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  1. SteveC
    Sadly it now seems to be "The Rangers Way". Given that I first started going in the days of Symon as manager, you can imagine how hard it is for me to type such a thing.
  2. SteveC
    I think quite a few people have the feeling that Ashley would be better than what we have. Even those that see him as a cold, uncaring, profiteerer with no interest in our club feel that even then he's not quite as bad as the crew by whom we are currently being exploited. So = he'd be a disaster but less of an absolute disaster than we are now facing - and, crucially, that this is the stark choice facing us. the alternative is not between being ripped off or not being ripped off - but rather is between near criminal exploitation and criminal exploitation.
  3. SteveC
    indeed, as Mr Dylan put it: Steal a little and they throw you in jail Steal a lot and they make you king
  4. SteveC
    That would also shorten my expected lifespan dramatically, however!
  5. SteveC
    I'm 56 now, I know this won't happen in my lifetime
  6. SteveC
    Looks like I was lucky to be out this morning!
  7. SteveC
    Well, to be brutally honest, with him in charge, it is hard, to be honest to see, if I can be brutally honest with you, this as being anything other than realist rather than defeatist
  8. SteveC
    the answer will be that Summers answered given in good faith going by the information he had at the time but that things have subsequently changed and due to reasons outwith our control....blah de blah blah
  9. SteveC
    That is the best the future holds for us regardless of who takes over. and, if anything, the Champs League will disappear into hand picked teams that will be guaranteed last 16 places. It is almost at that stage now
  10. SteveC
    "It will be a tough game" yep, it will be, just as Alloa is a "tough place to go, getting a point there might be a good point". fallen the oh have mighty A game v a team of traffic cones would be called tough now. Correctly too
  11. SteveC
    Not true, he's lied, denied, distracted and delayed any chance of progress. He's done what he has been and will be paid for.
  12. SteveC
    Wouldn't help any either though, alas
  13. SteveC
    interesting development, it would seem from this: "A new company was formed by Mike Ashley within the last few weeks, the oddly named RANGERS RETAIL RIGHTS LIMITED. " More at:
  14. SteveC
    Is this just the BBC stirring/guessing or are they hinting at something we don;t yet know? "BBC Sport also understands that Ashley could now call for an Extraordinary General Meeting to force a shake-up of the club's board. However, the annual meeting is imminent anyway and resolutions could be added to the order of business." http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29464478
  15. SteveC
    Ally keeps trying to bring contenders for that role in, to be fair
  16. SteveC
    We are way beyond that state. We were in "real trouble" already five years ago. We've been beyond "in real trouble" since Whyte came in and the D&P, Green, Stockbridge, Somers, Easdale, Ashley's cavalcade of greed has just plunged us deeper and deeper into the mire. We are hovering, precariously, above the stop named "oblivion". To be merely "in real trouble" would be a blessed relief for a few weeks
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    If such an entity still exists.
  18. SteveC
    Well, it is the Sun - why would you expect to see something like that?!
  19. SteveC
    That is an accurate summary of life: "Shit happens". It is also accurate to observe that "Shit happens a lot more frequently when shits happen to be in charge." I make this point as a general truism, obviously, perish the thought that I had specific examples in mind.
  20. SteveC
    http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...n-Rangers.html MIKE ASHLEY has doubled his stake in Rangers. The Newcastle owner now owns around nine per cent of the Scottish Championship club. Investment group Hargreave Hale confirmed it was behind the sale of £853,000 worth of shares in the fallen Glaswegian giants. Ashley’s purchase came hours after Gers fans threatened to boycott his Sports Direct stores over the cut-price deal he struck for the Ibrox naming rights. A spokesman for fans’ group Sons of Struth said: “We call on Mike Ashley to cancel his contract before the October 11. “If he still retains the naming rights after this point, we will instigate an immediate series of actions aimed at his Sports Direct stores.”
