Hateley: If Rangers fans want a panto villain they should look to Kyle Lafferty

[simplythebest 0]

Thanks.

 

Getting angry wont change a thing. Unless you're going to punch fuck out of him then its a complete waste of energy.

You'll be recommending meditation next.

[EDGE 0]

Hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[RANGERRAB 3,304]

The reason Naismith left for Everton was because they offered him £35k pw compared to the £15k pw he was on at Rangers. He could have stayed & done what Edu did but chose not thus thus denying the club a much-needed fee. Rangers supporters aren't stupid and realised this. He will never be welcome back at Ibrox like his other deserters.

Unfortunately though it's all about to go disasterously wrong. The TUPE advice he got last summer now looks extremely dodgy wherby he could simply walk out & go elsewhere. If not why are the SPFA ( & their legal chum Gribbon of Bridge litigation) launching this ridiculous counter-claim against Rangers for 67( yes 67) players if they're not confident the advice they gave was sound ? They say they'll drop this claim if Rangers don't pursue the players who walked out but there's no chance of CG doing that. He knows he's got a winnable case even if he has to go to the law courts if the SFA tribunal doesn't go in his favour. This is just the start of a case which could have repercussions in the football world longafter.

Edited December 14, 2012 by RANGERRAB

[bossy 0]

The reason Naismith left for Everton was because they offered him £35k pw compared to the £15k pw he was on at Rangers. He could have stayed & done what Edu did but chose not thus thus denying the club a much-needed fee. Rangers supporters aren't stupid and realised this. He will never be welcome back at Ibrox like his other deserters.

Unfortunately though it's all about to go disasterously wrong. The TUPE advice he got last summer now looks extremely dodgy wherby he could simply walk out & go elsewhere. If not why are the SPFA ( & their legal chum Gribbon of Bridge litigation) launching this ridiculous counter-claim against Rangers for 67( yes 67) players if they're not confident the advice they gave was sound ? They say they'll drop this claim if Rangers don't pursue the players who walked out but there's no chance of CG doing that. He knows he's got a winnable case even if he has to go to the law courts if the SFA tribunal doesn't go in his favour. This is just the start of a case which could have repercussions in the football world longafter.

 

I would have thought that, by now, the realisation that Charles Green is one tough cookie and absolutely capable of following through on his promises/threats would have sunk in at the SFA and also at their hangers-on.

[RANGERRAB 3,304]

I would have thought that, by now, the realisation that Charles Green is one tough cookie and absolutely capable of following through on his promises/threats would have sunk in at the SFA and also at their hangers-on.

 

So would I m8 but apparently not so for some.

[the gunslinger 3,366]

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/f...illain-1488998

 

THE former Ibrox striker said he made up his mind to leave five months before the end of last season, ad is now suing for constructive dismissal.

 

STEVEN NAISMITH is a fabulous footballer and, in my experience, a very humble, decent young man.

 

Unfortunately, heâ??s right when he says he canâ??t walk back in through the front doors of Ibrox. Heâ??s no longer welcome there.

 

I take no pleasure in saying such a thing because Steven is a level-headed guy and someone with whom I have at least some level of affinity.

 

Like me, he was lucky enough to wear a Rangers shirt as a player and, like me, he still considers himself a Rangers fan. Probably always will.

 

So it must hurt deep inside to know his reputation is now in tatters with the supporters he left behind when he made his move to Everton in the summer.

 

Itâ??s not just that these guys donâ??t care about him any more which would be hard enough to deal with. Even when you leave Ibrox for the last time you want to go knowing you will at least be thought of fondly and forever considered part of a special family.

 

He gave all that up when he refused to have his contract transferred over to Charles Greenâ??s newco. And he probably realised then and there that his relationship with the club he loves would never be the same.

 

What he might not have realised was just how badly damaged it would be or the level of animosity that would remain among the clubâ??s support.

 

And I feel genuinely sorry for him about that. Iâ??m not sure he deserves to be portrayed as some kind of Judas figure but sometimes life isnâ??t fair. That was the price he paid for his ticket to the Premiership and he will just have to live with it.

 

When he opted to leave Rangers with nothing, the fans who had idolised him felt betrayed. Thatâ??s how fans are.

 

They love their club unconditionally and will not tolerate anyone they believe has let Rangers down.

 

When such passion and feeling is involved, there is no room for shades of grey. Itâ??s black or itâ??s white and that's it.

