The Daily Record was all over the story of Douglas Park, George Letham and George Taylor with their Walter Mitty takeover plans. Any possibility, no matter how remote, of Real Rangers Men returning to Ibrox and the DR sports boys get a bit overexcited. And they've still got Sooperally's back, as if he's been hard-done-by. They've got Kenny McDowall bleating about everything that poor Sooper has had to go through. (Try living with bomb threats, bullets in the post and being physically attacked in the dugout, pal!) McDowall says of Ally, "His concern was for people at the club rather than himself." That pish again! If he was that concerned he'd walk now and forgo his huge wage packet and pay-off so the wee folk at the club could be kept on. But no; he's got to hang on in there, draining every last penny he can get. And he cares so much about the club that he couldn't be bothered turning up at Easter Road on Saturday. Instead, he appeared at Scotstoun, looking like a scarecrow; he's obviously taking this 'gardening leave' stuff seriously!
If the Daily Record's reaction to recent events is predictable, so is that of McMurdo and his disciples. It's strange reading Merlin's blog these days; there's an air of resignation about it, as if they know the games a-bogey but don't want to admit it. They consoled themselves over Christmas by quoting scriptures and reminding each other that they're still God's Chosen; as Merlin said, "We are His people." I suppose it's a crumb of comfort in these times of travail for The Peeppul. At any rate, they appear to have lost faith in Ashley and are desperately looking for some succour from the Heavens!
Today McMurdo's back, ready to blame the supporters for not turning up, the team for being crap and, most of all, the Raynjurz-Haturz in the football authorities for knocking back Ashley. So let's see; when anyone said anything against Craig Whyte they were all out marching and dishing out death threats. When it all went tits-up it was the SFA to blame for 'allowing' Whyte into Ibrox. The same thing happened with Green. Now, when the SFA actually show some balls and stick to the rules they're in the wrong again. And McMurdo also goes on about "a complicit anti-Rangers (sic) media". That'll be the media that banged on about Peter Lawwell being on the SFA committee that blocked Ashley, effectively blaming him for the whole thing, eh?
His further comment that "This is not The Rangers we know. It is certainly not The Rangers of Waddell, Struth or Big Jock." gets to the real truth of their problem. McMurdo's right about it not being the Rangers of Waddell, Struth or Big Jock; it's not. In fact, it's not Rangers at all! And therein is where the difficulty lies. If they hadn't pretended that it was 'Stull Raynjurz' then they could have taken time to build a proper, new club. As it is, they continued in the old, 'Rangers' way - spend, spend, spend. So what the hell are they moaning about? They got what they wanted, didn't they?
As for the business of the SFA being 'Anti-Raynjurz', that's a load of shite as well. The only way that Bisto FC is surviving at all is with ad hoc loans from Ashley. Effectively the club is, to all intents and purposes, insolvent. And yet, it is being allowed to continue on its merry way with not a word of censure from the SFA, the Stock Market or the media. What the fuck more does McMurdo want?
It looks like the new club is finished and McMurdo and his minions know it. Apparently, though, they still see this as meaning the death of Scottish football. They really are deluded. Do they think Scotland is going to miss their new club, which, just like the old one, stands for nothing more than hatred and bigotry? A bonus would be that The Peeppul could disband, support other teams and maybe even join the rest of us in the 21st Century!
I was watching the Christmas edition of QI and I must say that I'm beginning to go off Stephen Fry. He's supposed to be an atheist but it seems that he doesn't like to disparage God or religion; unless, of course, it's the Catholic Church! My regular readers will know that I've got no drum to beat for the Catholic Church; nor, however, do I have any kind of axe to grind. If anything, the Catholic God seems to a more kind, good, reasonable and loving God than that put forward by most Protestant churches. And yet, Fry does nothing but blame the Catholic Church for all the failings off Christianity. This time he sneeringly called it the 'Romish Church'. He sounded more like some grand master of the Orange Order than an atheist. 'Orange Atheists' I call people like that!
A last small quote from one of Merlin's Minions:
"Rangers FC 1872 – Where are you?"
They're deid ya daft bastard!
Ashley responds to Park, Letham and Taylor.
"£750,000? Wait a fuckin' minute here..."
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