Rangers Banter Archive February 28 2012

 

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28 Feb 2012 23:51:06
When I first heard that Celtic were willing to pay up front for old firm tickets I thought, good on them helping our club when in need. Next I learn it was only an agreement as they wanted cash up front from rangers for last parkhead game probably hoping we would not pay and a) embarrass our club and b) have no away fans at game Rangers paid up front with agreement that Celtic would do likewise in next Ibrox game. Now Liewell reneges on deal. I hope your decision comes back to haunt you.

BFH

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Just don't give them tickets

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How can it haunt us. Also Rankers only paid 5 days before december game. pot kettle black

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Your company could be bust before the next game and you want celtic to give you 300000 so you can offer us 10p in the £ back your own trust is pledging money but wont give any and you want us to bail you out we will pay up when you lot put up not just shout about putting money in

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@BFH; you are outa the loop.celtic will pay FIVE days before the game as you did. still believe the daily record eh? will you never learn?........green jhedi

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Why dont Rangers just ask Celtic to pay
the gers players wages? AYE RIGHT!

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28 Feb 2012 23:45:50
And now the end is near and so you face the final curtain, Mr D Murray, I did it my way, He is the man that brought Glasgow Rangers into this situation, right now he is laughing, as all the fans from Glasgow Rangers wont to lynch Whyte, Yes I am a Celtic fan, and Scottish football that we love and follow are again in the headlines for the wrong reason, I have a lot of Gers buddies good hard working lads, that pay hard cash to follow their team, I hope all works out for the Govan mob, as I like the banter, and old firm derby's are the best in the whole world, because of our culture and upbringing, everybody, no matter in which continent sets there alarm to watch that game, football is in reality life and death, and I for won hope all goes well over in Govan, and I mean that, but I, as you have only one team in my heart. Hail, Hail JoeDan 67

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Football ain't life an death mate, that apart, fair play
PaulRFC

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Joedan, your either young or have a short memory pal, don't give them an ounce of sympathy cos i'll guarantee you if they come back we'll hear about it big style....Stevie

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28 Feb 2012 23:15:30
why dont all rangers fan boycotte buying season tickets next season if this deal with ticketus is true ? wouldnt that logically stick it to whyte as he would be liable for payment to ticketus? probably opening myself up here for criticism but just an idea

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Whyte is not liable to Ticketus, Rangers are.

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No ! For the last time they will own the ticket you buy at the gate ! Nice if that could of screwed shyte but I can't
PaulRFC

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Exactly! that's what to do. With a trail of debt behind you and completely lacking in morals,at deaths door and the walls closing in what's another £24m added to the pile? Classy stuff!

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It can't ! I meant to say... I don't personally want to screw him
PaulRFC

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If craig whyte pd £18million just like that ,does he no get a discount,say 10 percent=£1.8million ,this guy is creaming off £££millions and all for a £1.00 .sniper reqd, only way to stop him.

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Im sick of hearing this same old post..jsm

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28 Feb 2012 23:02:02
Celtic will not give rangers the ticket money.
No business in their right mind would hand 300k to rangers right now. Stop being so naive. Celtic have played no part in rangers downfall. The way things are going rangers will be stripped of league titles won whilst fielding ineligible players. The repercussions of this are mindboggling. The blame for this must be laid at the doors of past and present directors and don't forget the players. Much more to come out soon.

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28 Feb 2012 22:51:00
hi ed hearing that septic have refused to pay upfront for tickets that they already agreed to do rangers should give them to friday to pay up if they dont sell them to fellow bears at our next home game {Ed001's Note - why should they pay so far in advance? No one ever does normally, it is silly to expect them to pay now. You can't sell on the tickets, you have to turn over a percentage of the seating to away fans in every SPL match.}

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Well said ed. typical rankers fan wanting to put the boot into Celtic at any given time. Celtic (champions elect) WILL pay the money when the money is due as they always do. I think it's squeaky bum time for the rankers fans as they realise that a big party will be on at ipox in a few weeks. Maybe we could double it up and have a farewell one as well. {Ed001's Note - it is understandable why Rangers would want it paid early, you can't blame them for asking!}

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Ed of course it's understandable, they need every penny just now but it is equally understandable why celtic refused. If they are desperate for money why don't they just sellma couple of players to other teams on pre contract and ask for some of the money up front? It would dwarf the 300k {Ed001's Note - I am quite sure that will happen, if anyone can be found to buy them right now. The transfer market was slow in January for a reason, no one has any money to spend.}

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So us not paying up is the cause of your downfall, not your corrupt years of two contracts, ebts , dodging taxes paye , and it's our fault , have you paid dun utd the pars and hearts up yet?

Ska bhoy

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28 Feb 2012 22:26:11
Just wanted to say I no I give some bravado but I'm sad to hear majstorovic is missing the euro championships an is out for the season. It's never nice when any player misses the big tournaments especially when their at the age when it could be your last.
PaulRFC

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Nice to hear Paul, WELL SAID. JS

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It's brutal JS ain't it... Sad thing is there will be more guys in the same boat.. Some big names aswell no doubt
PaulRFC

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Well said paul i know deep down your a good guy garlar07

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Just remember the crap that was written about naismith when he got injured,what goes around comes around,i still wish them both a speedy recovery,just dont keep taking the moral high ground....trueblue....

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@paulrfc;nice sentiment mate.....green jhedi

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28 Feb 2012 22:20:49
if rangers get out this mess then rangers and celtic should build a small stadium miby 7000 seater put b teams in division 3 and that should hopefully pay youth wages a minnie old firm that would sell out

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Tim in peace,here. Happen to think this is a good idea, would give both teams a better opportunity to develop their younger players in a more competitive environment, and with a bit of luck, the neds on both sides will give it a wide berth. Like any true fan, there's something great about watching the next generation of players coming through. More of it I say.

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Not the stupidest idea I've ever heard by a long way. I think the costs involved in building even a modest stadium might prove an obstacle for both clubs in todays economic climate, but still a great positive idea in a time of gloom and doom for OUR game! Weetam1888

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What do u mean our B team? The rangers A team will be in the 3rd div, and that's where we belong if we get caught cheating. P.S. thanks David Murray for this, no SIR in my eyes.

