charltonman

Signed and shared .

What's he in hospital for ? Hopefully nothing trivial

He's not mentally stable enough to play against them.

Guys , thanks for an informative thread ...I'm at work so just peeking at it behind work stuff. Very thorough. Gersnet easily the best forum .

I wonder if Mike Ashley is going to keep his shareholding at the same level to stay under the SFA rules , but get RIFC to issue Corporate Bonds instead of shares . He could buy them and be effectively the owner through the terms of the loan , have his small shareholding so he stayed on the right side of SFA and that'd be us done up .

How did this story get into the Record ? I've no doubt that its true ( which is a bloody horrible way to feel ) but who gains from revelling in the clubs humiliation this way . Its like watching an old pissed jakey looking through the bins on Argyle Street.

"Charnley also believes the former Inverness and Hearts man should have been binned when it was revealed in August, 2013 that he had been caught betting against Rangers in a game he had played in." . Thats what did it for me with Black . Should have been sent packing on the spot.

Excellent post Sir .

Merry Christmas guys . Look forward to catching up again soon.

Thanks for very imformative thread guys . Do we need something to cheer us up or what ......

Is it possible that he has gone before the AGM to protect his reputation ? Having a basket case like Rangers on your CV is not going to endear you other companies looking for non Execs.

Jackson suggesting to me on Twitter that he was voted off by the rest of the board.

 

Dont we called that a "Harris-ing" these days ?

The team that dogs together , wins together

Thanks BH and the other Gersnet'rs . Me and Alison had a great time . Good to meet you all .

If he's not a guest of her majesty just now , will BH be inviting him to the dinner ?

I've got all 61 and all of Steele the other series he wrote

I'd like a lift with my two guests , but happy to hoof it from the subway.

Wasnt that what I was arguing last time around .....if that was the case then surely Ashley and fans interests are aligned . I thought that there was an opinion that a mediocre Rangers would be good enough ?

I think Derek LLambias will be very important in this . I'm guessing he's at ibrox most days , he'll be tapped into the social media.

If he thinks that the boycott/stay away thing is an "existential threat " to his guvnors money ( notwithstanding the security etc) he might advise Ashley to pull the plug on further funding and we could crash and burn before the share offering ( could we?).

That said he's probably in a position to use that as a threat to other shareholders , sell out to me or I'll pull the plug and you'll get hee haw. Like a baddy in a western cutting of the water supply to the poor wee widows ranch.

So he'll do a formal risk assessment.

Totally respect Gunslingers and Zappas view but I'm not sure if DL would be able to say to Ashley " do X, y and Z " and they'll all come back, because that list of things is going to get longer and longer as time goes on . The more fans stay away the more difficult its going to be to get them back off the golf course, out the pub, off the x-box or the missus.

Ditto if we ( the fans) decide to destroy the club and start again ......I'm not sure the vast majority would have the appetite .

No easy being a bear eh ?

The answer is simple. Whoever owns us will have to.win the SPL and that will cost them serious cash. That will bring people back in droves no matter who they are and failure to do so will cost anyone fans.

 

Who owns us is immaterial its their actions that matter.

 

That applies to Dave king, Jesus, Ashley and the pope just the same.

Wouldnt the pope have the same problem as Ashley , two clubs and all that ?

[. If you are you can remove me from office without due process.

Don't worry BH , nobody could handle another 50 page thread about you being hoofed. we'll just have you bumped off , there must be a local Govan hit man that'd do a 2fer1 deal with you and googly eyes.

Its like two different worlds eh ? Ally's and the real one

http://www.ibroxnoise.co.uk/2014/11/why-rangers-fans-need-ally-to-go.html

When Rangers dropped a diabolical two points at home to fourth-bottom Alloa, the majority of fans reacted with bedlam and horror. The overriding sense was that manager Ally McCoist had put out a team with absolutely no spark or passion, and that the display was a pathetic, meagre, and unacceptable performance worthy of scathing criticism.

I felt like I was about the only fan willing to cut McCoist a little slack, which was in itself bizarre given my general stance of willingly providing a torrent of negatives about his credentials. My case was essentially that one draw in ten matches was itself not the end of the world; that two goals conceded in 600 minutes and a run of victories including one over St Johnstone had been rather prematurely and unfairly dismissed because of this one bad result and display.

Fast-forward to Saturday and once again, another bad result had fans overwhelmingly asking for Ally’s head. This time I had to agree.

