RangersMedia 35,961 Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 CHARLES GREEN reckons that his Rangers players want to PUNCH him — and he couldn’t care less.In the midst of a bombshell week at Ibrox as he admitted shafting disgraced former owner Craig Whyte to gain control of the fallen Glasgow giants Green opened his heart to The Scottish Sun.He knows his outburst slating Ally McCoist’s side has made him unpopular in the dressing room but there’s not a shred of regret on that score.The Gers chief executive stressed: “A few weeks ago I made a statement that a few people were aghast about when I said that it’s the worst Rangers team there’s ever been.“I saw pundits on TV saying ‘The Chief Exec shouldn’t say that’. Why shouldn’t you say it? Is it true? If it’s true, say it.“If I felt that I could forecast so well, I’d start buying lottery tickets because the next day’s result against Annan PROVED it.“The players? I suspect there is an element of ‘can I kick him’ or ‘can I punch him’.“I suppose if we had a game of five a side there’d be a few of them would give me some heavy tackles.“I think I’d need to find some of my old speed to get away from them.“Look, I don’t think the manager was happy about it. I don’t think the players were happy about it.“But I actually don’t say things to make people happy and I don’t say things to make people sad.“I say ’em because it’s factually correct and I say it because I believe it.”Green is bidding to adapt to life in a bitterly divided city where he is left bemused by the role religion still plays in our football.The Gers supremo holds no truck with any of it, though, and he confessed he would ponder hiring ex-Celt and self-confessed fascist Paolo Di Canio just as Sunderland have.Di Canio received a one-match ban in Italy in 2005 for giving his fans at Lazio a Nazi salute and had previously described himself as ‘a fascist, but not a racist’.Green does not see what all the fuss is about.He said: “I don’t know the facts about Paolo Di Canio’s fascist comments but what have your political beliefs got to do with how you do your job?“If I’m hiring, I don’t care what religion they are, I don’t care what colour they are, I don’t care what their political beliefs are, or their social etiquette.“What I think is wrong is to force someone to accept your view so I encourage with my children their right to express their view.“Even to the extent of recent press speculation that we were going to sign Jon Daly and people are suggesting it may be a challenge because he’s a Catholic from Southern Ireland.“Well, that’s not a challenge at all. Listen, I’m quite happy to go on record and say that the only challenge that there is ever going to be is on what wages someone wants and how I’m going to pay them.“Can they do the job and are they going to respect the badge that’s on the shirt? That’s all the matters for me.”Green insists he hates the growing political correctness that is creeping into society and revealed he still refers to Rangers business partner Imran Ahmad as ‘my Paki friend’.Prince Harry famously found himself caught up in a storm when tapes emerged of him referring to an Asian soldier as ‘our little Paki friend’.Green sighed: “The sectarian element of the Old Firm has been a hard thing to get used to.“That is something that I’ve found truly amazing and hugely surprising to find this divide in Scotland. It is a completely new concept to me.“I was brought up in a mining community where whether someone was black, white, Catholic, Salvation Army, Protestant, made no difference.“When I played at Worksop Town, the other striker was ‘Darkie’ Johnson. Now if I say that today I could go to jail.“You know, Imran will come into the office regularly and I’ll say ‘How’s my Paki friend?’.“Of course, you have all the do-gooders and puritanical people now saying you can’t say that. Prince Harry got into so much trouble for that.”Green is lurching from one controversy to the next right now but insists the good Gers have done on their travels in Scottish football’s basement keeps him going.He stressed: “Going to places like Annan and Elgin, the whole town has been welcoming — not just the football clubs. The shopkeepers, the pastie shop owners, the bar guys.“The local economies are booming thanks to Rangers.“So it’s not just the clubs are getting capacity attendances and breaking new club records at every ground.“I’ve had chairmen come to me and say: ‘Mr Green, my local pub came and gave the club a cheque for £1,000 because when Rangers turned up he had record takings. More than on Christmas Eve’.“What we’ve got is a real legacy now that we can be proud of that shows how this giant of a club, that had been humbled so publicly, has stood proud, walked with its head held high and earned a lot of respect.“Look, I wasn’t a Rangers fan when I came — but I am becoming one very quickly.“This club becomes a part of you and you become a part of it. That’s been something that I never expected would happen.”Rangers FC will never get another penny of my money until Charles Green comes out and apologises for saying "I’ll say ‘How’s my Paki friend?’". Fucking disgraceful. 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simplythebest 11,453 Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Oh great, more hysteria. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombaybadboy08 15,660 Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Why are you so offended? Imran clearly isn't and it's obviously not meant as an insult.I've never met any Asian who is offended by the word 'Paki' unless it's followed or led by an insult. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Godfather 71,661 Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Darkie Johnson Bet he was fast whytes3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Negri's Beard 1,423 Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Uh oh, some exploding heads imminent Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Godfather 71,661 Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Paki friend Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alwaysblue 709 Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Grow up - its a term of endearment! