RANGERRAB

This is the bit I don't understand. It must be connected to the SKY deal in some way or another

Good points. Especially the one about the future viability of the SPL. As I see things the SPL could face 3 major cash demands in the months ahead:- 1)harper mcleod's legal bill for the EBT commission 2) BDO for our prize money last season 3) linisi pub chain's recent claim for damages I'd reckon these come to between £3.5 - £4m which is money I don't think the SPL has got. I also believe the SFL could, in theory, start a league with ourselves in it & invite teams into it, particularly the ones in financial difficulty and promise them No penalties or punishment i they went in to admin or worse.

In this country we've national newspapers trying to produce exclusives where there really isn't news at all. I do not believe Whyte has any control or influence in our club today and he never again. I believe we're seeing the last acts of a desperate man who knows he's facing a jail sentence in the no too distant future. I'd rather these publications concentrated their efforts on finding out the truth in how Whyte managed to get control of Rangers from SDM. Was SDM blackmailed ? if so by whom & for what reasons ? was it the two chancers at LBG ? I'd much prefer us to get back to discussing the football side of things because what we're watching at present simply isn't acceptable & CG must decide sooner or later if he's to allow Ally to bring new out-of-contract players this summer with a view to registering them on September 1st

A bit like a boxer claiming to be world champion without fighting his nearest challenger.........

If this reconstruction does go through I can't see the SFL simply handing over the 18 club league to the SPL without a fight. And I can't see CG being happy about us continuing to subsidise the SPL via the SKY deal and whatever else. There's a lot still to happen yet IMO

But it won't help viewing figures without OF games will it? SKY are a subscription service first & foremost. Viewing figures are crucial to them. And if the 12-12-18 goes ahead who runs the 18 team league ? the SPL ? can't see the SFL & CG giving this up without a fight.

How will reconstruction help SKY's viewing figures ? Makes no sense to me

on the excuse of a radio station Radio Scotland tonight Chris Graham magnificently destroyed both Speirs the no mark so-called journalist and English the Irishman who scribbles for the Scotsman. But my point is that shouldn't our handsomely paid Mr Traynor be doing this instead of the afore-mentioned Chris Graham? Week after week it's open season on this programme. Have they nothing else to talk about? It's true what young Bill McMurdo constantly states in his daily blog that there's really only one show in town isn't there?

going back the the original OP about planning a shake up, what will have changed now under the new regime is if someone within Rangers offers someone like Sandaza a 4 year deal on a vastly over-inflated salary then he manages a mere 2 goals in first season, then that someone will be held responsible and shall take the consequences. The days of easy money at Rangers are over from top to bottom.

To marginalise & bully Ross County & St Mirren that'll be their next move. I don't understand why this reconstruction is so vital ? it may well be to do with the SKY contract but I'd have thought SKY would be insisting we were in the top flight next season because without us there's little for them in Scottish football.

Wonder who's behind all this ? Whyte doesn't own a penny of Rangers now. Do I detect the usual elements within the mhedia up to their tricks again ? CG 's statement last week about the SPL trading whilst insolvent would have ruffled more than a few feathers I'd guess. Is this attempted payback time i.e. a made-up story about Whyte owning part of Rangers. Don't think so. Try harder next time bhoys.............

Thought this wasn't resolved yet? How can SFA impose this ? So wee Specky McLaughlin still claiming club was placed into liquidation. Club was 'sold' It's SFA licence transferred from oldco to newco hence history continued. As yet nothing has been liquidated. The oldco is simply an empty corporate shell with £5.5m in its account. All its assets have been transfered to newco.

