Blue Moon

According to Rangers Review it is a portion of the £20M, money set aside this last season and money from player trading.

Dear AI, those other players also played alongside far superior players compared to those Tavernier played with.

To blame Tav for all the ills the team has suffered is to ignore the turbulence the club went through in 2012 and since. We lost most of our decent players and have been playing catchup since. It is ignoring the poor quality of many of our signings, the lack of funds, the spivs draining money out of the club, flip flopping on sporting director model, giving the money to Beale etc etc. One of the constants throughout most of that has been Tav and I doubt he will have what it takes to play every game and if that is the case he won't. I believe we owe him our gratitude and respect.

As it appeared Russell Martin was going to be appointed I removed myself for a couple of days to contemplate the reality of where we are at. Let's face it we were dangerously near to being in big trouble as a club financially and possibly in a state of terminal decline. I welcome the takeover as a last chance saloon. They have made it clear the investment won't be off the scale and there is no short term fix to building the club back up again and I appreciate that and accept that. In that context is Russell Martin the level of manager we can afford? I supect that most of the names that were bandied about were above the level of our affordability. We've hired decent managers in Gio and Clement and been unable to provide them with the tools to do their best job. The mismanagement of the board is well document in that respect. Similarly Russell Martin will rise or fall largely on the quality of players we bring in which in turn will depend on finally getting rid of the no hopers we currently have and how much we get for them. I will get behind their efforts. My hopes for this season are to get through the CL qualifiers (for the money) and to see improvement on the park and signs of real progress. Anything short of the League will be a massive red flag all round. My realism didn't last too long.

These would be the fans requirements but I would like to hear the Boards ambition in the short and long term.

I must look as though I am always browsing but on the contrary, I open up windows in the morning and leave them open all day.

He has no European experience.

Getting further in Europe would finance better players and managers.

I do love the TIFOS. There is a much more conciliatory tone in that statement.

I am dreading Martin getting the job. I can understand to some extent he appears to be less of a risk but I can't bear the thought of another Clement, playing the ball about at the back, wedded to a philosphy and stubbornly refusing to change it. I would prefer to take the risk with Ancelotti.

Tuesday.

Time to cash in and replace him with better.

I like Diomande. I feel at times this year he has had too much to do and the pressure shows. I think he would do an awful lot more with better players around him. Given he has a long contract I wouldn't sell him unless for a lot of money.

Booooo

That is dripping in hate.