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Ann Budge comments on violant and sectarian Yahoos
barca72 replied to der Berliner's topic in General Football Chat
But ..., they're not C1888c fans. http://www.sundaypost.com/news-views/scotland/outrage-over-ibrox-disaster-graffiti-1.724311 -
Here's Merlin's latest. See what you make of this ... How Are The Mighty Fallen December 7, 2014 / billmcmurdo I have to be honest and say that yesterday was heartbreaking to watch as a Rangers supporter. Rangers were rank rotten – and that is being kind – but to see the sparsely filled stands and feel the sombre mood on a bitterly cold, wet day was very hard to take. Make no mistake – we are watching a club on life support, possibly in its death throes and dying a cruel, horrible death. Too melodramatic and negative? Maybe so but if you want to argue against it, give me good reasons because I sure could use them, as could thousands of others. When Rangers eventually scored yesterday, people around me actually turned away in embarrassment because it was a goal Cowdenbeath did not deserve to lose against a woefully inept Rangers eleven. In fact, if the plucky Fifers had any kind of goal threat, the result would have arguably been very different. In every other area of the pitch, they more than matched Rangers for pace, technical ability, tactics and confidence. As I watched the torment on the park, it was difficult to not ponder how this clueless bunch are going to perform in places like Easter Road in coming weeks without shedding more points to leave themselves hopelessly adrift in the Championship title race. Not to mention the fastly approaching cup tie against Celtic, who don’t have their own troubles to seek but who have to be stick-on favourites for the match. Gers fans can only hope for a clear-out at Parkhead in the January window to bring some kind of leveller. The words of the blog title haunted me as I tried to keep warm against the harsh winds that buffeted a bleak Ibrox. This was the once mighty Glasgow Rangers I was watching. A club shorn of its very spirit by greed and vainglory, humbled in its arrogance and haughtiness, with many of its once loyal fans riddled with fear and loathing for its present regime. The mighty not just fallen but being trampled upon. Contrary to one media report I read, the team WERE booed off the park, though the mooted anti-McCoist protest didn’t materialise. You have to wonder if it was because people decided it wasn’t the done thing for Rangers fans to do or just apathy and an expression of the mounting sense of resignation within the fan base. It has to be said – Rangers fans have stopped dreaming and hoping. And the vast majority have certainly stopped believing. Cynicism, suspicion and hostility form the mindset of thousands of bluenoses at the present time. This is all made worse by the implicit understanding that a run of good results will not really change anything – nor will this cure the core diseases that ravage this once powerful institution. Rangers are sick at heart. The answer is a strong leader but there is no-one on the horizon who fills that role. Everyone involved is hanging on to their own sphere of power and influence at the club. There is no Willie Waddell, no Bill Struth or Jock Wallace to rally the Ibrox battallions and have them face the same way instead of train their guns at each other. Yes, there is Mike Ashley. I am confident that he will step forward and provide both leadership and funding to steer Rangers away from the rocks and back to ruling the seas. But in all honesty I have to say that the margins are so fine at this very critical juncture that he might do so just too late to prevent a shipwreck. And let there be no doubt – what’s left of Scottish football will drown in the wake.
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Anchorman, Okay, in deference to Zappa's post I will respond, because I thought your post at #74 was disingenuous. You must have been thinking something else other than what I posted. My post at #72 was not about McCoist, or giving him money to spend or any of that. Everybody and their dug wants rid of McCoist. That is not the problem. I don't care if McCoist leaves tomorrow. We are still left with a very much inferior player squad if he goes. We are also left with a board who are more intent in taking money out of the club than putting money into the club to make us successful. When Wallace spoke of 'onerous contracts', I think we can be sure he was not only talking about the Ashley retail deal but also about the salary deals of the lamentable "stars" we have at Rangers right now. Maybe two are worthy of wearing the real Rangers' blue shirt. The rest are dross, and yes, they were signed by McCoist but I can't entirely blame him for that. They were for the most part free, and he probably had to offer a bit of a premium in salary at the time he signed them to entice them to come to a club in our position at that time. That does not excuse his lack of being able to give us a team that wants to win. Much has been made of the inconsistency of performance of Law, Black, Boyd Miller etc., they are too old and experienced to lay that performance totally at McCoist's feet. They have shown on a few occasions that they can play well and score goals, why not every game? Is that truly McCoist's fault. Fine get rid of him I have no problem with that, however, who is this new super-coach who will get this bunch of dross to perform game in and game out? I don't know either. The most worrying part - and this is my point - is that the board will not, it would appear, care whether McCoist stays or goes or even that the playing squad needs massive injections of players who are what the fans would call Rangers-class. In my mind that is the root of the problem. People ask how Hearts are able to turn things around and to get the fans to believe in Budge and her board. They are all in it together. We are not. Now you tell me how McCoist comes even close to solving that.
