ian1964 10,761 Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 THE Scottish Premier Leagueâ??s blatant tactics to hold up the sale of Rangers and the clubâ??s move out of administration could backfire on itâ?¦ SPECTACULARLY! For Rangers supporters are now so angry with the SPL and its perceived anti Rangers agenda that they are calling for whoever takes over Rangers to QUIT the SPL. There is a huge groundswell that Rangers should teach Ralph Topping, Neil Doncaster, Celticâ??s Eric Riley, Dundee Unitedâ??s Steven Thomson and Rod Petrie of Hibernian, a lesson they will NEVER forget. By costing the Scottish Premier League a staggering £100MILLION in lost revenue, starting with the new Sky deal, worth £80m, which is not due to begin until next season. Without the four Old Firm games Sky would NOT sign any £80M contract with the SPL. Rangers walking out and applying to join the Scottish FOOTBALL League, would also cost the SPL a new sponsorship contract when the Clydesdale Bank deal runs out at the end of the next season. The SPL are already finding it hard to find a backer. Without Rangers their task would become IMPOSSIBLE! In fact, if Rangers were to quit at this financially vulnerable time for the SPL, it could be the end of the road for the Scottish Premier League. It would be a drastic action. But whatâ??s happening has roused Rangers supporters as I have never seen any group of fans roused in the last half a century. They are reacting to what is seen as the work of Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwellâ??s £250-a-year puppet, Parkhead financial director, Eric Riley, Hibsâ?? supremo Petrie and Dundee United chairman, Thomson at the heart of what they believe is a Celtic cabal. In fact what the SPL want to do with their new raft of regulations, will not have any effect on Rangers starting next season with NO penalty points.... but only IF Duff and Phelps hand over control to Paul Murray and the True Blue Knights. For neither of the other two bidders, the shady Yank, Bill Miller, along with the shadowy Singapore consortium headed by Billy Ng, have made a clear unambiguous statement that liquidation is not an option. Miller and Ng have also NOT made a clear and unambiguous statement that remaining in administration is not an option either. Paul Murray and the True Blue Knights have made themselves clear. A CVA will be applied for as soon as possible and Rangers will start repaying their debts. They will move out of administration and set about restoring the clubâ??s reputation. Therefore, in some ways, what the anti Rangers cabal within the SPL has done by showing its hand, is make it harder for Duff and Phelps to hand over the keys of Ibrox to anyone other than the only bidders who have pledged there will be no liquidation and that Rangers will be OUT of administration in plenty of time for next season. That is the blueprint of the group which is the overwhelming choice of the vast majority of Rangers supporters, Paul Murray and the True Blue Knights! Any other decision by Duff and Phelps will lead to the danger of Rangers being liquidated by either the shady Yank, Miller, or Ng from Singapore, neither of whom have produced solid, sound and sensible reasons for wanting to own Rangers. And that would see another outburst of fury from Rangers supporters, this time directed at Duff and Phelps and the Duff and Phelps Two, Paul Clark and David Whitehouse. They may well find that their professional lives, as they have known them, will be over. Plus the stigma attached to their firm would have a huge impact on Duff and Phelps professionally. For the moment though, it is SPL chairman, Ralph Topping, chief executive, Neil Doncaster, Celticâ??s Eric Riley, Hibernianâ??s Ron Petrie and Dundee United chairman Stephen Thompson, who are leading what looks like an onslaught on Rangers which the Ibrox clubâ??s seriously angry support may be about to turn into the SPLâ??s very own version ofâ?¦.. THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE! And the first job any new Rangers owner will have is listening to the rage of the clubâ??s seriously furious fans and deciding what action to take to hit the anti Rangers SPL with the sort of backlash they wonâ??t forget in a hurry. One would have thought Dundee Unitedâ??s Thompson would already have learned just how vulnerable his club is to the anger of Rangers supporters. Just last month only half of the tickets United made available for Rangers visit to Tannadice were taken up, costing United £40,000 they could ill afford to lose. Even if the rift between the SPL and Rangers can be resolved to keep the Ibrox club in the fold, Rangers supporters will still exact their revenge and I believe there will be more and better organised boycotts of away trips next season, costing an average of between £200,000 and £250,000 in lost gate money to hard up clubs. That could represent the difference between survival and going bust for small clubs such as St Mirren and Motherwell. These are the sort of clubs who will be caught in the crossfire of the backlash which Rangers supporters are already planning to unleash on the Scottish Premier League. There may be some who believe there is a lot of hot air being blown at the moment. That is a matter for them. But, believe me, Rangers supporters are in no mood to take this latest SPL assault on their club lying down. They will demand action..... And also take it themselves, in what they want to be swift, terrible and devastaing revenge on those who continue to try to kick Rangers at this vulnerable time. Supporters are rallying round the pledge Alastair McCoist made about how strongly he feels about fighting back against Rangers enemies when all of this is over. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Unfortunately, that's another pretty poor effort by David Leggat. We need to be completely out of administration before the last game of the season which will be the Scottish Cup final on Saturday the 19th of May or else we will start next season with a points deduction. While it's still possible that the administrators could achieve this and meet that deadline, there's absolutely NO guarantee that they will, no matter who the new owner is. Sorry David, but you're not only letting yourself down with this quality of journalism, you're letting the fans down too. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest superrcooper7 Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Also very pro TBK again while bemoaning the other two bids. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Also very pro TBK again while bemoaning the other two bids. Yep, so much so that it's rediculous considering he was pro Craig Whyte and singing his praises as well not too long ago. It's just totally lazy propaganda rather than what it should be. Such a shame as well because he's clearly got plenty of great contacts and good information. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54andcounting 0 Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Just read it... Comes across like that Harry Hill Green Flag commercial. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forlanssister 3,114 Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Yep, so much so that it's rediculous considering he was pro Craig Whyte and singing his praises as well not too long ago. It's just totally lazy propaganda rather than what it should be. Such a shame as well because he's clearly got plenty of great contacts and good information. I'm led to believe he has deleted some of his most strident pro Whyte blogs. It's hard to take him seriously nowadays to the extent even when he has a valid point with evidence to back it up it fails to make it's mark. His damascene conversion from Whyte's greatest cheerleader to the BK's chief propagandist hasn't in my opinion anyway done them much good overall. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 It's also very misleading for anyone to claim that The Blue Knights can guarantee there will be no liquidation event or newco if they take over the club. That's not something that I think any of the bidders can guarantee the fans. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueMazza 0 Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 I was kinda with him til he went pro BK. Argh he frustrates me! I vote he let's me proof read his blog and I can tak out all the dramatic CAPS and giant spaces! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,761 Posted April 12, 2012 Author Share Posted April 12, 2012 I was kinda with him til he went pro BK. Argh he frustrates me! I vote he let's me proof read his blog and I can tak out all the dramatic CAPS and giant spaces! You mean take?.:grin: 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueMazza 0 Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 You mean take?.:grin: Sod off I'm on my phone as babysitting my nephew and I'm bored lol. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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