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  1. chilledbear
    Depends what they mean by 'escorted'.
  2. chilledbear
    They don't have the cojones, only against our own.
  3. chilledbear
    Never to be heard from again.
  4. chilledbear
    http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/easdale-drops-fans-chief-legal-threat-158213n.23868497?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign Mr Easdale, a member of the Rangers football board, had threatened to sue season ticket holder Craig Houston. Mr Houston is the founder and public face of the Sons of Struth protest group that has campaigned for boardroom change this season. He received a summons and a claim for £200,000 of damages for comments that were made by third parties on the Sons of Struth Facebook page. The 41-year-old, who runs his own cleaning company, had refused to sign a gagging order that would have ended the action. And the father-of-two *admitted that he could have lost his business, his home and been declared bankrupt if he had lost the case. Houston had said: "The claims relate to things posted on our Facebook page by other people. "There is nothing I can do about that. "The only way I could guarantee having no *further problem would be to close the Sons of Struth Facebook page. "But in spite of the threat I am not tempted to do that. This is about what is right and wrong. Morally and *legally I believe I have a strong case. "But I can't be certain of victory and as a *father with two children the consequences of losing are terrifying. I stand to lose everything. I'd be ruined." There was a possibility that money that remained in the Rangers Fans Fighting Fund, set up during the Glasgow club's financial difficulties two years ago, could have been used to provide financial support. But a post on the Sons of Struth Facebook page last night read: "I have this evening received written confirmation that no *further action will be taken against me by Alexander Easdale." Greenock businessman Easdale, who runs McGill's bus company along with his brother James, a non-executive *director at Rangers, *instructed his lawyers to act after "libelous" online remarks and "personal slurs". He had said: "I don't want to go to court but I can't *allow this stuff to continue. He's not being picked on. This is an action I must take. "If any libelous comments are made on any website and are brought to my attention they are acted upon by lawyers."
  5. chilledbear
    Ryan Hardie scoring a double in a 2:1 win over Celtic tonight for @RFC_Youth under-17's against Celtic. Great stuff by the wee Gers!
  6. chilledbear
    Down here they can't even pronounce them right.
  7. chilledbear
    I would have thought paying fines is not a good way to cut costs.
  8. chilledbear
    Another one, just what we need
  9. chilledbear
    They mean this one is crap. 'Rangers claim that if the details of their kit deal with Puma are made public, it will put them at a "serious disadvantage" when trying to negotiate with other suppliers once it ends.'
  10. chilledbear
    Only a matter of time.
  11. chilledbear
    I see they are now targeting RF. DG ‏@dcgriff2000 @Falkirkbear @GordonKeane @JP_1872 @Spinvicta Do it, bud. They'd welcome callers' views on what looks like a Buy Rangers bid to takeover RF.
  12. chilledbear
    Let the Directors show they can do their job first.
  13. chilledbear
    Their attacks on Rangers Supporters negates any good work they have done. Cowardly and devisive.
  14. chilledbear
    Grant Russell ‏@STVGrant 17m At court for Imran Ahmad v Rangers. Validity of Charles Green's letter confirming bonus likely decided today, ahead of case next year. Grant Russell ‏@STVGrant 15m Green said to have written letter, opening "Dear Immy", stating Ahmad would be paid min. bonus of £500k.
  15. chilledbear
    If our enemies wanted a way to harm Rangers they couldn't have done any better...divide the support.
  16. chilledbear
    Yet I don't remember Statements being issued when it was used for Dunfermline. Is it not the case that this is no more than an excuse to exert pressure on individuals. Dunfermline paid - No Statements. SOS v Easdale no money paid - Statements galore.
  17. chilledbear
    It's scary that they actually don't care what we think. ST money is all they want from us.
  18. chilledbear
    Should have been done years ago. We seem to live in the dark ages.
  19. chilledbear
    The RFFF should change and become more open, it seems everything is a big secret.
  20. chilledbear
    From FF. Response from Mr Somers "Worked with Deloitte on Interim statements first. Now the Companies House filings which will be today or Monday. "
  21. chilledbear
    Can we expect one from every committee member?
  22. chilledbear
    No wonder they fear for their safety, from their own end.
