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It was, therefore the club's response in warning him off was all wrong. The call you say could be made now, should have also been made then. A thank you for the kind words he said about the club, offer any opportunities to get involved then from a sponsorship point of view or even creating a Gordon Ramsay Morton pie which could have generated a lot of positive PR.Instead, we gave a few extra headlines by warning him off and that was it.

Talking of Pies, he (GR) would have torn strips of the MD of Auld's earlier in the season for serving up those horrible greasy Pies as well as the crap excuses that followed.

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To be fair Gordon Ramsey's was a throwaway comment in a wide ranging interview and was about something he'd like to do sometime in the future.

It was not in any way an expression of interest in buying the club at that time.

Maybe Crawford should give him a call nonetheless.

To be fair, Gordon Ramsay did say "I have been keeping an eye out for the right kind of club to invest in and it will definitely be a side from north of the border," he told The Sun.

 

"Morton would be my first choice because my dad, Gordon, was a supporter and we have strong family ties in the Greenock area."

 

The guy is worth over £100m and has a chain of restaurants, a TV career, book publishing deals and lots of licensing agreements which alone would pay for Morton's playing budget several times over.

 

However the stock response to a guy of this wealth expressing his interest is "Och naw, we waant thu Eeeze-dales". With support like some of the cretins that follow Morton, perhaps the club deserve to go to the wall or constantly be in the mire.

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The Easdales weren't even being talked about relative to Morton when the Ramsey story broke. So there had nerver been to the best of my knowledge any suggestion of Morton fans preferring one over the other.

 

My memory of the situation, and it's only a memory is that Ramsey was talking about something in the mid to long term future and I don't know if there were any contacts between him and Douglas Rae.

 

I suspect that if he had been offering investment but not wanting control Mr Rae would have welcomed him with open arms as would have most of the supporters.

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The Easdales weren't even being talked about relative to Morton when the Ramsey story broke. So there had nerver been to the best of my knowledge any suggestion of Morton fans preferring one over the other.

 

My memory of the situation, and it's only a memory is that Ramsey was talking about something in the mid to long term future and I don't know if there were any contacts between him and Douglas Rae.

 

I suspect that if he had been offering investment but not wanting control Mr Rae would have welcomed him with open arms as would have most of the supporters.

Which opening dialogue might have ascertained, rather than firing out a warning.

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Does anyone actually believe that Ramsay was interested in buying Morton? If he was that interested, and he hasn't bought into any other club, why after Dougie's death was he not knocking on Crawfords door, or to be precise Mrs Rae's door, asking if she was willing to sell him the club.

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Does anyone actually believe that Ramsay was interested in buying Morton? If he was that interested, and he hasn't bought into any other club, why after Dougie's death was he not knocking on Crawfords door, or to be precise Mrs Rae's door, asking if she was willing to sell him the club.

It’s almost as if he has a multi-million pound career and is somewhat busy.

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It’s almost as if he has a multi-million pound career and is somewhat busy.

But surely he would give it all up for the pleasure of sitting in Dougie's seat in the stand watching the famous Morton.

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The same arguments apply to the Easdales but people seem to think that they’re going to take on full ownership of a professional football club for a bit of a laugh.

The site is supposed to be a place for the extended 'family' of Morton supporters - having an affinity with people that you don't know, because you share a love of your local football club. It's not supposed to be about point scoring and showing how 'clever' or 'funny' you are, or just being downright rude and offensive to people you don't know, because you can get away with it. Unfortunately, it seems the classic case of people who have little standing/presence in real life, use this forum as a way of making themselves feel as if they are something. It's sad, and I've said that before..

 

So, having been on Morton forums for about 15 years I guess, I've had enough... well done t*ssers, another Morton supporter driven away. You can all feel happy at how 'clever' you are

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If Ramsay still wants to invest in football then you'd imagine he'd turn his attention to the MLS. As far as I know he lives in Los Angeles (I wonder if it's near a certain Tottenham supporting photographer's LA studio). It's a far more commercially viable league then the second tier in Scotland. 

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If Ramsay still wants to invest in football then you'd imagine he'd turn his attention to the MLS. As far as I know he lives in Los Angeles (I wonder if it's near a certain Tottenham supporting photographer's LA studio). It's a far more commercially viable league then the second tier in Scotland.

He might invest in his mate Beckham’s Inter Miami or whatever they are called

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If Ramsay still wants to invest in football then you'd imagine he'd turn his attention to the MLS. As far as I know he lives in Los Angeles (I wonder if it's near a certain Tottenham supporting photographer's LA studio). It's a far more commercially viable league then the second tier in Scotland.

In fairness to Gordon Ramsay, although he's an A-list celebrity, I think he has a genuine love of normal football and I don't think that the MLS would satisfy the passions as much as an English or Scottish league side would.

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The Easdale's spokesperson confirmed earlier in the season that they were in talks to take over. Until someone else says otherwise then those talks are still ongoing and pretty certain nobody else (recently) has shown a clear interest to the same degree they have.

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The Easdale's spokesperson confirmed earlier in the season that they were in talks to take over. Until someone else says otherwise then those talks are still ongoing and pretty certain nobody else (recently) has shown a clear interest to the same degree they have.

Where did you see/hear that?

 

Also, that Jack Irvine character from Mediahouse is a bit of a bullshit artist:

https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/13165456.sandy-easdale-jack-irvine-doesnt-speak-for-me/

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Where did you see/hear that?

 

Also, that Jack Irvine character from Mediahouse is a bit of a bulls*** artist:

https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/13165456.sandy-easdale-jack-irvine-doesnt-speak-for-me/

Was pretty widely quoted at the time. Such as here:

 

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/easdale-brothers-could-turn-morton-13434332

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A takeover and investment seem fanciful to me at the moment. Easdales want their money back on Rangers shares that King won’t stump up. Until that changes we’re stuck with JJ and the 3 year plan... to at best avoid becoming a part time side!

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Was it 20p that King was offering for Rangers shares?  The shares are currently quoted at 36p.  Would surely make sense, if there is any liquidity at all in the market for shares, to sell off at 36p and trickle shares into the market.  SP would probably fall as the selling continued but as long as it doesn't get below 20p it would still be a good strategy.  I'm sure there are enough mugs who would buy in small quantities.

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Was it 20p that King was offering for Rangers shares? The shares are currently quoted at 36p. Would surely make sense, if there is any liquidity at all in the market for shares, to sell off at 36p and trickle shares into the market. SP would probably fall as the selling continued but as long as it doesn't get below 20p it would still be a good strategy. I'm sure there are enough mugs who would buy in small quantities.

They want out quickly according to the media so easier just to offload. They have loans etc. to be paid back that will get them their money back and some

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