RANGERRAB

We cannot let these people walk all over us. They hate us but want us to subsidise them via a SKY deal which shows more of our games than theirs but which we get peanuts from. That is unfair and cannot continue. We must be prepared for a summer of battles with the football authorities in this country.

How can budget be cut if he's talking about signing players for Sept 1st?

We might be where the money comes from but what control do we have over this ? it's the SKY money which we bring in. We need to sabotage this SKY deal with whatever it takes. Rangers must not subsidise Scottish football any longer after they showed us what they thought of us last year. Time for revenge on these people.

What's the difference between compensation & a transfer fee then?

good news but when can we sign him ? SEPT1? is there a transfer fee involved ? surely that would mean waiting til JANUARY 2014 Wish the lad well but IMO the 2 main areas we need to strengthen ASAP are CB & MF creativity. Presume we're looking here too ?

they might not invite us but from a commercial viewpoint they can't do without us. Without our money they shouldn't be getting from the SKY deal they'd be up shitcreek............ They're parasites in every sense of the word. Something needs done about this pronto. Longmuir needs to get his act together or the SFL will cease to exist altogether. Make no mistake the SPL are intent on being THE single league body in Scottish football. They must be stopped at all costs.

What's happened to JT's book?

We're seen as a soft touch. That is the problem. We had a CEO who was prepared to stand up for the club but he's gone now. I know nothing about Craig Mather but he's got one hell of a job on his hands I think. Rangers are subsidising the SPL parasites via the SKY deal and other commercial contracts. This has got to stop.

It's now a question of waiting & seeing what the rest of the SFL & Longmuir do now. Will they roll over and simply accept the SPL as the ruling body in Scottish football ? because if this goes thro' then the balance of power will have switched over to the SPL who'll have more clubs than the SFL. The SFL's existence may be under threat. I hope that the SFL may at long last grow a pair and sabotage the SKY deal which basically involves an SFL associate member club(Rangers) subsidising SPL clubs via the SKY deal whereby the SPL gets a disproportionate share of the TV money based on viewing figures. Will they let this continue ? They should tell the SPL(&their SFA partners in crime) they want to withdraw from the current SKY deal and renegotiate their own. Just see what would happen then.

Where is the wealth ? that's an easy one. It's the TV money Rangers won't get. All these parasite clubs (such as Hamilton) are desperate to get their hands on it.

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 ?