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Stop going on about who they play or when they play concentrate on supporting our own team, were in the driving seat let's stay in pole position.

"Pressed on whether he should be profiting from the fans’ £13 million, King said there were no plans for further share issues and that his was the only option available to Club 1872. He said he would delay the sale if Rangers gave the fans group an “unconditional undertaking” that they would be allowed to acquire shares directly in the club. “All it would take is the club to turn round to Club 1872 and say, ‘We will issue you shares over the next three years for all the money you raise’. That could solve it from that point of view. My understanding is that the club is not going to do that.” https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/scotland/dave-king-there-is-no-fallout-with-rangers-board-w67w2qnft A game changing comment? It will be interesting to see what is said at the club's AGM, and I'll not be happy if the club aren't interested in a sizeable investment from the support. However it's not great that C1872 didn't fully explore this option first before announcing the King deal.

Agree with your sentiment but I imagine given Club 1872 are a CIC I'm pretty sure they would get a waiver of Rule 9 pretty easily. Decent enough podcast but probably raises more questions than it answers, appears contradictory in parts. Part I find incredible is the notion that entering a private deal costing over £13m that they don't and may never have which could increase their holding by over 400% is not worthy of being put to the members of a purportedly membership led organisation as it's "not a key decision", wow.

It's brilliant news that their sticking with TLB til they play us, SG has him on toast these days, and I wouldn't be surprised if Kennedy gets the gig after we despatch them, the realisation is sinking in that the biscuit tin isn't quite as full as they thought it was. Keep the foot on their neck Gers, no let up.

Last night the PLC revealed their plan or hoped for scenario for the next few weeks. - Lennon to stay, up to and including OF match at which point there will be a review - They beat Kilmarnock, win the SC, get a lift and return to form, hope we drop something then don't lose/win at Ibrox - Go off to winter training camp and consolidate the return to form (or if it goes wrong, new manager/caretaker gets a mini pre-season) -------------------- To say it's absolutely vital that we don't allow our standards to drop in the next few games is obvious but this is IMO the period (next 10) where we either break them or we risk a momentum change.

Christmas party fund

Thought the officials were responsible for getting games started on time??.

SCHEDULE TWO KEY DECISIONS Each of the following shall be a Key Decision of the Club 1872 Companies: 1. Any alteration to the Articles of the Company; 2. Any decision as to how to vote on any resolution of the corporate entity which may from time to time be the ultimate holding company of the Rangers Football Club, currently Rangers International Football Club PLC; 3. Any decision to lend or borrow money or to invest jointly with any other party; 4. Any decision to appoint or re-appoint or to remove a Director; 5. Any decision to increase the contribution to be made by Contributors towards the administrative and running costs of the Club 1872 Companies; 6. Any decision to change the basis on which persons can become Contributors; 7. Any other decision relating to a matter which would have a material effect on the assets of the Company or which a reasonable person would consider to be key for the Company and/ or Rangers Football Club and within the objects set out in Article 5. Investing £13m will have a material effect on the assets of the company and therefore must be a key decision.

1964 SCF. Wee Wullie at the end still smoking the cigar he got from Bailie John Wilson. Great players on the park, Alex Hamilton, Bobby Cox, Andy Penman, Alan Gilzean and a goalkeeper, Bert Slater, performing miracles. Gave the Famous a terrific game but the Famous were up to it.

Real fitbaw captain cutlass once took out a player who was on the bench , that's commitment ? and it was only a friendly as well .

A wonderful display of football from two great teams

The modern day anti-racists operate similarly to racists, by basing everything on someone's skin colour. I suppose there's a lot of money to be made by dividing humans in this manner (books to be sold, courses to be run etc.) and also by promoting victimhood, which in turn creates additional income for the mental health brigade.

Opera blocks the above links, hence a straight one to the youtube podcast (if I may?)

"In this moment we are 90% sure that Rangers will be the next team for Juan" Juan Alegria's father Alonso. Honka FC own 60% of the player rights while the player and his family have 40%. Rangers would buy 80% - the 60% owned by the club and the player's family would retain 20%.

