Ibrox And Auchenhowie: Can We Afford Both?

[der Berliner 3,725]

Has the OP actually checked what Auchenhowie costs the club per year?

[Ser Barristan Selmy 222]

Administration/Liquidation only happened because a fraudster got the club due to the valiant efforts by the bhoys at LBG

Seems to always be someone else's fault.

[RANGERRAB 3,618]

Seems to always be someone else's fault.

 

Well how else did he get the club? He'd no money of his own

[Ser Barristan Selmy 222]

There's been a succession of heinous characters that have done ill to our club in recent years. There comes a point where we have to stop playing the victim and get a bit of self respect, dignity and and character back at the club.

 

You seem to think administration/liquidation was all down to the bank and Whyte. Ignoring the fact that we as a club financially misspent for well over a decade.

[Hildy 0]

Sir Barristan, you are correct.

 

We are quick to apportion blame and depressingly slow to take responsibility for a club that plays such a big part in our lives.

[RANGERRAB 3,618]

There's been a succession of heinous characters that have done ill to our club in recent years. There comes a point where we have to stop playing the victim and get a bit of self respect, dignity and and character back at the club.

 

You seem to think administration/liquidation was all down to the bank and Whyte. Ignoring the fact that we as a club financially misspent for well over a decade.

 

Misspent for over a decade had nothing to do with Administration/Liquidation. It was due to Whyte not paying PAYE/NI. Nothing else

[andy steel 0]

Agreed, which proves my point, the time scale involved in taking control/owning Rangers was never enough for any set of fans of any club, so we could do nothing about who took/takes control of our club until the Rangers fans are all singing of the same hymn sheet. It will take time but can be done,eventually!.

 

Absolutely. Even if there had been a credible fan body with a monster escrow account, does anyone believe Duff & Whelp would have sold the club to it, rather than GreenCo? It was a stitch up from the start,

 

Saying that, Green is gone (I think) and if such a body could be organised, it might very well be the answer, as you say. Time for another aggressive campaign: no baggage, only Rangers. If that was the clear and only raison d'etre I don't see what anyone's excuse for not joining in would be, other than lack of funds.

 

From memory other clubs who go down this road usually wheel out an ex-player to front up such a campaign. and they don't need to be especially articulate or media-savvy - hearts seem to have a conveyor belt of barely understandable east coast types who shriek into microphones and it doesn't do them any harm. Gary MacKay is one, I think, and that Alan Preston is another. Of course, they are allowed to be passionate about their teams without being berated as barking mad, like John Brown was, but that'll just have to be put up with.

[Hildy 0]

Rab, don't you tire of seeking out others to blame for our problems? Don't you want to accept full responsibility for our ills - and successes?

 

Supporters of Celtic duck responsibility habitually - it's what they do - and we frequently remind them of it. From Amsterdam to Dundee to Motherwell, they concoct excuses after excuse after excuse - and now we have joined them in pointing the finger elsewhere.

 

It's true that we have enemies, and that we have had flawed owners, but we left the door wide open for them to invite themselves in. In these circumstances, it was inevitable that the club would fall into the wrong hands.

 

If there is such a thing as the Rangers Way, surely it is to be responsible for our actions, and our inactions?

 

We have many enemies - I cannot deny it - but perhaps we belong in their number due to our own negligence.

 

Craig Whyte Mark II could take Rangers over tomorrow - and then we'd complain bitterly that the next liquidation event was nothing to do with us.

 

On the contrary, it would be everything to do with us.

[RANGERRAB 3,618]

Rab, don't you tire of seeking out others to blame for our problems? Don't you want to accept full responsibility for our ills - and successes?

 

Supporters of Celtic duck responsibility habitually - it's what they do - and we frequently remind them of it. From Amsterdam to Dundee to Motherwell, they concoct excuses after excuse after excuse - and now we have joined them in pointing the finger elsewhere.

 

It's true that we have enemies, and that we have had flawed owners, but we left the door wide open for them to invite themselves in. In these circumstances, it was inevitable that the club would fall into the wrong hands.

 

If there is such a thing as the Rangers Way, surely it is to be responsible for our actions, and our inactions?

 

We have many enemies - I cannot deny it - but perhaps we belong in their number due to our own negligence.

 

Craig Whyte Mark II could take Rangers over tomorrow - and then we'd complain bitterly that the next liquidation event was nothing to do with us.

 

On the contrary, it would be everything to do with us.

 

How do you think Whyte got Rangers? Don't you know the story.

[Zappa 0]

Let me get this right Hildy. You think we need to at least contemplate the possibility that at some point in the future we may not be able to afford to keep both our stadium and our training complex at Auchenhowie, but you think the best ownership road map for the club is to work towards fan ownership?

 

It sounds like in a roundabout way you're advocating both which would kinda mean fan ownership could potentially mean losing assets.