WHICH CROOKED PATH TO FOLLOW FOLLOW?

I see Bisto FC are still relying on dodgy decisions to beat guys that have just finished a full-week's proper work. Poor East Fife were swindled out of a hard-earned draw when the referee added three minutes instead of the two indicated by the fourth official and then handed Bisto a penalty when they still couldn't score. All that money spent and they still can't win fairly. It shows how bad the team actually is. And they expect to do well in the Championship!

Sooperally actually agrees with this. He said in the Daily Record yesterday that he saw no chance of his team winning the Championship without a substantial cash outlay. He was asked if he could challenge for the Championship title with his current squad and replied:

"I wouldn’t like to do that. I’d far rather be in a position to strengthen to move forward, not just for next term but longer term. Without strengthening ahead of next season there would be no guarantees."

In other words, "Ma team's pyoor pish!" Where this money is supposed to come from he won't say. One thing's for sure: he won't put his hand in his own pocket, even though he's a shareholder! Mr Blobby hasn't finished his 120-day review yet but you can be damn sure that he won't be recommending a massive splurge in the Summer transfer window.

In fact, if Phil Mac Whatsit is right then things will be coming to a head before the coming week is out. He says that there's an emergency board meeting to be held on Monday to discuss going into administration. Quite where this will lead is anybody's guess, although Phil Mac opines that The Laxative will increase his hold on Bisto, which certainly doesn't bode well for the Bisto Kids.

One commentator on Phil's blog suggested a scenario that Bisto might well be intending to follow. He says that their plan might be to spend, spend, spend every year and then go into administration or even liquidation every couple of years to avoid the bills. It sounds like a madcap scheme but they've already got away with it once, haven't they?

And then we come to King. He's been banging on about how he, and his followers, only want to save Rangers (sic) and the board has insulted all the supporters by accusing them of 'destabilising the club.' According to Phil Mac, I'm wrong about King not being able to take over Bisto. Phil's right about the SFA's 'fit and proper person' blurb being meaningless: they already said after the Craig Whyte fiasco that they just take the club's word for it; or maybe that just applied to Ibrox. Anyway, I still can't see the Stock Exchange allowing it.

King has arrived in Glasgow to oversee his scam, I mean, his plan for a trust to be set up to hold all the ST money. Are The Peeppil really gullible enough to trust this crook? He did get one thing right, though. He said:

"It is quite possible that Charles Green is still de facto controlling the club. Certainly the existing directors have a minuscule equity stake and yet won't disclose the true 'power behind the throne'."

That is exactly right. The Krays actually hold no more shares than Sooperally and are running the company with proxy votes. The fact that there has been no word whatsoever about them handing over the readies for Green's shares appears to show that King is right on this score. So the stark choice facing the Bisto Kids is: do they fund a chateau in France or a vineyard in South Africa?

Meanwhile those sterling, upright citizens at Vanguard Bears conducted an interview with our old friend, the Derry Dinosaur Jockey, Gregory Campbell.

Q. It's well known you are a big Rangers supporter. Where does your love for the club come from? Do you ever get over to Glasgow to watch the Gers?
At school, in the mid 1960's which happened to coincide with some of the best Rangers teams ever, Willie Henderson, Jim Baxter and Colin Stein. I was hooked! With being very busy both in Northern Ireland and at the House of Commons, I get over once or twice a season to Ibrox.

So Campbell, unlike the rest of his fellow-travellers in Ulster, decided to follow follow Rangers because of the silky skills of its players. Aye, right!

The interview goes on to outline Campbell's main concern: Celtic FC. He is not alone in this as it seems his DUP colleague in the European Parliament has been representing her constituents by constantly asking questions about Celtic's dealings and badgering UEFA about 'sectarian chanting' by Celtic fans. It's good to know that the political situation in Northern Ireland is so stable and boring that this is all they've got to worry about!

Oh, and nobody at Celtic has been in touch with Campbell; 'unsurprisingly' he says. Too right it's not a surprise - it's none of his fucking business!

Which leads nicely to an unashamed plug for my latest novel, 'Torrent', available now on Amazon. It's a political thriller, based on things that are going on in Scotland right now. I've exaggerated a good deal but, if you read it, you'll see what I'm on about. Suffice to say, our friend the Derry Dinosaur Jockey was a major influence!

I know it's a bit on the dear side, but, if you've got a Kindle, the Kindle version is only 75p, or message me on here and I'll send you a free Kindle copy. You can find out about the book here:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Torrent-Mr-Pat-Anderson/dp/1495426599/ref=sr_1_14?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1393718167&sr=1-14&keywords=pat+anderson#_

 

 

Ben, remember to get your copy!

 

 

 

 

Dave King arrives in Glasgow