I will say it is nothing to do with discrimination because you alleged that it was discrimination as a result of the sub-prime mortgages. You said "sub-prime mortgages scandal where BAME were disproportionately affected". That inferred that sub-prime mortgages caused their foreclosures - and nothing could be further from the truth. Indeed, it could legitimately be argued that those sub-prime mortgages were the causal factor in the 2008 financial crisis, not the mortgage lender who provided mortgages on them. You really should spend a little more time understanding this before casting accusations everywhere. BAME families living in lower-income neighbourhoods and being discriminated against in that manner is a completely, completely different discussion topic than sub-prime mortgages. You are trying to conflate two different issues because it fits your agenda to lob everything into "capitalism = bad" rhetoric. And yet, strangely enough, it is the desire for people to have assets (a form of capitalism itself) that resulted in lower-income families being able to get on the housing ladder when they perhaps shouldn't have been based on income - and it was their inability to service that debt which caused the whole market to crash, aided and abetted by Wall Street types who saw opportunity to create financial products from such assets. Had nobody missed mortgage payments then there would have been no foreclosures, and there actually would have been no market crash (at least not due to that issue) - so rather than being the victims, those same BAME lower income households you refer to were actually causal factors, and not merely victims. Harsh though it sounds, they definitely contributed to the financial crisis of 2008. Their income distribution vs other ethnic groups is a completely different discussion.

Listen from approx 1 hr 11.30 mins.

What scandal ? The 2008 crisis wasn't one of mortgages foreclosing - those sub-prime mortgages ALWAYS ran the risk of foreclosure. BAME customers were disproportionately affected because they disproportionately live in lower income households. That is nothing to do with JPMC or Jamie Dimon. His organization was complicit in packaging sub-prime mortgages as A-rated products and selling them as high quality - but that had NOTHING to do with sub-prime mortgages themselves. As I said, sub-prime mortgages, by their very definition, are at a higher risk of foreclosure than other mortgages. Many of those BAME customers were already failing to make mortgage payments, and that is the reason they were foreclosed upon. Nothing to do with discrimination.

It's clear that Michael Stewart is a very bitter chap. Having said that, what kind of world are we living in when footballers insulting each other results in such a furore? Bunch of big jessies, honestly...

It means that he is for the high jump.

Great song loving playing it just now.

It's a Community Interest Company not an Investment Trust.

Juan Alegria?

What's with Colombians ending up in Finland?

Many benefit by these divisions and many more suffer, as a result. Taking the knee doesn't seem to be healing the divisions - quite the opposite.

That shirt was used quite often at the time. A smart outfit. I’m a wee (ahem)) bit older than you Mack but I remember it like yesterday. I feature about 2/3 up the terrace on the halfway line. In the ground at 1-15pm for a 3pm kickoff. Plenty Dundee fans nearby cheering their team. No segregation, no trouble.

Easing the club's financial constraints is certainly a good thing, albeit temporary. Having sufficient shareholding to prevent harmful board actions is also a good thing ... but only if you trust the people wielding that shareholding. Progress means nothing unless you know if it is good or bad progress and that is a purely retrospective commodity, which is why transparency and honesty at the outset is such an essential component. When Club1872 starts conducting itself with transparency and honesty, it will be possible to trust it's custody of such a large shareholding. Until then it would be reckless to support it.

That solely depends on what you define as "progress for Rangers", doesn´t it? IMHO, both option are progress for Rangers.

I wonder of some of the (unexpected?) negative comments have caused this apparent change in approach....

I have a much better idea. Why doesn't every football player simply make a public statement confirming that they are not racist and condemning racism in all walks of life? Then we know for sure where each of them stands and they can stop this incessant virtue-signalling. Job done.

Well, as expected, after few days and podcasts, some more info comes out that is more interesting than outside opinions and conjecture - no disrespect to anyone, BTW: https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/18926815.dave-king-provides-ibrox-board-alternative-rangers-investment-plan-agreeing-club-1872-share-deal/ https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/18927220.dave-king-opens-fall-out-rumours-relationship-ibrox-board-rangers-share-sale-club-1872/ Now off to the podcast itself.

That's the kind of follow up I'd like to ask (if we get the chance)...

If you are trying to sell something then timing is important. General economic carnage will only get worse in the short to medium term (perhaps beyond that) and with that in mind, for DK, the quicker the better. Then of course, you have the current general feel good factor around the club. From the outside, looking in from afar, ye auld gut feel is saying...... the Club 1872 / Chris Graham / Dave King relationships aren't as transparently healthy and what you'd hope for.

Yes, Club 1872 according to Dave King.

I'm hoping for an inescapable abyss of misery and despair.

Don't see what incomes have to do with it. The racism problem is systemic.

So true.

Well that’s those 10 fixtures played now. They failed the test this tough block of fixtures presented them with and we very much took the opportunity to press home our advantage. They enter an easier run of fixtures now which give them the perfect opportunity to get their act together and, arguably, the inverse is true of our fixtures. Some pretty tough fixtures lie ahead before we play Celtic.