Rangers Banter Archive January 31 2012

31 Jan 2012 23:45:16
ally hasn't walked out and wont walk out! rangers will be goners and there will b no spl verry shortly white is a tosser and rangers will not be getting any players as white refused ally money and wage fees ! as a rangers fan this is a very sad moment ! as we are slowly but surely disappearing ! :( :(

No Rangers.....No Scottish footbal..end of! you can dress it up whatever way you want, but if any of the old firm go....it's over.....will sky pay for no old firm games.........SPL will be sh****** themselves more than we should be.

31 Jan 2012 23:35:14
why dont we all just now turn up thi weekend, leave ibox empty, just a reflection on how we all bloody feel

31 Jan 2012 23:30:33
Huddersfield have signed Kallum Higginbotham for an undisclosed fee from Scottish side Falkirk.
on ssn?!
we cant even compete with huddersfeild.direstraits
TODD88 {Ed001's Note - to be fair, Huddersfield are on a solid financial footing, so their chairman can actually dip into his pockets to provide for players. Murray has left Rangers in a mess, the club is mortgaged to the hilt, any cash put in is immediately swallowed up keeping the club running. I wonder if Whyte would have got involved if he realised just how bad things were.}

Please do not even suggest that whyte did not know what the situation was. He did eight months of due dilligance. He is an asse stripper and makes his money when they go into admin. he is a vulture. {Ed014's Note - Due diligence was done ON Whyte not by him.

Mate! we cannae compete with Hibs

Disagree because whyte must of knew , thats what he supposedly does venture cap,just he aint got money to back it up

Ed001- yeh dont get me wrong mate David murray isnt inoscent whatsoever. but craig whyte could atleast let us know whats happening? we just sold jelly for cheeper than expected and this kallum would of been 10th of the price of jellys sale? we have a paper thin squad and would take the pressure from healy! cheers eddy0001 {Ed001's Note - I know what you are saying, but it is difficult for him to come out and say much during the court case. There will be subjects he is unable to even touch upon or get himself in trouble.}

31 Jan 2012 23:28:26
Lets not kid ourselves on here, the league was lost even if jelavic stayed, just not as embarrassing. Only healy upfront? What a grave situation to be in. We now rely on aluko and celik to provide AND score our goals because healy wont be consistent as he just isnt good enough. This would have been flecks chance to shine, the chance mccoist went on about. Why we loaned him i will never know but the decisions being made at ibrox these days are going beyond a joke.

Supernova

I wouldnt give Healy a hard time.....good,bad or indifferent, the wee man will spill blood for the jersey, and not for show either.....

31 Jan 2012 23:19:01
Not unexpected really we have no signings but so frustrating given we have got rid of half a team, Whyte is intent on taking our club down and it looks like he is going to succeed. dark days ahead but i do hope Ally stays and fights as he is all we have left.

Wullie

31 Jan 2012 23:17:50
Review of this transfer window:

IN:
Celik

OUT:
Jelavic
Mcmillan
hutton (Loan)
Fleck (Loan)
Ortiz (Loan0

So when coming into this window we needed at least 3 players, 2 strikers and a creative midfielder, we have come out of it with a winger no ones heard of and 5 players less...outrageous...

You missed Weir but i take your point it is a disgrace

Also Davie Weir and Bendikson +Whittaker, Broadfoot, Naisey,and Laff...long injuries. 7+4 (11) 1 in

31 Jan 2012 23:17:05
been reading alot of these rumours and as myself and most gers fan woulnt blame mccoist for leaving after mr shytes antics destroying of beloved club. but personaly i think mccoist is no going to walk as he will keep challenging whyte for for the club and fans, he would never turns his back for anything to do with the club thas the blood in his veins. untill he is sacked he will try do the best for the club in which his heart lays.
Todd88

31 Jan 2012 23:15:05
just looking at the rangers website to look at the squad, and jelavic has already been removed, talk about quick like

31 Jan 2012 23:26:17
Just a wee side point. But did you see the banged up toyota ally was driving when leaving ibrox, id be suprised if it got him home. Maybe he hasnt been paid in a while. What the flippin heck is going on. We actually only have 1 striker to play, total joke

Well if u knew that your fans were gonna be dissappointed because we have no money a ferrari would be a bad idea

31 Jan 2012 23:23:05
got a feeling Jaager will still sign as he's still a free agent (as far as i know) ....

if no one was ever getting signed what was the point of these trials? (aside from wasting everyone's time) ...

Heard he was off to Gdansk

Got a feeling we r f$$ked

31 Jan 2012 23:20:37
this is the worst transfer night ever no signings,no future,no money,no hope of anything this season.poor ally hope you sleep tonight.where is the future whyte promised us,just more lies.good night fellow blues hope you can sleep

31 Jan 2012 23:13:41
I think there will be very angry fans next home game! Interesting to see if the owner has the b*lls to turn up after the farce that has been rangers this season! 1 new face and too many outbound! Absolutely embarrassing and shocking times to be a bear! I am extremely sad with the outcome. Keep your head held high ally!

31 Jan 2012 23:11:29
Ed001, can I just say how well u've serviced the site tonight. Thanks a lot. Brill job keeping up with honest, frank, non-jaded replies. Cheers. Jay {Ed001's Note - thank you mate, it has been hard work tonight!}

31 Jan 2012 23:10:57
Game on Sunday is on BBC know were I will be watching it they might be anti Rangers but not as much as whyte is. Hope your x wife takes you for every penny you have never had you low life piece of excrement and hopefully I wont be only life long Rangers fan that feels the same love to see every seat empty

31 Jan 2012 23:10:41
Can not believe that we couldn't even bring in one player ! There must be fee agents on low wages we could have got , this is the lowest I've ever felt as a gers fan and have a feeling there is only more misery on the way but why did cw not just say no signings instead of us glued to ssn praying for a player or two coming in ?

31 Jan 2012 23:08:57
as far as i no we can still get free agents but a cant see it we look to be in a really bad way a swear to god a would love to walk in to whyte the now

31 Jan 2012 23:08:36
I warned yeez..................I warned yeez..................but awe no yooz knew it awe. Celik only player in an Jelavic away last min. Only excuses of no time to get replacement we are waiting on now.
SC

31 Jan 2012 23:08:01
whyte delays rangers acounts again an only giving the first 6 months Intriguingly, Whyte has also shortened the accounts to include just the first six months of its existence.

Documents lodged with Companies House state that it will only reveal the accounts until April 2011. Those accounts will now be published on April 16.

Wavetower Limited, the original holding company, was renamed The Rangers FC Group Limited after buying control of the club from Sir David Murray for £1 the following month.

It is not illegal to shorten accounts but the decision to do so means that Whyte has nine months’ grace to provide full disclosure of the company’s subsequent financial dealings.

As a result, they do not now need to be made public until January 2013. Rangers will shortly discover the verdict in their court battle with Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs, with the club potentially facing a £49 million bill if they lose. this man is joke 1 thing after another with whyte get this man out of our club

31 Jan 2012 23:07:54
Disgusting transfer window for us. So many players on trial with no intention of a deal being struck! Whyte is killing off what's left of our great club. Don't see ally leaving the club he loves but fear his hands are tied...
#LegendMcCoist

31 Jan 2012 23:07:16
Jelavic out
McMillan out
Hutton out
Fleck out
Ortiz out

Get Whyte out! Get Smith out!

Cannot believe we can go down the stretch with only Healy up front. Now i know what it must be like to support Dunfermline cos that is how we are behaving.

