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Been a long time coming but if this is really the end of SD & all the litigation then that’s fantastic news.

anyone else heard Castore are our kit suppliers for next season?

Has everyone had an email about ST renewal?

Myself & my son sit in the SJ Rear. He’s had an email but I haven’t 

The question remains in all of this why Dundee changed their vote & in doing so passed the SPFL resolution.

Were they offered something to do so? If so what & by whom ? If they have been offered something then are we looking at bribery? Corruption? 

The actions of both MacLennan & now Doncaster makes me think that they’re trying to hide something 

38 minutes ago, Gonzo79 said:

Does anyone actually think Doncaster is worth his exorbitant salary?  

Peter Lawwell probably does. And those at Nolan Partners too.

45 minutes ago, ian1964 said:

 

Things not looking good for the SPFL three wise monkeys Doncaster, MacLennan & MacKenzie.

Even McLaughlin trying to throw them under the wheels of a bus.

Their time is up. All three must go. 

3 hours ago, craig said:

We haven't seen an global economic complete shutdown lasting for multiple weeks before.  We also haven't seen stimulus packages of the quantum or needs as this one.  That is their point, they can't use previous trends because this is unchartered territory.  I contend that it isn't common and hasn't really happened before either - even in the Great Depression, economies were still working.  This one, globally, has ground to a halt.  I am perhaps an optimist but I am with Bill in that I suspect that once things open up again I think that industries and jobless numbers will drastically reduce.  My fear, though, would be a 2nd or 3rd wave - not so much as it could result in another lockdown but that the markets will react very unfavorably to that instance - I personally don't think a 2nd or 3rd wave, and how they are handled, has been priced into the markets yet.

 

The lockdown is causing the economic carnage but it certainy isn't causing the wider health issue - unless you consider economics to be the only issue.....  If governments don't get the "r" below 1 (average rate of contamination) then you have an expanding virus.  Timing will be everything with this - herd immunity is not only a foregone conclusion but also essential to build immunity and build people to be asymptomatic.  However, you and I both know that the markets don't work on common sense all the time.  If, for example, the UK says in 6 months time that there is an increase in CV cases again you can guarantee that the markets will go into a frenzy, not matter whether it is short term or not.  No matter whether a 2nd wave is a large, or small, issue.

 

It is all very well to say stop the lockdown and get back to work, but that runs the risk of infections rapidly increasing again and even greater pressure on the healthcare systems around the world.  As I said, timing is everything.

 

Back on topic, yes Rangers must now tighten the belts - what will be interesting to see is what happens across the city - as I said earlier, everything is relative in Scotland, how we do is relative to Celtic - but their wage bill is significantly greater than ours and is largely dependent upon making the CL.  Will they ultimately have to sell assets to a) cover wages b) get some wages off the books to lower costs and c) ultimately balance the books.  This could hurt them financially far more than it hurts us, which brings them closer to us financially, which then MIGHT allow us a chance to challenge, even without the need to have a "war chest".

Did Ra Shellik not have annual operating costs of over £80m in recent accounts??

If so I’d think they’d much more to worry about...

Robert Mugabe would have been proud of the recent SPFL voting process

1 hour ago, Bill said:

Making a pitch for Doncaster's job.

He won’t be the only one. They all sense blood. £388k p.a. Jobs in Scottish football few & far between.

This opportunity to remove one of liewell’s key lieutenants must not be passed up. 

18 minutes ago, onevision said:

Nope but it will most likely be an attempt to slip something under the radar.

For me they got offered league reconstruction if they voted to accept the SPFL proposal to finish the lower leagues & award the premiership to the yahoos.

But league reconstruction requires an 11-1 vote in the premiership. Rangers will vote against & I cannot see why the yahoos would want it either. Others too maybe.

Budge & others have been sold a pup with league reconstruction in return for voting for the SPFL proposal

24 minutes ago, onevision said:

Am i the only one who has suspicions that this whole fiasco has been orchestrated?

