Sting777 Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 seems to be getting a tad concerned about our favourite comedy club!! http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/keith-jackson-taking-risk-part-4102972 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 An article about celtic in the CL, you wacky whistle fans..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave.j Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 An article about celtic in the CL, you wacky whistle fans..... At this point I should probably thank James and Sandy Easdale for the Ice Bucket Challenge nomination which came my way on Saturday night. Challenge reluctantly accepted by the way. The irony here is that, at a time while apparently everyone inside Ibrox seems so keen to splash around for good causes, Big Sandy might be about to have to take an altogether different and far more painful bath before the week is out. Back in February of this year Easdale first showed his philanthropic side when he handed Rangers £500,000 in an emergency loan to keep the floodlights switched on. Big-hearted hedge fund managers Laxey Partners (now theres an oxymoron) were also prepared to pony up a further £1m as part of the bail-out package until, that is, concerned Rangers fan George Letham stepped in to offer up the same amount on far more favourable terms. Letham was doing his club the ultimate solid. Handing over an enormous sum of money and protecting it from a potential asset grab by Laxey who demanded security against the Albion Car Park and Edmiston House as part of the conditions. The loans were supposed to be repaid as soon as the club had banked its first £1.5m in season ticket sales and by no later than the close of the last business day of August. Well, by my reckoning, that means the Rangers board now has until around 5pm on Friday to settle its debt with Letham and Easdale while also meeting another monthly wage bill on Thursday. If indeed it was the intention of chief executive Graham Wallace to repay this cash from money raised by a new share issue and he did say it would be launched in August then he is running out of time. Once again the situation behind the scenes at Ibrox is becoming dreadfully serious but while Easdale can afford to play it for laughs in his position at the top of the staircase, Letham must be wondering why on earth he was prepared to take such an expensive risk in the first instance. Is that an ice bath or an iceberg dead ahead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 IF anyone out there needed reminding football is for the risk takers at least the events of the last week will have served some kind of purpose. On the face of it, some gambles make sense based on sound logic, like Ronny Delia’s decision to sacrifice Kris Commons to stiffen up Celtic’s chances of accessing the Champions League’s hole in the wall. Others not so much. (I’m looking at you Brendan Rodgers – the only manager in the world who might see the appeal in selling one of the game’s two greatest liabilities, then replacing him with the other, much less talented one.) Some of them will work. Some will backfire spectacularly, like Deila’s decision to take his reserves to Inverness at the weekend. All will be forgiven, of course, if tomorrow night a revitalised Celtic complete the job they started in Maribor last week and bank the club another £20 million of UEFA’s loot. With that kind of cash at stake Deila had every reason to prioritise the return tie, especially given the extent of Celtic’s dominance in the domestic league. In fact, this one will only come back to bite him on the bum if ICT are still sitting top of the table with four games to go, rather than with just the four played. But, when all’s said and done, they’re all punts at the end of the day. Football is jam packed with punts. Just look at Malky Mackay who didn’t even realise the risk involved in sending ‘inappropriate’ text messages from his company phone until it was too late and Cardiff owner Vincent Tan had got his little leather gloves all over them. Mackay is now in the horrible position of trying to defend the indefensible while pleading for his professional career. Many will argue he deserves all that’s coming to him which is perfectly understandable given the shockingly prejudiced nature of the remarks which were swapped in private but which have now been consumed by a horrified public. And they may well be correct. But should it not also be possible to feel sympathy for Mackay on a human level without being branded as some kind of apologist or even worse a like-minded bigot? There is no defending the language used in those exchanges between Mackay and his then colleague Iain Moody. In fact, some of it is deeply concerning and raises serious questions about the inner psyche of whoever was responsible. That man may even be in need of some professional help. But, even so, there is also something grotesque and – in many quarters – hypocritical about the feeding frenzy which has been triggered by the release of these exchanges. A blood lust has developed here and Mackay the man is being savaged on an endless loop on 24-hour TV. It should be difficult for us all to watch but these days too many people care more about demanding their pound of flesh than in showing any sort of human compassion. And all this over a risk Mackay obviously didn’t even realise he was taking at the time. There are football managers out there, some of them a lot closer to home, who may now be breaking out in cold sweats at the thought of what the IT crowd might uncover if ordered to go trawling through company phones and computers by their superiors. Some might even get involved in charity stunts in the hope of winning over a dubious public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The DA Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I agree with much of what you say, Bennett. What's both disturbing and slightly nausea-inducing is that many of the meeja-machine's targets are the very celebrities that they helped create in the first place. Set 'em up, knock 'em down. Next. Malky Mackay's situation is puzzling. I don't think he's stupid - quite the reverse - but how to explain those texts? I honestly don't believe for a minute that he personally believes any of the sentiments expressed. Does anyone think that he would dig into someone's sexual preferences or ask someone their religion as part of a job interview? Even if he knew the answers in advance, would it stop him employing the right person> If I'm wrong, and he really is a racist, homopohobic misogynist, then hell mend him. Back to your post. If you are saying that Rangers financial risk-taking is in some ways comparable to the risk Celtic took at the weekend, then you're a blethering haverpoke. Both the likelihood of the Celtic risk materialising and the financial and reputational impact if it does, are minor and, more importantly, legal. Rangers' financial risks, on the other hand... