BEARGER 339 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 McMurdo know saying that Jack Irvine has been retained by club to fight against McColl, therefore Traynor statement was wrong. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimfanciesthedude 24,901 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 mcmurdo Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elephants stoned 2,994 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Really so Toxic lover says Traynor lied in an official Rangers statement? That's a hell of an accusation to make he had better have evidence to back it up or Rangers lawyers will eat Bill alive. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEARGER 339 Posted August 24, 2013 Author Share Posted August 24, 2013 For The Avoidance Of DoubtPosted on August 24, 2013 by billmcmurdoThe above words appeared as the title of a media statement by Jim Traynor on the official Rangers website recently.The last sentence of this statement read: “Finally, Jack Irvine of Media House does not speak for this Club.”I will bet that these are words JT wishes he had kept out of his release.Because he certainly cannot say them now.The good news is that Jack’s back.Jack Irvine has been retained by the board of Rangers Football Club in their battle to maintain control of the club against the attempted coup by Messrs McColl, Murray and Blin.The McColl group have been vocal in their determination to oust three Rangers directors and replace them with McColl’s own place men. Their attempt to effectively get control of Rangers without on the cheap has angered many fans.It will be good to see a robust PR defence of the present Rangers regime if only to counter the skewered accounts in media outlets that are hostile to Rangers.The use of the Daily Record by the McColl group – a notoriously anti-Rangers paper despite protestations by Keith Jackson – has left many bluenoses cynical, particularly when the McColl coup has tried to paint itself as speaking for the fans.When I first voiced my own opposition to Jim McColl based on his pro-Independence stance, I was pilloried by many, yet I see more and more Rangers fans are now saying the same thing. McColl’s politics DO matter and it is extremely disingenuous to suggest otherwise. They matter enough for him to use his position to beat the drum for Scotland’s separation from the UK so his very public stance on the matter invites scrutiny.And it is perfectly reasonable to ask why Mr McColl is so interested in a club that is world-famous for its Unionist ethos, especially when that interest was not evident among work colleagues who knew him as a younger man.Apparently Jim McColl contacted Craig Mather to tell him that he was misquoted in yesterday’s Daily Record concerning the intransigence of the McColl coup’s attitude to Mather’s job. Now we are led to believe that the nail on which the Rangers CEO’s jacket hangs might not be so shoogly after all.Quite frankly, Mather doesn’t need that crap and neither do the Rangers support.At a time when the team finally looks to be firing on all cylinders and everybody at Rangers needs to pull together, the destabilising antics of Magnum McColl and Mini Murray are as welcome as toothache.The present Rangers board should be given time to prove their worth. That is my position and I know more and more are saying the same.The club just doesn’t need the upset that the McColl group is bringing at this present moment.Many are making wild speculations about the financial situation at Ibrox but we really won’t know till accounts are published. It’s interesting that Kieran Prior seems satisfied that Mather and Stockbridge are doing a good job.I have no doubt that the accounts will be pored over and people will find stuff in there that they don’t like. Or rather, stuff that backs up their agenda.But the accounts may also show that the club is being run prudently and is in rude health financially. This, of course, will not suit those who have a blind hatred of the current regime.The good news is that lies, smears and agenda-driven propaganda that undermine the Rangers board and thus the club will now be countered in the media.For the avoidance of doubt – Jack’s back.And he does speak for the club. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Rd 2,860 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 FFS, that's all they need another liar. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
californiadreamin52 339 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 FFS more money wasted to keep these wasters in a job if true and where does he come up with the statement Prior is satisfied with Mather and Stockbridge nothing I have read has lead me to this conclusion Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR 1,480 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I can't argue with McMurdo's piece there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigblueyonder 11,158 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I can't argue with McMurdo's piece there.If it's true.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR 1,480 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 If it's true..With his reservations about McColl et al, specifically. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmiston Drive 3,846 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 McMurdo out of all the bloggers who give out titbits from within, seems to be the one that seems to be in the know Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
will_1974 204 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Old saying, Never compound a bad decision....McMurdo backed the wrong horse and continues to gamble on it, losing all credibility very fast. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al 55 9,304 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Blog now updated with statement from IrvineHere is a statement from Jack Irvine on his appointment by the board:“The board felt that they were not successfully articulating their defence against the vicious and , at times underhand, attacks of Jim McColl, Frank Blin and Paul Murray. The board also felt that there are huge public misconceptions about the financial realities of the club and once again this was a failure of communication.“Interestingly I have known Jim, Frank and Paul for many, many years and have a huge respect for their abilities in their individual fields. Unfortunately I believe they have now stepped out of their comfort zones and are going to find that the everyday rules of business do not apply in the world of football and the media scrutiny they now face is like nothing they will ever have known in their professional lives. I, and many other observers, are also staggered at the arrogance of men who have invested nothing in the club yet feel they can dictate to directors who have sunk substantial sums into the venture. I am also reminded that some of these individuals had to chance to buy the club for a modest sum yet were repeatedly found wanting. Since then they have done little but damage the club they claim to love. That is reprehensible behaviour and needs to be recognised as such.” Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueThunder 8,454 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Sounds like Irvine is threatening to provide the press with gossip about them. He sounds a lovely man. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elephants stoned 2,994 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 So Irvine has been asked back after Traynor catagoricly said he doesn't speak for us? A bewildering decision imo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
will_1974 204 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 If JI is now speaking for the club then JT will probably walk. We would then have another person feeding the press with negative lines. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
californiadreamin52 339 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Another Bus crash from our directors Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
will_1974 204 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Did JI not PR for Whyte? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeparateEntityMyArse 54,238 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Someone should introduce the left hand to the right one Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Negri's Beard 1,423 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Urgh Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Rd 2,860 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 This man is TOXIC, lied to us about Whyte, own goal by the present Board IMO. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianBacon 2,088 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 So, what will Traynor's role be? Does he not become superfluous to requirements if the PR guru is on-board? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamb 126 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Where does Traynor go now? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
will_1974 204 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Massive misjudgement by the board, how can fans back them when they are using the man who fed us CW lies Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allanger 625 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I don't understand the continuous Irvine merry go round. Surely there is a marketplace full of good pr representatives.Why do the club/board always use Irvine? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
william tor10 23 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 jist one thing to say get this liein clown away from oor club after his working partner ship with that crook Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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