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I seem to remember VB asking the question about the share issue,the post about the minutes of the meeting with CW,and his response was '' would the fans invest? '',now I don't know if that answer was meaning he would be interested in a share scheme or not.

Hutton ready for scrap Published on Thursday 2 February 2012 02:28 KYLE Hutton believes a starring role on loan with Dunfermline will make him a Rangers mainstay next season. The 20-year-old made the move to East End Park until the end of the current campaign, after admitting his career at Ibrox had “stalled”. A little over a year ago he was a standout against Manchester United in the Champions League but has not featured for Rangers this season and has been on loan with First Division side Partick Thistle. However, after a call from Rangers manager McCoist, the midfielder believes he will be back in the Ibrox club’s starting eleven next term. “The gaffer phoned me after I signed and told me to go and get SPL experience, then come back and really kick on and I really needed to hear that,” said Hutton. “That gave me a real boost. This is a great opportunity to play football in the SPL and show the fans and the boss that I’m good enough.” Dunfermline, the SPL’s bottom club, also took Jordan McMillan from Ibrox to Fife on an 18-month deal and he and Hutton are steeling themselves for a relegation battle. Hutton added: “I’m delighted for Jordo. “I’m looking forward to lining up in the same team as him, because he’s a top player. “We know there will be plenty of pressure. It will be our job to try to add a bit more to the team and try to keep Dunfermline up. “It’s pressure, but it will be good pressure.” http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/spl/hutton_ready_for_scrap_1_2091221

It's only the BHEASTS that think they are Barca,when in all honesty they are shite,it was only a wee while ago when they were calling for TLB to get tae fuck,win the title this season again and they might just get their wish.

Can't find the article in the Sun,is it true? Rangers legend Richard Gough has been offered a job as the Ibrox club's North American scout and international ambassador. (Sun) http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/scottish/gossip/

With all the shit going on I thought the game was fogotten about Zappa,get yer finger oot :tongue:

The Champiopns 3 Davis,Aluko,Mervan DUTD 0 :spl:

Where's the match preview?

Pay them,it's the decent thing to do

CELTIC boss Neil Lennon will hold showdown talks today with his No2 Alan Thompson over the head coach's boozing session with Rangers rival Allan McGregor. Lennon flipped when he discovered Thommo, 38, had been out for drinks with the 30-year-old Ibrox goalie on Wednesday. Sources claim word got back to Parkhead that the pair hit their local in Glasgow's west end for a bevvy. Now Thompson, who had a training session with Celts yesterday morning, faces a grilling from furious Lennon. Parkhead chief executive Peter Lawwell is also expected to speak to the manager and coaching staff about the incident. Last night an insider said: "Lennon's not a happy man. "Thompson goes out for a fairly substantial drink the night before a training session â?? and with someone from the opposite side of the Old Firm. "It's not clever on a couple of levels." Neighbour ... McGregor Neighbour ... McGregor Kenneth Ramsay Another senior source added: "The club know of stories surrounding some of the coaching staff's lifestyles away from Celtic Park. "They have been spoken to about this before, but the club felt at that point it was not affecting the jobs they were doing. "This may change now." Neighbours Thompson and McGregor popped into the nearby Drake bar for drinks. The insider added: "Two blokes going out for a booze-up together shouldn't really matter. "But these are very well known faces in the Old Firm. "They have to be particularly careful with their behaviour, both with members of the public and keeping in mind the kind of jobs they have to do." It's not the first time that Thompson's drinking has landed him in trouble. In February last year, the star â?? who played for Celtic under Martin O'Neill â?? was banned for 16 months and got a £600 fine after he admitted drink-driving. He was stopped by cops in his Range Rover near Celtic's training ground in Lennoxtown, Dunbartonshire, on October 25, 2009. Glasgow Justice of the Peace Court heard he'd been boozing the previous night after Celtic lost 3-1 to Rangers at Parkhead. The coach â?? who split from wife Jo last year â?? also landed a drink-driving conviction in 1996. The latest bust-up comes three years after McGregor's infamous 'Boozegate' scandal â?? revealed by The Scottish Sun â?? with then team-mate Barry Ferguson. The pair were dropped by Scotland for a crucial World Cup qualifier over an all-night drinking session at the team's Loch Lomond base, following a 3-0 hammering by Holland. As they watched the next tie against Iceland from the bench, they were snapped as they appeared to make V-signs to photographers. They were banned for life from playing for Scotland and also disciplined by Rangers. McGregor was later recalled by new Scotland boss Craig Levein. Last night Thompson and McGregor were unavailable for comment. A YOB was last night facing jail for posting a picture on Facebook of Neil Lennon covered in bullet wounds. David Craig, 24, wrote under the snap, "Dead man walking". Yesterday at Glasgow Sheriff Court Craig, of Paisley, admitted posting abusive and sectarian comments last March. Sentence was deferred. Read more: http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/4106341/Bitter-rivals-in-the-game-big-buddies-in-the-boozer.html#ixzz1lJKA4hnt

