RANGERRAB

What makes everyone so sure we're going to get an invite to SPL2 or whatever it's to be called? so long as the SPL have got our TV rights then I don't think they could give a damn what league we play in. It could be a sunday morning pub league for all they care about us. What I've been saying on here for ages is that reconstruction is all about Rangers subsidising the rest of scottish football via the SKY deal. If this SPL2 goes ahead without us then Longmuir's SFL needs to ensure that the SFL get a much greater share of the SKY deal. The only reason these SFL clubs are doing this is to get their hands on the more money the SPL promised them - subsidised by Rangers of course

Taking its time all of this is it not ?

Are we still pursuing these players for breach of contract ?

we need to realise if things go as they now appear to be going then by the time we return to the top the SPL (or whatever it'll be called by then) will be carnage. Let's be honest, the SPL clubs were bullied into voting us out by Liewell, Petrie, Thompson & whoever represents Aberdeen. From a business viewpoint it is absolute madness. They've no sponsor to replace the CB and who knows how much less their secretive TV deal pays. Without Rangers the SPL is one horse-race & a busted flush. It's not worth a monkeys. What mustn't be allowed to continue to happen though is Rangers subsidising the SPL via the TV deal when playing SFL teams. That money must remain in the SFL and Longmuir must get his finger out to do so. There won't be a merger of the 2 league bodies next season(it was actually a takeover) so all the more reason for the SFL to get a bigger share of TV money with Rangers in it & less money for the SPL. Sounds fair to me. The only way we could consider being fast-tracked to a new top division would be if very severe conditions were met. We'd all have strong opinion on these conditions I'm sure

I'm sure Ally will be manager next season but he has to realise that the clock is ticking. There needs to be serious improvement to what we've watched this season or else he'll be gone by Christmas/ New Year when the embargo will be fully lifted. I'm one of those who believe a better manager would have got more out of the squad we had this season. There were players who were in contention for the SPL player of the season the previous season who looked totally out of place in this season's Rangers side. Why was that ? these players didn't suddenly become poor or mediocre players did they ? And Ally badly needs 3 or 4 good bosman signings this summer. He needs to identify positions which need strengthening i.e. CB & MF creativity and get players for those postions who'll improve things. What he musn't do is simply sign who's available like he did last summer.

Exactly. Anyone any idea of the timescale for this investigation ?

I've said before & I'll say again..................this is all about Rangers subsidising the rest of Scottish football. Reconstruction is a red herring. It's all about the SPhell taking over the SFL i.e. a takeover not a merger and gaining access to Rangers TV rights because SKY are unfortunately not in the least bit interested in televising the likes of SPL games such as ICT vs St Johnstone much longer. And here's an even bigger problem ......... SKY aren't interested in televising Rangers against SFL2 & SFL3 teams for much longer either. They want Rangers back in the top division playing against the Dhims, Hertz, Abergreen etc. And today's meeting of the SPhell chairmen produced nothing definitive because they haven't got the balls to go back and give SKY any concrete plans for next season in case SKY try to renegotiate the existing secretive deal (which no one except Liewell & his trusted allies like Petrie & Thompson get to see) or they walk away altogether. There will be get-out clauses and such like in this deal. What happens now is we'll try to muddle along until the new season starts and hope SKY stay onboard (because SKY are the biggest financial contributor to Scottish football) and maybe throw in a couple of play-offs which frankly SKY will probably laugh at. If not the bottom falls out of Scottish football (or the SPL go bust)and all 42 clubs get allocated leagues to play in by the SFA. (hopefully Regan not involved) Scottish football is doomed ah tell ye. DOOMED

Well said mate. Couldn't agree more with what you said there. Pity others can't or won't see it.

So ticketus( who have already lost around £20m to Whyte because of him buying us) indirectly spend millions more owning us thro' other companies via a share issue ??? sorry, not buying that.

