manc_don Posted August 19, 2013 Report Posted August 19, 2013 http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/aug/19/daily-record-rangers?CMP=twt_gu Daily Record engages in revisionism over its coverage of RangersShare84inShare[/size][/size]0[/color]Email Today's Daily Record carries a magnificent piece of polemic by sports writer Keith Jackson about its coverage of the continuing crisis facingRangers football club. In fact, once put into historical context, it turns out to be a self-serving piece of revisionism. It makes no reference to the paper's 180 degree turn. The Record's record in its coverage of the lengthy financial shenanigans at Rangers shows that it has nothing to shout about. According to Jackson's account, the paper has been at the forefront of exposing dodgy dealings down the years. In January 2011, he writes, the Record "revealed the truth" about the "ruinous financial chicanery" of the then chairman, Craig Whyte. I think he meant January 2012. But that's a mere slip. The point is that Jackson, the supposed exposer of Whyte, had previously portrayed him as the club's great saviour. In November 2010, for example, Jackson described Whyte as the"financial whizzkid from Motherwell", a "high roller" who had become "Scotland's youngest self-made millionaire." In a breathless piece of puffery, Jackson told of the venture capitalist's exploits that made him "millions from playing the markets" and able to control "a vast business empire". Whyte's wealth was "off the radar", wrote Jackson, and enabled him to acquire a castle in Grantown-on-Spey, "one of the most historic buildings in Scotland." Jackson and his then boss, Jim Traynor, depicted Whyte as a man of considerable wealth and thereby gave confidence to the club's fans that he was a good bet to become its owner. At that time, and afterwards when Whyte acquired the club, the Record (in company with other newspapers) failed to investigate whether the fanciful claims about his riches stood up to scrutiny. As Channel 4's reporter, Alex Thomson, revealed, in July 2011, Traynor even went to so far as to submit an article about Whyte for Whyte's approval prior to publication. In February 2012, Whyte was forced to put Rangers into administration. And a month later Whyte was deemed "not a fit and proper person" to own a football club following an inquiry on behalf of the Scottish Football Association. He was also fined £200,000. But this sad saga runs on and on. Traynor quit the Record in December last year in order to become PR of Rangers, having been appointed by Whyte's successor, Charles Green. Four months later, the board of the reconstituted Rangers entity (Rangers International Football Club) issued a statement saying Green and the club's commercial director, Imran Ahmad, were to be the subject of an inquiry following allegations about their management of the club. And Green, now a "consultant" with Rangers, could possibly be ejected from that position too, a claim reported by the Record now that it has cast off its Ibrox cheerleading role. Or is it secretly cheerleading for a group within the club? Is it just not possible for it to be entirely impartial? Anyway, one single, simple fact emerges from all this - Rangers football club got into trouble a long time ago and the mainstream media, whether by commission or omission, failed to do its job. Rather than hold the people in charge to account, it acted as a spin-doctor. Belatedly, the Record shows signs of realising the error of its ways (without apologising to its readers for those errors). Jackson wrote today that Rangers is "a club which continues to self-harm spectacularly." If only he had written that three years or more ago. Then again, Traynor was his boss at the time. It's no wonder, perhaps, that the former journalistic colleagues have fallen out of late. Quote
Jute Posted August 19, 2013 Report Posted August 19, 2013 Ian Black charged with breaching SFA betting rules. Quote
BobbyBiscuit Posted August 20, 2013 Report Posted August 20, 2013 Chuck Green walks away again and promises to sell his shares Quote
mizer Posted August 20, 2013 Author Report Posted August 20, 2013 Bus company owner guy he has offered to them clearly cant afford them either Quote
Madbadteacher Posted September 5, 2013 Report Posted September 5, 2013 The scumbag vermin apparently STILL buying players for their assault on the 3rd tier! http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23982350 McCoist must be looking for a squad of 50 or 60 in order to compete :hammer: :hammer: Quote
Mentorred Posted September 6, 2013 Report Posted September 6, 2013 The Ban is now over, the transfer window is closed but they can sign players who are unattached. No cheating im afraid. On the other hand where are they getting the money to pay these players from? Quote
Andrew Posted September 7, 2013 Report Posted September 7, 2013 It's the fact that they had no embarrassment that they went bust, were escorted into the league and were given a transfer ban but wouldn't stick to it. They could have at least have taken their punishment, got on with it and kept their tiniest bit of dignity but instead they found a loophole and used it to as much to their advancement as they could like the shameless low life reprehensible scum that they know they are. How anyone with half a brain to reason with can support, defend or in anyway think of them as a good for the game I do not know. The sooner the Rangers 2 die the better. Quote
TENEMENTFUNSTER Posted September 7, 2013 Report Posted September 7, 2013 They'll probably sign Zaliuskas, and what a perfect fit, a fucking cunt joining a bolus of fucking cunts. Quote
