特別奇襲隊員s fans who want Murray out told: be careful what you wish for

By 示す Wilson for MailOnline Updated: 00:03 BST, 16 January 2009

When Sir David Murray 始める，決める 注目する，もくろむs upon the 旗，新聞一面トップの大見出し／大々的に報道する 勧めるing his 除去 from 特別奇襲隊員s, he was sitting と一緒に the only chairman in Scottish 上級の football to have held office for longer.

As a fellow 設立するing father of the SPL, St Johnstone's Geoff Brown has 株d many of Murray's ideas about how the game can best be 進歩d during his 22 years at the 舵輪／支配 in Perth.

Fans' 的: but Murray has an excellent 記録，記録的な／記録する in 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 of 特別奇襲隊員s

They could, indeed, be considered kindred spirits - self-made men who have modernised their clubs and stayed the distance while others have 出発／死d. The 'David Murray Must Go' 旗，新聞一面トップの大見出し／大々的に報道する may, therefore, have felt like an affront to Brown, 同様に as his guest for Tuesday's Scottish Cup tie.

The movement for 過激な change の中で elements of the 特別奇襲隊員s support has now 発展させるd into the 'We Deserve Better' （選挙などの）運動をする, which touts a 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） of perceived failings they wish to see 演説（する）／住所d.

The 可能性のある sale of Kris Boyd, or another 主要な 星／主役にする, to help balance the 調書をとる／予約するs was the catalyst for the 反乱, alarming man y fans and 誘発するing Murray to 追い散らす rumours of 財政上の 炉心溶融 by 主張するing the club was working within its 存在するing overdraft 施設.

にもかかわらず those 保証／確信s, however, the Ibrox legions are now more divided about Murray's 長所s than at any time in his two １０年間s of 支配（する）／統制する. The fact that he would 喜んで を引き渡す the reins if a suitable 買い手 could be 設立する only 増加するs the 失望／欲求不満 on both 味方するs.

In Brown's mind, those keen to 急ぐ Murray away from the club should be careful what they wish for. The Saints supremo is scathing about what he regards as a 露骨な／あからさまの 失敗 の中で the 反体制者s to しっかり掴む the 財政上の realities at work in 2009 and believes the 状況／情勢 現在／一般に 直面するing 特別奇襲隊員s could be an awful lot worse.

Were Murray 簡単に to step aside, 除去するing the support of his group of companies, then Brown believes a predicament akin to Celtic's perilous 苦境 in the 早期に 1990s could not be 割引d.

'Tell me, who is going to do better than David Murray?' said Brown. 'I would 述べる 確かな sections of the support as 絶対の morons.

Hard-fought tie: Kris Boyd celebrates putting 特別奇襲隊員s ahead in their fourth 一連の会議、交渉／完成する Scottish Cup tie at St Johnstone

'One way or another, you have a cash flow in the 商売／仕事. 特別奇襲隊員s are trying to compete with English 首相 League clubs for footballers and that makes it very difficult.

'But, at the end of the day, if you are first or second in Scotland every year, then that is not bad. 承認する, the y had 失望 in Europe this year. But, in general 条件, his 跡をつける 記録，記録的な／記録する as chairman is pretty good.

'Put it this way, if David Murray 簡単に chose to pack it all in, then what would happen? In 最近の history, we have seen Celtic in the 明言する／公表する they got into before the saviour who was Fergus McCann. There should be a statue outside Celtic Park of that man for what he did for that club.

'There has also been the 状況／情勢 at Gretna, with 約束s of this and that, and real 不確定 at a lot of other clubs. Murray has been 安全な 手渡すs for 特別奇襲隊員s for the past 20 years, there is no question about that.

'These people have to think about where 特別奇襲隊員s were before the （組織，政策などの）切り替え to David Holmes and then Murray. 特別奇襲隊員s have done 井戸／弁護士席.

'I have been in 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 for a good bit longer than David. It will be 23 years come September and no one has had their 手渡すs on the tiller for longer than that.

'The 決定／判定勝ち（する）s are the same, no 事柄 what level you are at. Your cash flow changes as the circumstances change and you have to を取り引きする that. Yes, the larger the sums of money, the more publicity it 生成するs. But the 原則s don't alter.'

Supportive: Geoff Brown says some 特別奇襲隊員s fans are wrong to 的 chairman Murray

The 2-0 勝利，勝つ over St Johnstone sent 特別奇襲隊員s into the fifth 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of the Cup and, にもかかわらず the 現在の 騒動, they remain in the reckoning for all three 国内の 競争s.

Events on the field will likely have a 調印する ificant 影響 on how much groundswell of support the 'We Deserve Better' （選挙などの）運動をする can 生成する. After all, if the team keeps winning - even when shorn of Boyd or whoever - then many will likely be content with the status quo.

'You see this 状況／情勢 all the time with 経営者／支配人s,' 追加するd Brown. 'There have been 状況／情勢s with chairmen in England but, over Scotland as a whole, not a lot of chairmen have been 追い出すd.

'The hard fact of the 事柄 is that just about every 選び出す／独身 club is losing money. It is the chairman of each club who supports them as much as possible and, in a lot of 事例／患者s, they are more or いっそう少なく putting the 保証（人）s up for their club at the bank. It happens all the time in this 商売／仕事 and at all levels.

'People are looking for change at 特別奇襲隊員s but, really, why is that? Two or three results this way or that and they are 権利 支援する into 論争 for the league 肩書を与える. It's not the end of the world 権利 now.'

Then, with a smirk, Brown 追加するd: 'They have also just beaten their strongest 対立 in the Scottish Cup, so they are just as likely to go on and 勝利，勝つ it again.

'I spoke to David for about a ４半期/4分の1-of-an-hour before the game the other night but it was just about general 商売／仕事. I have a good 関係 with him and I'm not one for ruffling feathers by bringing all this up.'

In for the long 運ぶ／漁獲高: Brown and Murray have passed the 実験（する） of time as chairmen of St Johnstone and 特別奇襲隊員s respectiv ely

Brown may never have had to を取り引きする the depths of rancour now 存在 directed at Murray, yet the question of when 正確に／まさに to pass on 支配（する）／統制する is one with which he can empathise. He is in no hurry to 出発／死 from McDiarmid Park, with Saints 現在／一般に on course for an SPL return, but recognises the difficulties 現職の in any 可能性のある handover.

'I have been very fortunate in the sense that I took St Johnstone from a position where the bank had foreclosed on them and they weren't going anywhere but 負かす／撃墜する the tubes,' said Brown.

'While no one is ever happy unless they are playing at the 最高の，を越す level, we have done reasonably 井戸／弁護士席. ーに関して／ーの点でs of selling, I've never had anyone knock the door and tell me to stand aside because they want to buy.

'Even in casual conversation, I always put it this way: "How much money would you 要求する to take over the club?" It's the other way around because, if you run a loss all the time, it is やめる difficult. Making sure the club goes into the 権利 手渡すs would certainly be 真っ先の in my mind.'

Murray 主張するs his feelings are the same. With no 投資家 on the horizon, an end to the infighting at Ibrox looks a long way off.