RANGERRAB

I'm sure Ron 'n' Reg would love to meet Stu, Neily 'n' Pete.

Remind me - who was in charge of LBG's Scottish business division when SDM 'sold' to Whyte ? Did they allow their footballing allegiances(and maybe religious & political too) to blackmail SDM into selling knowing full well what was likely to happen when Whyte got control ? certainly would have seemed to have helped their chosen club as things transpired did it not? Never trust these organisations because of their name.They're only as honest, transparent & trustworthy as who they choose to employ. Some good some not. We've found that out have we not?

challenged ? do you mean blackmailed ? you do know who was running LBG's Scottish business division at that time don't you? MIM had debts of £700m yet they seemed more concerned with Rangers' £18m debt. Wonder why?

During the second walter era the debt reached £30m or so. LBG had taken over HBOS and were putting the squeeze on MIM throughout as its debt neared £700m. Getting put out by KAUNUS in 2008 blew a massive hole in the finances from which I don't think we ever really recovered during SDM's time.We thought nothing of paying out millions for players who were duds. We cannot return to these ways again. Higher performances targets must be set for the Rangers manager. Getting put out of Europe by Kaunus, Malmo, Maribor etc at the qualifiers must be a sacking offence for the manager. It wasn't under SDM but should now be. Will the blazers & brown brogues' enfore it? probably not. I thought CG & co when they arrived raised the bar more than a little to which some of the jobs-for-the-boys brigade wouldn't be able to handle. With CG gone I hope we have someone to take on our enemies at the sfa/spl & mhedia. As yet I cannot see anyone. Mentioning the return of Bain was frankly just about the last thing I wanted to hear.

what about the shareholders? would they get a say in electing the president? they do own the holding company after all.

Anyone who thinks we've heard the last from CG is badly deluded IMO. Unless him, IA & their investors sell up I believe we'll see some sort of takeover bid once this Craig Whyte nonsense is past.

Green was hounded out by those on the board who wanted him & his guys out. I'm just not convinced those left will be able to take the club forward as we hope. There's a 'jobs-for-life' mentality setting in now starting with the team manager Once this Craig Whyte nonsense is over (and nothing gets proven) I'm convinced we'll see a takeover of some sort. I'm sure CG has more investors on his side than MM.

Bain? are you serious ? since when did a chef/male model qualify you as a Rangers Chief Exec.

How do you know that for sure ? Rangers need to become a properly run business.If it mean investors getting their rewards so be it if we're successful on & off the park. What's your alternative ? continue as we once were ? let's bring back all the Rangers men in their blazers & brown brogues. Let's not care if we get put out 7 cups in 18months. As long as we've got 'RANGERS MEN' then who cares eh ? if the manager wastes money we'll borrow more until we get it right. Don't worry about what the bank says. We need a club run like a proper business where highly paid individuals are responsible for company performance. Who would most likely get that - CG and co or the blazers and brown brogues? I know who I think would. At present the £750k p.a. manager is failing miserably btw.

I think they would survive. Just about every Rangers supporter I know wants a change of manager.

Can't see many renewing anyway after recent home defeats to Annan & now Peterhead. The product is dire and shows no signs of improvement. CG's biggest mistake was appointing WS to the board. It made getting rid of Ally extremely difficult if not impossible. I just don't buy into anything that says our off-field difficulties are affecting what we see on the pitch. As Ally says the club needs cleansed. I agree. Let's start with the management & coaching staff

Do you think we've hears the last of CG ? I don't. As someone pointed on RM you have to remember the investors at the share issue were his people more or less. Remember too both he & IA own around 13% shareholding. What's to stop him, IA & sufficient other shareholders forcing an EGM & replacing the Rangers board(including our invisible chairman) with themselves and whoever else they want on the board. They still do hold considerable power even after CG's departure on Friday. I,for one, would welcome this. We cannot & must not have a 'return of the brown brogues' as Bill McMurdo put it so well today in his blog i.e. people who believe that as Rangers men' it's their right to be in control of Rangers regardless of their performances

was the said signed form authentic ? it's Craig Whyte here remember

Was whyte ever a shareholder or director of sevco5088 ? if not all he has is a verbal promise - that would never stand up in court.

so why has Whyte waited until now to do this ? nothing to do with about to being declared a bankrupt fraudster?

All of them are compulsive liars when talking about us

Not disagreeing with you mate but as I say there are plenty people out to do whatever damage they can to us. Take CW's re-emergence as an example. If he really does have a claim on Rangers' assets why is he choosing to do so in the media rather than in a court of law ? and why do the mhedia give him the opportunity in their publications when they probably know it's all nonsense. How many of CW's legal actions involving Rangers have actually materialised? If you're meaning sorting out Rangers from a football perspective then I'd agree that needs done too. The way it would be done is open to debate. It would be a new manager for me but others may think otherwise.

Not all our problems are inhouse. There are plenty of people out there trying to do whatever damage they can to us. That's why we need a new CEO who'll actively go after these people & the organisations who employ them.

Liewell the least of our worries ? are you serious ? Liewell is our public enemy no1. Him & his cohorts actively tried to put us out of business altogether last summer. He's involved in the SPL & SFA trying to carve up the rule books (stop laughing please) to the advantage of his club & to the disadvantage of the rest, us in particular. How much did we get from SKY TV this season ? £10k was it? He's also got his appointed placemen inside the SFA e.g. Regan & Lunny doing his work for him and the nodding dogs in the SPL chairmen most of whom are too afraid to confront him until those 2 brave chairmen from St Mirren & Ross County finally stood up to him last week. Make no mistake the 12 12 18 was to be largely financed by Rangers TV money from the 18. We'd have no doubt got about £10k again which is a feckin' insult to put it mildly. Don't even get me started on the mhedia. Every national newspaper, radio station , TV channel has his people in them. Every single story no matter how trivial about us which can portray us in a bad light is cranked up to maximum effect to do whatever damage possible. Only good,positive stories about Septic are allowed. Quite frankly North Korea is more open & democratic than Scottish football is right now.

Mather would be a pushover for Liewell, Thompson, Petrie etc.......... A poor appointment is true. He's no experience of how Scottish football operates for a start. We need a big hitter prepared to take on Liewell and his chums. Gordon McKie would be my choice.

They do what Liewell expects of them. That's why Ross County & St mirren should be commended for what they did. Celtic's power at both the SFA & SPL is killing Scottish football. They are over-represented in both & other clubs are too afraid to confront this issue. Liewell doesn't give a damn about Scottish football so long as Celtic win the SPL every year & get access to the CL. Without Rangers in the SPL it becomes that bit easier for Celtic although the financial impact of this will kill the other SPL clubs in the long run as less revenue will affect the quality of player they can afford to have in their squads.

not for me. We need a no holds-barred street fighter prepared for the battles ahead.

Make no mistake it's vital we get the right person for this role. We can't afford to have another lightweight like Bain. Whoever gets it must realise that diplomacy doesn't work with the cretins we deal with in Scottish football. We needs someone who will take no prisoners. That's why I believe Gordon McKie is ideally-suited

Gordon McKie. Ex-SRU chief exec. last I heard of was Chief Exec of Hong Kong FA. Rangers man who's not afraid of confrontation. Would take on the SFA/SPL & Liewell, Petrie, Thompson etc no problem. Was Brian Kennedy's choice had he been successful in his takeover bid last year. We need a strong CEO not afraid to go there with our enemies. McKie would do just that. Martin Bain need not apply.

We don't know the full reasons for him going yet. Everything here just speculation