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    Can't see any evidence at all I was wrong about him... I said it's hard to judge him properly with all the goings on with admin and the boardroom, and that he looked about average (and that Rangers really need someone exceptional but it would be difficult to attract that standard in our position in the lower leagues), and for the first few years was doing about the minimum required results to avoid the sack. About 15 months ago, I said his time was probably up as he wasn't showing capability in the big games. Can't see anything "wrong" about any of that. But of course you don't know my opinion as yours is so extreme, you think anyone who disagrees is saying the exact opposite to you. You've been very consistent in your opinion, and very consistent in twisting everything to fit, including a hell of lot of contradiction, and then going quickly to personal attacks when you're unable to back anything up. You can see how objective your opinion is with the "it's not up for debate" above. You are also proven wrong as you said anyone would be better than Ally, including no manager, so the results should have become easily better after he left. But they've been far worse - but again you twist it to fit.
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    Ha ha, you've got to hand it to the Ally bashers, they're good at twisting any events to suit their opinion. If results get better after he leaves then it proves Ally was the worst manage; if results get worse then it's Ally's legacy and it proves he's the worst manager. Of course if they are similar, then it proves he's the worst manager.
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    Don't know why people would want us to suffer an injustice that could easily be repeated, just to have a player they don't like become unavailable. Surely that's putting your own agenda before the big picture? I think McCulloch is innocent of stamping - it's just one of those things in football or any physical contact sport, where you occidentally land on a falling body. Maybe the tackle was a bit off and had other incidents, but that within the realms of the referee and not a retrospective sending off offence for stamping. As for Simonsen, if he's guilty, I have no sympathy for him. The rules are there for a reason, to keep integrity in the game. If guilty, I don't want him playing for Rangers, and hope they throw the book at him. If players want to gamble, why not go to a nice casino where they can have a much more pleasant time of losing their money? I'm sure membership will be a formality for them. My differing stances for the cases are based on the crime and the guilt, rather than whether I like the player or not (I don't have much enthusiasm for either).
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    What about the hysteria of criticism when they don't deserve it? I think that's the point.
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    Not really but as events are held in halls all over the place with tickets as low as a tenner a head, as there is a profit to be made, I'd go for about a fiver a head. So say £11k for a hall in the SSEC which holds 2200... Same with that size of music venue. Only guessing but it can't believe that you'd have to spend much more as there are plenty of cheap events around that make a profit For a group of 30, I know a basic place you could book for £110 including VAT. I even know of cheaper places than that - I've done AGM's for a social group where about 40 people turn up in a village hall for about £30... There's plenty of places you could hire for about £25 a head including food. In fact there's a local Michelin star restaurant that charges £36 a head for a 6 course lunch tasting menu. Add in service charge and soft drinks and it wouldn't be more than £50 a head for a lovely venue with fantastic food. You'd just have to book it out and do your AGM in a few hours over lunch... People can do 100 people at a wedding reception for about 5k in a stately home... I've helped organise Christmas and summer parties taking over a venue and including food, disco and sometimes a band for between £10 and £25 a head. I might be naive when it comes to some AGM costs but I know you can do things much cheaper - maybe it's like a wedding - order a cake of a party for £40, same cake for a wedding with a few embellishments: £200. 5k for 30 people seems a total rip-off. Go to the Fat Duck instead...
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    Looking at the replay, it seemed purely accidental. You have to wonder whether some people accusing him have played any physical sport never mind just football. He had to land somewhere and looked to cushion his impact in contrast to maliciously trying to cause damage. Bet the guy wasn't unduly injured. Whether you want him to play is another story.
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    Not sure about Ibrox being "free" - setting up and removing the "stage" must have been a couple of grand plus taking on some of the costs which would be included in hiring a venue such as utilities, staff, cleaning etc. We could probably do with an indoor venue at this time of year.