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Great idea.time people listened to sensible fans like this.............green jhedi

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28 Feb 2012 17:13:11
i'm seeing a lot of fans saying liquidation would be the best option, but they obviously don't fully appreciate the implications that come with liquidation.

ok, you will be free of existing debt, but straight back into debt just by getting the club up and running again. to have serious ambitions of being back in the spl, any investor would need to put in around £60m, which they would never get back. credit would have to be built up, a bank wont give you an overdraft facility of say, £10m unless that is secured against the investors assets. there's no way 40 odd thousand will be going to watch the team against the likes of stranraer or east stirling, you'd be lucky if there was a quarter of that.

you then also have to factor in the fact there will be no tv money, no significant league placement payments, no european football. the calibre of player would also reflect the league you are in (there'll be no 5k/week players).

and probably the single, most important factor to be taken into account is the Fifa financial fair play rule, where a club cannot spend more than it generates in revenue. so regardless if you have a dermot desmond type owner, you will only be able to pay, and spend an amount up to what you bring in

taco

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Just shut the full the thing down altogether we have had some great memories and when we die the rest of scottish footballl will follow!

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To be fair this post is actually very well put and accurate but mate lol.

Donner kebab

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Well said Tac0! Hit the nail right on the head mate! Harsh reality for the "we will come back stronger" brigade. Weetam1888

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28 Feb 2012 20:53:13
Several Rangers players had side letters which formed part of their contract.

There could be horrific repecutions for Rangers if this is true.

When a club registers a player with the SFA they must provide all parts of the contract to the SFA, to do otherwise is an offence, and which if done deliberately will result in the players registration being invalid.

If Rangers Directors chose to withold those side letters and not send them to the SFA then such an offence will have been committed.

Where the horror sets in is in two parts.

Firstly, several Rangers Directors, during the period of the EBTs also served from time to time on the board of the SFA and SPL. If they knew in their capacity as a Rangers Director that the full contracts were not being provided to the SFA (and they must have done if it was decided not to provide them), and then in their capacity as an SFA Director were then choosing to turn a blind eye to this practice, then this is about as serious as an offence as you can get. All hell will break loose with a full UEFA investigation and God knows what sanctions will be given out.

Secondly, if players contracts are decided to be invalid, how then would that effect Rangers results, trophies won, etc. during these seasons and again what penalties would be imposed.

Things are bad at Rangers just now, but they could be about to get a whole lot worse.

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Utter Rubbish, if this is true how hard will the SFA investigate it? Will they want to expose themselves?

How can you impose a current penalty for something that happened 10 years ago?

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To the poster who said:

"Utter Rubbish, if this is true how hard will the SFA investigate it? Will they want to expose themselves?

How can you impose a current penalty for something that happened 10 years ago?"

It will become a matter of public record as a result of the Big Tax Case whether such contracts existed.

If they did, then it won't be the SFA that investigate it, it will be UEFA. Why? Because of exactly the point you make, how hard would the SFA investigate themselves.

There will be an independent enquiry by UEFA.

Rangers would suffer horrendous penalties, points deductions, banned from Europe for several seasons, relegation, removal of trophies, etc.

You need to understand this would be corruption at the highest level, the worst you could get. UEFA would have to be seen to take the hardest of lines.

This is not something that can be covered up,

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Just how badly does your board want Rangers punished? Your going to win the treble probably, and your only thoughts are about Rangers. sad,sad,sad ger1952

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To the guy who said:

"Just how badly does your board want Rangers punished? Your going to win the treble probably, and your only thoughts are about Rangers. sad,sad,sad ger1952"

What has the contents of this post got to do with the Celtic board?

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Sfa are just as corrupt, ogilvie knew what was happening , he was part of it, and his reward = the top job, crooks

Ska bhoy

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28 Feb 2012 20:47:18
Just for GCUK....
Been told story in Daily Record tomorrow
about players getting called to hear
who is being made redundant, yes I
hear you say, some are on international
duty, they are either immune or have
been informed.
If players not told tomorrow then they
must be paid March wages.
Myself (I forgot about leap year) when saying
announcement on 28th feb (mia culpa)
Timalloy

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9 players being shown the door so im hearing.

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Awww just for me how sweet! You still can't just admit you are a liar can you. A man your age who gets his kicks from trolling forums on the internet! Spends more time talkin to us than his family.
As for your excuse for no story today! Pathetic, just like yourself. Everyone knows that any player redundancies would be announced this week so why did you feel the need to make it sound like breaking news from yourself, even though you stole the bs**t rumour from bigirish who funnily enough is keepin is head down.
Sad sad sad.
GCUK

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28 Feb 2012 20:04:39
So Dignity FC are now keeping charity money, shame on them

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28 Feb 2012 20:04:54
How can you have adds on this site with
"Free Bankruptcy Evaluation"...lol

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That's nothing mate duff an phelps advertise on this page! How's that for a p!ss take! PaulRFC

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The ads are not by the companies exactly they are Google AdSense and what is being typed into the site makes the ads

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FFS think about it! ger1952

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28 Feb 2012 20:01:44

The Scottish Premier League has launched an investigation into alleged unacceptable conduct by Rangers supporters during the first match played by the club since they appointed administrators last week.

The match against Kilmarnock at Ibrox on February 18 was played in front of a sell-out crowd. The SPL has now begun an investigation based on information provided by its match delegate after the game and could find that Rangers has breached rules.

Though the league has not made public comment on the scope of the investigation, there were widespread reports of offensive singing by sections of the Rangers support.

Strathclyde Police have confirmed that they made one arrest at the game for alleged sectarian breach of the peace.

SPL Rules and Regulations, section H7.4, titled "Unacceptable Conduct" explains what isn't allowed at a ground where a game is taking place.

The broad explanation given by the authority is that anyone within the stadium who is "violent and/or disorderly" is guilty of unacceptable conduct.

There is a police presence at all SPL matches but, as far as the governing body is concerned, the home club is deemed responsible for preventing unacceptable conduct and dealing with any incidents.

That means not only does the club need to ensure security but that it also has to take steps to discourage and prevent offensive singing and assist the police and stewards when they deal with incidents directly.

The General Public will NOT support a CLUB in receivership with this unacceptable conduct when they read this...

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28 Feb 2012 19:52:56
Statement from “His Monaco Rangers Club” is that they are backing Whyte’s game plan to
make Rangers stronger…who is behind this club….Whyte Knight and Sir David Murray.

If the pressure is kept on these men then they will crack and will spill the beans for sure.

The media have reporters chasing them so the truth is out there…

Where’s the cash? this should not be allowed to happen?

