Happy Buddie

Eff off, you're supposed to be Poz-itive.

Three "car crashes" I'm looking forward to in the next few months : 1, ongoing downwards spiral of The The Rangers, 2, off-the-cliff plunge of Labour in Scotland and the Lib-Dems generally in May, and 3, comedy drama that will be the Greece-EU argument over bail-outs (see similarities with 1, above), preceeded by the upcoming game between the ugly sisters. I'm caught between two stools (like a man on a dug-shit covered path) on what to do on Sunday, watch it safely in the house with a bottle of claret, or head for a pub, being obviously a neutral, dressed all in black or grey, and watch there but make sure to keep an open channel to the nearest door in case it kicks off.

No, I didn't, it's absolutely true.

I have personal experience of the IRA funding buckets, I attended my only Celtic - Rangers game in 1982?, 3-3 draw which was Davie Moyes's debut. In the Spiringfield Vaults, approached by a scrawny wee ginger nyaff who shook a bucketful of change in my face. When I asked what the collection was for, he said "It's for the cause."

Ahmad in third bid to freeze Rangers' account James Mulholland Thursday 4 September 2014 FORMER Rangers commercial director Imran Ahmad has returned to court for a third time in a bid to have £620,000 frozen in the club's account. FORMER Rangers commercial director Imran Ahmad has returned to court for a third time in a bid to have £620,000 frozen in the club's account. Lawyers acting for Mr Ahmad claim he is owed a £500,000 bonus for the time he spent working at the Championship side. And despite failing on two previous occasions to have the money ring fenced, his lawyers returned to the Court of Session on Wednesday to try again. Interesting to see how this pans out, given the falsehoods that were spun last time "Honest, your honour, we're solvent" over the last few weeks all the news out of Ibrox has been an admission of a company on the skids

We Adore The Pound Stadium. Apparently they're shit-scared in Govan that if we vote YES on the 18th, and Scotland disnae get to keep the pound, nobody will be able to invest in their clumpany any more. (How much for that? £1. How much is that? £1. What does that cost? £1)

It's probably been said already, but it's no surprise the vultures keep coming back to the (deid) carcass. If someone said there's a business with 20000-45000 (who really cares?) regular customers potentially paying £25 each every couple of weeks, who'll keep coming back to fill up the tills, no matter what quality of shyte they're purchasing, most savvy (sharp ) businessmen would jump at the chance, particularly when the shop has a high capital value, could even be a pop-up type shop, where it only has to last long enough, without maintenance, to earn you a few bob profit before you fold up and walk away, leaving an empty shell and a big dirty window covered in circus posters, with slack-faced ex-customers looking in wondering if there's any chance they might get their money back.

I’ve got a number of people ready to invest in Rangers,’ Green told the BBC. ‘I’ve told people this is a great club and a great opportunity. It’s one of the world’s biggest brands in terms of football. ‘I don’t want to go back to Rangers, I left unhappy last year and know it wouldn’t be right to go back. However, to see where the club is now is a disaster. ‘Why Charles Green? I’m not applying to be the Messiah but I won’t let the club continue to slide and become a laughing stock. What I’m saying is if someone else can raise the money then great - if not, I’ll do it. ‘It’s a disjointed fan base and someone needs to stand up and say how it is. I’ve made loads of mistakes I’m not saying I’m a good guy but I’m certainly not the worst guy. Rangers Charles Green Ranger 1 - Hearts 2

Rangers in new stock issue sensation......................aye, a laughing stock. Over the years I've suffered the heartbreak and disappointment that comes with being a Saints supporter, wishing for a wee bit more success. But I don't think I've ever felt as embarrassed as I would feel now if I was a The Rangers fan. I was out with my Rangers supportting mate on Friday night and he's so pissed off and embarrased by them he can't even bring himself to talk about it. As far as he's concerned the club he loved is dead. What's left at Ibrox is a joke.

