FrugalNory

The spell check never picked it up. However, my heartfelt apologies for not being a proffesional journalist.

I'm not sure if there is a policy about linking to other similiar sites, but I would quite like to share a blog post I wrote elsewhere. In short, it's my own personal take on the Rangers situation. Anyway, as you were.

Pretty sure he didn't pay a fee for exclusivity.

Your average punter with access to wikipedia can fathom out the avg attendances of various national leagues. Speirs, Herald and Guardian Journo, hasn't the first clue and spouts scaremongering falshoods on live radio instead. Priceless.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0079mcc Hit the listen now button and enjoy. :-)

Just caught Off the ball from the weekend. Stuart Cosgrove ripping Speirs apart is truly fantastic. A must listen.

Nailed on adjournment today. "Right boys, we could sort out this Rangers thing the now. But I hear on the grape vine that spoons have a Curry night on the day. Which is it going to be?"

I'm calling it now. Other than the clone Rangers being given a token short term punishment nothing much will change. Fans will still go after the initial fury has died down and in two to three years everything will be back to normal. Money talks.

It's a no brainer for those that are voting. Do you go for a definite drop in income by relegating the Rangers clone, or a potential drop in income from boycottes by letting them stay. This decision is already made. What we're really waiting for is how significant other sanctions might be. Nothing short of crippling them to the point that they are fighting relegation will do me. 40 point deduction for next 3 years (at least) and a wage cap of pennies. Thats most likely as good as you can hope for

Because he's the only game in town and the SPL want to their TV deal intact. They probably offered to wash his car to.

F#ck em. Even the "blueprints" Leeds and Palace suffered severe hardship in the lower reaches before and after they newco'd. They had to put mince they could actually afford onto the park. If Tax Dodger FC 2012 carry on as normal next season onwards I'm done. I'll no be back to an spl game. Thats no empty threat as some suggest, it's a fact. Better things to do.

I might be missing something here (and I haven't been back to check if this has been previously confirmed or not) but this is not a done deal yet surely? All he's done is bought the right to have a wee squint at the books before anyone else, no? There's still a long road to go. Including sorting out a predicatably messy CVA and getting some sort of agreement from the authorities that Rangers 2012 can inherit 1872's league share? Neither of the above are (yet) certain as far as I'm aware. (Although quite likely re: league share)

I was being facetious

When the time comes for the newco to buy all of the "oldco" assets I do hope Steve Brown swoops in, outbids them, and buys the history of titles and cups since it's that easy to pass achievements onto a new team that has hee haw to do with the old one. It'll also shut the St Mirren fans right up on here, St Johnstone would suddenly become the most successfull club in Scottish football and all for only a few quid.

It's not decided yet AFAIK, at the moment it is only a proposal and voting on it has been suspended "for clarity". When it came to the crunch the SPL bottled it quicker than 11 guys in Green and White hoops at Hampden Park.

It was predictable Sally would argue the history follows the "team in blue shirts". But he's wrong, it's a not in any way shape or form a continuation of Bankrupt FC. It's a brand new team, brand new company crucially WITHOUT 3 years worth of accounts. I suspect the limit of Ally's research was a quick Google search on Crystle Palace and Leeds United. A quick scan of a forum somewhere confirmed exaclty what he was wanting to hear. His financial understanding is probably as well developed as his football management skills.

Fully agree 100%. Ill health has prevented me from going to many games this season, I think I managed 4 in total. I always intended to return to the game once I was on the mend but I am now not so sure I want to. I've now unavoidably went "cold turkey" from the Saturday match day experience and I've realised there is other things I can do on a Saturday that also costs significantly less. If this sham comes to pass I can't justify to myself returning as a full time supporter next year. I know this leaves me open to all sorts of barbs and jibes about my loyalties as a football fan but frankly I've reached a point where I really don't care. The SPL need to give me a reason to return and part with my diminishing disposable income next year and a blatently fixed competition is going the wrong way about it.

Allegedly Murdoch knows nothing of such an arrangment. It was the doing of a subordinate of his that worked in complete isolation.

At least Dodds understands how irresponsible naming the decision makers was. Traynor is defending it to a hilt, primarily because his shitty paper was partly responsible for whipping up the frenzy.

Traynor and Chico reaching new sycophantic heights today. These two really have been properly outed during this whole affair. Absolute pondlife.

^^^ positively SEETHING Glorious

More pish from the Sportsound Loyal. At least there was one boy who had a modicum of objectivity over the whole debacle. He was mostly drowned out by Jim "Scottish football needs Rangers" Traynor though. Traynor defending Sallys comments would normally induce rage, but I've come to expect that sort of apologetic bollocks from him and his rag. Sadly even Jim Spence seemed to get caught up in it all. The most infuriating thing about it is the arrogant manner listeners questions and points are addressed. There's an air of superiority emanating from the lot of them, almost an invisible snear at those who don't happen to agree with the 'we need Rangers' mantra.

Bang on. That has been troubling me for a while, I knew he reminded me of someone. Apart from ET obviously.

^^^"Tarrier" Edited to fix smiley

Totally true, it's on follow follow. Stick the boys user name into your google search bar and it should take you to it, although you need to register for the site. The post is now all over Ra Sellic message boards to.