In the last five years, I have read some strange statements emanating from Sevco.
However, I think this one must be the winner.
It was the penultimate paragraph that took my breath away:
After the two games against Aberdeen, we requested permission to engage with their manager to assess his readiness and willingness to consider the Rangers position. This was declined. We were subsequently made aware by Aberdeen’s statement that, at this stage in his career, it would be best for him to remain in his current post. We endorse that position because moving to a massive club like Rangers is a big step with concomitant risk. We continue to consider candidates but will only appoint someone in whom we have full confidence and who feels he is ready for the job.
This wording seems to imply that the Sevco High Command agree that Mr McInnes isn’t currently up to the burdens of being the Ibrox manager. Therefore, better he remains with the small provincial club.
Oh dear…
Regular readers here will not be surprised by the confirmation of Murty
“…at least until the end of the year.”
This makes financial sense for the cash-strapped club.
The upcoming January transfer window might well provide some more public data as to the extent of their impecuniosity.
The problem that the Sevco High Command has is that they have to pretend to the People that they are a big wealthy club.
They’re not.
Sevco is five years old and struggling to pay the bills.
It all comes back to money and that is why Aberdeen stood their ground on Derek McInnes.
Stewart Milne was dealing with a loss-making business without a credit line from a bank.
Moreover, there is no gobshite statement that can alter those financial facts.
Their contribution to the education of the football going public must be applauded though. How many of s knew the meaning of concomitant before yesterday?
I’ve used that word since my undergraduate days.
It is very common usage among sociologists for some reason.
What a magniloquent statement from Sevco.
PMSL we could have so much fun with this.
McInnes is far too good to end up in Sevconia. However, due to the destabilising effect of the orchestrated media frenzy, he has bridges to rebuild with the Dons. Their dip in form reflected the pressures caused by this fiasco, with the media doing what SFA rules and contractual law ought to prevent, ‘tapping up’. I wish McInnes well, with more success at Aberdeen, it is highly likely that his next job will be in the English leagues, probably at Championship level to begin with before entering the Premiership. Yes, I know, this is an imaginary narrative, but so too was the churnalism parading as fact in the MSM. The only difference? I really wish Derek well. Aberdeen have been worthy opponents under his stewardship. I wish him and his family a Happy Christmas and a prosperous 2018.
It is concomitant that Sevco naturally follows Rangers after a full club liquidation.
-Sevconcomitant
Surely the Board must resign?
Will the Sevconcomitant Commandant fall on his plastic sword?
Surely the RFC Club 1872 was concomitant with it’s incorporated self? And thus both were liquidated concomitantly in 2012?
– “ Sevco the Concomitant Diaries”
A think the word means winning but not to win it by doing hard work sit back on yer arse and let the Establishment dae for ye.
Even the Daily Record has a piece about Rangers credibility being shot over McInnesgate today. Has Jabba’s bill not been paid?
I wonder if the news that Murty will be in post til the New Year came as much of a shock to Murts as it apparently did to everyone else…
What a shambles of a club. They really need to keep Chris Graham away from laptops and the Xmas sherry. Embarassing doesn’t even cover it. How long will it take the huns to realise that they’re still being shafted? Probably never.
I say keep Chris Graham about for as long as possible. Guy is comedy gold! Did he not invest money when Charles Green was there and lost the lot? ??
That statement was crafted by professor Stanley Unwin. HH
Aww man, this is fun. There is more hilarity to be found on the Radio Snide phone in, than any of the current Netflix stand up specials. Pardew, Van Bronkhorst, Coleman etc. “We’re a massive club”. Hilarious delusions, backed by misplaced hubris, makes quite the humerous stew. Yum.
Murtys a good man….The Sevco-wegains must not focus on the fact his dad is a tim.
Shameful statement and an obvious lie. The Sevco board could have spoken to McInnes if they had put up the requisite money do so.
I wonder if they did not have the cash or if they bottled having a Celtic supporting assistant manager in the dugout. Perhaps a combination of both.
I think the word ‘concomitant’ is deserving of a place in all of your future posts, Phil;-)
Apparently the HSE are all over Rangers like a rash at the moment, coz an electrician got 80% burns while working on the electrics inside Ibrox.
Could be in line for a big fine if found to be guilty….dear oh dear
The entire Sevco fiasco to date stems from their incarnation in 2012 whereby they insisted on the same club myth.
To maintain that charade it has wasted money irresponsibly and tried to convince its support that it is still a significant force in Scottish football. Reference McCoist’s £800K+ a year salary when they joined the lowest league in 2012.
This delusion has been aided and abetted by a complicit SMSM and governing body but anyone with a smattering of intelligence knows it is all a con and that they are totally insignificant as a force in Scotland and particularly Europe.
It has proved unfortunate for them that, to appease it’s fan base, so steeped in 17th history century “culture” and history that the club continuity tactic has so badly backfired.
