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It's a problem that affects most businesses in the world at the moment, certainly within the western world anyway. Too many overhead opinions and decisions, when in reality it could all be streamlined down to a very simplistic approach, which has been said by Cammy, myself, and even you there. Putting the right people in, having the right foundations etc. While you say we're impatient, we were all prepared in 2012 for a proper rebuild, using the youth and the academy to bring us back to the top with young lads that would be sellable assets or stellar talents for the Prem by then, when the spivs failed, we were patient again as Dave King and Co promised to rebuild us properly, but this is where poor ownership comes to the fore, and nullifies the fault of the supporters - you said it yourself there, they frontloaded us, paying over the odds, desperately trying to stop that one thing, instead of building us up properly. We've been patient. We're passed that with the incumbents, they have ruined it all. To the point we're waiting on a takeover. King&Co are as much spivs as Green, Ashley, Letham etc before them.

So you think we should wake up, smell the coffee, and accept mediocrity? That we should just be happy we exist? Then what's the bloody point mate? Our expectations of challenging for this league aren't farsighted, take on board for example what @der Berliner just said - the gulf hasn't been this massive chasm, and most seasons its us being our own worst enemy that has cost us. You might be happy to be run of the mill just existing, I and many others are not. Anyone taking on this football club has to realise success is expected, and competent able owners would be able to deliver that without spending an exorbitant amount of money. We aren't to blame in anyway. Dave King, The Parks, Bisgrove, Specky Robertson etc, all contributed in turning us into a shit show.

I think we all know the "good old days" are long gone, we're certainly not going to be signing Gascoignes or Laudrups. But I think at minimal we expect our football club to be run properly, and actually properly looked after i.e giving the football department the proper foundations and structures that it needs to succeed. Spending within our means etc isn't a problem, so long as we're still successful and resourceful in other ways, actually having a player trading model that works for instance.

Indeed. Imagine wanting the thing you're most passionate about to succeed and do well! What bastards we are, making them run our club like an amateur outfit!! He certainly seems to hold us in the same contempt!

So you're saying it's our fault for wanting a winning football club? And not the fault of poor owners and decision makers who couldn't deliver that? It has been said numerous times, it's very simplistic - Put the right people in the right positions, if you're actively able to buy low, sell high, identify a constant source of young talent, while delivering results on the park - then it takes care of itself. Cheaping out and not putting this foundations in place means that we typically overpay, hemorrhage money on staff and coaches, sign poor players, spend money on other projects like NEH instead of consolidating the league from a winning position. It all adds up to being poorly run, on the fault of Dave King and the Three Bears etc, who themselves became spivs, looks at us, we're a joke where the only way out is being taken over. Stop trying to lay blame at us, if it's somehow the supporters fault for wanting a Rangers to be proud of, stop trying to connect dots that aren't there. Dave King, The Parks etc ran us into the fucking ground. Their decisions, their incompetence and poor judgement.

Include the rest of the bit about DK and co 👍🏻 "and again rather than reducing costs and picking the correct appointments and infrastructure, the board gambled when we won the league, decided to spend on legacy projects, have a record of poor managerial appointments, spending money on poor players, nonexistent scouting departments, basically failing to care for the football department." While they inherited problems to begin with, we navigated that and they created their own problems. Their tanking money on shite, has nothing to do with the last guys tanking money on shite.

It really is this simplistic though mate. You seem determined to label this as some sort of insurmountable curse that has plagued us for decades, must all be connected and related to have knock on effects to one another. We got a clean slate when Dave King Three Bears etc came in, and again rather than reducing costs and picking the correct appointments and infrastructure, the board gambled when we won the league, decided to spend on legacy projects, have a record of poor managerial appointments, spending money on poor players, nonexistent scouting departments, basically failing to care for the football department. It really is as simple as putting the correct people in place in terms of scouting and recruiting, director of football operations and managerial appointments. Also ensuring your CFO isn't hoodwinked by crypto scams like Bisgrove was. We've been run like an amateur Sunday league outfit for the last 5 years.

Hamilton relegated from the Scottish Championship to League One.

FootyHeadlines leaked ages ago that Umbro is making our new kits. Under licence via Castore.

Dunno why you're so argumentative 😂 It's Cavenagh that's been in attendance at our games, interviewed by Sky etc. it's the obvious driving force. It also keeps dual ownership at bay.

That's my understanding. It's not the 49ers enterprises outright, it's a consortium. Cavenagh as the figurehead and controlling stake in partnership with 49ers through Paraag Marathe etc.

Have you actually looked at our squad? We have 25 players, three of them are away straight away with the end of their loans, another six with their contracts set to expire this summer. So that's 9 players gone. We'll have 16 players. And then you factor in any that gets moved on. I say again mate, the decks will be quite clear.

There's no mistake. 23/24 arrivals, Koppen starts at Cortes (players highlighted are his January signings 👍🏻)

You were being funny as if it's going to cost us a great deal to get rid of the manager, staff, and overhauling the player squad. I pointed out to you that you'll need to remember the management team has already been paid off, Ferguson and his coaches are only contracted to the end of the season, and we have player loans that are expiring in Cerny, Kasanwirjo & Fernandes. So we're actually going to be quite clear when it comes to the summer - that's not incorrect to say as many of the things you said, have already been cleared or will when the season ends. Thanks.

Sky, BBC, The Daily Record, TalkSport, STV, I mean Google is your friend buddy. Stick Cavenagh and Rangers into the search bar 👍🏻

Didn't say that at all. Learn to read.

Cavenagh is the main driver, 49ers enterprise aren't taking as much of a stake as him.

Well the management staff have already been paid off, footballing staff will be changing at the end of the season too. Some player loans will expire without us taking up the option, i.e Kasanwirjo and Fernandes. Decks are already going to be quite clear. I know you're trying to be funny. But half way there 👍🏻

No it isn't, those are just the most obvious wastes of money. Revise that dud rate 👍🏻

We need to be winning leagues and competing in Europe for a business to make money out of us. Simple as that. Rangers don't make money limping along struggling to win things and being shite.

Certainly not when you pay 4.3m for Diomande and 4.5m for Oscar Cortes. Any future potential has been smashed by paying over the odds right now. Anyone trying to argue this genuinely give your head a wobble if you think Nils Koppen has improved us 😂 one of our worst seasons ever. Signed shite, signed crocked shite, overpaid for potential.

Igamane is the only player that will make us decent cash, IMO. Overall, none of them have really been good enough, and nothing right now says they will turn their Rangers careers into something meaningful. The scouting department at Rangers is pretty much nonexistent and the deals we have made, we paid beyond the outlay you'd want to for the level of talent we received. Nils Koppen has done nothing to convince me he is worth holding on to, and I'd imagine the new owners will have someone in mind who will fit with the manager they have in mind and the way they want us to operate.

No he hasn't. On both accounts. Name one signing he's made that is actually value for money? Bearing in mind we paid over the odds for the majority of his signings especially in Diomande, Cortes & Bajrami. We absolutely need to see first team quality signings, which he hasn't acquired, and of the crocked signings he had made we'll still be paying for in the summer! Punting him now would be ideal, complete refresh of the footballing department, with the short time Koppen has had, he has been crap. Move on and install their own preferences.

How? 😂 Signed crocked players, got us tied up in deals such as 4.5m for Cortes, none of his identified signings have in anyway improved Rangers. Hemorrhaged our money on garbage or crocked goods. Absolutely he should be moved on.