JABBA THE AGNIVORE

FEEDING FRENZY

Loony Leggat was up early yesterday morning. Normally his posts don't appear until almost lunchtime, so when I had a look in the early hours of Thursday morning I wanted to read what he had written on Wednesday. Imagine my surprise when he had already posted Thursday's ravings. Either he was up early or he was suffering from insomnia. The latter seems more likely, given the fear that permeates his post. His poor carer must have been roused from his bed to remove the strait-jacket at this unusual, ungodly hour!

So what is it that has Leggat's sphincter in a tizzy? Apparently he is terrified that his prophesied takeover by Dave King might be blocked. Like all supporters of Trigger's Brush FC, he uses the new word they have learned: cabal. Rather than the usual 'cabal' ruled by Peter Lawwell this one is what he calls the 'Green-Ahmad-Easdale-Chris Morgan-Blue Pitch Holdings cabal.' That's easy for him to say!

So 'Flash Harry' Green is still around, despite putting it about that he was offski. His 'little friend' is apparently hanging around as well. They're bringing in the Heavy Team this time. From what I've heard of the Easdales they're Scotland's answer to the Kray twins! Chris Morgan is a lawyer, who represents the publicity-shy Blue Pitch Holdings. Despite much speculation nobody actually knows who Blue Pitch Holdings actually are!

What's frightening Leggat is that none of these, with the possible exception of the Easdales, are 'Rangers Men.' In fact, scrub that. According to Leggat, the Easdales are not 'Rangers Men' since they spoke in a friendly fashion to Chris McLaughlin of BBC Scotland! These are not the types that Leggat wants to see at Ibrox. Instead, what Leggat wants to see is a tax-evader running the place. Who'd have thought it, eh? Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose!

Leggat is desperate to see King succeed, in order to to take Trigger's Brush FC back to its 'roots.' The roots of Trigger's Brush FC are easy to find; it is a new club that Flash Harry set up with the assets of the liquidated Rangers FC. But let's go along with the delusion that nothing happened last year, that liquidation only applies to some 'holding company' and that the team that now plays at Ibrox is still Rangers. Let's investigate these 'roots.'

Back in February Paul Murray, an ex-Rangers director, spoke to Keith Jackson of his concerns for the future of 'Rangers.' Little of his conversation, however, mentioned the future; it was all about the past. Now, I don't know if Murray actually said this but one phrase stood out in Jackson's piece. Whether it was deliberate, a Freudian slip or Jackson being sarcastic, the phrase spoke volumes. It says that what was needed was, and I quote, 'a return to dearly held standards that span three centuries.' So there you have it. It doesn't matter what kind of character holds sway at Ibrox so long as he is willing to march along the street every July looking like he suffers from a vitamin D deficiency.

The main concern of everybody connected in any way with Trigger's Brush FC is to plug leaks. Unfortunately, with so many 'Adullamite' factions around, leaks are par for the course. It begs the question, of course, of who is actually running things at Ibrox. The whole thing is shrouded in mystery. Maybe Whyte is still pulling the strings.

Strangely, Bill McMurdo has a different slant on the whole business. According to him, Ahmad is selling his shares to King and is supporting his takeover. The Easdales, it seems, will be happy to sit on the board with King running the show. As Bill says, 'It must be emphasised that the Easdale brothers are bluenoses who have Rangers’ best interests at heart.' Well, that paints a nice, rosy picture, doesn't it? It's just a pity that the newspapers, and even Loony Leggat, see things totally differentlly.

Trigger's Brush FC has become like a rancid, maggot-ridden corpse being fought over by a pack of hyenas. Normally, on the African savannah, the battling hyenas end up being chased off by a lion. Unfortunately, for the supporters of Trigger's Brush FC, nobody can agree about who is a lion and who is a hyena. Chances are that the Great Whyte Hunter might still turn up to claim the corpse's head as a trophy for his walll!

 

 

 

 

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