Derek McInnes was visibly irked at the Aberdeen presser today.
That is perhaps because some of the Fitba Fourth Estate would rather that he wasn’t in the home dug out at Pittodrie.
The Dons’ boss told no lies when he said there had been no contact between the Aberdeen and Sevco.
That is forensically correct.
However, I am aware of a recent back-channel sit down between a senior functionary in the Sevco High Command and an important person at Pittodrie.
Derek’s agent has also been contacted but has acted with an appropriate degree of punctiliousness.
If the Dons’ gaffer is the preferred target for the Sevco High Command then they should stump up the compensation.
Unless, of course, there is a problem with the money.
Therefore, much the chagrin of some of the more dignified stenographers McInnes remains the Aberdeen boss.
As I was coming down the Rocky Road a trusted source called me and said that he wouldn’t be surprised if young Murty was given the job at the weekend if he manages to win the next match.
There certainly is a growing faction in the Blue Room in favour of this course of action.
At least he would be getting the job based on his ability to carry out the functions of the post.
The last two appointments had other strings attached.
With Warburton is was his Square Mile connections and with Pedro, it was the possibility of bringing in money from the Gulf states.
The reason that these two were, in part, hired is the same reason that no formal move has been made for McInnes:
Money.
Or rather the lack of it.
After the Admirable Warburton and Pedro, we are told that the key thing for the Sevco board is that they “get it right”.
However, I’m not sure what getting it right actually looks like.
If Murty is appointed, then it will signal a major victory for the sensible faction in the Blue Room.
He will be given the job with a remit to cut the budget to a sustainable level.
On planet reality, Sevco is in a league of 4 fighting it out for 2nd place.
Aberdeen FC is the strongest of the quartet.
The others, apart from Sevco, are Hearts and Hibernian.
First place is beyond the basket of assets.
The only team that can topple Celtic is Celtic.
Whoever is appointed to Pedro’s old job will have to contend with the expectation gap.
Simply second best isn’t good enough for many of The People.
The problem with the home crowd at Ibrox is that they want to believe that Rangers didn’t die in 2012.
Therefore, the basket of assets that Charles of Normandy breathed life into should be performing like the club Gazza played for.
Instead, Sevco is a Senderos car crash.
Slow moving…
Mr David Cunningham King will be hoping that the Court of Session will not hand down a judgment before the RIFC AGM.
That could be very awkward for the Churchillian optics on the day.
For the avoidance of doubt, if the Take Over Panel gets the result they are after then the recently published accounts by RIFC don’t make a lot of sense.
I’ve been told to watch out for one term from Mr King at the AGM and it is “quasi-equity”.
That is one way to get around that pesky Financial Fair Play thingy from UEFA.
So with all of that coming down the pipe, any prospective manager will need to think carefully about working at Sevco.
Why can’t the owners of the other PL clubs grow a pair and get a investigation into the SFA and sevco/rangers.
Or are all of them including my club Celtic up to their necks in the corruption.
It makes financial sense (I know), to appoint Murty, till the end of the season. No outlay and with an already made excuse of ‘Pedros team’.
A new manger won’t beat Celtic this season, so will already be under pressure going into next.
This way, they can finance the next messiah with the gullibillies season ticket money, with promises of warchests, ‘back to where we belong’ and other moonbeams.
If Murty wins the next game, I’d expect a push from the press, to give him the job.
Alongside articles highlighting how Aberdeen are strangling the ambition of the best young scottish manager with their selfish attitude, which can’t possibly be good for Scottish football.
Ad nauseam.
If the loans are quasi-equity, then Sevco are quasi-Rangers.
Quasi Mofos, more like 😉
I think Motherwell will be in the top 4… far better team than sevco and hearts, maybe on keeping their top striker.
If its Moult you mean…He’s off in January Jim….
HH
Simply second best I like it phil i do I mean I really do.
When are they actually going to admit defeat and pack it in for good.
Keep strong phil.
The Tributeers must be in turmoil at Rodgers being our manager, that’s two appointees he’s seen off. No matter who the new man is I’m sure Brendan will have the measure of him as well.
I was just waiting on the Daily rader having a front page of that painting that sold for 400 million to a mystery buyer. And in other news just below it a picture of Dave kings with an exclusive interview about his love for fine art!
How could DCK possibly buy any kind of painting. He is potless. He said it himself in the High Court…….. and how could anyone possibly doubt his word????
If I am reading the situation correctly with regards to the Take Over Panel’s action at the Court of Session, it is to compel Dave King to make a share offer for the remaining shares. However, if the decision goes in his favour, the Take Over Panel’s “Cold Shoulder” will still go ahead regardless. Is that correct?
The TOP ordered King to make a 20p per share offer to all shareholders outwith the Concert Party.
They gave him a deadline and he didn’t comply.
The TOP then took him to court.
If the Court of Session finds for the TOP then it is for the court to decide on how that enforcement takes place.
What legal enforcements are available to the court?
King says he’s broke.
What options does Bannatyne have? Simply say hey you pay up?
If the court has no options they could find for King rather than expose themselves as actually toothless.
Well They can Freeze any Assets that he owns in the UK.. ie No Money will be allowed to bought into the Country from Overseas for Starters
Not quite. The TOP took King to court to enforce their judgment as the Companies Act allows them to do. The Court of sessions is being asked to make an order to compel King to do what the panel has decided. The case was never about the court agreeing with the TOP or “finding for them”, all that was just hot air and bluster. The only thing the court needs to agree with the TOP is that there has been or will be a rule breach. Nothing else.
