The Concert Party has arrived, trying to take over at Ibrox and it seems that they are being backed by the majority of the Ersatz support, not to mention our media. The Daily Record bangs on about 'disgraced' Charles Green, while Bill McMurdo's unwavering support for Auld Hughie is attacked from all quarters. They still find time, however, to blame their 'enemies' for all that is happening!
Bizarrely, McMurdo takes Keith Jackson to task for calling for Mr Dignity to walk, while, at the same time, demanding the same thing himself! Of course, Smith is completely out of his depth; as he has shown, all he is good for is spending money. He was useless as a manager, unless he had unlimited resources at his disposal and has proven to be nothing but a backstabber in the boardroom. The way he treated his supposed friend Malcolm Murray was beneath contempt. He has now, however, decided to walk; no doubt because he has been shown up for what he truly is.
Even Donald Findlay is getting embroiled in the argument, having a go at Green and claiming that he has done nothing for the club. Really? What about buying the assets, starting a new club and then managing to persuade everyone that it's still the same, old club? Mind you, he did have a willing audience!
While they're all screaming about 'agendas' and 'enemies' they all seem to forget that our football authorities bent over backwards to try and accomodate them. In fact, the plan seemed to be that Green's new team would be welcomed into the SPL and everyone would pretend that administration, liquidation and the cheating years never happened! It was the fans of the other clubs in Scotland that baulked at this clear favouritism. They even tried to shoehorn them into the First Division but, again, fan power thwarted this. And yet, the Ersatzers still maintain that they have been hard-done by. Allowing them to maintain the charade of being the 'same club' has led to them claiming that they were 'demoted' to the Third Division and that everybody's out to get them. They forget that even now the SFA are letting them away with murder. Nobody has seen the evidence that supposedly exonerates Green, but it seems that the SFA are just prepared to take Ersatz FC's word for it!
The next one to do walking away will surely be 'Whispering Grass' McCoist. He is less than useless as a manager and has shown his cards already with his ridiculous attack on Green, trying to blame him for the defeat at the hands of Forfar. If he doesn't walk soon then he will surely be shown the door before too long.
So why is everyone so desperate to see the Concert Party succeed? It's obvious; Green has done his bit and now it's time for 'Real Rangers Men' to come crawling back and return to 'business as usual.' Certainly, Auld Hughie did his best to suck up to the bigots but, when it comes right down to it, he is not one of them. There is nothing our media would like better than a return to the days of 'dignity' and the only news coming out of Ibrox was what the boardroom wanted people to hear. Looking back at the days of 'succulent lamb' it always seemed as if articles on Rangers were actually written by somebody at Ibrox. Many of the hacks in the Scottish press still pine for those days and see the Concert Party as a way of restoring them.
Speaking of succulent lamb, many are wondering where Jabba is hiding. He's probably sharpening his dagger as we speak, ready to plunge it into Green's back as soon as the opportunity arises. I remember calling Traynor's phone-in on Radio Scotland to ask him about the time the Daily Record hired a psychiatrist to interview the referee before the first Old Firm derby of the season. Much had been made in the press about Celtic getting the benefit of 'dodgy' decisions and the DR wanted to make sure that the referee was going to be 'fair'. Traynor professed to know nothing of this, even though he had been sports editor when it happened. When I pressed him he argued that his job, as editor, was just to 'sign the cheques' and often he did not know what for! So, really, he was admitting that he was not, in fact, a proper journalist. Probably he was more used to cashing cheques from a certain club for continually printing what they wanted!
Loony Leggat has still to put his tuppence-worth in but it is obvious whose side he will be on. That is, if he even mentions any of it! It seems all he's interested in is bad-mouthing Imran Ahmad and making snide comments about people at the BBC and Radio Clyde.
Talking of snide comments about the BBC, it's strange how all the Ersatzers see them as 'the enemy' and call them liars and accuse them of having an agenda. That is, until they broadcast a programme about paedophile priests; then they suddenly become truth-bearing upholders of integrity!
'Aye, Ah know it wiz Charles Green that gied me a joab at Ibrox, but...but...he's no' a Real Rangers Man! As Ah wiz sayin' tae Paul Murray doon the ludge the other day, Green disnae even know the words tae The Sash, for Christ's sake! Aye, we need some dignity an' integrity back; the good auld days when we wid pit oan wur aprons an' soart things oot wi' a han'shake. It's no' been the same since David Murray left. Noo there wiz a Real Rangers Man, he knew how tae spend the money an' keep 'is mooth shut...etc...etc..'
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