Lex

With the tax problems at Ibrox HMRC looks set to get the keys to the big hoose. The plan to rename the famous stadium the Inland Revenue Arena....or the IRA for short. Plans not confirmed however, they're just provisional.

The end is nigh.

BBC reporting on twitter: Rangers owner Craig Whyte banned for life from Scottish football, and 12-month transfer embargo imposed on the club. More details soon.

Am i missing something here? In that cold Wednesday night in Paisley you won 2-0 with a goal in either half. In the first game at Tynecastle you were leading going into the last ten minutes before we equalised.....?

Mark Browns been about a bit, you'll need to wrap him in cotton wool between now and then though !

What will Hearts fans first emotion be if they win the cup ? 1) Relief at not seeing Hibs hoodoo broken live against their own team. Or 2) Joy at winning the cup. Not a dig at all. I think option 1 is perfectly understandable. Particularly given the scale and notoriety of Hibs Scottish Cup Hoodoo and the fact most Jambos have seen their team lift the trophy twice in recent years.

First all Edinburgh final since 1896. Congratulations to both teams for getting this far. Have a great day and do Scottish Football proud lads. Now keep it friendly

Liquidation and sale of Ibrox and Murray Park to supermarkets / housing developers will be the best deal for the tax payer. I hope HMRC pushes for this and doesn't settle for 10p in the pound or a similar white wash. Rangers Newco can literally start from scratch: No ground No training facilities No players Nothing Would be interesting to see how many of the ' don't do walking away ' brigade will turn out to watch a side of nobodies playing at a rented ground.

Despite working in the financial secotor, I haven't really followed this debacle in any great detail, purely because it's so boring. The way I see it though, Rangers are fucked regardless of the outcome. Hence why I had to laugh when they were singing ' Every little thing is going to be alright ' today. I can see 3 scenarios: 1) Rangers lose big tax case and are liquidated and cant agree a CVA and cease to exist in their current form... Have to reapply to the SPL blah blah... 2). Rangers lose big tax case but reach a CVA with there creditors (10p in the pound for example, and owe around 10 milliion) so with this debt plus no season ticket income (ticketus) they have a playing budget, which is, at best, similar to SPL teams like ourselves for the foreseeable future. 3). Rangers win big tax case but still have to reach a CVA with other creditors ( wee tax case, Craig Whyte, etc ) so with this debt plus no season ticket income (ticketus) they have a playing budget which is, at best, similar to other SPL clubs like ourselves for the foreseeable future. 1 of the 3...take your pick lads

Laphroaig is my personal favourite. Very peaty and strong nose. Warms the cockles.

Time between Liam Stacey tweet and jail sentence = 10 days. Time between John Terry accusation and start of trial on July 9 = 260 days. Why the disparity? Both are racial public order offences.

I would love to compare him to a Falkirk player, problem is i have absolutely no idea who any of your players are. Apart from El Alagui of course, who wants to be the next in a long line of players to make the big step up from Falkirk to St Mirren. Let's hope he's more of a Higdon or a Thomson than a Lynch or a Ross. Thanks for rearing our future stars, we owe you one

Just got tickets for Steel Panther at the end of March in the 02.

Prince

Of course he has planned this all along. I pointed this out the day he bought the club. Whytes business plan for Glasgow Rangers would have been something like: 1) Take over the club for £1 and make loads of pie in the sky promises about player budgets to get the fans onside initally. 2) Mortgage 4 years worth of season tickets and then get Lloyds off your back with ' 18 million of my own money ' () 3) Put the club into admin and make sure you are personally named as a creditor. 4) Get the administrators to run the club in the creditors best interests ( ie your own ) - that's what they do anyway! - which will result in years of football oblivion but you certainly don't care about that. 5) Take the club out of admin and get it back on its feet whenever possible. 6) Sell the now debt and tax case free club for a lot more than you bought it for as it is now a far more attractive proposition. Who cares about the x amount of years you just spent in the footballing wilderness? 7) Laugh your way to the bank with your £x million profit. Dissappear into sunset. Easy money !

Yee-ha! Let's hope Desmond gets bored and Celtic follow follow their sister into oblivion.

Campi Viejo Rioja Crianza 2008. ' Intense ripe cherries on the nose with flavours of spicy cranberries and redcurrants ' 3rd glass.

Texas - Summer Sun

Christmas

Charity

Westlife - Queen of my Heart

Elton John - Saturday Nights Alright for Fighting

Surely gold bound Le Sodomy was my favouirte although there were so many great contenders !

Leave Morton fans alone guys, they know not what they do, plus they have been very very very unlucky with injuries. They actually have the best starting 11 in the SFL don't you know ?

Max