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Double post

Paul Le Guen !!!

Warburton took a dislike to the methods of McLintock's successor at Leicester, Jock Wallace,[5] later saying "he was a Marine. We had runs on sand-dunes, running until we threw up. I learned a lot from that, never treating a player that way". From Wikipedia, some very interesting its - if accurate. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Warburton

RANGERS Football Club will co-operate fully with investigations following the disgraceful scenes at the Motherwell game yesterday. Bilel Mohsni’s behaviour was completely unacceptable and had his contract not now expired, the Club would have started disciplinary proceedings. The Club will also assist with any investigation into the behaviour of Motherwell supporters and we would like to thank the Rangers fans who were excellent in showing admirable restraint despite severe provocation. http://www.rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/item/9414-club-statement

He was a failure at Bradford and Motherwell. He made tactical mistakes and stupid substitutions in his short time with us.

McCall wants to stay !!! What is it with these management failures that they just cannot accept that they just don't have it? http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32953667 Rangers: Stuart McCall wants to lead Ibrox club next season Stuart McCall wants to stay as Rangers manager following a 6-1 aggregate defeat by former club Motherwell in the Premiership play-off final. The 50-year-old took over from Kenny McDowall in March on a contract until the end of the campaign. "It's been tougher than probably most people could have imagined," he told BBC Scotland. "To keep everyone together and galvanise everyone, I think we've done a decent job." Two defeat by the Fir Park club - who McCall left in November - has consigned Rangers to a second season in the Championship. Rangers were chasing a two-goal deficit after Thursday's 3-1 first-leg loss at Ibrox, but second-half strikes from Marvin Johnson, Lionel Ainsworth and John Sutton gave Motherwell another comfortable win on Sunday. "Motherwell were the better team over the two legs without a doubt, but three of the goals are deflections and sometimes you need a bit of lady luck," said McCall. "If we'd got the first goal with a deflection it'd have been a completely different game. "We wanted to take it into the last 20-30 minutes, but the first goal kills us." Rangers reached the play-off final after finishing third in the Championship Rangers reached the play-off final after finishing third in the Championship The Rangers board now have to decide whether to keep McCall, who has won seven and drawn six of his 17 games in charge. "I would say my three strengths as a manager are recruiting, improving people and getting the best out of them," added McCall, who won six titles as a player at Ibrox. "That's what Rangers will need next season, whoever the manager is, and it's a fantastic opportunity for anyone. "The recruitment's going to be key. My record will show that I can recruit players and improve them and my past record will show that I can get the best out of people. "The club can do a Hearts [who romped to the Championship title] next season, with the right recruitment and the right coaching. "Twelve months today, Rangers can be back in the top flight. I've no doubt about that."

King and Co have had a few months to make plans for every scenario, if not they are not businessmen. I think things will move very quickly now, they better.

What goes through McCoists head when he watches this? If of course he does watch it. I have lost all respect for him as a person, just another parasite taking as much as he can from the club.

Having said that I'm the guy who knocked back a seat in directors box on helicopter Sunday because I would need to go through by bus and train.

I'll have a pint of what you're drinking.

I get your point but the 2nd half of the season when he left was very poor to say the least. Also as has been said in the big games poor as well.

I remember reading two of these daft Q&A interviews that newspapers do from time to time. One was Darren Fletcher of Man. Utd. The other by a Rangers player(cannae mind who). When asked who was the poorest at training they had come across both replied Kris Boyd.

Merson is a drunk and a junky, he is also not the brightest.

The ones throwing stuff onto pitch are morons, not everyone. Thanks for the character reference.

