CammyF

I think the fact the the pathway to the league was blocked had a (large) bearing on us withdrawing from the Lowland League.

Ah, understood now and agree.

BOOOOOOOO

Don't think the chearing will be restricted to Bo'ness 😀 My car is running and ready for the call to take him to the airport.... We should be due a good compensation package from the Belgian FA given Clement signed a new contract. Unless there is a release clause.....

Please can you explain what you mean by "attached to the pyramid system"? I know that a few junior teams around my area have teams up to U20's level - my nephew plays for one Junior teams aren't part of the pyramid structure as far as I am aware (i.e. they can't get into the league structure).

I think if you take Aribo and Bassey, it shows you don't have to look far. They were obviously at the top end of the youth age bracket, but Bassey was signed as a B-Team player but quickly showed he had what was required. That's the physicality and skill level we need to be targeting.

Compo's explanation is fair to be honest. I wasn't around for it, but my Dad and Uncles say much the same. Other than admitting theirs was better 😀

We shouldn't be restricting ourselves to Scottish youths.

I read this article over the weekend and found it interesting. It's not an issue that is unique to Rangers but not investing in youth when we were demoted was a terrible decision. As for promoting / developing them so they are ready for 1st team / squad is another discussion. I think we need to get the B-Team back into competitive leagues. Hopefully it's something our new Chairman and new CEO put near the top of their "to-do lists".

Made me chuckle.....

Very good point regarding Europe. I meant to say in my post that during our 9-in-a-row we really should have done much better in Europe. The inaugural CL being the exception.

Wasn't around for their 9-in-a-row so can't really comment. During ours we were challenged by mostly Aberdeen including 91 where we had to defeat them in the last game of the season to clinch 3 in a row. What I'd say is I was disappointed that we didn't get 10. This could have been achieved if Terry Butcher hadn't broken his leg 1987/88 season when we finished a disappointing third. Also, we should never had lost the league when going for 10. Maybe it was Walter saying he'd be stepping down, maybe it was Walter player some of the older players, maybe it was the injury to Negri but still annoys me that we didn't win 10.

England huffed and puffed in 1st half and sending off changed the game and allowed England to run out easy winners.

100% and Souness said as much at the Q&A. Was destined to play for a top team in a top league until that challenge. Souness mentioned that in the lead up to the game, Durrant had mentioned that he thought Simpson would be out to "do him".

That's your opinion. I'd say he was the last World Class player from Scotland.

Would be a good job for him

Referring to anyone as a snake isn't criticism, it's a personal slur. Thought the GersNet English professor would have known that. Point stands, they wouldn't dare call him a snake to his face. Implying that Souness is a liar may be criticism but also borders on a slur. Again, you wouldn't dare call him out to his face. Much easier and safer as a faceless poster on the Internet. You must be bored if you find any fun / pleasure search a select few posters post simply to pick out and highlight an of instead of an off. If you think it's being helpful, it isn't. If you truly want to be helpful, please can you post the definition of an Internet troll?

Smith told 2 funny stories. One about Jimmy Bell / Kyle Lafferty and one about Duncan Ferguson / Jim McLean. Neither for on here! I can remember Smith playing for us and thought he was a very good player and struck up a lethal partnership with DJ. This helped us win a few trophies. He also had decent spells at Man City and Brighton. I liked him as a player when he played for us, but some of posters older than me will be better placed to say. As for his commentary career, I don't mind him. He got a few things wrong yesterday regarding events but overall he was very good and spoke very well. Souness is Souness - a world class player, part of a legendry Liverpool team, rejuvenated Rangers (we hadn't won the league for 9 seasons). Is / was he perfect, off course not, but none of us are. He will remain one of my Rangers hero's up there with Walter Smith, Jock Wallace, John Greig, Davie Cooper, Super Ally, Richard Gough et al.

They believe it is mark of their staunchness, a bit like those who still sing about dead terrorists. Would they call Gerrard a snake to his face? Off course they wouldn't.

Quite untrue, as you'll be well aware. What i asked was who should I believe, you (a faceless punter on a messageboard) or Souness given it was an account of his career. You still have answered that BTW, not that I'm expecting an answer.