Despite the taxman threat still hanging over us we have shown absolutely no ambition and what incentive is there fore any fan to dig deep for season icket money if it is just going to line Whyte's pockets.

31 Jan 2012 23:06:11
Can't believe we sell and loan so many players with no one comming in discrace but rtid

31 Jan 2012 23:05:54
so thats it rangers no1 in and jellyfish gone not 1 penny of that transfer to go to a new striker good luck david healy youre going to have to get ur shooting boots on what a joke!!!! whyte has alot of explaining to do mccoist should just walk now!!!!!!!!!i am ripping at whyte hope gers fans chant for his head he has told lies after lies craig the conman whyte he is a dirty sneaky snake il never go to another gers game again.

Not Healys fault

31 Jan 2012 23:03:52
Ding dong that's us pumped!

31 Jan 2012 22:57:47
ihave supported the gers all my life but i would be doing the wrong thing buying my season ticket again. we have been lied to since the start (goodwillie, juhasz, verhoek, miller) and we are now only realising it. notlooking for a de boer or a gazza, but maybe a sandaza! pains me to say it but unless we get an agm, some answers and some players ill not be back. the 'support the team' brigade simply help mr whyte and his cronies fool the rest of us just like their inwavering support for murray did. Ignorance is not bliss.

Always wanted a gibson les paul, but could only afford an epiphone, it,s not better or worse but what you can pay for at the time mate. blue al

31 Jan 2012 22:56:23
SSN reporting business is done at Ibrox nobody in (surprise surprise) whatever happened to Mr Whytes promises they seem to be lying around like a broken jigsaw puzzle (in pieces) what is happening to my team

Are jigsaws not supposed to be in pieces?

31 Jan 2012 22:54:54
Jelavic Gone
Weir Gone
Ortiz loaned out
Fleck loaned out
McMillian Gone
Hutton loaned out

Did I miss something, but are we not supposed to strength the squad?

bye bye 4 in a row

31 Jan 2012 22:54:28
sky outside Ibrox said no more business , 5 out none in
Not even a free last one out put the lights out, think partick Thistle going to get a surge of fans just shortly

31 Jan 2012 22:53:07
SSN just confirmed that no more business to be done at Ibrox.

I had said in the summer give Whyte time to show what he was all about and prove everyone wrong.............well people werent wrong.

Rangers fan? dont make me laugh...........he has made out club a laughing stock..........with only David Healy our only fit striker.

No 4 in a row. Sad sad times

31 Jan 2012 22:52:45
oh well no signing then!
craig whyte uv got got alot of questions to answer!
expect a backlash!

sir ally walk now and u dont deserve this!

in ally we trust!!

the real jinky

31 Jan 2012 22:52:28
shocking ,what were we told ?free up wages we can get players in ,ally what ever you decide to do ,stay or resign youll always be a rangers legend . perth loyal

Admittedly, there were transfer targets we did not secure but that is not uncommon. As chairman, I have supported Ally McCoist in his choice of targets and will continue to do so. The timing of Jelavic's departure so late in this window is far from ideal and efforts to improve the squad will continue until the transfer window closes.

Also up in perth we are now a joke even st johnstone managed to get new faces, whyte has made a fool of us all. hope the record find some evidence to jail him. r i p rangers. gazamancan

31 Jan 2012 22:52:23
No one signed. SHOCKING RANGERS

31 Jan 2012 22:51:08
i'm disgusted at the way we've been had. I always said give Whyte a chance but it just said on TV that were done for today
EKger

31 Jan 2012 22:45:33
The fact that we sign no one is evidence that whyte doesnt have any faith in ally's signings! I think it's whytes way of getting ally out the door!

31 Jan 2012 22:42:06
craig whyte rangers fan my A**s so annoyed atm.

David murray rangers fan my a**e
you mean?

31 Jan 2012 22:41:41
Leon best knocked celtic loan bid .many strikers do they want

31 Jan 2012 22:39:55
so we have cleared in terms of wages (partial or full).....Jelavic....Weir.....Ortiz......Hutton......Fleck

and all we have signed is the boy Celik?

Our squad was garbage before now it is paper thin......

Bad times

31 Jan 2012 22:38:02
Hee hee hee...the fun continues....apparently your club now owes £1m to Burnley after Laffatack had played 100 games. The 100th game was the one where he got hurt.Also...notice how Rangers had one good player and had to sell him? Celtic have many great players and have kept them all while adding to our unbelievable strength with some quality players!

HAIL HAIL
ChrisBhoy {Ed003's Note - For crying out loud,how old are you ? pfft}

What have you won

Physically or mentally Ed?!

ChrisBoy clearly cannot recall Mr McCann who SAVED his club from going to the wall.

daviet

Erm many great players that nobody wants, eh second class maybe. Deluded fool, at least we are skint what's your excuse

Ed003 apparently it's something that passes as " banter "

If you think that Celtic have many 'great' players Chrisbhoy, then don't take this the wrong way mate, you aint the brightest. That baldy defender Majstorovic, Commons, Ledley, Samaras etc, etc are all terrible players.

Your manager, isn't that good either.

Blair Mayne YNWA JFT96

Key word here is SAVED.......bet you wish you could say that about whyte eh......green jhedi

Yes daviet....the key word there is SAVED. Is that just like Mr. Whyte?? !! lol lol

31 Jan 2012 22:33:30
Is any Rangers Fan daft enough to buy a Season Ticket for next year ?

They need to be, it's already spent, lol.

Sense a protest coming.

If 40,000 fail to renew season tix will Whyte finally get the messag.

Super Ally is immune but Whyte and Smith - GTF

31 Jan 2012 22:33:22
Not a rumour but a fact.

Fact - I love Rangers and have done since I could walk and talk:- over 40 years of watching, enjoying, etc.

We are now at a serious juncture in our history and it is not good.

I was almost prepared to be won over by some of Mr Whytes "spin" on austerity, living within our means, etc as to be honest, the whole of football will need to re-balance it's act. However to have NO youth policy, NO decent veterans and a seriously threadbare squad whilst we get players out on loan and off the wage bill is alarming. This is a perfect storm of a cocktail for our ON the field activity.

At the same time I now believe we face armageddon OFF the field and are at our lowest ebb in 136 years.

To be outbid by Hibs, Huddersfield, Bristol City et al for players who at one time would have been dribbling cones at training, is simply unacceptable.

Celtic are likely to "win" the league but not a lot of winning is really needed now.

Tell me I am wrong....

You're not wrong. I'm glad there are some people out there who can see the immediate danger unfolding.
Whyte's statement tonight was to try to turn the fans against the Daily Record.
The truth is that Rangers debt pre Whyte was circa £18 million and as it stands just now it is in the region of £24 million. Rangers are worse off now that 'saviour' has arrived.

No jokes! its real rangers fans like you i feel for honestly! been thru it guys...green jhedi

I have been a season ticket holder for fourteen years and a gers fan all my life. i have never been so sorely against my club in my life. please mr whyte tell us whats going on. ally is a rangers man and a legend, if your a bear let us know,i think not. blue al {Ed003's Note - How on earth can you be 'against' your club if you are a fan?? It is times like this a club needs it's 'fans' }

31 Jan 2012 22:30:01
the "powers " are not spending anything because in my opinion they already know the outcome of the tax case and that we are heading for div 3.The squad is being downsized to suit that league so wait until the end of this season, McGregor , Davis, Whittaker, Edu, Lafferty and Naismith will all be put up for sale, as will Ibrox and Murray park, and we will enter a join arrangement with Queens park to use Hampden .
Ally will walk soon and we will have Durrant as coach.