It was the head-to-head title decider v Hearts, the top-of-the-table clash which had been described as ‘must-win’ given the Ibrox men’s 6 point deficit in the race for first place.

The hype about this match had been tempered somewhat with the usual off-field shenanigans which surround the Club these days, but once match day arrived it was all (temporarily) forgotten and fans waited with baited breath for McCoist’s team selection.

The reaction to its release was abject misery. Mohsni, the flamboyant, eccentric and slightly temperamental defender had been brought in from the cold to replace a ‘not-quite match fit’ Richard Foster, with McGregor shifted out to his less favoured RB position to accommodate the Tunisian. Once again, absolutely no sign of Lithuanian stopper Marius Zaliukas, and Foster was curiously enough on the bench.

The other decision which had fans scratching their heads was the inclusion of Ireland’s Jon Daly at the expense of Boyd. Yes, he had had major impact as a sub in recent matches, and Boyd’s form was not sparkling, but it was a curious change to make for such a big match. ‘Freshening things up’ was how Ally put it, and it was certainly a gamble.

And, in total truth, on the pitch Rangers showed a side of their game rarely seen this season – passion. It was a high-octane dominant display, with the defence rarely tested as the likes of Nicky Law (his best display since September last year) pressed high and constantly caused trouble at Neil Alexander’s goal. Indeed, even beyond Steven Smith’s unfortunate red card (I have definitely seen worse tackles than that) 10-man Rangers still held their own, and even continued to threaten to take the lead.

The problem was no goal came, and Daly was the one player having a really bad day, committing foul after foul and failing to get anything on target. Then the opening goal came, but unfortunately it was for the hosts, and fine goal though it was, it was not scored on merit.

But these things happen – and this moment was where McCoist was truly tested. And just like his failure in 2011 to compensate for losing Steven Naismith and the subsequent loss of a 15-point lead in the SPL, he was unable to make the right changes here to fix what remained a promising situation. Yes, Hearts had scored, but they were not the best team, and a few tweaks to 10-man Rangers and the visitors could at least have accrued a point out of this fixture.

The first change was completely understandable – Miller, having been booked, was vulnerable to a second yellow, so got hauled. Problem was it was Foster who replaced him.

This left Daly as Rangers’ only striker in a match where a goal was desperately needed. Yes, there was quite a ‘stramash’ as the visitors came agonisingly close to getting the equaliser, but the fact is luck was not there and neither were the tactics.

Why Miller did not get replaced with Clark (like for like) is beyond me – McCoist was completely unwilling to take the risk of going two strikers when down to ten men, despite the fact that a risk was essential to try to glean something from this match.

Instead McCoist appeared to be going damage limitation, then committed his second ludicrous sin. He brought on a striker – for Rangers’ best player, Lewis Macleod. Yes, it is fair to say young Macleod was not having one of his better matches, but you quite simply do not take off your finest asset when you desperately need a spark of inspiration. It seemed to suggest that Ally does not trust Macleod when the chips are down, and even stranger was his choice of bringing in out-of-form Boyd to replace him.

So now we had Daly and Boyd – one having a wretched match, one with no form at all.

Then on 80 minutes Clark finally made his entrance, at the expense of Daly.

It was just too late for the former QotS man to make a difference. In fact, thanks to a clumsy challenge from Ian Black in the box after all the subs had been made, a conceded penalty (albeit a slightly harsh one) compounded matters worse and made the match completely irretrievable.

The fact is no one blames Ally for Smith’s red card – it was a bad call from referee Thomson, especially as he only booked Miller for a near-identical tackle. What McCoist does hold responsibility for is not making the right changes at the right time.

The biggest ‘joke’ was fans’ reaction to his constant arm-folding. If arm-folding was the only thing needed to be a manager, McCoist might just be the finest around. His unfortunate expressions of cluelessness and procrastination in times of need seems to sum his management up.

This match was there for the taking, but negative substitutions at the wrong time was not the way to clutch it.

A poll after the match found 72% of Rangers fans would like McCoist to end his tenure as boss. It has been likened to the dark days of John Grieg’s time at the helm, when 5 years elapsed before the Greatest Ranger knew the game was up and admirably stepped down.

9 points adrift of Hearts and the league title now out of Rangers’ hands would force the conclusion that McCoist is not the man to close the gap.

Posted by Ibrox Noise at 10:33

Simply the Brand eh? ......I'll give Tina a heads up if she pops into my local tonight. She likes a wee light and bitter before her kebab on a thursday .

From the nostalgia range ?