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Chris Jack with his rallying call to other fans of other clubs to get involved with rangers moan.
Chris Jack: Questions over Murdoch MacLennan are key for all clubs and not just Rangers
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Christopher Jack @Chris_Jack89 Group Senior Sports Writer
THINGS are rarely black and white in the world of Scottish football and when it comes to Murdoch MacLennan it isn’t a case of blue and green. Rangers may be leading the calls for MacLennan’s head due to his business links with two Celtic powerbrokers but the issues over his position should be looked at by clubs across the country. When Ibrox chairman Dave King called for Gary Hughes, the then non-executive director of the Scottish FA, to be suspended, supporters of other sides could have been forgiven for shrugging their shoulders.
The comments that Hughes made in a magazine interview in 2006 - in which he labelled Rangers fans ‘the great unwashed’ - angered the Light Blue legions and King. Weeks later, Hughes did not seek re-election to the Hampden board as he left his position after three years. That didn’t completely placate Rangers, however, and in a statement they called for a review of the SFA’s procedures and a probe into whether Hughes was party to any discussions regarding the Notice of Complaint in relation to their 2011/12 UEFA licence. That battle is very much between Ibrox and Hampden but the latest fight that King has taken up has consequences across the country and leagues.
It is one that he has fought alone in public so far, however. Where Rangers have led, no others have followed as shots have been launched back and forth with no sign of being intercepted by friendly fire, or otherwise, from elsewhere. King has now shifted his crosshairs along the Sixth Floor at the National Stadium and MacLennan, the chairman of the SPFL, is firmly in his sights over his appointment to the board of Independent News and Media, a Dublin-based firm where Dermot Desmond and Denis O’Brien are influential shareholders. The SPFL have refused Rangers’ request for an independent investigation into MacLennan’s links with INM and the Ibrox board have now called for him to be removed from office at Hampden.
In response, a spokesperson for the SPFL said: “We note the contents of Rangers’ latest press release. The board has already made its strong and overwhelming support for the chairman very clear and we consider the matter closed.” Read more: Rangers set to clinch deal for Roma striker Umar Sadiq before Europa League clash That won’t be how Rangers see it, though, especially when Stewart Robertson, the Ibrox Managing Director, and MacLennan, weren’t involved in the board discussion. The potential for a conflict of interest here is clear, well to most observers at least. It comes down to who told what to who. Or not, in this case. If MacLennan informed Neil Doncaster, the SPFL chief executive, of his role with INM and highlighted the links with Desmond and O’Brien then his conscience is clear.
If Doncaster was told, as he should have been, then those details had to be passed onto to the SPFL Board, of which Robertson is a member. If both of those processes had been followed completely to the letter, it is unfathomable to see how we could have reached this point and how Rangers could have become so irked. Whether there is a conflict of interest or not, and there is no suggestion whatsoever that MacLennan has acted improperly in his dealings, that is only one issue. The details of a Private Eye article on MacLennan have yet to be addressed by the man who was appointed in July but has rarely been seen in public.
Perceptions cannot be altered but the SPFL had a chance to properly address Rangers’ concerns and didn’t take it. For some, their actions speak louder than their words. That could also be said about other clubs that have watched on as the statement war has unfolded and have chosen to stay in their bunkers rather than put their heads above the parapet in public. When the position of the SPFL chairman has been called into question, that issue becomes bigger than Rangers v Celtic or King v Doncaster. If clubs don’t show their colours, only grey areas will remain.
Chris Jack with his rallying call to other fans of other clubs to get involved with rangers moan.
Chris Jack: Questions over Murdoch MacLennan are key for all clubs and not just Rangers
Spoiler: click to toggle
Christopher Jack @Chris_Jack89 Group Senior Sports Writer
THINGS are rarely black and white in the world of Scottish football and when it comes to Murdoch MacLennan it isn’t a case of blue and green. Rangers may be leading the calls for MacLennan’s head due to his business links with two Celtic powerbrokers but the issues over his position should be looked at by clubs across the country. When Ibrox chairman Dave King called for Gary Hughes, the then non-executive director of the Scottish FA, to be suspended, supporters of other sides could have been forgiven for shrugging their shoulders.
