chilledbear

Front man ? Next position for Sasa.

Makes a change from the last owner, and well done to the lads who got the interview. Mr Whyte seems to enjoy talking. I just wish he could curtail our weekly court appearances.

http://news.stv.tv/scotland/west-central/277397-rangers-fc-taken-to-court-by-financial-services-company-over-commercial-debt/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter A financial services company is taking Rangers FC to court to recover a debt, STV News can reveal. Capita Trustee Services is pursuing the Ibrox club over a "commercial debt recovery matter". A hearing in the civil case is due to take place at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Monday. The amount involved, or the specifics of what the debt was run up for with the branch of Capita Group Plc, have not been revealed at this stage. Capita Groupâ??s lawyer Liam Entwistle said: "It is a commercial debt recovery matter and I canâ??t comment any further than that." The pursuing company, which has bases in England, Ireland and mainland Europe provides financial services for both the public and private sector. Rangers told STV News on Wednesday that they did not have anyone available to comment on the hearing. In September Rangers were taken to the Court of Session by law firm Levy & McRae over an unpaid legal bill. The club paid the lawyers £35,000 last month following the court action, during which counsel for Levy & McRae said there "is a real concern about solvency" at Rangers. Former board members Donald McIntyre and Martin Bain have also taken the club to court to freeze a total of £780,000 of Rangersâ?? assets ahead of damages claims. It was also revealed in a separate court hearing that HM Revenue and Customs has also previously frozen £2.3m, while the club also face a potential tax liability of £49m which is under appeal. In his first TV interview following his takeover of the club in May, Rangers owner Craig Whyte said the club are "doing all we can to avoid" administration. He also revealed that should Rangers win its £49m tax case, he would write off the £18m debt owed to him by the club

Give them their due. They seem to be more interested than we are.

I wouldn't say I was an idiot, but I've got to admit I'm lost as far as this is concerned.

If we don't know anything about his background. Perhaps the BBC can help.

First-team players at Hearts are still waiting for delayed monthly salaries after the monies did not appear in their bank accounts on Wednesday. The lack of wages, which were due in the middle of October, led to a meeting between the Hearts director Sergejus Fedotovas and anxious squad members on Friday. During those talks, Fedotovas expressed hope that salaries would be paid by Wednesday but also warned other bills had to be settled so Saturday's visit of Kilmarnock to Tynecastle could go ahead. Yet funding still has not been transferred from Hearts' parent company, the Ukio Bankas Investment Group (UBIG), prompting wider fears. With debts last reported at £36.1m, UBIG's subsidy is essential to Hearts operating as an ongoing concern. The SPL club's annual wage bill is thought to be around £7m. Although delays in wage payments are routine at Hearts, this is the longest the players have waited. No direct explanation has been given for the delay, with Hearts now hopeful the monies will be paid next week. In the meantime, Scotland's Professional Footballers' Association is seeking a resolution to the problem. A growing theory is that Vladimir Romanov, who controls Hearts and UBIG, has diverted attention and resources to basketball projects in his native Lithuania. Within the past week Zalgiris â?? the basketball team he owns â?? sacked their sixth head coach in only two years. Romanov has spent tens of millions of pounds on a new basketball stadium in Lithuania and the recruitment of foreign players

Supposedly friction between Dutch players and the rest, yet the ones he mentions are Reyna and Albertz. OOPS hit the wrong button Frankie !!

Nice one Frankie. Just think, if you had worked for the BBC, that would have been a wee trip to Holland. Tough.

