No More than a good John Greig clearance away from Hampden, one of the world's oldest clubs lies dying and no one on Hampden's sixth floor even bats an eyelid. No one up there in the offices of the SFA and SPL said a word. Rangers FC as we know them are dead. It's all over. They are about to shut down for ever but not a single person among the game's hierarchy was open for comment. And that just about sums it up for Rangers the club the rest ,of the Scottish game came to detest. We are still waiting for the verdicts on EBT schemes and dual contracts but of every other club have passed judgment. Rangers are guilty. Of course they are. They're cheats liars. Everybody knows that. They can't help themselves, it's. in their DNA. And of course they must be stripped their titles, trophies and dignity. Oh,don't forget those five stars above badge, Get them-torn off as well. It's all madness rooted in jealousies and twisted logic. Rangers have a seriously bad lot but the majority of the people who support the club are decent. Yet everywhere so many people are waiting to dance on this club's grave. Well, they should get their pumps and tap shoes tied up because it won't be long now. Yesterday the CVA proposal put forward on behalf of Charles Green by administrators Duff and Phelps was rejected by HMRC. They didn't even wait until tomorrow's creditors' meeting, although that will still go ahead. But Rangers FC won't. They'll slip into liquidation within the next couple of weeks with a new company emerging but 140 years of history, triumph and tears, will have ended. No matter how Charles Green attempts to dress it up, a newco equals a new club. When the CVA was thrown out Rangers as we know ,them died. They were closed and a newco must start from scratch.while probes and battles rumble on start from scratch although their fans will insist the history will be boxed up with the strips and balls and carried into the future with the new club. Technically that history belongs to something else, some other company but even though the governing bodies appear consumed by technicalities and protocol, supporters have other priorities. They strive for continuity and Rangers fans will never be separated from or denied their past. The name might change slightly; there will be a new owner, new players and a new beginning. But somehow nothing will have changed for many of the people who buy the tickets. HATRED They'll never forget and they'll remember yesterday too. Even though they and everyone else knew the decision to accept or reject Green's CVA was 50-50 this was such a momentous day in the history of Scottish football Yet, unbelievably neither the SPL nor the SFA had anything to say as Rangers' death warrant was signed. Maybe they were bored, or maybe even stupefied by the twists and turns, outlandish demands and hopes, claims and counter claims which started in May last year and then began clattering down relentlessly since February. With the noise and the clamour it has been difficult to make sense of it, to keep track and to understand the hatred and lack of compassion. It is see how damaging Rangers' demise is to the game in general. Whether you like them or not they are important. Along with Celtic they are the engine that drives our game. But the dislike hasn't been confined to the cheap seats. Other directors and chairmen have also relished watching Rangers fail and then fall. Yet they should have known better and despite the voices of reason saying "be careful what you wish for" those clubs who have sounded off about sporting integrity will now have to be true to their own word. If they have been listening to their fans, as a number of them claim, then they won't allow a newco into the SPL. But let's just see if, when the time comes to vote, enough of them keep their hands down when asked if they want a reformed Rangers back in. And they'll have to do this quickly because fans will need to know which teams will be in which divisions before buying season' tickets. The SPL and SFL will produce their fixtures on Monday and although Rangers will be found in the top-flight schedule it remains to be seen if they'll actually be playing there. But can the SPL do without Rangers and their supporters? They may have been suggesting they can but it will not prosper without Rangers and this is what all the chairmen, despite their bravado, will have to consider. It was easy, and also foolish, to be bold when Duff and Phelps suggested HMRC had hinted they might accept the CVA but now the moment of truth has arrived for these clubs. And what will force the issue? Pressure from fans or pressure from banks? Of course, they could let them back in while insisting the new club has to accept penalties for the behaviour of the old, especially if the SPL enquiry finds Rangers guilty of issuing players dual contracts with their EBTs. Also, the SFA have still to work out what sanction to impose on the current Rangers who succeeded in getting a 12-month signing ban overturned in the Court of Session. The