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https://themanthebheastscanttame.wordpress.com/2017/11/14/is-dermot-desmond-fit-and-proper-part-1-dermot-desmonds-tax-case-part-1-the-aviva-stadium/ Quote below from this piece Here's the piece he references in the quote above https://themanthebheastscanttame.wordpress.com/2014/01/16/operation-e-u-tree/ And a couple of quotes from it here He goes on to document a number of business links between Desmond and McCreevy and then he says I don't know the details of this, what are the facts behind him saying Ashley is in Desmond's "band of merry men"? It's proof of nothing but still worrying stuff given what seems coordinated and obsessive sabotauge of Rangers Football Club by Mike Ashley. Seems to me that the line that "we crossed him and he doesn't like being crossed" might just be the perfect cover story for him.

I'm not speaking on behalf of the website it's a personal opinion, and I don't think anybody is going to combing through fans forums looking for people who've said things about them that they can't prove. The police went as far as arresting him for fraud remember, they probably just didn't have enough hard evidence.

Apparently there are links between Ashley and Desmond. He's apparently played golf with him in Barbados, he appointed one of his closest long term associates to the Sports Direct board. It seems every deal/contract Ashley tied Rangers into with the help of fraudsters like Green were designed to cause the ultimate harm to the club. £1 for the Ibrox naming rights, 7 year notice period, almost all profit for shirt sales going to SD. How isn't this a police matter? This isn't just a clever businessman this looks like a coordinated attempt to sabotauge Rangers' recovery.

How was it even legal for Charles Green to give 93% of the profits to Sports Direct? Isn't that obviously some type of fraud because he made no attempt to negotiate a deal which benefited us?

Lol I just meant the background gif. Is that from The Beach?

What a find that gif was

I would be very surprised if anyone spent that on him. I feel sorry for him because they are overvaluing him and as a result he’s stuck at Liverpool when he should have signed for someone earlier in the window. I hope they lower their ask and someone signs him for his own good.

I haven’t watched the interview but I think it’s pretty final. Both managers have said the loan is not on. Gerrard admitted he hasn’t even asked how much a permanent deal would be (that’ll shock a few). The word from Liverpool sources all summer has been that they want sales for their fringe players and that’s finally been confirmed. I think we’ve known for a while what the situation is and have moved on, it’s not like Gerrard will have been in the dark by Klopp.

https://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/17807419.rangers-boss-steven-gerrard-admits-defeat-loan-move-liverpool-winger-ryan-kent/

Just finished listening to it, another good listen thanks to all. And well done to @D'Artagnan on your debut.

Far from it. I said "unless our hands are tied". If the board look at the numbers and decide we need a Morelos transfer fee now then so be it. If not then that asset will still be there in a year and if he is willing to stay we have a real shot at winning the league and opening the door to crucial revenue generation. Of course if Mark Allen and his scouts decide they have player lined up who will be just as good then that is another matter but that isn't likely.

I agree, but as above we appear to have a squad capable of winning the league and qualifying for the Champions League qualifiers. Qualifying for the groups is worth £60m last I heard. It's a case of speculating to accumulate unless our hands are tied. Sell Morelos (without an equally good replacement) and our league hope more or less die.

We don't know the exact financial details but the counter argument to that is that you have to speculate to accumulate. We might have a good chance at winning the league this season. The Champions League is the only real big money prize available to Rangers. Qualifying even one season would allow us to fast forward financially about 10 years. Getting to the groups isn't unachievable either, Celtic's route to the Champions League groups this season looks far easier than our route to the Europa League groups (depressing as that is).

I find it hard to believe Morelos turned down £30m over 3 years. I even find it hard to believe we verbally accepted £15m in the context of McBurnie going for £20m

Shameless smugness on my part @der Berliner, I couldn't resist it

Just heard on the radio McBurnie has sold for 20 million!

Ah I just missed your sarcasm

He's a liability, but hopefully we can keep him and sign Jason Cummings too....? ?

This is a bit naiive. Vandalism isn't planned well in advance by these idiots. They are drunk one night and chuck their bottle, it happens in an instance and the problem for the council is that they will be the ones paying the bills not the guy who put the flag up. If it happens inconsistently it's a problem but other than that it is their business frankly because it's their property.

The only issue here is consistency. If it's a council house they will be the ones footing the bills for any vandalism so it's perfectly reasonable to to ask that flags not be publicly displayed but that has to be consistent. One thing I wish the council would do is take down all those blasted Yes stickers.

That is massively underplaying the benefits of the new system and overlaying the role of other factors imo. The article explains very well how our opposition didn’t know how to counteract it. And the Kilmarnock game did no such thing. Aside from the fact they were playing for 3rd place we dropped Arfield, Tavernier and Davis, each were huge in that run of wins but none more so than Arfield who is integral to the formation working. I think it’s fair to say we agree on a lot but just not quite on everything.

@Tannochsidebear if you didn't get round to reading the modern fitba article I started a thread about yesterday I'd recommend it because it explains the above very well

Neil Lennon was gifted an opportunity to come across as the level headed mature one by "shrugging it off".

Good post and I do agree but I wouldn't go quite as far as you. We've found it far easier to play through teams since switching to the 4-3-2-1. Up until March we struggled badly against the top 6, a fact that some in our support didn't want to face up to. In the final 6-7 games of the season (let's not count the last game) we brushed them all aside. We definitely still lacked final product (my total exasperation with Kent's final ball is well documented on this forum), but despite that we still eventually found a way through. The formation change has been like a new signing. Arfield a prime example, same player but a different position where he is like a new signing because it uses his abilities far better. And that's not to mention that the additions of Aribo, Davis and Kamara make us far more creative there (Aribo in particular). I still totally agree with you that we haven't found that creative central attacking midfielder and I wish we had signed one but I think we are definitely less in need of one than we were and I hold out hold for Stewart and Murphy to pass through defences and score from that position when they get up to speed.

I was quite annoyed to see a headline today about Ojo saying we were the best team in Scotland. When will our players learn to do their talking on the park?