  23. chilledbear
    RIDDLE me this. It’s a priceless commodity and yet it costs nothing at all. It cannot be bought but its every ounce must be thoroughly earned. If Graham Wallace could solve this puzzle then his task as Rangers chief executive would be made a great deal more easy. The answer, of course, is trust. And it’s been his biggest issue ever since he agreed to wade into the quagmire that is the Ibrox boardroom. Simply by willingly associating himself with the board which appointed him, Wallace was up to his knees in inherent suspicion from the start. But his long-standing professional reputation bought him a bit of time. To many, he was the acceptable face of an otherwise intolerable regime. Five months on, however, Wallace’s mask might be starting to slip. Because on Thursday of last week, just hours after putting his name to the Ibrox club’s latest declaration of multi-million pound losses, Wallace found his integrity being called into question by the very supporters he has been struggling so hard to convince. The Union of Fans – an umbrella group made up by various factions – accused Wallace of “misleading” season-ticket holders and shareholders alike over the true state of Rangers’ finances. And all at once the CEO became a busted flush because if he really has lost the trust of his own customers then it’s hard to see any way for him to claw it back. His silence, as well as that of chairman David Somers in the five days since, has been of the deafening variety. Then again how exactly is Wallace supposed to talk his way out of this one? How on earth can he explain why he stood up at the club’s agm on December 18 and insisted robustly that all was well when, with the benefit of hindsight, the whole world can now see that plainly it was not. For the record here’s a taste of what Wallace told the assembled shareholders: “There is sufficient cash in the business to fund the ongoing needs of the club in the near term. There has been speculation in the Press that we are teetering on the brink of administration. That is categorically not the case. There is sufficient funding to continue to trade as we normally would.” Now Wallace may not have been attempting to mislead about any of the above. If, by the near term, what he meant was really the next three or four weeks. And if, by categorically pooh-poohing the risk of another administration, he already knew how he was going to raise the money needed to plug a £4m black hole for the rest of the season. It could also be argued in Wallace’s defence that he himself had been misled, perhaps by the then financial director Brian Stockbridge who lost his job very soon after. And none of that can be discounted. But, if you believe it then you must also ask how it could be that a man with Wallace’s credentials as a financial big hitter, would allow himself to be placed in such a position. If, when he stood up to speak at the agm, he really wasn’t armed with the full extent of the club’s dwindling cash reserves, then what does that say about his own competence as a CEO? And here’s the really tricky bit. What if, less than a fortnight after the agm, frantic discussions were taking place behind the scenes, not just about how to keep the floodlights switched on through February but also how best to keep everyone else (particularly those in the market place) in the dark about this need to raise emergency funding? In fact, what if the board had been preparing for precisely this penniless scenario since as long back as last September, when they first opened negotiations aimed at raising £2m against assets such as the jumbo screens at either end of the stadium? The truth is, it was only after this potential deal collapsed, at around the time of the agm, that the Rangers board was forced to look at alternatives and ended up agreeing controversial loan deals for £1.5m with two shareholders, Laxey Partners and Sandy Easdale. And yet on February 25 in an exclusive Q&A with Record Sport after this arrangement had been announced, Wallace said: “Football is a very cyclical business, with big incomes generated early in the summer which progressively run down. So this is not a crisis move. It’s not a last-gasp policy. “We have some fairly significant income streams that will arise in the summer. So this is just a short-term facility. We have no bank debt, no overdraft and a balance sheet which is probably the envy of a lot of football clubs but yet consistently everybody talks about us being in a crisis.” Wallace added: “The need for a financial facility is no different for Rangers than for any normal business. We need time for people to see how the business is being operated and to rebuild people’s trust in Rangers as an organisation and trust in the credibility of those who are running it.” There’s that word again. Trust. In little more than two weeks’ time Wallace will have another chance to start earning it, or at least winning some of it back, when he delivers his 120-day business review. It will be interesting to note if he will put his name to one particular plan which has already been floated at boardroom level. It involves not just a huge hike in season-ticket prices but also asking fans for additional cash payments which would be ringfenced and used for spending on their team. Now that really would be one test too many for the patience of this support which is already hankering for Dave King’s millions to give the club an easy fix. Given the hand-to-mouth existence of Wallace’s club, it is becoming increasingly difficult to understand why the man in charge is not shifting heaven and earth to bring King’s money in house. Immediately. The longer King is kept at arm’s length the less trust these fans will have for Wallace and his regime. It really is that simple. And you don’t need a badge in riddle solving to work out where that leaves Wallace and Somers with these supporters. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/keith-jackson-its-matter-trust-3303691
  24. chilledbear
    We must be top of the League for Statements.
  25. chilledbear
    Central mid are too much of the same, slow and predictable. I think we will need 3 in the middle of the park, definitely against DU, so why not try it against RR.
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