26th of foot 5,829 Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Salivating Stu' was in giddy triumphalistic mood yesterday. Just when you thought his domination of BBC Radio Scotland airwaves was complete, he announces that Off the Ball is now scheduled for an hour on a Saturday evening, after the action. If you manage to avoid Stu's double dint on a Saturday, there's the two hour Sunday supplement, the current affairs commentary on a Thursday, the, 'my life in five books', alternatively the, 'my life in five tracks', ................ etc. Stu' loves utilising his considerable broadcast time to discuss his trials with psoriasis, appropriate really since he is all over Beeb Scotland like a rash. Channel Four's Director for Diversity was in full flow in last evening's first après-action Off the Ball. He was fully supportive of biggest, bestest mate, Jum Spence's latest whine on behalf of his beloved Dundee United. Stu' is unequivocal, Ibrox is not neutral and the Arabs deserve a 50% allocation of the tickets. I suspect today's Sunday supplement will be used to reinforce these points. Oh, and Stu' was most determined to emphasise Stephen Thompson's point that this was not an exercise in sinking the boot into Rangers. Stu' did not comment on Jum's assertion that Thompson's refusal to sit in the Ibrox Directors' Box is because he feels threatened by certain Rangers Directors. Clearly, both Stephen and Jum have lost their discipline, again. As the show chuntered to conclusion, a wildly excited Stu' bellowed in climax, "over forty thousand Aberdeen fans in Glasgow tomorrow for the League Cup final, arrrrrmahhhgeddonnnnnnn, bring it on". Of course, the Aberdeen revival is Stu's comfort blanket, ignoring the League Cup like the Premiership continues without a sponsor. The real irony is in the delicious detail, Stu' in his state of heightened tumescence was forgetting his own club, St Johnstone were at half time in their match against Ross County, playing in front of a McDairmid Park attendance of 2,200. Aye, that Armageddon has a tendency to bite you on the arse. We know Stu' to be a principled man, don't we? Thus, he will be demanding that his own club are awarded 25,500 Ibrox tickets for their semi-final against Aberdeen. Further, surely on the same principle he has demanded ICT receive 30,000 tickets for today's cup final? Principles are inconvenient, awkward, and unbalancing whence sinking the boot into Rangers. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gingerger 0 Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Putting aside the Rangers angle for a moment, it actually shows to me how out of touch the BBC are with their audience that they continually put guys like this forward on their shows. Cosgrove, Cowan and Chick bloody Young are deeply unpopular with most people, not just Rangers fans. Despite this the BBC continue to push them up front and centre. The simple fact that Cosgrove's lunchtime show is still on air, ten years after it stopped being funny, tells you everything you need to know about the arrogance of that organisation. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waltersgotstyle 297 Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 The same man who said a few weeks ago he hopes never to see an Old Firm game again; as in his opinion the game has held Scottish football back. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Artagnan 173 Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Salivating Stu' was in giddy triumphalistic mood yesterday. Just when you thought his domination of BBC Radio Scotland airwaves was complete, he announces that Off the Ball is now scheduled for an hour on a Saturday evening, after the action. If you manage to avoid Stu's double dint on a Saturday, there's the two hour Sunday supplement, the current affairs commentary on a Thursday, the, 'my life in five books', alternatively the, 'my life in five tracks', ................ etc. Stu' loves utilising his considerable broadcast time to discuss his trials with psoriasis, appropriate really since he is all over Beeb Scotland like a rash. Channel Four's Director for Diversity was in full flow in last evening's first après-action Off the Ball. He was fully supportive of biggest, bestest mate, Jum Spence's latest whine on behalf of his beloved Dundee United. Stu' is unequivocal, Ibrox is not neutral and the Arabs deserve a 50% allocation of the tickets. I suspect today's Sunday supplement will be used to reinforce these points. Oh, and Stu' was most determined to emphasise Stephen Thompson's point that this was not an exercise in sinking the boot into Rangers. Stu' did not comment on Jum's assertion that Thompson's refusal to sit in the Ibrox Directors' Box is because he feels threatened by certain Rangers Directors. Clearly, both Stephen and Jum have lost their discipline, again. As the show chuntered to conclusion, a wildly excited Stu' bellowed in climax, "over forty thousand Aberdeen fans in Glasgow tomorrow for the League Cup final, arrrrrmahhhgeddonnnnnnn, bring it on". Of course, the Aberdeen revival is Stu's comfort blanket, ignoring the League Cup like the Premiership continues without a sponsor. The real irony is in the delicious detail, Stu' in his state of heightened tumescence was forgetting his own club, St Johnstone were at half time in their match against Ross County, playing in front of a McDairmid Park attendance of 2,200. Aye, that Armageddon has a tendency to bite you on the arse. We know Stu' to be a principled man, don't we? Thus, he will be demanding that his own club are awarded 25,500 Ibrox tickets for their semi-final against Aberdeen. Further, surely on the same principle he has demanded ICT receive 30,000 tickets for today's cup final? Principles are inconvenient, awkward, and unbalancing whence sinking the boot into Rangers. Well spotted 26th - some good forward recon work there. Heres an idea for the fans, who in the past have accused the Rangers support of being "gloryhunters" Why not give them a ticket allocation based on their average home gate ? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hildy 0 Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 If we want to see tickets being allocated on the basis of average home gates, and if our return to the top tier sees Ibrox and Parkhead being almost sold out every other week, are we prepared for an imbalance in ticket allocations for Old Firm cup finals and semi-finals? If Celtic average 58,000 and we attract 10,000 less, there will be no more 50/50 splits in Old Firm games. Celtic will get more. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERRAB 3,254 Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Putting aside the Rangers angle for a moment, it actually shows to me how out of touch the BBC are with their audience that they continually put guys like this forward on their shows. Cosgrove, Cowan and Chick bloody Young are deeply unpopular with most people, not just Rangers fans. Despite this the BBC continue to push them up front and centre. The simple fact that Cosgrove's lunchtime show is still on air, ten years after it stopped being funny, tells you everything you need to know about the arrogance of that organisation. The BBC can do as they please so long as they receive the outdated licence fee which should be abolished 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebear54 0 Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 If we want to see tickets being allocated on the basis of average home gates, and if our return to the top tier sees Ibrox and Parkhead being almost sold out every other week, are we prepared for an imbalance in ticket allocations for Old Firm cup finals and semi-finals? If Celtic average 58,000 and we attract 10,000 less, there will be no more 50/50 splits in Old Firm games. Celtic will get more. Celtic want more. More seats of influence. More power. More media influence. More titles no matter how it is achieved. So why not more tickets too? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real PapaBear 0 Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Well spotted 26th - some good forward recon work there. Heres an idea for the fans' date=' who in the past have accused the Rangers support of being "gloryhunters" Why not give them a ticket allocation based on their average home gate ?[/quote'] Alterantively, give them 50% of the tickets as is their right; but make them pay in advance for said tickets. We"ll soon see how many they really want. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Alterantively, give them 50% of the tickets as is their right; but make them pay in advance for said tickets. We"ll soon see how many they really want. We should make them pay in advance for the 13k tickets they're going to get because I sincerely doubt if they'll sell anywhere near that amount. They'll be lucky if they sell 10k. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Barristan Selmy 222 Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Further, surely on the same principle he has demanded ICT receive 30,000 tickets for today's cup final? Principles are inconvenient, awkward, and unbalancing whence sinking the boot into Rangers. Caley would have been offered that if they had that many fans. 30k is almost half the population of Inverness. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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