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Obviously, if they go the full monty, we should buy a bit of concrete, cement our balls and sue the SFA all the way (starting just ahead of the CL qualifiers). Thus, as it stands, UEFA will suspend all the SFA teams from European competition and I wonder how our friends in the SPL and media will like that. If they go the full monty that is ...

Green was and is the least of all evils ... but at the end of the day, it seems that he was the only "evil" in town, not to speak of "goods". It remains to be seen how "evil" he will be though. Right now, IMHO, the main resentment brought against him is that he is a) no Rangers man and b) a "businessman". We should remember though that Green is not Rangers in the way Whyte or SDM were.

Anyone checked what the case is somewhere else with regarding to football debts? While we could argue about those "honorary debts", that the oldco going out of business was again not the club's fault. It could well be that D&P can rake in some more money from Collier Bristow et al and pay the creditors a bit more, if that is possible under this non-CVA/newco version.

No doubt about that. As with storming the ramparts ... do they expect that these tens of thousand of Bears simply switch allegiance or melt away?

Have we received any information from UEFA just yet? The ban we suffered was for non-delivery of the accounts to the SFA, AFAIK. That's the one-year ban. The three your rule is no ban as such and we may well argue in months to come that we have a special case with Whyte and all his wrongdoings, since it was behind the clubs back. While the newco has to be registered anew with the SFA, the club as such has been member far longer, I take it?

Wasn't it said that if the SPL votes us out, the matter goes to the SFA? As I said before, they could - according to their guidelines - simply suspend membership for a season. That would ease their organization troubles and leaves us to find a friendlier Association - Northern Ireland may be. In the former case we would have to send all our players on loan though, or essentially are barred out of football altogether. Obviously, we would and should fight such a rule with teeth, claws and all ... as this punishement was a) deemed to harsh in the first place and b) would annihilate any precedent that we have seen in British football. And, BTW, I for one doubt that the Rangers support - ICF or not - would stood idly by and watch them do this.

The sooner they all declare how they will vote in public, the sooner the SFA, SPL, and SFL can start to enforce their league rebuilding programme. I still do not envisage it before the start of next season.

It leaves a sour taste in the mouth. First the timing, second the actualy deed. As I said before, they could simply signed up with the newco and then have left to pastures new. Now it looks their agents (the same, apparently) will see them joining up with an English club and what we probably had gotten as a transfer fee wanders into their and their agent's coffers. These people rode through the storm with us last season and earned their status as legends. Not greats, but legends. But now they destroy that moral knighthood with what comes down at the end of the day as simple greed.

I would assume that the SFL teams are in favour of such a voting, since it gives them more influence about the way the money in the Scottish game is shared. Some SPL may agree too, since it breaks the 11-1 vote the OF enjoys. They'll probably baulk at the 3-1 vote an SPL team gets, who would not? But again, I can't see this taking off for the upcoming season.

He and quite a few others should never set a foot into Ibrox again without paying for it. As for Thompson, no matter how he describes this, Hearts, United and Motherwell are the three sides which will profit most if Rangers are out of the equation. Since they will battle it out for European places and if the difference between finishing 2nd and 3rd is 800k (or somesuch), that is another reason not wanting to have us. Even if the vote goes against us, I would expect that some chairman come out and say that they voted "YES" (e.g. Motherwell), since they do not want our support to stay away once we are back in there.

Here's to you! (And do something to your eyes this coming year. You look terrible! )

The ever reliable tweets. I do assume that whether or not this is in accordance to TUPE, so far it is a technicality switching them over. No-one stops them from jumping ship now either, and I assume no-one will stop them either. Aluko's contract cannot be switch, AFAIK, since he's out of contract since June 1st anyway. Most of the press reporting is to stir up shyyte while we all wait what will be decided with regard to our league status. Thus, to keep their "Rangers in Crisis" headlines running, they whip up more hysteria with this. From FF:

While have no clue how fast this might be done, I doubt that it will be done over the summer.

That was not the point.

The topic has been covered and it is not yet July either ;-)

You and your "lies stuff". What sort of level-headedness is taught in school these days? And again, if a couple of players want to talk (Jig and Goian, methinks), so be it. The news would be the same: "What shall we say to you?" BTW, shall they phone all thirty with ifs, buts, and maybes just for the sake of it. If players want to reject their transfer, so be it. NO-one but their agents chases them away right now. The transfer window is open till the end of August, so what? Can't anyone (us included) wait till the players are back at Ibrox or Auchenhowie next week?

As far as I am aware, a couple have spoken to the press. That 2 out of 30? Again, there would only have been ifs and buts and maybes coming from both McCoist or Murray or Green. Their willingness to talk (the management that is) has always been there, unless I am mistaken. EDIT: BTW, SSN "understands" that ALuko is the other player not wanting to trasnfer. How could he be? He's out of contract, there's nothing to shift? And, of course, unless I am mistaken, he's in Nigeria now.

Honestly ... we have European football to look for! For each and every game they play should get some attention and if they start singing their IRA-oke, it should be reported to UEFA. They dragged us into the dirt, they had us fined, they do as they please. Time for taking it on the chin is over. New laws have been implemented and are in effect from this season onwards. There is a Terrorist Act 2006 to follow, and they will sing their songs nonetheless. We do not need FARe to see them in bother.

Maybe they want to talk to the manager first? IMHO, they throw a bit of fire among the pidgeons ... or has Sunday come early? Will expect some super-hot exclusives in the rags tomorrow. Or maybe not. Any player that stays on is a bonus.

On a sidenote though, irrespective about their hypocracy, a drop into Division 1 or SPL 2 or whatever will probably (!) benefit us in so far as the playing squad may decide to stay on. There's no European football anyway, the competition to most of the Div 1 teams ain't "much" different to what we have in the SPL, we get some respite from the constant press hassle and ... last but not least, we will actually see how the SPL fares without us. My main concern are the players though. We are better suited to attract players to Ibrox in Div 1 than Div 3 (if we are allowed to, that is) and to keep some of the personal, if they decide to stay on.

But, but, but ... we ought and need and must be punished! As it looks, "sporting integrity" has gained a new Scottish meaning, much like "sectarianism" and "bigotry".

Has Mad Joe been investigated and charged about his anti-Protestant twitter bile of late?

What would he have to tell them though? "Look, it is all ifs and buts and maybes, but I can ofer you this or that or perhaps the other"? Unless I am mistaken, the players were on holiday, as was the manager. They will all be there next week though. EDIT: Should the McCabe rumour be true, I'd feel let down. Especially by people we brought through the ranks. The minimal thing they could do is shift to the newco and move on after that, so the club that reared them gains some much needed compensation.

Just out of interest, are their contracts with Rangers FC or with Rangers Football Club plc? Maybe I am wrong, but the transfer to the newco is an offer. They'd still have a contract with the oldco, until it is liquidated, right?

Some naughty German fans put up the Greek team selection for this evening ... Most are self-explaining, the rest: - Pleitos would essentially be the same as Insolvenzos - Geldwegopolus = Moneygonopoplus