Dick Dastardly
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Now the problem is that nobody knows what would of happened if Graham hadn't dived and St. Johnstone hadn't scored as a result ? Saints might have scored anyway, so awarding points to ICT retrospectively isn't really an option. You could suggest deducting points from Saints, but any decent lawyer would argue that the club should not be punished for the misdemenour of the player, unless they specifically told him to dive. The only realistic option is therefore to punish the player, which is what they have done.
I'm not condoning what he did, just pointing out that the authorities are limited in what they can do.
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Unbelievable.
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Bugger
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Dons 1 up v Killy though
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Shame about that St. Johnstone goal
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Craigen is woeful again. We're playing with 10 men.
Hopefully he'll be hooked so we can win the game.
You were saying ?
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Small group outside the ground shouting for Ally to go......he came out spoke to them and ordered them back on the team bus.
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I've been at the emergency vets with a dog that's eaten a towel (she'e in overnight , waiting on a call about an x ray, may need surgery)- why no Frans and Seabo
Do dogs need that much fibre in their diet ?
(I'll grab my coat)
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Ach well. I didn't expect anything.
Sounds as if we gave as good as we got but we made one mistake that mattered and they didn't.
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0-0 HT. Can't argue with that
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Has anyone heard any recent reports from his Airdrie games ? Does it look like he will be coming back in January to challenge Danny and Fred
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Each year he is doing better than the last. Keep doing that and we will win the Champion's League before he retires.
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Regarding Stevenson, while he clearly hasn't hit form for us yet, how many multi-million pound players do we see down south who struggle to adapt to their new team's style of play? Too many to mention. I'm prepared to give him more time, as there was clearly a desire to work for the team yesterday.
Would those who criticise Stevenson prefer that he was playing for Dundee/Kilmarnock/St.Mirren/St.Johnstone ? I certainly wouldn't. He may not have hit the heights expected, but how often has he been played in his preferred position. Is it his fault that he is being asked to be a lone front man ? I think we saw yesterday what he can do when playing just behind Dools. If we can accomodate that role then I think that he could prove all of the Naesayers wrong.
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Adam was in napies the last time we got anything from Aberdeen. I have no expectations of this game being any different
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Right Winger
I don't care about his political views. Can he do a job for us ?
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Said on another thread that I would expect us to beat Hamilton every time we play them. We should win this.
Shame that we have drawn a team in our own league though, possible that we will be playing them five times now this season. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..............
could be 6 if it goes to a replay
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If it's Ozzy, he'll be off after 10 minutes when his glass legs give in again.
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BUgger me. This is against the team 4th in the league. We are up against the leaders on Saturday !
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He makes money either way from this. Ashley didn't take up any shares in the share issue but bought them later so no money went to the club. This is the part that should have Rangers fans worrying as he now will just give loans on the back of getting more assets so he owns everything. If Rangers go into admin he will still have image rights to the badge, stadium/training ground leaseback. edmiston house, albion car park, 51% of all future merchandise revenue etc etc etc If this happens he alienates the fans and who would buy any merchandise etc if he allows admin to happen. He needs the fans and full stadiums to maximise his revenue but it will be interesting to see what his intentions are.
Or he could just be a closet Celtic supporter with money to burn. Now that would be funny
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The problem is the wage bill and length of contracts for a lot of the high earners, add to that the promotion to top teir bonuses (rumored to be millions across the back room and playing staff) and Rangers aren't viable out with Europe without merchandise.
How does he reduce the wage bill "legally" and cheap as possible whilst maintaining and increasing his assets (Stadium name, merchandise, car park, Edminston house)?
He can keep giving loans till the contracts run out, and replace with cheaper options, but that could take 18 months and tens of millions (they are losing over a million a month currently) mostly from Ashley's pocket, and slowly get it back or offer 1 more loan secured against ground and Murray Park, let the club/ company renage on the debt, call in the security then allow them to admin. He then has the stadium (for leaseback or sale) the training park, the car park, the offices, the merchandise and the copyright. He doesn't need the actual club he has all the revenue streams tied up.
But what does he do with them without the club ? He may own all the assets, but he needs the club to get maximum revenue from them.
What I'm certain of is that he has a plan. One way or the other, it will not be dull watching it play out.
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Forgot to add: I wonder what the SFA would do if he filled the club with Newcastle reserves?
Don't think you are allowed to loan more than 2 players from any one club. UEFA rule to prevent exactly this sort of thing
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If his time at Newcastle is anything to go by then what we can say is that Ashley doesn't give a frig about the supporters. He has a captive customer base (it is not as if they are likely to transfer their custom to another brand) and he is certain to want to squeeze them for all he can get out of them. All he is interested in is profit. Whatever way you look at it, going into admin and therefore significant points deduction is not going to generate much profit. The obvious way to maximise profit is to get Rangers into Europe for the minimum cost and once there, seel the club on as a team pretty much guaranteed European football. It also meens that there will be a high player turn over with players bought cheep and sold on for profit,
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If you've got a bus, then just in front of Foxy
Would it not be safer for the bus to park it behind Foxy ? Otherwise the ball might hit the bus and could break a window.
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Afraid the last time we had a penalty shoot out there, put me off penalty shoot outs for life and would imagine the same goes for the 3,000 jags fans that were there that night!
And you would have missed Peterhead then !
V. Motherwell 27Th December
in Main Jags forum
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Kilmarnock Hamilton 0-0, Dundee getting beat, St. Johnstone getting beat. If we can turn this one arouind it could be a very good day to get 3 points