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Rangers fans: Sack the board! The squad needs to be gutted! The club is an omni-shambles! Rangers: *Make various board changes* Rangers fans: All of these resignations are deeply concerning. I fear that there’s a bombshell heading our way. I'm worried.

Excellent article from Rick. Couldn't really argue with any of that. I am getting antsy about the quality of the people who will fill the vacant positions. I would like to hear from the club about the number of injuries we've had this season and the length of recovery time. The fans are not daft and sense there is something amiss. How will that and fitness issues be addressed? Most important of all, how is all of this, and a rebuild, going to be funded? This is a pivotal point for us and we need to get it right. No matter how badly we are hurting we have been through worse and come July/August we will be there looking forward to the new season in anticipation of the joy and pleasure to come (hopefully).

What an utter shambles. A protracted, torturous, joyless mess. There’s bodies strewn all over the battlefield and much of the damage is self-inflicted. Many took shrapnel from being unprepared, ill-equipped or just plain not up to task. Accountability will come in the form of the participants being not just stripped of their careers at Rangers, but with their reputations and legacies lying in the turf next to them. The collective failure of season 22/23 evaporates in a flash of light as one final mushroom cloud rushes to rise above our heads. Here’s some thoughts on where we find ourselves and what we’ve just witnessed. Read more from @Rick Robertson our main site here: https://www.gersnet.co.uk/index.php/news/ca-category-blog/414-season-2022-23-a-complete-write-off

I suppose when the football is so hard to stomach, we have to find something else to chew on.

Its a good read. Agree with his point on the manager. Worth remembering Beale wants to be here. He wants this job. He wants Glasgow. He wants to live in the sticks out by Balfron. Its more than a job to him and that will give him an edge.

The thought that I've had a few times in the last few days has been just how much Gerrard's star pushed us on and also glossed over the underlying frailties in our infrastructure. Frailties that have been systematically exposed since we won 55.

Thats maybe not as daft as you think. [Well, maybe I am...] I am both pleased/relieved that we are grasping the nettle and realising that changes were needed on multiple fronts... but also at the same time a little nervous that we aren't able to get replacements who are much different to what we have/had and we stagnate. The scale and pace of change is also easy to mess up and could unsettle some of the staff who are performing well. Celtic were able to turn things around very quickly with Fat Ange's appointment, and that will be the challenge for next season. But if it doesn't happen, it wont take long for there to be many questions about the way these changes are happening. We need calm heads and a clear vision. In Bennett we are going to have to trust.

I was told last night that Dave King is on his way back. Don't shoot the messenger

Changes bring risk …. but not as much risk as no changes when things are going badly. Many Rangers fans are now so risk averse as to be reluctant to risk even success.

My report on last night's game https://rfcyouths.wordpress.com/2023/05/04/ref-snatches-18s-chance-of-glory/

Charles Green in then...... 🤣

I don't disagree but it was dire to watch.

I suppose the football was showing signs of our financial plight then we had a Lloyds bank an in the boardroom and we all know that even decent players cosy decent money Smith did well in that second spell considering .

Never before have I been so offended by something I one hundred per cent agree with.

Hello there! I detested Walter's second spell.

Dave King, when Murray was i/c, put 20M GBP, or thereby, on the barrelhead. He lost it, and he has not, to my knowledge, recovered any of it, since. I have often thought that he sees this as unfinished business (as well he might). That would be his motive, he has means, and the present situation might present him with an opportunity. I have to say that I am not fully convinced, as I can't see how he can drive share value up and up and up, to the point where he can sell and recoup previous losses. I wish we could reach a time when all we (need to) talk about is the Fitba'. We seem to know more, and obsess, about boardroom cantraips than about the team.

I give you..... Filip Sebo 🤣

Best news yet. It may, or may not, be a good move. More importantly it will upset many people that post on forums.

I was given the impression that there was only a limited budget available, given the problems with these old investors and companies? Looking back at the season in the stats, the only new players that were really given a chance were Colak and Tillman plus Raskin and Cantwell later on. Lawrence looked really good, but then injury struck. Many old players have simply not performed as they did before, lots of injuries too ... all things that you couldn't know at the start of the season. A recipe for disaster.

We've had our fingers burned pretty severely in the past, so some hesitance is only natural. We need to push past this though, which is where the calm heads and vision comes in. Its also only natural to ask what that vision is... our new Chairman's first proper interview will be interesting.