As title. http://www.rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/item/9324 THE CLUB can tonight confirm that John Greig has been named as Honorary Life President of Rangers. During his 18 years as a player, Greig was a massive figure at Ibrox and was recognised as such when the support named him the club's Greatest Ever Player. He was an inspirational captain who lifted the European Cup Winners' Cup, beating Moscow Dynamo 3-2 in the Final in 1972 and played in three Treble winning sides. His honours with Rangers include five Championships, six Scottish Cups and four League Cups. He also captained his country and won 44 caps. Greig speaking from the Rangers Trophy Room inside Ibrox said: "It's a tremendous honour and one that I am very proud of. "When I think back to the many great people who have passed through this club over the years and if this was available in their time, they would have also been very strong candidates. "I am very humbled by the appointment." Rangers Chairman Dave King said: “We are absolutely delighted that John has agreed to accept this position. He epitomises what this club should always be about. “I think it's very important that he is seen. Certainly in my view, he represents the history of the club and he represents the value system that I think we all want to take the club back to. "I see that as the more iconic and symbolic status of having John Greig and having someone who represents the fullness and the richness of the Rangers experience.” Greig, a skilful and versatile player who turned in top performances at full back, wing half and inside forward during his career, experienced the glittering prizes early in life. But he has also known the lean years. When times were difficult and Celtic were enjoying success under Jock Stein, Greig saw it through. As captain of Scotland he was a target for top English clubs, but Greig stayed with Rangers. That loyalty and his strength of character meant that he, more than anyone, came to embody the spirit of Rangers. He commanded enormous respect for his playing ability and for his passionate will to win, qualities close to the hearts of the supporters. Following his playing career, Greg was appointed as manager of the Club in 1978 replacing Jock Wallace. He went desperately close to winning the Treble in his first season. Rangers won the Cup, beating Hibernian 3-2 at the third attempt, and the League Cup 2-1 against Aberdeen. But when leading the table they lost 4-2 at Celtic and the chance of the League was gone. Rangers had also enjoyed a good run in the European Cup, beating Juventus and PSV Eindhoven before going down 2-1 on aggregate to Cologne in the quarter-finals. Rangers were to win another Cup and League Cup under Greig, but the team were unable to make an impression in the championship. He resigned in October 1983 and was replaced by previous manager Jock Wallace. Greig, who received the MBE for his services to football, had been one of the most important and influential personalities in the history of the club and in 1990 he returned to Ibrox as public relations officer. Following the arrival of Dick Advocaat, Greig worked closely with the Dutchman as virtually part of the coaching staff. Alex McLeish also utilised Greig's experience in his early months and the legendary figure was also subsequently a member of the board at the club. Greig took some time away from coming to matches at Ibrox until after the EGM and the change of regime in March of this year.

Ah!! Hence his retort, oh dear.

Try and get a seat in Broomie front for next home game and have a look yourself.

The morons throwing the rolled up cardboard think they are the main thing at Ibrox. Most of these guys don't even watch the game, too busy watching the Capo who tells them which song to sing next.

Yes it seems to me that our board must have made contact with McCoist. Therefore I can only surmise that he is playing hardball.

http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/rangers/1321047-rangers-chairman-dave-king-to-put-money-into-club-very-quickly/

Another month on and this "legend" is still screwing the club.

