23 Aug 2019 08:22:17
Just a quick one to express sadness at the plight of Bury FC. We Rangers fans know only too well what the fans are going through. It is just horrible but hopefully their FA will do everything to try and help them through the crisis, unlike ours. We played them pre season last year and the fans were a great bunch who enjoyed their experience.

1.) 23 Aug 2019
23 Aug 2019 09:47:08
Did we not play them this pre season too actually?

2.) 23 Aug 2019
23 Aug 2019 09:52:55
Yea agreed mate. Looks like the FA are flinging them under the bus, similar to what the SFA done to us.

Will be interesting who else goes under down there, especially clubs who have been in the Premier League but not made it back up straight away. It happened to Leeds who just about survived but Bolton, Sunderland, Wigan, Ipswich (clubs like that) need to be very careful.

Part of me would love to see the SKY or BT deal collapse just to see how the bigger clubs would react as these mega companies have flung money at the Premier League and effective ruined football.

3.) 23 Aug 2019
23 Aug 2019 10:58:08
We are behind you Bury FC 🤝.

4.) 23 Aug 2019
23 Aug 2019 11:18:07
Good point about the TV deals shenderson. I see Amazon Prime are to screen about 20 live EPL games this season and could challenge Sky and BT soon. These top clubs who pay ridiculous wages to overrated players would be in serious trouble without the Sky and BT money.

5.) 23 Aug 2019
23 Aug 2019 11:32:32
Regarding the Bury situation. Imo the English FA are doing what the SFA should have done with us re whyte sale. I'm no expert but what I think is happening is Burys owner has recieved an offer/ offers for the club. The FA have said that the individual need to pass their fit a proper owner criteria b4 any deal can go through. I think the FA are concerned re the individual that wants to buy the club.
I also think their is other gen offers for less money on the table that the owner is refusing to accept, hence the unrest between the owner and the supporters.

So basically the owner is blaming the FA for holding up the deal.

{Ed001's Note - sorry mate you are miles off. The FA are not involved for one. This is between the EFL and Dale. The hold up is that he simply does not have the funds to keep the club going until the end of the season and so cannot provide the necessary guarantees that the club will be able to complete the league programme. The EFL are simply waiting for him to provide that or sell to someone else who can.}

6.) 23 Aug 2019
23 Aug 2019 11:55:00
Ed I watched an interview on SS from the owner, who stated he wanted to sell and that he had recieved offers but the EFL where holding it up. They then went on to interview the lady the represents the EFL. She stated that the individual offers need to be looked at as they need to pass their fit and proper criteria. So in one hand the EFL are asking for a Guarantee of funds, which the owners isn't willing to provide as he wants to sell and on the other hand the EFL won't sanction the sale which if it went through would guarantee the funds.
Hence why they are asking for the rules to change in situations like this.

I maybe completely wrong, but that's what I took from the interviews.

{Ed001's Note - he is lying. Dale has rejected offers, despite buying the club for a pound, because they were not offering him enough money to buy the club. There were four offers on the table just yesterday which he had rejected out of hand 3 of them. The supporters club were thrown out of the club when they approached him about buying the club via a supporters trust. There is one thing stopping Bury right now and it is Dale. Just him and only him.}

7.) 23 Aug 2019
23 Aug 2019 12:32:56
Yeah he prob is lying but he is using the existing rules of EFL to try and justify his lies.
Hence why they are asking for the rules to change.

In his interview dale stated that he wanted to sell but the fit and proper rule will hold up any sale.

ATM there is only one concrete offer on the table but Dale wants a million for a club he paid a pound for and the individual that has made the offer isn't willing to pay that.

Dale is in the same bracket as guys like Ashley. Ie only interested in money and it looks like they guy who has tabled the offer is the same. So I think the EFL are correct in saying that any new owner will need to pass their criteria.

Initially I was replying to 87hend post that the FA where doing what the SFA had done to us. I was trying to point out that had the SFA applied the fit a proper test the EFL have to Whyte purchase then things could have turned out different for our team.

{Ed001's Note - you are correct there, I have to agree the SFA let Rangers fans down badly.}

8.) 23 Aug 2019
23 Aug 2019 13:12:23
I agree with you Stewart’s regarding fit and proper testing!