Playing for Hollicom

[26th of foot 6,084]

Older Gersnetters will remember those wonderful annuals edited by Ken Gallacher, 'Playing for Rangers'? Every year for nearly thirty years, your Christmas stocking contained wonderful tales of derring-do and unbridled optimism for the remainder of the season. All the insight on new signings, cup ties won and lost, and an interview or two with unsung members of the back room staff. A shattering defeat in a Euro tie during early Autumn nights, was guaranteed to be revised. The conclusion was always along the lines of, "but for a couple of unfortunate peripheral factors ie baking heat in Spain, dodgy foreign food, and flight hold-ups, the result could have been reversed". 

 

My patience evaporated on a rain soaked night in Cologne. Leading 2-1 from the first leg, myself and five thousand other Bears were encouraged by manager, John Greig assuring us that he had a plan for Pierre Littbarski. The then young blond German was a true mercurial talent. We believe the plan was for Gregor Stevens to man mark Pierre, five minutes after half time, the big mark was Cologne 5 Rangers 0. Littbarski had scored one and made another couple. It was a hard night for Gregor, he didn't even get booked. Playing for Rangers review suggested the rain had made the surface unplayable. I wish someone had told Littbarski?

 

These last ten weeks, I have been hugely impressed with Hollicom's game plan. Every Yahoo that ever kicked a baw and possessed a tongue was mobilised. Whether it was print or broadcast media, a prepared script was available, reinforcing the given briefing. Votes came and went, and again ahead of the developing curve, Rangers haters were brought to the conflict. Declaring ra Sellik worthy winners was the task, it didn't matter that Chris Sutton supported the Hollicom point, whilst at the same time providing reasoning why Liverpool should not be crowned English champions. Principles did not matter, proven by Cosgrove and Stewart being determined to deliver the provided sound bites.

 

Reconstruction has come and gone too, and Neil, Rod, and Shifty McGifty have escaped without a glove being laid. Hearts are taking the legal road, a new Hollicom campaign will be unleashed, Budge had better be prepared. 

 

Scotland has no satirical outlets these days, the fawning cult of Nicola dominates. Her halo cannot be burnished. I suggest we acknowledge those regularly turning out for Hollicom, they should receive appropriate recognition. Now, in the British Isles, we award caps; I note in Holland, the players receive a small ceramic rabbit on international debut. I suggest if the chapters of Playing for Hollicom contain a Sutton, a Cosgrove, a Stewart, a David Low, ...... etc, they are most deserving of a Fresh Jobby in a Box. Of course, we must have a donor(s) with the constant ability to provide the necessary supply of Mr Whippys, curled on the cardboard, winking at you category. Those only capable of tapered at both ends category need not apply, it's an aesthetic thing.

 

Let's open nominations and give the first eleven and five substitutes their Fresh Jobby in a Box.

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We were up against it that night in Cologne big ham and egg up against Rinus Michels I think Engles scored a brace and Littbarski scoring a penalty we were just out classed in every department. 

[gaspard 562]

[The Tin Man 80]

It’s already happening, Callum McGregor being first out the traps saying how he backs “ a late season derby bonanza”

[26th of foot 6,084]

Overnight, two substitutes have come off the bench for Hollicom. Herald Journo, James Morgan and NUS(Scotland) President elect, Matt Crilly.  Morgan is a schemer, a dog whistling blind side passer. Matt is more direct, oh the exuberance and certainty of youth?

 

Today's main football piece in the Herald is about Linfield's soon to be released away strip. It's a purple top with a diagonal orange stripe. It is evocative of the 1912 UVF flag . James Morgan pens a proclamation -"Rangers should take note of Linfield UVF style outrage". Rangers are not issuing this strip, Rangers have this week, released a couple of Castore training tops. James Morgan chooses to ignore this, he prefers, "Rangers have long traded on colour schemes that appeal to the lowest common denominator". There you go, James has a fantasy, expresses it, and achieves ejaculation with that last quote.

 

James knows you know, a man in the know. A worthy successor to the Glasgow Observer's, Charles Quin. James hail hails from Lurgan and is a Spurs supporter. A man in his mid-forties, fantasy articles are his game. Last month, it was an improbable tale of Lisbon Lions in disguise, dyed hair and attached beards travelling to Donegal in the summer to secure an amateur trophy on behalf of the Carfin Emeralds. Such was the motivation, they defended it too. James says that everyone who hears the story, wants a film to be commissioned. Any Spurs fans from Lurgan can contact James for script details.

 

Matt Crilly looks like a Hobbit, combs his hair with a toffee apple, and is desperate to plant his big halfling feet in the establishment side of the debate. Currently, President of the Strathclyde University Union SRC, he has been elected President of NUS Scotland. Matt will represent all under and post graduate students equally. Last night's statement from Matt proves this :

 

"If we are to confront facism in Scotland, politicians need to be brave enough to talk about the role Rangers FC plays in perpetuating facist and racist policies. decent Rangers fans need to seriously overhaul what the club stands for".

 

Let's hope Matt's devotion to the Green Brigade allows him time to tackle undergraduate debt, exploitative slum landlords, and apartheid education? Matt has closed his social media feeds. Don't worry, he'll be on a quest to claim his feeds were hacked. I have contacted the Alma Mater and asked them to remove me from the Alumni donations list I pointed out reference fascism, one sports ground in the UK was closed by government order for sustained Nazi chanting, Celtic Park for a month.

Edited June 16, 2020 by 26th of foot

[Gonzo79 15,294]

Has anyone told these demented yahoos that they (well, they nicked idea off Hibs) started sectarianism in Scottish football?

 

 

[der Berliner 3,747]

You would have thought that people are at the University for higher education, but Crilly is sure not there for anything that has to do with history. Rangers and Fascism ... over on FF he was identified as another Yahoo sitting in a glass house filled with fellow brigadieri verdi.

As a FFer once said ... never get in an argument with an idiot Dhim. They drag you down to their level and beat your with years of experience in asshattery.

The problem is that creeps like him are the next generation`s Haggerty et al, people others will listen to ,,,

[Scott7 6,015]

6 minutes ago, der Berliner said:

that people are at the University for higher education

Caution: Banter Alert.
 

But not if they chose Strathclyde.

[26th of foot 6,084]

16 minutes ago, Scott7 said:

Caution: Banter Alert.
 

But not if they chose Strathclyde.

In my day at the Royal Tech'(mid-seventies), our thoughts were on a higher plane.

 

During 1975, the BIG deal in the John Street Union was the Jukebox. Five hundred selections and Deep Purple's Smoke on the Water was played at least a dozen times in any evening. Ivor the Anarchist, a diminutive Welsh post-grad issued a clear warning, we've all heard enough of everybody coming down from Montreux. They didn't listen, those three chords echoed around the Dolittle Bar again, Ivor left the Union. He returned a minute later with a fire axe and set about the Jukebox.

 

See, important stuff. As Matt Crilly retreats to Craggy Island, we may need to send Ivor on a sea quest?

[compo 7,051]

I would run the comments of these two hack reporters  by our legal team