wabashcannonball 0 Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Who were the group who met with AJ and Bain yesterday, isn't it their duty to inform ALL Rangers supporters of the meetings outcome, or are we lowly foot soldiers excluded from such information. Exclusive by Thomas Jordan Share 0 comments 10 May 2010 Sasa Papac today urged the Rangers powerbrokers not to break up Walter Smithââ?¬â?¢s double-winning side. The future of the Ibrox manager has been cast in doubt amid fears funds wonââ?¬â?¢t be made available for him to strengthen the squad during the summer despite winning the SPL and the Co-operative Insurance Cup. And there are also six players out of contract with leading scorer Kris Boyd, captain Davie Weir, Nacho Novo, Kirk Broadfoot, Stevie Smith and DaMarcus Beasley waiting to discover if they will be offered new deals. Major steps will be made in determining what happens next at Rangers later today when chairman Alastair Johnston, chief executive Martin Bain and manager Walter Smith meet with Lloyds Bank in Edinburgh. Johnston and Bain met with a delegation of fans before yesterdayââ?¬â?¢s final SPL game ââ?¬â?? a 3-3 home draw with Motherwell ââ?¬â?? and told them they expected to thrash out plans for spending next season that would hand the manager a kitty of around Ã?£5million. That figure would be to re-sign the out-of-contract players, and also for fees and wages for new players. Given that Smithââ?¬â?¢s preference is to maintain a first-team squad of 24 players, that sum doesnââ?¬â?¢t leave the manager much room to manoeuvre and he is expected to ask for more. The reply he is given will go a long to determine what the summer holds for Rangers. On the matter of the Andrew Ellis takeover, the fansââ?¬â?¢ delegation were told that proof of funding had still to be shown, and left the meeting with the impression that deal was going nowhere fast. But Papac, however, is hoping Smith will still be at the helm next season. He said: ââ?¬Å?Everyone wants the manager to stay. He is the most important person at the football club because he has the respect of everyone and he has just managed to lead us to a second successive league championship. ââ?¬Å?I donââ?¬â?¢t know what decision he will make. However, all the players and also the fans want him to stay on. I know there are other things happening off the field and I just hope it all works out well for the club. ââ?¬Å?We also have a lot of players who are coming out of contract and hopefully they can be offered new deals and stay. When you win the title, and also the League Cup, you want to keep a successful team and build on it. ââ?¬Å?So Iââ?¬â?¢m keeping my fingers crossed that turns out to be the case and we can come back bigger and stronger.ââ?¬Â Papac reckons Rangersââ?¬â?¢ fabulous run in December was the turning point in their season and believes their form since then more than proves they are deserving champions. He said: ââ?¬Å?We really put a good run of results together at that time and we remained consistent from then on. For us, that was an extremely important period in the season as we opened up a good lead over Celtic. ââ?¬Å?After that, it was simply a case of making sure our form remained the same and it did for most of the run-in until we won the league against Hibs at Easter Road. It is never easy to win a championship ââ?¬â?? it is a difficult thing to achieve. ââ?¬Å?But we have all worked so hard and remained focused, even when we were having a difficult time in the Champions League. We just kept going out and gaining results and that is why we have won the league. ââ?¬Å?You can see how much the title means to the supporters and also to the players.ââ?¬Â 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,145 Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 It would have been the Rangers Assembly... I'd expect them to publish an update on their site asap. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BdTS Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Frankie, did you get my PM mate? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,145 Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 I did mate - just replied now - apologies for the delay but I'm snowed under at the moment! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabashcannonball 0 Posted May 10, 2010 Author Share Posted May 10, 2010 It must have slipped their minds Frankie, 24 hours later and not a peep, mibees it was supposed to be secret like the previous one that caused such a stooshie ower on RM. Kingmakers at work, beware of low flying bullshit....time this whole fekin mess was put on view for the fans consumption...it is our club. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maineflyer 0 Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 It must have slipped their minds Frankie, 24 hours later and not a peep, mibees it was supposed to be secret like the previous one that caused such a stooshie ower on RM. Kingmakers at work, beware of low flying bullshit....time this whole fekin mess was put on view for the fans consumption...it is our club. It's not our club, we're not even entitled to be treated as supporters by supporters organisations, let alone those running the club. At least not while there's a single opportunity for even one elitist mouthpiece to polish his ego by the fine old art of excluding everyone else. As I keep on saying, in the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king. Anyway, you can't open it up for everyone to see, someone might have their eyes open. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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