A realistic appraisal from @Rick Roberts

Success is winning the league. Failure is not winning the league. Previously we preferred to keep the player. Now we prefer the money. No idea what you mean in reference to strategy.

Big Sam's at Leeds' training ground...

Club 1872 Meeting with John Bennett Dear Contributor, Yesterday, Club 1872 held a meeting with new Rangers Chairman, John Bennett in London. This was the first meeting between Club 1872 and a current RIFC Director since March 2020 and we were very encouraged that Mr Bennett took the time to meet with us so early in his Chairmanship. We have been on public record since last year regarding our serious concerns over the day to day management and general direction of the club. Yesterday’s meeting presented Club 1872 with our first opportunity in three years to bring a number of those concerns directly to the attention of the RIFC Board. The purpose of the meeting was to have an introductory discussion addressing historical issues, including the circumstances leading to the club’s disengagement from dialogue with Club 1872 and other areas of concern to Club 1872 Contributors and the wider support. It was agreed by both parties that this should be done with a view to moving forward together for the benefit of Rangers. During the meeting, which lasted over two hours, Mr Bennett was willing and eager to listen to Club 1872’s views and in turn he explained the club's perspective on various issues. In that regard it was a very useful exchange of views. We were extremely encouraged by Mr Bennett’s openness and willingness to listen. One point which emerged from the meeting is that Mr Bennett clearly believes that actions speak louder than words. It has been clear from recent announcements that there are major changes underway at Ibrox. We welcome those changes along with Mr Bennett’s demonstration in our meeting of his commitment to meaningful, two-way fan engagement. Mr Bennett made it clear that he regards our organisation and strong supporter representation as an important aspect of the future development of the Club. We hope and believe that the Chairman found our lengthy discussion useful, including the information we presented to him relating to the club’s engagement with Club 1872 and the Rangers support generally and how that might be improved. Both parties agreed that continued dialogue is essential and will quickly progress into more detailed discussion over the coming weeks. Club 1872

There are still a few of us

He certainly has some previously public money to invest. As do the chaps from Duff + Phelps. With open arms, sez I.

Can we not get him to do the pies at the food outlets whilst we are at it?

I thought that that was your job....

Yes but I'm not sure congenital miseries like you actually count

Unless there's a minor mutiny underway on the board, King has no leverage. If he had, he would never have left in the first place. No, if King is on the way back then there are far bigger changes coming down the pipe than anyone here has so far alluded to.

It’s been a dire season the people I feel for is the paying fans who’ve endured the tripe that’s been served up and they will have to pay a bit extra next season my thoughts on this is they should be getting a reduction in the price.

King returning to the board would be a strange and unexpected event ... why would he do that unless he can table a large majority of shareholders and impose himself as chairman ... and surely no one on the board wants that, apart from perhaps the adolescents at Club1872. So, assuming there's any truth in this rumour at all, what could his motivations be? The only thing I can think of is that he has new investors behind him, investors the current board desperately need and who would of course provide King with a means of disposing of his shares. King returning and Park leaving is just far too much of a coincidence.

You're making the assumption that the board wants King back. A worse scenario is that the board needs King back. Hopefully neither is the case.

Summed it up perfectly there. I think my love for Rangers died a bit when I watched GvB's post match interview in Amsterdam.

I think it shows we've massively missed the boat and haven't managed to commit to our strategy. If you are offering players then you are looking at a cut price deal, which is a failure.

Pretty sure that Goldson and Tavernier are on that bit of paper.

a great player in his day but Lampard looked more like little boy lost last night some people are never cut out to be football managers that list is endless .

You have to hope that replacements are lined up and it's simply polite protocol to wait until the incumbents have left the building. Still, it's a level of change I don't recall seeing outside of Admin.

It has been a fascinating month with Park, Robertson, Dickson, Wilson and Mulholland all leaving - that's five key people out with only one internal promotion so far. All this can be seen as a positive in terms of change but what is the strategy? With an era-defining turnover of players imminent, no sporting director, no head administrator and no head of youth; how do we ensure continuity and, importantly, necessary improvement? Which investors are driving these changes? The chair needs to communicate.

Agree, but I would add we need to be doing better at selling as well as buying. If the figures that have been banded about in the past for the likes of Morelos, Kent & Kamara were true we should have snapped up those offers. Keeping them has proven to be a mistake.

I think Frankie is the perfect choice. I hope he demands to be introduced as, 'Mad Frankie'. If questioned, he can say it is a Sellik state of mind.