RANGERS could net Mervan Celik for free after an administrative blunder by Swedish club GAIS. The Light Blues were expected to have to pay £200,000 in compensation for the Swedish under-21 winger. Express Sport can reveal that the SPL champions have been told they might not have to pay the compensation set down by FIFA guidelines. GAIS still believe they are entitled to training compensation because Celik, who made his debut in the weekend win over Hibs, is under the age of 23, Their case, however, could be undone because they failed to offer the player a new contract 60 days before his last deal expired.It is understood that GAIS officials did offer Celik a deal verbally but never put it in writing and therefore have no documentary evidence to show FIFA should Rangers challenge them. http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/299734/Celik-could-cost-Rangers-nothing

THE troubles engulfing Rangers are more than the fault of just one man. But one man is at the core of everything. His name is David Murray. Yet, since he left the club, hardly a word has been written anywhere about just what a mess Rangers were left in at the end of his more than two decades of ownership. Why the silence? And before going any further, I have to make a confession. During those twenty years I was as culpable as any other journalist in failing to pin Murray down about the style of his stewardship of Rangers. There were many times when I quizzed Murray. In the Blue Room, in Bill Struthâ??s old managerâ??s office at the top of the marble stairs where he held court on matchdays, in the boardroom of his companyâ??s Charlotte Square headquarters in Edinburgh and also at the clubâ??s Milngavie training centre. On each occasion, whatever he was asked, was always answered with such a confident swagger that I felt he was in control of the situation and the many doubts about his stewardship, expressed to me by sensible and serious people, were unfounded. Only once did I feel that I had ruffled his feathers. That came on the day the training complex was opened. Murray was asked to speak to Sunday newspaper reporters, of whom I was one, and almost refused, claiming I was writing too much that was critical of his then manager, Dick Advocaat, before going ahead with his press briefing and answering questions with his usual mixture of confidence and bombast. Later, when Alex McLeish â?? who, unlike Advocaat, met with my approval â?? was in charge and I sat with David Murray in the opulent Edinburgh heart of his empire, in the expensive New Town, it was hard not to believe that a businessman whose achievements were so obvious, could possibly be anything but good news for Rangers. It was a mistake. But I was not the only one to make it. Many others â?? themselves shrewd and clever wealthy self made businessmen â?? believed in and trusted Murray to make sure Rangers were always all right. You wonâ??t find any of those erstwhile Murray supporters saying a good word about him now. If Murray had been less inclined to believe his own bombastic bragging, if he had been more astute at reading the financial runes in football and business at large, had he been less vulnerable to outrageous flattery and had he been a wee bit humble, Rangers would not be in the mess they are in right now. But David Murray is as he is and Rangers are where they are. Much of the blame for Rangers present plight has been laid at the door of the immediate past Ibrox board, particularly those who have spoken out against Craig Whyte, led by Paul Murray. In seeking to defend himself, Whyte has highlighted the responsibility Paul Murray and his fellow directors should shoulder for the rubble the current owner sits in the midst of at Ibrox. That, however, is only partly true. In common with many others, they were kept in the dark by David Murray until the final couple of years or so when, after David Murray resigned from the board, but remained as the owner, they took charge. It was only then that the true picture began to emerge and the terrible truth of the bleakness of the outcome which followed the David Murray regime started to dawn on the men he left to pick up the pieces. However, after David Murray left the boardroom, the directors, led by chairman Alistair Johnston and with Paul Murray and John McCelland providing added business acumen, responded well and the Rangers debt to Lloyds Bank was slashed by two thirds from what it had been when David Murray left, to an eminently manageable £18M. Of course it is Paul Murray, Johnston and McClelland who wanted to take over last year, but were thwarted by David Murray and possibly others, in favour of Whyte, and they have been outspoken in attacking Whyte and are therefore his targets when he replies. But the architect of Rangersâ?? downfall was David Murray? And there is only one reason I can think of why Whyte has not turned his guns on him. That could be that when David Murray signed over the club to Whyte for a quid, the contract contained a gag clause. If it did, and if it was inserted into the contract at David Murrayâ??s behest, then that poses another question. Why? â?¦..AND AS I said at the very start, David Murray is not the only man responsible for the sorry state Rangers are in. Tomorrow we shall shine the spotlight on others who have led the club down the rocky road to the very brink of ruin. And question their motives. HERE! TOMORROW! .....AND FINALLY BBC SCOTLAND and their rabid Celtic supporting reporter, Chris McLaughlin, could be in trouble over a sectarian attack on Rangers. In the middle of his report on why Jelavic left Ibrox, as he sought to blame Whyte for ushering the player out of the door, McLaughlin blundered. As he attempted to dramatise the story, which had been trailed THREE times, McLaughlin resorted to Twitter and held up his phone to show a number of Tweets. One was from a Celtic bigot and zealot named, HUNSKELPER. Hun has been banned by the BBC and has now been designated as a sectarian word by no less an authority than the assistant chief constable of Strathclyde, Campbell Corrigan. Therefore, BBC Scotland bosses can expect to be flooded with complaints about McLaughlin's reckless reporting on Reporting Scotland and he may even be interviewed by police. BBC Scotland have of course had all co-operation with the club withdrawn by Rangers and their ire at this is driving them to broadcasting further extremes of anti Rangers propaganda, especially on Reporting Scotland where rabid Celtic man McLaughlin is flavour of the month. He seemingly needs no extra urging to put the put the boot into Rangers. Perhaps McLaughlin is still feeling the pain of a broadcasting castration when his mic was taken away from him in the Rangers media room earlier this season when he tried to beat the ban. http://leggoland2.blogspot.com/