I'll attempt to get as much as I remember from the event. Part 1 started with Gordon Smith talking Souness through his playing management career from Edinburgh Schools to his retirement. Early career was Edinburgh and Scotland schools and then invitations to train with Hearts and Celtic. Nothing materialised from these and he had an offer to go to Spurs. His parents encouraged him to leave home and go to the bright lights of London aged 15. He said he thought Spurs didn't trust him enough to replace some their experienced players so decided to leave for Middlesbrough. Middlesbrough were managed by Jackie Charlton at time and Souness got his debut as a left back. During that season one of the CBs got injured, Charlton put the CM back into defence and gave Souness the.CM role. He never looked back after that. Liverpool is well covered - an amazing world class player playing in arguably the best club team in world at the time. Italy - loved his time there as he got more time on the ball and learned so much about fitness and diet. Rangers - move came about when David Holmes phoned him and asked if he'd be interested in being Rangers player manager. He jumped at the chance. Said masterstroke was getting Walter Smith in to help him. Couldn't speak highly enough of Walter but did blame Walter for his red card at Easter Road! As this was a time when English teams were banned from Europe, it was easier to attract players like Butcher, Woods, Stevens, Steven, Walters, Gough, Hateley etc. Saif it was a mistake letting Cooper leave for Motherwell and a mistake leaving when he did. That was down to his frustration regarding touchline bans, press intrusion into his personal life and a bust-up with St Johnstone Chairman which didn't end well for said Chairman. Souness thought he'd be sacked as SDM witnessed the altercation as it happened in the St Johnstone boardroom and instigated from a disagreement with the tea-lady. He decided he'd had enough and spoke to SDM who advised him to stay - take some time out or move upstairs. Liverpool had approached Sounes twice previously and he'd turned them own. He then phoned Liverpool Chairman and said he go to them if the offer was still there. He regrets leaving Rangers and regrets going to Liverpool. Said it was the right job but the wrong time. The remainder of part 1 was about Turkey and the infamous flag incident. Part 2 was questions from the floor- moat notable answers below ; Rates Cooper in top 3 players he played with, Derek Ferguson was the best player at Rangers when he arrived but Durrant quickly overtook him and was destined to play in Spain / Italy. Hard players that could also play - the usual suspects from England but two that surprised him were Terry Yorath and Terry Hurlock. On recommending Lampard - his connections and relationships with Chelsea and Man City. But also spoke highly of Clement. On Clement - thinks he's doing the best with players he has. That didn't go down well with the crowd but he stuck by this. Mentioned Butland as a good keeper and thought if we had Cletic's attacking 5 we'd win the league. On investment - his opinion is we won't move forward until board have sold club. Didn't talk negatively about the board, just said they need to sell club on. Smith then mentioned that there was an offer for rhe club that got as far as a meeting being arranged but Rangers pulled out. Overall it was a great afternoon with some interesting discussions. Finally, our club presented the charity Debra with a cheque for £3,000 raised at our annual golf day. This is a charity that is close to the hearts of some of our members family (who kindly helped finance the Q&A) and one the Souness has done so much to help. Also, please see 2nd post on page 18 in this thread

It was posted earlier in this thread (can't remember who by) that in general terms running Rangers financially shouldn't be to difficult for someone with the correct knowledge and experience. Our incoming money and outgoing costs are largely known / fixed. We just have to ensure that the incomings match or exceed the outgoings. Vanity projects like NEH should have been shelved until we were in good financial health. £12M on a venue that isn't used and can't be used for our AGM as its too small 😀

Can you see this board being able to deliver these types? I can't.

Why not, I thought I would be the ideal platform for you to tell these people that they are lying, tell them what really happened in front of a large audience. Rather than sitting on a small independent forum that has limited reach that they'll never see. If you have courage of your convictions telling Souness he is lying to his face is more productive than posting on here.

So if you don't trust them to sort it out (neither do I), what's the alternatives? I don't trust them to be able to recruit the correct people (given their abysmal track record) either. We are in a horrific situation and in my opinion, the only credible way forward is getting the correct people in or if the current board can't do that, then they need to sell the club.