Vladimir Romanov has delivered the most emphatic no to newco statement from any SPL club.
Typical of the Tynecastle chief his latest statement also blasts criticism at the media and Rupert Murdoch with various references to the mafia!
While some clubs cower away debating how to vote on July 4 and showing concern for their supporters views Romanov shoots from the lip leaving no-one in any doubt about how the Gorgie side will vote.
As everyone in Scottish football gets on their hands and knees looking for mercy from Sky Sports the Hearts chief takes a pop at Murdoch’s media empire.
Showing no sympathy for Rangers as they go into liquidation Romanov claims that much of their recent success, or hollow victories as he puts it, have been down to conspiracies amongst players, unfair pressure on referees and slander!
“The opinion of Heart of Midlothian FC in regards to the current situation of Scottish football is clear and robust,” Romanov stated.
“The football mafia represented by former owners of Rangers FC and Rupert Murdoch’s media are to blame for some of the worst problems to hit Scottish football and must not be allowed back in under any circumstances.
“As regards the club itself, we can only express our deepest condolences to its supporters, who have been lied to for so many years.
“It had to happen sooner or later. Victories were achieved not by sporting merits, but through slander, conspiracies amongst players and their poaching via third parties, unfair pressuring of referees, who in themselves are as valuable to the fabric of football as the football stars themselves.
“All of this brought hollow victories and destroyed football. We can also mention the attempts to eliminate Hearts with the help of the tax petitions, through false accusations and threats to revoke the club license. There is a saying about digging a grave for someone: you get it for yourself …
“Without these people football will become cleaner and stronger. Without Murdoch the whole of society will improve, in particular sport and culture.
“Supporters deserve a new beginning and have to accept the fact that their club has to start from the lower league, keeping order in the SPL and without creating unfair competition with other clubs.”
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Turning his attention to Sky’s new deal for Premiership football the Hearts chief added: “As regards the pitiful state of Scottish football finances, a lot of the blame should be placed at the doors of Murdoch’s media.
“They pay huge sums to English clubs, whilst in Scotland, where football is better supported per capita than anywhere else in Europe and there are more cable or Sky subscribers per capita than in England, clubs receive peanuts for their broadcasting rights.
“At the very least this is discrimination and protectionism for the English football product, which at the same time stunts the development of the game in Scotland, that is regarded as the cradle of football.
“I feel that it is absolutely realistic to create a company that would bring to Scottish clubs at least the same broadcasting income, and even grow it by 50-100% over the next two to three years.
“This company should be in the hands of Scottish clubs and work with those who want to earn money the honest way, instead of conducting business the Murdoch way.
“They have lived beyond law and all morals, and should now be declared beyond the pale. A society that allows the destruction of integrity in sport, which is a crucial part of Scottish culture, is destroying itself – and all for the benefit of a media aborigine.”
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He actually talks sense!
Agreed, I’m warming to mad vlad.
Brilliant from Romanov, some good points made.
Making some very good points, especially about sky. Most unlike him
Well said Romanov SKY have just pumped x amount of cash into the EPL no questions asked yet they might want to shave cash off the SPL deal that means that a team like Wigan will pick up more cash in 2 years than the whole of the SPL deal. The thing that bugs me is the Wigan’s the Bolton’s of this world down ther think they are big teams
Romanov hits the nail on the head, especially in relation to SKY….Our clubs should think big, still got 2 years to go on the current deal so look elsewhere, check out new ideas for spreading the game globally. We should rely on minor handouts from SKY.
A chance for a new broadcaster to really put their mark on the game or indeed just hand it back to the fans themselves and ignore live tv coverage.
That’s the kind of statement peter Lawwell should be coming out with ending with a F**k The Huns. Hail hail
williebhoy for coverage sky are good a just want celtic to get as much money as lets say stoke got last year.as a said give aberdeen 65mil a year and give spurs 8000grand ayear over 3 years whos gonny be the better team. thats whats annoys romanov its all about making english teams good
Come on Vlad, tell us how you really feel. Stop beating about the bush!
Got to love those crazy Russians. It seems that only a foreigner can dare speak the truth in Scotland.
It’s brilliant to hear someone who doesn’t give a toss what Sir Minty’s flying- monkey journalists think.
The depths the SFA and SPL will plummet to wriggle out of punishing R*ngers/Zombie R*ngers F.C. accordingly is truly disgusting.
Instead of demoting them to Div 3 where they belong the blazers conspire with the help of the Scottish press, Daily R*cord journos in particular, to push through a restructure of our whole game all for the benefit of a club who has systematically cheated for over a decade. But to then have the cheek to claim they are doing it because it is in the best interests of all clubs is just blatant lies. We all now why they are trying to do this so they can spare us the bullshit.
The SFA, SPL and Scottish sports press have finally dropped the pretence they have operated under for years and shown their true faces at last.
Those who run our game are nothing more than a bunch of morally bankrupt chancers who pick and choose when to enforce their rules depending on which club they are dealing with and the vast majority in the Scottish sports press are Ibrox mouthpieces who manipulate the facts and use their positions to promote the views and interests of R*ngers/Zombie R*ngers F.C. Say what you like about Romanov but he has got one thing bang on, this lot do operate like a mafia, a cartel built on greed, corruption and fear.
Celtic F.C. seriously need to start thinking about how we leave this cesspit of a game behind for good.
Hail Hail.
dont forget ..it was sir minty,s flying-monkey journalists that branded him mad vlad..i wonder why..
this man tells it like it is. lawell,s time to talk
Celtic are doing the right thing and saying nothing, why give media excuse to stick it to us.
Not as mad as the media would have us think.
I’ve always kinda liked Vlad simply because of the way he treated the Mankie Scottish media.
Well said Valdimir.
Seems like ‘mad Vlad’ has quite a bit in common with the Internet Bampots…spouting crazy talk like…sporting integrity coming before commercialisation and cheating. Would be interesting if mad Vlad was to start up a Sottish Football t.v station himself to bypass that other paradigm of corruption, Rupert Murdoch and his English football Channel. We wouldn’t have to grovel for the crumbs from his table and then the msm and tv stations would have to take notice…if only!
Dundee utd have also says it a big fat NO TO NEWCO we will fill tannadice and tynecastle and any other stadium who’s team have the bottle to say NO. Kilmarnock I’m afraid will play to an empty stadium when the champions visit shame on the fat man. Hail hail
Celtic have their say when time is right
Celtic fans have to boycott any club that says yes to newco!!
Well said mr romanov. Mr lawell whats keeping you. Oh start the ball rolling please on getting our great club out of this circus that is the sp hell.minty the ring master has gave the clowns the keys.
how will this vote be conducted will it a show off hands or a secret ballot?. or has this still to be decided? or will we ever know?
well done M8 a true chairman talks & know what he talking about well done now we wait for the others