the gunslinger 3,366 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 I'm surprised there has been no leaks. give it time 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 0 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 give it time Would you expect some at midnight? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Would you expect some at midnight? i would be surprised if the papers have nothing. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigy 0 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 The fact Keevins knew on Monday that results would be out Thursday says a lot. Also making a big deal by telling everyone it's tomorrow rather than just announce it when the decisions clearly been made. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 The fact Keevins knew on Monday that results would be out Thursday says a lot. Also making a big deal by telling everyone it's tomorrow rather than just announce it when the decisions clearly been made. charles green told everyone it would be this thursday last friday. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumshie RFC 0 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 I can see a guilty verdict, a fine and perhaps expulsion from the Scottish Cup. The stripping of titles would see this case go stright to the Court of Session and, if need be, to the Court of Arbitration of Sport. There is no precadence for a team to be stripped of titles for so-called "financial doping". 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,570 Posted February 28, 2013 Author Share Posted February 28, 2013 Looking forward to getting this sorted one way or the other today. As with the EBT nonsense, we need to put this kangaroo court behind us and move forward as a club. I'm confident of a positive result. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,747 Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 i would be surprised if the papers have nothing. Who would be able to hold them back? This is no of national secret, and I doubt they would fear the SPL's wrath and lawyers ... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
foggy dewhurst 0 Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 i will be in a hospital scanner when the result comes in i've told my wife to pop her head in and let me know the outcome i might stay in the scanner for ever , 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,747 Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 (edited) Keith Jackson throw's the much loved Fiorentina line at us ... "Rangers brace yourself for bombshell" - Daily Record. RANGERS will discover at midday today if Lord Nimmo Smith’s independent commission has decided to strip them of titles. Record Sport revealed on February 1 the law lord would take weeks rather than days to sift through submissions from legal teams representing the Ibrox club and SPL after chairing a three-man panel over three days as part of the probe into EBTs. Now the verdict will finally be delivered and sources close to the investigation warned last night that Rangers should brace themselves for potential bombshell news. The club stands accused of rules breaches between 2000 and 2011 and a failure to fully disclose all payments made to players. If found guilty, Gers could be docked championship wins from any or all of five seasons. The withdrawal of a title is one of 18 possible sanctions available. Results could also be annulled, or a warning or fine imposed. SANCTIONS But last night one source claimed: “There is a distinct possibility Rangers will be stripped of at least a couple of titles. Everyone knows there will be a furious reaction to any such penalty.” Lord Nimmo Smith is also expected to state whether sanctions should be applied to the oldco, which is now in liquidation, Charles Green’s newco, or both parties. Biggart Baillie, the lawyers representing the oldco, had believed the first-tier tax tribunal – which cleared Rangers of cheating HMRC – weakened the case against the club to such an extent they did not require “star witnesses” including former chairman Sir David Murray and former director Mike McGill to give evidence. Green has refused to take any part but is likely to appeal if any titles are taken. Attention seeking, as per usual. Enter Tom English ... THIS is going to be another day spent fighting in the madhouse that is Scottish football or, more to the point, football involving the great sparring partners in the Glasgow bearpit, Celtic and Rangers. When Lord Nimmo Smith announces the conclusions of the SPL Commission set up to investigate possible breaches of the league’s rule book during Rangers’ days of plenty, the hounds of hell are going to be unleashed one way or another. If Rangers are cleared of any wrong-doing, the reaction from across the city will not only shake the ground under the feet of those miles away in Govan, the tremors will be felt Europe-wide, if not worldwide. Call it the Celtic Tsunami. There is only one thing as gruesomely awesome as a Celtic fan with a grievance and that is a Rangers fan with a grievance. And so if the verdict goes the other way then nobody is safe. Hurricane Ally won’t take long to crank up. If Nimmo Smith, who really ought to get out of Dodge the second he puts the final full-stop on his report, produces a guilty verdict and therefore opens up a conversation about punishment and the possible stripping of titles then the response from Ibrox will be thermo- nuclear. Nobody should try and second-guess this thing. Many of us presumed that the Big Tax Case was going to be a resounding victory for HMRC and it proved to be anything but. It just shows that you cannot predict anything when lawyers (and accountants) are poring over case law and the minutiae of how it may be applied to the particular circumstances of Rangers. On Twitter yesterday the drums were already beating. Some Celtic fans demanded to know what the verdict may be. Of course, the only answer they wanted to hear was that Rangers were guilty as sin and that all the trophies won while fielding players that were not properly registered with the footballing authorities would thereby be thrown into a ceremonial bonfire in George Square. Feelings are so entrenched that you couldn’t move one side or the other with a fleet of JCBs. Innocence here and guilt there. No grey area. No doubt. This is a plaintive cry on the morning of a momentous decision. Nimmo Smith and his high-powered panel of eminent QCs had no agenda, no pre-ordained notion of the truth before they sat down and starting looking at this case. They are hugely respected legal minds and will have come to a dispassionate conclusion, whatever that conclusion that may be. Is there any chance that their verdict will be accepted as the opinion of men who have no axe to grind? On one side, yes. The victorious side. On the other, no. Such is life in this claustrophobic environment. The losers today will seek to bury the credibility of the commission on the infantile grounds that they don’t agree with what they have found. Let’s call it The Hissy Fit response. We all know how this is going to go. The winner will gloat, the defeated will rant and those asking that the verdict be respected will be blown away in the crossfire. Edited February 28, 2013 by der Berliner 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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