26th of foot 5,829 Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 18 minutes ago, der Berliner said: Seemingly, SPFL board member and Rangers CO Stewart Robertson only became aware of the SPFL's "independent" Deloitte investigation after it was done and dusted. Well ... Please allow me to quote Michael Stewart from today's BBC Scotland's interview with Neil Doncaster, "Neil Doncaster is a thoroughly decent guy". 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CammyF 6,779 Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 1 hour ago, 26th of foot said: Please allow me to quote Michael Stewart from today's BBC Scotland's interview with Neil Doncaster, "Neil Doncaster is a thoroughly decent guy". To the failed trialist, I am sure Doncaster does appear to be a decent guy.... not much of a character reference to be fair. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Gaffer said: I just read the latest SPFL statement out today. Apparently Ann Budge is wrong ... clubs were given "an advance" four years ago ... not a loan. LAUGH OUT LOUD. Who the hell is writing these statements and why did they think that would help?!? They just keep digging themselves a bigger hole. So it's not ok to give clubs a loan but they can get an advance. Wait a minute, I though that they couldn't get an advance. Has anyone else lost track of how many times these halfwits have changed their story. Scottish football is a joke, and the clowns are in charge. I'm so embarrassed and yet I'm just a fan. Imagine actually being on the board. Imagine being the chairman. Imagine being the CEO. But the advance was repaid in full. Don't forget that 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CammyF 6,779 Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 Why is no one asking why 1 SPFL club forgo'ed their cash to advance it to 2 other clubs? Why was this done, who was aware of it? What, if any, strings were attached to the "advancements" (Don't call them loans)? Also, if advancements were easily available in 2017 why not now? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
barca72 440 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 8 hours ago, CammyF said: Why is no one asking why 1 SPFL club forgo'ed their cash to advance it to 2 other clubs? Why was this done, who was aware of it? What, if any, strings were attached to the "advancements" (Don't call them loans)? Also, if advancements were easily available in 2017 why not now? Upcoming civil lawsuits. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uilleam 5,409 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 When the going gets tough, the tough call for..........Alan Stubbs. No, really. In the Wife Beater's Weekly you may read his, em, thoughts, This smacks of desperation: desperation by Messrs Lie, Cheat, and Bastardy Ltd; desperation by fhilthfc; desperation, even, by the journalist and editors. (Although it is likely that they all receive the same instruction.) I suppose tripe like this serves two purposes. Firstly it keeps the knuckle draggers happy, as it threatens us, however emptily. Secondly, it may serve as part of a deflection from, or smokescreen over, something nasty loomimg over rasellik's horizon. Alan Stubbs fires Rangers warning shot as ex-Celtic star makes stark Ibrox title stripping claim Stubbs says the Ibrox club are in danger of opening up a can of worms by sticking to their guns over a null and void conclusion. By Ewing Grahame 06.00 3 MAY 2020 Alan Stubbs has warned Rangers to avoid the null and void talk on the Premiership or risk being stripped of some of their own titles. The former Celtic star says the Ibrox club are in danger of opening up a can of worms by sticking to their guns over their opposition to the SPFL calling the season now and awarding the title to Neil Lennon’s men and Hearts being relegated. The Hoops are 13 points clear with eight games remaining but Rangers insist the title can only be won on the pitch and that finishing the season with a significant amount of games still to play impacts upon the integrity of the game. Ibrox managing director Stewart Robertson also stated they are opposed to playing matches behind closed doors. And former Rangers star and manager Ally McCoist claimed there would forever be an asterisk against Celtic’s name if the SPFL award them the title. But former Hoops defender Stubbs warned Gers they should be careful what they wish for because preventing the season ending early could see titles they won during the EBT era being brought into question. He said: “Rangers should be very careful because if they start saying this campaign should be null and void then what about all the leagues they won when they were later found in court to be bending the rules regarding their tax avoidance? “The difference here is that Celtic have done nothing wrong while Rangers did do something wrong and still kept those titles. “Plus, if anything, if the season had continued, I could only see the gap between the two clubs becoming even wider. “For me, it’s not even up for discussion because Celtic would have finished even further ahead. “Rangers had been more or less admitting that their season was over before the lockdown even happened and they were only ever playing for second place this year. “Last December when Rangers bossed Celtic at Parkhead we thought we had a genuine title race but then the wheels fell off for them. They have been really poor since the winter break. “Sometimes you look outside for excuses but it’s better to look at home for them. They only have themselves to blame for that. “Celtic deserve to be champions – it’s the other end of the table where the problem is.” Stubbs also criticised Robertson for dismissing closed-door games. The former Hibs boss said: “That’s just a ridiculous comment because the most important thing at the moment is that people are dying out there and mass gatherings put lives at risk.” Ibrox coach Michael Beale also came under fire from Stubbs over his claims that December’s Betfred Cup final was the most one-sided ever, despite Gers losing 1-0 to Celtic. Stubbs reckons that simply highlighted Rangers’ shortcomings. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/alan-stubbs-fires-rangers-warning-21963897 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CammyF 6,779 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 Where to do start with that pile of tripe (in the week that managers of the tax avoidance scheme used by Celtic staff and players lost their latest appeal and another link to the Boys Club scandal was revealed)? Best off ignored really....... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,239 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 (edited) Well, biggest problem here is that public opinion and perception of us is created by the m(h)edia and their hangers on, like we see above with Stubbs mindlessly bragging on about EBTs et al.We on here can dismiss it as the utter rubbish it is, but that's what is out there and read by the public. People who hardly ever open a Rangers website or read Rangers FC twitterings or club statements, unless some of it is mentioned in the m(h)edia (and usually twisted to suit an agenda. Be it the Stenhousemuir chairman or some mud-dweller in Aberdeen.The Scum settled the score with the media quickly, threatening papers and journos alike with legal action. For a decade or so it worked, as you hardly read an article that included the Celtic and sectarian alongside one another for ages, even when outright hooliganism occured, the media was utterly reluctant to speak of Celtic fans despite images in the same article showed the culprits.We removed press privileges of Scrote and the BBC Scotland branch started an all out campaign against us ... would you assume the same had happened when it was the Scum involved here?One has to walk carefully here, as Scotland remains a pond and the opinion-making pondlife that makes up large quantities of modern day Scottish sports media won't go away anytime soon. Likewise, in good old Scottish tradition, some journos see a point in siding with Rangers (as a force in the game in full rehabilitation mode), at least when the grounds are safe. It is a way of politics that makes me sick, as we have to deal in muddy waters, but at the end of the day, it has to be done. Edited May 3, 2020 by der Berliner 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7 5,145 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 The usual Stubbsian philosophy ..... except ..... except “Plus, if anything, if the season had continued, I could only see the gap between the two clubs becoming even wider. “For me, it’s not even up for discussion because Celtic would have finished even further ahead. “Rangers had been more or less admitting that their season was over before the lockdown even happened and they were only ever playing for second place this year. “Last December when Rangers bossed Celtic at Parkhead we thought we had a genuine title race but then the wheels fell off for them. They have been really poor since the winter break. “Sometimes you look outside for excuses but it’s better to look at home for them. They only have themselves to blame for that.“ I might be able to argue that but I doubt if I would persuade many. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERRAB 3,254 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 19 hours ago, 26th of foot said: Please allow me to quote Michael Stewart from today's BBC Scotland's interview with Neil Doncaster, "Neil Doncaster is a thoroughly decent guy". Doncaster is one of Liewell’s useful idiots who can be sacrificed if need be. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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