A lot of hard work has went into this and I for one will enjoy having a good browse through it:thup:

Of course the Rangers can defy the odds,we are the champions and have proved we have been the best team in Scotland by lifting the title 3 times in a row,now you can't win the league every season but I agree this team has enough to make it 4 in a row,the BHEASTS have been on a winning run and we have been on a poor run,but I believe this will change,they will drop points for sure,and there's nothing more dangerous than a wounded animal. Here we go for 4 in a row.

A BITTER war of words last night exploded between Rangers and Nikica Jelavic. Gers' chief operations officer Ali Russell accused Jelavic of lying over his move to Everton. Jelavic denied he'd demanded a move from Ibrox and said: "I didn't tell Rangers I was desperate to leave or wanted to leave. It is strange to hear this. "Two clubs made an agreement and that was that. The club decided." But Russell claimed the 26-year-old demanded a move to the Premiership. He said: "Nikica told Ally McCoist personally on Monday he wanted to move to the English Premier League, so to suggest he didn't want to leave Rangers is nonsense. "Nikica, and indeed his family, were widely quoted throughout January about playing in England and his agent also communicated the fact he wanted to achieve a lifetime ambition and test himself in the Premier League. "He wants to earn a starting place for Croatia at Euro 2012 and felt a move to England's top flight would help him achieve that. "Nikica was a terrific player for Rangers and we wish him well at Everton, but to suggest he was forced to leave Ibrox is just ridiculous." Meanwhile, St Johnstone chairman Steve Brown insists Gers did not come close to their valuation of Fran Sandaza. Gers made a late move for the Spanish striker, but the deal never got off the ground. Brown had placed a £300,000 price tag on Sandaza's head. But last night Brown revealed: "Rangers didn't make an offer. They made inquiries, but it didn't move from their position of a few weeks ago. "They knew our figure was £300,000 and they were quite a bit away from that. "There was no indication Rangers were willing to pay money for Fran. "Rangers knew our expectations and didn't even come close. "We thought we might miss out on the top six without Fran, so the financial fall-out would have been quite big. "We didn't think we would lose Fran to Rangers, but we thought a Championship club might come in for him. "It was made clear all along we wanted to keep Fran. He's our top scorer and speculation is part and parcel of the transfer window, but now we can move on." Read more: http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/sport/spl/4105841/Rangers-chief-slams-striker-Jelavic.html#ixzz1lH3M1CpD

