28 Aug 2016 14:11:40
question for the sensible posters on here, can you honestly tell me that if it wasnt a rangers man in charge (DK), had led you up the garden path with his stories that you wouldn't already be kicking the doors down like you did with previous imposters, seems to me because he's a bear that people are believing his BS, he has invested nothing towards your club yet because he's blue you let it slide, there was a man from the states that wanted to plough millions into your club but got severe abuse, wrong call imo.
28 Aug 2016 14:45:21
Whyte claimed to be a Rangers man as well.
I think for me it is more the fact that regardless of how much money King has spent or promised to spend, he came in and steadied the ship.
We used to be an open door circus with news stories everyday about the financial state of our club and he has quietened that side of things.
The guy from America looked like a good choice but we will never know, I think King has done a good job.
He could inject more cash as promised, I would be happy with a new defender and the bills being paid to be honest.
28 Aug 2016 15:11:30
What do you mean wrong call? Do you seriously think Rangers fans had a say- at that time- on who was coming in? It was a set up from the start. Would we be better off with zero control, and paying Ashley vast sums of money for promotion/ success in cups etc?
28 Aug 2016 15:34:38
I think what dk has done is correct bhoywonder, it's not investment if you don't get it back, rangers need to live within their means and that is what he is doing, where he has went wrong is in his rhetoric, why shout about 30 million war chest or second not being good enough. Why not be honest and say it's going to be a long slow and at times painful process that maybe is going to take 3-5 years and during that time there is a process in place to buy the very best youngsters you can afford and take 2-3 seasons to gel them together and in that time ANYTHING you win is a bonus. You know at the beginning I thought Warburton was a decent coach but I'm beginning to thing now he is just a blow hard, who has made a mess of rangers limited transfer budget this season and they would have been better with a good young coach, who can develop youth and foster a strong team spirit.
28 Aug 2016 15:39:57
He's brought in a class manager, won promotion 1st time out, strengthened our squad 500%, sold out season tickets, got us to a Cup Final, employed a decent scout, repaid £5m loan to Ashley, reduced debt and he's been here 18 months or so.
These 10 players take signing on fees and wages, we have also improved terms with a handful of squad and have spent in excess of £2m on player fees/ tribunal costs etc. We also brought in about 6/ 8 last season as well.
Our squad will qualify for Europe and improve again in next 2 Windows and with a bit of luck we might get proper cash from retail deal, onwards and upwards 🔴⚪ï¸ðŸ”µ.
28 Aug 2016 15:47:48
He withdrew when he saw all the yanks go home etc banners at your games cullin so yeah you did have a choice.
28 Aug 2016 16:38:19
bhoywonder you are barking up the wrong tree.
28 Aug 2016 17:45:24
everyone has an opinion Fd bud, that's mine, just wondered if anyone agreed with me.
28 Aug 2016 19:01:57
Rafbob. You need to hope king can do something similar to what mccann did for us, but that then needs the fans to also dig deep as we had to do.
Hope your service is going well, I did mine in the late 70s through to 91, some great saturday afternoons in pigs bar in bruggen listening to world services covering old firm matches, some good banter on my last tour at leuchars in the mess during 87 to 91.
90 minutes of serious banter, never a punch thrown, fowl mouth language that would offend your mother, but on monday earlies back to the usual manure.
28 Aug 2016 18:15:18
Well said the glasgow ranger.
28 Aug 2016 18:21:17
Theglasgowranger
Do you really think Warburton is a first class manager? What has he done so far to justify that?
28 Aug 2016 18:32:52
#theglasgowranger.
Serious question. What happens if you don't qualify for the group stages of any 2017/ 18 european tournament.
28 Aug 2016 19:33:53
Bhoywonder DK and the rest have ploughed in millions TBF anyone with have a brain knows it.
28 Aug 2016 19:46:28
Have to agree with iamnoboyscout I wouldn't be confident about getting through the Europa league qualifying rounds. We would be unseeded and even though it isn't the champions league there are plenty of good teams in the draw. When was the last time a Scottish team got through the qualifiers?
28 Aug 2016 21:09:30
35 million spent getting to the SPL Yet more loan after loan is required to keep the lights on.
29 Aug 2016 07:00:53
cheers for the replies lads.
28 Aug 2016 15:13:50
Bhoywonder, why is it such a big issue with others how much DK spends or not? As Rafbob rightly says, he's steadied the ship and is trying to get the one-sided merchandise deal with Ashley's mob cancelled. Imagine how the Celtic support would feel if circa 97 percent of all monies paid by them didn't go back into the club? Ashley et al have in effect hindered any chance of further floatation of the Company's shares which, bearing in mind we're back in the top league, denies further external investment.
Celtic fans will clamour for marquee signings now that CL qualification had been assured but, given the changes that will come into effect in the next year or so, do you honestly want your club to sign players for millions then pay exorbitant wages when future CL participation is far from guaranteed? Presently we're stuck with limited soft investment from major shareholders and time will tell how far we're behind or need to invest.
28 Aug 2016 16:18:46
Bhoywonder you are spot on. We are in a far worse position than prior to the King takeover. The only problem the previous regime had was they were too afraid to sack mccoist in time to salvage promotion to spfl at the first time of asking. Sorry there was another reason - they weren't real rangers men.