He doesn't seem to realise that all he's doing is building up problems for the future if he goes down this particular road. Somebody needs to sit him down and tell him, "Look, son, I know your mentor, Auld Dignity, taught you the only thing he knows - keep spending. But those days are over. There's no money! Maybe, instead of scrabbling about looking for players to sign during the summer, you would be better served going on some kind of coaching course. After all, it's patently obvious that you haven't got a bloody clue what you're doing!"
When Bisto FC started up in 2012 they should have been looking to build from the bottom up. As a new club they should have been looking to cut costs, live within their means and slowly work their way to the top. Instead, they decided to pretend that they're 'stull Raynjurz' and huff and puff about getting 'back' to the top in the shortest time possible. The consequences of this are already evident as they have to take on payday loans to meet the wage bill and any new equipment will have to be procured from Bright House.
The penny has finally dropped, in that cavernous arcade that each Bisto Kid has for a skull, that their club is skint. Instead of demanding that their club lives within its means, however, they support Ally in his quest for more and more money to throw away on players. Or rather, they don't support Ally anymore, but they do think his plan is pyoor jeenyus, so it is. Which is why they're all desperate to believe in 'Honest' Dave King. He's a millionaire, isn't he? He loves the club, doesn't he? And so they choose to ignore the fact that King has short arms and deep pockets, is a proven liar and is a convicted thief.
The scheme that King has come up with is the most lunatic piece of nonsense ever; a plan that even Charles Ponzi wouldn't touch with a bargepole. Give your season-ticket money to a thief to hold in a bank account; what happens then? King surely knows that the Bisto board is not only unwilling but unable to hand over Ibrox and Murray Park as security; nobody even knows who owns them and Craig Whyte has a claim still being assessed. So the whole mad plan is a non-starter. What, then, is King up to? Maybe a quick shufti at his past record in South Africa will answer that one!
McMurdo, as usual, is on the board's side. He talks of 'war' but does not use the analogy of armies but ships. This is pretty apt since the players at the old club were renowned for running to the shipyards whenever war was declared! He says that watching the unfolding story at Ibrox is like watching an old war movie. I know exactly which movie he's talking about: Private's Progress. If you've seen it you'll know what I'm getting at; if you haven't, I can heartily recommend it.
Meanwhile there are all manner of rumours flying around. Phil Mac tells us that Sooperally was looking to do 'walking away' and presented the board with his desired compensation package. Unfortunately for Sooper, the cry was No Surrender. There's also a story about the Ibrox Nomad making a statement to the Stock Exchange. There's nothing yet on Phil Mac about it, but we should keep our eyes and ears open.
I'm also keeping an eye on that new blog I told you about, the one imaginatively titled, 'We Are Rangers (sic)'. I decided to do as the writer asks and 'Leave a comment.' It was, however, moderated out of existence. So, like McMurdo, he only wants comments that agree with what he says. He's got the old mantra on top of his blog, saying, 'No-one likes us, we don't care'. It's pretty obvious, though, that he does!
This one's especially for Mick, over at Bampots Utd
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