Hilarious indeed mate. Juan guy gets the blame for everything,poor chap:D,but hey that'll be all their problems solved now:smokin:

ALLY McCOIST will not have Kyle Lafferty available for the foreseeable future – despite hopes of an imminent return. It was speculated that Rangers striker Lafferty, who is out of action with a hamstring strain, would be back for the William Hill Scottish Cup clash with Dundee United at Ibrox on Sunday. He was pictured at training at Murray Park last week and was said to be progressing well in his recovery from the injury he picked up against Motherwell on January 2. McCoist, left, has a serious striker shortage at the moment with Lafferty and reserve striker Kane Hemmings out, Steven Naismith sidelined for the rest of the campaign, and top scorer Nikica Jelavic now an Everton player. David Healy is currently the only fit striker at the club. Lafferty returning would have been a huge boost to the Gers gaffer in such an important match after another turbulent week. However, the 24-year-old will not be fit to face either United or Dunfermline in the SPL at East End Park on Saturday week. McCoist said: “The United game will come too soon for Kyle as should the next one. It will probably be another two or three weeks before he can be considered.” The boss could also soon be missing another three first-team members – Carlos Bocanegra, Maurice Edu and Dorin Goian – who are all just one booking away from a one-match league ban. Lafferty will also be just one booking away from a one-game suspension when he returns to action. http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/manager-cannot-count-on-kyle-lafferty-1.1146204

ALLY McCOIST today declared that he will tough it out at Rangers â?? and insisted that heâ??s no quitter. The Ibrox boss was responding to speculation that he was preparing to walk away from his post after the sale of Nikica Jelavic to Everton on the final day of the transfer window and the subsequent lack of investment in his squad. Bookmakers Paddy Power yesterday raked in so much money from punters betting on McCoist going that they eventually suspended all bets on him â?? much to the mirth of the Rangers manager. â??You know me and you know that Iâ??m no quitter,â? said McCoist. â??Certainly, itâ??s not a bed of roses right now but I never thought it would be and Iâ??m going nowhere. "I didnâ??t know they had suspended betting on my job because I didnâ??t know anyone was betting on it â?? but I bet thereâ??s a bookmaker smiling." And controversial chairman Craig Whyte also insisted that his manager is going nowhere. "I know there were all theses rumours about Ally quitting but I am 100% behind him," he said. "I feel our relationship is solid. Ally understood that if we had to offer the £4million Norwich wanted for Grant Holt on deadline night the deal simply wouldnâ??t make sense. "We decided to hold off and sort out the off-the-field issues, try to get to a position where we can bring in really good players this summer." And Whyte has also insisted that he remains the secured creditor of the club. It has been claimed that Whyte used fansâ?? season ticket money to finance the new regime, and former chairman Alastair Johnston suggested this week that Ticketusâ?? parent company, Octopus, was the sole creditor of the club. It is an accusation vehemently denied by Whyte. "Octopus are not the secured creditor of Rangers," he said. "I am. Thatâ??s the sort of thing that is easy to check out but no-one even bothered." Ticketus were used by the previous Ibrox regime, but generally for short-term loans of four to five months. Whyte, though, claims that he inherited a £7m bill with the London-based firm as soon as he stepped into his position at Rangers. "I spoke to Ticketus because I knew it was a liability coming up after the takeover," he said. "A ballpark figure for that would be £7m so I spoke to them and we decided we would roll over the facility." The Rangers Supporters Trust yesterday launched a fresh call for an AGM, something that the chairman has said cannot be done until the outstanding tax case is sorted out. "We canâ??t have an AGM until the accounts are signed off," he said. "We canâ??t get the accounts signed off until we have more clarity on the tax case. Itâ??s chicken and egg. "I still think we will have it before the end of March." http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/ally-mccoist-i-won-t-quit-on-rangers-1.1146206

That's my way of thinking,which is why all the sinister accusations being heaped on him seem a tad unfair IMO.