You've got to admire the balls of the statistician who conjured up thar graphic, makes it look like 2012-13's sales are double 2010's and nearly three times that of 2011, when they are only up 96 and 250, equivalent to 0.25% and 0.65% respectively. Mibbe he's the same guy who's cooking the books keeping an eye on the finances.

Davie Moyes!!!!

I have to comment on this, as it had me fair perplexed one Friday night, making my way home from a pub night in the big smoke, train got to High Street, loads of Celtic strips got on the train, train got to Carntyne, even more Celtic strips got on the train, and I'm thinking who were Celtic playing on a Friday night? So I asked "Who was playing?". "Charlie and the Bhoys" "Oh, OK." I said,thinking Mr Nicholas had brought a legends or a celebrity team, "What was the score?". Blank looks. At that point I realised I was on the wrong planet, and shut up.

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/police-report-highlights-shocking-neglect-3619414 When do we start compulsorily sterilising scumbags like this when they've proven they couldn't look after a hot drink?

They keep saying it, and we keep telling them they're wrong.

Thus we see an alternative (though unworkable) way of buying season tickets, alternative club colours of red and black in the new alternative Rangers strip. This is all about creating an “other” Rangers than the one housed on Edmiston Drive – a bootleg, pirate copy of the original. As PT Barnum is credited to have observed, there are enough suckers born every minute to buy into such an illusion. The piece is entitled "Mutant Rangers". Is this the clone of the "Zombie Rangers" we currently have? "Original"

Jeezo, they must be down on their luck, they cannae even run to a pair of white sports socks each from Sports Direct. Anyhoo, how are the season ticket sales going? Any update? Is there a deadline?

We need an AED.

If they had started in the 3rd Division without all the Billy Big Baws carry on, using what is unarguably a very large support, and with the potential (as raised in the IPO) investment, managing their finances within their means, perhaps taking 4-6 years to reach the Premier Division, we might have been a bit more sympatheic, jist a wee bit, but we all know that the problem would have been they couldnae see the other ugly sister in the Big Time without all the baggage of resentment and jealousy, the (loyal) fans would not have stood for it. I guess to an extent, it's the fans' own fault that they are where they are financially, as the Board knew fine well that "steady as she goes" would not have satisfied the hordes, there would have been substantial "walking away". .

The Buzzcocks - Ever fallen in love with someone?

If anyone is surprised by that, please report to your nearest HNS hospital for a brain insertion. BTW, love the juxtaposition of the last "headline" and the ad below it. No stunner, and certainly never a semi.

http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/john-brown-tells-rangers-fans-to-withhold-cash-in-hope-of-bringing-club-legend-john-g.24217668 The (very) ugly face of Rangers is raised again. Guess who!!! And he's back on his old familiar trail. Who holds the deids? (I know, I misspelt that deliberately)

SHIT!!!! (ok)

Investing in The Rangers to eventually walk away with a sale and leaseback arrangement on Ibrox in your tail pocket would be a financial wet-dream for most City boys, given a return on investment well into double figures, even better than investing in a nice central London flat, without the "property bubble bursting" threat

No? Sorry, I've obviously been misinformed, I had heard there was a relatively small section which can't be used due to underlying structural probelms. Saying that, my point of the next capacity crowd being uncertain in timescale is that it's only going to happen when your team meets the other ugly sister.

Look at what's happened to my team, we moved away from our spiritual home in Love Street, albeit with financial help from Tesco Sugar-daddy, but most of us could see it was a pre 1950s shithole, requiring vast amounts of cash to bring it up to modern standards. I know we get slagged off for having a Lego stadium, but it is 21st century, if not exactly state-of-the-art, easily meeting current safety standards (compare, please, to Firhill's rabbit warren) pretty solidly built, in a low-maintenance cost design. From my understanding, Ibrox as it is, rqeuires a huge amount spent to allow a capacity crowd (whnever that's going to happen) and its mainly 1960s construction now requires very costly ongoing routine maintenance. Sometimes you just have to bite that bullet and decide what's best for the future of the team (club, company, clumpany, whatever).