What does anyone get for £1.00 today? TROUBLE

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Murray doesnt know where the cash is idiot ed to many people on here not leaving names

TB

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Good old david ,i know nothing
we,ll see

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28 Feb 2012 19:27:31
Celtic fan on Real radio saying the journos are out to hound his team because they are "playing so brilliantly"

Anyone mind when we went to the uefa cup final and competed for every trophy that season - we got hounded by journos. Its the price of success not that theyd know

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Rankers were playing anti football that year hardly brilliant ostrich man!lol rfcia hail hail

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I was listening to the phone in and I never heard anyone phone in to say that

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28 Feb 2012 19:12:34
Watching the Brazil game 3 MINS GONE 1 UP as the song goes it just like watching eerrrrr Brazil. JS

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28 Feb 2012 18:28:34
Sorry for length of post ED, Feel free to edit as you see fit. Hope it clears up some confusion about administrators.

Just for all those posting about some 11 days routine for administration and conspiracy theories regarding DUFF & PHELPS

An administrator takes control of the company from the directors whilst the company is in administration. the administrator manages affairs for the benefit of ALL creditors.
All documents from the company (gers) must state that the company is in administration and contain the administrators name. The company must provide a statement of affairs within 11 days of being requested to do so.
The registrar. the AIB, creditors and members are notified of the administrators appointment and of subsequent actions taken, public notice is also given. The administrator then draws up a plan of how he intends to achieve the purpose of the administration (within 8 weeks) and will arrange a meeting of creditors (within 10 weeks)at which they can approve or modify his proposals. If they reject the proposals the court will decide.
Administration ends automatically after 1 year. It can be extended only with the consent of creditors or the court. If the administrator acting under court appointment feels he cannot achieve his objective , he must notify the court and will be discharged. Alternatively , the administration will be converted to a CVL.

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Good post mate

Lenny

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There has been clubs in Scotland that have been in administration for longer than a year

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If you read it correctly it says with the consent of the creditors , near the end of the statement , happy to clear up confusion.

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28 Feb 2012 18:07:11
27 Feb 2012 11:34:23
Once again we Tims are ahead of
the game, we told you all about
Whyte for months, all CORRECT..
now BIG ANNOUNCEMENT coming
Tuesday around 4.45pm......
be prepared for wailing and gnashing
of teeth.........
Timalloy (soothsayer)

Well dimmy 4:45pm has come and is long gone! No announcement, no wailing and no gnashing of teeth!
Seems you are full of s**t! Who would have guessed eh?
GCUK

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GCUK, don't worry it's coming........
Timalloy (the man who never lies!)

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I must have missed it Timalloy (teethmissing) ger1952

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It wasn't even him that first said it either mate ! He has nothing original ! PaulRFC

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28 Feb 2012 17:58:53
Rangers take Charity Money !
your mob have now sunk about as low as you can go.....it would appear money raised from a "charity" match with rangers legends versus ac milan gloria - the proceeds of which were to go to charitys such as Unesco and the prostate cancer charity are now going to be diverted "to help pay rangers bills" i am gobsmacked - absolutely stunned... you truly have no shame...(evening times 28/02/2012 page 3) {Ed001's Note - the charity have asked for it to go to Rangers, not Rangers asking for it.}

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Ed are you being serious or is that a joke? {Ed001's Note - I am being serious, the charity is a Rangers Trust, so it would not be there but for the club.}

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28 Feb 2012 17:29:58
All the celtic fans who said there club was the best thing since sliced bread - nice thing your club has done backing out on the ticket deal with rangers - all of you sitting on here sayin "aw how great that was of us" well the true colours of such a bottom feeding club are shown now

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And your post says more about you than the point your incorrectly trying to make.

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Says it all about which club they are obsessed by, the amount of disagrees.

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By all accounts Celtic have asked for reassurances that the game will go ahead before they hand over any money...totally sensible given the circumstances. The administrators havent given Celtic any reassurance that the game will be played hence the reason Celtic wont give you pocket money to keep your club alive...remember Airdrie anyone??

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Rangers paid Celtic a few days before the fixture and Celtic will probably do likewise. Why should Celtic pay now when the game might not go ahead? In any event there was not one fact in the daily record article just conjecture, not one comment from Ibrox or Celtic Park. The record trying to fuel the fire before the game, disgraceful.

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Rangers only payed for their tickets at Parkhead 4 or 5 days before the match which Celtic will do,and why havent Rangers refused their charity from giving them the money,or payed Dunfermline or Dundee Utd what they are owed,bottom feeders indeed(the irony).

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Will be advanced 5 days before the game as rangers did. no luck..........green jhedi

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28 Feb 2012 17:25:18
can we make ticketus tell us what security they have for there loan to graig whyte?

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If it's not a loan from ticketus then Whyte must have sold them the seats for 3 seasons. Before any one says he cant when the new main stand at the national stadium was built.
The main contractor took 5000 seats as a part payment as the Sfa could not afford the final account.

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Difference sfa owened Hampden.Ticketus already stated it is a loan.Whyte did not own Rangers, hence his statement he's put up £33million of his money as securitys from other firms then used Ticketus money to buy Rangers.

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28 Feb 2012 17:01:58
Ticetus lawyers laughing of rangers comments
Suppose you can not blame them for trying ...But as is with ticetus

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28 Feb 2012 16:59:03
here boays it cood be wurse we cood aw look like that bunch it the tap ae the page?if evur thur wiz an advert tae keep peepul away fae iceland then thats it eh ed?
clock the knittin ?
it looks like theyv hid tires thrown aur thum, then set alite,
hee haw boays
so next time ye here"shoodv gon tae icelund "
jist think how luky we wur
wee pat

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What planet are you from then,,..trueblue.....

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The wan thit laffs ah bit ?

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Wee Pat is a legend! If you don't get him your loss!

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28 Feb 2012 16:51:01
Was at the gym today and bumped into a pal from work (now retired) anyway, we got talking about the Rangers admin thing, the wee fella is Rangers daft but he was dead honest about his feelings on it, as he put it he didnt care where the money was coming from during titles he just thought GREAT keep it coming. But with 20/20 hindsight no one man should ever have control of the club again, time to live within our means he said. Even clubs like Chelsea who have Abramovich and throw money at the club there will be a price to pay, if he gets bored and walks away then Chealsea owe all the monies that he has paid to clear debts to him, a case of be careful what you wish for, he did say that when whyte took control he asked a friend who was a Chartered Accountant if he had heard of him to which he replied, that this had been the topic of conversation at a seminar amongst Rangers minded ppl all accountants and that no one knew anything about the guy, he stated he was bad news for Rangers long before this all transpired. Now if these guys realised this surely the Bank and Mr Murray knew this. JS

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Your post does not make sense:

"no one knew anything about the guy, he stated he was bad news for Rangers long before this all transpired. Now if these guys realised this surely the Bank and Mr Murray knew this."

