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Yesterday’s Radio Scotland broadcast of Scottish Football yesterday descended into civil war, as pundits Jim Traynor and Chick Young clashed over the recent gaffe by Rangers Chairman Alastair Johnston when he agreed that Rangers could go bust and then hours later denied saying that Rangers could go bust at all.
For a good twenty or so minutes the duo battled over the issue and trading insults. It was a hilarious encounter for those listening in, the professionalism of the duo flew out the window as if they were a couple of kids fighting over a toy.
Chick Young stated that if Alastair Johnston denied nodding in the affirmative to the question being asked, in regards to the club going bust, then he would be lying. He also called the Daily Record liars and that they as a newspaper have lied before, while labelling Jim Traynor and the Daily Record as puppets of Rangers Football Club.
Jim Traynor in response stated Young’s comments were hilarious coming from a man who has been a 20 year-long cheerleader for the Ibrox club.
However there was much more within the show to wet the appetites of those listening, and we shall let the audio file do any further talking. Enjoy.
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I wouldn’t blame Chick “I play 5-a-side with Lenny” Young for reading a “yes” into the nod, but Traynor was in the right here.
A nod does not necessarily imply an affirmative answer to a question. The matter should have been clarified before “Chairman admits club could go bust” headlines were sprayed around as, technically, he didn’t. He nodded, and a nod can mean other things than a “yes” to a question.
Can it really? What does a nod mean then except for a yes?
“In this respect, the question of the “gorilla in the room” – to use the phrase employed by the Rangers chairman, Alastair Johnston, on Friday – is one that refuses to budge. At its worst, the beast – in the form of HMRC’s test case against Rangers – would be an adverse judgement to the tune of, we are told, £30 million.
As Johnston said, this sum is way beyond the club’s means to pay, an admission that promoted the question of whether the club “could go bust” to which the chairman clearly nodded his agreement.
Now, a nod might be as good as a wink to a ravenous gorilla, but not to the Stock Exchange, hence Johnston’s fevered attempt later that day to insist upon the semantic distinction that he had not actually said that the club could go to the wall in such circumstances – or presumably into administration, much the more likely outcome.”
Roddy Forsyth, Daily Telegraph, April 3rd
Ross
I’ve got a weans party comin up, fancy a wee Saturday afternoon gig?
I’m sure the weans would find your fantastic interpretations hilarious ;¬)
What is the big deal about this anyway?
Big Jabba showing his true blue colors.
When you ask a question and someone nods there head the one thing you don’t read into it definitely no.
Re Ross’s comment.
You are arguing that black is white. Stop deluding yourself and realize that your argument just like Traynor is not helping rangers at all. You have to wake up to reality of the peril that rangers are in. Do you honestly believe by pretending the issue doesn’t exist that this will solve the problem? Any problem in life can only be fixed when it is recognized and addressed. Why can’t people who have an affinity with rangers understand this?
spot on mate!
jim delahunt said on clyde on friday that he was at the meeting with alistair johnstone and that he gave a definite nod when asked the question about rangers going bust so what does a nod usually mean then?no,pmsl!
Absolutely hilarious,
and these guys are allegedly professional journalists!
One wee question:
When is a nod as a good as a wink?