tom_widdows Posted September 7, 2013 Report Posted September 7, 2013 The Ban is now over, the transfer window is closed but they can sign players who are unattached. No cheating im afraid. On the other hand where are they getting the money to pay these players from? On the other hand it does show how thick footballers are that they will willingly sign for them. In other news im looking forward to my new job at woolworths. Im gonna stick around there for a couple of months and then get a better job with Enron. Quote
BigAl Posted September 9, 2013 Report Posted September 9, 2013 They'll probably sign Zaliuskas, and what a perfect fit, a fucking cunt joining a bolus of fucking cunts. Did that thug nae get sent off three times in one season against us, about three years ago Quote
glasgow sheep Posted September 11, 2013 Report Posted September 11, 2013 The scum shouldn't surprise us but isn't about time they fucking got over it, moved on and grew up. Jim Spence apparently referenced the "old club" on Sportsound. Cue 400 complaints to the BBC and countless threats on Twitter. Story here, can't copy and paste for some reason http://m.thedrum.com/news/2013/09/10/bbc-scotland-presenter-jim-spence-remain-backing-management-and-nuj-after-rangers Quote
BigAl Posted September 11, 2013 Report Posted September 11, 2013 They didn't get it then, they don't get it now, and frankly they'll probably never get it Take your pick, arrogance, ignorance or just down right denial Actually probably a bit of all of them and a shit load more besides. Quote
baggy89 Posted September 12, 2013 Report Posted September 12, 2013 How would one go about complaining to the BBC that they have inaccurately printed a teams name, and have been doing so for around a year? Quote
BigAl Posted September 12, 2013 Report Posted September 12, 2013 Well thats that little runt Black, well and really told off eh ! Ten match ban, with seven of those games suspended and one weeks wages fine. So in reality a one match ban for every game where he bet against his own team. No real surpsie there then I guess Quote
Kowalski Posted September 12, 2013 Report Posted September 12, 2013 Jim Spence has just tweeted this: Abuse on twitter is one thing but when people start on you in the street with your wife that's another entirely. Not good. Quote
BobbyBiscuit Posted September 12, 2013 Report Posted September 12, 2013 Well thats that little runt Black, well and really told off eh ! Ten match ban, with seven of those games suspended and one weeks wages fine. So in reality a one match ban for every game where he bet against his own team. No real surpsie there then I guess A guy just now in U.S Baseball (not sure there's any other type of baseball actually...) has been banned for life for betting on his own team to WIN. Black gets a three game ban for betting on his team to lose. But aye, the world is against them. As for the Jim Spence stuff, loads of huns on twitter saying to him "Agree that threats etc are not on Jim, but you have to say you were asking for it". Scum. Sub-human scum. Quote
glasgow sheep Posted September 12, 2013 Report Posted September 12, 2013 A guy just now in U.S Baseball (not sure there's any other type of baseball actually...) has been banned for life for betting on his own team to WIN. Black gets a three game ban for betting on his team to lose. But aye, the world is against them. As for the Jim Spence stuff, loads of huns on twitter saying to him "Agree that threats etc are not on Jim, but you have to say you were asking for it". Scum. Sub-human scum. That's a fucking insult to sub-human scum. I keep thinking this scum can't get any lower and then they go and prove me wrong. This a real question, I can sadly guess the answer but never the less, have The Rangers Football Club made any statement about this (or indeed any of the various vendettas their "support" have launched). They gave tacit permission to this scum to carry on like this. They should come out and state they will ban any fan found posting this shit from Ibrox. Quote
glasgow sheep Posted September 12, 2013 Report Posted September 12, 2013 Nicked from Mad, nicked from twitter @theredfinal: Ian Black gets the same ban for betting against his own team as Gavin Gunning for swishing vaguely near Virgil van Dijk. Kind of sums it up for me though. A spineless decision by a shambolic and corrupt organisation hands out the same punishment. I'm not saying players shouldn't be able to have a flutter. The SFA state it is against their rules. Ian Black breaks this rule 160 documented times. Not only that but bets against his own team repeatedly. 'Sporting Integrity' anyone? Effectively handed a 3 match ban. Gavin Gunning doesn't/can't connect and has a fresh air swipe at van Dijk and is given the same 3 game ban, retrospectively. What a shower of c*nts... Quote
manc_don Posted September 14, 2013 Report Posted September 14, 2013 A mate posted a pic of a banner with "we are all jim Spence" written on it. Made by dons fans and was unveiled outside the BBC Quote
glasgow sheep Posted September 15, 2013 Report Posted September 15, 2013 http://i43.tinypic.com/30m5t9g.jpg[/img] which moron was claiming we had 800 there yesterday? That stand is rammed Quote
alfromsleep Posted September 16, 2013 Report Posted September 16, 2013 Had a bit of a chuckle to myself while driving on Saturday to hear Derek FergusHun on sportsound jizzing in his pants when that subhuman McCulloch got his hat trick against the mighty Arbroath. Quote
tom_widdows Posted September 16, 2013 Report Posted September 16, 2013 which moron was claiming we had 800 there yesterday? That stand is rammed Did they not announce how many away fans there were? or is that something only St Mirren do and St Johnstone do? Quote
Stewart Posted September 17, 2013 Report Posted September 17, 2013 Did they not announce how many away fans there were? or is that something only St Mirren do and St Johnstone do? AFC Heritage says 2016. http://www.afcheritage.org/matches/fixtures/mreport.cfm?fixture_id=7828&season=2013-14&squad=Senior Quote
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