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As far as companies house is concerned they are a new company/club. However, the Green spiv bought their history along with other assets for 5.5 million. Still see it as wrong for them to have the stars above the badge on their shirts.Quote:
Originally Posted by lyonhibs
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Originally Posted by Turkish Green
The only people who see any relevance to those stupid Stars are Huns. Same with the tims having 1 for winning the European cup almost 50 years ago. Means absoutely nothing.
I think you are completely wrong on the Celtic part. I'm no great defender of them but it is a massive part of their history that they were the first British club to win the trophy. If it had been us we would never stop talking about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by KeithTheHibby
I quite enjoy the fact that we were the first British team of such standing at the time that we were invited to take part in the European Cup and were the first to get to the semi's great quiz question and nobody down here ever knows the answer.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoboHarry
As for the rangers, if they want to have 2 silver stars to mark their 2 major titles so far its up to them but its a bit tacky, they were playing part timers in the 3rd and 2nd divisions and with the money they are still spending it would have been a surprise if they hadn't walked those leagues. Maybe they should have gone for more modest tick on their shirts or perhaps a C- "could do better" ?
There is no official FIFA or UEFA rules about stars .... but perhaps there should be.Quote:
Originally Posted by KeithTheHibby
IMO these should only be worn to signify European trophies won, which means Celtic are entitled to theirs, as are Aberdeen and as were the now defunct Rangers. Anything else is just affectation.
Having said that I think every club who participated in the first ever European cup should be entitled to a special gold star :greengrin
Or any club who has been champion of the world :greengrin :greengrin
They can do whatever they like, it's all just branding anyway and as others like CWG have said Rangers as a brand haven't changed one iota, a different company operates the club now, that's all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Turkish Green
Note how our players reacted when the full time whistle went at Ibrox and we had won 3-1. They wouldn't have behaved like that had it been Alloa or Cowdenbeath, they did so because it was Rangers and all that means.
True but by the same token why were the cavemen getting so irate at the mention of the L-word? If it hadn't happened it wouldn't bother them right? Deep down they know, and its our job to keep reminding them :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by AndyM_1875
Yup, you bet! :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by lyonhibs
Whatever annoys them the most. :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by keekaboo
The one hun I am related to gets fair annoyed when I refer to them as the now defunct Glasgow rangers or the team formerly known as Glasgow rangers, for that reason alone I prefer these long winded descriptions. Elsewhere the rangers is fine, especially if it all goes pear shaped again as we can call the new entity the the rangers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trig
You must get bored having to post this every few days CWG.Quote:
Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod
I don't. I have a macro set up to auto-respond to certain Hibs.net myths.Quote:
Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
Mind you, I had to turn it off for a while when Hibileaks started up. My laptop was overheating.
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Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod
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Originally Posted by Turkish Green
I don't agree that you can buy history. A company - plc, Ltd. Co. etc. is a legal person and so can be bought/sold. A brand is just an asset of a company and so it can be separately bought and sold, so that the brand can continue whilst the legal person owning it can change.
History is different: I cannot buy another person's history - their schooling, their qualifications, their work experience or their relationships. That's simply because their history happened to them, not to me, and nothing I can say will ever change that.
There is a perception of an association between the brand and the history and that perception can be reinforced by how loud and how long some people shout about it, but that doesn't make it true.
True, but this will all change when brain transplants are perfected.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibs Class
Perception is important.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibs Class
If I buy a McDonalds franchise from an insolvent company, yes I buy the brand. I also, in the public's mind, buy everything else that is associated with McDonalds, positive and negative. I am perceived by most to have bought into the history of Happy Meals and Chrissie Hynd.
In the mind of the average football supporter, the Rangers supporters have also bought into the history of their club by embracing everything that was negative and....um, positive.... about the old regime.
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Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod
Is that a posh-people name for an underpaid, east european servant?
I can just imagine the scene at Cropley Towers...
"Oh Macro, be a good lad and rebuff all the nonsense on hibs.net today. Oh and polish my brogues when you're done"
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Lad? LAD?Quote:
Originally Posted by keekaboo
My PA has many talents, and buffing is only one..... :cb
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Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod
Have I just lost my invite to the annual Cropley Towers Christmas Peasant* Shoot?
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* Not a typo
I think football clubs are more than a brand or a franchise - it's like buying a replacement for a dead goldfish before your kids notices, and pretending it's the same fish, rather than just the latest holder of the pet goldfish franchise.Quote:
Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod
Given people have different perceptions of whether there is a continuity of identity of RFC, it's difficult to argue that perception=reality (I know you only said perception is important!).
A brand can carry associations in the mind of football supporters without that meaning it's the same club. Even Trigger's broom at least had an unbroken history!
BREAKING NEWS: Four men detained by police following an investigation into the sale of Rangers Football Club in 2012 http://bbc.in/1zTWAST
BBC understands Craig Whyte is not one of the 4 men detained in relation to investigation into acquisition of #Rangers
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ho ho ho...
What a great day - watching SNP conference and reading that Magic !Quote:
Originally Posted by Golden Fleece
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Originally Posted by Weststandwanab
Glad to be of assistance. How is the concert hall, I'm almost next door to you just along Mill Street.
Ye're easily pleased.Quote:
Originally Posted by Weststandwanab
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I have no idea I have never been there. I am in Edinburgh watching on TV.Quote:
Originally Posted by Golden Fleece
At the risk of waking up the Multi Quote Police how do you know that ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Golden Bear
Elementary - my powers of deduction are limitless.Quote:
Originally Posted by Weststandwanab
I'll let you off with a warning...Quote:
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...this time. On your way now son :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Weststandwanab
Are they going for a star for each arrest? BBC reporting 4 just now in relation to the sale of the club in 2012
Chris McLaughlin@BBCchrismclaug 5m5 minutes ago BBC learns Gary Whithey and David Greer are 2 of the 4 men detained as part of investigation into acquisition of #Rangers in 2011.
Does anyone remember who they are?:dunno:
Withey and Grier are two of them, apparently. That's Whyte's lawyer and Grier of Duff and Phelps.Quote:
Originally Posted by s.a.m