You say that the accountants knew anything about Whyte and then you say Whyte was bad news for Rangers before all of this transpired. This is contradictory.

And if the accountants didn't know anything about Whyte, then why should the Bank and Murray "surely" know.

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Maybe what I should have said, was that generally most Chartered Accountants tend to have a good knowledge of decent well established and honest buisiness men, the point the guy was making is that amongst the community no one knew anything about Craig Whyte, which means they tend to operate at the shady end of the buisiness scale, hence he was bad news for Rangers. JS

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28 Feb 2012 16:10:01
here boays wee pat here jist tryin tae cheer us aw up ed,
rangurs huv jist anounsed thur pre season tour,
thur gaun tae the art galeries,then the science sentur, then thru tae the falkirk wheel,oan agane tae embra cassul ( bit thur no takin lee wallet in case sumbidy spots him n wee craigo his tae pay the balance)
then cycle back alang the canal tae milngavie,a big mac( happy meal)
n lastly a stroll roon tae wher murry perk used tae be.
aw fur undur a £5 a skull so whit dae yiz think boays
yur abediunt servint wee pat fae posso
"posso the amputee capitol ae the wuruld"
wance visitit nevur furgoat

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Have ya no got a spell check pat ma man? PaulRFC

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Good man ed it least yuv goat a sense ah humur!
thurs too much doom n gloom c'mon bears yel get thru this
wee pat

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Have you not got a sense of humour paul r.f.c.i.a

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No bad fur a man wae nae arms pat

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Is it like a provvy chek paul?

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Nae a fence pal bit ah think yul find arms ur spelt
erums( iz roy walkur used tae say " say whit ye see") am bak in the room , am bak in the room.........

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Here boays av goat the same afflikshun iz wee craigo
"nae erums"
least no long enuff tae reach ma poakits,pp

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Lol something like that mate. PaulRFC

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28 Feb 2012 15:48:17
still about 4000 tickets unsold for game on saturday. So if you have not yet bought one do so now to help keep the club stuttering along.

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Travelling up friday,game saturday ,England based bluenose,cheer the lads on,might be no trophies this year,but the most important season in clubs history,lets give the team great support tills season finishes,do them proud,Rangers,always and ever.

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How can you disagree with a post about supporting your club,Get a grip.ed,things are bad,why bother posting,we are all trying to be positive,wasters. {Ed001's Note - why bother posting what? Someone asking people to buy tickets for the match?}

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28 Feb 2012 15:42:18
IF and still an IF we liquidate the options seem to be

1) SPL but with points deduction for approx 3 years and no Europe for same period

2) start in 3rd div.

I'd rather option 2 as we would have no European games any way and as long as fans stay loyal I'd rather give clubs like Morton, Stenhousemuir etc some extra cash instead of Dundee Utd, Aberdeen and Hibs who have been getting money for nothing off our fans for years.

BFH

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Don't talk shyte mate. Rangers DON'T have the choice of what punishment they will receive. If Rangers are liquidated then they go to the bottom of the pile in line with SFA/SPL rules.
Oh, but wait Mr Ogilvie at the SFA might be able to swing it for you to get straight back in.

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Money for nothing? Did they get kicks for free too?

Seriously, how did these teams get money for nothing from Rangers fans? Rangers fans want to see the games so have to pay or are you thinking in the spirit of Whyte and believing Rangers fans should either get in for nothing to away grounds or the club keeps all the ticket money and doesn't pay the other team?

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So you don't want Rangers to have the TV money that would go with playing in the SPL. You also don't want the SPL payment depending on where you end up in the league.

Well if you want to write off £4m - £5m a season and watch dwindling attendances because of the lower league teams you're playing against, good luck to you.

You deserve to be a Rangers supporter.

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Cant see where he said we get the choice its IF he had a choice thats what he would pick read the post correctly next time ya tool

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Yes he is a tool. I said for the hard of thinking " I'd prefer"

And the other post regarding money. My belief is you don't get tv money if enter liquidation and the tv deal would be nil and void if we aren't in SPL so no gravy train of tv money and two home games v us for Dundee u etc and clubs like alloa etc get a couple of full houses against us. Everyone happy except the mid table SPL leeches.

BFH

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28 Feb 2012 15:27:22
all i have to say is i cant believe how heartless and ill minded some people can be craig whyte would rather see job losses and redundancies and celtic are toying with peoples livelihoods by not paying up front when they clearly know just how much rangers need the cash. mind you thats always been the celtic way selfish in my eyes. SW {Ed001's Note - bit much to claim that when Airdrie folded because they owed Rangers 30k! David Murray could have gained a lot of goodwill for the club by helping them out, instead he upset a lot of people. You can't expect people to go out of their way to help you when you have not done the same for them in the past. It's harsh, but it's true.}

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Yeah coz we live in a world where two wrongs make a right.... "an eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind". RCXD

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I think you will find its Murray and Whyte who have toyed with ppls futures not Celtic. JS

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Too true eddy boay

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True enough ed we are no saints our self's. just hard to see our club in a possible state of disrepair. cant say there is any excuse for craig whytes actions to be honest. SW

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Why would celtic pay 300,000 now when the game is 4 weeks away? Rangers will be lucky to last til then so then celtic are out of pocket to bail you lot out. Get real, give up on the 'everybody else to blaim' bit. Your mess you sort it. andydcfc

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"celtic are toying with peoples livelihoods by not paying up front"

- it is not Celtic's fault that Rangers are in administration. Celtic have a duty to run their club in a professional manner and to their shareholders and the correct decision has been made not to give you £300k four weeks in advance on the game. There is a serious risk that Rangers could be in liqidation before then.

Celtic will pay the money in advance, but it will be within a week of the fixture. That is perfectly reasonable.

Tell you what, why don't you and all the other Rangers suporters donate £10 each at the gate at the Hearts game. Problem solved. That's right ............. thought not.

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Got to agree andyd, Rangers fans should give up imitating you lot. No other set of fans do it so well as you lot, never to blame for anything.

