In fairness to the chaps at the Daily Radar, they are doing their best to maintain supplies of false hope to Ibrox during these troubling times.
However, I do think that this interview with Mr Jim McColl is a bit early.
For the date that’s in it tomorrow would have been far more appropriate!
When it was trailed last night by Mr Jackson Fitba Twitter wasn’t slow to give it a thumbs down.
Football finance expert David Low didn’t miss.
If you really must you can read it here.
There is a basic rule in journalism apropos interviews:
Questions answered and answers questioned.
The second part of the operation is vital.
Indeed, without it, there is no interview, merely an opportunity for the subject to give forth.
Consequently, it is an exercise in PR because the journalist fails to fulfill their role as an interrogator on behalf of the public.
This is from the original attempt with Mr McColl.
Regular readers will know that Mr Jackson doesn’t have a great track record when it comes to fact-checking.
Hence the need for Mr McColl to be…err… “interviewed” a second time.
Fortunately, Al Lamont of the BBC did a rather better job than the Daily Radar’s star turn.
Then his BBC colleague weighed in.
Regular readers may recall that when Mr McColl last entered the Sevco shitshow.
I reported at the time that several of his investors told him to practice social distancing from the toxic Ibrox brand.
Failure to do so, they warned would result in a termination of their arrangement with him.
Suddenly he is back and being breathlessly interviewed about his “mystery backers”.
Oh dear…
Now, a cynic might conclude that this embarrassing pish is nothing more than klan clickbait.
I, of course, couldn’t possibly comment.
Stay safe.
Desperate times call for desperate measures, and they don’t get any more desperate than sevco, who have apparently decided to stick with their original date for season book renewals! As for the Daily Rectum, they have taken this turd of a story, and sprinkled glitter on it – it’s still a turd, but it looks a lot prettier! Surely, with tales of Dougie Park taking over as interim chairman, the Beechgrove Gardener, Hong Kong Phooey, and the man with the pornstar moustache, this is just a tad unnecessary?.. or is the organic fertilizer about to strike the revolving blades of a wind turbine, big-time?
Florid Steven, language well above my head. Never thought I’d see Beechgrove referred to here, I never watch but my wife is crazy about it.
I read that Maxwell and Doncaster are taking a 10% hit on their current huge salaries as their contribution to the financial cut backs which will be working their way through Scottish football.
Surely the Scottish media reporting, not for the first time, has missed a 0 from their article and 10% should read 100% given both their contributions to our game.
It’s shocking that when our game needs strong, intelligent leaders that we are stuck with 2 pygmies, one of whom in particular is adept at turning into the invisible man yet is drawing down an annual salary that he could have only dreamed of when in situ at Partick Thistle.
They must be praying that today UEFA take the tough decisions our of their hands that need to be made to outline how European football will close down the current season and start planning for a resumption, if and when the pandemic has passed.
God help us if Scottish football is left in the hands of iindividuals none of whom I would trust to send to the shops to pick up a free newspaper with any decree of certainty that they could complete the task!
You could send them for a loaf and they’d come back without their shoes!!
I see UEFA has a conference call set up today for all it’s member countries.
With the effect of the pandemic being felt throughout the world time to face up to the fact that the current season cannot, will not, be completed as the peak of the virus is still to be felt in most countries.
Make that announcement today and start the process of gearing up for the start of next season whenever that may be.
A new, much shorter format will need to be found for CL/Europa Cup ties, say one leg instead of 2, highest seeded team in the co-efficient gets home advantage.
Countries running 2 national cup competitions will have to drop one and UEFA will have to make an across the board ruling for every national football association as to declarations of Champions, promotion and relegation issues without fear or favour.
At least that way the individual associations can shift the burden of any potential legal actions by clubs towards UEFA, claiming rightly that they were only following a once in a lifetime ruling by the ruling body.
Common sense and lawyers are strange bed fellows. UEFA and FIFA are hoping beyond hope that they can finish this season by playing the remaining games to award trophies, promotions, relegations and qualifications as usual – to some modified schedule. Then start next season to the usual format – albeit a bit later.