Serious question here,why did CW take over Rangers?

CELTIC are seeking a court order that could see a yob fan go to JAIL if he defies a ban on attending matches. Hoops bosses want an injunction to reinforce the move against Ross Connolly, 29 â?? blamed for the 'F*** UEFA' banner at a match in Italy last year. Connolly, of Giffnock, Glasgow, was arrested during the Europa League tie against Udinese for allegedly assaulting a steward. It's believed Celtic are the first Scots club to pursue a legal route to keep a fan away. A source said: "Clubs can ban people from their ground but, if they manage to sneak in, all the club can do is eject them. "An injunction is a far more robust measure." A breach of a Court of Session order would be contempt of court â?? with sanctions including civil imprisonment. A Celtic spokesman said: "We are rightly taking steps to prohibit this individual from attending matches." The club faces a large fine over the banner. UEFA will hear the case on February 24. Last night Connolly's mum Anne called Celtic's move "unwarranted". Read more: http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/4103043/Cell-tic-threat-over-yob-fan-ban.html#ixzz1lDv1Dn1c

Better to run a poll to asking why CW took over Rangers

A countdown clock is running on Rangers which has far, far graver consequences than any transfer window slamming shut. Could it be Rangers themselves which close? The outlook is becoming so bleak for them even that cannot be ruled out with total certainty. Liquidation still seems an unlikely outcome but the prospect of the club going into administration has moved from unthinkable to looking pretty much inevitable. It may not be long now before a statement is released confirming that Rangers, drowning in debt, have been placed in the hands of an administrator. It's not about whether they win or lose the tax case against Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs. They could sink before the outcome of that is known in March or April, or else they could collapse later even if the verdict goes their way. What's becoming clear is that Rangers are living a hand-to-mouth existence where debt levels are unsustainable, income does not match expenditure, and something exceptional such as the sale of Nikica Jelavic is necessary just to pay the bills and keep the wolves from the door for the next few weeks. BUT THEN WHAT? HMRC are all over Rangers. They aren't just interested in the big tax case, or the smaller one for an outstanding £2.8m fee; those are legacies of Sir David Murray's reign. HMRC are also investigating an entirely new set of issues and concerns which pertain totally to the takeover by Craig Whyte and his subsequent actions as owner. They have interviewed former directors about the acquisition and about potentially outstanding VAT sums, including £5m which will be due from what is being referred to as "mortgaging the season-tickets". Whyte has admitted using season-ticket projections for the next four years to secure loans worth £24.4m from an agency, Ticketus. He has denied using that money to buy Rangers in the first place and claimed that was a separate £18m from one of his companies. But if that is the case, where is the evidence of him investing serious money? Rangers' biggest spend on a player under him has been £1.5m on Lee Wallace, some of which has still to be paid. Madjid Bougherra was sold for £1.7m and Jelavic for around £6m with, it is believed, £3.5m paid up front. SO HOW IS THIS LIKELY TO UNFOLD? A club goes into administration either voluntarily or when creditors file a petition. Clubs first pay football-related debts (wages and fees to other clubs), then HMRC gets some of the money it is owed. Whyte may soon have to accept that he can no longer maintain Rangers as a going concern and pay the bills. WHAT IS THE ADVANTAGE OF GOING INTO ADMINISTRATION? Going into administration amounts to a rescue package which nearly always allows a club or company to survive. A licensed insolvency practitioner, the administrator's intention is to maintain the club as a going concern. It would secure partial repayment for Rangers' creditors and should avoid the club going into complete liquidation and ceasing to exist. After the administration the club re-emerges with new directors and a refreshed balance sheet. But it