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[Guest Lloyd72]

Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un would fit right into the mad world of Scottish football - Keith Jackson

Rangers turning the cameras on journalists is a sinister move.

It's not too late to save humanity.

Just because Donald Trump has a stubby, stunted finger hovering over a fat red button, it doesn’t necessarily follow that the end has to be nigh for the rest of us.

Nor for that matter, must we accept as inevitable the thermo nuclear destruction of the planet just because in the similarly absurd Kim Jong-un, Trump is pitting his peroxide steeped wits against a nemesis who displays even less of a grip on reality than the moron in the White House and his candy floss wig.

Meanwhile, the rest of us are left to watch this ludicrous double act threaten our own existence and to wonder how on earth we allowed ourselves to get to such place, where the lunatics are not only in charge of the asylum but ready to blow it to smithereens.

So we distract ourselves for as long as possible in whichever way we can.

The hopeless pessimists drink to forget as if there really is no tomorrow. The hopeless optimists go the gym while, in their sweaty folly, refusing to acknowledge the possibility that there might not be.

And some of us go the football.

Well, those of us who have not yet been banned from doing so.

And it’s only then that the thought occurs. Perhaps this despotic double act of Trump and Kim have missed their true vocation.

Maybe they belong right here in the madhouse of Scottish football. Perhaps they would take one look at what goes on in this country’s top flight - and some of the characters who thrive in this environment - and realise that their own narcissistic tendencies are strictly second division by comparison.

Yes, Trump might sit on a toilet seat made of 24 carat gold, plotting the end of civilisation as the world falls out of his bottom. True, Kim may be aiming his entire arsenal at all points from Guam to Guantanamo Bay while not being sure if they will clear the fence at the end of his own back garden.

But they wouldn’t know Armageddon if it smashed them in the face. Isn’t that right Mr Regan?

Because less than a fortnight into a new season and our own lot have unleashed the kind of chaos that would make Trump and Kim blush and plead for a moment of calm reflection.

In the space of just 10 days we’ve already had a flurry of red cards - there were six on Saturday alone one of which was handed out after Kirk Broadfoot tugged on a rival striker’s top knot.

We’ve had all manner of managerial spats including the likes of Jon Daly, Brendan Rodgers, Derek McInnes and Martin Canning - as well as Saturday’s rammy between Pedro Caixinha and Neil Lennon which saw the Hibs boss being reported to the police.

One manager has been sacked already, while one club’s chairman has been the subject of an alleged assault.

Among all this anger and bad blood, we’ve had calls for this newspaper to be boycotted by a group of Rangers fans which is precisely the sort of thing Trump would have endorsed.

And, not unrelated, there have been some other highly curious goings on concerning the media at Murray Park, where Rangers have started training their own cameras on the press men who are despatched there to ask questions of manager Pedro Caixinha on behalf of their respective readerships.

There is a sinister sub text to all of this. Ask anything too difficult and the club reserves the right to put it up online in order that the support can act as judge and jury.

Again, this sort of intimidatory tactic will be right up Jong-un’s street but it does not reflect well at all on those who are making decisions on Rangers behalf.

It resulted in a mass walk out of football writers from Caixinha’s pre-match briefing ahead of Saturday’s visit from Hibs and it will most likely happen all over again when the media are ‘welcomed’ back to preview this weekend’s lip smacker of a match up with Hearts.

As if Rangers - and Caixinha - don’t have enough on their collective plate without going out of their way to look for fights because already this next league encounter looks very much like a must-win match for a manager who has never been too far from the firing line since his arrival here.

If there are people around him who are pressing his buttons and abusing their own positions in the process then he should be smart enough to identify them and to keep a safe distance.

Because right now Caixinha appears to be taking in all manner of bad advice.

On Saturday, after losing his first match of the season just two games into the new campaign, he lashed out at Lennon while also depicting himself as some sort of outcast in Scottish football although quite why he feels so put upon or victimised remains something of a mystery.

All this stuff might strike a chord with those among the Ibrox hardcore who dislike Lennon or who wilfully dismiss any sort of criticism of Caixinha as xenophobic axe grinding.

But the more salient Rangers observers will have greater concerns about the manager’s failure to reorganise his team properly following Ryan Jack’s red card.

Hibs manager Neil Lennon celebrates Simon Murray's equaliser against Rangers(Image: SNS Group)

By leaving two men up front he allowed Hibs to dominate the middle of the pitch and as a result Rangers resorted to shelling long hopeful punts up the park in the off chance that they might benefit from the break of a ball. Lennon wasn’t just outraging him and assistant Helder Baptista. He was outmanoeuvring them.

The bottom line here in all of this is that Caixinha has already lost his first three points of the season - weeks after overseeing arguably the worst European humiliation in the history of Scottish football. He can stamp his feet until he’s blue in the face but in this game respect has to be earned.

Should Caixinha suffer a similar fate next time out at home to Edinburgh’s other half, then he’ll need a great deal more than just handily placed pantomime villain to take the heat off. And we’re only two games into a new season.

Yes, all things considered, it really has been an explosive beginning to the latest instalment of Scottish football’s never ending soap opera. Trump and Kim will fit right in.

But for now - or at least until they get here - let’s hope it’s just the game that’s back with a bang.

[Courtyard Bear 41,357]

Grade A Cunt. 

End Thread. ?

[The Specky Forum Organiser 64,696]

Tbf, that's embarrassing from us.

[Bydo 3,215]

5 minutes ago, Lloyd72 said:

It resulted in a mass walk out of football writers from Caixinha’s pre-match briefing ahead of Saturday’s visit from Hibs and it will most likely happen all over again when the media are ‘welcomed’ back to preview this weekend’s lip smacker of a match up with Hearts.

