JABBA THE AGNIVORE

 THE END IS NIGH!

Among all the plaudits for Celtic's magnificent victory over Barcelona one voice still has to be all doom and gloom. It does not fit Traynor's agenda to praise Celtic for making Scottish football look good on the world stage; no, according to him things have never been worse.

Fair enough, Hearts are having financial problems but Traynor takes great delight in informing us that they are finished. Two more clubs are going to follow in what he calls a 'Domino Effect.' And the reason for the demise of these SPL clubs? It's all down to not allowing Charles Green's New Rangers into the Premier League!

'Despite the bravado and bombast of some fans and commentators who stupidly, and crassly, responded to the troubles of Rangers with glee rather than dismay and alarm, Scottish football is not booming,' he says. He doesn't do irony, does he? He pontificates with glee about the death of the SPL while lambasting others that want to play the game by the rules. No; scratch that. They broke the rules to even let The Rangers into the league at all!

Traynor has been moaning for days about how the SFA has responded to calls for Craig Levein to be sacked. 'Out of touch' is the phrase he uses to describe the panjandrums that run the Scottish game. In other words, they should be more in touch with the wishes of the ordinary fan. When it comes to the SPL, however, it's a completely different story. Remember how the SPL clubs consulted their supporters before voiting on allowing Green's new team into the Premier League? Apparently the SPL leaders should have ignored completely the wishes of the fans and welcomed Green's Newco with open arms! Talk about hypocrisy!

Rangers have set a precedent in Scottish football. No club need worry about going into liquidation. All that needs to be done is that somebody snatches the assets for a song and then they just carry on as if nothing has happened. Everybody in the Scottish media will pretend that the new club is the old club and everything will be fine. Sure, the club might end up in the lower leagues but it can look forward to bumper crowds and being debt-free! The SPL might even follow Traynor's advice and allow the club straight into the Premier League!

Traynor suggests that the only solution to the problems of Scottish football is 'emergency league reconstruction'! Who is that supposed to benefit? I'll give you three guesses!

Take my advice - liquidate!