Calypso Kid

Are you sure they weren't referring to the meeting at St Mirren Park tonight? After Traynor's dismissive self-serving attitude on Sportsound tonight, I wish SC had been on this evening instead of English. Looking forward to tomorrow night and only wish he read this forum to absorb some of the feelings put forward. If only...

Lots of talk about corporate partners applying pressure to SPL clubs, potentially leading to a voting u-turn on Wednesday. Make no mistake, this is the biggest week of our game. We're through the looking glass.

This excerpt in particular is waffling guff from Burley. Misleading twaddle.

When the SPL and SFL merge into the OFFA?

Craig Burley column: Sending newco Ranger to Division Three will KILL Scottish game Jul 1 2012 By Craig Burley I CAN understand why most chairmen will vote against a Rangers newco in the SPL next season. That doesn’t mean to say I agree with their decision. It will give the First Division clubs a chance to have the Ibrox club in with them – and they must not turn down that opportunity. Morton, Raith, Falkirk and Dunfermline have said they do not want Rangers. I find that staggering. What on earth are they thinking about? This is an unexpected opportunity and one they should be kicking down doors to have. Think about it. The First Division clubs will receive extra revenue in a number of ways. Television will buy into the league with Rangers in it. Sponsorship, advertising and corporate sales will go up. Players will get a chance to play four times against Rangers, experiencing the atmosphere of Ibrox. And there are the benefits of that. For example, if a player from Partick Thistle or Cowdenbeath excels against a Lee Wallace or a Lee McCulloch, it will attract publicity and scouts from other clubs. If the lad can go on to show a level of consistency then he could become a £100,000 player to that club. Remember when Falkirk beat Rangers last season in the League Cup. Farid El Alagui scored and was the name on everyone’s lips for a few weeks. It’s up to the chairmen to put a detailed business plan to their fans and highlight the positives of having Rangers in that league. But maybe one or two of them don’t have the intelligence to do so. As soon as one says “no” to Rangers, then they all seem to jump on the bandwagon. Will someone please have the balls to stand up and say “yes”. I’m pretty sure some want to but are fearful of repercussions from their own fans. Football fans around the country must be very careful what they wish for because if newco Rangers chairman Malcolm Murray has to take his team into the Third Division, then Scottish football would be as well locking the gates and throwing away the key. Rangers in the bottom tier is the last thing the game in this country needs. Trust me on that one. At the moment the game in Scotland is an embarrassment because it’s lacking leadership, answers and guidance. But there will be worse to come if the chairman of the SFL clubs vote for the wrong thing in the coming weeks. Regardless of the vote, Rangers will be nowhere near the team they were last season. They have lost too many of their quality players and will not have the funds to replace them with a similar standard. I happen to think Steve Davis, Allan McGregor, Steven Naismith and the rest are correct to go. It’s about the coin and the league you are playing in. No amount of badge-kissing will ever win over that. Steven Whittaker has signed for Norwich and it will be interesting to see how he fares in the Premiership week-in, week-out. Is he a proper full-back who can defend against the best or nothing more than a player with a good engine? Good luck to him at Carrow Road but I think he might be playing in the Championship with them the season after next. Kyle Lafferty has signed for FC Sion in Switzerland. That is a good league and there’s every chance he will get found out there as the only thing you are guaranteed from him is inconsistency. At the end of the day there’s far too much bull**** from players and the muppets must stop believing them. However, there will be a chance for some people to restore my faith in Scottish football and that is to make sure Rangers’ punishment is a sensible one, one that also benefits the long-term well-being of the game. It must not be about satisfying the wishes of too many fans who are here today and gone tomorrow. Sadly, though, I do think the lunatics have taken over the asylum. This engrained lack of understanding is what we're up against. This guff will go out and the Sevco fans will lap it up. Burley has failed to grasp, and has probably lost sight of, the big picture.

It'd be pretty funny if this was the way Turkish casuals arrange their "meets". Plastic chairs everywhere and Ghostie bawling blue-murder.

Nothing from the club or any of the governing bodies over the provenance of this ransom letter. Draw your own conclusions.

It can't possibly be genuine. It's embarrassingly bereft of any factual credibility, feedback route or sporting angles. I cannot believe it's genuine. Interestingly, I fired off an email asking for some clarity, since it refers to SPL clubs being involved in it's inception, and was informed that the Saints email domain is not operating.

I've given it two hours to try and allow my fury to subside but I'm fighting a losing battle. Utterly disgraceful. A ransom note which appears to have been constructed by a first-year media studies student. It's now time for UEFA to get involved.

When this SPL share transfer is denied the SFA will have to treat Sevco FC as a new club and not a continuation. It stands to reason that this new club must then fulfil the SFA entry requirements which include successive trading accounts and a league membership. None of which can be achieved without fudging the rules of the Sfl. It's those member clubs who will have that decision to make. From what I understand, they would need 75% agreement from the 30 clubs. It's their choice, and as SPL members we have little say on the matter other than making our own moral choice when the inevitable happens and they get promoted to our league.

I'm glad the working group got the point across. Even happier the point seems to have been taken onboard. Will curb my enthusiasm until the necessary vote or declaration is made, however.

Well done United. Watch their ST numbers go.

So, this Davidson rumour has it's roots in some plook-ridden Bristolian's imagination?

Annual post to berate the strip, you're a stickler for tradition. x

Pics or it doesn't happen...

Well said. Momentum is vital and I'd urge anyone who feels strongly about this within the PA catchment area to write in. My own local paper is less interested in the grumblings of a Saints fan and more concerned with Rob Roy and Clyde!

God forbid a black man becomes successful in American business circles. The walking away of Wattie and man on the run Dave leaves them solely at the whim of a man who couldn't care less about their footballing concerns. No to Newco.

Unsure if you're being sarcastic but Yes - the representative of Deid Rangers are allowed to vote. As utterly bonkers as that sounds.

I have to admit to thinking along those lines too, some kind of soft landing or entry depending on how you see it. To me, same rules apply. This is a new club and they should enter through the same process as anyone else, without fear or favour.

Rumour of an amalgamation of SPL and SFL which would be a radial change. How that affects anything I'm not sure. Oldco and Newco are bang to rights either morally or fiscally.

The feelings expressed on here are echoed at each of our fellow member clubs. It's beyond sweeping under the carpet now and huge decisions now rest on the association and league. As it stands a club steeped in prejudice, cheating and ill-will has been crushed under the boot of the taxman and I suspect a few people will face criminal charges as a result. They've created the new company and called it The Rangers instead of Rangers, sidestepping their creditors to the tune of 100 million quid while retaining their stadium, training ground etc. Their next proposal is to ask the SFA and SPL to transfer membership and breeze in like nothing ever happened. The last decade of cheating forgotten. And they won't care a jot. Anyone who takes a pragmatic view for financial reasons will be digging their own grave. No to Newco.

Pretty sure it's a 90% favour vote they need, per SPL rules as they stand. That may change.

Understood, but do you pay the players to play in a rigged competition?

I'm welling up here...

Nut. What's the biggest nut you can get? A Brazil Nut.