Stupid ? fantasy ? nonsense ?

Anyone out there with a more optimistic plan ?

This could be the reality of the outcome in the next year hate to say it. David Murray still owns murray park and RFC rent it.

I agree but ally will stay as he is our man in the inside but were a paying for whitakers rash tackle and edu,s start to the season, getting the young boys we want to keep out the road till the event happens

think myself it will be a double event as hearts will take the chance to go into adminastration at the same time g_d help us

31 Jan 2012 22:28:43
its true supper sally has walked
no money
no repect
no chance

31 Jan 2012 22:32:05
Celtic trying to get Leon Best on loan from Newcastle , theres a player we should be looking at big powerful and a good touch

31 Jan 2012 22:19:59
Just seen the clip of Ally leaving Ibrox earlier tonight! Feel really sorry for him. It is was always going to be a tough job taking over from Smith but to do it with his hands tied behind his back is making it impossible.

I realise we are in financial meltdown but surely a little bit of money from the Jelavic sale and the freeing up of some recent wages could have been given to him to bring in a couple of the recent trialists. Why were these trialists even brought in if the money was never going to be put on the table to offer any of them a contract.

Whyte said earlier in his statement on the Rangers web site that he is a Rangers fan. He is no Rangers fan in my eyes. His treatment of a Rangers legend is a disgrace. Not one Rangers fan should turn on Ally during the toughest time in our history. He is one of us and the least we can do is give him 100% of our support.

31 Jan 2012 22:07:43
why does hundreds of rangers fans no go to ibrox tomorow and protest about craig whyte and have big banners

31 Jan 2012 22:02:52
One thing that should be done is the immediate removal of the name "Murray" from the park at Auchenhowie. There should be no mention of the name of the guy who has screwed this club into the ground.It's him that we need to hear from and he should be clearing this mess up!

How can you - he owns Murray Park and leases it to Rangers.

31 Jan 2012 21:48:21
On STV news app McCoist leaving Ibrox after being told there will be no signings. Ally it must be difficult but walk away and then tell us the truth of what that lieing con man is doing and has done. I will not be renewing my season ticket after the nonsense of the season, we have surrendered the league to Celtic and I am sorry to my fellow bluenoses buts that's how I feel tonight. Blue4ever

31 Jan 2012 21:54:59
wonder how many of Mr Whytes 4 years worth of season tickets will be renewed for next season if this is how he treats his paying fans who put up their money i think we were better run under llyods banking group

I heard the deal was done PRIOR to Whyte's takeover?

daviet

31 Jan 2012 21:51:59
even if whyte does pull something out the hat i for 1 will not be happy the way he has lied two us all this time and what he is doing two our club is beyond beleive

31 Jan 2012 21:50:46
no one in but at least 6 out we are short in numbers as it is ?

31 Jan 2012 21:49:53
This is unbelievable, I have had no trust in the Charlatan Whyte since day one, and thought we might get a couple of loans and maybe one £500k guy. Ther is just over an hour and nobody.

I have to say I detest Whyte but my god talk about brass balls, he's got a pair of stoaters. Can't believe he's not giving a crumb

31 Jan 2012 21:48:37
Not looking likely we will sign anyone before deadline however I do believe we will strengthen as there will no doubt be frees available of decent quality who don't need to be signed before deadline.

Have faith!!

31 Jan 2012 21:41:09
McMillan sold.
Fleck loan
Hutton loan

Why are we loaning these players out? i thought the whole purpose of Murray Park was to produce raw talent to bring through to the current first team?

Maybe rangers dont want the young boys there when it happens

31 Jan 2012 21:39:47
whytes not getting my cash

If he doesn't get money fromyour lot will only quicken the inevitable .....

gunner&atim

31 Jan 2012 21:35:17
looks like celik will have to play as a striker till lafferty comes bk coz looks like no striker will b signed.

31 Jan 2012 21:34:57
I think we should clear up the new TAX issue £5million, Whyte said we don't owe that much some people say its £4.88million even though we did sell the season tickets it was after April 6th 2011 so any tax wouldnt need to be paid until January 2013

Was it not VAT? VAT payable, probably, monthly and if not quarterly. Income tax depends on pre/post 5th April each year but thats for partnerships and individuals, very unlikely any of tax payable from sales of season tickets is not due

Wrong. You're talking about corporation tax. The £4.88m is VAT and VAT is payable on a quarterly basis.

It was VAT n thats due in your next quarter

31 Jan 2012 21:32:37
I have my doubts that rangers will manage to bring anybody in now but if they are going after
salihi that has to happen tonight ..jaager bruins are free agents so thety can do them asap as they are free agents perhaps you are all going over the top
here I cant see the taxcase result going against us to the tune of 20mill but its still a hell of a fight
hes going to have to turn this around

31 Jan 2012 21:28:56
What we have now is one of the worst rangers sides in the clubs history, the celtic side of the 90s would give us a run for our money and things are only gonna get worse.
Sky sports claim old firm battling it out for marko futacs of portsmouth but there will only be one winner. Also rumours mccoist will walk tomorrow because he got no money to spend from jelavic deal

Thomas

31 Jan 2012 21:25:54
Got to laugh at all this negativity on here.

There will always be a Rangers.

If you expect good times all the time, go somewhere else.

Support the Rangers through thick and thin.

Most people moaning on here didn't turn up in the early 80's when it was dire.

The days of million pound signings are gone. Get over it and support the manager and whatever team he puts out on the field.

I couldn't care if its Gascoinge or Broadfoot pulling on the famous Royal Blue, they go out with my full support.

Stick together when your club needs you or ship out.... its that simple.

Bosley.

What a load of garbage, idiots like you that keep whyte there, the mindless ppl like you that give this liar time to strip us to the bone and then discard us like rubbish

Nae bother bosley we will see when Celtic when the treble what you've got to say

Pipe down you glory hunting tube.

Your meant to support your team through the rough times.

Dry your eye`s and away and support Partick Thistle ya mug.

Bosley.

Bosley, its guys like you who CW loves in fact, he is probably hopeing that the 40,000 + season ticket holders are all like you.

Finally someone talking with some sense. Good on ya Bosley. Tired of all the drama queens on here. I for one like the idea of being the underdog now. Each win will be just that much sweeter.

Well you can't really be a passionate supporter if none of this shambles bothers you

31 Jan 2012 21:21:53
I see Conway has scored for Cardiff again tonight now he is one that i would have pushed the boat out for and he was avail on a free at the start of the season.I want to see signings tonight like the rest of you but there is no point in signing guys who are going to warm the bench,only sign guys who can make an immediate difference and start games.

Conway was shown round murray park.you have to ask why? green jhedi

Listen, green jhedi or whatever your pathetic name is, away you go and concentrate on the mighty tic and leave the bears to their own devices

james rfc 1980

31 Jan 2012 21:14:31
good luck jelavic u were a gr8 player

Not in the last 3 months

Not all season. He was great last season then got injured. This season didn't turn up at all except to take penalities. It was evident he only signed with the intention of moving to England after one season.

31 Jan 2012 21:11:41
ally MCoist didnt look a happy chappy on stv news a wonder if he knows sumit we dont .W.A.T.P

Maybe told Whyte to feck off and resigned. I would not blame him.

31 Jan 2012 21:10:22
Whit the f#^k is going on tonight another player loaned out in Kyle Hutton and no transfer activity, with our current squad if we get any more injuries were fecjed ! And remember Bartley can be requested by arsenal at any time. Get your finger out whyte clock is ticking.

