Mountain Bear
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Yup, I was impressed initially that he bothered to engage in dialogue with a "random", but I wasn't too surprised with the end result. Hedge funds don't "do" sentiment, but they "do" return on investment.
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Kingsnorth engaged with me in a bit of email dialogue before the last AGM. He seemed to agree then that some form of compromise with the Requisitioners would be a good thing, but of course he voted against them in the end.
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Is that the noise of a PR gravy train sliding to a halt?
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Lots you can do to inconvenience Ashley. You could get 100 Bears all buying a handful of Sports Direct shares and then (legally) disrupting their AGM for a start.
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Have to disagree with you on that mate. Any business that doesn't listen to its customers is taking a big risk and while these protests won't damage Sports Direct, they at least send a message about what the fans will / won't stomach at Ibrox. If the day to day hassle Ashely had to deal with concerning Rangers outweighs the perceived benefits to SD from the onerous contracts, then he'll walk.
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I congratulate you on your Indefatigability BH. Perhaps Dave's speech could feature a section on mobile banking payment options in the 21st century? Some Gersnetters might learn a thing or two [emoji6] -
Keith Jackson: Another Rangers war doesn't make sense..
Mountain Bear replied to ian1964's topic in Rangers Chat
I'd be happy with genuine fan influence rather than full ownership - the ability to call an EGM, block asset sales etc. That is profoundly achievable. -
Now, if he was prepared to underwrite a FO purchase of a 25% stake in the Club, I'd forgive him...
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Merely a sticking plaster over a gapping wound, I agree. But you've got to ask why, if you're bleeding to death and someone has got your sticking plasters, they won't give them to you.
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Whoever the mystery individual is (if indeed there is one at all), atonement is a much more acceptable motivation than greed when it comes to investors in Rangers. Either SDM or McColl would be infinitely preferable to what we've got today!
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Ashley could of course pay Rangers a dividend from the retail JV...
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"...fan hitting the shit". Lol, worth reading for that line alone.
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Perhaps not today Zappa (although his family trust has purchased a surprising amount of his pre-crash assets from the various joint ventures with the Bank). McColl didn't put his hand in his pocket when he could have rescued us, but does he have anything substantive to make "amends" for?
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Large shovels full of salt required, but "someone very powerful wanting to make amend's" can only be a SDM reference, surely?
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Anything to do with Ashley for a start...
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Rangers demand apology over Livi programme article
Mountain Bear replied to ian1964's topic in Rangers Chat
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it." Joseph Goebbels -
Vote for Gersnet in the Football Blogging Awards
Mountain Bear replied to Frankie's topic in Rangers Chat
Done. Get that black tie looked out now! -
Indeed. To be the majority shareholder in a Joint Venture and to have precisely zero influence over the distribution of the receipts of that JV, is a quite staggeringly stupid deal to make. Unless there were other "incentives" on the table that we don't know about of course...
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Rangers demand apology over Livi programme article
Mountain Bear replied to ian1964's topic in Rangers Chat
I'd favour a one-off boycott for each Club that does this kind of stuff. The others would soon get the message and suddenly Chairmen would make the time to read the draft programme before it goes to print. -
Rab, I'm not defending or criticising LBG, I'm saying that Manus Fullerton wasn't even involved, far less calling the shots; there was no anti Rangers cabal at work and no-one was "found-out". If you seriously think a partly state owned FTSE 100 bank would consider crystallising a £750m debt with no hope of recovering anything like that amount from the assets, just so that a couple of senior employees could pursue their personal agendas with a Scottish football team, then you'll believe anything.
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I'm very familiar with AJ's frustrations regarding LBG. My point is a narrow one: there was no "Celtic Minded" conspiracy and Manus Fullerton wasn't involved with the Rangers FC relationship. If you've read anything from AJ which contradicts that specific point, please do share it.
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Fair enough DB. Let me clarify - he had no influence at all.
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He means Manus Fullerton and he is 100% wrong. That individual did not run LBG's Scottish Business Division and would have had no legitimate influence in any decisions relating to Rangers / SDM. That is a fact.
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Ibrox will be silent ..................
Mountain Bear replied to 26th of foot's topic in Rangers Chat
Getting rid of that dirge of a song would be the icing on the cake. Time for a grown up anthem that doesn't obsess about our Auld Enemy. -
If you meant that it was very funny! Btw GS, I believe spelling Alloa wrong gets you a lifetime ban...