I've just finished reading an article on Celtic Quick News, that makes interesting reading, both for those with a liking for numbers and those who like a bit of GIRFUY-manship towards Sauron's hordes from Mordor.
To business then:
Dick Advocaat, at a time immediately preceeding a crash in the transfer market caused by clubs insecurity regarding the Bosman effect, decided in his wisdom to spend over £80m in little over 3 years. Rangers have toiled to claw that money back since the end of his tenure and are now playing catch-up to a team that appears to be utterly wiping the board with them in terms of finance and indeed shiny cup things since the turn of the century.
In contrast to this mighty spendathon as well as the spendathon that has continued to produce sporadic triumphs on the park, the big club from across the city, Elrond the Wise's fair elves if you will, have spent less than £75m on player acquisitions since the wee bunneted fella left for a few rounds of golf.
Six championships in the past 8 seasons is remarkable when you consider that during that period Rangers have outspent Celtic by a fair margin, including a whopping £28m spend in one season to witness the utter capitulation that was season 2000-01.
Anyway, congrats to The Little General and others.
Lol.
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do you have a link to the article?
QUOTE (JUMPURS @ Aug 8 2008, 09:42) 
do you have a link to the article?
a number of months later
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QUOTE (pollymac @ Aug 8 2008, 08:42)
I've just finished reading an article on Celtic Quick News, that makes interesting reading, both for those with a liking for numbers and those who like a bit of GIRFUY-manship towards Sauron's hordes from Mordor.
To business then:
Dick Advocaat, at a time immediately preceeding a crash in the transfer market caused by clubs insecurity regarding the Bosman effect, decided in his wisdom to spend over £80m in little over 3 years. Rangers have toiled to claw that money back since the end of his tenure and are now playing catch-up to a team that appears to be utterly wiping the board with them in terms of finance and indeed shiny cup things since the turn of the century.
In contrast to this mighty spendathon as well as the spendathon that has continued to produce sporadic triumphs on the park, the big club from across the city, Elrond the Wise's fair elves if you will, have spent less than £75m on player acquisitions since the wee bunneted fella left for a few rounds of golf.
Six championships in the past 8 seasons is remarkable when you consider that during that period Rangers have outspent Celtic by a fair margin, including a whopping £28m spend in one season to witness the utter capitulation that was season 2000-01.
Anyway, congrats to The Little General and others.
Lol.
To business then:
Dick Advocaat, at a time immediately preceeding a crash in the transfer market caused by clubs insecurity regarding the Bosman effect, decided in his wisdom to spend over £80m in little over 3 years. Rangers have toiled to claw that money back since the end of his tenure and are now playing catch-up to a team that appears to be utterly wiping the board with them in terms of finance and indeed shiny cup things since the turn of the century.
In contrast to this mighty spendathon as well as the spendathon that has continued to produce sporadic triumphs on the park, the big club from across the city, Elrond the Wise's fair elves if you will, have spent less than £75m on player acquisitions since the wee bunneted fella left for a few rounds of golf.
Six championships in the past 8 seasons is remarkable when you consider that during that period Rangers have outspent Celtic by a fair margin, including a whopping £28m spend in one season to witness the utter capitulation that was season 2000-01.
Anyway, congrats to The Little General and others.
Lol.
Bet you regret booing and abusing the same "wee bunnetted fella" when he unfurled the league flag. Scotland's shame indeed.
QUOTE (smithers-jones @ Dec 4 2008, 20:07)
Bet you regret booing and abusing the same "wee bunnetted fella" when he unfurled the league flag. Scotland's shame indeed.
Yes, I totally regret doing something that, erm, I didn't do
QUOTE (Eönwë @ Dec 4 2008, 20:20)
Yes, I totally regret doing something that, erm, I didn't do
So it didn't happen then?
QUOTE (pollymac @ Aug 8 2008, 08:42)
I've just finished reading an article on Celtic Quick News, that makes interesting reading, both for those with a liking for numbers and those who like a bit of GIRFUY-manship towards Sauron's hordes from Mordor.
To business then:
Dick Advocaat, at a time immediately preceeding a crash in the transfer market caused by clubs insecurity regarding the Bosman effect, decided in his wisdom to spend over £80m in little over 3 years. Rangers have toiled to claw that money back since the end of his tenure and are now playing catch-up to a team that appears to be utterly wiping the board with them in terms of finance and indeed shiny cup things since the turn of the century.
In contrast to this mighty spendathon as well as the spendathon that has continued to produce sporadic triumphs on the park, the big club from across the city, Elrond the Wise's fair elves if you will, have spent less than £75m on player acquisitions since the wee bunneted fella left for a few rounds of golf.
Six championships in the past 8 seasons is remarkable when you consider that during that period Rangers have outspent Celtic by a fair margin, including a whopping £28m spend in one season to witness the utter capitulation that was season 2000-01.
Anyway, congrats to The Little General and others.
Lol.
To business then:
Dick Advocaat, at a time immediately preceeding a crash in the transfer market caused by clubs insecurity regarding the Bosman effect, decided in his wisdom to spend over £80m in little over 3 years. Rangers have toiled to claw that money back since the end of his tenure and are now playing catch-up to a team that appears to be utterly wiping the board with them in terms of finance and indeed shiny cup things since the turn of the century.
In contrast to this mighty spendathon as well as the spendathon that has continued to produce sporadic triumphs on the park, the big club from across the city, Elrond the Wise's fair elves if you will, have spent less than £75m on player acquisitions since the wee bunneted fella left for a few rounds of golf.
Six championships in the past 8 seasons is remarkable when you consider that during that period Rangers have outspent Celtic by a fair margin, including a whopping £28m spend in one season to witness the utter capitulation that was season 2000-01.
Anyway, congrats to The Little General and others.
Lol.
Don't let HB read this!
It may precipitate nonsense about "net" spending, or his favourite subject: Celtic FC's alleged wagebill vis a vis the orcs in season 2004/05.
QUOTE (smithers-jones @ Dec 4 2008, 20:27)
So it didn't happen then?
Well obviously it didn't, as that's exactly what I said
QUOTE (Eönwë @ Dec 4 2008, 20:38)
Well obviously it didn't, as that's exactly what I said
So its another incident airbrushed from the history of Scotland's shame?
QUOTE (smithers-jones @ Dec 4 2008, 20:49)
So its another incident airbrushed from the history of Scotland's shame?
What does it have to do with rangers?
QUOTE (Eönwë @ Dec 5 2008, 07:10)
What does it have to do with rangers?
Who mentioned Rangers?
QUOTE (smithers-jones @ Dec 5 2008, 10:45)
Who mentioned Rangers?
Nobody mentioned them by name, but you used the synonymous "Scotland's shame".
QUOTE (smithers-jones @ Dec 4 2008, 20:49)
So its another incident airbrushed from the history of Scotland's shame?
oh dear...
QUOTE (Eönwë @ Dec 5 2008, 12:30)
Nobody mentioned them by name, but you used the synonymous "Scotland's shame".
After your Club's refusal to hold a minute's silence in respect of those who gave their lives for this country, not to mentioned the scum who actually walked out, I think the baton was passed in your direction.
QUOTE (smithers-jones @ Dec 4 2008, 20:27)
So it didn't happen then?
That wasn't what you asked
QUOTE (sev @ Dec 5 2008, 17:17)
That wasn't what you asked
Correct.
If you're going to sling mud then at least do it properly!
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