I am told that there was a disruption in the Unsurpassed Dignity quadrant today.
It would appear that your humble correspondent is causing a few ripples in the Sevco matrix.
Apparently, an inter-galactic PR guru was seriously pissed off at my content.
The man with a free office at Murray Park was angrily complaining to the Sevco High Command that his best spinning was being unspun right here.
Oh dear…
His view was that he was doing his part putting out the narrative that Sevco was one big happy family.
However, the inability to keep these disputes in-house was undoing his best work.
You see dear reader this giant of the PR world thought that being able to bring the stenographers to heel is all that he had to do in order to prevail.
Ah, bless…
Of course, in the digital age, there is now an insurgent alternative.
Moreover, I am not a “faceless blogger”, but a named member of the National Union of Journalists.
Opinions are free, but facts are sacred.
Consequently, I stand behind the narrative that has been scoped out here over the past few weeks.
The difference between PR and real journalism was best explained by another member of my union:
For the avoidance of doubt, it is my settled belief that currently Sevco is not a happy ship and the schism in the dressing room has an old crew versus FNG complexion to it.
Moreover, the manager is clearly on one side of that divide and therefore cannot play the role as arbiter or unifier.
That essential truth seems to have some folk in a lather.
Large invoices are being submitted to the Sevco High Command for services to deflection and disinformation.
What appears here is the substantiated truth.
Once more George Orwell should be our guide in such matters.
As ever my promise to you is that the content here is free of contaminated lamb or any harmful PR additives.
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Many have mocked Rangers fans for doing nothing for years despite all the warning signs as their club stumbled towards its death in 2012.
But now in 2017 the whole of Scotland is watching the national game stumble towards its death as a SPORT due to blatant corruption and officialdom cowardice.
Are you, personally, doing more than the Rangers fans did?
Protesting with your pounds?
Wriiting to your MSP and MP demanding action?
Writing to Scottish and UK ministers of sport and justice demanding action?
Writing to your club chairamn demanding action?
Boycotting and picketing SFA internationals and cup ties?
Boycotting and picketing SPFL cup ties?
Walking out of televised league matches at 47 minutes to protest at £47m of illegal tax evasion and the SFA/SPFL cover-up?
Writing to the SFA and SPFL to demand the resignation of Regan and Doncaster?
Starting and supporting petitions?
Will the world soon be mocking all Scottish fans for letting their national game die as sponsors don’t want to be associated with a corrupt facade of sport and TV companies lose interest and take their money with them.
What SPORT will your grandchildren and their grandchildren be passionate about.
Unless you personally get angry and DO SOMETHING very soon, it sure as hell won’t be Scottish association football.
Well done Phil. It is entertaining to observe the behaviors here, the old guard are now so sensitive they see what they want to see. Alves for example who has played for Zenit in St Petersburg was feeling the cold in July when it was 25c in Glasgow . I think that was an attempt at humour that was take as serious by the old guard because that is what they want to believe. It will be hard to break that insular mentality now it has taken root. Tough times ahead for that squad when they have to face adversity, I just hope it is sooner rather than later (i.e Motherwell game !!!).
The schism within the dressing room will hit new heights when Bruno is given the captaincy.
That’s bound to get a reaction from those followers of the manager in waiting. Pedro may have to further increase his Latino numbers to replace the rebels.
You can be certain that Wallace will publicly welcome Bruno’ s appointment in an attempt to show a united front but will do so through gritted teeth.
There’s no doubt that Warburton’s galacticos would have seen off the Luxembourg part timers, even if Plan A was the only plan.
It must be worrying times for the Sevco high command who were prepared to buy out Pedro’s Quatar contract as they watch what is undoubtedly a shambles unfold in front of them.
Last minute closed door friendlies and games against Marseille and Sheffield Wednesday being offered up as the pre season programme.
Apparently the Wednesday fans are none too happy as they had been promised a glamour pre season friendly but instead have ended up with Sevco, willing and available due to their unforseen Europa Cup exit.
However they are bound to be impressed with the Britishness of the travelling fans, their support of the Monarchy, the Union and Brexit. They may even bring a band or two with them to add colour to the day.
