We don't need a leg up, says mccoist

[ian1964 10,448]

ALLY McCOIST insists Rangers do not want a helping hand on their climb back to the top of Scottish football.

 

SFA chief executive Stewart Regan said league reconstruction could be in place for next season.

 

And the move could see Rangers playing in the second tier of Scottish football 12 months ahead of schedule.

 

McCoist, however, would not want to see Rangers fast-tracked through the leagues on the back of reconstruction and wonders if Scottish footballâ??s authorities are using their demotion to the Third Division to push through change.

 

McCoist said: â??The only thing you can say in the defence of reconstruction is that it has been on the agenda since before our trouble, so thereâ??s a cop-out there. But I think we are all kidding ourselves on if we donâ??t think it helps Scottish football â?? us moving back up the ladder, that is.

 

â??I donâ??t think there is a team in the country apart from ourselves who would get nearly 50,000 against East Stirling last Saturday and things like that obviously help Scottish football. I would argue that is a fact.

 

 

Are Rangers being used now? Thatâ??s open to debate

Ally McCoist

 

 

â??Are Rangers being used now? Thatâ??s open to debate.

 

â??I can understand if some of the fans thought we wanted our medicine and we are now taking it and we want to go through the leagues. I can understand that totally.

 

â??Weâ??ve got to assume we have to win three promotions.Unless someone tells us otherwise thatâ??s the way weâ??ve got to do it.

 

â??Weâ??ve got to get out of three divisions to get back to where we belong â?? or where we feel we belong.

 

â??It would possibly help us if league reconstruction was contemplated, and time will tell on that, but weâ??re certainly planning for the long haul.â?

 

Regan has set up a working group, which includes representatives from the SPL and SFL, to devise a new structure.

 

McCoist hopes Rangers will be involved in any discussions.

 

He said: â??I would hope that our representatives would be there in some form.

 

â??League reconstruction has been spoken about for a long time. Now would be as good an opportunity as ever before to have league reconstruction because of what has been happening.

 

â??But it would be a little bit unfair for me to make any comment if our club is going to benefit from it.

 

â??We are down in SFL3 to hopefully can go to SFL2 and then SFL1 unless anything otherwise happens.â?

[foggy dewhurst 0]

rangers should take the wind from reagans sails by issuing a statement that the club will play it way back to the top flight by earning our right to be in the top flight ,let them stew .

[the gunslinger 3,366]

was talking to a guy who's quite high up at queens park. he thinks reconstruction and SPL for us or perhaps SPL 2 is s racing cert.

[aweebluesoandso 290]

was talking to a guy who's quite high up at queens park. he thinks reconstruction and SPL for us or perhaps SPL 2 is s racing cert.

 

I would doubt that, the sphell is on it's way to the dump, why would the SFL agree to hitch it's wagon to an expanded league format that has failed. Not only that the officials and chairmen who run it has been proven to be liars and corrupt.

[GovanAllan 0]

I would doubt that, the sphell is on it's way to the dump, why would the SFL agree to hitch it's wagon to an expanded league format that has failed. Not only that the officials and chairmen who run it has been proven to be liars and corrupt.

 

Exactly the SPL should be going cap in hand to the SFL wanting to be part of the new SFL1.