Araminta Moonbeam QC

LoL-tastic.

Apparently written by Giovanni Di Stefano...

'after all this time?' 10 weeks? They can unwind transactions within the last 5 years.

No, that's not the point. All that D & P were interested in was selling 'the club'. They did not sell off assets (players, property). Anyone taking on the club was saddled with the mess. The admins role was to secure the best deal for the creditors. Lord Hodge and BDO will both be taking a view as to whether they did that. It is not inconceivable that the sale to Green could be viewed as gratuitous alienation and unwound.

Furthermore, the assets themselves were never offered for sale without the business (complete with toxic debt).

Yeah, they can 'put themselves in the shop window' and hope to attract the attention of The Rangers, who will be banned from signing them. Logically, a very sound argument. The bullshit-o-meter appears to have been cranked up to 11 at Ibrokes today, 3 billionaires 'hopefully' investing (we all know how often Charlie's hopes are dashed). Season tickets flying off the shelves. I only need to hear the term 'warchest' for a full house on Sevco Bullshit Bingo. Its like the good old days of the bold Craig Whyte's tenure at the Big Hoose. So, they'll probably be in admin by next Friday.

Britney on Twitter says current ST sales are 21k.

If pics bear out the attendance under reporting, then the SFA should (and I use that word advisedly) ban them from any pay on gate games going forward. Course, we all know that will never happen.

Report on Beeb website says outright that the attendance looked larger than the reported gate.

So Rangers Trust say 50k earlier, now its only 38k. I know they like to leave early to get the Subway but still..... Someone's at it, one way or another....... The more things change, the more they stay the same.

I seemed to pick up during this debacle that wages were paid around the 20th. Course its a NEW company now, so who knows? I assume they're waiting for a capacity crowd to turn up and pay on the gate tomorrow night, then the wages office can divvy it all up into wee brown envelopes.

Some chat on CQN that wages have not been paid down Ibrox way.

Congratulations. You have officially won teh internets for today

Likelihood of them still being in business by the end of the season = minimal. Likelihood of a few Peepul being in the big hoose wi' the wee windaes = looks to be increasing.

Dimwit Dodds v Mark Daly on Sportsound Daly lays it on the line for him. Dodds says 'It wasn't mah business, ah just signed the papers'.

Oh aye, forgot about that. I'm sure he's got a wee bolt-hole in a dynamic European city like say, Manchester or Barcelona. He'll be welcomed with open arms.

I assume that this is his last roll of the dice before he absconds to a country with no extradition treaty in place.

Oh wait.................. you mean it really WAS all the fault of the bold Craigy Whyte?

Murray bullshit in full: http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/rangers/114085-rangers-didnt-cheat-sir-david-murrays-statement-in-full/

Re no Newco in SPL “I would question whether sporting integrity was the underlying motive for many who took this decision”. #Murray Oh, that’s right – we are ALL bigots/jealous. FFS. Charles Green in a more expensive suit.

Murray denying everything. Shockerooni.

Ally seems 'hopeful' of quite a lot. Chas Green is always 'hopeful' as well. Sadly his hopes often come to naught. Last week they were signing Greek ace Kafes for £500k a year. He trained with them for 2 days then went home. Ruse to sell season tickets before the aptly named deadline? Surely not.

Minty's issuing a statement later, according to STV reporter on Twitter. Any ideas as to the contents? I'm going with 'it wisname me, a big boy did it and ran away, that porno guy said it was legit and I will never accept the legitimacy of any court' Or 'it's a fair cop,guv' Probably the first.

Although I note the 'players are victims', 'people who want to strip titles are lunatics' and 'league must be reconstructed' slipped in at the end. Aye, as the Club Deck is closed, I'm assuming corporate hospitality will be limited this season. Nae luck.

Has anyone read the Craig Burley column? He's changed his bloody tune... (edit: will post his ramblings, so you don't have to go onto the DR webshite) _____________ Charles Green must stop talking nonsense and get on with rescuing Rangers CHARLES GREEN'S comments do Rangers no favours as they try to rebuild their brand which at this stage is lower than a caterpillar’s belly. Charles Green doesn’t seem able to stop spouting ludicrous statements that make him sound like a fool. His comments also do Rangers no favours as they try to rebuild their brand which at this stage is lower than a caterpillar’s belly. His recent remarks about decisions made against Rangers being based on bigotry are disgraceful. I’d love to hear his definition of what West of Scotland bigotry is. For him to also claim his club will have a better balance sheet than Celtic a year from now is ridiculous. It smacks of the infamous Sir David Murray taunt of the fiver and tenner scenario that came back to haunt him. And Green capped all that by clapping along to supporters’ chants about SFA chief Stewart Regan – a gesture designed to win over the fans but which were infantile for a man in his position. Make no mistake, Rangers don’t need to bring added pressure on themselves. The club are a million miles behind Celtic and must concentrate on trying to make up ground. They should do it quietly and focus on their own affairs. Ally McCoist should also choose his words more carefully. He has to stop blaming others and getting involved in off-field matters. The season is under way and he now has to be a full-time football manager. The time has arrived for McCoist to give his players his full attention to make sure the club get up the leagues and into the SPL as quickly as possible. It’s also time for Green and McCoist to show a united front. I don’t think their relationship is good but no-one is bigger than the club and they must put any issues aside for the good of Rangers. Why have we yet to see them stand side by side for a public photo ahead of the new league campaign? Whether Ally and most Rangers fans like it or not, Green and his consortium are in charge and must be given the chance to take the club forward. There was no knight in shining armour riding in to save the Ibrox outfit. The rich Gers fans didn’t do enough to rescue their club so the moaning has to stop. For the past six months Rangers have hogged the news – from administration to liquidation, oldco to newco. We’ve had redundancies, sleepless nights, Walter Mitty characters and Sir David Murray. At first the whole country was intrigued but now we’re just bored. Decisions have been made and the season has started ... and thank goodness for that. There is one outcome still to come – the independent commission’s inquiry into Rangers’ alleged EBT payments to players between 2000 and 2011. The commission has the authority to decide what sanctions, if any, to impose. There will be a clamour for the club to be stripped of titles but don’t include me in that groundswell of opinion. I have no desire to join the lunatics. Players are the victims in all this – they don’t deserve to have medals taken away and happy memories tarnished. That issue may occupy the minds of many in the weeks ahead but I’m more concerned with what happens to our game in the next decade, not the previous one. With that in mind I hope the SFA, SPL and SFL are looking at ways to restructure and revitalise Scottish football. They must come up with a plan to make the product more exciting and more valuable. That surely can’t be too difficult.