Rangers Banter Archive October 24 2018

24 Oct 2018 16:46:16
Why dosnt someone at ibrox start a petition against the fat rats company about buying RFC football kit . surely if they took a petition with thousands of signatures refusing to buy from these shops and the club would run at a loss and the High Court would have to acknowledge this.

24 Oct 2018 17:57:30
Worst idea I have ever heard.

It’s a water tight contract Ashley has, so it doesn’t matter how many signatures you get.

I really worry about people sometimes.

24 Oct 2018 17:57:40
Why does dave king keep costing our club money, by trying to do things against what's down in black and white! Ashley is a very hard person to get the better of! He's got the best lawyers working for him!

24 Oct 2018 18:43:41
It's all good coops dk17 etc will have it chalked up as a win for us and all part of super davey's masterplan.

24 Oct 2018 18:59:40
Not often I agree with you coop.

24 Oct 2018 20:46:14
So I take it Sports Direct will now become our official kit supplier and JD will be removed? I honestly don’t understand any of this guys😭🇬🇧.

24 Oct 2018 21:30:24
I think we need better lawyers. That’s about 750K in two lost cases. I’ll not buy the top out of sports direct.

24 Oct 2018 23:48:54
Unfortunately that’s not the way the law works. It doesn’t matter how many people state they are unhappy, it doesn’t negate a legal document.

24 Oct 2018 23:36:18
Of course iits part of the game . you never know, the judge might have just ruled in our favour . what would you rather do lie down and let Ashley wee over all of us . we can’t win all the time.

25 Oct 2018 02:24:40
Look I don't like the fact that we are losing money on court fee's but we need to back the board, king and co are trying to rid us of the rat. Yip we have lost some fights but stick together, support the board and the club and we will win the war👍.

25 Oct 2018 06:43:13
Coldo, tell me mate how in this merchandise fiasco, can we get rid of ashley, as he has a watertight agreement on this? We can't keep throwing money down a drain if we're unable to win, which of course we're not! Ashley and his cohorts, have this agreement in stone mate! Our legal time most definitely, from the outside looking in, look to be clearly out their depth and pissing against the wind with this one! The fat guy definitely has the top lawyers here, working for him! I'm totally behind our board and praise them with certain things they've put right, at our club, but this certainly ain't one of their better decisions! Our legal team surely to god, should have known that ashley had it in the deal, to have the chance, in matching any other merchandise deal! We can't keep ignoring this and just going ahead and hemorrhaging money, at some tune!
Its a pure waste!

25 Oct 2018 07:52:49
Ashley's contract won't mean a thing if all Gers fans boycott his stores and nobody buys anything from SD. He probably wouldn't bother given his wealth but at least we wouldn't be adding to it! This contract must have an end date surely?

25 Oct 2018 08:18:46
Super, what would you do? Fighting them in court is our only option as far as I can see. We obviously think we can win on a point of law, where it won't be black and white as some have suggested, and has to go to a Judge to make a Judgment on said point of law. Any sane, morally intact, fair, reasonable person knows that the sports direct deal is not the best for the club and not wanted by anyone connected to our club but that is not ashley so it has to go through the courts. To the posters who blame this board for this debacle, I say again, what would you do?

25 Oct 2018 09:56:44
God knows how we get rid of the rat, the contracts do look like they are water tight. Our lawyers look to be tied up in knots but I'd rather keep fighting than bow to that rat. A judge at some point has to this rat for what it is👍.

25 Oct 2018 10:12:12
moaning about court fees, would you rather have Ashley, green, whyte in charge asset stripping the club bare again.

25 Oct 2018 10:48:12
Our legal team should know what to do! What are they our legal team for, if they don't know what they're doing?

25 Oct 2018 11:10:35
Totally agree Coldo, Super, I say again what WOULD you do not what you would NOT do.
This is not black and white as the SD deal is detrimental to Rangers and I assume that's the point our lawyers are arguing but we are losing on points of law. This will change when we prove it is damaging the club. I doubt our lawyers are idiots and our case will have strengthened every time we go to court.

25 Oct 2018 11:18:06
Look coops what do you want? They are trying to rid us of the rat, it was never going to be easy. No one knows what the details are because of the gagging order. Now why would you want a gagging order? Because the rat knows if the details were public knowledge then there would be more unwanted heat on the rat. The rat has been hauled infront of parliament for his dealings. 👍.