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Negri's Beard 1,423 Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Darkie Johnson Bet he was fastI'm not even touching this thread with a barge pole. Can see where it's gonna go! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRW. 5,631 Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 What a load of utter drivel. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBluenose1972 1,405 Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Rangers FC will never get another penny of my money until Charles Green comes out and apologises for saying "I’ll say ‘How’s my Paki friend?’". Fucking disgraceful.See you later then as Charles wont be apologizing for that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM1872 3,705 Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 What's the point in these interviews with the media all the time? It's starting to annoy me now, I'm getting fed up of seeing his name in the media all the time and some of the things he comes out with are ridiculous.Gee it a rest Charles, you're doing more harm than good at the moment. Parlaneloyal, WadeWilson, WATP-FOREVER and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamFyfe 1,438 Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Everyone needs to calm down Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elephants stoned 2,994 Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Im not going to jump on the offended bus that will be setting off in this thread soon but im not particularly enamoured with that interview, 1 Rangers supporters would never accept di canio as hes a wanker and a ex celtic wanker 2 he can call Imran that in private if Imrans happy with it but why mention that in the fucking sun of all places? Tommorows sun is not making nice reading witb these quotes attributed to Charles and Ally. delparlane 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWTC 2,247 Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Rangers FC will never get another penny of my money until Charles Green comes out and apologises for saying "I’ll say ‘How’s my Paki friend?’". Fucking disgraceful.. Are u being serious? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Negri's Beard 1,423 Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Just keep schtum for a bit he old daftie! Loves a blabber does our Charles. Surprised the sun aren't taking a more attacking tone with this. I'd expect tomorrow to be utterly ridiculous. The campaign against him will go into super-hyper-mega overdrive. Kinda his own fault in a MannerAh well Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Godfather 71,661 Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Safe to assume the OP isn't Caucasian? Fastrax 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 11,453 Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 I'm not even touching this thread with a barge pole. Can see where it's gonna go!I like Green's interviews but he may wish to avoid them for a bit to stop the constant hysteria. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Negri's Beard 1,423 Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Im not going to jump on the offended bus that will be setting off in this thread soon but im not particularly enamoured with that interview, 1 Rangers supporters would never accept di canio as hes a wanker and a ex celtic wanker 2 he can call Imran that in private if Imrans happy with it but why mention that in the fucking sun of all places? Tommorows sun is not making nice reading witb these quotes attributed to Charles and Ally.Indeed. Does seem an odd and misguided thing to say. It's the kinda thing you keep in your own head surely? Making his own problems here Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Nosed Babe 20,517 Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 As long as the phrase is not followed by a derogatory term then it is not illegal and highly unlikely to be offensive.People need to calm the hell down! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombaybadboy08 15,660 Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Let's hope he doesn't have any disabled friends, can imagine his names for them Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChampionsAgain 1,373 Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 What the fuck have I just read.Embarrassed. WadeWilson 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Negri's Beard 1,423 Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Let's hope he doesn't have any disabled friends, can imagine his names for them [N]Oleg Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cairo1 63 Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 More distraction and ammunition for the scum and the press that's unnecessary just now. Unless of course that's what he wants to keep the pressure on Rangers and away from the no voters for league reconstruction........Nah, he should just shut the **** up after his statement today an let them frenzy on that for a couple of days!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hammer 11 2,561 Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Do you not think this is a tactic by green if he's blunt with the media what the fuck can they attack him with Redwhiteandblue 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBluenose1972 1,405 Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Funny that people are getting offended here but the term google eye on TV was fine Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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