SFA will demand the new sanction be inherited by the newco but it seems to me more than a few on one side of this saga are in danger of becoming a little vindictive. GUILTY Of course Rangers are guilty of shaming the game and they accept they have to be punished. But how many more times must they be kicked? Despite the baying mob and their crazy notion that Rangers should be shunned because they are cheats the fact is this club and these fans have themselves been cheated. If there is anything in their DNA make up that's irrational or wrong it is their love of their club and this game. Get over the mock outrage and come down from the moral high ground. Few fans of any club have any right to be up there in any case but now; as Scottish football arrives at a crossroads let's try to think straight. How about cutting Rangers some slack and doing the game a turn at the same time? -------------------------------------------------------- A really quite incredible rant by alleged "journalist" James Traynor. Everyone is getting it in the neck apart from Rangers who are after all, the guilty party. The SFA, the SPL "what are they doing?" bleats Traynor in an obvious attempt to shift the blame and alter the focus. "It's all madness rooted in jealousies and twisted logic"? I'm afraid that's a bit of a generalisation is it not? Whilst Traynor is quick (and correct) to point out that not all Rangers fans are "Bad uns" he seems to have an altogether different approach when it comes to pointing the finger at fans and chairmen of other clubs. He says "More than a few on one side of this saga are in danger of becoming a little vindictive?". What side would that be James? Would that be Sandy Jardine or Ally McCoist several months back threatening retribution against the people who are "kicking Rangers when they are down"? Or does that not count? What about the supporters associations who threatened boycotts of away grounds next season? Is that not a "little vindictive"? James then predictably rolls out the party line: "how many more times must they be kicked?". I would say that common sense and justice dictate that some punishment must follow because the punishments so far amount to practically Zero, sure they were deducted 10 points but that is a mandatory punishment and it would be a fool who argued that there was anything inherently unfair in deducting 10 points for falling foul of the regulations. So how exactly have Rangers been "Kicked" so far? A 10 point deduction, a fine for Whyte, a signing ban which they fought to have overturned (and won). So far they have received no real punishment (or kicks) that I can see apart from that 10 points being removed. James is not a man to let facts get in the way of a good rant though, especially when defending his beloved Rangers. I should have seen this coming, he probably typed up the bulk of this spleen venting exercise several weeks back, adding the final flourishes last night, but even though I have criticised Traynor in the past for being no better than an apologist for Rangers, this still comes as a shock, to read such a staunch defence of an organisation that really deserves little in the way of pity.
excellent point dev - all i hear is "havent we been punished enough???" well no -all you have been punished is, in fact, 10 points so far bad press isnt punishment - its a consequence of what you have done but it isnt punishment
That is the singlemost bizarre "column" I've ever read I'm surprised that even someone as scummy as Jabba could come out with that. The bit you pointed out Dev about the generalising and pointing towards "vindictiveness" in light of Jardine and McCoist's pish is astounding. This should be put in a time capsule along with a betamax video recorder and some Edwardian views on racism
I liked the bit , they're cheats and liars , everybody knows that , they can't help themselves it's in their DNA
And above all else, not one single apology has come forth from anyone involved in Rangers FC(RIP) for what they have done to Scottish football.
Perhaps........Just perhaps if Jabba didn't get involved in ego driven squabbles with Chick when Chick tried to tell people that liquidation was a very real possibility then maybe..........just maybe the Huns might have realised what was going on and got off their lazy holes and done something about it. Then this whole finger pointing rant wouldn't have been necessary. [video=youtube;I4G-3Vbv7X4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4G-3Vbv7X4[/video] Ah well. Too late now.
anyway, Im just about to sit down and listen to the radio clyde SSB special....should be good for a laugh...and obviously some in depth analysis!
http://www.scotsman.com/sport/footb...everything-is-somebody-else-s-fault-1-2352653 Traynor is just towing the party line If you do not pay your mortgage and the bank take it off you is it the banks fault or your fault for not paying the mortgage
Come off it -the answer is obvious ... it has to be the bank's fault for lending you the money in the first place.
