It is often observed that civil wars are the most distressing types of conflict.
Both sides see the other as the embodiment of betrayal.
From various sources, I’m now convinced that some chaps in the Blue Room now see Mr King as a liability.
If you calculate the cost of litigations that Mr King has generated since he took over then you start to see their reasoning.
The fight with the Takeover Panel wasn’t cheap and my information is that Dave didn’t cover that.
However, it is this a petty cash voucher next to what the final bill could be from the Sevco car boot sale.
After that, there is the small matter of what Hummel do about the third year of the deal that the judge has already ruled is verboten.
Lay all of that out and I can see why some in the Blue Room, perhaps even a majority, might want a new person in the chair.
Now, it would be very unfortunate if a faction within the Sevco High Command started to brief against their esteemed chairman.
The collateral damage from such a course of action could be considerable.
Of course, anyone planning a grab for power has to weigh up the likely chances of toppling the ancien régime.
Indeed, I would caution such aspirant rebels that they should consider just how adept Mr King is at surviving attempted boardroom coups.
Of course, a briefing campaign against the chairman would have the awkward side effect of entirely vindicating the reportage of your humble correspondent.
Since the Off Licence Putsch of March 2015, this site has followed the KingCo story closely.
Now, if the Blue Room rebels decide to go brogue then their only viable strategy is to turn the fans against the chairman.
There is no way that this can be done without collateral damage.
For a start, various influential fans who are firmly in the King camp will have to be involuntarily propelled under the moving wheels of a road-going public conveyance.
One of the most important skills to develop in politics is the ability to count.
Numbers matter and at the end of all of this briefing Mr King is the largest shareholder.
Do they buy him out?
Moreover, if he wants to remain in the big chair then there is little the others can do about that without breaking a lot of crockery in the Blue Room.
I doubt that he will go quietly into the night at Edmiston Drive.
Now, dear reader please spare a thought for those poor souls in the Stenography Corps.
If this briefing war starts in earnest what are they to do?
They see their function as one of providing a constant stream of easily digestible feel-good fluff for the Ibrox customer base.
Consequently, a faction within the Blue Room leaking out the unvarnished truth about the chaos of King’s stewardship doesn’t make the cut.
For the avoidance of doubt, doing some serious journalism on the seven-year-old Ibrox club is simply off the radar.
That just wouldn’t happen.
Just how do they keep those Brogues so brown?
Two bears one loving cup…
Looks like a crucial couple of weeks ahead for the Ibrox club, their board and the fans.
Still glowing in the light of the Feyenoord triumph all is well in the blue garden, alledgedly.
Despite dark clouds beginning to gather over Ibrox the Scottish media has outdone itself in ignoring the bad news in the post and thereby keeping the blue side fans, in the main, blissfully ignorant of what’s coming down the track.
The auditors will be caught between a rock and a hard place if the financials are again bleeding red and SDI’s bill comes through the door with a 7 figure invoice attached.
Whose going to be the fall guy this time around?
The fact that the Ashley bill, and possibly a Hummel bill, are going to be in the current financial year’s accounts means that NEXT YEAR’S figures are also guaranteed to be disastrous.
Assuming of course they survive that long.
” … Blueroom rebels decide to go brogue …”, hahahahahahahahaha
I fully support our Club’s decision to have a minute’s applause for Mr.Ricksen at today’s match.
I would also invite Sevco’s kit man to watch and see how to treat such an occasion with dignity and respect.
Just when they were getting there act together on the park. Kind off ?
The roof is about to fall in on the power brokers.
Surely the fans are not going to bail them out again with a another shares issue?
King is there to get the lost revenue from his time with Murray.
It’s looks like it’s not going to happen as he gets his marching orders from the rest the board.
There probably the 2nd best team in Scotland now. Unless Aberdeen get there act together at home and away against the bottom six.
They seem to be doing ok in Europe as well, that bring in some much neededrevenue.
That should fill the stands with expectation, along with pushing us all the way to the title this season.
Walking the financial tightrope.
By the LyingKing
Surely it must be looked as as to HOW they have managed to be the second best team in the country?
