Rangers Rumours Archive December 03 2012

03 Dec 2012 21:54:54
I love games at tannadice so im defo going, good atmosphere and always a good game.. if we get beat so be it but wouldnt want to miss a victory if we get one so no boycott for me and fellow fans should be supporting the team regardless of where we are playing. stop being awkward all of you.

I Think you may be missing the point mate,and no harm to you for thinking the way you do. This boycott will be good for our club and strengthen our hand at the table, remember it was fan power that booted us out, Ahem! also we were forced by the spl to agree the tv money. we need to send a message. we will never be abused again. cheers bigzed

Couldnt agree more bigzed

People will accuse us of just being glory hunters and scared to see johnny Russell bang in five.

"This boycott will be good for our club ." Maybe but it wont do a lot for your reputation What happened to forgive and forget Its only football after all Hanging on to anger and bitterness is not good for the soul

I see your point bigzed but its only my opinion, i think apart from the obvious ( getting more money from the gates etc) all of the team and the gaffer would want our end jumping and singing rather than an near empty stand cause lets face it some people will go including me? but im all for making a stand after the way we got treated but not supporting the team on a cup match is not the way to do it.

Boycott all the way

Sorry, but have you forgot what this and other spl clubs did to us, really got to question the thinking of some of our supporters, if he really is one of our supporters !!

@4 "what happened to forgive and forget it's only football after all. Hanging onto anger and bitterness is not good for the soul."

This is not necessarily directed at you mate but forgiving and forgetting goes two ways. Have you read some of the posts on here from non-Rangers fans, particularly the references to cheats etc DESPITE the result of the BTC? There doesn't appear to be much forgiving or forgetting going on with regards to Rangers and the anger and bitterness appears to still be burning brightly. Admittedly, we as a club do have to build some bridges and that will be done with the clubs and supporters we meet on the way back up and probably a handful of the SPL clubs too to be fair (there was no issue with ICT, Kilmarnock won't cause any issues either and to his credit I thought Dermott Desmond came across very well when he spoke up too, for example). However, the ill feeling between Rangers fans and Dundee United (Thomson in particular with Houston not far behind) runs a lot deeper and goes a lot further back than anything that went on over the summer. The main grievance is that we had to pay full price twice to see the same game after the first one was abandoned essentially due to their lack of proper drainage. He didn't even offer to subsidise the buses or even apologise to the fans which would at least have been something. On top of that United have always excessively overcharged for tickets when we were due in town anyway. Then there were the protracted transfer wranglings last summer over Goodwillie (he more or less said he wouldn't sell to us anyway even if we had matched the price), Thomson's apparent personal crusade this summer and the rumours as to why he left the SPL board that are doing the rounds just now. There is a lot of bad blood and resentment there (mainly in relation to Thomson personally rather than the club or their fans) which is still unresolved and I don't see it changing whilst he is still in charge.

Personally, I am with poster 5 as I am not in favour of boycotts and think they are counter productive (although in United's case I certainly wouldn't buy anything inside or outside the ground on principle) but I can certainly understand where the calls are coming from to boycott this particular game.

Wow, I sound bitterly angry reading that back, lol. My soul will be fine though, luckily I am an athiest and don't have one, lol.

Brian

Everyone has to make there own choice, go to the game (you are right and I respect you decision), don't go to the game (you are right and I respect your decision).

What I don't need is bodies like the Trust, Assembly, Union Bears and The Blue Order telling me what I should or shouldn't do.

If you need someone to tell you whether to go to a football match or whether to stay at home you must be a confused individual.

I know people who are high up in the Assembly and I'd be very surprised that even though there group is supporting a "total boycott" that they won't go to the game themselves.

I certainly wont go near tannadice. This is a club that wanted us put out of football all together, refused us a deserved refund in 2009 though they initially promised one. I think any fan that goes should hang their head in shame ! We need to stay united and strong, why should we be a cash cow to those that kicked us when we were down?, answers on a postcard please

No way am I lining the pockets of Scumdee UTD and i hope all gers fans do the same

Its a shared gate and if you dont go your hurting your owns club funds!

A true fan would never boycott their team. Boycotting benefits no one. I'm also yet to hear one valid resin to boycott.

@bigzed - it's that kind of misinformed nonsense that makes me glad you won't be at the match with true supporters.

Surely the best response is for Rangers to put Dundee United out the cup? That would hurt them more than a boycott.

No valid reason to boycott? Do me a favour thompson tried to kill our club. He also charged us twice for one game. He's been allegedly been leaking all sorts of stuff to the press. Wait and see the prices now the cash cow is coming back to town. Don't thinks so. Not one penny should we give any of them. Forgive and forget? Absolutely not!