For what reason i'm not sure but sure enough to think it's a smokescreen.

Of course it’s been orchestrated with the eventual aim of awarding the yahoos the premiership title 

Problem is liewell’s 3 SPFL stooges have screwed up

One wonders how much longer the ominous silence from glasgow’s East end will continue regards the SPFL vote fiasco. 

Liewell seems to have abandoned his 3 SPFL placemen who are now coming under fire from everyone.

Do the yahoos support an independent SPFL investigation or not?

Do the yahoos support league reconstruction or not?

Hopefully we are now beginning to see the end of liewell’s cast iron grip on Scottish football

The SPFL are on the backfoot. Where we want them. We must make the most of this opportunity to get rid off their senior office bearers with yahoo sympathies.

We are now in a situation where we have others who share our concerns about the SPFL. We must work with them to achieve our goal to eliminate some or all of Doncaster, McKenzie & McLennan. 

After this we can then turn our attention to the SFA....

How is a 14 team premiership going to work ?

Play each other home & away then split after 26 games?

That’ll lead to lots of meaningless games.

And how many will be relegated? Bet the likes of Hamilton, St Mirren etc will try to have just one up & one down..

This is going to be a bigger shambles than last weeks vote

How can that bunch of nobodies be trusted for league reconstruction??

never heard of most of them.

League reconstruction will be a farce if that’s where we’re heading. A top division of 14 teams would be a joke. Maybe the board are waiting for this nonsense to unravel..

10 minutes ago, CammyF said:

That's not enough to change their vote is it? Has to be more to than a state-sidr friendly v yahoos? 

No but will give them decent income maybe 

14 minutes ago, buster. said:

What about a 5-a-side challenge match down at the Pitz.

 

There should be a few with time on their hands, What about a line-up of....

 

Shifty

The Overweight Lawyer

Teflon

The Dundee CEO

Eric Drysdale

 

against a Celtic V

 

Refereed by Clancy

14 minutes ago, CammyF said:

That's why it's hard to see what could have been offered to Dundee to change their vote. No guarantee of league expansion, so what has been offered / guaranteed? 

A lucrative friendly in the USA v the yahoos 

1 hour ago, Thinker said:

To me that suggests 14-10-10-10 is in the pipeline. 2 promotions to every division, no relegations.

Thought an 11-1 was needed to change the top division. If so they won’t get it

6 minutes ago, ian1964 said:

 

Liewell isn’t on any of the SPFL boards as far as I know.

If Doncaster & others at the SPFL are consulting him regards this vote then questions need to be asked.

5 minutes ago, buster. said:

Precedent over the last decade doesn´t make me particularly optimistic that the evidence will be high grade enough to achieve what we are apparently hoping for.

 

However, the one difference is that Donald Park very much put his name to it.

Hopefully, that means something. 

Presume you mean Douglas Park?

The SPFL behaviours is intriguing. Not exactly the actions of an innocent party.

6 minutes ago, buster. said:

We´ll never have any investigation, independent or Polis with what is out there.

 

The only way that changes is if Rangers come to the table with high grade whistleblower evidence.

 

 

 

 

Neither you nor I knows what is out there. That is the issue. Hence why Ally mentioned IT forensics

Am I the only one ( & Ally McCoist too maybe) who thinks Fridays fiasco should be getting investigated by the police?

Can we be sure friday’s vote wasn’t rigged by certain individuals? Corporate crime ?

We’ve always known that the SPFL ( & it’s predecessor the SPL) were incompetent & corrupt.

Looks like Friday’s ‘vote’ has now convinced many others too.

How much longer can the current SPFL circus of Doncaster, MacKenzie & McLennan continue ?

The SPFL vote on Friday ( in which clubs were being blackmailed into accepting to get financial payments) was allegedly to complete the championship & leagues 1&2 but was in reality a forerunner to awarding Celtic the premiership in the coming weeks