  21. SteveC
    That is a scary thought, right enough
  22. SteveC
    God help us if they think are selecting the best ones...............
  23. SteveC
    This makes me puke: “We’ll do our jobs and look at it, look to improve from it and learn from it " He keeps saying that - and other cliches - time after time and they are downright dishonest. If he had done this every time time he has said he would, we'd be a match for any team playing in the non-Champions League tonight. He's not done it once. I can't stand it when he talks about hard work and doing their jobs. He/they've no idea what work is.
  24. SteveC
    The players are unfit as it is, they'll train even less if they know he's on his notice
  25. SteveC
    Your wish is the Sun's command: IF there’s one thing Ally McCoist is good at it’s self preservation. His skills at football management don’t come anywhere close. That’s not meant to sound like a personal attack on the Rangers boss. Let’s be clear; he’s an affable guy and someone who most people find easy to get on with. But that’s McCoist the man. I’m talking about McCoist the manager and quite frankly he’s not good enough. His skills in that area are sadly lacking. Monday night’s 3-1 defeat to Hibs ‘— and McCoist’s blaming of Bilel Moshni which was a blatant attempt to look after No 1 and deflect all responsibility ‘— will probably reaffirm what Gers fans already know, that it’s simply not good enough. But Rangers cannot afford to sack him given the size and weight of his lucrative contract. And it’s not like McCoist is going to walk away. In all honesty I can understand why he’s holding on to his job for dear life. He’s on big money and maybe he still has faith in himself that he can turn it around. If you asked me if others could do a better job at Rangers then I think the answer is Yes. It’s time Rangers had someone else in charge, but the bottom line is it’s unlikely to happen any time soon. Rangers are stuck with McCoist and as far as I can see, he’s going nowhere. So all supporters can do is ask is WHY are their team is toiling so dreadfully. For me it’s simple, the players just aren’t being trained. If you watch them play ‘— there is no style or structure the players are adhering to. They have some men with real potential to be top players. The likes of Dean Shiels, Lee Wallace and David Templeton to name but three. But since signing for Gers they have gone backwards. That’s not because of the league they have been playing in. It’s down to the fact they have not been coached. It seems no one at Rangers is working to make them better. It’s been the classic Fat Cat mentality where people are happy to take good money for an easy life. That may have been good enough to get through the lower leagues, but it won’t be to get out of the Championship. McCoist’s side have no creativity or drive. They arguably have the best finisher in the country in Kris Boyd, but how many chances has he had to score? I look at midfielders like Nicky Law and Ian Black and they are wasted shirts. When I played, my job as a midfielder was to try and make a killer pass to split defences. Black spends his days swanning around Ibrox like he owns the joint, playing sideways passes like his life depends on it. It’s nowhere near good enough. There’s others who are playing out of position. Darren McGregor is a centre half — and not a ball-playing one at that — but he’s been shunted to right-back. On the left of midfield it’s Stevie Smith, a left-back. Throw in the likes of Mohsni and Arnold Peralta, two bog standard players if ever I saw them, and it’s a total shambles. That’s been down to the signing policy McCoist went with. He should have been bringing in youngsters like Andy Robertson ‘— who he failed to spot the potential of, even when Gers played Queen’s Park four times in a season. But it maybe comes back to the fact he knew he wouldn’t be making him any better. So instead he signed players with so-called experience. For me it’s not going to end well, but if McCoist isn’t going to quit or be sacked, then maybe he should at least try and change things behind the scenes at Ibrox. He’s got to realise his strengths and weaknesses and if that means conceding he’s no good on the training ground them bring someone in who is. But then again that may not be something he wants to do when his two pals, Ian Durrant and No 2 Kenny McDowall, are already doing that job. Sent by a pal , no link sorry, as you need to pay a subscription charge. It is so poorly written it may be a spoof by a five year old in the ""special adventurer" class for "non academic explorers" , then again it is supposed to be from the Sun Original source from http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/ ?
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