Craig Whyte: I brought Charles Green in to buy Rangers

[Jim1955 12]

I'm afraid that the timing of this is more business related than an attempt to deflect attention from the parlous state of Scottish football.

[the gunslinger 3,366]

So as majority shareholder?

 

I'm sure he does know almost everyone but just because John Brown and him come up with crap doesn't mean it's true. I'm sure loads of journalists know everybody and the fact that none are going with a Whyte still owns the club shows the level of credibility that his comments are held.

 

The fact that you are still regurgitating them shows a lack of objectivity on your part as well, I'm afraid.

 

and the fact you won't accept the possibility says the same. surely?

[54andcounting 0]

SANDY JARDINE reckons Rangers are well on their way to being in their best shape for 30 years off the pitch.

 

On it, heâ??s convinced Ally McCoist will lead the club back to the top.

 

But the Ibrox legend wonâ??t forget the turmoil theyâ??ve had to suffer â?? until shamed ex-owner Craig Whyte is behind bars.

 

Itâ??s been eight months since Gers were plunged into administration and 18 weeks since the liquidation process was started.

 

Jardine is just grateful theyâ??re still alive but every time Whyteâ??s name is mentioned he canâ??t help but look back in anger.

 

In an exclusive interview, he told Record Sport: â??I now feel even more bitterness towards Whyte than I did at the time. What he did to this club was an absolute disgrace and I still canâ??t comprehend it.

 

â??It doesnâ??t surprise me he rarely shows his face in Scotland. He couldnâ??t try to defend what he did. He decapitated Rangers.

 

â??But I know the police and fraud squad are continuing to look at things and hopefully they will put him in jail.â?

 

Jardine has seen it all at Ibrox during a four-decade association with the club but nothing could have prepared him for the year theyâ??ve just had to endure.

 

And it pains him trying to explain Rangersâ?? plight to icons of the past, who will soon be celebrated at â??Legends Lunchesâ??.

 

He said: â??Iâ??ve been through hard times but there was never a situation when I thought the club could die, and we could have done this year. When I meet the older ex-players, they canâ??t believe what has happened.

 

â??I met Bobby Brown last week and when he played here, Rangers were known as the biggest club in Britain and one of the biggest in Europe.â?

 

Jardine feels his club have been treated badly by the SFA and SPL, whose indecision left Gers waiting to find out which league theyâ??d be playing in this season.

 

They are now plying their trade in our gameâ??s bottom tier but former Scotland full-back Jardine is adamant Rangersâ?? new chief executive Charles Green is the right man to steer the club back to prosperity.

 

He said: â??Weâ??re now in a far better financial position than weâ??ve been in a long time. It looks as though the share issue will go really well and if itâ??s successful, weâ??ll be in our healthiest position for 30 years.

 

â??Itâ??s still early days but Charles has delivered what he said he would.

 

â??The club has been treated abysmally by the governing bodies. Weâ??ve been let down by them and I include the SFA, SPL and the tax authorities in that.

 

â??We know we deserved punishment and if the SFA and SPL felt we merited punishments, they could have done it within a few weeks.

 

â??But it was left to the last minute, just 24 hours before our first game at Brechin we still didnâ??t know if we had a licence and thatâ??s disgraceful.â?

 

Jardine is convinced Rangers will return to the top of Scottish football and is adamant boss McCoist is the man to take them there.

 

He added: â??Ally has coped well with everything thatâ??s happened but some of the players havenâ??t â?? and you can see that with a couple of our results. But this is a rebuilding job. If the players arenâ??t good enough weâ??ll get others who can do it.â?

 

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/craig-whyte-should-be-jailed-for-what-1384967

[Crimson Dynamo 128]

If Craig Whyte does still have money in Rangers. Why would he come out now and potentially **** up the share issue he is out for himself pure and simple.

 

The BBC just gave him a platform to do it and going by what I watched he just dug a deeper hole for himself with everybody involved

[GovanAllan 0]

Looks like Sandy obviously doesn't talk to Andy at Ibrox.

[andy steel 0]

Good words from Jardine, but I',m not certain we can blame the tax folk for being pissed off with us.

 

Unless he means the retrospective rule changes, in which case we'd have to know if it was HMRC or the govt. which moved the goalposts.

[GovanAllan 0]

Good words from Jardine, but I',m not certain we can blame the tax folk for being pissed off with us.

 

Unless he means the retrospective rule changes, in which case we'd have to know if it was HMRC or the govt. which moved the goalposts.

 

Is he not pointing out the obvious difference between some companies getting let off or given unending time to pay (Starbucks this week I read) and us, no middle ground pay or die.

[der Berliner 3,249]

Good words from Jardine, but I',m not certain we can blame the tax folk for being pissed off with us.

 

Unless he means the retrospective rule changes, in which case we'd have to know if it was HMRC or the govt. which moved the goalposts.

 

The tax folk could have given us a strong indication that they would oppose any sort of CVA as early as March or April, no matter what sort of exact figure was theirs.

[andy steel 0]

True, but they were under no obligation to do so. Especially given our tactics toward them (Whyte's insane no-pay policy)...I can't see Starbucks trying that one out. And if they did, they'd probably get the boot put into them as well.

[simplythebest 0]

and the fact you won't accept the possibility says the same. surely?

 

You have to at least accept it's a pretty bizarre possibility. It had to be proven to the SFA Whyte isn't involved considering he has a lifetime ban from Scottish Football, everyone at the top like Green and Malcolm Murray has denied it, Ally McCoist is happy to work with the current owners and encourage season tickets sales and share buying.

 

As I alluded to earlier, Cameron once told the support not to turn up if they weren't happy when we were having our worst ever run under Alex McLeish, he seems happy to take his directors box seat and whatever Rangers pay him, so why you treat him as so credible I don't know.