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28 Feb 2012 15:25:50
Its clear that quite a lot of the new trolls on here neither understand or probably care about Rangers should they end up in liquidation. To clarify, should this occur all previous debts and liabilities incurred by the old club die with them including all of the tax cases. Clearly it is not as simple as some would think, retaining Ibrox would be a major hurdle amongst others. Given its listed status and the building restrictions attached to it it wont be easy to sell so may be bought back. A newco from the ashes would have a new board, would create a new share issue and almost certainly attract new investment and credit from the banks, it comes afresh with no debt but would equally be dependant on the "suitability and standing" of the new board members.As to were it plays then yes option 1 would be readmission into the SPL with the possibility of points deduction for a determined period, this would require to be sanctioned by the other member clubs and not just Celtic(turkeys voting for xmas springs to mind). option 2 would indeed be the 3rd div. Europe is out of the question for at least 3 years due to uefa rules for a newco. The biggest blow to Rangers fans would be IMO the end of 140 years of history. My gut feeling is that whilst the administrators are doing their best liquidation is looming. Personally I do not believe that there will be any "serious" investors willing to put money in even with the possibility of agreed debt repayments in place as the debts are unsustainable and further to that whilst Whyte retains the majority shareholding. For what its worth if the shoe was on the other foot then I would be no different than some of these trolls but a newco rangers would not be skint and would be potentially stronger financially than any of their rivals, it would take some time to be a force again but sooner than some would think or indeed hope for, it is indeed "a funny old game" so make hay while the sun shines bhoys , we will be back

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The only thing is that the new co would have to buy Ibrox (debt) and the rightsuse things like the club badge, motto and any image rights held by the club (more debt). It would have no players and would have to buy a whole new squad(more debt). It MIGHT have to honour the ticketus deal (Rduced running costs). It would have to buy rent Murry park (more debt). Would have no european games (reduced income). So while a new co would have no debt to begin with it would start to rack up pretty quickly and income would definately be down. Given that the current squad was unsustainable what is the new co squad going to be like. A 15 point penalty might even keep you out of second place with a big reduction in Prize and TV money. New co might be stronger financially thant current Rangers but given they are facing liquidation that's not saying a lot. It certainly wont be like the Rangers of recent years which spent 33 million pounds on players in the last 5 years.

David

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Decent post. As a celtic fan i would not be bothered one way or the other what happens to rangers.In buisness terms the liquidation argument is hard to disagree with,as is the history argument using your heart instead of your head.The div 3 question is different though as crowds, sponsorship and season ticket prices would drop substantially,as would the standard of player available.

Would rangers be stronger if they done three years in div3? of course as all of the above income streams would revert to their normal levels and they would be debt free.The biggest question is how many rangers fans would accept the loss of history,and how many would be comfortable, morally,in so many people losing jobs? the big problem is scottish football has very little money to go around so,i agree, finding an investor before the tax case announcement is very hard.

add to this the "two" contract rumour and that could bring serious sanctions, and the fair play rules linked to turnover and it might mean 5-6 years building back up.dangerous times for all fans and they have to be very careful who they back...........green jhedi

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28 Feb 2012 15:06:08
I can't believe Rangers fans are jumping on the ship, we may not need to pay ticketus. Listen ya daftnies, you owe people money so just bloody pay it or go into liquidation. You lot are an embarrassment!

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Listen ya (daftnies) thats not even a typo before the spelling police pull me up,
or does our poster think we are that big fat burd oot the broons
NTYABOW

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Its a possibility not a certainty! but i will be laughing if we don't have to pay ticket us haha. SW

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28 Feb 2012 14:01:08
Is there any truth in the rumour that redundancies at Rangers have to be completed within 14 days of administration or the administrators become liable? today being 14 days after administration was announced

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I think i read that somewhere as well mate bu tdont know if its true davie c

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28 Feb 2012 13:45:12
Just thinking about the great institution that is rangers ..
That everyone keeps saying has to be saved..Why they have not paid taxes they owe 3 clubs money they sold of season tickets for the next 3 years players contracts getting looked into ..Nothing great about this club now that it is all out there ...And stop moaning about Celtic .As we did not get your club into this mess..Got a cheek to moan about Celtic not paying ticket money up front ...f*** sake yous owe everyone one ..

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Everything CW does now is also rangers fault. The guy makes arthur daley look genuine. Had CW done anything positive, would you be fair and attribute that to Rangers?.....hmm

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It's shocking that decent fans and rangers have to shoulder the nonsense this guy is creating,but as owner thats the rules.murray drove debt levels to nightmare proportions and whyte seen a chance to make a lot of cash doing what he does.he now has to liquidate i think as theres no other way,unless a buyer will take on the debt and with the tax case hanging over it would you? hwhyte works to the limits of the law and knows what he can get away with.ironically it might have been better for rangers if HMRC had got to put their admin team in place,things might have been a lot clearer.........green jhedi

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Give it a while and you'll probably spoil the sense you speak jehdi... As you usually do PaulRFC

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Agreed green jhedi, its nothing but financial vandalism.

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Paul you are one to talk about sense the ibrox burger boy. garlar07

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28 Feb 2012 13:14:57
seems to be a bit of confusion here regarding the tickets for the ipox game, as far as i can see celtic will pay for the tickets five days before the game,just as you did for the last game.so whats the problem? buisness is buisness..ask airdrie............green jhedi

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No problem jehdi mate! PaulRFC

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No problem - - papers need to keep the story going unfortunately!

bill72

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Spot on and this is what happens ,its no wonder every Ger hated Lennon to the extent it got to last year (do realise even without he's not exactly Ibrox hero) with his face plastered over every newspaper, every day for the whole year.

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Traynor and jackson of the daily
ranger should get a real story
and leave celtic out of rangers woes. we will pay for our tickets
when the money is due.

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If every ger hate,s lennon then he,s doin his job right garlar07

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28 Feb 2012 09:53:53
Ed?
have you any idea what happens with the 'debentures' that were taken when club deck went up when (not if?)
liquidation hits us {Ed001's Note - in the case of liquidation, all creditors just split the proceeds of the sale of assets and any leftover debt is liquidated.}

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I thought I had read somewhere that the bonds involved with the debentures became payable if the club went into administration. Im sure it was written that this was a clause of the sale {Ed001's Note - I have no idea on administration, but liquidation would liquidate the company and so all debts owed by the company would no longer exist.}

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28 Feb 2012 13:02:19
Hey folks. I think that I've discovered the reason behind the press changing their attitude against Rangers. That sheep virus in the news. Lots on knackered inedible lambs. There will be a shortage of lamb on the menu.

I figure that said pressmen were told that there would be a shortage of succulent lamb dinners, so they figured there may as well be a shortage of succulent press silence........

from "Me Here"

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28 Feb 2012 11:40:57
Celtic fans should be carefull what the wish for... A liquidated rangers would only reform debt free with absolute millions to spend and a clear credit rating... Celtic wouldn't be able to compete,it's been proven..