The comments that Hughes made in a magazine interview in 2006 - in which he labelled Rangers fans ‘the great unwashed’ - angered the Light Blue legions and King. Weeks later, Hughes did not seek re-election to the Hampden board as he left his position after three years. That didn’t completely placate Rangers, however, and in a statement they called for a review of the SFA’s procedures and a probe into whether Hughes was party to any discussions regarding the Notice of Complaint in relation to their 2011/12 UEFA licence. That battle is very much between Ibrox and Hampden but the latest fight that King has taken up has consequences across the country and leagues.
It is one that he has fought alone in public so far, however. Where Rangers have led, no others have followed as shots have been launched back and forth with no sign of being intercepted by friendly fire, or otherwise, from elsewhere. King has now shifted his crosshairs along the Sixth Floor at the National Stadium and MacLennan, the chairman of the SPFL, is firmly in his sights over his appointment to the board of Independent News and Media, a Dublin-based firm where Dermot Desmond and Denis O’Brien are influential shareholders. The SPFL have refused Rangers’ request for an independent investigation into MacLennan’s links with INM and the Ibrox board have now called for him to be removed from office at Hampden.
In response, a spokesperson for the SPFL said: “We note the contents of Rangers’ latest press release. The board has already made its strong and overwhelming support for the chairman very clear and we consider the matter closed.” Read more: Rangers set to clinch deal for Roma striker Umar Sadiq before Europa League clash That won’t be how Rangers see it, though, especially when Stewart Robertson, the Ibrox Managing Director, and MacLennan, weren’t involved in the board discussion. The potential for a conflict of interest here is clear, well to most observers at least. It comes down to who told what to who. Or not, in this case. If MacLennan informed Neil Doncaster, the SPFL chief executive, of his role with INM and highlighted the links with Desmond and O’Brien then his conscience is clear.
If Doncaster was told, as he should have been, then those details had to be passed onto to the SPFL Board, of which Robertson is a member. If both of those processes had been followed completely to the letter, it is unfathomable to see how we could have reached this point and how Rangers could have become so irked. Whether there is a conflict of interest or not, and there is no suggestion whatsoever that MacLennan has acted improperly in his dealings, that is only one issue. The details of a Private Eye article on MacLennan have yet to be addressed by the man who was appointed in July but has rarely been seen in public.
Perceptions cannot be altered but the SPFL had a chance to properly address Rangers’ concerns and didn’t take it. For some, their actions speak louder than their words. That could also be said about other clubs that have watched on as the statement war has unfolded and have chosen to stay in their bunkers rather than put their heads above the parapet in public. When the position of the SPFL chairman has been called into question, that issue becomes bigger than Rangers v Celtic or King v Doncaster. If clubs don’t show their colours, only grey areas will remain.
Nope, he's in hospital at the moment (mentions it further down the twitter feed)
Just the ever reliable SMSM to update us then
The guy John Clark from Scottish Football Monitor usually tries to get along if it's open to public in Edinburgh but this case is being held in Engerlund under The Queen's Law so unlikely he will make it - I'm sure Ashley will make it known if the Judge decides it's to got to trial ! @hummel1923 will have more Centre Court appearances with Dave King than they would ever have with Federer !
No-one seems to have picked up on the real story between the King and Ashley deal. King had a personal liability to Ashley, that's what the £3m paid of.
can't recall many of last years cainxinha's zeros heading for the exit door and there must be a few still there from warburton
more appropriate last year i know but you feel as if their scouting /purchasing is some kind of pinata game where they swing blindly and no doubt violently in a room full of donkeys and eventually club a few into signing submission
Chris Jack with his rallying call to other fans of other clubs to get involved with rangers moan.