The Sevconians clearly are not used to or comfortable with a relatively level playing field and where all “honest mistakes” are open to greater exposure and scrutiny. However, we are still occasionally subjected to biased refereeing performances like that of Dallas Junior in the recent game against Aberdeen and know that we have some way to go yet for fairness in our game.
Still, whoever would have thought that we would live to see a team playing out of Ibrox in such a mess and the daily joy that it’s demise and turmoil provides.
Happy days.
Every day for the last 6 weeks the DR’s Hacks have “slashed” the odds as a Headline on a name not even considered for the next installment of the SS (Sevco Saga).
From the pantomime AGM stood a panto horse with comedic features and he trotted out some nonsense to unsettle the Aberdeen management team and players .. Touché (6 points in the bag) However most of the AGM conclave potentially put their “Christmas Club” money on DM being the next manager … The panto horse has again lost credibility at the “Coal face” and once again the chaps who like a “punt” on the good ship Sevco … have the “comedy cigar” pop in their face in a “laurel & hardy” style for planet fitba’s enjoyment ! It’s comedy gold in the making …
Why is no one taking issue with the fact that this statement implies with its language that only men will be considered for the post. It clearly states only if HE is ready for the job. Is that not illegal?
Meanwhile in the temperance lodge ( home of all decency and dignity)….. “Wa the fuck happened ma Guinness ”
Downtown Hillbilly Govan..”Murty fine”
The Kaiser’s bunker..Now let’s see the names of the numerous other applicants for our crèche.
Even in pantomime season lest we forget……no room at Innbrox.
Slump in brown shoe shares.
Feed the Hun, let them know it’s Christmas time.
Is the lack of funds because NOAL has not made the payment due in November to cover the forecast cash shortfall?
6 months to ST monies, its a long haul.
If the Court of Session adds some legal weight to the TOP ruling there will be no share issue and King will be dead in the water, what then?
So Murty till January at least, cheapest option, then what?
As sure as hell the financial situation will have further deteriorated though everything’s just hunky dore according to the media.
It just goes to show you that in general people, and the peepul, are much more amenable to taking on board good news, even when its fake, than face up to the facts even when they are staring them in the face.
The Scottish media time and again have failed their blue facing readership by printing stories they know to be false, billionaire, wealth off the radar kicked it all off big time whilst ignoring stories which they know to be true but for some reason dare not publish.
The fraudulent UEFA licence, the dozens of players registered improperly with the SFA whose DOS/EBT details were omitted from their contracts, the sporting advantage and trophies won with players they would otherwise not been able to afford, the full details of King’s pyric victory over Ashley, how SDM benefited from dumping Oldco into the hands of a patsy.
Thats only scratching the surface if the cheating and wrongdoing by the Ibrox club/company/thingy.
And apart from sacking or changing the national team manager every few years there is hardly a bad word printed or said about the SFA who are the very definition of hopeless.
As newspaper sales plummet month on month there is scarcely a football journalist out there worthy of the name.
Level 5 has done Newco no favours whilst enjoying the revenues from their efforts.
Given the omnishambles since Pedro’s sacking, and before, it would be no surprise if King found another PR company as Level 5 has , not for the first time, made Newco a laughing stock.
Long may it continue.
Thanks for the update Phil,it is ‘concomitant’ with my hilarity.
I NEVER thought I’d have to reference any word from the infants of Scottish Fitba,but,as previously stated;we live and learn,well,that’s the idea.
Surely Phil there’s a wealth of comedy gold in this farce,just waiting for someone to inter-weave their magic and produce a classic.?.I just don’t have the imagination,cripes,it’s taking me all my time to get my head round it as is.
Cheers,☮️?? Awraverybest?Mhiguel
I sincerely hope your not being missed in the wordmines,although,feq knows what We’d All do without you.Merci beaucoup
Somebody has to make this into a sitcom. There’s some real comedy gold in here. Just when you think they can’t top the chandelier moment that was Pedro they go and produce another classic with Del-boy McInnes falling through the bar… Only Loans and Bosmans!!
Just read ‘that statement’. Yeah, certainly the weirdest yet
IBROX BOMBSHELL: The Deal’s Off.
There never was a deal Keith. It was all believing your own spin.
There never was a deal.
There is no influence nor power in a diminishing press corps anymore. You do not generate pressure. Few read your drivel and fewer take it seriously. You’re mild comedy.
Traynor and the rest of you are inconsequential. Simply noise.
Wipe the egg off your faces.
Just print the truth, that King and RIFC PLC do not have money to buy out their contracts. The whole shambles lies with King’s inability to pick up the tab for the guy.
Fans must blame you for continually duping them and for propping up imposters at Sevco.
We know they want an experienced man who knows the Scottish game and has won silverware. I’m worried that they’re coming for our manager next….
If Dave King is reading this – hands off Neil Lennon!!
No, wait, the third para of the ‘statement’ says quite clearly that the ‘position of Rangers manager requires an ability to win football matches’. Soooo, after their candidate had pathetically lost two games on the trot to them, they decided he was their man. This has GASL written all over it. Unsettle your major competition knowing full well that you can’t afford to prise their manager away, then put in a hire purchase offer knowing it will be rejected but your fans will swallow it.
