RANGERRAB

no chance of that. It would have been spent long ago by the corrupt SPL cabal

I realise I'm in a minority on here but I want Rangers back up to the top division as quickly as possible by whatever means. From a commercial viewpoint playing in the lower divisions is no good for us. If we're offered this then I believe we should accept. We need to remember too that the season after next (providing we get promoted)we'd be going for a league position that would get us a european place in either the CL or Europa the following season.

The biggest question however is just how Whyte managed to get Rangers. I just don't believe SDM got duped. I believe LBG played a big part in this sale and we know who was in charge of their Scottish business division at that time. That said I also believe Whyte's colourful business history should have been easy enough to find out about & the takeover should never have happened. Had the SFA done their job properly then all of what occurred could have been prevented. Was someone in the SFA influencing things ? A certain individual known for his penchant for bogus Japanese tours ?

Hope we're not rushing things & just bringing in people who are available to be registered on Sept1. I'm sure this squad would see us thro' til the end of the year at which point we'd be able to get whoever we want. Don't think Stevie Smith is worth a 2 year deal IMO. A one year deal would have been sufficient to allow him to prove himself.

SFA allowed Whyte ownership (despite warnings from the likes of AJ) & at what point did they know he wasn't paying PAYE/NI andwhy did they take no action ? Was Whyte a 'fit & proper person' ? looks like negligence from the governing body IMO. If the SFA had done their job properly then Whyte wouldn't have got Rangers in the first place and the SPL wouldn't have then voted to throw Rangers out the SPL. The SPL should have waited until all investigations had been completed(COULD TAKE YEARS) before embarking on any such punishments.

I think we need to await the outcomes of the police investigations. According to Leggat there's at least three. Once it's proven Rangers were in fact the victims of a crime i.e. Whyte's takeover was illegal then I'd expect things to happen. At the very least I'd expect oldco shareholders to take legal action against both the SPL & the SFA for the various punishments handed out.

one of my concerns about Walter is his closeness to Ally McCoist. From a football perspective we simply cannot have another season like the last one. The team manager must have clear targets for next season. We'll probably be in three domestic cup competitions & whichever league we're in. I'd say 3 out of 4 must be the targets one of which should be the league. Will Walter set that sort of target for Ally?

Well we do need a CEO prepared to to confront our many enemies. We don't need diplomacy because that won't work with the Liewells, Petries, Thompsons etc. Walter's a diplomat IMO so chairman may suit him but not sure what it will achieve for us.

Can't say I'm overly excited about Walter's appointment. I'm not sure he's what we need. He's first & foremost a football manager not someone you'd identify as being boardroom material. We need someone who'll fight the club's corner against it's many enemies some of which were actively trying to put it out of business altogether last summer. That person needs to have contacts in the business world to raise investment. We had such a person but he's gone now unfortunately

Don't see this as long term.

It wasn't their money to keep was it ? it either belonged to oldco or newco

What I don't understand is how the SPL(or the SFA) got to keep this money. It either belonged to the oldco(for creditors) or to newco. Certainly not the SPL(or the SFA).

Surely someone will now instigate legal action against the SPL now this BDO document has been seen. This is extortion in all but name.

when can we expect to hear something?

It's time for Longmuir to earn his money if these SFL1 clubs do break away. He must do everything in his power to renegotiate the SKY deal to get the SFL a bigger share if Rangers are in the SFL. Rangers must not subsidise the SPL. Rangers SKY money must all stay in the SFL. Let the SPL negotiate their own deal.

you might even want to ask the last time a certain Mr Desmond paid tax back home in Ireland. Bet that's not been widely reported anywhere.

Who has turned on him?

If the SFL1 clubs break away & join the SPL then Longmuir must demand that the SFL get a much bigger share of the SKY money

After debts reached £80m the share issue which was underwritten by SDM reduced that debt to £6m bythe time PLG arrived. That's often forgotten. It was after KAUNUS that the debts started rising again by which time Lloyds had taken over HBOS

Because there's only one show in town. They all know it but won't admit it.

Dermot Desmond has a business history no one wants to question. So why do these guys getting questioned?

they always forget to mention that after O'Neil left in 2005, Ra Sellik were £30m in debt. Looks like they couldn't afford the players they had during O'Neil's era.

Now is the time for Longmuir to show how good he is at his job. With Rangers in the SFL subsidising the SPL via the SKY deal, he has to get the SFL a much bigger share of that deal due to these SFL1 rebels. It will mean serious hardship for some SPL clubs as they'd get less money(and hopefully the SFL1 breakaway rebels too).

Mark Daly proved wrong yet again. Surely he'll need to hand back that BAFTA now won't he ?

Do you think SDM willingly sold out to Whyte ? I've never bought that one. Just ask yourself who was in charge of LBG at the time of Whyte's takeover & where their allegiances lay? Whyte's business history wasn't difficult to find out about. Certainly AJ seemed to have done just that.