Later this year the above-mentioned will be 12 years old. I wonder how many of us regard it as a success ? As I recall it was to provide the first team with proper 21st century training facilities(instead of being bussed around Glasgow to train at various locations since the Albion became a car park) and to provide us with a conveyor belt of young talent groomed from our scouting network ready to step into the first team when ready thus saving a fortune in transfer fees. To go back to the title I wonder what CG makes of it when he watched the recent SFL3 performances? players unable to do basics like passing accurately to nearby team-mates, players taking setpieces unable to clear the first defender, players constantly losing possession under no pressure, players unable to do basic defending - I could go on and on. As for youngsters breaking into the first team I don't genuinely think we've produced any who have reached a decent level in the game since the likes of Alan McGregor, Alan Hutton, Charlie Adam etc, all of whom must be nearing 30 now. Has our scouting network dried up ? Or simply not good enough as Neil Murray's departure may suggest? When I look over to the other side of Glasgow I see a scouting network which seems vastly superior to ours. I was always cynical about Murray Park regards youth development but I've become even more cynical in recent months after watching some of the first team's performances of late. I wonder what CG makes of it? I'm not suggesting it gets shut down or anything but it's got very high running costs (around £2m per year I believe) which may need to be reduced somehow unless it starts paying its way more effectively than at present

Only time will tell. I do hope whoever gave Sandaza that 4 year deal is out the door.

Is he getting rid of under-achievers & non-contributors?

I reckon Ally has until January at the very latest for there to be a vast improvement in team performances. The current status quo simply can't continue which is torture to watch. If he is to make a success of being Rangers manager(assuming he's there for next season) he has to think long & hard about the players he wants to bring in. He must get players we genuinely need for specific positions in the team rather than just bringing in players who are available at the time as happened last summer. That left us woefully short in positions such as MF & CB.

What about the Stirling Albion players forearm smash on McKay two weeks ago ? was nothing done about that ?

Whyte is nothing more than a Walter Mitty type character with an appalling business record. We need to know just how he got Rangers in the first place. Was SDM blackmailed into selling to him by the 2 bhoys at LBG at that time? And at what point did Regan's SFA discover he wasn't paying PAYE/NI over to HMRC ? and why did Regan's SFA do nothing ? and,of course, why did our chums at HMRC allow him to go months without paying over the PAYE/NI ? If only we had proper investigative journalists in this country............

Two areas which will almost definitely come under scrutiny regards restructuring are the Scouting network(or lack of it) & the youth system at Murray Park. It would be foolhardy in my opinion for anyone to suggest these 2 areas have performed at an acceptable level for a number of years now. There simply has to be vast improvement in both in future.That will almost certainly mean personnel changes. Remember too that when CG & his consortium took over no one was forced out immediately. Almost everyone got their same jobs in the newco presumably on the same terms. Now nearly one year on it's maybe time to take stock of the business and make changes where it is deemed necessary with a view to improving the business. This goes on in companies all over. Rangers are no different in that respect. As supporters we have to hope these changes are for the better and we should support them where they are having the desired effect

Restructuring needs to take place throughout the club(call it job cuts if you like). Too many people have had it too easy for too long getting easy money. We need a club with higher performance targets for everyone employed within Rangers. Those who can't meet those targets should be replaced where necessary. As for Sandaza I'm afraid he didn't exactly look committed to Rangers as per his phonecall hoax. His sum total of 2 goals this season bears testimony to that.

As I see it the SPL may face cash demands from at least three sources:- 1) Rangers prize money from last season. Whether payable to oldco or newco it is rumoured to be around £1.7m. Has it been paid ? 2) This Harper McLeod bill for the EBT investigation £500,000 3) The legal action supposedly being brought by Harry Hood's Lisini for £1.7m from last week. Is this why CG has allegedly accused the SPL of being 'technically insolvent'. I'm no accountant but I don't think the SPL has a prayer of paying these plus whatever else it might owe

why aren't they?

I read somewhere he's wanting something like 10 players for next season. Would you risk letting him bring in an amount like that?

another disappointing aspect over the past few months is the sudden loss of form by the young players such as McKay, Crawford, Aird etc.

Regards holding the aces, CG must demand to see the SKY contract from last summer which Liewell & Dumbcaster don't seem to want anyone to see. Why is that ? does it contain clauses & sub-clauses about Rangers ? It'll be interesting to see exactly how much SKY & ESPN pay out at the end of the season. For example, will the amount be linked to the viewing figures throughout the season ?