Com'on guys are we just going to let the spl away with wot the done to us ( BOYCOTT ) it is the only way and true fans know this...
BOYCOTT BOYCOTT BOYCOTT BOYCOTT BOYCOTT BOYCOTT BOYCOTT BOYCOTT BOYCOTT BOYCOTT BOYCOTT BOYCOTT BOYCOTT BOYCOTT BOYCOTT
I FOR ONE FEEL ANY ONE WHO ATTENDS THE GAME ARE NOT ONLY LETTING THE RANGERS FAMILY DOWN BUT ALSO THERE SELF !!!! !
W.A.T.P R.T.I.D

Oh here you go again what everyone done to poor wee rangers , your in this mees its your directors fault no one elses..

SPL clubs WILL survive without yer couple of quid get over it

Briggies

Correct me if im wrong but we as a club did we not pay dundee utd after the scottish cup tie last season surely that is wrong

Those using the 'charged twice for one game' argument are forgetting or don't realise that the United fans were too.

I hope the UTD board have the sense to reduce all prices, to a minimum and hopefully fill the ground apart from the away end, which will be empty, if all the WATP mob listen to the idiot who is now running the ship! just enough to cover their expenses. Which means you lot will get little or nothing for the trip, and hopefully u get humped also!

04 Dec 2012 11:42:55
never mind all your opinions i would like to hear ed's opinion i for one will be going to the game but i will not be buying anything in the stadium i will be there to watch my team and that is it. i could never boycott a rangers game i will go to the game and demonstrate peacefully if i have a problem but to not go is shameful our club needs us to be behind the team at every game and i want us to go and win the scottish cup. i just think if our players see few fan's of ours there it may make them not perform at their maximum and we will need to be at our best to beat united. my msg is away with the boycott and get behind the team. if you have a problem then protest peacefully before the start of the game and at half time. {The Ed039's Note - I am not in favour of protest regardless of how much distain one might have for Dundee Utd, supporters are there to support the team, and a difficult fixture will be made even more difficult without any backing from the stands. Just imagine the scene if we lose the game, the players and management able to use the strange scene as an excuse to a lacklustre performance etc. I havent been to an away game since Kilmarnock in 2007 and it is nothing against other teams, its just my work pattern etc makes it difficult enough to get to home games. But I must stress if the boycott goes ahead, I will understand why it is/has I just think its the supporters jobs to back the boys from the stands, which has been happening through this dark period)

Well said ed its a personal choice if we attend the match

Hmmmm...wasn't it the "old Rangers" who had an issue with Dundee Utd?

Old rangers, see when people talk about Rangers. Do they say old rangers? On tv do they say old rangers? Does it say we're defunct? Does today's daily record have a piece inside all about rangers! No old no new. Just rangers. The day after septic get in the last 16! We will never dissapear and..
Well be coming back for you 1 day!
B bear

Old rangers has nice ring to it please stop making excuses for millionaire flyboys who are leeching off your supporters. Murray et al killed your club green is taking advantage of the same lax business laws that many business people do difference is here he has a clear target group to fleece wake up its no Dundee utd you need to be worrying about
From a celtic fan who loved the big games please stop him before he kills YOUR club and our game

I see noone can add to this maybe there is hope for your club and
ourgame

03 Dec 2012 11:41:04
Please please tell me how andy little keeps on geting a start ESP on the right hand side ... The man is shocking worst player to pull on a gers top . What does he give us every time he gets the ball he turns back to his own goal shocking!

Worst player to pull on a gers top? you must be joking

Not even close. That dubious accolade must surely go to Hamed Namouchi. Though Nuno Capucho must run him close, though he did do Timothy out of a UEFA Cup. Little isn't hitting the heights he reached in August, I will grant you that.

Jerome rothen by far!

Lads he's terrible what does he do in 90mins ?? He shouldn't be in the starting 11 simple .

Egil ostenstad ? emerson ? James Beattie ? a lot wose than little.
BALLYBOY

Give the kid a break, he stayed when other players left, he'll come good, him and all his family are proud Rangers supporters

Well he's already banged in a load of goals this season! Surely you weren't saying he's the worst player ever then? He'll score more again once he's up front

The guy is being played out of position and scores more or less everytime he is played up top. You off your tree to say he is the worst player to pull on a Gers top!

Ross perry is far worse!! Waste of a wage

The Dundee United mob must be craping themselves, all because the owner Thompson was on a power trip and BOOTED US AS HARD AS HE COULD don't forget how hard he pushed to get us out and punished, for sporting integrity.
They didn't need us well lets show him a solid front STAY AWAY FROM HIS MIDDEN

The lad has not played more than 20 games in the last 3 years.
He starts this season up front, gets a few games and starts banging in the goals. Since he has returned from injury, ally has been playing him wide and its clear its not his best position but the guy is still giving it his all.
He is one of the few players with international prospects that stayed.
We are in the 3rd devision, No offence to these part time teams but we should be winning this division with our hands tied behind out backs, so why not spend the season giving these lads some games and letting these unistablished boys find there feet. They could do with your support, rather than criticism.

I pay my money I can voice my fees little should not be playing for rangers