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    Seems to me that if Ibrox is considered too cold, a "normal" board should consider the likes of the SSEC which can hold up to 10,000 seated. I suspect there's a chance Celtic might start using the Emirates Arena.
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    Come on, this is again a statement from the ministry of the bleedin' obvious. If there is a worse Rangers team than the last few years then they are as shameful as it gets - as none have been born out of anything like the current omnishambles. It's a no-brainer and means nothing. It's like having a broken leg and getting slagged off for playing with a cast and being told you're rubbish. I've had the best player by miles at my work in my departmental team, but coming back from injury he was far less valuable to the team than I was - and fully fit we were comparatively like Del Piero and Clelland. The team are under performing massively but comparing them with teams that didn't have our current problems is completely meaningless.
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    They don't need to offer him the job, granted, but whether they actually will is pure conjecture - you think it is a foregone conclusion, perhaps McDowell sees it differently? It might not even be sensible (who can really say) but people are often overwhelmed by optimism and ego. So the point is not whether they will, it's whether he believes there's a chance they will.
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    But he's entitled to think that they might...
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    To be fair to Ally, while I don't remember him talking too much about the overall strategy in a game, he did give a great deal of insight from a player's point of view, especially strikers, where he would talk a lot about movement and body position that no other pundit had done before. When it comes to most of the commentary in Scotland, there seems to be no insight at all, and some of the pundits even talk in way that suggests they've never played the game - when the irony is that many are ex-internationalists. A few of the pundits down south do actually seem to be geniuses on the game and use the technology to show you patterns and tactics you might never have otherwise noticed.
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    We can afford a new manager as much as we can afford 5 Newcastle players. Right now we can afford NOT to have a manager. Not getting promoted will cost us more than any manager - so perhaps Ashley could have just up his loan by say 200k... Right now, we'd be better off with getting in some manager from League 2 on 40 grand a year than what is currently happening. Would you rather have a real football manager from the lower leagues who wants to win matches, or two guys on the board who know nothing about management and whose main priority is just to make as much money as possible from the club? The problem is not affordability, it is that the board and Ashley either have different priorities than us being promoted and their agendas and egos mean that they are incapable of running our club in a way that gives us a plausible chance.
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    nows the time

    calscot replied to compo's topic in Rangers Chat

    I agree. We know at this point the club won't go into admin 2 and this would force the hand of share holders looking to minimise their losses. Thing is, there is usually a drop in attendance after a big game anyway - even more so when it's chilly. Shouldn't be hard to not turn up.
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    However, it seems to me that it would be better for Kenny and his career, if he ignored the instructions, did his job the correct way, take the sack and get his contract paid off, or at worst gardening leave... By doing his job he won't be in breach of contract. Or is he just hanging in there as he knows regime change is round the corner and he has a chance of being kept on? The more I think about the latter the more it seems likely.
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    Wanting and achieving are two different things and the board are going about the acheiving in a way that doesn't seem to have any plausibility of success. They board may want it but at the moment it seems way down the priorities. This seems more about helping develop players for Mike Ashley's number 1 team plus appeasing some of the fans of his number 2 team. I can't believe that people think that what Ally did was rubbish and think this is a good way of doing things. I really can't see how we're going to get promoted that without something that every other club tends to have - a football manager. McDowall has shown that he does not possess that job - right now we've got a Morton supporting, Bus company owner playing a Football Manager game with our team - and some people think that will result in promotion... There's a slim possibility might get promoted due to having better players, but we're handicapped in so many ways that without the removal of the board, I think we have very little chance. Thank f*** for the EGM as we will only have the slightest chance by sacking the board and getting in a half decent manager AND allowing him to use his expertise to do his job.
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    That interview makes McDowall look unemployable as a manager for the rest of his career. He may just be protecting his wage and at least telling us what's going on, but he still comes across as having no backbone, no character, no integrity, and no understanding of the job. He seems happy to be a puppet when a manager needs to be his own man.