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Who is going to give you credit , def not lloyds , you would also be out of europe for a number of years , and with points deducted at the beginning of the season for a few years

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Yeah but reformed in the THIRD Division.

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"Absolute millions"? apart from the fact that this doesn't make sense, where would the millions come from?

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Who is going to give you credit , def not lloyds , you would also be out of europe for a number of years , and with points deducted at the beginning of the season for a few years


The fact you mentioned Lloyds says how stupid you are. It was MIH they were unhappy with not Rangers.

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There would be a new share issue for a newco, investment from interested parties. You appear to fail to understand a newco starts afresh, the "old" rangers are gone, their history stops at their demise, newco would be debt free. Given a newco has to wait 3 years to play in europe and it would take 4 for this to be a reality then the options would be 3rd div or accepted into SPL. Financially the current SPL may vote to accept the newco entry to maintain current income, Celtic apart, either way the only impact on a newco if they didnt get re-admitted would be the loss of tv revenue from Sky. Rangers support if they remain loyal would self finance club through season tickets. And before you dumbasses come back with ticketus, they have season tickets for old club, remember this is a newco. Credit line, dont make me laugh the banks will fall over themselves to get a piece of a newco such as Rangers given its support and potential.

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No true Celtic fan with a clear head wants to see Rangers Liquidated..... no point in winning league unless its being taken from rangers and vise-versa obv, there is a penalty which should be and is getting paid now.... but I am certainly getting more nervous, I hope the situation doesnt get any worse other than a few players leaving, the point that it is not the fans but rangers as an orginisations fault is starting to become true even to the more radical biase rangers support, I for one hope there is a light at the end of this for genuine rangers fans, all the rest that claim our title is tainted with the exceptional form we have been on need to wake up and realise they are in this alone and cant drag celtic into it

ChrisBhoy

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So 1984 was pointless shut up, there was a time when it was not just rangers and second swapping 1st and 2nd, are they rubbish titles no

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28 Feb 2012 09:00:36
Morning ed, you no what bears im sick of hearing all this news on rangers apparent tax evasion because everyone's at it... From the cash in hand guy down the docks to ma mate black Albert (that's not racist ed,he doesn't wash) selling cheap bakkie, an do we really believe Harry redknapp when he says it wasn't a bonus, it's common practice an always has been,wonder if uncle dermots paid all his tax or does "tax avoidance" not sound as bad as "tax evasion,every single multi millionaires guilty of it and I bet ya every single one of thems sh!tting themselves watching the way we are been hounded,now once this tax case is finished and I believe we will win it,are we going to see HMRC still all over the news going after their other "big targets" because it can't just be rangers so it makes me wonder why there is not more court cases going as we speak or are HMRC only capable of conducting one at a time! It's double standards CLEARLY! So bears why is it only our club been humiliated? I can't answer that but I will say there is someone who's been pushing for this outside ibrox so what's the motive? AC-130

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@AC-130; dermots an irish citizen so has no dealings with HMRC.sorry.......green jhedi

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Yeah because that's where his money is ain't it mate ! Stacked up with the rest of the country's monopoly money! (NOT).... an I didn't realise it was only HMRC who you had to pay tax to !

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Paranoia anyone they areall out get us...col

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What do you mean "only pay HMRC tax to?" who else would you pay tax to?.........green jhedi

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28 Feb 2012 12:47:46
So now the contracts are getting looked into ..Bigger trouble ahead me thinks

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28 Feb 2012 12:47:27
Whats Brian Kennedy worth anyone know? Its good hes a good friend of Souness a real Rangers man that could help him out...


At least we know this is a potential solution, i would rather him than a consortium...BUT he is obv not going to takeover if we lose the TAX case, he didnt make all his hard earned cash just to give 100million of it away.

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It says 3250mill !

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28 Feb 2012 08:17:18
@..Taco. I like some of your post. Some are actually sensible although abit gloating but ur team can do that now. The only point I have is this 'tanted titles since 1873' dont like that one mate seems your clutching at straws for our titles. oh and we won our first title in 1891.
Don

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Thanks Don, i hope that you do really see that i am ripping the p'ss most of the time, i suppose it's 3 years in the building up lol!

take a look at my reply a couple of posts down and you'll see why

taco

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28 Feb 2012 12:12:37
Noticed a formal announcement and proof of debt form directed specifically to season ticket and bond holders was posted by Administrators to the club website on Thursday. Does this mean that season tickets won't be honoured for the rest of the season and season ticket holders need to lodge a claim?

http://www.rangers.co.uk/staticFiles/8b/9e/0,,5~171659,00.pdf

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28 Feb 2012 11:05:00
please explain to me where this ridiculous notion of "tainted titles since 1873" comes from. is someone so consumed by their own hatred they are unable to read? the EBT case is for a period between 2001-2009. no i'm not carole vorderman, but i can count, and 9 in a row came BEFORE this.
gees before you contiune to spout complete colin nish read what you're trying to ramble about
s-bear

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Cause it gets to you???

if you lot keep coming out with devalued/tainted titles, celtic went bust in 94, celtic dodged tax in the 60's, etc etc....then i'll keep posting this, cos it's every bit as true are the 'colin nish' you lot spew out on a daily basis:)

taco

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That response is about as childish as i expected.
keyboard gangster
s-bear

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28 Feb 2012 12:02:51
a question
when Lloyds told Murray to take the Whyte deal or his line of credit would be stopped.who at Lloyds made that decision,had they any connection to another football club?...............les

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28 Feb 2012 10:53:20
i see one of your 'saviours' is at it again:

RANGERS director Dave King's multi-million pound vineyard is back on the market — after claims an auction to sell it was rigged.

The sprawling South African estate was seized by officials over a £250million tax bill.

It was bought by tycoon Wendy Appelbaum for £5million, but she later claimed auctioneers used fake bidders to raise the price.


taco

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And how is that Dave King's fault
Ps the South African Government seized the vineyard in July 2011.

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28 Feb 2012 10:55:20
looking at save rangers Only 13800 rangers willing to save their club! Not good lads

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And half of them are Celtic supporters taking the p1ss.

