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Will update as progresses. Questions regarding transfers went into Transfer thread

A poorly asked question with a very easy get out.

It hadn’t occurred to me but I think that’s right. Instead of just drawing a wage he made the players earn a wage. Martin needs to do the same with whatever talent Thelwell provides and he’ll be on his way to succeeding.

Nice guy. I didn't know him that well, but spent a couple of evenings in his company and he was enjoyable company. I only bought No 1 a few times, preferring FF, but it was a great alternative. RIP The EA

My worst personal memory was coming out of Pittodrie after we beat them. We normally left early to avoid the crushing but in the excitement of a rare victory we missed our chance. A very large man, a total stranger, shielded me until we got to safety. I could feel my internal organs being crushed. It has left me claustrophic in small spaces and large crowds.

I was at that game too John and was glad we weren't down the front. I remember getting back to the car as the news was coming in from Hillsborough. Very sad day.

I don't expect this will be a popular opinion, but given the success of Tillman, Sima and then Cerny. I wouldn't have a problem with us paying for 4 (I specify 4 because I believe that's the limit) high quality loan signings for this season like Aarons. It may be high cost in terms of fee and wages, but its low risk in that the impact is short term. It also gives the football operations team a bit more time to look for and secure more suitable targets long term. Imagine if last season we took that approach instead of recruiting Propper at cost? We have a lot of work to do this summer and getting 4 quality players in for a year would help accelerate our progress.

Wenger is probably the best example of someone changing culture of a club long term.

I think Gerrard did change the culture. Before he arrived, the yahoos were beating us with ease and we had just been knocked out of Europe by a team no one had heard of. Culture is quite a vague term when it comes to a sports team. We can all take a slightly different meaning from it.

Where did I say Murray appointed Souness? Holmes appointed Souness, we were bankrolled by Marlborough. We were already wealthy, it ramped up a notch under DM, and him and Souness kicked us into overdrive. But well done you're starting to get the point, cash and influential manager = good standard of players, hopefully the 49ers and Cavenagh back Martin sufficiently. Though questions can still be put to Martin's appointment imo.

I think you've explained it very well. They had already made up their minds and now find it difficult to get off their high horse.

None of whom survived? Are you kidding? Boyd and Ferguson were integral to Smith's side.

I forgot it was David Murray who appointed Souness and bankrolled the signing the England team in the summer of 1986. Hopefully he'll return to the club and do it again. 👍

Le Guen was offski when he got offered the PSG job. His biggest challenge was the monster munch brigade none of whom survived when Walter Smith returned

I get the feeling I'm not explaining myself well. It's not just about making improvements. Gerrard made improvements but he didn't change the culture. There are plenty of examples of attempts to change a culture that failed too. Le Guen is the most obvious example where Rangers are concerned. He was hired to change us from a Scottish style of club to a continental style. He failed to do that. The club wouldn't change, he didn't implement or explain the changes he wanted well enough, influential players didn't buy into his vision. There are probably more examples of failure than success in all honesty. Culture change has to come from the very top and the person/people implementing it needs to be backed all the way.

POLL RESULT: RIFC EGM 2025 Dear Contributor, Over the past week, Club 1872 Contributors voted on the resolutions for the RIFC EGM 2025. The results are as follows. 1. THAT, the directors are generally and unconditionally authorised for the purposes of s551 Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot shares in the Company and to grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares in the Company up to an aggregate nominal amount of £1,000,000, provided that: A) (unless previously revoked, varied or renewed by the Company) this authority will expire on 31 December 2025, save that the directors may, before this authority expires, make offers or agreements which would or might require shares in the Company to be allotted, or rights to subscribe for or convert securities into shares to be granted, after its expiry and the directors may allot shares or grant rights to subscribe for or convert securities into shares pursuant to such offers or agreements as if this authority had not expired; and B) this authority replaces all subsisting authorities previously granted to the directors for the purposes of s551, which, to the extent unused at the date of this resolution, are revoked with immediate effect, without prejudice to any allotment of shares or grant of rights already made, offered or agreed to be made under such authorities. For – 91.86% Against – 4.58% Abstain – 3.56% 2. THAT, subject to the passing of Resolution 1, in accordance with s570 CA 2006 the directors are given power to allot equity securities (as defined in s560 CA 2006) of the Company pursuant to the authority conferred by that resolution as if s561(1) CA 2006 did not apply to any such allotment, provided that: (a) this power is limited to the allotment of equity securities up to an aggregate nominal amount of £1,000,000; (b) (unless previously revoked, varied or renewed by the Company) this power will expire on 31 December 2025, save that the directors may, before this power expires, make offers or agreements which would or might require equity securities to be allotted after its expiry and the directors may allot equity securities pursuant to such offers or agreements as if this power had not expired; and (c) this power replaces all subsisting powers previously given to the directors for the purposes of s570, which, to the extent unused at the date of this resolution, are revoked with immediate effect, without prejudice to any allotment of equity securities already made, offered or agreed to be made under any such power. For – 91.09% Against – 5.34% Abstain – 3.56% 3. THAT the Company be re-registered as a private limited company under the Companies Act 2006 under the name of Rangers International Football Club Limited. For – 88.30% Against – 7.12% Abstain – 4.58% 4. THAT, with effect from the Company’s re-registration as a private company, the articles of association appended to this general meeting notice (the New Articles) be approved and adopted as the new articles of association of the Company in substitution for, and to the entire exclusion of, the existing articles of association of the Company. For – 87.79% Against – 6.87% Abstain – 5.34% All the shares held by Club 1872 Shares CIC and Club 1872 Projects CIC will now be voted in accordance with Contributors' wishes. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our Contributors for their ongoing support. Club 1872

Our Correct Score dry spell extends to 8 games. RM-PAC: Correct Result all-round. SAL-HIL: Correct Result for Rousseau and Cammy. MNC-AIN: Correct Result all-round. BEARGER gets an extra point for a JOKER play. Latest Standings:

Was he injured most of last season?

Would like to think Max Aarons gets announced today.

I'm hoping the wolves bid for coady is accurate and he goes there.

It's amazing to see the revisionism on display by yourself, genuinely. We got a lucky opportunity with English clubs getting banned in Europe, and had the money to do something about it thanks to David Murray. If you don't like anonymous posts by people on messageboards, this isn't the place for you and you should go 👍🏻

One thing for sure, it ain't the England national team we're signing this time. More like the England washouts.