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Yeah, but that will cost the board money though.
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You like making shit up, don't you.
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You seriously read all that from that post, or have you finished venting your spleen?
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Oh the drama. If, or when, McCoist leaves we are still left with a bunch of under-achieving, poor-quality players and an horrendous board. It was the players who lost the momentum on Wednesday, not McCoist. Remember too, that since administration the various boards have spent virtually nothing , except wages, to improve the quality of player personnel. I am not making a case for keeping McCoist, his contribution is poor, but remember what we shall be left with after his departure. Is he really the root cause of this nightmare? It may make you feel better to be rid of him, but realistically, what does it achieve?
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Whyte/Ticketus case adjourned until January - no jail for Whyte
barca72 replied to Frankie's topic in Rangers Chat
Never before in the field of sporting integrity has one club lost so much to so few sp*vs, bheasts and one google eyes!! So mote it be. -
Last nights result is the most humiliating in our clubs history?
barca72 replied to PRW's topic in Rangers Chat
Right now the only thing you can be sure of is that tomorrow the sun will rise, the Rangers' support will still be looking for winners. But, what is the future without hope ... ? -
EX-Rangers chief executive Charles Green hopes he is on to a winner...
barca72 replied to ian1964's topic in Rangers Chat
Start here, db. ... http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/19022680 -
Could I sum it up this way : According to the above website the price you would pay for a shirt would be £32:74. According to Frankie we can assume for the sake of argument, £7:00 goes to shares and £25:74 goes for supplier and admin costs within RST. There would be nothing to the company. If a person buys a shirt from Sports Direct it would cost £40:00, and using the '75p per £10:00' formula, the company would get £3:00, SD would get £37:00 no doubt for supplier and admin costs. There would be nothing for shares. If you did not want a shirt of any kind but were willing to spend what it would cost you for a shirt, in one instance you could buy the equivalent of £32:74 in personal shares, and in the other instance £40:00 of personal shares. In both instances the club/SD would get nothing and RST would get nothing. So it seems the choices are simple, but not necessarily easy - Boycott the sp*vs and buy the unofficial RST Blue shirt, Boycott the RST and buy the official Rangers shirt, Buy no shirt, but buy your own shares and vote as you please.
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Who oversees the recruitment of these young men? Is it Sinclair, Durie maybe Ally even? What would you want to see changed?
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I do believe when Wallace spoke about 'onerous contracts' he had this one in mind. If I was to express an opinion on this contract, I think I would say that whomever signed this contract could conceivably, as a director, be considered to be in breach of duty to the company.
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What do you think quattro, nice deflection on his part, eh?
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(5) You don't do irony do you? As for the rest, let's just agree to disagree.
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Likewise, if any RST supporter does not wish me to comment on RST activity then they are quite free NOT to advertise their wares on a public forum. Surely you would agree that each of us are entitled to voice our opinion by way of comment? I'm sure you would not wish to be petty about that. That does not mean that only your side of the argument should be aired, e.g. if you are a Rangers' man, why don't you buy official Rangers' merchandise? No matter how much or how little the club gets from Rangers Retail, they do get something !! That last question does not put me on one side or the other of that particular argument, but it would be interesting to know if RST will get more than 75p for each £10:00 spent on a shirt. Oh, and by the way, I'm a Rangers' man - full stop !!