31 Jan 2012 21:07:27
Is it me or is it pathetic that even hubs can beat us to sign players last I heard Carlos was on trial with us ! Why does ally waste his time with stupid bids I know we are skintight but why bother with a bid that is bound to be declined! We offered 1million for holt ! He's easily worth 2.5million even with his age big powerful striker would do amazing for rangers but no we waste our time with stupid low bids. If we can't afford a decide bid why bother bidding at all why cause the embarrassment to the club?

Brian the Bear

31 Jan 2012 21:03:24
if there is no new players at the club i propose a protest a ibrox at the weekends game.we as fans have to start forcing the matter.we need the full truth about that is happening at rangers and what craig whyte is going to do with the club.

He is going to put the club into administration then take a wedge then others will take over whats left it better NOT be Murray

Agree lets continue to support the players on Match day but force the issue with Whyte by continuing to demand explanations or should that be truth at every home game till we get them.

There is something been hidden by the board and we as the supporters should be kept in the know even if its bad then we wont get a massive shock

"There is something been hidden by the board and we as the supporters should be kept in the know even if its bad then we wont get a massive shock"

what you on about its simple we have no money and may have to pay up to 50 Million, fed up with people saying there's something we dont know this is massive enough

31 Jan 2012 20:58:28
Jellyfish at Goodison, laughing all the way and grateful he'll be getting his wages this month! Ho Ho Ho....yes are sh1te and yes know yes are!

HAIL HAIL
ChrisBhoy

3 in a row pal, and you know it. we still welcome the chase, whats the score in league titles ? aye thought so. 54 - 41

james rfc 1980

Why do you keep saying yes?
Dmrangers

No rangers no septic the epl dont want you's

I'm all for freedom of speech and I realise this a banter page, but seriously some of the comments from Celtic fans go beyond banter some of these. Comments are gloating and meant to offend. {Ed001's Note - obviously you fail to understand what banter is.}

Come back when you've won 54 titles and are the most succesfull team in the world
shotts rfc

@shotts rfc: deffo the most succesfull team in div 3! ENDGAME

31 Jan 2012 20:54:42
hope mccoist grows a pair and walks then tell us the truth about the conman whyte he is a snake.

31 Jan 2012 21:03:31
Just watched Jelavic be paraded at half time. Now gers 1 and only striker that is fit is healy, we are doomed
Tully

Maybe we could get whyte to put the season ticket money on rangers to win the league so as we can have money for the next transfer window.

You not heard?its all spent...............

31 Jan 2012 20:54:05
Would like Ally or anyone connected to answer the question of why did we at the start of the window say that we will have funds to buy and we do not need to sell. Then we bring in trialists lost count the amount when we obviously couldn't afford their wages bit of an insult to them. Thenwe start selling people on the last day with no efforts to bolster squad. Left with no strike force and the rest of the park no back up. So do they really expect us to pay fr our season tickets next season with what we at left to watch for the rest of this seas

31 Jan 2012 20:51:14
Jelavic signed a 4 year deal . £5.5m Congrats to Celik titles yours , wouldnt be surprised if Coisty Walks Sad Time to be a Bear . Norrieb

Did he take his league medal with him for this season ?

5.5m ? what happened to the 10m evaluation ? LOLOL

lenny

Calm down 1 point behind the manky mob

You were 2nd in league with him, he wouldnt have made a difference!

31 Jan 2012 20:49:48
's play by play of the everton game says the deal was 5.5m

31 Jan 2012 20:48:09
everton have confirmed the signing of nikica jelavic on a 4 and a half year contract,deal done.skysports transfer centre.just over 2 hours to find a replacement.it is not going to happen.we all new this would happen but still whyte has done nothing to help ally.

31 Jan 2012 20:39:55
what the hell is going on at rangers.we have a tiny squad as it is then they allow 2 boy to go on loan and one to allow to leave today,shocking.why are we waiting until the last day of the transfer window to try and sign anyone.whyte has been saying that ally had to let players go before he could get anyone in,well that is over half a dozen players now that have went out on loan or left.where are the replacements.also is shows how bad things are when hibs can sign jorge carlos before use.it just show how little money there is.he is probably only on 1-2 grand a week.shocking

31 Jan 2012 20:39:03
Ed can you enlighten the Gers support on anything you think we should know buddy . Things are very quiet . {Ed003's Note - Avoid buckfast and always wear a condom }

31 Jan 2012 20:38:29
Jelavic to be paraded at half time vs city! Now confirmed toffee........ 3.5 mil plus add ons, use really are desperate for money!

Fee around 7million accorrding to sky sources!!

It was 5.5m ya diddy R/R

5 million

31 Jan 2012 20:37:19
Jelavic to be paraded at half time in Everton game!

Give McCoist money to bolster squad CW!

31 Jan 2012 20:28:46
coisty's chucked it and fair do's if he has. whyte is a disgrace

31 Jan 2012 20:35:08
it hurts to b a gers fan right now just a complete disgrace!!!!craig whyte the conman.

31 Jan 2012 20:31:23
rangers are tryin so sign a czech called provi

I take it, thats its a loan

Clever! green jhedi

31 Jan 2012 20:09:37
Rangers season book price hike due to CW using our cash !

No chance Mr conman.

31 Jan 2012 20:06:57
Is it true what I am hearing, that is that the manager has quit, I could not quite make out what everyone was saying for all the laughing.

Have I posted on the wrong page (NO I HAVE NOT)

Its great to be a bear , aye right.

Lost Bhoy 50

Its still great be be a bear

31 Jan 2012 20:05:59
I would not blame Ally if he was to walk he was so excited to manage his boy hood heros and all Craig Whyte has done is make him a scapgoat! a gave Whyte the chance when alot of other fans didnt but this is the last straw he has sailed us down a one way river! i feel so sorry for Ally and now fear that whyte is in fact going to keep stripping our famous club down till theres nothing left in ally we trust get Whye out out out!
WATP
BIG CRAIG

Lol at weecraig on here eating humble pie after bigging up craig whyte for months.... This is only the start ya muppet theres much worse to come!! Cant wait can you?

I hope ally does walk cause as a manager he not good!!

31 Jan 2012 20:02:01
like i said start of last week jelavic will go for 6m tops
people laughed and mocked me
Willybhoy

31 Jan 2012 20:27:40
I think it's important to stick by ally no matter what. U can't take his rangers legend reputation away from him all because his chairman didn't give him a chance to be a good manager!!

31 Jan 2012 20:24:40
i am 35 years old and have been a rangers supporter all my life if you are looking at this mr white you should be ashamed of your self if you dont give ally any cash from the sale of jelavic you are a disgrace to all ur rangers fans WHY are u doing this to us you are nothing but a SNAKE in the grass calling yourself a life long fan you are only out for yourself when you first took over this great club you promised the world only to stab each and everyone of us true rangers fans in thr back i HATE YOU

C'mon the warning signs have been there for years but it was all a tim conspiracy...

31 Jan 2012 20:19:33
Well i did say a few times that Rangers wud get 10% of the Jelavic fee. 5 mil for him and the embarrassing 500k offer for Holt confirms it. It is quite annoying as a Celtic fan that my source is from within ibrox.

Drew

The bid for holt was a PR stunt we will see if McCoist gets anything which I doubt he will

GovanFR

31 Jan 2012 20:12:19
Not a rumour, but fact and apologies if someone posted earlier. Statement on Rangers FC website by Chairman Whyte rubbishing the Daily Record's mythical piece of journalism this morning and attempting reassure Rangers' fans.