Chris Jack: Questions over Murdoch MacLennan are key for all clubs and not just Rangers
Spoiler: click to toggle
Christopher Jack @Chris_Jack89 Group Senior Sports Writer
THINGS are rarely black and white in the world of Scottish football and when it comes to Murdoch MacLennan it isn’t a case of blue and green. Rangers may be leading the calls for MacLennan’s head due to his business links with two Celtic powerbrokers but the issues over his position should be looked at by clubs across the country. When Ibrox chairman Dave King called for Gary Hughes, the then non-executive director of the Scottish FA, to be suspended, supporters of other sides could have been forgiven for shrugging their shoulders.
The comments that Hughes made in a magazine interview in 2006 - in which he labelled Rangers fans ‘the great unwashed’ - angered the Light Blue legions and King. Weeks later, Hughes did not seek re-election to the Hampden board as he left his position after three years. That didn’t completely placate Rangers, however, and in a statement they called for a review of the SFA’s procedures and a probe into whether Hughes was party to any discussions regarding the Notice of Complaint in relation to their 2011/12 UEFA licence. That battle is very much between Ibrox and Hampden but the latest fight that King has taken up has consequences across the country and leagues.
It is one that he has fought alone in public so far, however. Where Rangers have led, no others have followed as shots have been launched back and forth with no sign of being intercepted by friendly fire, or otherwise, from elsewhere. King has now shifted his crosshairs along the Sixth Floor at the National Stadium and MacLennan, the chairman of the SPFL, is firmly in his sights over his appointment to the board of Independent News and Media, a Dublin-based firm where Dermot Desmond and Denis O’Brien are influential shareholders. The SPFL have refused Rangers’ request for an independent investigation into MacLennan’s links with INM and the Ibrox board have now called for him to be removed from office at Hampden.
In response, a spokesperson for the SPFL said: “We note the contents of Rangers’ latest press release. The board has already made its strong and overwhelming support for the chairman very clear and we consider the matter closed.” Read more: Rangers set to clinch deal for Roma striker Umar Sadiq before Europa League clash That won’t be how Rangers see it, though, especially when Stewart Robertson, the Ibrox Managing Director, and MacLennan, weren’t involved in the board discussion. The potential for a conflict of interest here is clear, well to most observers at least. It comes down to who told what to who. Or not, in this case. If MacLennan informed Neil Doncaster, the SPFL chief executive, of his role with INM and highlighted the links with Desmond and O’Brien then his conscience is clear.
If Doncaster was told, as he should have been, then those details had to be passed onto to the SPFL Board, of which Robertson is a member. If both of those processes had been followed completely to the letter, it is unfathomable to see how we could have reached this point and how Rangers could have become so irked. Whether there is a conflict of interest or not, and there is no suggestion whatsoever that MacLennan has acted improperly in his dealings, that is only one issue. The details of a Private Eye article on MacLennan have yet to be addressed by the man who was appointed in July but has rarely been seen in public.
Perceptions cannot be altered but the SPFL had a chance to properly address Rangers’ concerns and didn’t take it. For some, their actions speak louder than their words. That could also be said about other clubs that have watched on as the statement war has unfolded and have chosen to stay in their bunkers rather than put their heads above the parapet in public. When the position of the SPFL chairman has been called into question, that issue becomes bigger than Rangers v Celtic or King v Doncaster. If clubs don’t show their colours, only grey areas will remain.
Umar Sadiq is supposed to be quite decent, isn't he?
Hardly a blistering and consistent career profile ... He could be anything and I doubt anyone has heard of him until now.
He's so good Torino failed to spot it, and passed on their option to make him a permanent signing?
Granted his stats for last season do look good, but I don't watch German games nor do I know the quality of the opposition those stats were achieved against?
So begs the question, why would he come to Sevco? Other than money, to play some easy domestic games and enhance his stats? Also it would appear nobody else is really interested enough in him.
