Got board but why would Green want to meet Leggo? This is ****ing bizarre, it would be like Lawwell getting SH up to answer the questions at the AGM.
I have had a wee keek at it and I can tell you there are investors there which are household names in every blue chip investor’s luxury penthouse and oak panelled boardroom.
It's funny how he admits he was wrong about Chico but is keeping Schaumburg about how he thought Craig's whyte was the man
New levels of madness, no comments from me are required. Tuesday, 13 November 2012 LAWWELL'S SKY POPPY SNUB IT was surprising to see that when Peter Lawwell was interviewed on Sky before the Celtic- Barcelona game he was not wearing a poppy. After all, everybody else from the British teams playing in Europe over the past few weeks wore the poppy when they were interviewed on the box. And I know, from Sky contacts in London, that nobody employed by Sky – whether staff presenters or pundits – are allowed to appear before the cameras without the poppy during the period of Remembrance. For those being interviewed, the poppy is option. But in common with all British broadcasters, a box of poppies is kept on hand should anyone due to be interviewed not already have one pinned to their jacket. Or should the one they are wearing have become a bit bedraggled by being out in the rain. Or should it have slipped off, as they are prone to since the health and safety fascists decreed that an attached pin was dangerous. Or should the person being interviewed discard their coat, on which the poppy was worn, in favour of the more formal look of jacket collar and tie for the interview. So, were any of the above the case when Peter Lawwell appeared without a poppy? And did the Sky production team fail to offer Peter Lawwell a poppy? No they did not, for if that had happened someone would have been handed their P45. Trust me. That’s a strict Sky rule. Therefore, the more likely scenario was that Peter Lawwell was offered a poppy, but chose to decline the offer. And if that is what indeed took place at Parkhead before Celtic played Barcelona, the question which must be asked is, why Peter Lawwell exercised his democratic right not to appear on camera wearing a poppy. Is he so afraid of the Republican ranters of that extremist group of terrorist supporters, the Green Brigade, that he decided not to wear a poppy in case these zealots were offended? If so, the gesture backfired badly. For I have spoken to a number of broadcasters, broadcasting executives and assorted old hacks south of the border who have been pals of mine for years and they all noted that the Celtic chief executive appeared on Sky without a poppy. Now, some of those old chums are Scots, but most of them are English and many of them are the sort of people who can help influence and shape public opinion. The sort of people who remember the Celtic supporting Green Brigade’s Blood Stained poppy banner and who have now added that slur to what they see as Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell’s disdain for the poppy. Therefore, when it comes to Celtic’s next charm offensive south of the border as they bid to fulfil owner Dermot Desmond’s dearest wish, that Celtic play in the English Premiership, there will be plenty of people at the top in broadcasting and in the press, who will not be well disposed to having them. Of course there are some down south who pander to Dermot Desmond’s club. Such as the Daily Telegraph’s Paul Hayward. He wrote a toe curling piece in praise of Celtic after the Barcelona game. But omitted to mention a vested interest, which is that he was Dermot Desmond’s personal guest on the Irish billionaire’s private jet on the way to one of Celtic’s European matches. Hayward may have thought he would get away with that. Not a chance! ....AND ...... BRIAN PATRICK McNALLY, the Sunday Mirror journalist who published the outrageous lie about Rangers supporters singing the Famine Song a fortnight ago, appears to have fallen silent on Rangers matters recently. I wonder why? Watch this space. ..... AND FINALLY.... THE usual small band smart alecs were out in force yesterday. As I predicted on Friday would happen, they started their sad smears about me being bought off by the new regime. I take it those gainsayers believe "Sir" Walter has also been bought off? There were also some deluded folk among the usual suspects who thought I had made up the fact that Walter Smith had his advisors going over the Ibrox books before agreeing to become a director. I refer them to what another former Rangers manager, who remains a friend of Smith, said. "I am sure Walter will have done his due dilligence." That was Graeme Souness speaking. So, in the minds of this underwhelming minority, Souness and I are fantasists, while "Sir" Walter and I have been bought off. In actual fact, I thank these smart alecs for showing their hand. It is one which the overwhelming majority of decent Rangers fans do not want to shake.
Get away with what? Were all the other journalists who wrote in fulsome praise of Celtic's amazing victory over Barcelona also on his private jet? Utter ****ing imbecile
Imagine just imagine for a minute that this **** had become a newspaper editor. Headline: Lawell Snubs Poppy Offer
He's merely providing his own defence in case someone points that out, if he actually belived that he would never have bothered insulting people's intelligence by continuing to write this drivel.
There's a hilarious bit that it's easy to gloss over Is it an outrageous lie to say Rangers fans sang a song they sang a few years ago? What is outrageous about it? I've also seen it described by John Gow (another bewildered pensioner) as a vile lie. Is it vile? Is the song vile? McMurdo called it a "smear" to suggest Rangers fans were singing it. 2009 League Cup Final - I was there - whole hun end sang it. Were they "smearing" themselves? Why wasn't it vile then but it's vile to suggest it's been sung this month? Idiots.
The last OF game I was at (Cup game, Lenny-Sally handbags affair), their away support sang the whole party song playlist all night long. The first game after administration, the home crowd at Ibrox decided to commemorate the occasion with as lusty a rendition of certain "sectarian" chants as there was ever heard. That's this year. Now I'm not offended personally at all by these songs but I'd prefer them to be a thing of the past. Point is, some within the Rangers ranks think that because they haven't been sung in the last 90mins, then it's problem over and anyone who suggests otherwise is an agenda-driven, Rangers-hating bigot. It's absurd.
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