All the court was being asked to do is to create some sort of order of the court to enforce the decision which had already been appealed to the TOP appeal board. What that order contains is open to the discretion of the court, but it is difficult to see how they can do anything other than officially order him to comply with the share offering. Refusal would be contempt of court leading to potential imprisonment or unlimited fines.
Sevco is a Senderos car crash!!!
Nonsense my good man,
Dontcha ya know that the CCK has oodles of gold bullion and jewels worth puyr millions just sitting in his warchest waiting for the right moment to put Timmy in his place.
The only reason they are not going for McInnes is due to the FACT (fact I tell ye ya timmy (*insert sectarian insults here) that King is wooing a high calibre manager that will make Peter and Desmond reel.
Once ensconced in the hot seat the manger will have 25m on to top of the wage budget to buy and entice players to come to Scotland as it’s the best job in the world ..
How dare you spread your “timmy progergander”
Noo behave ….
NURSE, NURSE, how do I hit send????
Ah Thanks…
I’ve always considered McInnes a cut above the rest in Scotland (Brendan apart). He’s done a marvellous job at Aberdeen and may well think he’s taken them as far as he can (especially after the masterclass in our last encounter). That said, does he seriously believe he can take Sevco anywhere in their current and foreseeable state? If he really wants to damage his CV, then Crumbledome is the place for him. Apart from cash, the one thing he’ll get none of is time & patience. I don’t think he’s that stupid but then again, as an ex-hun, the calling will be in his nature.
If Murty wins the next Sevco game then the job will be his.
The reasoning will be
* 3 wins in a row so better than Pedro already
* has the dressing room. The players (i. e. Miller) like and trust him
* knows what the “club” is all about and is already a RRM
* managed a famous draw against The Invincibles
* Murty is CHEAP. No compo to pay but maybe a wee wage increase
* is already taking Spanish and Portuguese language lessons
Graeme Murty is a RRM? Really?
I don’t think Murty is a RRM but I am assuming he may be perceived as such by the Klan or sold as such to the Klan by the SMSM.
The take over panel thingy does seem to move at glacial speed. The cold shoulder should have been applied in April.
I’ve stated before it would not happen to a toddler’s timescale.
The Cold Shoulder is pretty much in effect already. Anyone with any sense of self-preservation in the finance scetor would not touch King with someoneelse’s barge pole. I’m surprised Metro Bank and Campbell Dallas haven’t already sent them a “thanks for your business, but no thanks for the fiture.” letter. So if Lord B formatizes the Cold Shoulder it will only force the slow-of-thought to take notice and stop dealing with them – bank account, credit card payments, auditors, suppliers, factors etc. As for The Three Business Bears – well – their shareholders must be very RRM not to be kicking up a fuss.
As for the share offer – I see a big fudge coming – with probably an appeal that will continue past adiministration – how exactly do you force someone who claims to have no money to buy something they don’t want to buy. It’s the first time the courts have had to interpret TPE’s abstract puzzle. That isn’t to say Lord B won’t clip King’s wings in other severe ways.
Today, I’ll mostly be singing B B King’s “Same Old Story”
Interesting,I was just reading an article that was telling of Mr.Rodgers backing for Tommy Wright in attaining the same position,whoever gets the job had better be very thick skinned,rhinoceros grade.
As you so rightly said,it’s the expectations of the faithless that makes it so very difficult for the candidate to please,although appease suits the klan more.
Personally,I think they’d do well getting past Lennys Hibees,4th is apt.
Anyway,it makes for all-the-fun-of-fair for the rest of Planet Fitba watching on.
Cheers Phil HH?☮️??
Phil; is ‘quasi-equity’ related in any way to quasi-modo of Notre Dame fame? Name rings a bell…
I’ll get ma coat! 😀
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The most exceptionally, most very excellent mr graeme murty will be fighting it out for FIRST PLACE. They would be daft to remove him from the dugout, especially as he is on course to stop the 7
Must be one very convoluted course that!
Do you give Talks, TED ..?
What gives you the opinion, indication, incling that McMurty knows how to shed Staff. He has no management experience. He’s a coach, nothing more. Rangers CANNOT afford a proper manager!!!
They have a director of football for that! I think he’s there, not heard much from him. He is there isn’t he? Lol
The DOF must be responsible for staffing/wage bill/recrutement etc.
Yes, our Director of Football is there for the most important things at the club or else he wouldn’t be getting such a hefty salary from Mr King & the other good gentlemen in charge of our board!
Whatever these important things are our DoF is there for them!
(Here, what’s his name again?)
The champions league slips further and further away from them.
It’s their cash prize windfall business plan but it isn’t realistically probable.
It just got harder with four qualifiers.
If CFC does ten in a row that means no CL for the next four years. Could they possibly survive?
What if the UVF robbed a Belfast bank and put the funds into NOAL?
If Celtic were to win the Europa League within the next few years it would give them automatic entrance to the CL and the 2nd placed SPL team would have access to the CL qualifiers I believe. Still a couple of big IF’s in there.
They need to employ someone from Qatar in order that GLIB can jet there and try and establish business links for his private business reasons (fleecing Qatari’s).
Or some other manager with an “in” to finance or interesting business links.
Murty doesn’t have that.
Neither does mcinnes.