottish football, European football as well as British culture and general public safety on match days makes the Beckhams look static in their efforts.
That reminds me I have to look out some Al Jolson, Swany river comes to mind, funny how inspiring the gers make people especially when they are getting humped and we get to watch…
Phil – surely a Sevco movie would be categorised in the comedy/horror genre, similar to The Rocky Horror Picture Show?
Just imagination a few thousand gullibillies taking “a jump to the left, and then a step to the right… with their hand on their hips, and bring their knees in tight, but it’s the pelvic thrust that really drives them insane – LET’S DO THE (2012) TIME WARP AGAIN!”.
Actually, if you read the entire lyrics (http://www.lyricsfreak.com/r/rocky+horror+picture+show/time+warp_20557647.html), there are uncanny similarities!
Hi Phil,
I’m so glad you made the effort to see T2,because it’s A1;bang on the money.
My brother-in-law said after the movie that he feared that ‘they’ serfco followers,may make a song from what Renton and Sick Bhoy performed on stage;I’d like to think that after March,or if they make it through March,there won’t be ANY SINGING from the peepel that attend the place where john brown played.
Thanks for the bad news,very well received.Great stuff keep at them.HH
ps.thanks for permitting my weekend comments,and you’ll be glad tae hear I honestly do not imbibe frequently nowadays,so I won’t be cluttering up your trash bin.
Priceless Phil. This denial has lasted far too long. Then again we are all Ranjurs haters. Or should that be ‘was’
Kiernan has been blamed for a lot of defensive frailities in games and i agree he is not amn SPL player, howver, he is a person and deserves to be treated as such good or bad. But i think there is more to this than meets the eye, the player was not playing Hill and Sendros was the partnership, i believe Kiernan is been intimidated in the hope he will walk from his deal.I think things will turn nasty over by for certain members as the clock ticks.
Kiernan’s new deal takes the 25-year-old up until the summer of 2018 i also found it strange signing a new keeper.
Phil explained that one very clearly in a previous column. They paid the same for him as they got for Gilks. So basically he didn’t cost them anything in terms of a transfer fee, but he is earning £5000 a week less saving them upwards of £20000 a month. Probably covering the wages of a couple of the younger players on the books.
I saw an absolute peach from one of the “kulchurists” on Twitter saying that it’s about time the Sevco players stopped playing in green boots. Feckin hell!! these people are insane. Maybe they should ditch boots and wear nice dignified, staunch, brown brogues. Maniacs.
I read on one of their wonderfully funny forums….”this is what you get when you sign taigs”…I thought to myself…”No, this is what you get when your a bigoted moron”.
The sooner they follow Rangers into the dustbin of history the better for Scotland and it’s (actual) people.
“This is what you get when you sign Taigs”.
It’s even worse for them when they play against Taigs.
easy now, Know your place Timmy!!