RANGERS trialist Joe Sise has what it takes to be the new John Carew. That is the view of former Liverpool striker Ronnie Rosenthal, who recommended the Swedish under-21 international to Rangers. The out-of-contract Hamstads frontman, 21, arrived in Glasgow yesterday to begin a weekâ??s trial at Ibrox, and to try and win a move to the Scottish champions. Rosenthal believes Cise, who would cost around £300,000 in compensation, has the physical presence, pace and strength to be a massive hit in Scotland and is the mirror-image of the former Norway and Valencia star Carew. Rosenthal said: â??Joe is a big striker. He first caught my eye when I saw him play for Sweden in an under-21 tournament. I would say you would describe him as a target man but he is also very quick for his size. I would say you would describe Joe Sise as a target man but he is also very quick for his size Former Liverpool striker Ronnie Rosenthal â??He is very fast and has all the attributes to be a top class player. In some ways heâ??s a bit similar to Peter Crouch although Joe is probably a bit quicker than him. Maybe Joe is a bit more like John Carew when he was younger. John was big strong and quick when he first came on to the scene and he reminds me a bit about Joe.â? The Israeli also believes that Rangers fans would be wrong to read too much into Ciseâ??s goal record. Rosenthal reckons the Swedeâ??s strike rate is decent in a struggling side but could really come to life if he was to join a title-chasing side. â??Joe scored quite a few goals for Halmstads, but you also have to remember they have struggled in recent years and this season they ended up being relegated,â? Rosenthal insisted. SEARCH FOOTBALL for: â??He definitely has an eye for a goal. Last season he scored five in 18 games and this season he has scored five goals in thirteen games. He would definitely score a lot more goals at a bigger club. All he really needs is the chance to show people what he can do. He is still a very young player and has only played a couple of seasons at the highest level.â? Rosenthal has been working as a player scout in recent seasons and it has been in that capacity that he recommended Sise to Rangers. He explained: â??Iâ??ve been in contact with Rangers quite a lot lately. â??I know the financial perimeters that Rangers have to operate. They donâ??t have the same money as the clubs in England and so if I can help them and recommend a player that might benefit them then I am more than happy to do that. I know the Scottish league is very physical and I have no doubts Joe would have no problems fitting into the game up there.â? Sise, who has previously been on trial with Serie A giants AC Milan, is expected to stay in Glasgow for the next week but if he doesnâ??t win a deal at Rangers then Rosenthal doesnâ??t expect him to be short of offers. German side Hansa Rostock have already declared an interest while AIK Stockholm are also monitoring his situation, along with clubs in Belgium and Holland. â??Whatever happens I am certain that Joe will be playing at even higher level and I fully expect him to go on and become a full Swedish international. â?? added Rosenthal

I liked this bit. But it was the subject matter that had me scratching my head; questionable business dealings. If the BBC really wanted to pursue questionable corporate practices and possible institutionalised corruption then surely the place to look would have been the local authority formerly headed by one Steven Purcell. It isn’t as though Mr Whyte was a former cocaine user with a drink problem who fled the country after being visited by police in council chambers and who set up arms-length companies using public cash and staffed them with party colleagues paying them generous salaries. The BBC could have investigated dear old Glasgow Council where contracts were awarded to Labour party donors and public funds were used in order to promote Labour and attack the SNP. But no, BBC Scotland decided to spend public cash ‘investigating’ Craig Whyte for the sole reason that he has, what can best be described as, an up-and-down corporate C.V. and now controls one half of the Old Firm

http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-opinion/3494-is-the-bbcs-getting-too-big-for-its-boots.html But what of the Rangers â??documentaryâ??? The programme was heavily trailed under the guise of â??newsâ?? on various BBC Scotland TV and radio news programmes, it was clear that BBC Scotland felt that they had a big story. As a result of this I, and probably many others not steeped in matters Old Firm, watched the broadcast. My thoughts after watching the documentary were that it amounted to no more than a hatchet job on Mr Whyte. Iâ??m still trying to work out exactly how some disgruntled ex-Rangers board members managed to persuade the publicly owned broadcaster to use scarce resources in order to smear the clubâ??s new owner. It is worth a read.

He is an attention seeker, plain and simple. And we [Rangers Supporters] give him what he is after. I look forward to the day he is ignored, on the Forums and Twitter.

It aint boring being a Rangers Supporter.

http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/spl/interview_craig_whyte_owner_of_rangers_who_has_come_out_fighting_against_tv_allegations_1_1925040

Should have been done in the right way from the start. He has either been badly advised or doesn't listen. It looks to me as if Administration has been his goal all along.

Makes a change to read an Article from a Scottish Journalist, where it is fair and balanced, and are also informed.

This has been put out on twitter by Jack Irvine [Media House] It is non rangers but shows how the reporter and the BBC can manipulate stories. http://michaelmccann.terapad.com/index.cfm?fa=contentNews.newsDetails&newsID=1727528&from=archive

The reporting of the letter bombs from outside Ibrox, should have been enough to ban the BBC. The question should have asked at the time WHY?

It's on Liverpool TV tonight twice.

Did they make an offer? Were they in the running? Would they have been able to fund the players brought in? You know Murray would never have contemplated the scenario.

With the tax case coming up?

I have many questions about Whyte, and I am sure he is looking after number one. But we should never forget. Who got us into this mess? Who said they would only sell to someone who could take Rangers forward? Who else was in the running to buy the Club?

In response, a BBC Scotland statement said: "Rangers FC has made a number of assertions in relation to our journalistic standards, including a claim of underlying bias against the club. We completely refute this allegation in the strongest terms. 'Public interest' "All of our reporting of matters pertinent to the running of Rangers FC reflects the high standard expected of the BBC, an organisation that places an absolute value on the accuracy and impartiality of its journalism. Well apart from the stitch- up of our Manager for a start.

We don't know where we are being led, and not a murmer in the Stands.