08 Sep 2024 09:02:02
New poster, but frequent reader of the site.
As rangers fans we have been through the worst the past 15 years or so, and it's clear that although we've managed to come back up the leagues and win all trophies available (once) and reach a European final, we are still miles from the competitive aspect of the old firm, The board failed to back Gerrard, then gio and decided to give Michael Beale of all people a transfer kitty to spend on players not fit for the SPL.
I don't have a rumour to spread i have only one point to make, the people who keep scoffing at others asking about takeover rumours or scoffing at others making the point that this board is unfit, where do you get the confidence that this board can take rangers forward and turn them back into the rangers we all know and deserve?
This fan base is the best in the world, it's tried and tested. We will follow anywhere, but at some point, we have to acknowledge that the board not only knows this, but counts on our unwavering loyalty. I'm not suggesting we act like the other mob and start hurling barricades at buses etc. But Rangers are not a club who should be "rebuilding" for 3 years with the amount of money spent by fans to watch games and on merchandise etc. the money is there do not kid yourselves, this board and these owners do not want to spend the money.
Some guys on here seem to have more loyalty to the money men at the top than they do their club and its fans. We deserve better and fans rightly so deserve to be asking and hoping for better. If fans don't get a grip and shake off this 2nd best loser mentality, the rangers we all know are dead. It starts with us and people need to start making it known that a rebuild and 2nd will never cut it here.
P.S Tavernier is pish poor and we can do miles better. Nobody's wrong on that one either.
08 Sep 2024 10:10:21
First post is that we need to start protesting against the board?
08 Sep 2024 10:28:41
Excellent first post mate. ???.
08 Sep 2024 10:41:13
Board out! As soon as any post reads "new poster, frequent reader, I get board, and I'm out!
08 Sep 2024 12:14:00
Me too SS
I also don’t agree with the rebuilding some teams can rebuild in one window but others can’t. You said we are miles behind Celtic then bang on about 2nd place mentality ?. Is that not you admitting to 2nd place? Sometimes you just can’t click your fingers in football and somethings take time. How many years did it take SG to win his one and only trophy for us?
08 Sep 2024 12:38:38
For the ones who don’t agree are you all saying you’re happy with 2nd place and the board?
Just to clarify your standing?
08 Sep 2024 12:42:52
Serial loser mentality, you reek of it.
Admitting to 2nd? Of course we are! are you so delusional you think we have a chance at this league title? I’ll come back to this post in May next year and see if I'm wrong, something tells me ill find you spouting the same nonsense then under whatever caretaker manager we bring in to calm things down when this all goes pear shape.
And 2nd place would be a dream at this rate, Aberdeen could well take that spot.
By your reasoning you’re happy to let managers take years to be successful? does not sound like rangers to me that is definitely what is wrong with this club fans like you hoping and praying for the best instead of advocating for a change that might bring success.
08 Sep 2024 12:55:30
Board Out you say the money is there but as we have to publish accounts every year which are ratified and signed off by a firm of certified accountants. so what you are alleging is that the board are hiding money the club have and the accountants are complicit in this. those are serious allegations to make for a fan. If you mean the board have money of their own but won't spend then I have little issue with that as they have already tried to buy success by providing loans to the club. They have belatedly realised that the better way is to be sustainable and live within our means. we may not like that but it is the best. It's how Celtic have been operating for a while now but it isn't overnight.
never going to accept second best but we do need to at least have some realism at the moment.
08 Sep 2024 13:07:26
Its a fair point angus, although you fail to mention the interest of those loans they so willingly provided. This board and ownership are no good for the club and they have proven they have no interest in making smart descisions that will help the club so i say move aside for someone to come in and give to this club instead of taking and taking and knowing that 2nd and giving it a “good shot” will be acceptable to some fans and the rest will have to get used to it. Its not a rangers mentality in the slightest. So i stand by what i said. Board out.
08 Sep 2024 13:32:33
Actually found that post amusing made me smile especially for his first post, was wondering why Ray (coldo) hasn't been on today, I also get a laugh at some of the stuff he posts.
08 Sep 2024 13:45:14
I’m not saying Gerard’s one and only trophy couldn’t have been bettered but it was the league championship regardless if it was during covid, it’s not the same as a cup, so don’t get this one trophy comparison to other Gers managers, and did he not raise our profile in Europe again after a few embarrassments before that.
08 Sep 2024 17:20:06
Board out and what is the interest on these loans, where can I get a better deal if I lend money again.
08 Sep 2024 18:40:06
Board out, you are a fantasist, your argument is we have the money.
Do you think the money we generate as a club is exclusively for players, we have facilities that need maintained we have running costs and as you well know energy costs are high. Ladies team, youth teams all cost money.