As the Sevco summer shambles lumbers on, notably without the comments of respectful Mark Warburton, the credibility of the club crumbles.
Joey Barton has such passion for his new gig that he is in France covering Euro 2016 while his new team-mates go through the first days of pre-season training.
Bosman signings Josh Windass and Matt Crooks are both at the state-of-the-art Murray Park training complex but unable to train as they are under contract elsewhere until June 30.
A lot of noise is coming out over the compensation fee, as in most things of an Ibrox nature the compensation fee is a red herring.
The SFA will get a bill from their English counterparts in line with FIFA rulings for the two Accrington aces, failure to pay on time will see both players being instantly banned from playing the game. There is no grey area, Celtic paid Cardiff by the same manner in 2011 for Adam Matthews.
Crooks, who is currently crocked, and Windass are unavailable for one simple reason- they are contracted to Accrington Stanley until June 30.
Lee Wallace may fancy training with Manchester City or Barcelona but that’s as far as it will go while he is contracted elsewhere.
The motives of Dave King have always been clear- how to gain as much as possible while investing as little as possible, nothing at all or take the acclaim for other people’s investment.
Nice guys Paul Murray and Stewart ‘Billy Boys’ Robertson sit alongside Mr King in blazers and brogues.
Building bridges and making new friends are easy soundbites, delivering is proving rather difficult as it’s a concept that their chairman would rather avoid.
With more 30-somethings heading to Ibrox on a daily basis season ticket sales have virtually dried up.
With Warbo silent and more farce unfolding on a daily basis the panto season has started early, with dignity a casualty Accrington won’t be the only club pointing and laughing.