The common sense of cutting losses this season and starting afresh next season with modified formats and restructured leagues is far from ideal in their eyes for one simple reason – money – and the lawyers that will be unleashed if broadcasters, sponsors, suppliers, advertisers, venues etc etc etc do not get the money they are contracted to get. You’ll note I don’t mention the fans – because they are chaff in the wind to the plutocrats.
To my mind, playing out the remaining games – whenever that is – is the only way to retain some credibility – ignoring the noisy minority with an axe to grind. It would be wise to start thinking about a 2-3 season plan to get things back on an even keel gradually – rather than expecting to manage it in just one. If they are going to cancel anything to make space for a reset it should be the corruption-fest abomination of the 2022 winter world cup in Qatar.
A blanket UEFA decision on the finish of leagues is the only way to let domestic associations off the hook and stop litigation all across Europe. The Boards of domestic associations can point the finger at the faceless men at UEFA, wring their hands and claim they had NO say in the matter. “We were only obeying orders!”
Don’t be surprised if the European Competitions next year are restricted to the Big Five and fuck the rest of you.
Just had a quick look at McColl’s aptly named Moneyball scheme so forgive me if I picked things up wrong.
Is McColl’s strategy not the same one that Celtic have pursued for years?
Raise and develop your own players or buy cheap then sell them on at a huge profit.
If so it’s hardly a new strategy.
Of course if McColl was to buy Rangers he could tread the same path he did when he bought Fergusons and borrow squillions from the Scottish government to keep the good ship Rangers afloat, repayable whenever it suits you Jim.
Full steam ahead!
The DR sports is a comic. It prints hilariously untrue stories regarding SEVCO-RANGERS that repeatedly show themselves up as lies.
You really really have to be remarkably GULLIBLE to swallow swallow it.
What kind of a fool pays money for that? For lies? Is it because it’s comforting lies?
What is it with the Daily Ranger every day it’s a negative story on our club . Today it’s a player that signed for a Portuguese team instead of Celtic pointing out in the article he was never coming to us in the first place . The quicker this bog roll newspaper goes down the toilet he better. They must be working away just now on the next negative story to bring out on our club .
Have been saying for a long time that if every Celtic fan stopped buying it then it would surely fold. And deservedly so given the lies, misinformation and downright fabrications they publish. Not to mention the piss poor quality of the people they employ to do so. I am still puzzled that the owners haven’t yet figured out why their circulation figures are dropping so dramatically?
It’s good to see Bamber Gascoigne at ibrox noise taking notice of the FAKE news story about Souness coming back to ibrox . He is all excited about this thinking the good auld days are coming back to ibrox again . There are none that are so blind as to those who cannot see Bamber is a perfect candidate or example of it .
Diplock courts, only in Bonnie Scotland. Think someone forgot their history.
Off topic sorry, but some arsehole thinks this is a good idea.
Stay safe stay healthy
Hail Hail
The last two days of your writin, Phil have had me laughin and cryin into ma whisky. I huvtae admit that due to guid Torino and Barca friends advice I’m now entering my third week of siege at home. Mebbe a wee tadge stir crazy and the mind wanders.
Ah just hope that when all o this is over, folk remember!
Mark Twain said that history probably doesn’t repeat itself but it does rhyme. So from that perspective, the Daily Recidivist offers nothin more nor less than a Busby Berkley extravaganza. Starvin punters sittin in the dark watchin twirlin lassies singing, ‘We’re in the Money’. Could they no just huv sat hame, saved the price o admission and had a good wank?
Ah but it takes at the very least, imagination, and as we all know, that’s a virtue in short supply wi the Klan.
But in these times of growin darkness, Ah’d like tae put in a guid word for mah pal, Davie frae Pumpherston, who is busy at his local Tescos shiftin piles o Dementia Recordos Intae the emptie toilet roll shelves. An act of significant political, cultural and educational value, unsurpassed in these dark days. God Bless ye Davie! God Bless is One and All
I think we can safely assume that The 2angers are entering into a period of genuine fear and uncertainty.
