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If that is the case then I can see PM's fan ownership hitting the buffers before it even gets going. In these tough financial times the average rangers fan is struggling to pay his season ticket let alone forking out £1000 for a share in the club.

4 words David: Too little, too late!!

If he buys the club he will be very hands-off much like Sir Tom Farmer at Hibs. Not sure if that's a good or a bad thing but at least we will be run properly.

The worst manager in our history? Are you having a laugh?

Anger at the way the club has been run in the last three or four years.

Optimistic that with the right owner/owners coming in we can get the club on a solid financial footing off the park and remain successful on it.

Hopeful that this time next year we won't have the Big tax case hanging over us and we will have people in place at boardroom level that actually care about the club and that the fans will have a major say in the running of the club - either through a share issue or a members scheme.

Would rather see a fans ownership scheme rather than a share issue but this does mean that no one man will own Rangers - something that I welcome after the last few years.

Don't have any doubt that they all may be away in the summer but it doesn't take away from the tremendous gesture the players have made.

I think you've got to give Ally another season. This has been the most difficult in Rangers history and we have to allow IMO the Greatest Ranger in my lifetime a chance to get it right on the park.

Being a Terrorist loving scumbag is far more embarrassing than being in administration.

I do go on RM from time to time but yeah I get the point that the OP is making. Although I don't post on here that often I do enjoy reading through the articles as you get a broader view of various different issues and a difference of opinion isn't ended with the usual "Your a Tim/Pape/Beedrattler" etc stuff that you get on other forums.

Gersnet is small enough but it gives everyone a platform to talk about a broad range of issues surrounding the club - particularly stuff off-the-field and has varying different views without going over the top and the edjit Internet Hardman coming into play.

Was on RM earlier and saw this article. Makes for interesting reading.

DUTCH legend Ronald Koeman reckons Rangers can rise from the ashes of administration providing they place the same faith in youth development that helped Feyenoord escape the taxmanâ??s clutches.

The parallels between the Ibrox outfit and the Rotterdam giants are uncanny, both having been pushed to the brink of extinction through extravagant spending and a failure to meet the demands of the Inland Revenue despite attracting home crowds in excess of 40,000 every second week.

Feyenoord under Koeman are slowly easing their way back after a 10million euro tax bill and 40m worth of debt almost killed them off.

Only the generosity of fans, who raised 25m euro through a share issue, and the complete restructuring of the club to focus purely on home-grown talent has enabled one of Hollandâ??s biggest institutions to survive.

Feyenoord were forced to sell their best players to raise capital and placed a transfer embargo on themselves as they turned to the youth academy that now provides the first team with 80 per cent of its players.

Koeman believes that is the only option for Ally McCoist and Rangers as they try to find a way out of their current mess.

The Dutchman said: â??When a club is in financial trouble there is only one way forward for the manager and that is to work with the young talent. The academy is more important than ever.

â??We have almost 50,000 fans watching home games and if everybody is behind them there is so much you can achieve.

â??Financially we cannot compete now but the joy of the fans is even greater when they see their own boys on the field competing for titles.

â??I will not complain about a lack of funds because in football this is the way to go forward.

â??I knew what the situation was at this club when I arrived.

"I've won championships with Ajax and PSV and we had some big players but working with young talent is one of the best things I have experienced.

â??Patience is important but to wok with players from your own academy is inspiring.â?

Murray Park has had criticism for the lack of talent produced but it might be Rangersâ?? only chance of salvation in future.

After decades of spending beyond their means, Feyenoord found there was no quick fix.

And after flirting with relegation last term as the kids struggled to find their feet, they are now just seven points behind PSV at the top of the Dutch Eredivisie.

Marketing and communications director Ray Salomon said: â??Three years ago we spent 19m euro on wages and now itâ??s 11m.

â??We sold our best players to raise some money and started playing boys of 17 and 18 every week.

â??Results got worse to begin with so we hit rock bottom last year financially and on the pitch but itâ??s now coming together.

"We donâ??t buy anybody any more. Iâ??m not sure about Rangers, but we already had a good youth academy. It was voted the best in the world two years in a row so it was already a strong asset. To be honest, we were a bit surprised at how quickly the young players progressed.

â??Had the club not hit trouble, we might never have realised how good these guys are.â?