I think he'd have sold them & made himself a nice little profit. Failing to get to the CL groups blew a hole in his plans too. That would have been ticketus paid off.

the BTC was sent to us May 2010 or thereabouts. He would still have had influence whether in government or not.

I 'd always thought Whyte's grand plan was to get a debt-free Rangers back post administration & sell it on and be seen as some sort of hero who'd wiped out all debts including the BTC. That was why he'd wanted his own choice of administrators. However he couldn't get the club back after the non-payment of taxes & everything else he'd done.I'd have thought Paul Murray might have mentioned something along these lines too. However I'm unfortunately a cynic who believes everything was one big massive set-up masterminded by someone well known to us who got both LBG to play their part by putting the financial squeeze on us despite bank debt almost halving and getting HMRC to chase a fictitious EBT debt which never existed & latterly to allow Whyte non-payment of taxes over a period of time running up a multi-million pounddebt. The result was a paralysed club no one would touch with a bargepole except one man whom LBG(and we know who was running their Scottish business division then don't we ?)maybe forced SDM to sell to. We all know what happened next. Who masterminded this ? perhaps a certain former labour cabinet minister with connections to the east end of our city now in the house of lords used his influence don't you think ? I bet he'd got contacts in HMRC for a start. Not to mention the SFA of course and to ask at what point they knew Whyte wasn't paying tax and what action they took.....or not as the case may be.

Who's to say things won't change ? he's not exactly adored at Newcastle is he ? and after watching them last night I'd say they're right in relegation contention. If they were to go down again and the Newcastle supporters turned against him who knows what might happen ? might give him the perfect excuse to put them up for sale & ditch them then take over Rangers where he'd be more welcome probably

If King and/or McColl attempt a takeover I wonder what Mike Ashley will do? Could he make a move too? he could easily buy Ranges if he wanted

I see the latest idea being put up is for play-off between the SPhell & SFL1 ................BIG WOWEEEEEEEEEE !!!! that will really get everyone excited won't ? And would the traditional 'bottom half' SPL clubs be daft enough to vote for this & increase their relegation risk and end up like Dunfermline ?

It was actually the CEO of one club who have been massaging their home attendances all season who are looking at ways of increasing revenue as a result. I just don't see it happening in Scotland as the police would probably be against it.

they still play the victims card whenever they can. It's in their DNA

there's no one at Ibrox now who'd sack him. That's a problem we now have. How bad does the football need to get before either he sees sense & calls it a day or someone (no idea who) from inside Rangers would gather support & ask him to go. I don't believe these players are as bad at times as they're showing. A better manager would have got a lot more out of them, in particular the underperforming ones

their plans can be summed up - Rangers subsidising Scottish football via TV deals & other commercial deals.

I think he'll get until the end of this year but things must improve dramatically if he's to stay beyond then. By then the registration embargo will have ended so that would no longer be the obstacle to getting a new manager as it might be at present

just wonder where exactly we're heading now ? I'm convinced Dave King will attempt a take over now his troubles in SA seem to have eased considerably. Think he'll probably be trying to get support from the likes of Douglas Park and others. I believe he'll need special SFA permission (as it's within 5 years of an insolvency) but he should get that because he'd absolutely nothing to do with what went on with Whyte. Any thoughts ?

I wouldn't bet against this 12-12-18 being brought back. The carrot being dangled to the wee diddy clubs was us in the 18 and the SPL parasites taking our TV money i.e. Rangers subsidising Scottish football. This must be resisted at all costs. Our new CEO will have his work cut out early doors and this will determine how big(or how little) a success he'll be.

If its 12-12-18 we must ensure we're not in the 18. That would mean we'd got no promotion.

And their scouting system too. Ours simply won't do & hasn't been good enough for some time now. We need to copy clubs who buy low & sell high but to do that you need a top notch global scouting system.

We've a £7m wage bill as I understand. Be interesting to see a breakdown of that wage bill. How much is playing staff ? Paying a manager £750k in SFL3 is ridiculous is true.