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For me it's about the performance......Organisation, Determination and Energy If we were to get that right, the result should take care of itself, ie. a defeat, but not a doing. I'm hoping, rather than expecting. Ths is Gio's 11th CL group game as a manager 10 defeats BUT his win (@Feyenoord) was against Napoli !!!

C1872 are ripping the pish out of their contributors. DK is ripping the pish full stop having effectively captured the main fans shareholding voice when he was still on the board. The RIFC board have certainly had better years. TRFC, that would be going off topic. #FcukinMess

I referred to living within our means, nothing to do with anyone else. We are accustomed to making a significant loss. Spending our way out of problems. Since 2015, it was a legitimate medium term strategy (constructive losses). COVID didn't help the timescale. Obviously, this may have knock-on consequences with on field performance / expectations.

I think we are going to have to start getting used to living within our means. We aren't accustomed to it.

Budgets can be better spent.

Better the present than another disaster. Different story if investor(s) have good intentions. (Comes with bleeding obvious categorization). If there is doubt, then better to say no thanks

Aye, a little info and common sense.....As it was with Whyte and Green&Co. Amazing how many look past the bleeding obvious.

Rather depends on who the potential investor(s) is/are, what you can learn about them and common sense. If you smell a rat then visceral reluctance is the way to go. What is more important is what the major shareholders do if interest is shown.

I was too busy running around after a ball, then burdz, then a green beret, then the y train during those years to get a handle on upstairs.

The difference is in the energy, intensity, creativity, goal threat and belief.

So sometime before ST renewals ? Celtic should have got rid of Lennon in late October (really shoudn't have hired him in the showers, we are glad they did) but citing past achievement and loyalty they hung on until well into the following year, despite major fan protests. A month or two before ST renewals they finally pulled the plug.....No replacement until the summer. I wonder how our board see things just now and how much finances are conditioning that view. We don't have the same amount of money to throw at it as they did last summer. They'll probably get automatic CL again and spend much more on the squad than we can. Unless we appoint an excellent manager and our recruitment is the same, then a real gap will start opening up again. With that in mind, do/should the board (with an eye on the league title) look to be proactive and make the change now ? They are in a very difficult situation.

That is obviously up to the members but your quesion could lead us to what IMO is the real issue. DK has from way back looked to influence and essentially capture C1872 for his own purposes. However, like several things in the past, he has come up short or lost the investment, eg. Rangers v SDI, lost 20M Rangers/Sir Duped. Further back Dave King v SA Tax Authorities. Now he wants to sell his shares. He had the C1872 executive primed to push it forward and it has predictably bombed. Once money goes into the club, it is very difficult to recuperate all of it, never mind make a profit. That goes for anyone, including previously successful businessman. There is no sign that will change and that is why you have to ask where do asset strippers plan on making money with Rangers. What next for DK ? I don't know if the story is true, about threatening Rangers with pushing them toward administration if we didn't pay him back his loan. The problem being I don't trust Mark Dingwall, who I know will always be prepared to bend truth for others (sometimes for the greater good), nor do I trust Dave King that he wouldn't make what would probably have been an empty threat. Is he somehow involved with this apparent interest from Kyle Fox and the company she represents ? If Paul Murray is/was, then very possibly but really, I don't know. The current board are certainly reaching a difficult juncture. One that shows just how difficult it is to make a a club accustomed to run at a loss into a sustainable business and keep everyone happy.

We'll get beaten but I don't think it'll be by as much as some think.

Results since beginning of September Green signifies a win. 03/09/22 SEA Lazio 1 - 2 Napoli View events 07/09/22 UCL Napoli 4 - 1 Liverpool View events 10/09/22 SEA Napoli 1 - 0 Spezia View events 14/09/22 UCL Rangers 0 - 3 Napoli View events 18/09/22 SEA AC Milan 1 - 2 Napoli View events 01/10/22 SEA Napoli 3 - 1 Torino View events 04/10/22 UCL Ajax 1 - 6 Napoli View events 09/10/22 SEA Cremonese 1 - 4 Napoli View events 12/10/22 UCL Napoli 4 - 2 Ajax View events 16/10/22 SEA Napoli 3 - 2 Bologna oct/22 SEA Roma 0 - 1 Napoli Only scored one goal tonight, obviously on a downhill slide. They don't keep many clean sheets. Not that it has mattered yet.

Another non award for me. Nobody stood out for being good. Only less worse than others.

If I am a manager with a decent reputation I wouldn't want the job until I could bring players in and overhaul a stale squad #summer

The board have very much got the right ideas but in part, uncontrollable circumstances have made it more complicated. Then there is the nature of football. Form, injuries, mistakes, poor judgement, bad recruitment, etc. Then of course there is our main rival, who are financially ahead of us and turned round what was an implosion to title win within 12 months. We should have consolidated on 55 and got on top for several seasons but we let it slip too easily. They won't. To reverse our, what is becoming an implosion will be more challenging due to budget. It is a time when asset strippers might see an opportunity.

One hopeful bit of news is that Alex Lowry got another 45 minutes in for the B team yesterday. Should be on the first team bench and getting minutes prior to the WC.

Aye, something is rotten in the State of Denmark You know I know He knows We all know I reckon he'd really prefer a pay off before the Napoli game. Not that he is getting one.

Chasing the European dream by throwing cash you don't have at it has been done before. It doesn't end well. Right now, we are struggling to find enough cash to chase the Scottish title. For a generation, we've become accustomed for the club to run at a substantial loss. To be sustainable comes with the pain of operating within a budget but the comfort of knowing the club is safe.

Opposition only have to keep their shots low and hard. McGregor ain't getting to them.... whilst he'll save most efforts above the waist. One of several flaws in squad management during the summer. It'd be interesting to know exactly how the McGregor extension came about, when and what the ideas were about a replacement when at the SC Final, it looked that he was gone.

We probably got a point from VAR, correctly upgrading a yellow to red. If you are a Motherwell fan, not so good. They should have had a last minute penalty #stonewaller Will never be perfect. But will reduce poor decisions. It ain't going away so get used to it.

To be a sustainable club is where over 90% of the fans woud have prioritised 10 years ago. The cost of not doing that stared us in the face. They should remember those priorities, because to look for or be happy with people who promise the world, will invaribly end in tears. We have repeatedly fell down the same hole and it wouldn't surprise me if we did it again. Within the sustainable model, the only way I see us rising above a potential cieling that would bring needs three things to happen. - an excellent manager - an excellent batch of youngsters coming through - good recruitment with the scarce resources available To gamble our future on an outside bet that is being placed by Charles Ponzi isn't a good idea.

It isn't one or other, they are both done !

I'd raise you David Martindale as caretaker 😉