Oh and a big well done to Aberdeen. Didn’t look good after the first leg but they came through in the end.
That’s their pre season programme well and truly sorted unlike some others.
Sevco,the Rangers,whatever they’re called have been guilty of gross oral defecation on a grand scale since the days of Duped. Even Charlie, who was a master in it could have sold them igloos in the Sahara if he was minded.
The gullibillies have always been gullible and will always be. Ibrox.Auchenhowie and Limpopo turd is their daily fix.
Now we in the normal,honest football land, know the sound and rancid smell of desperation and bullshit from whatever source.
So why will so…so… many Celtic supporters empty their own personal swill in to the pockets of this gang of crooks….???
Remove the swill and stop the SFA et al…in their tracks
Strip the titles..
Yip grow a set true Gers fans and hold out an olive branch to the rest of Scottish football.. look at yourself in the mirror and face up to your clubs shady deeds like a man and join the Sporting Equality rollercoaster to force out the real villains in this Panto!
The Scottish footballing authorities are an antiquated, corrupt, self serving establishment who rip the 7 colours of shoite out of you gullable loyal bears.. they feed upon your very belief system.. you know what I’m talking about! they claim to be one of your Klan but they really only care about their pay packet.. the SMSM are just as bad they feed you even more shoite and you can’t help yourselves.. you keep swallow swallowing.. FFS wake up it’s time to move on.. the world has moved on from those hazy cray days of 1690.. the majority of BRITISH punters couldn’t care less about you and yer beliefs.. your re-vamped Orange Fest is as much good to you as a Chocolate Orange fire guard.. you’re making more enemies than friends so come on and embrace the rest of us, the door is open and you’re very welcome.. you’re welcome to your beliefs as far as I’m concerned, everyone is but there’s nicer ways to go about things.. I couldn’t care less if you’re Black or White, Blue or Green, Cat or Dug.. get wae the program.. the SFA, David Murray, Dave King etc. ripped the pish outa yeez, stole yer heart and soul then selt’ yer beloved club doon’ the river.. it’s pay back time.. Aye, lets all move on but accept your clubs wrong doing and then maybe we can!
Yip, I can even see in time the new Mighty Glasgow Rangers winning their fair share of fairly gotten silverware.
For the good of the game and sporting integrity.. help us get rid of the leeches and dinosaurs that killed your club and hold back our beautiful game.. you know it makes sense!
I’m conflicted Phil.
You are absolutely not a “faceless blogger” but your statement implies a denigrating opinion of such in that you’re keen to make a distinction.
You go on to validate this via the display of an identification showing yourself as a “journalist” therefore aligning yourself officially with the likes of Traynor, Jack, Jackson et al who presumably hold the same ID card?!?!
You then go on to display what you presumably deem to be an accurate representation of what a journalist is?!?!
My point is this…where are you on this ? The group with which you officially align yourself with who are (almost to a man) a bunch of charlatans.
Yet the certain “faceless nameless blogger” whose narrative is amongst the very finest and by extension IS unquestionably one of the finest “journalists” by your definition of the role.
My opinion is that you have a FAR greater synergy with the “faceless blogger”, and the definition of what you do rather than you do with your official peer group.
Bottom line – You shouldn’t be running with the foxes and chasing with the hounds on this…you’re better than that and above a petty pissing contest.
Best regards
In any line of work there are professionals true to the craft then there are charlatans not worthy of the titles they claim. Should a doctor credited with saving many lives be faceless and nameless because there are other ‘doctors’ performing back street abortions? Should a lawyer working pro bono to defend those who can’t defend themselves hide while others get rich by being almost as criminal as the criminals they enable to go scot-free? There will always be those who take pride in their craft and those who chase the quick buck and for me it’s not the former who should be ripping up their membership cards.
Spot on mate. Come on Gers just show some humility and maybe we could move on – together, as Scottish football.
I have enjoyed the last few years of chaos for the gers – it’s been hilarious, but seriously it really winds me up watching these d@ckheads owners taking the total Mickey out of the gers fans – get some balls, open your eyes and stand up for your club!!!