Just for good measure announce that planning permission has been given for a £14m (not sure about that figure) development at Murray Park………….. oh my aching sides.
Can’t wait for the development to start………… maybe I’ll have to!!
£14m for a 210 seat stand, changing facilities and a briefing room/lounge? Has Dodgy Dave got a building company who are guaranteed the job?
Strange days indeed !
If stenographers and Sevco fans are reaching for a dictionary to look up the word concomitant – and it’s concomitant forms- then I suggest they take the opportunity to look up up the word ‘liquidation’ as well.
It is all too easy to engage in floccinaucinihilipilification, but this inane statement may yet prove to be a major breakthrough for common sense.
Now where are my incontinence pants…
Deserve everything they get.Their team is pish and they have destabilised the second best outfit in Scotland.If the gullibillies have not sussed they are being run by idiots devoid of business acumen and hard cash then they will just revert to type and hate Celtic and Roman Catholics.Still a good day out for the Sevconians.
The Sevco statement and character assassination of McInnes is typical of this undignified entity.
I would have to assume that the statement was either drafted by Jabba or written by another and endorsed by Jabba.
Knuckle draggers apart their are lots of Bears on the Follow Follow forum that are suitably embarrassed by their club’s statement and very frustrated at how incompetently the club is being run.
Stating that the Rangers job was too big for McInnes is petulant. What does that say about the last two underachieving incumbents of the managerial post selected by the Board?
What would the shitstorm be like had the Dons won the last 2 games against Sevco?
Just can’t get enough. HH
Every time we get one of these magical moments in the Sevco Sitcom ( Charles Green making them tea, producing a Christmas message, talking to Jim White from his hospital bed, buying a chateau in France. Craighy Bhoy on the steps, returning for the court case ( with his bird ). King’s lies regarding financing, the amateur statements written by their one day director / Jabba etc, I always think that it can’t get any better and always have a slight feeling of anti-climax thinking that’s the end of the road. However, credit to them for the consistent production of hilarious moments – enough for a book on it’s own 🙂 It’s so good I’m not sure whether I’d rather the new club limps on or dies.
I was just thinking the same thing myself:
On the one hand, I LOVE SEVCO (can’t believe I just wrote that!) because of all the joy they bring to all the Bhoys & Ghirls worldwide.
Even Santa is knocked into 2nd place for the gifts they just keep giving!
Yet, on the other hand, I can’t stand the stench of their wanton sectarianism and blatant criminality fouling up our game and making Scotland and her good people look like fuckin mugs for letting these bandits continue to get away with it.
So, given the gravity of the situation, I reckon I have to opt for the latter ‘tits up’ option and wait to chortle gleefully as the new club and its age old clinging habits sail mutely down the Swannee on that ancient crafted boat of theirs.
Cos the circus can be funny for a good long while but it gets a bit fuckin annoying when the elephants keep shitting in yer front yard, when not hiding under yer carpet.
Childish statement with thesaurus function used to find an unusual word. Please keep the statements coming. I’m #obsessed with laughing at this bunch of amateurs.
Will the promptness in paying the PR invoices be put on the back burner with the rest of unpaid bills now? Shame none of the creditors will engage the services of the Sheriff Officers to have monies owed to them paid.
PR has not only failed miserably here but worked against the club and damaged the brand. The Level’s KPI’s must be rock bottom.
The extreme PR approach option has backfired and proven to be reckless and ill judged.
SMSM are left scratching their heads in disbelief that they have zero agenda delivering power.
Glib is a skint liar and his side kick Jabba a buffoon.
Sevco is irrelevant.
Sevco is as much a ‘provincial’ club as Aberdeen – and indeed Celtic. Since when was Glasgow the capital of Scotland?
My Rangers supporting mates have owned up to being embarrassed by that statement. And they don’t embarrass easily.
The whole mess smacks of Jabba.
The embarrassing media pressure approach. The lies regarding club wealth and ability to pay. The ridiculous club statements.
They will always be a joke, laugh at, outfit as long as Jabba is involved there in any way.
Their PR is the worst in world football. But the dunces in the blu room don’t just allow it, they actually believe it themselves and allow the fat bloke to decide and influence lots of stuff outwith any competence.
The very first thing they need to do to improve is sack JT. Thereafter tell everyone the truth, especially their fans.
The fact their fans pay for everything , so the board can employ Jabba, to dupe fans is delicious irony.
Haha, brilliantly put! 😀
They pay Jabba with the fans’ money to tell the fans that they have money, which they don’t, but actually WOULD have more of if they didn’t pay Jabba!
Talk about the snake eating its own tail …
These guys are taking the ancient occultist aspects of their bi-weekly teachings quite literally now 😉
in the words of kevin the carrot………I think ive just peed myself.what an embarrassing statement from sevco.