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Rafa sacked. @compo is delighted:

Rafa sacked. Meanwhile some game between WHU and Leeds.

A nice wee visit a pint and a pair of smokies

Hopefully, something truly awful. I really mean that.

Hopefully they both lose.

I'd watch that, maybe suggest it to BT Sport to replace womens football

It’s fascinating isn’t it? In Scotland we’ve got individuals in the Scottish media & broadcasting fraternity who think they can say what they like, make all sorts of accusations and expect no recourse whatsoever. But in the big world out there beyond parochial Scotland unfortunately life just isnt quite like that. Weve already seen incompetent & useless COPFS fail miserably in their pursuit of D&P resulting in big payouts funded from the taxpayers. Now BBC PQ too may need to cough up big bucks because its Rangers hating programme makers made a programme about Rangers insinuating wrong doing and implicating individuals at Rangers or in their dealings with Rangers Should be good. Sit back and enjoy

Yep

In the words of the sage of the age, it will be decided when it is decided. Everything up until then is noise.

Arsenal loaned out two players a couple of days before asking for postponement....

Spent loads of time in Arbroath as a kid on family holidays. Remember my Dad taking me to see Arbroath v Arbroath Vics friendly with George Best playing. Then in mid-80s our supporters bus would stop on Arboath on way to and way home from Aberdeen - some great nights but bus always smelt a bit "fishy" as every one on it had bought smokies 😀 Latterly a couple of trips for SC games and off course as part of our journey back through the league's.

What a story it would be! Part-timers, as well...

Clubs using covid as an excuse to have games cancelled because of injuries should e told to play youth players

Those being pursued for litigation are no friends of ours

Good

I assume that he will have had a significant pay off. Imagine, therefore, the first line of the inevitable (auto)biography: “We were somewhere around Harthill, at the top of the brae, when the drugs began to take hold.”

What will this do to Leigh's mental health?

But, he was gonna get them 25 goals this season..... Next stop Thorton Hibs...

Apparently, Michael Stewart was quoted on PQ radio today - "I'd be very surprised if this deal gets done in January" . As we all know the Opinionated One is rarely wrong!

Hope I’m wrong but I think Patterson will regret going there

Huge step taken by City - champions elect. Meanwhile Nathan Patterson on bench for Everton who are current 2-0 at Norwich

It seems to me that it has outlived most, if not all, commercial usefulness. Moreover, was it not rasellik which went on record (OK, Twitter, but officially) to declare that it was 'not half of anything', and made, elsewhere, pointed reference to 'the Glasgow derby'?

Alan Pattullo is a Dundee fan. This last decade, Dundee has been owned by BIG Sellik fan, John Nelms. Dundee and ra Sellik share staff(Gordon Strachan), share players(Leigh Griffiths), share convenient hidey-holes(Dundee Spam Folder), ......... share Journos(Alan Pattullo). It's just a natural progression. Pattullo's take is to be expected, it's more of the same continually proffered by RAB Cosgrove, Spiers, Jum Spence, ......... etc. They tell us we(Rangers supporters) are on the sidelines and in the same sentence add, they don't get us. Three or four decades of pushing this message results in articles such as the above. Rangers supporters are comfortable with the current arrangement. We had 20 years of being confined to a Sellik Park corner with poor sight lines and restricted views. We had effigies hanging by the neck, twisting in the breeze, above a dozen 'kill all H-u-ns' flags. The Pattullo's congratulated the Green Brigade for witty and clever banners and ignored the fact the PF lost all evidence against the nine GB members charged. A public inquiry promised, never reported and, the Pattullos don't ask why? Perhaps Alan et al should talk to Rangers supporters? The replies should be, 'we're half of nothing'.

"Compensation in Rangers case excessive, claims MP" MacAskill's eyes, finally, water. Compensation in Rangers case excessive, claims MP Kieran Andrews, Scottish Political Editor Saturday January 15 2022, 12.01am, The Times Football https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/compensation-in-rangers-case-excessive-claims-mp-n9rq5r7h6 Compensation paid to business experts wrongly arrested in the botched Rangers fraud investigation was almost 70 times more generous than similar “malicious prosecution” cases in England, new research has revealed. David Whitehouse and Paul Clark, of Duff & Phelps, a global financial consultancy firm, were arrested in 2014 in relation to allegations of fraud linked to the Ibrox club’s financial collapse and subsequent sale. They were cleared of all charges. Whitehouse and Clark, both 56, received a settlement worth more than £24 million and an apology from James Wolffe QC, the lord advocate at the time, after the Crown Office admitted their prosecution was “malicious”. This included £10.5 million each in damages, plus legal costs of at least £3 million. Wolffe also admitted Charles Green, the former Rangers chief executive, and a former director, Imran Ahmad, should never have been prosecuted, with Green receiving more than £6 million in compensation plus legal costs. Research carried out by the House of Commons for Kenny MacAskill, the former Scottish justice secretary, found that comparable cases south of the border appeared not to pay nearly as much. It highlighted the case of Jonathan Rees, who was one of three men charged with the murder of a private investigator, who took action against the Metropolitan Police. Rees lost an appeal to increase his award of £155,000 after seeking damages for distress, humiliation, anxiety and loss of liberty as well as aggravated and exemplary damages. His co-accused Glenn Vian also received £155,000, while Garry Vian was paid £104,000 after they won their malicious prosecution action against the Met. MacAskill, now an MP for the Alba Party, said that the money paid out in the “white-collar” Rangers case also “dwarfs what’s paid to victims in Scotland whether in related matters or personal injury cases”. He called for an explanation of why so much was given to those in the Rangers case. “An extraordinary amount of public money has been paid out,” MacAskill said. “It seems significantly more than in cases south of the border.” Russell Findlay, Scottish Conservative community safety spokesman, said that an inquiry into the bungled Rangers investigation “must leave no stone unturned”. He added: “People deserve to know how these figures were calculated, why innocent men were hounded by the state and who is responsible for this costly debacle.” The Court of Session ruled this week that the police investigation into David Grier, 60, also of the consultancy firm, had been riven with “incompetence” and a “lack of professionalism” but he had not been prosecuted maliciously. He had launched a £9 million damages claim against Police Scotland and the lord advocate. He said he would appeal against the decision. Almost £40 million has so far been paid to settle claims made by businessmen who were arrested and faced “malicious prosecution”. The final cost to the taxpayer is expected to rise significantly, with Duff & Phelps seeking considerable redress for damage to its reputation. A public inquiry has been commissioned into the scandal. A spokesperson for the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service said: “The damages paid in this case reflect the circumstances of the pursuers as high-earning individuals.”

Any Rangers fan paying the licence fee is being cheated. Don't pay it and ignore them. To do so is pleasant.

As Ted says, there was an uncredited interview with Ange on BBC Scotland's website yesterday. So, Chris McLaughlin was rawking the Vapors(thanks Ted) vibe. There was a staged photo of the Japanese triumvirate with their socks pulled thigh high, Nippon Ingenue? Chris added that Sellik had no interest in getting into a bidding war for McGree's signing. I think that comment has been pulled today?