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  1. buster.
    "The Club acquired a number of players in Summer 2013 that, based on financial forecasts, it should have known that it could not afford." http://www.rangers.co.uk/images/staticcontent/documents/RangersBusinessReview.pdf Graham Wallace The Long Business Review April 2014
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    I think if they want to get out of the group they will probably have to beat Italy in their first game. I fancy Uruguay to beat England and for Italy and Uruguay to be happy with a draw in the last game if it qualifies them both. However I'll probably be putting a tenner on the draw for Italy v England.
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    Always have done. They don't only broadcast the brief given to them but do so with the slant asked for. Prior to the AGM, Lamont actually questioned the what use it was for the ordinary Rangers shareholder/supporter to go to the AGM to vote. McLaughlin was used and abused on the status of Naqvi/Rangers..........but he doesn't question anything and keeps going back for more.
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    Perhaps the VB can be asked to give some detail on that meeting in the Louden later today. Or are such questions to be avoided so as to promote harmoney ?
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    If you didn't cry, it would be funny. You are left questioning judgement/motives.
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    What's your capacity, Greg ?...........FF has quite a few thousand active posters. Is it that forums review moderation guidelines or perhaps some simply enforce them. Or is it 'opinion' that isn't valid ? Do you seriously think that this will change anything other than take focus away from where it should be ? Within any large group there will be disagreements that will be expressed on occasion with abusive and/or industrial language, more especially at times of difficulty for the 'common denominator'. It isn't always nice but it's where we are. The truth is that at the present time, the support are becoming ever more unified in wanting to hold the board to account You see, all this will end up doing after some politespeak today is to encourage discourse about 'division' and help the current board avoid issues. ps. As by way of illustration, your post above only promotes division. Is 'marginalisation' on the agenda ?
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    It's almost promoting the idea of division when the focus should be elsewhere. I'd say there is general unity behind an unhappiness with now the board go about their business. The small group who broadly support the board with disproportionate voice will continue to do so, in the way they do so regardless of what happens tomorrow. They are free to their opinion. IMO in general our support have very little vision (with honourable exceptions) and too often go down the wrong road, time it badly and/or don't think things through. We like to point the finger of blame elsewhere but have a lot to answer for ourselves.
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    They always said that the Vikings tended have one-sided business dealings.
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    Fish and Dolphin eaters together point to an all-together different flavour of conspiracy.
  10. buster.
    Whilst you refer to the Norwegies, didn't our pre-season games against the Highland League sides back then result in Rangers signing the Inverness striker, Billy Urquhart ?
  11. buster.
    I'd imagine many of the threads will be of similar content to current Rangers forums. He can also have a go at brown brogues (Elvis) if he so wishes.
  12. buster.
    Everyone to their own but.........
  13. buster.
    Thank's Willie !!
  14. buster.
    The AGM provided the current board with executive control and a mandate from the majority of shareholders. As you alude to, there is something similar wanted from the support (or customers) when it comes to ST's. That something obviously involving the important matter of cashflow.
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    Or Proxy Puppets ?
  16. buster.
    Touch, a, barge poll, don't, with.
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    IIRC back in those days we often went up to the Highlands for a couple of pre-season friendlies. How things have changed with that Inverness side of back then. Did we not go over to Norway a couple of times to play Viking Stavanger (sp) ?
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    Yes, the two issues do go hand in hand with the Nth.American tour being an example of this. Some other commercial contracts/discussions may reflect the more intangible 'brand' damage we have and are suffering.
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    The contract or part was leaked, it says that loans must be paid back when sufficient ST or other monies 'clear'. Don't have it front of me but IIRC pointed to prioritizing the repayment of the loans. That said we've just had the Ibrox 'payday'(salaies). What seemed notable was the seeming reluctance of the board to communicate with George Lethem on the number of renewals. The board seem to have batoned down the hatches as they figure out a way between varying arguments as to the way ahead. This may be effected by the number of ST's and judging by previous communications on the matter (business review included) I think they are attempting to wait until the second half of June. You may or may not find that a certain level of ST's are needed alongside any share issue options, before they bring in a DoF who in turn puts into motion a chain of events within the football operation. GW doing a similar 're-structuring/austerity drive' throughout the club. Money being required so as to in part, fund pay-offs. Or that dependent on numbers, certain options have to be discarded.
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    I think that it's probably more damaging at a commercial level. I think the bigger reputable firms will think twice before getting involved with us because of all that has and is going on. That includes the level of uncertainty. To a degree we are currently 'damaged goods'.
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    It's interesting or perhaps not surprising that the number chosen by the 'source close to the board' was the somewhat psychological 20K barrier.
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    1. Jackson knows the source. 2. He called it "close to the boardroom" 3. He was sceptical about the info in tweet. 4. He reafirms scepticism and infers he doesn't believe 'source close to boardroom'. 5. I see no official announcement Conclusion. Reafirms suspicions that the board are spinning a line. What kind of board would do that and why ?
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    Rich as the richest Russian Oligarch with Superyachts coming out of his ears. According to STB (a couple of weeks ago), the past isn't to be learned from and each situation is to be taken on it's merits. Consistency is cool. ------------------------------------------------------ However, in this case I agree with him. The business model and football operation both need torn-up and started again. But it needs a fresh approach undertaken by 'honest men' and not corporate sharks, so as the club gets the benefit and not the sharks. Unfortunatly, I can't see how this scenario develops. The 'old pals act' has IMO generally held us back and made some very wealthy for disproportionate added value. When you also get similar or worse at board level,.... then you're in big trouble.
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    Yes, just had a scan of the online Record and I can't see anything about it. Can someone on twitter please ask Jackson why that is. One of the reasons that it's been difficult to keep a hold on events these past few years is down to the huge amount of misleading spin that is thrown out there. It probably correlates with the amount of our money that has been used to pay spin doctors to work for the custodian of the day (including proxy group and their remit.) It will also reflect the urgency with which spin-doctors are replaced (in part?) opposed to other departments, eg. scouting.
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    Typical of the MO of the board No Transparency Copious amounts of Spin = No Trust It's very easy, the club officially announce 20,000 renewals and show transparency with a number that would be considered a relative success.
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