31 Jan 2012 19:41:12
if rangers dont bring a striker in this window i reckon whyte will be more hated than lennon haha

I find it very hard to disagree with that.

james rfc 1980

31 Jan 2012 19:57:36
BEARS STOP BEATING OURSELFS UP
The negative postings are from SNIDY Celtic fans who want their we tuppence worth due to them loosing the league the last three years to us with no money and old men, THERE HURTING.
WE will have at least two players in tonight and two other free agents by the weekend.
We can win this league andwouldn't it be sweeter after the Glasgow 49rs ( that's how many first team player they have) tried every thing to beat us and we let JELLY go
WHYTE at least put his head in the block and for what ever happens I will thank him for that.
WIZARD {Ed014's Note - The negative posts are coming in from Rangers fans as well.I see a lot of e-mail tags I recognise.Open your eye,it is not just Celtic fans on the wind up here.

31 Jan 2012 19:52:19
If Rangers do not sign anyone following the sale of Jelavic, they'll be an outcry from the fans.

Someone got it spot on an earlier post. McCoist didn't look too happy after meeting with Whyte. Looks like our teas out!

Disaster

james rfc 1980

31 Jan 2012 19:36:05
Kyle Hutton signs a 1 year extension an has went out oan loan to Dunfermline

J91

31 Jan 2012 19:29:30
Ed prob wont post this but its time to vote with our feet. Were not happy so what do we do? Have a wee moan on a website... Wow Mr Tight will be shakin in his boots. Never mind boycott the record. Boycott this idiot. He didnt mind the glory when he was raising the league flag. And what do we get in return? Heehaw. I for one wont be back til hes oot. Widnae gee him oxygen if he wis drowning the wee cretin. Watp

Aye you sound like a 'real' fan of the club. Get all fans to boycott games, so club loses out financially. Nice one sherlock.

Wee are already missing out wood u rather us coming 3rd 4th miby 5th in the spl nxt year or by the looks of things this year open your eyes pal white is out for him self not us

31 Jan 2012 19:27:16
.....Timalloy's Take on The Tax Case......

For Sale: OSTRICH FARM ( contact Mr C Whyte, Edmiston Drive, Glasgow, G51 )

Mr Whyte addresses all Rangers Fans:
And Now The End Is Here!
The Final Countdown!
Who's Sorry Now?
Unbelievable, That's What You Are!

Celtic Fans Take On Happenings at Ibrox:
It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like CHRISTMAS!
It's A Great Day For The IRISH!
LOL Timalloy (plenty more to come.....)

Aye very good sad act. one for you, only the lonely. blue al

Timalloy Do you spend your whole days thinking about Rangers?

Timalloy getting one last quote in before he is sent to off to bed by his mumsie.

31 Jan 2012 19:23:36
the guy who posted this:

"Now we have Taco who's jumped on the band wagon with posting comments, its actually now starting to become boring."

i haven't jumped on any bandwagon, i've been posting on here for around 2 years now. my name and email address are filled in every post i've made, and i'm sure the Ed's can back this up


taco {Ed001's Note - to be fair I have seen his email around for a while.}

Thanks for posting this Ed:)

taco {Ed014's Note - I'll back that up as well taco.

Aye, but he is still boring ed, you can t deny that eh? {Ed014's Note - I actually like reading all the bickering but none of you fight back,its always just silly name calling.Posts that don't add anything to the thread just get deleted.

As ED014 says, it is a BANTER site, we are giving it BIG to you for all the hard times in the past, no Tim remembers anyone saying we need Celtic, or if Celtic die so does Scottish football, it is all you bleating bears crying, instead of taking action. We Celtic fans saved our club, you bears are just sitting around moping and blaming everyone else. Grow a pair all of you and save your club. Timalloy

31 Jan 2012 19:20:52
craig whyte backs mccoist in all his transfer targets haha biggest pile of crap ive ever heard.

31 Jan 2012 19:10:39
join the protest ibrox 5th february 3pm

31 Jan 2012 19:06:25
I have stated on here on numerous occasions that whyte is a liar and a con man. I usually get some nonsense that he was the only one to stand up. Well all that have backed him should now realise that this man is a disaster waiting to happen. I have followed Rangers for forty years and never has there been anything like it. We have to vote with our feet, and I for one won't be back until he has gone. Let him see how many season tickets will be bought this year. This action is going to hurt the club but let's be honest it is a matter of time before the inevitable collapse happens. The sooner it happens the sooner the Charlatan is gone.
He had lied every time he opens his mouth. There is no money, and I posted yesterday that the rumour was that the season ticket money from last year was missing. Not so far from what was reported today. This one is going to put us under. I know that Sir DM is the one to blame, but this guy is a vulture stripping the flesh to the bones. The clue is that this is how he makes his living. A leopard does not change its spots.
We need to let him hear loud and clear that he cannot do this to our club, he needs to be long gone and we need to send himon his way, and quickly

What a refreshing change to the usual rubbish you are mentioning.

totally agree that the only way for change is to refuse to buy season tickets. lets face it, the club is facing administration, so your season ticket money will basically just go into his pocket, you might as well throw it away.

i genuinely feel sorry for the likes of yourself mate, a bear with a bit of common sense


taco

31 Jan 2012 19:00:50
Why do us fans take this crap from Craig Whyte .. he has done absolutely nothing and he has had 2 transfer windows to impress and win over the fans.. its time for us fans to take a stand, jesus christ we are an absolute laughing stock and whoever thinks otherwise, GET YOUR BLUE TINTED SHADES OFF and realise the mess that we are in..

31 Jan 2012 18:58:47
Mr thyte dosnt deserve the 50,000 fans tht go to ibrox at wkends championship teams can do more business than us complete shambles the man clearly has no money n he dosnt have the right to sell jelavic wen murray was the one tht paid for him , only business a want to see tonite is whyte gettin to fack

31 Jan 2012 18:51:32
If jelavic leaves and sandaza comes in to replace him then we will officially have the worst strike force ever in our proud history.
Whyte is a disgrace.

Fraser

31 Jan 2012 18:43:13
mccoist must no we aint going to believe the lies him and craig tight come out with 2morrow he must b dreading waking up in 2morrow morning i think he will walk.

He should and will walk this weekend and will spill the beans, should be interesting

He didnt look happy when he was leaving ibrox. i wouldnt blame him if he walked

31 Jan 2012 18:40:47
Just heard rangers are in for Kenny Miller on loan with Craig White ready to sanction the move with his own cash apperntly he done his tax return on line today and is due a rebate!!

Away back to your bed, kenny miller is in a league cup final in England, cardiff fans were singing his name last week

Think the point has been missed there by a mile, oh how ironic. blue al

31 Jan 2012 18:38:51
Well well isn't it just a shock to learn that ally is not allowed to try and bring in a replacement for jelavic? How much longer can Mr Whyte sell us and the club down the river? I know ally loves the club, but if I were him I would be considering my position with Mr Whyte in charge

Orange Tam

Must admit i,ve got to agree with you there tam but to be fair the alarm bells were ringing for both us and ally when we needed to strenghten the squad for europe and nothing happened. blue al

31 Jan 2012 18:36:50
Here's a number that you might find useful tomorrow.

08457 909090
Samaritans

Jungle Bhoy.

Thanks mate ,who said Celtic fans had no heart.

We can't afford to ring them FFS. 4.6p a minute

Are they any good JBoy?