25 Oct 2018 13:46:24
Think all the guys defending the board again are conveniently forgetting we paid 3m to gethe out of sd contract and our glorious chairman's statement"sports direct are gone, finished, we don't deal with them anymore" we've now pai out over 4m and counting that we can't afford to lose. It's a farce, sbsolute amateur hour and the fact some of you are still defending him baffles me it really does.

25 Oct 2018 15:41:55
Frustrated bear has hit the nail on the head.

24 Oct 2018 09:08:07
The SFA doesn't have a clue and is corrupt and incompetent. The cock-up with the League Cup semi-finals is only one example. They surely have the money to help the teams with plastic pitches to revert to grass? Maybe the Scottish government can offer grants to install undersoil heating. Also, the Premiership should be increased to 18 teams playing each other twice in a season, the way it used to be in the old first division. As it stands that would mean the likes of Ayr, Inverness, Ross County and Dundee Utd being in the top flight. The whole structure of the SFA needs cleaning out and rebuilt. Too many with anti-Rangers sentiments making decisions about Scottish football. Rant over about SFA. Last point about Hearts. They are six points clear and aren't going to be as easy as people thought to dislodge from the top. Let's see what the table looks like at Christmas!

24 Oct 2018 09:40:06
What a total incompetent bunch they are the smartest thing they have in the SFA Office’s is their smart phones!

24 Oct 2018 11:08:02
The League cup is an spfl debacle, nothing to do with the sfa.
Plastic pitches are horrendous, but they are also allowed in uefa competitions. They should be banned in all top flight competitions in my opinion, but the sfa will just say they are following uefa guidelines and helping financially struggling teams. Now that rangers are back, the teams are making more money, and hopefully pitches will be replaced. I heard Killie are going to grass next season.

{Ed001's Note - they require special permission to use them in UEFA competitions.}

24 Oct 2018 12:21:43
Doiger

Do you really think Sky will offer the same money with 2 less old firm games? Also losing games against Aberdeen, Hesrts and Hibs wouldn’t go down well either. Agree it’s not ideal but can’t see why anyone would want to support Scottish football with so many meaningless matches that an 18 team top league would bring.

24 Oct 2018 21:32:18
The sfa’s smart phones are probably Nokia 3210.

25 Oct 2018 00:19:23
Belter of a phone, used to love a game of snake! That was cutting edge technology back in my youth 😂😂😂.

24 Oct 2018 23:41:51
The SFA couldn’t afford to buy Hampden from Queens Park so I doubt they can afford to help clubs maintain grass pitches!

24 Oct 2018 23:51:40
Outside hearts and maybe hibs, the club's rely on the old firms travelling support for cash so don't think a larger league will ever happen.

24 Oct 2018 23:48:40
Arthur, you say so many meaningless games, ain't that the same in every league then?

23 Oct 2018 21:29:08
Thank you for clarifying Burn bank but surely there must be conflict of interest and therefore illegality somewhere. If El Buffalo say gets injured on these **** surfaces and Rangers pursue a case for danger, not fit for purpose which may well be upheld, I dunno given number of injuries, player revulsion to surface this might frighten Killie et al to relay. because living in Killie there 3 public grass surfaces they could train on.
Might be talking garbage but would appreciate bears response.

24 Oct 2018 07:47:49
Killie are going back to grass next season.

24 Oct 2018 09:16:20
THE problem being it should be mandatory to play on grass not voluntarily.

24 Oct 2018 16:53:28
Goalie, heard this re killie, also pray Hamilton go down.

24 Oct 2018 17:37:17
Jboy21. It was Billie Bowie who installed that plastic pitch but he's had his return on it, ie - rugby matches concerts (Rod Stewart) . As you say i hope the others follow.

24 Oct 2018 18:49:35
It's simply a money maker as they can hire park outd all week for extra income.

24 Oct 2018 23:30:03
Millerbrandwilson I doubt, if the past few days are anything to go by, that this reply will make it to you as they have stopped publishing anything I post. I don't see conflict of interest or indeed illegality anywhere here. Rangers and every other club allowed these pitches to be introduced so they can't now claim they are illegal. Players are insured by the club against injury, and of course it's a fact that there are not many more injuries on plastic pitches than on grass. However, that statistic does not take into consideration the severity of injury, which I think is the main problem. Plastic pitches are not conducive to proper professinal football, players have to react differently to almost every bounce of the ball, teams almost flood their pitch to further alter the playing mode of the surface, and they are outlawed in most leagues. It should be like undersoil heating, grass only or no promotion to the top flight.