Lotw Diary- Spiers Sums Up R*ngers
For being a r*ngers fan as a boy, new Times lackie Graham Spiers at times disnny half sum up why we hate or dislike all things blue. Spiers just seems to have the knack of ticking the boxes and pointing oot what makes r*ngers such a dislikeable club.
In today’s Times, Spiers waffles in his own style about David Murray. But in this paragraph, he nails it in a nutshell the difference between Celtic and them.
Murray loved the “establishment club” image of Rangers, which suited his own growing “business class” status as a Scottish entrepreneur, and so the regular slayings of Celtic were in keeping with his outlook. His subtext was: these upstarts from Glasgow’s grubby east end need to know their place, they need to know the pecking order.
In the article Spiers points out the pomp and over extravagance of the early nineties Murray persona. Even then that persona was nothing compared to the late nineties when his “one team for Scotland another for Europe” and his chasing football utopia ended up wie a moonbeam and not riches.
Murray now cuts a lonely almost scrooge like figure, one that is looking for an out and is busy chasing his tail trying to make a success of his numerous failures.
His moonbeam failed and his returning to “wattienaccio” reeks of desperation but one in keeping wie the regression of the club under his stewardship and his belief of the “traditions and heritage” of the “establishment club”.
Thing is, no matter successes that may come his and wattie’s way, his pecking order view, one that is shared by the vocal majority that pollute the stands in Govan will always ensure that r*ngers are seen as damaged goods to any investor. Take that view away and all you have is a bloated beast of a fitba club.
Forza.
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3 comments:
If you must talk about them make sure that it`s all negative. Well done Kevin! :-)
Interesting article from Brittney.
You've got to wonder what will happen when the Ipox cupboard is "bear" again at the end of the season.
The waistcoat and cheeky chappie are on a tightrope here. No silverware this year and the hordes will turn on them.
Murraymint's last throw of the dice will have failed.
I think he'll find it easier selling suits than the damaged goods he got at Ipox.
To make SURE the "bear" cupboard happens tho', I still think we need to get a couple of new faces in the door in January.
PS
Not totally unrelated - does anybody else hate (i mean HATE) that wee beige eyesore Novo?
Six- had a conversation with two peeepul at my work yesterday and they were chewin the fat over whether Sally would become their manager full time.
I had to point out to them that for me Smith was a makeweight in the deal as they wouldnae have accepted Sally, McDowell and Durrant as their "dream team" and the mints plan of winning the league then wallie handing over the reigns to his successful understudy....
Yes Novo.....it's a sad state of affairs when Barry Ferguson is 5th on yer list of hated H*ns at the moment...
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