31 Jan 2012 18:29:34
Heskey at rosshall for medical ! Great replacement

Why rosshall are Rangers medicals not done at Murray Park

I hope this is not true.the guy has never been a goal scorer and does not do a lot of work.we need someone how can score goals and has a bit of a work rate.if the club has no money and whyte is a true fan that he keeps telling us that he is why do he not finance a deal buy himself and use the money from the jelavic sale to run the club.

Jesus christ. I'd rather have Broadfoot playing up front

Rangers dont use ross hall for medicals!

31 Jan 2012 18:28:57
Having read Craig whites statement in full I feel that he has inherited a football club that runs at a loss of between 10-15 million a year before you take into account the tax case. With jelavic on his way to everton and should we sign anyone they won't be the quality we as rangers fans expect however balancing the books and running the club on a sound financial footing is the sensible thing to do for the future of our great club.poshbear

31 Jan 2012 18:25:00
Just seen Ally leaving ibrox after meeting whyte on SSN. Doesn't look a happy chappy, Stv on twitter now stating their sources claiming no one else coming in. Hope to feck they are wrong, worrying few hours.

31 Jan 2012 18:24:38
McCoist says no players coming in. Absolute joke.
Source STV

Billyboy1

31 Jan 2012 18:23:51
ally mccoist looked raging on sky sports dnt think whyte is backing him wats new eh.

31 Jan 2012 18:22:57
Says on Stv we are unlikely to strengthen squad!!

31 Jan 2012 18:14:51
just no ssn jelavic heading back to complete his move so no more rumours stating hes not signing please! the only way it would fall through now is if he changes his mind about joining them! hope not i dont want him back now, lets get it done and move on sooner we get this complete the better for all, again just dissapointed this is all being done on the 31st instead of being completed earlier just unsettles everyone involved, shame for everton fans they dont realise jelavic will jump ship to a bigger team as soon as he gets the chance! but good luck to him everton are a big club in thier own right and the merseyside derby is a crackin fixture. but hes never going to get european football or challenge for any honours! Grant Holt would be a good signing but not worth more than 1 million in my opinion hes not got a great pedigree playing lower leagues of england most his career and at 30 has no sell on value, james beattie no 2 in my opinion! would better using all the money signing jordan rhodes offloading all the guff and funding his wages he is a goal machine never going to happen i know. Start giving Andy Little a game aswell this lad has got talent and is a hidden gem, anyone think aswell we shuda taken west hams offer for jela? i think it was alot higher than what we're getting from everton, and why the hell are we comprimising on the price, it shuda been 8million take it or leave it, just becoz jela decides he has a great desire to now play in england

31 Jan 2012 18:19:55
if whyte doesnt give mccoist any money to buy a striker,mccoist should just walk!

absolute disgrace this club these days!

in mccoist we trust!

the real jinky

McCoist will need to walk, repo man coming for his car tomorrow.

31 Jan 2012 18:17:43
Whyte insists he did not use fans cash to buy club but did mortgage sales to ticketus, so where has the cash gone?
Surely current income from matchdays and tickets are enough to keep club running without further borrowing.
I thought Murray was bad, after all he put us in this mess, but Whyte is a lying b*****d and it's time the fans showed him what they think.

This is the £42m question. Just "don't buy the record again though folks". It's obviously them that's to blame for all this $hite. What a complete shambles.

31 Jan 2012 18:17:03
Mccoist didn't look to happy after meeting with whyte. Read wot u want into that

31 Jan 2012 18:12:56
according to journalist mark guidi, the cameroon trialist rangers had in today only trained for 30minutes before the club made the decision to send him back home. this is now beyond a joke!

I heard Guidi saying it was after 10 mins
and he was then asked to leave

31 Jan 2012 18:02:58
One thing that cannot be said about Whyte is that he is hiding behind the failings of the old owner and board members

It would be easy for him to come out with endless statements about how we got into this mess and to deflect all the abuse that has been directed at him, he has choosen to stay quiet until now and he has got on with the job in hand which is securing a future for our club

If that means players must leave to reduce the squad and bring income in to the club in the short term with no other signings this window then thats how it has to be, lets get on with it

I would rather have the squad we have now than no squad

We are one point behind with all to play for

JG

True, but we have just sold one of the 2 only fit strikers at the club. What happens if Healy gets injured on Sunday? Can Broadfoot play up front? Or Alexander?

The point is yeah we have to cut costs but if we have got £5m for Jelavic then re-invest £1m for a striker and you have banked £4m plus savings in the wages coz whoever comes in ain't gonna be on the same wages at Jelavic.

The Pilot!

31 Jan 2012 17:58:09
If we sell jelavic for only 5m then everyone on the board should be sacked. That means that we've only made, after clauses, around £0-500k from the whole deal. They have NO business sense at all.

31 Jan 2012 17:52:02
Stv says Sandaza and Sahili and falkiks higinbottom are the 3 targets not withis at all, woul rather templton if this happends am going to be reall piss only person I woul have is Sandaza may ey Sahili but templton betts be a gers or all be pissed right off !!!

31 Jan 2012 17:38:49
Lambert is Norwich manager, cant see
him selling his best striker to Rangers!

Why not? If it makes commercial sense to his club.

31 Jan 2012 17:36:17
Jelavics away for sh*te and a shower before he goes and signs and gets paraded round everton before the game the night! Too many folk snifn the glue, deal with it hes off!

31 Jan 2012 17:24:23
Looks like we r goin back in for sandaza. Wonder who else is on ally's last minute radar. Would be happy is we signed templeton or jamie murphy.

31 Jan 2012 17:11:19
Keith Jackson and Jim Traynor should be barred from Ibrox.Pure and utter scaremongering from the daily record.The previous directors are a disgrace as well..

Get real at least they had the balls to write something about the crook, head out the sand comes to mind.

Not getting my money up front next season i'll as i go now.

31 Jan 2012 17:05:37
Will never buy the day late rebel again.Why are they listening to disgruntled ex employees who have put our great club in the mess we are in.Craig Whyte has borrowed money against season tickets,so did the previus

Aye but for 4 years money never went in 6 months, were has it all gone? You are a idiot if you still believe Mr tight, our club is going to the wall and you blame the daily record for trying to expose the crook.

31 Jan 2012 17:02:21
we need a miracle. Salihi anyone?

How long would it take to fly from Vienna? reckon he could get to Murray Park and get a medical done in 5 hours? Unfortunately not, mate. Muzz

Could get medical done anywhere and paperwork faxed

31 Jan 2012 16:58:38
Everton don't require Jelavic anymore they have excepted a 40 million offer for Fellini and Barkley so they are going after other targets this will go aywire soon

31 Jan 2012 16:57:13
All this talk of who is coming in is academic. Jelavic left Goodison park without signing. Until he signs on the dotted line no1 is coming in. Clock is ticking.

31 Jan 2012 16:15:32
just read whytes statement on RFC website and im afraid i still have some questions.it would appear he has put to bed the rumour of the 5m VAT bill and the finances regarding his buy out of the club.problem number one comes in the explanation of the selling of season tickets before they have been paid.whyte states that there is nothing wrong in this (i agree)as a way to release cash flow into the club for working capitol.My question is this,why pay interest on these released funds?surely as a multi millionaire he could have loaned rangers the money on an interest free basis thus keeping outgoings down? Is it true that he was forced into taking out another years loan against season ticket sales because he could only pay 3.5m of a 9m payment due?then theres the jelavic transfer.as he says theres no point in keeping a player who does not want to be here,but how much was received? are payments due to rapid? how much was paid up front?what did rangers bank NET? next he says he has fully backed ally in the transfer market,so that leaves the question who is scouting these players? for so many to arrive and then leave(some in the same day)is incredible.did you give ally money?was the scouting poor?had ally seen these players before they arrived?.lastly,"we will continue to develop young talent" well why are fleck,mcmillan,perry,ness,hutton,even bendickson always overlooked while players are played out of position? be nice to hear what you think.

