no12 0 Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Supposing you could turn the clock back and change things so that none of this shit ever happened. At what point in time would you set the dials? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calscot 0 Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Just before Marco Negri's squash game... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 0 Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Day before David Murray bought Rangers. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWeeBlueDevil 0 Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 The day after nine in a row 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calscot 0 Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 The day after nine in a row What would you change? From what I remember we played brilliantly in the league in the first half of the next season - untill Negri, who scored about 30 goals in that time, hurt his eye playing squash. He scored about 3 goals after that and we lost the league by 2 points. It also coincided with a form dip for the rest of the team and was about the time that Walter announced his retirement. I do remember we were rubbish in Europe, getting beat by Gothenburg, then Strasbourg so maybe we could do something about that - and perhaps sell Laudraup to Chelsea for £5m and buy another decent striker with the money. Then, with a half decent European run, Walter would have stayed, we'd have won 10 in a row and Advocaat would not have got near our overdraft... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calscot 0 Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Day before David Murray bought Rangers. When you look back, we didn't need him at the time. David Holmes was doing a great job but Malborough was never that interested. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tannochsidebear 2,516 Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 I would actually say in all fairness the day after Walter left as manager at the end of the 1997-98 season. It was at this point when Murray appointed Advocaat and started to chase a dream that was to ultimately end up costing us everything. The overspending in that 3 year period between 1998-2001 was totally insane given the possible financial rewards, and resulted in us going to around £80M of debt and a decade of downsizing. When Murray's own empire hit the skids in 2008 when the world economy crashed and the bank effectively took over the major decisions at our club, it was bad enough, then when the bank forced through a sale to a new owner that the previous board had warned not to, the club was fecked. It can all be traced back to the Advocaat era, and Murray's irresponsible spending spree. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 0 Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 When you look back, we didn't need him at the time. David Holmes was doing a great job but Malborough was never that interested. Indeed, pity the myth that he started the Souness revolution still goes about. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWeeBlueDevil 0 Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 What would you change? With hindsight that would have been a good point for SDM to take a hike. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 0 Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 I would actually say in all fairness the day after Walter left as manager at the end of the 1997-98 season. It was at this point when Murray appointed Advocaat and started to chase a dream that was to ultimately end up costing us everything. The overspending in that 3 year period between 1998-2001 was totally insane given the possible financial rewards, and resulted in us going to around £80M of debt and a decade of downsizing. When Murray's own empire hit the skids in 2008 when the world economy crashed and the bank effectively took over the major decisions at our club, it was bad enough, then when the bank forced through a sale to a new owner that the previous board had warned not to, the club was fecked. It can all be traced back to the Advocaat era, and Murray's irresponsible spending spree. Come on now TB, you can't believe the sale was all Lloyd's fault? Murray simply didn't care. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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