Uilleam 5,932 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 It's propaganda, an example of what is now called "Post Truth" : you lie like a bastard, the media run with it, despite knowing it is tripe, and it becomes truth, for a proportion of the people who see it. You repeat, more people see/hear/read it, and more accept it as the truth. You repeat...... It was developed in Nazi Germany, in the late 1920s, and 1930s. Here's one that someone prepared earlier, from, without a hint of irony, The Morning Star, only last weekend The Pied Piper Of Govania Wants 55 On The Cheap AUG 2016 Saturday 13TH posted by Morning Star in Sport PR rhetoric to sell season tickets makes way for the stark reality of finances at Ibrox, writes ANDREW MUIRHEAD “Rangers don’t need to spend big to match Celtic.” That was the claim from Rangers manager Mark Warburton this week, days after a Hamilton Accies side which was tipped for the drop this season were disappointed to walk away from Ibrox with just a point. After signing nine players this summer, you would question Warburton’s comments about spending big, especially when you consider the wages that the likes of Niko Kranjcar, Clint Hill, Jordan Rossiter and Joey Barton must be on. Then there are the contract renewals of James Tavernier, Martyn Waghorn and even Warburton himself to consider — all on improved terms. The days of “for every fiver Celtic spend, we will spend a tenner” are over at Rangers. No bank will give the Ibrox side credit. The real reason they “don’t need to match Celtic’s spending power” is simple — they can’t. It might be good PR to put out such a claim to those gullible enough to believe it but the truth is Celtic are on a different level to that of their city neighbours, both on and off the pitch. While Celtic have a strict business plan bolstered by money from a significant season ticket buy-up and European football revenue, Rangers live season by season off the season ticket revenue and once that has been milked dry they beg for scraps from their shareholders to just see out the season. Rangers may have signed nine players this summer, spending around £1 million on transfer fees but they also waved goodbye to eight players at the end of last season — who were either released or their contracts had ended. That sizeable departure freed up wages to cover the imports from Accrington Stanley and others. So not a huge outlay, as they seem to allude to before Warburton’s comments. For all of Dave King’s rhetoric and pandering to the “people,” he has still failed to deliver that £30m he promised he would invest in the club to bring the Ibrox side on an even keel with Celtic. How many of his “promises” has he actually delivered on? We may still be in August but Celtic have already shown this early on that they are head and shoulders above any team in the Scottish Premiership — even when they are not firing on all cylinders. The Champions League qualifier defeat to Lincoln Red Imps is a distant memory at Celtic Park, as Brendan Rodgers and Celtic are on the cusp of qualifying for the group stages of Europe’s elite club cup competition. Only Hapoel Be’er Sheva stand in their way and while they will be a tough test for the Scottish champions, on paper at least, Celtic should march on to football’s promised land. European football is guaranteed at Celtic, no matter the result against the Israeli side. Either way, the added millions in the coffers at the club, along with playing against a higher calibre of opponents, with all due respect to clubs in Scottish football, will give Celtic a boost as they look for their sixth title in a row. It may be a headache playing more games but it is a welcome headache for the players, the manager, the club and the fans alike. While Rangers fans will fall for the latest rhetoric emanating from the offices of Rangers’ PR guru Jim Traynor, one thing is evidently clear: Rangers don’t come close to matching the finances of Celtic and won’t until they regularly participate in European football and stop relying on handouts like beggars with a cup in hand. The image of Oliver with a bowl saying “please sir, can I have some more?” is less desperate. King and the Rangers board are desperate for the club to qualify for Europe at the first time of asking so they don’t need to dip into their pockets again. But with no firm financial footing currently and with a credit level lower than yours truly, the club that plays out of Ibrox will be playing second fiddle to Celtic for years to come. Already, the honeymoon period is over at Rangers as fans rounded on the club’s board for throwing their fellow fans to the wolves following the disgraceful scenes in the aftermath of their cup final defeat to Hibernian in May. Despite initially praising their fans for “defending” their players and officials, the club has now started to issue bans to fans charged no matter their guilt or innocence — as I reported in my column previously. Now that the season tickets have been sold, the pied piper of Govania has thrown down his flute and the realisation will dawn on the gullible people that marched to his tune, that they have been taken for another ride by a “saviour” who was labelled a “glib and shameless liar” by a South African judge. All the while the Scottish mainstream media peddle his press releases freely and pass them off as original copy. The exact same working practice as they did with David Murray, Craig Whyte and for the most part Charles Green — reporting on what they are told by a PR firm rather than what they know or find out. That isn’t journalism, it is club