Why the Emptihad evacuation will not save Sevco from permanent second place

Of course, the story of the weekend on Planet Fitba was the hilarious evacuation at the stadium Mr Bomber played for.

One thing that the Ibrox klanbase cannot endure is to be laughed at.

For the avoidance of doubt, Billy, we’re ALL laughing.

As ever, Paddy Power nailed it with the “Emptihad”.

Genius!

I’m told Block 3 in the Copland Lower holds 420 quintessentially British souls.

Not that many, but enough for some staunch performance art.

What was offered up was a reenactment of the Dunkirk Spirt.

I’m sure the new CEO, Paddy Stewart, would like it if dear Philippe did the same.

A resignation letter from the beleaguered  Belgian would save the basket of assets many millions in a severance package.

Moreover,  I am certain that Sevco’s supremo knows that the targets he has been set by the new CEO are unachievable.

A well-placed source shared some key details from a recent dignified sit down with me.

My information is that the slaphead summit was a sobering conclave.

In terms of recruitment, development, and subsequent sell-on for a profit, Clement has been tasked with completing that cycle within 18 months of a player’s arrival.

The highly successful Celtic model operates on a 2.5 year average.

That strategy has generated value from Virgil van Dijk to Matthew Sean O’Riley.

My understanding is that dear Philippe has been ordered to flip all players at a profit, with no exceptions, and the aggressive player trading model should comprise 30% of academy graduates.

This, dear reader, is a very tall order for even the most well-run football club.

For the avoidance of doubt, Sevco is not a well-run football club.

Just clarifying…

The Paddy Stewart presser was closely controlled.

However, the Sevco High Command needn’t have been overly concerned.

One constant in this Ibrox saga, dating back to the David Murray years, is the succulent obedience of the local media.

The subtext of what he said was that the current Ibrox entity must now, finally, live within its means.

No more Blue Room bailouts.

The commercial contracts will take years to repair.

In fairness, they currently hold the coveted Free From Litigation Cup.

The bottom line is that all excess spending must be cut, and substantial profits made from player sales.

My guy said that SIX players had been identified for moving on to lower the wage bill.

The total savings would be in the region of £162k per week.

That would represent an annual saving of £8,424,000.

Now, that suspiciously resembles the amount of liquidity that the Blue Room brethren recently injected into the basket of assets to keep the lights on.

The losses posted for the last accounting year were, of course, £17.2m.

This year?

Let’s say that without major surgery, it’s more than that, say over £20 million.

Now, if dear Philippe and his flying circus are canned, then the losses will start to rise to £30m.

No amount of Dunkirk Spirit evacuations will alter those inconvenient facts, and Paddy Stewart knows it.

Therefore, they’re Simply The Second Best.

Have a great week!

15 thoughts on “Why the Emptihad evacuation will not save Sevco from permanent second place”

  1. Surely the Onion Bears should have delayed their walkout of the match.
    Instead of leaving on what they thought was a symbolic “55” minutes on Sunday they could have waited until the midweek game v Aberdeen and left at 20.12.

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  2. As Alan Morrison pointed out, RFC is now on the wrong side of history. Everything which guaranteed them success in the past is now weaponised against them.
    The increased capacity at Celtic Park means that the foe malign starts every new season £10 million behind us. The imposition of conventional banking norms at BoS has brought their generosity to Rangers to a full stop. Even ‘the penalty to Rangers’ scandal which has disfigured Scottish football for a century is now under scrutiny.

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  3. That walk out it was like the parting of The Red Sea just looked like they moved to the sides and stay there, then after the rest who stayed booked the onion bears the good old sectarian songbook was sung but no mention by the gutless Scottish sports media. Have none of them got the balls to report the truth.

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  4. 6 players averaging 27k/wk would be their top paid Galactico’s leaving , unlikely if they can’t get a better deal elsewhere. They would need to be compensated before giving up a lucrative contract or allowed to go for close to free to allow their agents to negotiate a good deal , see last season for details. Cheaper replacements generally means a lesser player on the park which will result in more frustration from the loyal locals not noted for their patience. Hopefully they will demand the return of the King and that free from litigation cup hits the pawn shop

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    • It’s worse than that! Those 6 players will need replaced if the squad is not to be down to bare bones and those replacements will likely put about a third of the target sum back onto the bill.

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  5. The new guy is either gambling on things improving on the pitch, or he might be pushing to see how much the fans will tolerate before they threaten to hold back on season ticket renewal.

    Either way, it’s a risky game but, they clearly do not have the money to dispense with the baldy belgians services, or they would have caved into the Klan by now like they usually do.

    The hierarchy at the club shot themselves in the foot by extending clements contract and karma has come calling again. They are an absolute shambles HH 💚

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  6. The walkout wasn’t terribly well orchestrated, apparently. The Union Bears vacated their seats after 55 minutes and headed for the exits. However, they failed to take into account the fact that the exit gates are not opened until 15 minutes before the end of the match. Consequently, they had to hang around down there for 20 minutes rather than suffer the embarrassment of returning to their seats.

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