It seems to be de rigeur to have a Night of The Long Knives at Ibrox every few weeks nowadays. It's getting so the Ersatzers don't know who to believe. One minute they're all cheering Green as he hands out tea, goes sooking up to the bigots in Ulster and accuses everyone of sectarian hatred, everyone except, of course, the real ones that are constantly guilty of it! He was the big hero, fighting their corner, standing up to our football authorities, which, apparently, are run by Peter Lawell. Then, suddenly, he is a hate figure, accused of - gasp! - wanting to make money! What the hell did they think he wanted to do?
Strangely, not one person criticises Mr Dignity for his part in all this, despite the fact that he's got more faces than a town clock. Here's a list outlining his duplicity:
1) As part of the Blue Knights, he denounces Green and argues how bad he would be for Rangers.
2) He joins Green's board at Ibrox.
3) He professes his friendship and undying support for Malcolm Murray.
4) He stabs Murray in the back and steps into his shoes.
5) He promises to be a 'steady hand on the ship.'
6) He resigns and goes back to position 1, denouncing Green.
Why the hell do they all think this guy's some kind of hero?
The business about Ian Black putting bets on has, of course, prompted the Ersatzers to cry conspiracy once more. All they can go on about is how little he put on, how others are never out of the bookies and how he's being picked on. One of them even dredged up about how Jock Stein liked a flutter. If I remember correctly, Big Jock liked the horses, as do many connected with football. Footballers are allowed to put bets on, or do the football pools, but betting on matches, especially matches you're taking part in, is totally banned. It's not difficult to work out why. The fact that Black was betting on teams he was playing against, even if it was a five-bob accumulator, was bound to set alarm bells ringing. It certainly might serve to explain how he barely turns up at many games. Rather than be angry at the player, however, the Ersatzers, as usual, start circling the wagons and blaming Peter Lawwell. It's getting a bit tiresome now.
And Sooperally got into the act, claiming he had a list of 100+ people who regulary bet. He says that nobody knows about the rules, but isn't that his job to know? Some manager! And he doesn't seem to know the difference between 'putting on a wee coupon' and betting against your own team!
Some of the Ersatzers have been having a go at Vincent Lunny; saying that he invented the Ian Black scenario to deflect from the Celtic fans in Kazakhstan. No, I don't get it either. Anyway, this prompted the usual 'they only pick oan us' moans. They all seem to forget that not once has Lunny done anything about the rancid singing of the Ersatzers. How the hell do they make out that they've been picked on?
Back to the situation in the Ibrox boardroom and many of the Ersatzers seem overjoyed that the Bus Brothers look like being the new rulers in Bigotland. The general feeling is that nobody will mess with them and they will stand up to the 'enemies.' They certainly seem the type of people that are suited to Ibrox, knoworrimean? No doubt Peter Lawwell will be waking up some time in the near future to find a big cuddy's heid beside him!
Loony Leggat, meanwhile, is still banging on about Green, Ahmad and Whyte, even though all three of them appear to be an irrelevance now. He really needs to be careful about what muck he rakes up. It's obvious to anyone with more than one brain cell that Green's acquisition of Rangers' assets was probably illegal. Does Leggat really want all that to be investigated? The upshot of any such enquiry would be that Ersatz Rangers would no longer exist and Asda would finally get that new store!
Strangely, Leggat is happy to quote the SFA to provide evidence of Ahmad's wrongdoing. The SFA, according to the PSA on this occasion, is the epitome of integrity and totally to be trusted. Would this be the same SFA that he is constantly telling us is run by Peter Lawell? The logical conclusion then is either Leggat is a liar or he is saying that Peter Lawell is the acme of integrity. I wonder which conclusion he would like us to reach.
'Aye Ah've goat a listy people that go intae bookmakers aw the time. An' what's wrang wi' buyin' a book, that's what Ah waant tae know! An' if any-y yez waant tae come wide Ah'll pull this chib oot that Ah've goat in ma poakit here. Things've chinged at Ibrox noo an' wur no' pittin' up wi' any shite 'n 'at. Big Traynor, the Goadfaither, wull come roon an' gie yez the malky!'
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