The powder puff pieces infused with stories of Billionaires and major investment will increase as D Day arrives.
The lack of Accounts was the pre cursor previously.
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And I thought Sir Minty Moonbeams was the richest man in Scotland.
How pathetic do you have to be to get a job at UEFA? Celtic have been slapped with a €13,000 fine for being TWO MINUTES LATE in resuming the 2nd half against FC Copenhagen. Compare and contrast that some numpty paps a buckie bottle at the Leverkusen game, and they get hit with a fine of “only” €4800. In essence, chucking glassware is not as big an offence is timekeeping!
What planet are these idiots living on?!!
He calls them “them” 🙂
Aye. Not “us”.
He clearly doesn’t identify with “them” in the way “WE” would with Celtic.
I think Mr Park should post a video of him playing keepy Uppy with the sevco accounts fag packet.
On an electronic calculator borrowed from SDM surely?
Maybe they are trying to force the hand of that other guy that was having a look at Sevco last week! Who knows what kind of shenanigans Sevco and the Record are trying. But one thing is for certain is they are one and the same in this.
There is only one club in all of Scotland that is worth investing in and its not Sevco, or Celtic for that matter. Aberdeen with it’s new stadium being built would be by far and away the best investment for investors, the stadium will hold 20 thousand, there is great potential for new shops cafe/Internet bars, a park and kids play ect with season ticket holders getting discounts. Now what investor looking to invest in Scottish football be so oblivious to such potential and instead invest in a club that has burnt through 60 odd million in 7 years with no kit sponsor and only under the approval of Mick Ashley of any new sponsor.
It’s my understanding that McColl is worth around £7 million. Does that make him Scotland’s richest man?
Well, he’s got about 6.99999 million more than me, do he must be in with a shout!!
A few years ago the Times Rich List put his net worth at £1.07Billion. He must have “invested” in a helluva lot of Sevcos if it’s now down to £7m.
I presume Al Lamont has been suspended and ordered to apologise?!? It’s the standard action for going against the grain of fantasy transfers and fanciful investment stories.
Still don’t know why no questions are being asked about sevco’s interim report. Today is the deadline for UEFA. Have they submitted this report and are just withholding it from the public?
It has to get the seal of approval of the high heid yins at the SFA.
We know for sure that the SFA big daddy has scant knowledge of the English language so asking him to interrogate King’s back of a fag packet numbers would be beyond him.
Given that the SFA signed off last season’s interims presentation to UEFA showing a substantial 6 months trading profit on the Rangers numbers, the fact that the 12 months audited accounts returned a £14m loss should have led to some serious questions being asked of the Rangers board.
No doubt the same smoke and mirrors strategy will be employed again and an interim 6 months profit will be submitted and when the audited annual accounts are released no one is going to ask questions of a number that is likely to be substantially worse than last year’s £14m what with the Kent and other signings, the increased contracts given to players and management, no substantial incoming transfer income and the Sports Direct bill which will be known to the Rangers board.
Just as well there is a queue of potential investors lining up to throw their hard earned cash down the Edmiston Drive black hole.
Joseph, when it comes to sevco, nothing will be questioned. Never has been, never will be.
Same as the dead parent club. Nothing was questioned with them either. We can only hope for same outcome.
Although they’ll probably do another Lazarus. And come back telling us they’re chasing 55!!
The interim report is finalised and ready to go…. but due to the Covid-19 lockdown ,no one from Ibrokes can get to a Post Office to buy the necessary stamps to send it to UEFA !
( Pssss…do you think they’ll accept that excuse , Douglas ? )
It’ll soon be “ all In “ time for Rangers 2012. Looks like “ All In “ time has arrived at Pacific Quay. Or maybe “ All Oot “
When fellow (for want of a better word) journalists of the… erm…standing of Alas Lamentable & Tom (wishful thinking) English mock the story, then you know it’s not worth the paper it’s written on. When the paper in question is the Daily Orcread then you’d be better using it to add to that lockdown stockpile in your toilet
OMG…Charger won’t be pleased with this.
Explain!