31 Jan 2012 16:27:16
As the man said in his statement.
"What is true is that Rangers, like many other clubs, has a financing arrangement in place with a company called Ticketus which enables the Club to receive revenue from a portion of season ticket sales in advance.
There is nothing unusual or untoward in this arrangement which was put in place at the Club long before my takeover last year and was used by the previous management. For members of that regime to criticise the use of a scheme they put in place is, frankly, outrageous."
Yes we are in trouble financially but all I can see is a business trying to match expenditure with income. CW has again inherited another financial indiscretion from the previous owner who seems to escape criticism from any and all journalists in the country. Wait on the outcome of the tax case and then we can move forward in one form or another as our fate decrees. I for one think if anyone should be facing the wrath of the supporters it should be SDM pending the outcome of the tax case.

This is not matching expenditure with income. If it was getting one seasons season book income in a bit early, fair enough, but it's not. It's taking income for 3 other seasons in advance. How do Rangers match income with expenditure for these 3 seasons. It is storing, big, big problems up for these 3 seasons.

Whytes battlecry seems to have got the hordes on his side again,amazed how this man only opens his mouth when reporters expose him for what he is,the media are trying to uncover the scale of the financial crisis at the club because the chairman wont open his mouth till he is pushed to open it,fans should be asking what exactly is going on behind the scenes at ibrox,whyte instigated the transfer of jelavic and now hes blaming jelavic.....the man is a fraud and a liar,havent the fans not learnt a lesson?murray was held in high esteem for years and look at him now.

White may be a lot of things, may be a great conman who knows. But the one thing that is for sure, he was the only one wanting to buy Rangers. Who knows what his intentions are, I am not defending him in any way but where are the multi millionaires who are willing to lose their money by buying the club. As far as I can see there was not a big queue to buy our club, as fans we didn't even subscribe to the share issue. We, along with the rest of Scottish football, are in dire straits (and I include that other mob in that) and will have to get used to it. But we are still Rangers something the other mob can't say.

31 Jan 2012 16:20:00
McCoist left Murray park to have a meeting with Mr Tight to discuss signing targets, source SSN. FFS what are you thinking with just six odd hours left. No signings and still no news on the audited accounts so no european licence. What the f**k is happening, I for one are not interested in some flowered up response to the daily rags crap today I want to know where my team is right now. Why no signings, tax case, do I need to go on. And where the f**K is our director of football, Smith get him out the door. We need the whole truth now

Accounts will remain unaudited until tax case is resolved, as it is deemed too 'high risk' for accountants to sign off.

31 Jan 2012 16:19:14
Ally away too meet with whyte bout transfers just left Murray park , was on SSN. For those who didnt see it

31 Jan 2012 16:17:56
Motherwells accept bid from Blackpool for Jamie murphy stv ...... Doesn't know what he's doing yet

31 Jan 2012 15:59:22
If the moneys right( which it obviously wont be cos £5 million isnt enough for zamora !) and jelavic wants to go then good luck to him but to be looking at a 30 year old, well nearly 31 year old as a replacement is bad business unless he wins us the league which i doubt! no resale value in him... now their looking for atleast £2 million for holt so IF thats available after jelavic leaves then surely templeton and murphy could be bought for that and jelavic's wage would cover them two... both players would be good business, id rather have nobody and struggle on with healy than waste money on holt !!

FauldsRFC

Murphy going to Blackpool by the looks of it. Motherwell accepted a bid.

31 Jan 2012 15:45:20
THE Chairman of the Club has written the following open letter to all Rangers supporters:
To all Rangers supporters,
I write to you today to address a number of key issues facing the Club.
First, I would like to address specifically the latest attempt to undermine Rangers in today's Daily Record which devotes five pages to trashing our efforts to get this Club back on a sensible financial footing.
In the most lurid terms, the Record accuses the Club's management and, specifically me, of using supporters' money to help fund the buy-out of Rangers. Not true.
The Club is accused of not paying £5million in VAT. Not true.
I can categorically assure supporters that when I launched a takeover bid for the Club it was funded entirely from one of my companies and that was demonstrated clearly to the satisfaction of the previous owner, Lloyds Banking Group and professional advisers.
What is true is that Rangers, like many other clubs, has a financing arrangement in place with a company called Ticketus which enables the Club to receive revenue from a portion of season ticket sales in advance.
There is nothing unusual or untoward in this arrangement which was put in place at the Club long before my takeover last year and was used by the previous management. For members of that regime to criticise the use of a scheme they put in place is, frankly, outrageous.
This is a perfectly straightforward way of raising working capital for the Club. Money from season ticket sales goes directly to the Club and is used for the Club's operations and that remains the case. In effect, all this financing arrangement does is release the revenue to the Club earlier.
The Daily Record's approach to this story sought to distort and dramatise the matter. I for one will not be reading or buying the Daily Record again and I'm sure many other Rangers fans will share my disgust at yet another smear on this football club.
It was, predictably, fuelled by accusations of former board members of the Club. I simply ask Rangers fans what these men did for Rangers in the Club's hour of need? They were all talk and no action and presided over the Club as it careered to the brink of financial collapse.
The overarching issue that affects Rangers financially is the HMRC tax tribunal, which has been hanging over the Club for many years and long before I became chairman. As I have said many times before, the sooner that is resolved the better.
In terms of the playing squad, you may know the Club has agreed a fee with Everton for the transfer of Nikica Jelavic. We wish the player well and thank him for his contribution to Rangers.
The reality of Jelavic's departure is two-fold. One, the player wanted to leave and there is no point in trying to keep a player who no longer wants to be at Ibrox. Two, the Club is simply not in a financial position to turn down offers for players which give the Club a good return on its original investment.
Investment in the playing squad has been a thorny issue since I took over the Club in May and is the source of endless debate, much of it ill-informed. I want to set the record straight.
In the summer transfer window last year we conducted 14 different pieces of transfer business, more than any other club in Scotland. This included new signings and improvement to existing contracts with key players, increasing the players' wage bill significantly. We now have a first team squad of 30 which includes 18 full internationalists.
Admittedly, there were transfer targets we did not secure but that is not uncommon. As chairman, I have supported Ally McCoist in his choice of targets and will continue to do so. The timing of Jelavic's departure so late in this window is far from ideal and efforts to improve the squad will continue until the transfer window closes.
That said, we must be realistic. Media coverage of the transfer window has bordered on the hysterical. As it stands at the moment Rangers has operating costs of approximately £45 million a year and revenues of around £35million - not including revenue from possible Champions' League and Europa League participation.
As we know, European money cannot be taken for granted and it doesn't take much to work out that without it there is a big financial hole to fill every year - regardless of who owns the Club.
I've said many times that in Scottish football we have to move on from this mindset that you have to keep spending more and more money - that's what got this Club into financial trouble before. We have to live within our means, continue to develop talent and spend wisely.
These are challenging financial times for Rangers - as they are for many other businesses. What I can say to you as a Rangers fan is that everything I will do as chairman will be in the interests of the Club and I thank you for your continued support.
Craig Whyte, Chairman
(Straight from the Horse's Arse)

31 Jan 2012 15:41:28
Just read Whyte's statement on Rangers website.

The man is a fraud.