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http://www.rangers.co.uk/news/academy-news/item/8179-loan-watch Monday, 01 December 2014 15:00 Loan Watch Written by Rangers Football Club Loan Watch CATCH up with how the eight Rangers youngsters out on loan got on at the weekend in the latest instalment of Loan Watch: Barrie McKay was the star man for Raith Rovers at the weekend as he put in a virtuoso performance from midfield in a 2:0 win over Stirling Albion. The young winger played on the left hand side of midfield for Raith and had the Albion right back tied in knots several times throughout the game. McKay nearly scored early in the match as Grant Anderson crossed for the winger to shoot, but his effort was saved by Albion keeper and former Rangers youngster Calum Reidford. The winger continued to create numerous chances for the front men throughout the first half from the left flank to no avail until a minute to go before half-time, when he gave Raith the lead. He found himself in space twenty yards from goal, and had time to place a firm shot low to Reidford’s left-hand side. McKay continued to impress throughout the second period and was involved in much of the good play from Raith who doubled their lead just after the break to run out 2:0 winners. You can read a match report of the game here. Elsewhere, Kyle McAusland continued to enjoy game time with Brechin City playing in midfield against Annan Athletic in the Cup. The Rangers youngster was involved in the Brechin goal just three minutes before half-time. It was his diagonal free kick from midway inside the host's half was met by City full-back Colin Hamilton on the run, and he cleverly directed his header over the keeper. Read a match report of the game here. The only other Rangers player in loan action at the weekend was Danny Stoney who played for sixty minutes of Stranraer's 2:2 draw against Dunfermline. Calum Gallagher and Craig Halkett weren't in the match day squads for both Cowdenbeath and Clyde respectively and Robbie Crawford was an unused substitute for Morton. Tom Walsh's Stenhousemuir and Luca Gasparotto's Airdrieonians weren't in action at the weekend.
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That's interesting, but the tie-in to RST rules me out. Thanks anyway.
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Why? There is enough of their supporters on here, that they could answer that question.
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Hush now, he's still learning the "C1888c-way".
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Even his coach says he fell over, not fouled by contact, just fell over; but he's not a diver. http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/542522/John-Guidetti-is-no-diver-Celtic-coach-backs-striker-after-cup-spot-kick-criticism John Guidetti is no diver! Celtic coach backs striker after cup spot-kick criticism JOHN KENNEDY insists Celtic striker John Guidetti is not a cheat. Published: 23:01, Mon, December 1, 2014 John Kennedy has insisted Celtic striker John Guidetti is not a cheat First-team coach Kennedy has leapt to the defence of the Swedish international after he was branded a diver by TV pundits Neil McCann and Michael Stewart – both former Hearts players – following the Hoops’ controversial Scottish Cup fourth-round victory over the Jambos at Tynecastle on Sunday. McCann claimed Guidetti conned the referee after Willie Collum awarded a penalty early in the second half – with the score 1-0 to Celtic – when he went down close to Brad McKay with no apparent contact from the Hearts defender. It’s understood the SFA won’t charge Guidetti with simulation for winning the penalty, which he converted in the 4-0 triumph. And Kennedy is adamant it was Guidetti’s momentum which caused him to fall over after cutting back inside the box. He’s certainly not a player who looks to con anyone or dive John Kennedy He said: “He’s not that type of player. He’s certainly not a player who looks to con anyone or dive. “I’ve seen the incident replayed. His momentum has taken him forward, he’s tried to cut the ball back and sometimes your natural movement in that instance is to fall over. “He’s certainly not dived or been theatrical and he has not claimed to Willie Collum. The referee gave the decision very quickly so that is the end of the matter. “So if anyone comes out and tries to call him a cheat I would certainly dispute it because that’s not the case.”
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Which team is that - RST?
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Next it'll be Reid and Lawwell !!
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Scottish cup 4th round crowds Rangers vs Kilmarnock - Att: 14,412 Hearts vs C1888c - Att: 12,676 Dundee vs Aberdeen - Att: 5,956 M'Well vs Dun. Utd. - Att: 4,827 Par. Th. vs Hamilton - Att: 2,467 St. Jo. vs Ross County - Att: 2,383 St. Mirren vs ICT - Att: 1,957 Boness vs Arbroath - Att: 1,769 Alloa vs Hibs - Att: 2,138 Annan vs Brechin - Att: 440 Berwick R. vs Albion - Att: 439 Falkirk vs Cowden - Att: 1,237 QOS vs Brora - Att: 1,434 Spartans vs Morton - Att: 1,288 Stirling vs Raith Rov. - Att: 912 Stranraer vs Dunferm. - Att: 489 Tot. att. for 4th rd. of cup - 54,824
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Using up the tax money he didn't give to HMRC.