Very decent goal scoring record in youth football in Italy and in the Olympics. Had a decent record (5 in 12) with Breda last year but only played 12 games and only 6 starts. He's very tall so at youth level that tends to mean goals.
Umar Sadiq is supposed to be quite decent, isn't he?
Hardly a blistering and consistent career profile ... He could be anything and I doubt anyone has heard of him until now.
He's so good Torino failed to spot it, and passed on their option to make him a permanent signing?
Granted his stats for last season do look good, but I don't watch German games nor do I know the quality of the opposition those stats were achieved against?
So begs the question, why would he come to Sevco? Other than money, to play some easy domestic games and enhance his stats? Also it would appear nobody else is really interested enough in him.
He played in the Netherlands last year. The eredivise is probably not far from the SPL these days.
Funny how some huns think they have a hybrid pitch. As if Dave would buy that
Was thinking the exact same. There were quotes on the cesspit a few weeks/months back that they were way ahead of us having fitted a similar if not better hybrid pitch to the one we have a few years back. After last Fridays cutting up episode these quotes seem to be rather false!
Funny how some huns think they have a hybrid pitch. As if Dave would buy that
Was thinking the exact same. There were quotes on the cesspit a few weeks/months back that they were way ahead of us having fitted a similar if not better hybrid pitch to the one we have a few years back. After last Fridays cutting up episode these quotes seem to be rather false!
Like Chairman like hun
Let's be honest, if the huns spent millions on a hybrid pitch, we'd have heard about it non stop.
The huns brag about literally everything to try & stay relevant.
It's amusing they are so irrelevant that we have forced them to make stories like this up.
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Funny how some huns think they have a hybrid pitch. As if Dave would buy that
Was thinking the exact same. There were quotes on the cesspit a few weeks/months back that they were way ahead of us having fitted a similar if not better hybrid pitch to the one we have a few years back. After last Fridays cutting up episode these quotes seem to be rather false!
Like Chairman like hun
Let's be honest, if the huns spent millions on a hybrid pitch, we'd have heard about it non stop.
The huns brag about literally everything to try & stay relevant.
It's amusing they are so irrelevant that we have forced them to make stories like this up.
You're doing them a disservice here. They only give insights into important things, like a new bus
Umar Sadiq is supposed to be quite decent, isn't he?
Hardly a blistering and consistent career profile ... He could be anything and I doubt anyone has heard of him until now.
He's so good Torino failed to spot it, and passed on their option to make him a permanent signing?
Granted his stats for last season do look good, but I don't watch German games nor do I know the quality of the opposition those stats were achieved against?
So begs the question, why would he come to Sevco? Other than money, to play some easy domestic games and enhance his stats? Also it would appear nobody else is really interested enough in him.
Very decent goal scoring record in youth football in Italy and in the Olympics. Had a decent record (5 in 12) with Breda last year but only played 12 games and only 6 starts. He's very tall so at youth level that tends to mean goals.
He's played fewer than 30 games in his senior career and scored fewer than 10 goals.
Very decent goal scoring record in youth football in Italy and in the Olympics. Had a decent record (5 in 12) with Breda last year but only played 12 games and only 6 starts. He's very tall so at youth level that tends to mean goals.
He's played fewer than 30 games in his senior career and scored fewer than 10 goals.
Funny how some huns think they have a hybrid pitch. As if Dave would buy that
Was thinking the exact same. There were quotes on the cesspit a few weeks/months back that they were way ahead of us having fitted a similar if not better hybrid pitch to the one we have a few years back. After last Fridays cutting up episode these quotes seem to be rather false!
Like Chairman like hun
Let's be honest, if the huns spent millions on a hybrid pitch, we'd have heard about it non stop.
The huns brag about literally everything to try & stay relevant.
It's amusing they are so irrelevant that we have forced them to make stories like this up.
The carrots are never done talking about their supposed 5-star stadium