Daily Record Pushing Sevco-Style Fantasies Again
Scotland’s leading producer of decorative bog roll is at it again …
In a bizarre effort to keep alive the discussion over the league reconstruction story they invented last week, the Daily Record gave over their weekend phone in show to fans who wanted to discuss it.
As we demonstrated in a recent piece, this is a story with no legs whatsoever, a story that was actually invented on the spot by twisting the words of the league CEO, Neil Doncaster, who foolishly sat down with The Record thinking he would be accurately quoted.
He should have known better.
In the end, his every comment was turned on its head, turning denials into confirmations, making it sound as if he said the complete opposite of what he had.
This is not the first time The Record has done this, but reading their work during the week I got the distinct impression that the reporter, Keith Jackson, was pushing an agenda, trying to get the concept of league reconstruction on the table.
The paper’s phone in slot is almost universally discredited and ridiculous, carrying as it does today yet another call from a “Celtic fan” who claims to want to see Sevco in the SPL.
It has long been viewed with deep scepticism by those of us who know the paper’s reputation and would not put it past them to manipulate (or try to manipulate) “public opinion” by having their journalists invent calls and callers, putting their own opinions in a good light.
For the Record;
League reconstruction is off the table for at least another 12 months.
The moratorium on it is the consequence of the current league setup being in place until next summer.
No amount of journalistic bending of facts, or invention, can alter that simple fact.
As to the alleged “Celtic fan” who called in, he was thanking Alan Shearer for talking up Sevco and their attempts to clamber out of lower league football and into the big time.
Shearer, who last week said he turned down two chances to sign for our club, and with his history of kicking Neil Lennon in the head, is a guy I would think very few of our fans have much time for anyway, but to be praising him for bigging up the shambolic Ibrox club – who struggled to qualify for the playoff semi finals with a fraught 1-1 draw with Queen of the South at the weekend – seems more than just unusual, and seems more suspect to me.
On top of all this, the paper was carrying a bizarre story about Dick Advocaat, who is leaving Sunderland at the end of the season, saying he was at Ibrox earlier in the month.
The paper appears to be suggesting he’s considering taking up a role at the ailing club, which is ludicrous when one considers the enormous salary demands he would make on them.
This, of course, is just what Stuart McCall needs as he prepares for the two crunch matches that are coming against Hibs.
The Daily Record is a strange newspaper.
Long the tabloid of choice for the Sevco fantasist who wants to believe that “every little thing is gonna be alright”, their fawning, crawling, over-hyping attempts to get the fans excited about something have been the source of much amusement on the other side of the city for a while.
They’ve also done the Sevco fans more harm than good, letting them believe that real change is just around the corner, that their saviours are on the way and that transfer war chests and all round good times are but an SFA board decision away.
Neither the paper, nor its readers, ever seems to learn.
In the meantime, Ashley looms large; thirteen player contracts are about to expire; the cash reserves are dwindling and they have the Hibs double header on the horizon.
They also have the King verdict coming up, something they’ve been predicting will be decided “this week” for the last month. I suspect that this time they’re right.
Hunker down folks.
The next seven days are gonna be busy!