Dave King: Rangers investment was dependent on fit and proper approval By Grant Russell 19 May 2015 21:35 BST Dave King says his investment in Rangers would have been in doubt if the Scottish FA had deemed him not to be a fit and proper person. The businessman has been cleared to take up his post as the club’s chairman, two months after shareholders voted him on to the board. King arrived in Glasgow on Tuesday evening after news of his clearance broke and told STV in an exclusive interview that putting money into the club would likely not have happened if the governing body turned him down. "One of the things I said at the previous meeting when I was here six to eight weeks ago was that investment, my ongoing investment, depended on me getting through fit and proper,” King told STV. "Now it's been cleared, I am now in a position to proceed. So I'd expect that to happen quite quickly [investing money]." Pressed to confirm whether his investment was dependent on fit and proper status being granted, King said: "Yes, yes. I always made it clear that if I had no long term future with the club, my investment was linked to that. "I said that when I was here last time that while I expected the fit and proper to happen and go through OK, if it didn't happen then we would have to take a different approach. "I wouldn't have walked away but the situation would have changed. I would have had to look at how we would do it. "Certainly I was very clear in the interviews I gave previously, my ongoing investment requires my ongoing involvement. "I didn't doubt that it would happen but it was made clear to all concerned that it was a consideration." That stance differs considerably what King said on the day he was voted in as a director at Ibrox in March. "If I'm not found fit and proper I will not sit on the board," he said at the time. "I'll still invest, I'll still support it. "I've got, I must have 40 companies back in South Africa I control and I don't sit on the board. "To me being on the board is not critical. I don't think it will be an issue. But if it turned out to be an issue, it wouldn't make any difference to Rangers going forward. "I would just operate and give input as a shareholder, as opposed to a non-executive chairman. "The issue is not about power. My position is no different from Paul [Murray] or John [Gilligan]'s. We are all trying to achieve the same thing. It's not really about power. "If for any reason a regulator came and said 'Dave, we believe you're not fit and proper', and I had the proper opportunity to make representations and they still concluded that, then I would accept that." Fit and proper process King came to power at Rangers via a shareholder vote at a general meeting on March 6 but has stayed in the background since then awaiting the Scottish FA's clearance. That was finally delivered on Tuesday after he submitted documentation which convinced the governing body over his 41 tax convictions in South Africa. King was also judged upon his suitability to be a director given his involvement with the Rangers oldco when it went into liquidation. "It's great, it's not so much relief because I kind of expected it," he said. "But I think it's been very frustrating for me and for probably most of the members on the board that a lot has been happening over the last couple of months where I think with the effort I've been involved in to try and get the change of control, it's been a great pity I've not been involved in what's going on the last couple of months. "I think we're all delighted that finally we can all get our feet under the table and start to make progress. "The first step for me is spend some time with the existing board members and management and get a good sense of what they have been doing over the last couple of months. "Because with my situation, I had given an undertaking to the SFA that I wouldn't act as a shadow director. So we've been very, very precise in making sure I didn't get involved in the affairs of the club. "So it's going to take me a few days to find out what has happened over the last couple of days and then we've got to sit down and start planning for the future, get the budgets in place, get proper funding plans in place and we've got to carry out what we've promised to do for the fans." Mike Ashley's loan One of King's first tasks could be to find £5m to pay back shareholder Mike Ashley's Sports Direct company after he called on fellow stakeholders to push for the immediate repayment of a loan given in January. If shareholders vote to return Ashley's money, Rangers will have 10 days to raise £5m to pay him back. Repayment would ensure he no longer had control of Rangers' training ground Murray Park, the Albion Car Park and their Edmiston House property at Ibrox Stadium. It would also see him relinquish his stranglehold over the club's brands and trademarks, as well as guaranteeing a greater return of retail profits from the joint venture between Rangers and Sports Direct. But failure to raise the capital required to pay Ashley could see Rangers default on the loan arrangement if shareholders want him to be repaid. The matter is likely to be decided at a general meeting of shareholders in June. King though insists the Ashley matter will not be an issue. He said: "I will check that with the chaps when I see them tomorrow. But it's certainly not something I am remotely concerned about." Asked to confirm whether Rangers had the funds to pay Ashley back his £5m if shareholders required the club to do so, King replied: "Of course we do. It's always been part of the plan, but it's just a question of whether it's an appropriate thing to do." Dave King: Rangers investment was dependent on fit and proper approval

Plus one on here!!

"Members of the RST board met with John Gilligan last night to discuss the role of fan groups going forward, future opportunities for investment in the club and a general update on the situation at Rangers. We had a productive meeting and were reassured that the Rangers board are making steady progress towards their objectives of financial security and on field progress. Main points to emerge from the meeting are as follows: 1) The role of fan groups and fan representation remains at the forefront of the board's agenda and will be progressed over the coming weeks and months. A more robust, democratic and meaningful way for fans to engage with the club should emerge from this process - hopefully including a consolidation of existing and legacy groups. 2) Progress on finance and investment has been slowed as the board wait to appoint Dave King. An investment plan will be available prior to the sale of season tickets. 3) Dealing with legacy issues from the old regime has taken up a great deal of time and remains ongoing. Some legalities around these issues have prevented the board from updating fans as regularly as they would have wished but they remain committed to giving fans as much information as they can. They would ask for patience in the meantime and that fans trust that they are doing what is best for the club - something which has not often been the case in the past few years. 4) There will be an opportunity for fans and fan groups to invest in the club in the future and to play an active role in restoring our club to its pre-eminent position in Scottish football. We thank John for his time and remain enthused at the club's prospects under the new board. We will continue to engage with them regularly and update our members accordingly." Share with your network - See more at: http://www.therst.co.uk/news/rst-meet-with-john-gilligan-2/#sthash.9Edo1V2Q.dpuf

Name dropper! Could be he just didn't tell you.