Rangers Banter Archive February 04 2014

04 Feb 2014 21:00:29
cant believe Swansea have sacked Laudrup.

04 Feb 2014 21:34:00
And on a lower wage than McCoist (after his 50% pay reduction)!

I'd like to see him at Ibrox!

@1 and you know laudrups wages, how?

SASB64 yes how do you know his wages and why would we want him and why would he want to come to a club in the 1st division in Scotand al we hear is who we would rather have than Ally give him a break we are doing fine footbal could be better but we are on course or promotion all we hear is Ally this Ally that maybe some of the players should have a look at their displays are they doing enough o justify their wages

{Ed039's Note - Are they doing enough to justify their wages Coop? I mean seriously, does anybody merit £7k in the third tier of Scottish football? A wage budget of £1-£1.5m is more than the other clubs and would be enough to cake walk the division, but we dont have a manager capable of doing that)

Ed we are cake walking it we have only dropped two points as for the wages we had to pay over the odds to get players to drop down the leagues remember he hasn't been able to buy any players let's get back to the top league then see where we go from there we don't need a change of manager at this point

{Ed039's Note - Need to agree to disagree on that one I am afraid Coop, I respect your opinion, I just have a different one)

04 Feb 2014 17:29:59
Personally I think Ally's time must be up. As sad as it is, due to the fact he is a legend at our club for what he done on the park. Standing on the sidelines he isn't really having that much of a positive effect. I love my team and support them to the death but my patience is running very thin, I assume I am not the only one. Signing older players to get through the leagues? I'm pretty certain our club of size and stature can produce youngsters who can compete now and grow to be Scottish Premiership players. That I would be proud of and the team would have my full backing. Especially breeding them into a fluent team who can play attractive football. But no, ally has us playing boring football. These seasons down in the lower leagues with no disrespect to other clubs, is the time to change our ways for the better I'm not a Ally hater as such but fresh changes need throughout the WHOLE club. Boardroom, manager, playing staff.

Ally's time will be up when his contract is finished not before, the club cannot afford to pay him off. Ally didn't take a pay cut without conditions, he is doing ok and is the least of Rangers current problems.

{Ed039's Note - isn't mccoist on a rolling contract?)

As much as I agree with you on his managerial skills & the fact this was the perfect opportunity to build a young team for the Future. Every team needs experience PSV have a team full of young talented players and the average age of the side usually works out to be about 22 or 23 and they are severely inconsistent especially away from home. The problem with Rangers is we do not have pools of young talent coming through which I firmly believe we should have with the money we have spent on facilities scouting etc in the past. In reality We only have that select few. The only two I see that could be great players is Gasparotto & McLeod. Yes we should have been making more signings like Clark he was a no brainer at his age & scoring record in the division we are currently in but the signing of Daly has been far more important & I think McCoists best ever signing as players like his experience is Vital in a team trying to do what were doing. He might not be in prolific form right now as I feel off field troubles are showing In some players on the park but hel do well for us.

Lee Wallace is obviously our best player & yes an Ally McCoist signing but am I right to think that Him & Temps are the only players that's in the team now in which McCoist has spent a transfer fee on? The problem is I don't believe he's getting the best out of them but signing Form players like Law, Daly, Clark & Bell on a free impressed me, because it makes for a good spine of a team in the Scottish Leagues with other experienced players like Wallace, Temps & Jig along with the young talents of Gaspa, McLeod, Mcausland, Aird & Mckay we should be in a much better position than we are now better quality on the Park Financial Stability off the Park on a reasonable & manageable budget for where we are & who we are. No way all All blame lies McCoist, the board has so much to answer for but day by day it becomes more of a Struggle to see what good Ally McCoist is doing for the Rangers cause.

Sorry Ed thought I was signed in for that one thanks for posting.

04 Feb 2014 13:43:19
I had to laugh when Graham Wallace was speaking about a 5 year plan. I bet you Wallace will not be there 5 month, Wallace will jump ship nothing surer, the longer he stays the more his name will be tarnished,

04 Feb 2014 14:16:22
Would agree with you that Wallace is unlikely to be at Ibrox for any substantial length of time.

We're obviously in a financial hole and even gaining some extra income for the rental of Ibrox if the League Cup final was held there (and surely that has to be the case) and maybe a draw against a big name club in the next round of the Scottish Cup won't solve the crisis, it would only postpone administration mk2.

I still think fans are missing the point, Rangers may have a short term cash problem but in the grand scheme of things it will not bankrupt a debt free business with assets. The shareholders will have to agree to a dilution to raise cash or the share price will collapse and DK will buy it for a song. Wallace is no fool he knows his position is clean, he can prescribe the bad medicine to the shareholders with impunity.
Wallace is in a strong position to turn this around, if he can get to next years extra SB income then the safe turnover of the top tier is only a season away. It is a little bit undignified to be scrambling about looking for 2 or 3 million to last this season out but this is no time for false pride, it is just business.

Steerpike thank you a man who talks sense. One of two things will happen as Steerpike said above or James & Sandy sell McGills buses and pump their money in to Rangers. Ideally for fans both.

Good post Steerpike, a bit of financial common sense although I do have concerns over the Man City figures, Wallace presided over the biggest financial loss for any club EVER and I know they spent massively to restructure the squad but if he was such a raging success why is he not still there or at another blue chip company? I don't think admin 2. 0 will happen as too many big financial management organizations are invested and they realize that if it happens for the sake of a few million investment to protect and grow their share all their equity in the company is dissolved come the inevitable fold and that would infuriate their shareholders whose money they used to buy it and cause a loss of confidence in the city market which they would not risk no matter if it is penny shares, we might have been a bargain but there is money to be made with the right business model and tapping into the global market, something that has never been fully exploited.

The Dave King thing rumbles on but for all the conjecture and whispers no-one really knows his position and why he is not onboard after the AGM ratified the board and our financial (mis)manager has exited stage left.

I'm on the forums daily trying to find any concrete information but nothing solid is getting through to the fans.

Time to step up Mr Wallace and start the process of simply informing your customer base of the developments as we know this site and others are monitored by the media team so WE KNOW that YOU KNOW how we feel and to have lifelong season book holders talking of boycotts and withholding funds from our team should have EVERYONE at corporate level looking to implement basic channels of communication.

Look what happened to Celtics board by not listening and where are they now?

Shame it's not a bit more sunny or Becks might have bought us, lol.

Charli3.