Fuck Jackson, but did this actually happen?

[Sparkle 53,587]

Why did the press all walk out?

The manager hasn't been well treated by them and imo they've been happy to try and trip him up, while simultaneously conducting a Brenda love in, but I've not heard him moaning about them personally 

[Smile 26,606]

The Media seem to not like the Spotlight on them, I wonder Why.

[FSM 20,892]

Jam Farts.

Klaxon Jackson.

 

 

[KingKirk 25,647]

I don't get what he's talking about turning cameras on journalists.

[Coplandrear25 232]

7 minutes ago, Frank Harrison said:

Tbf, that's embarrassing from us.

Not as embarrassing as the stupid questions asked by that female cretin from STV.

[Old No7. 792]

The press have had it there own way for many years, now they come under the spotlight they act like children. Fair play to the club, as I see it, if the context of the print is warped the club can publish the video as proof and we then know the truth and not the shite John age 2 writes.

[Land Rover 789]

That article is all about tarring Rangers with the lunatic brush .

Why he doesn't want to expand on the failings of others , of which there are many , to concentrate on Pedro demonstrates his own bitterness . 

[plumbGER 24,518]

Good move by the club, hopefully the press keep walking out.

[graeme_4 34,526]

4 minutes ago, KingKirk said:

I don't get what he's talking about turning cameras on journalists.

I'm assuming it's there as a precaution next time they selectively report quotes / answers out of context. 

Just a safety net to ensure things are reported accurately and without spin, not sure why he'd get his knickers in such a twist - apart from worrying about not being able to falsely represent the messages from our manager / players.

[sonofbear 398]

Suberb. Don't want these cunts anywhere near our club. They just report shite anyway.

[Courtyard Bear 41,357]

Here's how you fix this, don't invite the fuckers back next week. 

They want to spit the dummy out because we won't do the usual and bend over to let them ram it up our arse then fuck them. 

[Vanoli 4,625]

That has to be the most amateur article i've ever read, were they Trump/Kim parallels supposed to be funny 

Sports journalism has to be the most doomed profession in Scotland. 

Jesus Christ i've actually got a sore head reading that. 

[sRcFoCt 7,662]

Of course they are all going to walk out an anti-rangers story for all of their drowling sevco fan sporting interigty warriors but when the club can prove that it's just plain lies well it affects their profits for those Rangers fans that still buy or watch the Scottish media  and shows a biased  

[Captain Hilts 12,819]

Not reading his pish. Would somebody mind doing a brief summary of what he's whining about?

[Brian Fantana 28,894]

"There is a sinister sub text to all of this. Ask anything too difficult and the club reserves the right to put it up online in order that the support can act as judge and jury."

 

yes - which is exactly how it should be you fucking clown, we are the customers.

[Smile 26,606]

21 minutes ago, KingKirk said:

I don't get what he's talking about turning cameras on journalists.

Focussing on who is asking the same Drivel weekly.

[Falcoholic 1,348]

If the journos weren't all cunts and reported fairly then they wouldn't be banned from Ibrox or Auchenhowie.

But they are, and they don't, so they are.

Keef is a complete riddy. Not a single solitary word about Lennon's behaviour, the piss poor referee or Stokes' conduct on the park. Oh no. It's all about Pedro and Rangers.

Walloper

[Smile 26,606]

4 minutes ago, Vanoli said:

That has to be the most amateur article i've ever read, were they Trump/Kim parallels supposed to be funny 

Sports journalism has to be the most doomed profession in Scotland. 

Jesus Christ i've actually got a sore head reading that. 

That's the Level of Journalism we have in Scotland, Sadly.

[Tenerife Bear 1,748]

We should only entertain those in the media we trust and whom we know won't spin or lie or spread negative propaganda about us. There are some of them out there. If it means our manager, players and press team sit in front of 2 or 3 journalists instead of 10, 20 or 30, then so be it. The news will still get out there. Public relation wise our club has been a disaster for years and years. Whoever is advising staff or directors to say or do what they do does not have the best interests in his club at heart. Some of tripe and utter nonsense that has come out of the club in the last 3, 4, 5 years certainly has been nothing short of disgraceful. 

Cunts like McGowan, Spears, English, Keevins, Guidi, McCarthy, Grant etc etc should not be allowed anywhere near Ibrox. Ever. These bastards have no place in our house. 

[sRcFoCt 7,662]

3 minutes ago, Falcoholic said:

If the journos weren't all cunts and reported fairly then they wouldn't be banned from Ibrox or Auchenhowie.

But they are, and they don't, so they are.

Keef is a complete riddy. Not a single solitary word about Lennon's behaviour, the piss poor referee or Stokes' conduct on the park. Oh no. It's all about Pedro and Rangers.

Walloper

and comparing us to 2 of the most hated people on planet earth

[simplythebestest 2,145]

He likes to draw parallels with the behaviour of Trump and Kim Jong Un, but then goes on to completely and utterly ignore the fact we were fucking robbed of that game by horrific refereeing decisions - lying by omission, just like those two.

Also.....did he just fucking say that Kim Jong Un has nothing on Rangers? A dictator that has been implicit in the starvation and suppression of an entire nation of people for generations?! The kind of utterly outrageous comparison that the media never has, and never would, make about any other club. Then says that we are the bad guys for trying redress the imbalance we feel we face from the media? All the while acting as though they never do anything that warrants us trying to intervene.

This guy needs someone to circle 'irony' in the dictionary for him. And while they're at it, 'evil' and 'bigot'.