is no easy fix: there would be job losses among the off-field staff and redundancies, too, for players. WHAT HAPPENS IN FOOTBALL TERMS? Rangers would be docked 10 points in this season's Clydesdale Bank Premier League â?? no more, no fewer. That is an automatic and mandatory penalty imposed the moment the SPL receives court notice that a club is in administration. No vote or decision needs to be taken. The points come off immediately. Rangers would fall 11 points behind Celtic and be seven ahead of third-placed Motherwell as the table currently stands. If Rangers believe the league title is a lost cause without Jelavic (or any quality goalscorer, for that matter) it would be in their interests to go into administration sooner rather than later. If administration happens during the close season they would start next season on minus 10 points. Ten points will be docked in every season in which they remain in administration. A club can be docked more than 10 points in a season only if it goes into administration more than once in the same campaign. Rangers would also be prevented from signing any players, either permanently or on loan. They could sell players, though. Much as January was, then. COULD THEY BE RELEGATED TO THE THIRD DIVISION, AS LIVINGSTON WERE, OR DOCKED 25 POINTS, AS DUNDEE WERE? No. They'd have to be relegated from the SPL (virtually impossible even with a 10-point deduction) and come under the auspices of the Scottish Football League, which can impose far more severe sanctions for being in administration. The SPL punishment is 10 points. COULD THEY PLAY IN EUROPE? Every club needs an SFA licence to compete in the Uefa tournaments. That is granted only if the club proves it doesn't owe money to other clubs, its employees or Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs. The SFA needs to see audited accounts before a licence can be granted to play in Europe. So far, Rangers have not submitted such accounts to the SFA. They have until March 31 to do so, although there is some leeway for up to two weeks after that. But unless those audited accounts land at the SFA Rangers will not play in Europe next season, whether they are in administration or not. WHAT IS THE HOLD-UP WITH THE AUDITED ACCOUNTS? This is another question that Whyte must answer. Last month he said that an audit of the finances would be complete "on or around January 31" but yesterday he told the Rangers Supporters' Trust that it had still to be done and, what's more, he could not call an annual general meeting until it had been finalised. Whyte says the delays relate to the HMRC tax hearing. That's a very vague explanation. IS COMPLETE LIQUIDATION AND THE END OF RANGERS LIKELY? Rangers going out of business altogether can no longer be entirely ruled out, although it is still thought to be an unlikely conclusion to the current situation. It would depend, if the club did go into administration, on whether agreement could be reached with their creditors over repayment term. If, for example, no agreement could be reached with Ticketus' parent company (if they were the preferred creditor, rather than Whyte) full liquidation would be possible. MIGHT ALLY MCCOIST RESIGN OVER THIS? A matter of daily speculation. His chances of winning the league look all but over without Jelavic, although he is in an almost criticism-proof position given supporters realise the conditions he must work under. Eventually he could feel he is on a hiding to nothing and decide to escape the stress of dealing with it. But if McCoist is deeply frustrated about Whyte he might feel he'd be letting him off the hook by walking out. Nothing is likely to happen until the summer, at the earliest. WHAT IS THE SFA'S ROLE? The SFA can suspend or terminate a club's membership if it goes into administration, which would prevent it from playing in any league, but it has never previously done so. WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN NOW? Whyte must explain why Rangers seem to be in meltdown. The biggest question is: if he didn't use the season-ticket money to buy the club, what happened to the £20m-plus of supporters' cash? It hasn't gone on signings . . . Michael Grant http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/is-it-unthinkable-that-rangers-could-cease-to-exist-as-a-football-club.16648763

