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Raskin is a must sell unless he signs a new contract. We can't get into another Kent/Morelos situation. Our operating model means we have to sell.

If the rumours are true then the club are looking for £25m for Nico, £15m for Igamane and £5m for Dessers. Are any of these really unrealistic?

And of course there is the user on here @plgsarmy, although she doesn't appear to have logged in for a couple of years, although this could be because of her job.

It's not Tav's fault if he's just been following instructions. It's clear that he's been asked to play as an inverted full back on occasions over the last couple of seasons.

Yes, it's one of the lowest rates in the US.

Rangers FC LLC is a limited company registered in Delaware. There are 2 other Rangers companies registered in Delaware - Rangers FC Investors LLC and Rangers FC Investors Manager LLC. My guess is that they are either dormant or are vehicles for parts of the consortium to have their investments in the holding company. The shareholders of a Delaware company are not publicly available. Delaware's corporate laws prioritise privacy, and shareholder information is not part of the public record. Just thought I'd add this in case anyone was interested.

Tav as a captain is subjective. We don't see a lot of what he does. He captained us to 55 and a lot of memorable euro runs, including a final. It's difficult to assess given the lack of quality in the team at certain times. As a player, overall, he's been really good. He's scored a lot of important goals and was integral to 55 and reaching Seville. Our style of play required an attacking full back and arguably we would have performed a lot worse as a team with someone who didn't have his attacking qualities and better defensive ability. There were quite a few seasons where he was the only one in the team driving us forward on the 80th minute, for example. There have been defensive lapses at times but he's not a £50 million player, and it's to be expected that he's not going to be perfect. He's slowed up now and doesn't offer what he did 3 years ago and I'd hope we get another full back in. I can understand people criticising his performances at times or wanting another player in when he's poor, but I do find the Tav hate a bit tiresome.

I really don't think it matters. I hope there are more leaders brought into the club. and there are quite a few who take the responsibility of leadership, which is much more important than who the club captain is. If Tav remains at the club then I don't care if he still stays as captain, but I do hope that we bring a better right back in.

I'm not sure it's a fair comment. We've never had a coach rather than a manager before, and we seem to have a more hand-on DoF. The club is obviously significantly changing the way that we do things and the support will take time to understand how it's now going to work going forward. The press conference answer suggested that the coach will have a 'yay or nay' on the signings but it's unclear how involved in the initial identification of targets he'll be.

Would be interesting to know how much say he'll have on the signings. Edit - just listened to the press conference. Sounds like he'll have a say but not necessarily initially identifying players.

Great news that his speech is developing. I'm sure he'll get there. I love Make Us Dream. Got goosebumps when we sung along to it at Saint Phnx at NEH. Not sure I'd like it so much at 2am though!

Yeah, Propper had some good games in Europe. More his style of play than the rough and tumble of the SPL. 1.2 million euros apparently. I thought we could have got more, but he's 31 now, so maybe it's not too bad. Good lock to him in the future.

Le Guen: Brilliant. What a coup! Shows how much I (and many others) knew.

While I'm not happy about the appointment, I need to accept that the guys who made the decision know a lot more about it than I do and therefore I need to give him a chance. We don't know what the club's strategy is and how Martin fits in with that. He's not the manager, just head coach, and it may be that he has the relevant qualities that the club are needing at this time.

I can't help feeling that our new owners have failed their first test by delaying the Ancelotti appointment and allowing other jobs to emerge which have attracted him.

I hope he's successful and he proves the doubters, including myself, to be totally wrong.

Yeah, the worst for me. All other decisions are short term and can be corrected over time. This one means we've lost an asset for ever. It was sold so that NEH could be finished in time for the 150 year celebrations (it wasn't) and was very much a vanity project for the directors. We may not use it for much at the moment, other than match day parking, but who knows what future generations could have used it for. Plus it takes away much needed car parking spaces at a time when the council are trying to restrict match day parking nearby and punishes those whop struggle walking. I have 2 friends who would be unable to attend unless they're in the car park and this will potentially prevent them attending as they don't have the club-issued disabled passes, which will become harder to obtain. It's a disgrace!

Thanks. Never used one before. Yes, good article with Martyn's usual logical clarity.

Unfortunately behind a paywall.

Thanks mate. I'm sure you would have been up there if you'd carried on.

£20 million cash injection. Lower costs to the club if we aren't a PLC. Hopefully more professional approach.

Don't see that as being the case. They will still need an audit and Leeds Utd accounts appear to be more detailed than ours IIRC.

Me too, but the ongoing managerial saga makes it difficult!!!

Although the Broomloan is a major issue for Euro nights, as you pointed out. I sit in the middle of the main stand, where nobody sings it, and it's easier to tell where the singing is coming from. Agreed. I think a section of our support forget the sanctions that we previously incurred. Many don't have any discipline when it comes to songs. It will come back and bite us. How hard is it not to sing about the pope or fenians, some of which are just embarrassing? There are plenty of other songs to pick from.

I wouldn't say that it's the vast majority. From where I sit, I can hear the UBs clearly, but not necessarily from all other parts of the ground. I'd say that a majority of fans don't join in.