Must say I am fascinated with us crossing the ball in once in the entire first half when Hogh was on, and 16 times in the first 10 mins of the 2nd half when heโs off ๐คฃ๐คฃ
Man City scandal tip of the iceberg as football erodes from the top || Stephen McGowan
"In Scotland people know how toxic the stench of scandal can be. Fourteen years have passed since Employee Benefits Trusts and side letters entered the national vocabulary and Rangers fell off a financial cliff. The bitter scars from those events still weep, angry and raw.
"Former Ibrox chairman Sir David Murray popped up on the podcast Graeme Souness Tackles the other week to rouse sleeping dogs from their slumber.
"Murray used his recent autobiography to appeal to Rangers supporters to remember him only for the good times. He was pushing the same line on the podcast, telling old mucker Souness that the Ibrox club were โtargetedโ by an HMRC witch hunt.
โ'It hurts me very badly,' said Murray. 'Okay, Iโm remembered for the end, but I would like to think Iโm remembered for Laudrup, Gascoigne and 35 trophies.'
"A bit like the captain of the Titanic asking people to remember him for a smooth push-off at Southampton, Murray knows better than anyone why HMRC used Rangers as a high-profile test case.
"EBT arrangements were used between 2001 and 2010 as a form of disguised remuneration to avoid tax and national insurance contributions on player earnings. In 2017 even he had to admit that EBTs and the non-disclosure of side letters to the SFA or the SPL gave Rangers the โopportunity to get players that we perhaps would not be able to affordโ.
"While some still get misty eyed over Gazza and nine-in-a-row, then, plenty of Rangers fans blame the former owner for Craig Whyte, administration, Charles Green, Mike Ashley, liquidation, Sevco, Duff and Phelps and the recurring issues which led to just three trophies in 14 years. Thatโs David Murrayโs legacy right there." ๐
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Embarrassment in the CL qualifiers - Silence.
Three defeats in a week - Silence.
Manager says he's questioning his position - Silence.
Embarrass Dermot Desmond - Pish statement in the same 12 hours.
The Celtic Board everyone.
Thousands of paying Celtic fans can spend months/years asking for answers on fundamental issues around the club. Dermot has his golf interrupted and the board finds its voice that evening.
Theyโve made it perfectly clear who they answer to. It isnโt the people funding the club.
The fact that Desmond has had to release a lengthy Statement at 10pm on a Saturday night raging because he got embarrassed in front of his billionaire golf pals shows that todayโs protest worked and similar protests should keep happening
Sending out a statement at 10.09pm that no one has put their name to with threats of banning supporters from Celtic Park.
The statement itself is longer than any update or communication about the club in months.
We know Desmond wrote it and we know where his priorities are.
She's a 94 year old Jewish human rights lawyer.
She's been arrested under terrorism legislation for opposing genocide.
The least we can do is to listen.
They still plan to march if able.
Tell your GAA club. Tell your family group chat. Your Celtic supporters club.
Tell your cumann. Tell your mates you listen to the rebs with.
Tell them the Garvaghy Road Residents are asking for their help. Tell them they need their help.