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Make sure youve checked your emails and registered, Id forgot and did it last night. Not sure if it makes a differance though tbh. CheltBlue

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Do not agree. The Saverangers thing, although done with good intention, was never going to fly in my opinion. Like most fans I will jump in when it actually means somthing, ie when I can not only send real cash but will know where it is going and that it will do some good. Also, as soon as it was known the Tims were throwing pretend cash at it, it was doomed...
Only my opinion...
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Agree with above, i have pledged though but wouldnt go through with it until my money was going to save somebodys job and not line whytes pocket , thats why some people are waiting, . if i know for sure where its going ill pledge a grand instead of 500 notes,, craig+babybear

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28 Feb 2012 09:10:05
As a Celtic fan...and I think I'm a fair judge...I was wondering what honest bear fans think of Celtic refusing to pay rangers 300,000 in advance for tickets for next old firm match we as in Celtic are saying because admin are in charge you would not pay for something like this with the admin...there is a slight chance the match mite not take place or wether rangers will still be a club...Celtic saying we will give you money but prior to the match defo going ahead....this is not a Celtic/rangers bigot battle so no silly comments...this just about running business

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Do what you want liewell you toolbox - rangers fans will buy them! That's my opinion for ya ! PaulRFC

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As far as I'm concerned Celtic demanded advanced payment for the Parkhead game when they had no real reason to do so. So in turn they should pay Rangers in advance. It's not rules for some and not for others.

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Are you a daft head? celtic had plenty of reasons for not allowing rangers credit in the last game. how deep is your head in the sand? no credit to rangers. and NO advance money on ticets until we now there will be a game. i thin you will not exist in a week, why would i give you 300000?

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Paul you call Peter Lawell (Liewell) can I ask what exactly he has lied about, as the above poster states, why should Celtic stump up 300,000k when they have no way of knowing if that game will even take place, as far as I am aware Celtic asked for Rangers ticket money up front and got it five days before the game took place, so the money probably will be paid then and not one month before, to be honest would you have trusted Craig Whyte to pay after the game considering his history. JS

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Hmmm... my first reaction is FU*K'M but to be honest if, and it's a big if, Celtic have not had guarantees from the admin's that the cash will result in tickets, you can't blame them. Also if it's true why not put the tickets on sale to Rangers fans now? Bound to sell, get the cash in and have a ground full of Bears! Don't know if that's allowed or not but would be just the ticket...
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The difference is this is almost a month away rangers could end up in liquidation before the 25th march

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Listen mate you lot hide behind your "we don't no if there will be a game" us rangers fans no why your doing it so save yourselfs the bother of of constantly spouting the same p!sh that is only worded different, I personally hope you don't get the tickets! "we will do that to at parklegoshed" go on do it then we can play tit for tat, your whole clubs been at it for weeks! PaulRFC

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As is already widely known, rangers paid 5 days in advance of the game at Celtic park, so why the hullabaloo about you wanting paid 4 WEEKS in advance?

Could it be that Celtic have asked the administrators to confirm the game will go ahead, and have had no reply?

taco

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Widely known because you heard it on here! Must be true then mate! You are a plum!

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(Us Rangers fans know why your doing it ) Ok Celtic give you money and the game doesnt get played. He would get slaughtered from fans and fellow directors, he is simply protecting his company from exposure to a bad situation, as any good buisiness man would do. Rangers problems are of thier own making not Celtics. JS

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Honestly mate i told ya to save yourself the bother! PaulRFC

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Paul, would you pay a firm in deep financial trouble, with no hope of getting credit, and huge questions over its future for a service or product 4 weeks before you were to receive it? I don't think you would.

You're one of several fans on here who are taking this refusal as being out of badness from Celtic when they're doing it out of financial sense. It probably wouldn't create the ill-feeling that you and others are spewing forth if it was another team. It's just another excuse to have a go and spout nonsense before you've thought about the rational reasons for this action.

Would you expect Rangers to pay Celtic 4 weeks in advance if Celtic were in dire financial difficulties and there were serious doubts over whether the game would actually go ahead? I doubt it. We still don't know just how bad the situation is a Ibrox - the club could be heading for liquidation.

It may be unlikely and you'll say it isn't because the administraors have said it won't be but there's a good reason for that: they won't mention the possibility because as soon as they do, all suppliers, business associates etc. will withdraw co-operation if they get a sniff of the possibility of Rangers going to the wall as they don't want to be left in the lurch as creditors.

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ABSOLUTE CLOWN ,SPL RULES STATE AWAY FANS GET A CERTAIN ALLOCATION FOR GAMES.buisness is buisness,ask david murray when he put airdrie out the game for a paltry 30grand,well paltry too some,a fortune over iboke way!!

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28 Feb 2012 08:44:04
If we make an agreement with creditors to hold off til the transfer window we can still raise a fair amount of cash. Also as has been stated we spend 35m a year but bring in 25m so the wage bill has to be cut. Below I've written approx what transfer fees and wages players that we could get rid of are on and what it could bring in and save.

Macgregor-20k, 5m. Papac-8k, release. Goian-8k, 500k. Broadfoot-5k, 300k. Whittaker-20k, 3m. Kerkar-Release, 2k. Davis-20k, 3m. Edu-10k, 1m. Lafferty-15k, 1.5m. Healy-5k, Release. Bedoya-5k, 400k. Ortiz-400k, 5k. Naismith-15k, 5m.

This all adds up to fees of £21.1m and yearly salary savings of £7.16M. Add this to players we've already let go and sold in the transfer window and we could pay off a chunk of creditors and be running on an even keel.

This would obv leave us with a heavily depleted first team of.

Alexander
Little Perry Bocanegra Wallace
Aluko Ness Fleck Wylde
Hemmings Mculloch

Truth is for the next few years we're going to be down until we get back on our feet and these are the kind of sacrifices that are crucial for us to survive. Obv this doesn't mention the big tax case but if we lose that we're f*cked anyway.

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The first sentance in your post completely blows your theory away:

"If we make an agreement with creditors to hold off til the transfer window we can still raise a fair amount of cash. "

That's 4 to 5 months away. Rangers do not have enough cash to run the company until the end of April. Any bills that come in afer administration have to be paid now. Liquidation is on the way.

