Rangers Banter Archive October 31 2014

31 Oct 2014 11:59:56
Hi Fellow Rangers family members, I do not wish to tell you what you should do, or patronise you.

Many will know I have been vocal on here over my concerns. And alll though like most of you I have had enough of the nonsense. And after the initial disappointment of King & Latham not getting control. I have had a chance to cool off and think with a rational mind so here it is.

Mike Ashley why Rangers? the guys got billions. Rangers is pocket change profit. So I began to think what else could he want. Although I have no time for Easedale and Sommers they both say he wants to help. But you can see it in there eyes that they dying to tell you something they know that we don't. It is almost like excitement and confidence. Then I heard something which makes sense. WWE owner Vince McMahon has already agreed a deal in principal to take Newcastle off his hands at the end of the season. Ashley has to be careful not to burn bridges with the SFA so is having to do things in a roundabout way. Ashley is notorious for "parking his tanks of the lawn" of something he wants but also for making it succesfull.

On looking at things from both side I have decided to let Ashley's reputation speak for him. Things can't get any worse than they are already and we really have nothing to lose. Admin 2 we start again with King, kennedys & Latham. And if Ashley does fund the dominance of Rangers in Scotland again then we will all be happy. So I am staying on the rollercoaster and hoping for the best.

GP was right, never give up. We don't do walking away. If we do now we will always be mocked by you know who.

I want to also say, let's all stop finally pretending we know stock markets and business let's all just get back to being football supporters and getting behind our team ready for SPL return. Its been a tough 3 years but its now only months away.

Follow, Follow.

31 Oct 2014 19:39:26
@ NBTS can't do any harm to give him a chance, well said and welcome back follow follow.
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31 Oct 2014 20:24:02
NBTS:Fine speech,now what do we do??
One thing,who's this GP character?

31 Oct 2014 20:44:39
Admin2 doesn't mean King etc. Liquidation could mean that. Admin would allow the current board and shareholders to continue whilst dumping certain contracts and employees. It would also allow MA to take full control (100%) of Rangers Retail.

Nbts, I can honestly say this post has gave me hope for our future. We might not agree at times but at the end of the day we are united in one thing, The Glasgow Rangers. Splintered we are, we have opinions that are diverse but we must pull together to achieve our goal. That is to see our team go forward and promote the club's reputation in world football. Unfortunately, the financial world is a cut throat business, but leave that in the boardroom and follow our team.
Like yourself I have opinions and still think Ally is a dud, but like yourself I will bite the bullet.

Billy I will wait to see what mr Ashley has to say ie his plans for our club before I make a commitment

31 Oct 2014 21:52:38
Op, good shout mate think we should give MA chance, and believe me i'm as sceptical as the next on what his motives are but something has to give, we are on the bones of our @rse, Ibrox is a shabby reflection of its former self, the football on display ranks on a par to the early 80s and us fans are so fractious we bicker and snipe at each other for having a personal opinion, maybe just maybe MA sees something other than asset strip I do think champions league football is a possibility in the not to distant future but there is always the likelihood that sky TV who pretty much dictate what happens in British football may try to restructure leagues incorporating us and the other crowd and beyond that the ever talked about European league (ok maybe drink taking over a wee bit) As of yet we don't know what he's planning for us let's just pray it's something that will unite us And make us proud to follow our great club. WATP

That rumour about wwe has been about since jan. Newcastle have denied any approach from Vince who since the time of the rumour, has lost his billionaire status due to the share price of wwe dropping by $11 at one point. It might have gone up again (not checked), but I'm willing to bet that $11 that he won't be buying NU anytime soon.

If you "have decided to let Ashleys reputation speak for him" then why not have a quick glance at Newcastles equivalent website to this for a true measure of his reputation!

Im not suggesting this to be smug mate it just deeply concerns me the number of like minded people on here who are willing to welcome this character with open arms. We have all manor of high profile names in the media almost on a daily basis now warning the rangers fans about Ashley, the latest being the Wigan chairman today.

We have a heaven sent opportunity to show Ashley and the whole world we want to run our own club by organising a blanket boycott of this semi final. What better way to send out a message of intent to a man who is undoubtedly devoid of even the slightest emotional feeling for our Rangers

01 Nov 2014 17:35:54
Sour grapes by the wigan chairman I think he was quite happy a few year back when his sports company were making a fortune out of Rangers merchandise.
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Does not matter which club they always fans who are unhappy with the directors we wanted change we have it maybe not everyones cup of tea but neither was king and as far as it gooes i reckon with king a little to late or deep pockets short arms we must give ashley a chance he makes no bones he wants to make money and fiscally he will run rangers correctly but we must forget boycotts and get behind the club and see where we go

31 Oct 2014 09:50:39
We've all been through the mill waiting to see what will become of our beloved Rangers. I've blown hot and cold about the various names linked with investment. It is sad that King appears to have failed but one thing about Ashley is that he is a successful businessman. I'm still not sure how he can gain overall control given his undertaking to the SFA but we'll see. On the pitch, my views on McCoist are in line with many other Bears - he isn't very good. However, he has won back-to-back titles and we are second in the Championship and we've knocked out two SPL teams in the League Cup. If we were in the SPL now I think we'd do OK, probably in the top four or five. We'll need to sign three or four good players and bring back some of our talented kids like Barry Mckay. If we draw Celtic in the semi-finals then let's see. I don't think Celtic will relish the prospect at this stage. If we beat Hearts at Tynecastle next month I think we'll go on to win the Championship by 10 points or more.

To be fair to Celtic (honest!) there is nothing for them to gain in playing us at the moment.

If they lose, then it'll be a heavy blow to be beaten by a team in a lower division, and if they win, then everybody will say it was expected anyway, so no big deal.

It's a lose-lose for them to play us at the moment. Would be nice to skelp them, though :)

Expat it would be more than good to skelp them