propaganda that Pravda would be proud of. Celtic may have spent just over £3m on Scott Sinclair but unlike some of the “big name” Rangers signings, he hit the ground running against top flight opposition rather than part-timers. He doesn’t have the luxury of playing against so-called lesser teams and while some players or managers complain about the spending power of Celtic in the aftermath of a league defeat, the Scottish champions are a European side and need to bring in players that can do a job at the highest level. If Brendan Rodgers’s side secure qualification to the group stages of the Champions League then the fee that was paid for Sinclair would be covered 10-fold. And even if they fail to beat Be’er Sheva, then Sinclair’s fee will still be covered by the revenue brought in from participation in the group stages of the Europa League. Celtic are at a level both on and off the park that Warburton can only dream of. While he moans about being priced out of moves for English-based players, Rodgers has a scouting network at his disposal that not only covers Europe but also spans worldwide. Rangers on the other hand seem to be signing players who played in the English Premier League a number of years ago — looking for one last pay day — or players from a League Two side more famous for being mentioned in a milk advert in the 1980s than it is for its football. While Rangers seem to run to the media at every opportunity to give them a nice wee puff piece on how they will win the title or how this Celtic player is not in their league, or that they are going for 55 — Celtic are doing their talking on the park and going by the demolition of Motherwell on Wednesday night, in some style. Let Rangers and their fans boast about going for 55, that number of points going by last season’s table will leave them in fifth place The Morning Star was once regafrded as a serious newspaper 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 1,693 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 one thing is evidently clear: Rangers don’t come close to matching the finances of Celtic and won’t until they regularly participate in European football Who at Ibrox ever suggested anything else? Celtic may have spent just over £3m on Scott Sinclair but unlike some of the “big name” Rangers signings, he hit the ground running against top flight opposition rather than part-timers.He doesn’t have the luxury of playing against so-called lesser teams Last I checked he's playing in the same league we are? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Uilleam I see the author of that piece - that was all I needed to know to not even read the rest. Muirhead of Scotzine is a Rangers-hating scumbag 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Who at Ibrox ever suggested anything else? Last I checked he's playing in the same league we are? Consider the source my friend, consider the source. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 1,693 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Uilleam I see the author of that piece - that was all I needed to know to not even read the rest. Muirhead of Scotzine is a Rangers-hating scumbag Maybe he thinks they're hitting the ground running against higher level teams than we are because they played Hearts on the opening day and nicked a narrow win. You know, the same Hearts who demonstrated their high level by being beaten at home against high level Euro giants from Malta. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
26th of foot 6,082 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Uilleam, Did the Morning Star(used to be the People's Daily) really provide Scotzine's Muirhead with sufficient inches to pen that column? That would be the entrepreneur Andy Muirhead, purveyor of counterfeit perfume? Further, Muirhead is a particularly poor writer, 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Uilleam, Did the Morning Star(used to be the People's Daily) really provide Scotzine's Muirhead with sufficient inches to pen that column? That would be the entrepreneur Andy Muirhead, purveyor of counterfeit perfume? Further, Muirhead is a particularly poor writer, Indeed they did 26th. I somehow managed to come across his twitter last week and he was boasting about his Morning Star article.... I went for an immediate shower. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearman 9 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 McGhee, who's top of the league? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 1,693 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 McGhee, who's top of the league? That's simply something else that has the haters frothing like rabid dogs. At this early stage it doesn't mean an awful lot but the mere symbolism let's say is still enough to drive them into a frenzy. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearman 9 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 I seem to remember Maurice Ross scoring our first with a long range lob that day? Maurice Ross won 3 medals in season 2002-03 - "The Treble" - He wore the number 21 shirt that season. The official SPFL site are running a weekly feature looking at players who have worn a particular number - this week the "Magic Number" is 21. Ross is not mentioned of course. Players who are on there include: John Ruddy (Motherwell) 2009/10 Mehdi Abeid (St Johnstone) 2012/13 Ismael Bouzid (Hearts) 2009 - 2011 Lindsay Wilson (Kilmarnock) 2006 Eugene Dadi (Livingston) 2002 YUK!!!! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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