RAGING Rangers chief Craig Whyte last night launched a blistering attack on the former directors he says took the club to the brink of COLLAPSE. The Ibrox chairman hit back after being accused of using season ticket cash to finance his regime. Whyte was slated by ex-chairman Alastair Johnston and directors John McClelland and Paul Murray who put the boot into the man in charge of the troubled SPL champs. Now in a stunning SunSport exclusive he has fired back and rapped: "They have all been sitting there for years making a financial mess of Rangers. Now they are throwing stones at the man who is in trying to clear it up! "They are slagging me off but where was Paul Murray when the club was up for sale for three years? "How much money did Alastair Johnston put into Rangers?" In a sensational twist Whyte revealed that former chairman McClelland and ex- chief executive Martin Bain had Employee Benefit Trusts â?? the controversial schemes that have plunged the club into their tax crisis. Whyte said: "They took big salaries out and operated a tax scheme that has driven this club to the brink. "There is no question that there is a vendetta against me by the old board. They wanted the club to themselves and I spoiled their plans. "Now instead of getting on with their lives their anger is increasing. "These guys don't get a hard time and I find that unbelievable. Some people are rewriting history and saying they did a good job. "What planet are those people living on?" The old Gers hierarchy have lined up to voice fears over Whyte's Rangers regime as the £6million sale of top scorer Nikica Jelavic to Everton with no replacement brought in leaves fans fretting over the future. But Whyte countered: "I wasn't surprised by the outbursts as certain people have been sniping since Day One. "I was disappointed, though, to see John Greig and John McClelland being negative about the club." Greatest Ever Ranger Greig quit his work as a director and ambassador claiming he had become isolated under the new regime. He said he found it "disturbing" that season ticket cash was being sold off and insisted: "It is painful when I see what is happening." Whyte, though, feels that Greig should not have been laying into the club as they face one of their toughest ever battles. The Gers chief said: "It is very disappointing because I consider John Greig to be a true Rangers legend. "I understand his concerns, we have a big job to do, I make no bones about that. "I always felt John and I had a decent relationship so, yes, his involvement in particular was disappointing." Read more: http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/sport/spl/4103170/Im-having-to-clear-up-mess-made-by-you-lot.html#ixzz1lDXaTX7q

THERE can be little doubt that the Rangers crisis is just thatâ?¦a crisis which is a real and present danger to the club. However, there can also be little room for doubt that the difficulties which engulf the Ibrox club are not of current owner and chairman, Craig Whyteâ??s making. Just how Rangers got into the state they are in is something which I shall turn my attention to tomorrow. And I can promise, I will name names and pull no punches. For the moment the more immediate problem is to try and clarify just how Whyte intends to get Rangers out of the mess he inherited. And that is where the crux of the problem really rests. For none of the business folk I have spoken to, can work out just what the Whyte blueprint is. Though many insist that there must be one, that Whyte must be working to a plan which will benefit both himself and Rangers. The two are tied together. If, for instance, Whyteâ??s long term strategy is to sell Rangers and make a profit, then to do that he must make the club debt free. Or at worst, reduce the debt to a few million. There would be nothing wrong in Whyte taking this course of action. After all, it is exactly what Fergus McCann did at Celtic and it worked a treat across the city. The problem is that even business people, whose minds are more finely attuned to such matters than mine, cannot see how Whyte can achieve this without Rangers having to suffer some serious pain. If they are right then, once again, that is not a problem of Whyteâ??s making, but the one he inherited. But surely, it is better for Rangers to suffer such pain for a year or two if the club can then emerge stronger? Surely that is better than the uncertainty which has dogged Rangers for the past four years, to continue? Whyte however, has another problem. That of perception. If some of Scotlandâ??s best business brains canâ??t work out what his game plan and his end plan is, then the man in the street has no chance of doing so, far less we hacks. So, you are perfectly entitled to ask, why doesnâ??t Craig Whyte just come out and lay his game plan, his end plan, before the people? It is not so simple. If Whyte did that then he would be revealing his hand. And, as I have said before, Whyte is a poker player from the top drawer. To let the light shine on his plans would be to give the many dark and sinister forces which are anti Rangers and which have already worked and continue to, against the Ibrox club, a chance to block his scheme. I make no claim of having even an inkling as to what that game plan, Whyteâ??s end plan, is, but for there not to be one in place makes no sense. Without it there would have been no point in his takeover of Rangers. There would be nothing in it for him if there was nothing in it for Rangers. Think about that. Which means, for the moment, Rangers supporters have no option other than to trust Craig Whyte and give him their support, even if it is muted and reluctant. If they want someone on whom to vent their spleen, I will provide them with targets aplenty. HERE! TOMORROW! http://leggoland2.blogspot.com/

We have nothing to fear from the BHEASTS,they are a poor side IMO,we have shown that over the last three seasons,there is no reason to think we can't retain our title this season with the players we have. We as fans can only get behind Ally & the team and play our part in another title win.