As always with Sevco, it is advisable to ignore the pishful thinking of the Stenography Corps and focus on the public data.
Discern what is observable, so the spin doesn’t block your view of what is happening.
Believe what they do, not what they say.
Of course, the Fourth Estate is meant to assist with the process.
Sadly, on Planet Fitba, they do the exact opposite.
I understand that the Serious Professional and a Stateside-based Brother have recently been in touch with the usual succulent suspects in the Stenography Corps.
The line to be pushed is that all is going swimmingly with the new gaffer.
Apparently, the squad has been magically improved just by him being there.
Nine points of a gap would suggest otherwise…
Once more, reality versus feel-good fantasy.
Twelve months ago, as predicted here, there were mainly loan deals coming to the door at Ibrox.
To soothe the Ibrox klanbase, the Sevco High Command won Transfer Headline Day with the temporary acquisition of Aaron Ramsey.
As Mr Kris Boyd stated (3.37), it was “a fantastic COOP for the football club”.
Such eloquence!
The perennially injured Juve star was signed to make a difference in Europe.
The featured image is worth a thousand words on that score.
Job done!
Mr Giovanni knew he couldn’t spend money on signing players last January.
Quite simply, the cash wasn’t available.
I have reason to believe that the same financial dispensation is in place for Mr Beale.
I’m not sure what “create your own budget on a case-by-case basis” really means, but that is what I understand the FNG was told at the interview.
Perhaps it’s a kind of magic.
Indeed, “As much we possibly can” is doing a lot of heavy lifting there.
In the meantime, the next hurdle for the Sevco High Command is the upcoming AGM.
There might be some difficult questions for the top table.
However, Alan Morrison of Celtic By Numbers nailed it here with one that should be asked but is probably verboten on the day.
The January window is only a few weeks away, and look at what happens at Sevco.
Will there be a net spend on players?
Now that mild-mannered Ryan Kent has been “unleashed”, will he sign a new contract or be politely shown the door?
Then there’s Alfredo. The imagined interest in the ample Colombian has been the longest-running Jackanory in Sevco’s short existence.
The thing is, at the time, the Ibrox klanbase believed this embarrassing pish.
Like Captain Stepover, Alfredo is weeks away from being able to sign a pre-contract.
Consequently, anyone putting money on the table for him will likely have their hand snapped off.
I understand that a recent conclave of the Sevco High Command discussed these two chaps and their contractual situation at the basket of assets.
Once more, look at what happens, not what the Stenography Corps is told to tell you.
Have a great week.
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Looking forward to tho Dcottish media who are bugging up Beale to do a quick about turn post January 2 and turn on him when another 3 points and the league is won at Ibrox with Beale’s credentials in the gutter courtesy of the Same Scottish hacks who had welcomed him as a messiah.
We don’t know how well Beale will do so don’t get into Hunnish mode and be arrogant as it’s only December.Don’t think that because they are in potential financial problems they will not throw everything for as a last dice act ,they have done it before.Just trust our boss and hopefully lewell will keep away .We will see in may. Hail hail
What was never reported in the summer was the only deals they were doing was re-signing the old and past-it players. Then the surprise sale of bassey happened.
All of a sudden they spent some money on a RB and winger.
It was reported as planned strategy. In reality it was panic stations
Nine points of a gap would suggest, or rather, state directly that Rangers dropped two points against Hibs, two points against Livingston, three points against St Johnstone and two points against St Mirren (who Celtic dropped three against). Celtic are directly responsible for three of the points in the nine point gap. Beale has to stop his group of players dropping points against teams they ought to be wildly better than – then look to do as well as possible against Celtic in head-to-heads. Largely the same group of Rangers players got a win and a draw against Celtic in the two fixtures before the last one. I’m a huge fan of the Huddle Breakdown and Celtic By Numbers. When Gerrard was Rangers manager, and winning, Alan Morrison never tired of making a point of telling us that Rangers were ‘well coached, by Beale’. I appreciate that this was meant as a sinde dig at Gerrard, but the verdict from the HB guys was that Beale was the real talent of the coaching set up. Time will tell whether they were right. They certainly made that opinion clear often enough (and they’re word is generally good enough for me). But there’s no point pretending that Beale’s challenge is insurmountable (i.e., to get the second best team in the league back to beating the remaining ten teams with reasonable regularity). Celtic is in a commanding position. If we lose the league, from this distance, that will be an abject failure. Celtic needs to focus on its own affairs; I’m certain that’s what Ange will do. But Beale’s is a nothing-to-lose remit.
Gerrard was never a Rangers manager .
As Mr Kris Boyd stated (3.37), it was “a fantastic COOP for the football club”.
Perhaps he’s referring to a Pigeon Coop, which doubles up as an office from where you can watch training via high-tech camera work or binoculars as other people call them.
I’m not sure what “create your own budget on a case-by-case basis” really means, but that is what I understand the FNG was told at the interview.
I assume this means sell before you buy, with 10% of the proceeds, so sell Fredo and you have £3-4m to spend 🙂
You have to feel for them
Imagine gushing that they are getting a new camera system .
Mind you it was Black Friday so probably got a cheap deal .
As for the Scottish Media they are not half putting a lot into telling all and sundry how fantastic their new manager is and how he will put Ange in his place .
Mr Beale himself seems to have a high opinion of himself too
Meanwhile a well organised financially sound club and it’s manager are working away quietly bringing in new players for January
And Mr Beale will be left to scramble around in the bargain bin looking for scraps .
We underestimate Mr Beale at our peril. I have it on good authority that on hearing the mere mention of Bealebaw, Alfie Morelos immediately lost 4 stone.
Be afraid, be very afraid.
Yes, it looks like the transfer window at Ibrox will remain nailed / superglued / shuttered down in January! 🙂
And the dafties at Ibrox never learn: talk up Beale and his squad of failing players all you want.
It just means that they are all being set up by the Ibrox PR / SMSM for another, embarrassing fall.
Will the bears be understanding if Beale doesn’t even secure a cup this season,
with someone else’s squad?
It’s great when the SMSM big up the Huns. They win the close season cup every year and then everything goes downhill when the actual football restarts.
Enjoy it. It’s the hope that kills them.