I’m told that the news that Mr David Cunningham King was in town was met with shock in the Blue Room.
The fact that he was in Glasgow and met with Mr Stewart Regan came as a huge surprise to the Sevco High Command.
I’m sure the South African based entrepreneur and Mr Regan had a very convivial chat about the Ibrox outfit being in such rude financial health.
Sadly, the King loyalists on the board took it very personally that their man was in Fair Caledonia and hadn’t even told them.
The only Glasgow-bassed person who was in the loop about King’s visit was an inter-galactic PR guru.
The Sevco High Command are now very aware of the consequences if any reputational damage happens to a member of the Ibrox Three.
One of the previous management team had a very strongly worded missive hand delivered to the Holding Company Vehicle yesterday.
Therefore that could potentially be ANOTHER legal issue for the Sevco High Command.
Of course, I’m sure that no one in the Blue Room would dream of smearing any of those Quintessentially British chaps.
However, it might well be one to watch…
An interesting scenario was suggested to me today by Rugger Guy:
“I would think that if Mr King remains on the RIFC board then they might well experience difficulties with the company that handles their credit card transactions. As well as that even their bank might decide that they do not want to remain in a relationship with the company.”
Obviously, I merely offer his observation on these matters without comment.
He knows about that stuff.
I certainly don’t.
In other news, the Sevco High Command have told their new manager that he will receive the same level of financial support that the previous management team enjoyed.
Pray for Pedro…
Poor Pedro, it’s hardly a fair fight.
A conservative transfer fee valuation of the current Celtic squad is £100m, Pedro’s rag tag army would be valued at £2/3m assuming there are any buyers out there.
I love it when the media is full of stories that Tierney is going in the summer and Celtic has slapped a £17m valuation on him.
Are they kidding? Man Unt paid £40m for Luke Shaw and he couldn’t get a game.
There will be no more Wanyama, Foster, Van Dyk sales for £12m as Virgil looks set to move in the summer for £55m, 10% of which will, trickle down to Celtic.
Brendan will miss out the middle man if and when he is ready to sell, and will ensure that the funny money available in England comes straight into Celtic’s coffers.
Another successful CL qualifiers campaign will bring in £30m plus ensuring the club remains in a healthy financial state. A couple of quality additions will aid that process and at the same time there are young players coming through from the Academy, Ralston and Johnston just two who will be pushing the established players.
Glasgow ‘ s green and white right enough,
Outrageous scenes around the BBC as Phil’s name is inadvertently mentioned on mainstream media!
‘turbo1888
@BBCSportScot @Pmacgiollabhain @RangersFC Heard fae a colleague Van Persie’s a possibility!! ?
12:05 p.m. – 7 May 2017’
Dave King heard to exclaim ‘If I paid a licence fee, I’d take them to court!’
Sevco ‘fans’ dressed as rats scurry around bewilderedly outside the Beeb HQ.
Two fan leaders caught taking advantage of the moment to disburse much-needed nerve tablets to Ra Peepil.
Chris McLaughlin fearing for his job.
Tom English wisely keeping quiet, for a change.
Partick Thistle still humping Sevco 1-0.
You gotta laugh 🙂
Whoops, the wheels come off the Partick Thistle clown wagon once again, thanks to late goals from Brassiere McKay & the beetch growth Garner, thereby guaranteeing Brendan Rodgers the Manager of the Year gong the media were trying to award to Alan Archibald a few weeks back.
Meanwhile, in other reports, Sevco fans flock to Ibrox to cheer their returning heroes from their Jags win with a Guard of Honour and hopes high among the hores of winning the Champions League next season.
If the Court of Session instruct Dave King to do what he was told by the Takover Panel then he will have no option but to do it. He cannot simply ignore them.
If he does could he be disqualified from being a Director in the UK.
It could well be that King is no longer on the board of the PLC no matter what else happens.
I also wonder if Mr Reagan spoke to him about the obvious way he is bringing the game into disrepute.
Not just the concert party, but also ignoring the panel’s instruction once his final appeal was lost.
This particular non-issue could be the end of Dave King as far as Scottish football is concerned.
Surely Dave’s in town for Sunday’s big Glasgow derby?
Out of curiosity I looked up the name Caixinha and found
Significado de caixinha
s.f. Bras. Caixa comum em que os membros de uma associação, de um grupo etc., depositam dinheiro para ser gasto em determinada circunstância. / A importância assim recolhida.
Fonte: Dicio
Long story short, in a Scottish football context the term “biscuit tin” springs to mind.
Would it be possible for this fledging institution to transfer their banking to an oversees operation and as an inducement, sell their 500 million customer database to this new facilitator?
I love their continuing pain but fail to see why their bank would cut them loose when they have no overdraft facilities?
then you haven’t been paying attention…
I read Paul Murray is selling his Melrose mansion. Is this an altruistic gesture, downsizing to provide Pedro Caixinha with funds for his summer signings wish list? Will other directors do similar?
Maybe this chap could help with their roofing issues, St Vincent of Saragossa the patron saint of roofers. https://novena.com/category/roofers/
As much as this and like blogs are terrific, until the MSM expose the dirt on Sevco there will be no groundswell against them.
I live in Canada and I know that if this went on here or America there are newsmen of integrity who would risk all to expose them
Phil, I don’t think you have got it quite right about the financial support for the new manager. Mr Caixinha has announced that he wants players he knows. He wants men. He has submitted a list of 12 such individuals and I expect to see them wearing light blue shirts, flying in to Ibrox on the back of a fleet of winged pigs any day now.
Perhaps GASL’s interpretation of “transparency” is that he and his actions are so transparent……you can’t even see them! Or, maybe he just hopes that.
Surely the other board members’ first action now must be to rethink their PR strategy? Why waste limited resources on something which most people instantly dismiss as complete and utter nonsense? Anyone who doesn’t dismiss it as total rubbish, probably doesn’t know what day of the week it is anyway.
The whole existence of Sevco so far has been a ridiculous joke, but their PR operation just lurches from embarrassment to downright fantasy and lies, and back again!
In fairness though, it is very, very, very funny.
Well done Phil. We need to keep a close eye on these people
Pray…I thought you were an atheist…!!
I guess it has to start with St Jude patron of lost causes.
Then St Joseph of Cupertino who could levitate…and take a peek at the roof while he was up there….
Then St John the Dwarf anchorite of Scete who watered a dead stick for 50 years until it miraculously bore fruit….!!
Not forgetting St Damian of Molokai who ministered to lepers so he’ll probably be used to the environs around Edmiston Drive…..!!!
How long oh Lord…how long…
Merely a figure speech.
Consequently, no need for trolling.
Don’t think Tecumseh was trolling Phil, just having a laugh!
Trolls can’t not troll, Phil, it’s like asking a snail not to slither, they can’t help themselves, that’s what they do, it’s all they know.
Besides, I don’t even think Tecumseh is a troll, I think he’s just got a highly weird, and occasionally amusing, perspective on things.
Though I might well of course be completely wrong about this. 🙂
You are not completely wrong…I am occasionally amusing….I pray every day for more amusement…..if only some people were to attend football matches for amusement…then some of the ghastly behaviour witnessed wherever football is played might be abated…..
But they speak of old players comming back for Brother Pedro.
Has anyone asked how they managed to walk away in the first place? Under what curcunstances could an under contract player just leave without so much as a wrtp.
In the shadows
thank you so much once again Phil