Rangers Discussion Posts 3

17 Oct 2026 20:49:46
Fernandez causing problems again.

17 Oct 2026 20:32:18
How bad are we, back to being below average and i'm worried.

Last week Killie were the better team..this 1st half is diabolical and going the same way!

17 Oct 2026 19:57:33
Cameron, Gentles and Glasgow all on the scoresheet today, as was Lowry.

Good to see.

17 Oct 2026 10:33:43
Little trip down to Everton vs Chelsea today, need stadium is quite something.

17 Oct 2026 11:56:56
Enjoy EHL.

17 Oct 2026 14:39:43
Have a great day EHL.

17 Oct 2026 14:49:26
I hope you enjoy EHL, the Hill Dickinson stadium is one I would like to visit in the future.

17 Oct 2026 14:46:26
Think this could be a 3-2 game, could be a cracker, Everton no mugs and Chelsea my outside tip for glory,

17 Oct 2026 18:12:36
I wish Tom, wasn't a great game at all.

17 Oct 2026 18:39:17
How were the facilities EHL.

17 Oct 2026 19:08:33
So I hear bro, poor stuff, surprised actually by that, least you got to experience the brand new stadium,

15 Oct 2026 23:57:48
Charles Green doing an interview on Keys and Gray Unleashed show, YouTube, if anyone is looking for something to watch.

16 Oct 2026 13:58:23
Was a great watch.

Greens a mad man.

He tells a great story of how he bought it true to an English northern club something Rangers and intended to change the name and have our first team as theirs instead of dropping to League 2 where he'd play our reserves and try to get us up through the leagues down there instead.

16 Oct 2026 12:54:40
Personally I never want to hear from Green or Wyhte ever again in my life 😡.

17 Oct 2026 14:36:59
Me neither, I hope he pays the piper somewhere down the line.

14 Oct 2026 16:20:28
Just a wee aside about the EPL report today.

The English Premier League (EPL) faces a deepening liquidity crisis characterized by massive systemic losses and an escalating reliance on owner financing, according to the groundbreaking "State of the Game" report released by the newly established Independent Football Regulator (IFR).
Despite the league generating a record £7.5 billion in revenue, an astounding 94% of top-flight and pyramid clubs are running at a loss, with four Premier League clubs now deemed "technically insolvent".

• Soaring Pre-Tax Losses: Aggregate pre-tax losses for Premier League clubs skyrocketed from £135 million to £948 million, fueled by aggressive transfer outlays and player wage inflation.
• The Net Transfer Debt Trap: In 2025/26, English clubs accumulated £4.8 billion in transfer payables against just £1.5 billion in receivables—resulting in a staggering £3.3 billion net transfer debt.
• Growing Debt Burden: Total professional game debt has surged to £4.1 billion, with Premier League clubs accounting for roughly 75% of the total debt load.
• Critical Cash Reserves: A parallel report by the Fair Game Index revealed that 43% of clubs have less than 1 month of cash reserves to cover day-to-day operations, while only 5% of top-flight clubs possess more than 3 months of cash backup.

• Transfer Financing (Mortgaging the Future): Clubs are aggressively securitizing future transfer installments due to them in exchange for immediate upfront cash. This "transfer financing" market exploded from £55 million in 2020/21 to £779 million, with over £1.2 billion in future transfer income already fully monetized.
• Just-in-Time Owner Subsidies: Two-thirds of professional English clubs confess they would collapse within 90 days if their owner stopped injecting capital on a short-term, "just-in-time" basis.
• The "Big Six" Revenue Chasm: The top six clubs command 56% of total Premier League revenues, expanding the internal revenue gap between them and the remaining 14 clubs to an average of £421 million per season.

Just for info.

14 Oct 2026 16:27:44
Thanks Forky. A lot of this tied in with what was said on GS tackles and English football could be in real trouble and then a domino effect.

14 Oct 2026 16:46:33
Looks as if it could be bad bud👍.

14 Oct 2026 18:40:55
House of cards Fork. Won't take much to see it collapse. Shocking that its been allowed to get to this stage.

14 Oct 2026 18:42:30
The wage bill is more than the majority of clubs bring in, something needs done about the salary players are getting.

14 Oct 2026 20:04:10
Should their debts ever be called in, calamity and disaster awaits , i thought many years ago when it rose up that money would destroy it , maybe not this year or next, but it will come for plenty.

14 Oct 2026 22:07:32
I read this last night on BBC Sport, there was a point in there something along the lines of 'for many clubs, even if players were playing for free, clubs would still be running at a loss'.

The bubble is getting very close to bursting.

I read something else recently that Barcelona are somewhere in the region of £2B in debt, 2 billion pounds, how can that be allowed! Tottenham were up there with something like £1.2B in debt.

14 Oct 2026 21:31:59
Should SKY leverage their hold and cut payments by even 20-25% the house of cards will start to fall.
Another point? has a similar report been done on Scottish football? I will bet that's even scarier!

15 Oct 2026 06:22:56
The newly established IFR is an agency of the UK government whose statutory remit is strictly limited to English men's professional football.
Because football governance is structured differently across the home nations, any similar regulatory review or intervention in Scotland would fall under the jurisdiction of the Scottish Football Association (Scottish FA) or separate Scottish authorities, rather than the IFR.

