Auld Judas has never really proven himself as a manager. All those years he was winning the league, and failing miserably in Europe, David Murray was spending everybody else's money to make sure that nobody else could compete with his team. This was back in the days when Fergus McCann was building a financially stable Celtic from the mess left by his predecessors. Everyone at the time accused McCann as cheesparing while Murray was hailed as a visionary. I wonder how that panned out!
Anyway, on the occsions that McCann decided to splash some cash and bring in the likes of Cadete, Di Cannio etc Auld Judas couldn't cope with the level financial playing-field and Celtic won the league. Even during the years when he was winning he had to rely on help from the SFA offices to scupper Celtic signings and the Men In Black to secure wins. I can still remember, in the 1990s, how shocked some of the commentators were on Sky Sports at how referees officiated at Rangers matches.
Auld Judas made a complete pig's ear of his time at Everton, not having any money to spend, and came crawling back to his pals at the SFA to take up the post of Scotland manager. Again, he didn't prove himself, only taking charge of a couple of matches before running back to Ibrox. He immediately settled into his old role of spending and buggered off when the money ran out.
During administration he was against Green taking over but soon changed his mind when Hughie waved a sizable cheque under his nose. Even though he had pronounced Rangers dead he soon started expounding the Big Lie when the money was going into his bank account. He voiced his support for the beleaguered chairman, Malcolm Murray, before stabbing him in the back and stealing his job. He later resigned as chairman and walked off, taking a large severance pay-cheque with him. Now he has turned on the board, blaming them for the financial mess, telling them they need to listen to the demonstrators and accusing them of trying to turn Sooperally into a scapegoat.
Strangely, our Fourth Estate calls Auld Judas a 'legend' and an 'icon.' I suppose to the Bisto Kids he is a legend. When they were to elect the 'Greatest Ever Ranger' they eschewed the choice of quality players like Laudrup, Gascoigne, Johnstone etc to pick John Greig, a defender notorious for almost crippling opponents. I suppose when you're constantly singing about guarding walls it stands to reason you'd choose a defender as your greatest player!
Anyway, Auld Judas seems to be coming down firmly on the side of 'the rebels' against his former colleagues. I suppose the fact that he 'walked away' again shows that the money must be running out right enough! Expect to see him quoted at length on Loony Leggat's blog on Friday.
Speaking of Leggat, I found out yesterday that his much-trumpeted (by himself, naturally) biography about Scot Symon actually contains very little in it about the man. Instead the book is given over to a character assassination of Jock Stein. I suppose in his twisted mind the logic is that denigrating Stein means that Symon was the better man. He even contends in the book that Stein's record as Scotland manager was no better than Craig Levein's, pointing out that Levein was sacked while Stein was praised. I assume this is his way of implying that everybody was on Jock Stein's side and that Symon was 'cheated.' In reality it only shows what a disgusting insect Leggat is. Still, I suppose it keeps the Govan troglodytes happy.
Meanwhile, said troglodytes are already starting up the bigotry ahead of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games next year. Many of them are absolutely incensed that Celtic Park and its environs are to be a major venue for the Games. To their mind this simply should not occur and the snide comments have started already. I've seen a couple saying that Celtic supporters will not be happy at the Union Flags on display at the stadium or the baton being sent off by the Queen. Of course, they assume that anyone that supports Celtic 'hates Britain' and 'hates the Queen.' When the current Queen was crowned in 1953 a football tournament was held, involving all the teams in Britain. Celtic was happy to take part in this competition and the fans were happy to cheer them on. I forget; who was it that won that tournament?
The Daily Record also had a story yesterday about a nursery teacher that was having a relationship with a convicted paedophile. Apparently, she even gave him her computer password, enabling him to access images of the children. Unusually, comments were allowed for this story. Even more unusually, there were very few comments actually posted. I thought the Bisto Kids were outraged by this sort of thing and would be all over the story. No doubt they are waiting to see what school she went to and which team she supports before expressing their disgust, or not, as the case may be!
Finally, a message to Auld Judas: If you're so concerned about the financial crisis at Ibrox, why don't you pay back that loan you took off the old club?
'Naw, Malky, mate, ye've nae need tae worry as long as ye've goat Walter at yer back. What's that? What dae Ah call 'im Brutus fur? Er...that's cos ay used tae wear Brutus jeans aw the time back in the 70s, 'n 'at. Aye, Walter'll look efter ye awright!'
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