Phil,
I just hope and pray you don’t bring something to the fore one day which flicks a switch in a light bulb moment within a High Commander and triggers a response of “Hold the bus! We’re handing over vast sums of money which are becoming harder and harder to find to someone who has moved us completely into the realms of Pantomime”.
They must know that everyone outside of Ibrox takes every single statement from them, and absolutely laughs their head off. Likewise, the utter garbage he makes new employees spout….e.g. “I have the best squad in Scotland”, “The history of the club”, “54 titles” etc. etc.
We all dismiss these statements for the garbage that they are, they must know it, and yet they pay a fortune to be associated with them! Bizarre.
The rags most certainly know it. They’ve seen their sales nosedive and they know fine well it’s due to their spineless submission to the same pap.
There is also evidence that some Ibrox minded are beginning to wake up to the con and are also laughing (through embarrassment) at the kack they’re being asked to swallow, swallow.
I see only death for another Scottish based “rag trade”, but this time it’ll be self inflicted. Death by a thousand “exclusives”.
I do hope the High Command don’t cotton on and they keep throwing soft loans and £1bn transfer fees on a high level pyre. The comedy, the embarrassment, the ridicule, the nonsense, is all just too entertaining to lose.
For accuracy and truth we have you……THEY DAMN WELL KNOW THAT TOO!
Your endeavours over this shambolic period of Scottish football will live much longer than the culprits of whom you write. Both clubs will go down in history and you Sir, will have catalogued the whole despicable saga for generations to come.
A million thanks to you.
Thanks Phil,
The guru of the stable and strong rANGERs (Sevco) happy family is a deluded upstart exuding power far beyond his initial remit.The guy epitomises the new club.In terms of running a football club efficiently the crux of the matter is the people entrusted to do so are falling short and will continue to do so as they do not possess the attributes to be successful.The existing requisite business acumen maybe prevalent but the peepils expectations allied to the accumulative debt and no accreditation line to a bank alludes to the Guru of Happiness in his downtime realising he is a Guru of Gloom and as befits the clown that he is sheds a tear on his own.Bless.
I believe the only people buying 80% of the SMSM bull is the blue side of Scotland. Celtic Hibs Hearts and Aberdeen football supporters have all felt the the knife in the back from from these people. From my own poin of view, I have noticed over the last ten years that my own family friends and workmates have went from buying two papers a day to not even looking at the headlines if a paper was in front of them while in a waiting room or standing in a shop waiting to be served. These big ‘GOOD NEWS headlines are for only one kind of people. The heard of learning and very gullible people. When Rangers were dying this site was here to let them know but they refused to believe it. Could you really blame them though, when an award winning ” journalist” was splattering the front pages with an exclusive about an off the radar billionaire going to lead the way in Scottish football. The same papers that then tell the People that liquidation doesn’t mean death. The same paper that tells them almost all of Celtic staff including the biggest shareholder were tax criminals. It has been feel good after feel good story since 2011. The papers know they have just the one kind of people buying their paper and they will do everything they can not to upset those people. Fair play to the fat puppet master in the middle. He has enough on both his ex workmates and Sevco to be lining his pockets. Great gig if you can get it I must admit
Can I ssk a question so open it may seem silly! Why the hell do we care at the moment about the fake team, the sfa that can’t do anything to hurt us, UEFA that continues to look like a 70’s comedy called faulty twat towers parody, the media that slaughter both sides coz they can’t do anything other! Glory in the fact Celtic are run by a skilled board and management team, have better players than most teams in the U.K. Never known a time like it! Loving it loving it like this! Sweet times
Ps we all read the media, that’s why its commented on so much , I love reading the posh, after checking out the front pages
No one cares about the “fake team” what we care about is integrity, honesty and decency.
JD I couldn’t agree more; these are Comics, simple as, giving the Klan what they want to hear and read. Anyone who has a modicum of sense would not buy any of the Scottish Printed Press unless they want a good laugh or ego and Cultures massaged by the Press Whores in their seedy backstreet parlours. In Phil (and NUJ) others we Trust.
All pigs are equal (every other club in the Scottish football leagues) but some pigs are more equal than others (Rangers sic)…..George Orwell.
The truth hurts.