For me, it is not OK to throw every penny and even more on the park just to stop us getting to TIAR whilst not giving a flying fuck off the park.
that for me is absolute cheating
in addition to my blue manoeuvres post,
@ Phil, – Do you sense, it is deja vu for adminstration? and Secondly, There is a very similar Don Kingco style development, which Italian football traditionally is used to, especially provisional cartel clubs, – Could you enquire, and ask the Friend behind enemy lines,
Do they think King, would move aside to allow Big Mike to take the reigns, at the end of match?
I feel that is they’re only avenue out, a Fergus Style, Owner, or indeed an actual billionaire, who sees the commerce and the running of the operation, key before the green grass and a ball. This is only where something outside Celtic can stop Celtic.
Their civil war, will be bloody and brutal – ironically nothing loyal about it. They are struggling with a Kulchur and identity being driven into the ground. They’re grandchildren will be on fortnight, and playstation and worst yet for them Celtic fans. Manchester City, Spurs, will be there preferred weekend match options. There has been a fundamental crack to the DNA, since 2012. The old empire died. The battle to create a new age one to honour the deceased one, with dutch tops, and their songbook legacy, is morally and ethically misplaced and unwanted in the new world.
They’re time is over, occupational and societal parity has arrived and is only beginning. If they do become available – Celtic Supporters shouldn’t miss a trick, let’s spend £500 each on “another” season book and buy them. They say we are obsessed, I think it’s not obsession, it’s ownership, and we have owned them since 2012.
We just need the title deeds for the Bomber Brown Stadium, to show it. We could as we were founded to help the poor immigrants, starving and homeless in this dear green city, ….turn it into charitable accommodation. A refuge of wellbeing and hope. A far better use for it than the land sight of racism and sectarian behaviour, akin to the 17th century. We will ONLY keep the sign above the tunnel and make one small addition to it…….
We are the people, NOW.
“@ Phil, – Do you sense, it is deja vu for adminstration?”
No idea.
If someone keeps covering the losses then Sevco can continue to operate.
With Craig Whyte, it was simply a matter of not having enough money to keep going.
It’s called civil war ,never good for both parties only for people who know how to make money from a civil war ,they are called white collar criminals
Agreed! My money is on the South African based one!
Cheers Phil.- Thank God we have you and your Fresnel lense on the case! I just we another Paul McBride QC to step forward to. The closer we get to the summer of 2021, we will need everyone for all the on and off field agendas
Is this not the whole point of “financial fair play”…?
why can they continue to be bailed out?
There is no FFP in domestic competition in Scotland.
Time to get the French books oof again, Phil – ancien regime?
WE-the Celtic support-should never, ever aspire to be THE PEOPLE. We should leave that Brexit mentality to the other mob and their camp follow-followers. Other than that, great post. HH
cheers – and you are right, I will editorially amend to We are ALL the People, – mostly I was going for what would annoy on first sight, their lowest common denominator aka the Klan Fan – you know the kind of mentality that, where they end up booting “kaflic” toasters up and down the kitchen for burning their toast!.
I really can picture that kafflick toaster scene. Nice one!
I would have thought that the Blue Room members would be currently fully engrossed with finalising the Accounts and Notes, and to the Auditor’s satisfaction.
However, if some of the Blue Room members are – allegedly – making enquiries in the City and/or having clandestine discussions without their Chairman…
then, one could surmise that;
– the financials are indeed going to be as shockingly bad as expected, if not worse.
&
– there are manoeuvrings ongoing to isolate the Chairman – and to make him the fall guy for the financial meltdown of RIFC/TRFC.
Well, whatever is going at Ibrox, it’s most definitely NOT good news!
Which is nice. 🙂
Is it possible that this faction has already reached out Ashley and wants to try and figure out a deal with him that would avoid ring-fencing or insolvency?
Rebels go brogue! Good yin!
It looks as if a perfect storm is heading Ibrox way.
The annual audited accounts will soon be in the annual domain.
If the figures are still red, despite the additional Europa revenue, then things are truly grim.
Sports Direct are putting their claim together and that too will soon be in the public domain.
With Bennet and Co maxed out only Dave can come to the rescue.
He’s bound to have a plan, he always does.
Perhaps he could explain the rose coloured 6 monthly accounts in comparison to the year end results?
Our media will be all over this and the Sports Direct story……as if!
Who, if anyone will break rank, and question the path that Kingco has taken the club down?
When the dust settles no doubt there will be lots of claims from the Scottish media that I told you so…..oh no you didn’t.