 

And guys like Steven just have to be big enough to accept it no matter how much it stings.

 

But I do have a bit of sympathy for the guy maybe because as a former player I have an understanding of how these things tend to work.

 

Football players concentrate on playing football. They leave the business side of things to their lawyers and their agents and they get on with doing their job on the pitch and trying to further their own careers.

 

If you wind the clock back to the end of last season, you will remember just what a mess Rangers were in. Steven â?? having just got back to his very best form after two years of injury problems â?? was left in a difficult situation.

 

Everyone realised he would have to leave because his aspirations were soaring just as the club was going under.

 

So he took the advice given to him by his lawyers and agents, whose job it is to look after the best interests of their client, and got his move to Everton.

 

He made the most of an awful, awful situation and I canâ??t put my hand on heart and say I blame the boy for that. But neither can I say that fans should be willing to forgive him when there were others â?? most notably Maurice Edu â?? who went about things differently.

 

Edu was another who was always going to have to leave if Rangers lost their SPL place. But he made sure the club got a fee for him by firstly accepting a transfer to Greenâ??s newco. That was a wonderful gesture. But there are others who will take a more cynical view and wonder what his agent was thinking when he could have made sure all the money went to his player.

 

Edu would be welcomed back by the punters tomorrow but a lifelong Rangers fan like Naismith is emotionally blackballed. The same applies to the other five who chose to cut and run â?? Steven Whittaker, Allan McGregor, Sone Aluko, Jamie Ness and Kyle Lafferty

 

And if the Rangers fans want to make a panto villain out of any of them, Lafferty is their man.

 

Heâ??s a real waste of space.

 

Is it right that just last week this numpty was spouting off in some other paper that he had made up his mind to leave Rangers a full five months before the end of last season? That he and his partner couldnâ??t wait to get out of Glasgow?

 

And yet now we find he is one of three players attempting to sue the club for constructive dismissal. Now Iâ??m no lawyer but is this guy for real?

 

Lafferty has shown himself to be a selfish man and a stupid one. God knows, he wasnâ??t even a good Rangers player.

 

He certainly didnâ??t come remotely close to providing value for the money â?? more than £3million â?? he cost them before heading to Swiss side Sion.

 

He was a self-centred liability then and remains so today.

 

So while I do feel a little sorry for Naismith and others who did give their heart and soul to the club and were also willing to take 75 per cent wage cuts in its hour of need, I have no time at all for Lafferty.

 

Switzerland isnâ??t far enough away.

 

I daw this today I'm not at all sure why lafferty should be singled out.

 

mind you hately had a thing for Boyd as well.

 

I have to say hatwly was a fantastic player.

 

more so than so many realise strong, brave, quick, technically good and left footed.

 

these days he would be worth tens of millions but as a pundit he's pretty poor.

 

he's also much shorter than I thought about 6 months ago I passed him in the street and he's my height at best.

[the gunslinger 3,366]

Fuck getting annoyed about such trivial matters. What's done is done.

 

Lafferty got a shit load of grief from the Timothy and some Rangers "fans" too. If he wanted to leave then who can blame him?

 

With Naismith I just can't get annoyed at him. I've met him a few times and he's sound. And I loved how he loved playing for Rangers. I can understand how others are annoyed at him but for me, it's just a total waste of energy and emotion.

 

I could not agree with this more.

[simplythebest 0]

I could not agree with this more.

 

Yet Charles Green is worth anger?

[the gunslinger 3,366]

Yet Charles Green is worth anger?

 

no. not really. I like the guy. I like him a lot infact, reminds me of a mate of mine and several other yourkshiremen.

 

but make no mistake he's getting rich off of our club and our fans.

 

is he what we need. not ideally I say but I still find myself trying to find a way to justify giving him 125 or 500 quid.

[simplythebest 0]

no. not really. I like the guy. I like him a lot infact, reminds me of a mate of mine and several other yourkshiremen.

 

but make no mistake he's getting rich off of our club and our fans.

 

is he what we need. not ideally I say but I still find myself trying to find a way to justify giving him 125 or 500 quid.

Fair enough. Lets avoid going off topic.

 

I don't exactly stay awake at night resenting Naismith etc but when they're in the news mouthing off I can't help feel some bitterness, same when I see any of them turning out for their new clubs (never watched a Sion match right enough).

 

They won a few titles with us so should at least be well remembered even if not legends, but for the sake of a signing on fee and waiting for a few days or so that can't be the case.