calscot 0 Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 The plan is to break even on what can be considered as our "guaranteed" earnings of about £35M a year. Seems to me like the only way to run the club for the long term but it's going to bite now - especially if Celtic don't follow suit. The trouble is that £35M is less than an average EPL club gets from TV alone and it seems we have to get used to the reality our reduced standing in the football world. It gives us no money to spend on fees unless we earn money in Europe, and even then there are expenses that come with that. I can't see how you can blame any new owner for this - although the way Whyte is going about things doesn't make it very palatable. it's also got to be said that Rangers fans are highly contributory to the situation and many are highly hypocritical in there criticism. How can you complain that the club are spending no money at the same time attendances are well down (44,000 at the weekend) and the lack of support for pretty glamorous friendlies that were the equivalent of a whip-round, but actually getting some entertainment for the money? People are entitled not to spend their money, but they can't then complain about the club cutting costs or not spending money they don't have due to the non-spenders. Even with the friendlies, I couldn't believe some people's attitude at a time when the club needed them. Fair enough, don't go, but some of the reasoning behind it was highly cringe-worthy and showed little love or care for the welfare of the club. We have far too many "customers" and not enough "supporters". There is nothing wrong with spending your money elsewhere but when your rivals have more loyal fans willing to spend their money then you are handing them a distinct advantage and it's pathetic to then complain when we subsequently fall behind them or when we don't buy as many players due to lack of money. You may be the best fan in the world and spend a load of money on the club but it's a numbers game so if you're not joined by enough fellow supporters, your club will suffer compared to better supported rivals. You might baulk at the argument that Celtic deserve to be above us but it's hard to argue against the fact that they are more likely to be there with the extra resources they have. Rangers fans have to start working out where the money is supposed to be coming from. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,357 Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 A more complete list ... IN: #24 Mervan Celik â?? Contract till 2015 Out: #9 Nikica Jelavić â?? sold (£6m+ Everton FC) #10 John Fleck â?? (Contract till 2013, loaned to Blackpool FC) #17 Juan Manuel Ortiz â?? (Contract till 2014, loaned to Almeira, Spain) #36 Darren Cole â?? (Contract till 2012, loaned to Partick Thistle FC) #33 Thomas Kind Bendiksen - released (turned down contract, Tromsø IL) #23 Jordan McMillan â?? sold (Contract till 2012, refused extention; Dunfermline Atletic) #35 Kyle Hutton â?? (contract till 2014, loaned to Dunfermline Atletic) #3 David Weir â?? released Jack Werndly - (loaned to Albion Rovers) Marc Dyer - (loaned to Ayr United) Sam McMahon - released (?, Doncaster Rovers) Freddie Espling - released (?, Djurgarden) Nicolaj Kohlert - released (?, Silkeborg) On trial: Luigi Bruins, Jamael Cox, Matthew Mbuta 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,502 Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 And what we're left with Goalkeepers (3) McGregor Alexander Gallacher Defenders (8) Goian Bocanegra Bartley Whittaker Wallace Papac Broadfoot Perry Midfielders (10) Edu Davis Aluko Celik McCulloch Bedoya McKay Wylde Kerkar McCabe Strikers (4) Lafferty (injured) Healy Hemmings (injured) Little Long term injuries (2) Naismith Ness 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Just as well we were trying to sign more midfielders then 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted February 1, 2012 Author Share Posted February 1, 2012 (edited) Ian, the club website has Kerkar classed as a striker and you missed out Naismith and Ness. der Berliner, you missed out our striker Kal Naismith who we've loaned to Partick Thistle along with Cole. Now too old for the U19s he's classed as one of our reserves with number 42 on his kit I think, Naismith is a striker/forward. Regarding the Dutch guy Luigi Bruins, his trial was ended early last week at the same time as it was revealed that at that point in time we didn't have money to offer any of the trialists contracts. As for Jamael Cox, there were mixed reports, but I think he was only over training with the U19 youth team while his MLS season was closed. He belongs to Seattle Sounders, so given that we have no money to buy players he will be going back to America if he hasn't already done so. If he did trial with the first team at all for Ally to look at, then it makes no difference because he still won't be staying here. Edited February 1, 2012 by Zappa fixing typo 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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