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As a Celtic fan i would say you have undervalued McGregor(7-10m) and overvalued Whittaker(50p)

Joeshmo1888

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28 Feb 2012 10:11:34
does anybody know the deadline for Celtic to pay the £300000 up front for their Auld firm tickets??
heard rumour its Friday and they will go on sale to Rangers fans if missed

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F&ck them, put the every ticket on sale for rangers fans only we don't need their money or their support to fill the big house! PaulRFC

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Good idea full the place with little bears so King Lenny can do a lap of honour when we win the league on that day. ;) good thinking polly. Bigirishmac

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Even he wouldnae do that! he's a sittin duck mate, 50,000. plus rangers fans and no septic fans fans? they'll be riot vans there just to guard his face lol, there will be an agreement IF celtic take it at ibrox. they should leave the ground then celebrate at parkhead. sectarianism wasn't as bad as before when we did it at parkhead, god sake, what makes you think you will be able to get away with it now?, stewie

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Whats up polly dont u trust urself if we win the league there would u throw ur burger at the nasty celtic fans garlar07

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28 Feb 2012 08:00:54
If the SPL and SFA find in their investigations that the contracts at Rangers were "bogus", or not fit for purpose...what ever you wish to call it, they could technically face suspension from UEFA and FIFA, and at least an investigation from both organisations. If the SFA and SPL find what many people say they will, and all Celtic fans hope, then the SFA and SPL are openly admitting they didn not ensure player registrations were carried out to interntional standards and also submitted false registrations to UEFA for periods when Rangers were invovled in Europe.

Whilst I don't dispute that a substatntial degreee of the mess lies with rangers as a club and those invovled in running it, player registration does not....clubs simply submit paper work to the national football authorities for chekcing and approval and clearance....without this, they cannot play and those cheks must meetboth national football authority standards and also FIFA standards as laid out in their respect rule books as a minimum.

My feeling is that this cannot be 100% laid at the door of the club as its role in this is to present paperwork that can be signed off by the SPL and SFA...if those authorities approve it, the registration is valid as it has to meet there minimum criteria for player registration....if it doesn't, or doesn't meet those of FIFA, then those bodies will have to explain why not and how they have managed to overlook this not just once, but countless times..

There appears to be an almighty mess here outwith the club, but I don;t think it is what those clowns on the radio have been suggesting that it is.

May some almight power help the Scottish game if the SFA and SPL have mis-administered the game in this manner with respect to rangers players or players of any other club.

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28 Feb 2012 07:36:10
I think Rangers supporters need to prepare for the worst. The main problem right now is not the impending 'Big' tax case but the fact that the previous board and CW have mortgaged off all of Rangers avenues for income. Add this to the current seasons unpaid tax on wages and the claim by CW that there is an annual deficit of £10m.
If the worse comes to the worst Rangers supporters have to realise the main asset will be Ibrox and Murray Park. In the worst case scenario the fans must do their upmost to buy these assets.
The fans should own the club, not any of the previous or current board.

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Our incomes been purposely sabotaged to force us to fold...never mind the jail or losing "titles" (as in sir,not the spl)... I want to see heads on plates of those to blame... Proper medieval pulp fiction style like. PaulRFC

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28 Feb 2012 09:42:21
Yes murray has ran up a debt, but was it not whytes debt that put us in admin.

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Whyte is there to finish Murrays job ,not man enough to do that

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28 Feb 2012 08:50:37
If the 50,000 fine by the stock exchannge is irelevent as Mr Whyte says it is, why does he not pay it out of his own pocket and show solidarity with the true Rangers supporters

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28 Feb 2012 08:19:01
Why is it we have a Liverpool fan for our ed but the Celtic page seems to have a Celtic fan ? Put it this way, there are a lot more Celtic fans on our page than there are Rangers fans on theirs. Is it because of the association Celtic & Liverpool have with each other? I feel that our ed is mixing things up & contributing to the hatred between the old firm. If this isn't printed, I will know I've hit the nail on the head, right ed?

{Ed033's Note - Why don't you volunteer to be a Rangers Ed?

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Think the web site has been balanced considering emotions. just wish rangers fans would open their eyes, they were warned about minty and whyte, and ignored the advice, down the clyde and into the swanee ye go. what gets me is gers fans being surprised. it has been coming for twenty years, and as soon as whytes name was mentioned i did a homer simpson doooooerrrrrr. obvious, the man is an asset stripper, nothing else.

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Its a conspiracy, get a grip m8 as far as I can see both EDS tell both sets of fans when they are out of order.

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I'll be the rangers ed ! What you think ed? PaulRFC

{Ed033's Note - Please use the contact form if you're interested in being a Rangers Ed

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Don't want to start the handbags at dawn stuff but I prefer our Ed. Much more impartial. Leads to better quality posts and answers...
10% pay rise Ed
BB

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Paulrfc would ban all the fans he felt were from other teamss fans - not exactly in the spirit of banter.

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You'd be the first banned mate! PaulRFC

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I thinks uz well all definatly be walking alone very soon! lol

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Does Paul understand the concept of banter? Can he be objective? Hmmm.

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Ibrox burgerboy an ed feck no garlar07

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28 Feb 2012 01:06:50
Man! With all the handbags being thrown around the place it's like John Lewis in here!

Ladies, ladies, can't all just agree that Hibs are terrible?

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28 Feb 2012 00:50:05
Wee Neil must be thinking to himself just now that "there is more than one way to skin a cat" things just getting better for him each day.....
Molly Gibson & Big Bernard

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Oh another 2 names coming out from under the rocks.

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Screw wee Neil he has nothing to do with us

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Too bad he'll get little credit for "winning" this default title because of gers points deduction etc. His next test will be in Europe- for which the side will be woefully ill-prepared. What celtic have is numbers no quality. I think they're a vastly over-rated football team. They look ok next to the rest of the dross in our country but that's about it. A manager with a squad of 40+ doesn't really know what he's doing. In a few months' time it'll be plain as the nose on your face.

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Celtic won't win the title because of Rangers' points deduction but because Rangers were mince and Celtic better so they overhauled the massive points difference and sailed past.

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"Sailed past" RFC in administration (your wee sad pals never off here keep reminding us) that'll be?!?

Well done Neil and co, I really do salute your extraORDINARY achievement (you are familiar with sarcasm I hope ya dumpling).

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28 Feb 2012 00:14:19
IT ONLY TOOK 9 YEARS - Afc Wimbledon have proved that many things can be achieved with fan power and the correct personnel in place.
9 years after the Wimbledon fiasco and the fans enter the local counties leauge- 9 years later and the club are back in Leauge football in Div 2 . The dirty franchise that is mk dons were forced by the FA to return all the silverware won by Wimbledon FC to its rightful owners, namely Afc Wimbledon- leaving the franchise to get on with their own club. Im just saying that with a strong solid loyal fanbase and hard working admin and backroom staff even the worst scenario can have a positive ending.
Wimbledons situation was nothing to do with money, but behind the scence politics, but the club still stood strong and has survived - so although its tough times at Ibrox just now, OUR CLUB, THE FAMOUS GLASGOW RANGERS , will get through this present setback-we dont do walking away, nor did the Wimbledon fans. We ARE the people - the rest will never understand.

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Ffs i,ll be died in 9 years.....o well

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