BEARGER 1,829 Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Tomorrows Scotsman confirming McCoist's job is safe as club cannot afford the payoff. Just what most thought. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Cooper 0 Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Sickening. What an absolute shambles. He should be ashamed of himself doing this to us. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anchorman 0 Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 The reality is that The Scotsman know jack shit the same as the rest of us. It is the logical statement to make based on a 'predictable' world, which it isn't. If Ashley felt tomorrow that he wanted to speculate to accumulate by coughing up what it took to remove The Invincibles with the prospect that gate receipts would increase dramatically etc, he could do it at the drop of a hat. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anchorman 0 Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Sickening. What an absolute shambles. He should be ashamed of himself doing this to us. As a support we have an obligation to take the power into our own hands, otherwise we are as guilty as he is of dereliction of duty. So far he is only under pressure from faceless internet posters and radio phone in callers, and some journalists. That is counteracted by his mates in the game who say "its all the players fault". He needs to see the whites of the eyes of the fans saying 'ENOUGH!' He will walk if that happens - guaranteed! It's horrible to have to do that, but needs must. John Greig was too proud a man to stay when the fans stood outside the main stand protesting against him. And this was a man whose team had knocked out Juventus (with 8 players who made up the Italian national team) and were the first team to beat PSV in the Phillips stadium. We can change this but not from a laptop. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 0 Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 (edited) As a support we have an obligation to take the power into our own hands, otherwise we are as guilty as he is of dereliction of duty. So far he is only under pressure from faceless internet posters and radio phone in callers, and some journalists. That is counteracted by his mates in the game who say "its all the players fault".He needs to see the whites of the eyes of the fans saying 'ENOUGH!' He will walk if that happens - guaranteed! It's horrible to have to do that, but needs must. John Greig was too proud a man to stay when the fans stood outside the main stand protesting against him. And this was a man whose team had knocked out Juventus (with 8 players who made up the Italian national team) and were the first team to beat PSV in the Phillips stadium. We can change this but not from a laptop. I agree with you on this, I've ranted about this for years to family, to friends and on the internet and it's gotten us nowhere. I feel like I have to do something more and not just sit back and let this happen. Edited December 4, 2014 by simplythebest 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,372 Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Rangers can’t afford to sack Ally McCoist. RANGERS will stand by manager Ally McCoist, despite the club’s humiliating capitulation to Alloa in the Petrofac Training Cup. It is understood that the financially-struggling club are unable to seriously contemplate a change of manager at this stage as they would need to find severance packages of an estimated £1.4 million for McCoist and his backroom staff. Rangers recently announced losses of £8.3m and, in October, were forced to accept a £2m emergency loan from shareholder and Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley. It is also believed the weight of Ashley’s influence over Rangers’ affairs will help keep McCoist in his job as he attempts to salvage something from what has been another turbulent season on and off the pitch. Rangers are lagging nine points behind Hearts in the Championship and, although they are in the League Cup semi-finals and last 16 of the Scottish Cup, Tuesday’s humbling 3-2 defeat by Alloa was a new low. Rangers had led 2-0 but shipped three goals in the final 18 minutes to crash out at the semi-final stage and leave McCoist facing another wave of criticism from fed-up fans. However, former Newcastle United and England defender Steve Howey reckons McCoist can thank his lucky stars that Ashley is calling the shots at Rangers – because that means his job is safe. Howey said: “I’d be very surprised if Ally McCoist is sacked. Mike Ashley just doesn’t do knee-jerk dismissals. “Look at Alan Pardew at Newcastle. The fans at St James’ Park have wanted him out for well over a year and results weren’t going our way for a long time. But Ashley stuck by him and it has proved to be the right decision because he has turned things round. “Obviously, Ally will be hurting at the moment after losing the other night – especially since they lost in the final last season – but that’s football. Everyone loses at some stage. “He’ll be feeling devastated at the moment but Ally has been the one constant at the club since they went bust in 2012.” So, even though fans are starting to turn on McCoist and there are fears that just 10,000 will turn up at Ibrox for the match against Cowdenbeath tomorrow, Howey argues that Ashley will tough it out. “You can say many things about Mike Ashley but he’s definitely a good businessman and he’s spotted an opportunity at Ibrox. Newcastle fans give him grief but they’re one of the few clubs down here who record a profit every year. “However, Ashley knows that he’ll never get to the Champions League with Newcastle so I think that, fairly soon, he’ll sell the club and concentrate fully on Rangers. Once they’re in the Premiership, he knows that they should have a 50-50 chance of winning the title so he’ll throw a bit of money at them, with European success being his aim. Ally has stuck with Rangers through thick and thin – and the thin has been proper thin – so being able to go out and buy players will be lovely for him.” In another twist, it emerged yesterday that Rangers’ bid to catch Hearts in the race for the one automatic promotion spot will now be interrupted by an idle Saturday on 4 April – because Alloa need the day off to play Livingston in the Petrofac final 24 hours later. http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/spfl-lower-divisions/rangers-can-t-afford-to-sack-ally-mccoist-1-3625743 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
compo 6,075 Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 he should never have been in the job in the first place 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sairdyy 0 Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/rangers-boss-ally-mccoist-facing-4751192 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,131 Posted December 5, 2014 Author Share Posted December 5, 2014 Yesterday's open letter also appears in the print edition of the Scottish Daily Mail. Had an amazingly positive reaction to the article so thank to everyone for their kind words. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Barristan Selmy 222 Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 (edited) Why would the compensation be £1.4m? Are they entitled to a year's compensation based on their original salary? They earn nowhere near £1.4m collectively now, though would have earned that prior. Perhaps this suggests their wages are only being deferred? I would have thought their entitlement would be one year's current salary. Edited December 5, 2014 by Ser Barristan Selmy 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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