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    I liked some of his "big picture" thinking in saying we should be aiming to win 55% of titles (similar to what I've been saying for a long time) and that things like 9 in a row and total domination are bad for business and interest - "it gets boring". That's what separates us from you know who, they just don't get this kind of stuff as they can only see their hatred for us and their self aggrandisement, and like such narcissism, it seems to stem from an inferiority complex and a lack of confidence in competing on a level playing field. We want them there as rivals as we want to be tested, as the best always do.
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    At the moment I think it's too late to think about development of the team, the ONLY goal right now is to get promoted. Short term signings are good as we don't have a manager, a committed coaching team or a long term plan, and we can let most of the squad go at the end of the season. What we need is a new management team in between the appointment of the a board and a few weeks before the new season starts, and investment to give us a war chest to build an new squad for the "Premiership". That may have been a pipe dream, but it keeps looking more and more like it could be fulfilled. Then will be the time to put in a youth development plan along with the right appointments and scouting network to bring in the potential. We might have lost the last three years but it's been a bloody battle with lots of casualties and it's time to look forward instead of back - apart from working our way up we need to write off the last few years, like a period of illness, or recovering from GBH, or just a war that is eventually won and becomes a time to rebuild.
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    I'm just surprised you might think I could be surprised... Erm, I agree as that's exactly what I was referring to... Nope!
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    I agree it happens all the time but taking one best player from a main rival is one thing - they can maybe fill the gap, but two? That comes across as a bit more cynical, especially against a the background of desperation combined with "win any way you can" from that lot. If they play most of the rest of the games then maybe it's just strengthening the team, but if they don't, it will look a bit funny.
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    Seems coincidental that they are weakening their cup final opposition as well as one of their closest rivals in the league...
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    Ha ha. SBS rule 1 - When you're floundering, just make up stuff about other guy, don't bother actually making a well reasoned case...
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    Strange reply from someone who says he refuses to watch the matches, and who also says he doesn't like stats. But I can tell it's one of your famous, nonsensical pot shots as it doesn't begin to rebut anything I said. Here's some stats for you - Goals: Chelsea 2 - 4 Bradford City. According to you Chelsea must be light years behind Bradford. Or maybe more similar to your choice - Shots: Chelsea 3 - 9 Man City. Looks like being outclassed despite the 1 - 1 draw. Or another 1-1 draw with Liverpool - Shots: Liverpool 19 - 2 Chelsea. Funnily enough, Chelsea are actually top of the league. Stats are fun aren't they? I await your staunch defence of your beloved Chelsea, which usually juxtaposes your attacks on your not-so-beloved Rangers...
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    I think there is a combination here of the very popular meme of trashing our team at every opportunity and people trying to justify some of the most pessimistic score predictions that don't show them in a good light. When you consider the massive criticism of our team on here, combined with the off-field problems, the unhappy fans and the boycott, the resigning of a manager, the resigning of the interim manager who is still in charge, the contracts up at the end of the season, the poor form lately - you would really have to believe that if Celtic were any good they would have wiped the floor with us - which didn't transpire. 2nd gear? Maybe our team are really good compared to our results but just play in 2nd gear? But it looked more like huffing and puffing without really getting a grip on the game to me - a bit like one of our 2-0 wins against Championship sides. For me, while it didn't show any promise for our current side and makes it look like we will struggle to be promoted, it does show that Celtic are not exactly in great shape and probably one of the worst teams to win the top tier in a while. The optimism I take from it is that if the "Good guys" can take over, sort us out and put in the right investment, we could easily do another one season revolution like the Souness era - bring in a decent manager, spend a bit of money on pretty much a new team and catch them and possibly beat them immediately. In a way we have an advantage as we have people prepared to invest in the club as we're undervalued - Celtic don't have much investment in the wings as there is no return on it, bar the increased income for when we're back. If they can only play in 2nd gear in a game where their fans are baying for blood and the opposition are pretty much hobbled, then they are not in great shape for the future battles to come.
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