Rangers Rumours Archive April 02 2013

02 Apr 2013 20:01:14
Neil Murray has left Rangers.

Not only has he left he will be in police custody before weekend, major scandal about to break

02 Apr 2013 20:50:40
GOOD!

Another one bites the dust.
Watch out Ally.

Has he been working late it's good to see your keeping an eye on the hours they work

He has left but no scandal, sure, anything you say CG.

Rangers revenue streams for the first 3-4 years were known well in advance by all interested parties, the low turnover of 30 million and its subsequent losses cannot have come as a surprise to CG.

Since he cannot do much to reduce the fixed running costs, wages is the only area he can cut and the only revenue stream he can increase is season ticket prices.

I assume his plan is to do both for the next couple of years, and this plan is very high risk, it depends on the fans willingness to pay more to watch less quality.

If you increase prices by 25% and 25% buy less season tickets then you are no further forward. If fans are unhappy at the quality of unaffordable players then they are not going to be happy watching affordable players.

I am not so sure his business plan is going according to work, and maybe the model is just not commercially viable.

The Rangers story has a long way to go yet I fear, and it would not shock me to see another administration within the next 2 years.

I hope not.

According to the tv he's still on some form of consultancy retainer role. Strange the rush to exit him though.

That's the best news I've heard in a long time.
We're needing boys from the 1st and second division on two year deals next year and wages no higher than 1k a week.
The Airport Bear

03 Apr 2013 19:45:15
Sandaza has been sacked

Cutting back on wages.

Saving on the wages bill.

I see a trend.

Who's next.

01 Apr 2013 23:36:30
would like to see rangers get a right back two center backs two center mids and two strikers got told bells already signed a pre contract is that correct and whos would we like to see fill these positions?

I personally would like Law, McGowan, Daly, and a quick striker. However we are all forgetting that Bocanegra and Goian return next year. Goian is rubbish but Bocanegra is still far above this class of football.

02 Apr 2013 08:50:24
I would like Higdon, Boyd, Humphrys, Hateley, Law, Danny Wilson, Thomson. If we could get that we should try and let go of Black, Sandazza, Emilson, Perry.

Hold your horses guys!
by all reports we are currently losing anything up to 1mil per month! - where you going to get the wages for these guys - they will not sign for 2nd or 3rd div wages & will ask for at least double what they are currently on.
I'm sure the ones we would like to let go signed contracts for more than 1 season & we've been handing out extended/improved contracts like 18th birthday presents for all the 'boy's - - so why would they go anywhere to free up cash?

only asking/

Id like to see boca and goian back in there, with sandaza, perry, black and alexander out. Maybe lose arygiou and faure as well.

Apart from the two above, cammy bell in to replace alexander. Need some young up and coming youngsters from abroad, look at sweden/denmark etc for this, should be able to attract decent players from there on low wages/small fee. Lb as cover, rb, cm and a striker.

WATP

Im sure I read goian say he was retiring ime sure I read that a couple of months ago

Yeah goian said that b4 the new year but i'm sure if he's caught any games of late he'll be more confident about his ability to play at this level!

WATP

Forget who you would like and focus on who you can afford, they are on two different planets.

Am I the only who thinks WATP is best left unsaid at the moment, it reminds me of Leeds fans chanting " We are Leeds " languishing in division 1.

Last comment about watp. Why should we hide who we are? U sound like one of these 'fans' who doesn't even attend the games. U want to pretend to be something else until we are at the top again?

WATP

WATP,

May I suggest it is you who is ignoring reality and pretending to be something you are not. My self esteem is not based on my attachment to a football team, however I accept some people's status is linked to their team, in this context you should be chanting we were the people since the club was liquidated, debt ridden and now plays in div 3.
WATP deals with the past, and I suggest you live in the present where your team resides.

03 Apr 2013 19:41:18
We are not losing £1m a month. The real amount is much less. £3m was spent on repairs, £1. 5 on legal representation, £1m on getting investors on board. Probably losing £200k a month just now BUT revenue streams coming on board all the time.

Don't believe the haters

Red CA

Revenue streams coming on board all the time, the season is effectively over and season ticket sales for SFL div2 are 5 months away?

In other words we need a whole new team!

Good God! If you believe we are "only losing " 200K a month you are living on cloud cukoo land. All these new players will cost a fortune. We will end up on the rocky financial road once again! No doubts. We need to live within our means- something WE ARE NOT DOING AT PRESENT!

The projected OPERATING loss for this season was 3.5 million on a 30 million turnover. Inherited first team payroll at 7.5 million will be cut to 6 million before next season, plus another 2 million in ticket sales due to 20% increase ( assuming 100% renew).

IN THEORY RANGERS COULD BREAK EVEN NEXT YEAR ON A TURNOVER OF 32 MILLION WITH 6 MILLION FIRST TEAM PAYROLL.

What is interesting is the operating costs of Rangers without first team payroll @ 26 million, there is nothing that can be done to reduce this figure.

If the fans do not renew in the same numbers then the club will be back in the red equivalent to the drop in sales.

Tickets to go up the following year by 15 % and the same profit-loss equation applies.

If ticket sales do not meet projections then Rangers will go into the SPL with a 6 million first team payroll, there is no other way of slicing or dicing it.

The future profit projections rely heavily on very low wages, very loyal fans and 10 million in new revenue streams associated with the SPL ( bigger crowds, tv, advertising, sponsorship and prize money)
Worst scenario is Rangers loses about 10 million in the lower divisions and makes it up in the SPL albeit with a 6 million first team squad.

I think the quality of football and fan loyalty is the elephant in the room, but it might just work.

I hate to break this to Rangers fans but CG can make 10 million per year in the SPL as the 2nd best team in Scotland.

His ambitions are financial, he may not be interested in chasing Celtic, it would cost too much, Celtics first team wage bill is approx 20 million, that is a lot of money to invest for first choice in the CL.

He will sell at the end of the first SPL year and get maybe 35 million. Not bad.

I would like to see Mckay Steven at rangers he would be a good winger