Fan loyalty faced the ultimate test at Feyenoord last season when, three days after a humiliating 10-0 loss to bitter rivals PSV Eindhoven, the worst result in their history, they faced a home clash with relegation rivals VVV Venlo.

It was akin to Rangers taking on Raith Rovers after being destroyed by Celtic.

Incredibly, the match was a 45,000 sell-out and after Feyenoord had won it, one of the supporters groups agreed to bail them out with an initial interest-free loan of 17m.

In Glasgow the Blue Knights are convinced they can perform the same role as the Friends of Feyenoord who stepped up to the plate in their clubâ??s hour of need.

Salomon said: â??You never know how the fans are going to respond but they have been magnificent.Given we are one of the traditional top three teams in Holland it was hard for supporters to accept. At a certain stage last year we were 15th in the league and in real danger of going down to the second division.

â??There was a lot of anger initially which was understandable but the majority of fans understood.

â??There has been a lot of patience asked of the fans.

â??Feyenoord is very much considered the team of the people in Holland. It is more than just a football club.

â??Just after we sold out the game with Venlo a group of wealthy fans called Friends of Feyenoord put 17m in to keep the club going.

â??That figure has now risen to 25m while the regular supporters also raised more than a million.

â??The aim is to reach 30m before September this year. This will give them 49 per cent of the shares.

â??Feyenoord can buy the shares back at the same price as soon as they start making a profit.

â??There is still a long way to go but we have halved our debt in the last three years.

â??The investors donâ??t get anything out of it apart from a parking space and a seat at the match.

â??Theyâ??re not in it for the money. They just want to help out the club. It was an awesome gesture.

â??It was also very important to involve the normal fans in what we were doing. They can buy mini shares which started at 10 euros and from that venture another million was also raised.

â??We still have a long way to go before we are clear of all the financial mess but at least we are going in the right direction.

Was surprised at this announcement to be honest. But I will definitely be going to this. Can't wait to welcome back the likes of Laudrup and Gascoigne back to Ibrox.

All those who are out of contract at the end of the season will go so that will be Papac, Bartley, Little, Aluko and a few others as well as those on a high wage and no sell-on value like McCulloch and Alexander.

Yeah thanks for that Mr Whyte - thanks for giving the supporters the chance to get shares in the club that you paid for with our money. Nothing more than a desperatation move to cling to power!

Two well known Tims embarrassing themselves on national TV = Great Success!!

Wasn't surprising to hear some of the bile coming from the Jungle Jims. Was in tears laughing at McGlone and Michael Kelly on Scotland Tonight discussing the issue. Complete and utter buffons.

It's clear that their hatred for Rangers runs much deeper than their love for their own club.

The fact that PAYE and VAT hasn't been paid since May frankly disgusted me but that's what happens when you have a Spiv in charge. We all know David Murray is to blame for 90% of the mess we are in but the way Craig Whyte has run our club since May is frankly despicable. This isn't just a run of the mill business this is Rangers Football Club - a Scottish institution. If he was a Rangers fan he would know of the proud traditions that we have.

Mystery American?? Christ they've now resorted to plucking stories out of the air.

I think his knighthood was given for services to business and not football so the chances of it being stripped from him is virtually nil.

Well said Frankie. The fan ownership scheme is a fantastic idea although I'm not sure if a members scheme like Barca and Hamburg or the 51+ model used by clubs in the Bundesliga would be the right way to go.

Would rather have Paul Murray in charge than Craig Whyte. Having Whyte in charge is like having Del Boy in charge of a huge Scottish institution!

Fan-based model is what we should be striving. A membership scheme on top of season ticket money and all of the other sponsorship deals would be an excellent way of going forward.

Like I've said in another thread it's time for Paul Murray and all these big money men to step up and play - if it includes all us normal punters than all the better. We have to put pressure on the administrators to Craig Whyte out of Rangers FC. The man is a complete and utter spiv! It's like having Del Boy in charge of the bloody club!!

Well now is the time for all these so called multi-millionaire Rangers men to step forward. If they don't well they shouldn't darken the doors of Ibrox. Us normal punters don't have the finance to take on such a huge institution - they do. I know if I was in that situation and had say £100 million in the bank while my team was going to the wall I wouldn't be able to sleep at night.

Anyone knows whether the Motherwell membership scheme works well? At least in terms of their fanbase, of course.

I don't think its off the ground yet mate but fan ownerships are the norm in countries like Germany and Spain. No reason why it couldn't work here.