15 Oct 2026 08:21:37
Maybe the best thing that could happen to the game , needs a total reset and if city tie things up in court and delay next season for example then it's possible.

15 Oct 2026 08:37:08
I don't believe that is possible bar, the debt owed by English football clubs is so astronomical it probably cannot ever be repaid or even properly calculated, it would take years to get the real financial picture, but clubs will fold one after another soon, very soon.

15 Oct 2026 10:33:42
It ironically makes a mockery of the charges against City whose owners are willing to pump money in.
Whilst a lot of the other clubs are under pressure.
I mean, Man United debt is over a billion. With a bill of £2 billion for a new stadium.

Still spending huge amounts on players as they are a historical top 4 EPL side with the sponsorship deals / turnover to match, even though they have been rank rotten for years.

15 Oct 2026 10:49:04
Currently 11 EPL clubs have US owners.

It will be very interesting to see what happens when that number hits 14.

15 Oct 2026 11:06:11
Your probably correct Tom. but they do have them over a big barrel.
On a nother note re Scottish football, how much money did our fans pump into the lower leagues on our way up. not much by English standards granted, but probs enough to keep some of them stable for a year or 2.

15 Oct 2026 11:16:53
Why 14 EHL?

15 Oct 2026 12:09:18
Bar, Scottish clubs are millions in debt, EPL clubs are billions in debt.

15 Oct 2026 12:11:14
Fork, I think 14 is the magic number in terms of voting / approving for change.

Once they get to 14 they can start to sell corndogs at all stadiums!

15 Oct 2026 12:51:30
Cheese bud👍.

15 Oct 2026 13:02:44
I could be wrong here but I believe 14 is the figure required 2 thirds majority for voting purposes

I think, but I may be wrong.

15 Oct 2026 13:39:32
Cheers guys👍.

15 Oct 2026 13:58:33
14 = European Super League? Games in USA?
What's not to say Man City don't take the cream puff and try to revitalise the European Super League/.

15 Oct 2026 15:45:16
Good read Fork.

I think individual clubs will get caught out similar to Leeds back in the day. But the debt to revenue as a whole looks to be easily sustainable so I don't see any bubbles bursting from those numbers. Not even close.

The numbers and particularly debt for individual clubs is why I find the whole Man City outrage total BS. Yeah, rules were in plac.

15 Oct 2026 15:47:22
That were broken but fans claiming high ground when your club is spending similar amounts as city had done is hypocritical. Especially when most clubs are less solvent than City.

15 Oct 2026 16:14:35
Don't think it's sustainable Tommy👍.

15 Oct 2026 17:35:18
Majority clubs with USA ownership means let's move to an American franchise sports model with no relegation and no prospect of lower league clubs getting into the EPL.

Will be interesting to see who is in the first draft and what teams get who though.

15 Oct 2026 21:02:46
Think you've missed the point Tommy

Its not what they spent , its what they hid to enable that spending , nothing to do with the cost or wages of s player , it's all about contrived contracts regarding sponsors and such like.

16 Oct 2026 12:29:16
My problem isn't with the rule breaking and expected punishment Tom, I agree with that.

My issue is the BS outrage from fans who's clubs have spent around the same money and in most cases are less solvent. Fans trying to taint the sporting results because their teams got beat.

I also have major issues with the rules broken. They are anti-competition because they allow the big clubs to spend 3, 4 or 5 times what other clubs are allowed.

If you could explain to me how city could compete, win and grow like they have done under those rules without breaking them I would possibly agree with you.

16 Oct 2026 15:16:25
I take your point and it's very valid, Tommy.

I myself have thought that Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea were also spending many hundreds of millions and indeed sours this year spent hundreds of millions apparently, so yes i'm nit sure about any sporting advantage either.

14 Oct 2026 09:17:12
Strangely quiet on here recently, surely someone's got something to greet about😉😄.

14 Oct 2026 12:05:13
Awfy busy at work🤬
Miss looking forward to European football nights at Ibrox.😥
On a fecking diet.😣
Price of domestic oil per litre for the house heating.😲

That enough for you, Fork😁.

14 Oct 2026 12:27:04
Lol gd moan, u feel better😉😄.

14 Oct 2026 12:28:31
I'm quite the opposite mate.
Retired
Wife away on holiday
House to myself
1st bottle of beer gone
Chinese delivery tonight
King size bed to myself
Remote control to myself
Perfect 👌.

14 Oct 2026 13:30:44
Always good to lie on your couch and get it all off my chest, Fork.😜

Swap you Baxterboy🙏.

14 Oct 2026 13:32:04
Lucky man Baxteroy. I can't imagine having control of the remote, even worse - we only have one telly. At least there are no midweek arguments since we avoided European competition this season.

14 Oct 2026 15:20:20
MPH👍🤣.

14 Oct 2026 16:53:43
Moan

1. I only have to go to the barbers every 5-6 weeks now.

2. The most appealing footwear for me now are Sketchers slip-ons

3. Somebody has stolen my 52 yr old legs and hips and swapped them with 95 yr old ones. Presumably they worked down a coal mine for 50 yrs

4. Young bucks knock it 30 yds past me at the golf now. when did I stop being the young buck???

Thats just for starters..