One big question has not been answered by Whyte. If the £24.4m season book money was not used to pay of the Lloyds debt, WHERE IS IT MY WHYTE?

Also, he states revenues are £35m a year, with operating costs of £45m a year. He has sold 4 seasons season book sales to the amount of £24.4m, averaging out at £6.1m a year. This means that revenues will drop to £28.9m a year, as Rangers no longer have the £6.1m coming in for each of the next 4 years. So now there is a hole of £16.1m a season.

The above comments are based on Mr Whyte's own words in his statement. THE MAN IS A FRAUD.

At last a fan who can read between the lines of this nonsense statement

31 Jan 2012 15:35:56
Why are so many fans blinkered about craig whyte. This guy is a cowboy. The statement basically reads we won't sign anyone and he bemoans the timing of Jelavic sale. Who's fault is that. Perfect timing for mr whyte not to slash out any of the 6m.

Most of the players who sre or have been in on trial are without contracts so can be signed outside of the transfer window, so dont panic!

What makes you think it's 6m? Muzz

31 Jan 2012 15:35:13
Anyone else find it strange the record story broke on the final day of transfer window we all knew jelavic was going but it adds to story i for one will not be buying that paper again

The daily record will have to find a way to fill that 45p black hole you will have created each week now.

Maybe mortgage the future sales of the Sunday Mail would be the answer?

31 Jan 2012 15:33:45
Just read the Craig Whyte statement on the RFC website. As a loyal gers fan i stand by our chairman and support the club in all it's endevours. I agree with whyte and think that we should b boycotting the daily record- not the club. All the snide wee comments the tims have been making on our forum is just them glorifying total hear say- yes we have the HMRC case...but the rubbish in todays record is total Phish.
I have faith in our team - I can see us making a good effort at trying to sign jaager/templeton/higgenbotham and holt. All of the Drama is just being blown out of proportion by a bunch of inbreds (tims) Mcoist leaving? Thanks for making me laugh WATP and WE WILL WIN 4 in a row!

You sir are a MUG.

What has Craig Whyte told you in his statement? Has he told you that everything will be ok? No, he has confirmed what we've known for months and that is the season ticket money has been mortgaged for the next 4 seasons which as he says is normal practice to avail money to help with running costs of the club. The only thing he has done which is different to other clubs is spend the whole damn lot in only a few months leaving practically nothing left to use to get the club to the end of the season.
But......if CW says it's ok then it must be OK. I mean it worked for Leeds didn't it? Well....didn't it? No!

You are presented with the truth, in fact Craig Whyte admits he has mortgaged the season tickets and yet you still fail to see the iminant danger. The walls are coming down.

31 Jan 2012 15:29:00
hi there, celtic fan coming in peace.
just read whyte's statement and think he is still tryin to pull the cotton over your eyes.
"The timing of Jelavic's departure so late in this window is far from ideal"
was he the only man on the planet that didnt know jelavic was leaving?
frankiebhoy

Absolutely, he's only answered questions he can't possibly lie about. Still a crook and a conman and has realistically answered eff all.

31 Jan 2012 15:13:22
Workers leaving Ibrox and Murray park for the day, seems like no additions coming in, no surprise there, what is going on with our club.

31 Jan 2012 15:04:48
Craig white has released a statement on the rangers app for anyone wanting a gander and why statement on gers website that daily record is lie but confirmed about tickets

31 Jan 2012 15:00:11
Craig whyte issues statement to rangers fans check out club website.

31 Jan 2012 14:43:40
I hope all Rangers fans and Ally Mccoist realise this. If we don't replace Jelavic and sign at least one striker then we will only have ONE striker, David "are you kidding" Heally.

He's no use, tap ins, hardly played a game for two years. Rangers need a striker and when Jelavic goes we need to spend, no loan deals, no useless trials, SPEND.

It is ridiculous that we are selling Jelavic considering two of our best strikers are already out with long injuries.

Sign Sahli and Templeton, and that will hopefully be enough for four in a row, along with the right back Jaager if possible.

31 Jan 2012 14:41:24
Concrete bid placed for Holt. !! Fingers. crossed

31 Jan 2012 14:40:08
Just exactly what is going on at our club now its Jordan McMillan thats signing for Dunfermline no wonder the players via Murray Park move on they never get a chance it a joke

31 Jan 2012 14:37:16
Re last post meant Norwich was getting excited at the thought that we might actually get a forward

31 Jan 2012 14:45:34
why do some rangers fans still defend this man whyte open ure eyes our club is in a real state and whyte has stole or money two buy our club

31 Jan 2012 14:28:14
ed have you banned me from posting or something i havent seen any of my posts i have made. i dont think i have done anything to be getting omitted from postes./biggles {Ed014's Note - I haven't and none of the other eds could have or I wouldn't see this.We are very busy,sorry.

31 Jan 2012 14:18:05
I personally think that if we don't make some signings before the end of today, even some stop-gap loan deals to shore up our flailing threadbare squad, then we should all boycott Sundays game!

It is we the fans that buy the strips, the season tickets, the match tickets, the food, the European match packages (when we ever get that far!) and all the other merchandise that lines the inside of the accounts at Rangers FC, and yet this chairman has come in here and treated us with such little respect that he thinks he can take take take from the club, and give nothing other than 15th tier signings and we will continually 'have faith', and 'in Ally we trust'.

Well I for one think he has made us a laughing stock and so far I feel that it is Mr Whyte who will be doing the majority of the laughing! Who is with me here?

I will continue to support the club through thick and thin you are entitled to do what you think is right as long as rangers exist I will be the're offering my support

31 Jan 2012 14:08:20
if we are to push celtic all the way in the title race then we need 2 strikers and a creative midfielder. even with the mess the club is in i just get the feeling that there will be at least a couple of new arrivals. possibly templeton, the falkirk lad and a striker(loan). fingers crossed!

If we were to sign all the so called targets that have been on this site for the past week we would have a squad nearly as big as celtic/apart from Merven we wont sign anyone it will get to one min past midnight and Wyte will have the wording prepared already----Due to the late transfer of Jelavic we were unable to bring in any replacement

31 Jan 2012 13:51:07
Whyte stated several weeks ago that audited accounts would be available by 31 January 2012. Well Mr Whyte, it is now the 31st January and we're still waiting.

I can guess why audited accounts have not been signed by Rangers auditors. They would have to declare that Rangers are insolvent, and Whyte has prevented this.

Ed does that not mean no European licence seem to remember this being deadline day for audited accounts {Ed001's Note - accounts have to be in by the UEFA deadline, submitted to UEFA, to get a European license. This is separate, but could provide a pointer to a license being refused.}

31 Jan 2012 13:39:47
Well Mr Whyte you have just over
9 hours to get 2 forwards in at least
or you can forget 4 in a row..

Let summarise,

out:

Jelavic £6m & £20k off wage bill
Weir £0 & £10k off wage bill
Fleck Loan & £3-5k of wage bill
Ortiz Loan & £5-£7k of wage bill
McKay also a possibilty...

£6m & over £40k a week off wage bill

in:

Celik £0.2 (comp) & £5k a week...

Simply not good enough ! If no one
else comes in there will be unrest
at Ibrox on Sunday ! Get your finger oot

To be honest you are generous to Whyte with that comment; Fleck is on £6k a week. You also haven't put in Kal Naismith and Darren Cole which is another couple of thousand a week.

31 Jan 2012 13:31:01
When fat sally walks this is your new mamanger.

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