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bookies Love Me Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I agree with much of what you say, Bennett. What's both disturbing and slightly nausea-inducing is that many of the meeja-machine's targets are the very celebrities that they helped create in the first place. Set 'em up, knock 'em down. Next. Malky Mackay's situation is puzzling. I don't think he's stupid - quite the reverse - but how to explain those texts? I honestly don't believe for a minute that he personally believes any of the sentiments expressed. Does anyone think that he would dig into someone's sexual preferences or ask someone their religion as part of a job interview? Even if he knew the answers in advance, would it stop him employing the right person> If I'm wrong, and he really is a racist, homopohobic misogynist, then hell mend him. Back to your post. If you are saying that Rangers financial risk-taking is in some ways comparable to the risk Celtic took at the weekend, then you're a blethering haverpoke. Both the likelihood of the Celtic risk materialising and the financial and reputational impact if it does, are minor and, more importantly, legal. Rangers' financial risks, on the other hand... Marvellous turn of phrase! (Don't know what it means. But, being aimed at benny, I think I've got the general gist. Most people just call him an idiot). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I agree with much of what you say, Bennett. What's both disturbing and slightly nausea-inducing is that many of the meeja-machine's targets are the very celebrities that they helped create in the first place. Set 'em up, knock 'em down. Next. Malky Mackay's situation is puzzling. I don't think he's stupid - quite the reverse - but how to explain those texts? I honestly don't believe for a minute that he personally believes any of the sentiments expressed. Does anyone think that he would dig into someone's sexual preferences or ask someone their religion as part of a job interview? Even if he knew the answers in advance, would it stop him employing the right person> If I'm wrong, and he really is a racist, homopohobic misogynist, then hell mend him. Back to your post. If you are saying that Rangers financial risk-taking is in some ways comparable to the risk Celtic took at the weekend, then you're a blethering haverpoke. Both the likelihood of the Celtic risk materialising and the financial and reputational impact if it does, are minor and, more importantly, legal. Rangers' financial risks, on the other hand... You don't think Vicky thought that up all by herself, do you. First rule of P&B - If a bennett post is: a. Mostly spelled correctly, and b. More than ten words long, It's a C&P job. Unattributed, naturally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Haw Norm, get your mind back to tonights game and sticking it to those Ayr kunts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sting777 Posted August 26, 2014 Author Share Posted August 26, 2014 An article about celtic in the CL, you wacky whistle fans..... Nah an article from "WOTR" about impending doom possibly approaching Sevco at the end of the month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 You don't think Vicky thought that up all by herself, do you . Have you been whoooshed by the DA or has he been whoooshed by Bennett? I'm confused. Surely, nobody could really confuse the writing of a professional journalist -even a Daily Record one - with that produced by Bennett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The DA Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Whether he wrote it or poached it (doh!), I'm assuming he agrees with the general sentiment expressed. Which makes him a blethering haverpoke (my granddad's expression). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Have you been whoooshed by the DA or has he been whoooshed by Bennett? I'm confused. Surely, nobody could really confuse the writing of a professional journalist -even a Daily Record one - with that produced by Bennett. I got the impression that DA thought Bennett had written the post that DA quoted. (Hope I'm wrong, but...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Have you been whoooshed by the DA or has he been whoooshed by Bennett? I'm confused. Surely, nobody could really confuse the writing of a professional journalist -even a Daily Record one - with that produced by Bennett. Hmph! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The DA Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I got the impression that DA thought Bennett had written the post that DA quoted. (Hope I'm wrong, but...) Sorry for letting you all down. I was whooshed. I can never remember which of the Rangers posters are smarter than the average bear. And which aren't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Sorry for letting you all down. I was whooshed. I can never remember which of the Rangers posters are smarter than the average bear. And which aren't. The_Kincardine, youngsy, Tedi and forever_blue are fairly sound, IMO. No4/8/16 can be worth reading in his more lucid moments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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