Rangers Rumours Archive August 05 2013

05 Aug 2013 15:29:23
Walter Smith resigns as Rangers chairman. Statement to stock exchange shortly.

It's actually a very positive thing.

The next very positive thing would be Ally moving on.

No surprise there then. McCoist could be next. If he doesn't resign he might be sacked!

Comment 1 Smith quitting is a worrying sign that he has no faith in the people really running the club.

McCoist and his mgt team will not be sacked, that would cost around £2million we don't have

Comment3 and where is the confidence smith was a competent chairman?
It is a good thing. Walter is not a Plc chairman.

And Ally isn't a good manager either.

These two critical roles need to be filled ASAP with competent outstanding individuals for the good of the club.

Hows it a positive thing to have the 2 people with the club at heart move don't be stupid only person moving should be CG. he's AN EMBARRASSMENT OF THE HIGHEST PROPORTION

@5 the £2m is how much it would cost to buy them out of their contracts - there's a difference between buying out the contracts and sacking Ally for gross misconduct free of charge!

What is happening inside Ibrox? We must be told what is happening as there is clearly a lot of fighting going on. This whole saga has been going on for too long now, we are a laughing stock and it must end now.

Wullie - RFC

There is not one thing that makes this a good thing. We have 1 Rangers man left and he has no power.

This should tell you that Smith doesn't trust those on the board. What is good about that?

Smith away, Green back, could only be worse if Green was Whyte.

How the bears forget, why the hell does mCcoist get so much stick, a workman is only as good as his tools, but at Hollywood fc the tools call the shots. When smith walked rangers were as good as dead. There is now no one with the clubs best interests at heart, smith wasn't there for money, are the board, ( which are still not known) Better believe it, close the club and make an ncp car park, because when the legend walks and the fans turn on Ally, tell me, what's left?

No doubt I will get abuse for speaking sense ed, but it's simply the truth.

For a man of Walter Smith's credentials to stand down there must be something seriously wrong here and it cannot ever be conscrued as positive unless it's a deliberate ploy to force down the share value to enable a new consortium to gain control. McCoist and his backroom staff are left hopelessly exposed now. where will it all end?

We are a shambles. I fear the worst.

I for one am sorry to see W Smith go he is a true Rangers man unlike the Carpetbaggers who have taken over our once proud club, Ally and all his staff should resign in block, a boycott could be playing into their hands, these people care nothing about RFC only their own deep pockets and they would sell the assets in the blink of an eye, If only someone or group of businessmen with Rangers in their blood could take over and give us back our pride.

He can't be a rangers fan if he says walter going and ally is a good thing come on their is serious trouble behind the scenes and I don't trust charles green and his gang alone in ibrox he will do another whyte. will be intresting what smith says in the coming hours

I fear for you guys, rangers don't need this crap, if ally goes and I think he should, because he will be made the scapegoat, Green is your problem, he was poisen from the start,

05 Aug 2013 20:17:05
discrace what next? for the persons who think its a good thing have lost it. boardroom infiltrated by crooks n gangsters please someone sort this out am sick of these guys coming on tellin us about how great a club we are and great support we are we know this already they thing we are daft way all this crap.

Shows you how right brown was and he's not exactly smart

Time for McColl to put up or shut up. No games, no empty gestures. Traynor seemingly told some of the supporters at the protest Green will be offered a deal to leave with his side kicks or be forced out. if that's true then I reckon Walter will tell us he left out of conflict of interests as he will be part of McColls takeover team. If anyone fully trusts hat Green has the best intentions for Rangers at heart then they are living in cukoo land. Stand united bears, WATP

He he he. a workman is only as good as his tools. well ally bought these tools. so who`s to blame! dd

If someone doesn't come in and buy a majority shareholding thus moving all fannies we are humped man. Renew a season ticket, buy a strip. Get to f@@k. You'd need to be off yer nut

My only concern is that if McColl takes over we will still have the same management team and I regret to say that McCoist, Durrant and McDowall won't take us far. Time for a quality management team rather than jobs for the boys!

Time to answer the questions green why are you back who offered you this job cause I wasnt aware there was such a job if there was I would have applied not bad for a man that resigned 2 month ago. there is something going on guys for him to be back I fear whyte has something to do with this. I want to know about our money our future plans but more important I want our money to grow for rangers not the fat cats that see us as a fast cash project but WE SHOULD ALL ASK FOR THE TRUTH

Does anyone know what J Traynor said outside ibrox last night?

06 Aug 2013 09:33:14
If McColl and Co do take charge then the first thing that they should do once they rid the club permanently of Green is to replace the current management team with some quality management and coaching staff.

MacDowall and Durrant are a waste of space and it is disappointing that McCoist has jeopardised his position by retaining these two failures. His lack of backbone in doing the right thing for the development of the team and his 'jobs for the boys' deserve to lose him his job.

He shows far too much respect for a bunch of Pub Teams when he should have his players totally motivated to go for the jugular!

Just as a point of note, I see that young Hemmings scored a hat trick at the weekend yet we didn't have a true centre forward on teh Park against Forfar!

Very strange that someone who loves the club as much as Walter walks away in the hour of need again. Last time he did nothing, said nothing yet he was hailed as a saviour when he eventually walked back in. Then he tries to buy out CG, fails and then he joins forces with him, thus supporting him. I know he was a great manager however he has not shown the kind of anger I would expect from someone who has made a good life out of Rangers and now he walks away. again.

Bomber warned us a year ago. He was ridiculed. HUMBLE APOLOGIES BOMBER.

Could Walter be positioning himself to become a member of a new controlling group within Ibrox?

No statement on Rangers web site how transparent is that?

Bomber warned us a year ago but Walter Smith had the SAME information then as Brown but he chose not to act upon it, he is as corrupt as the next person in this saga. Now is time to blow the whistle as silence means guilt in my eyes!

05 Aug 2013 13:51:14
Rangers chairman and former manager Walter Smith is expected to quit the club amid ongoing turmoil at Ibrox.

The former Scotland and Everton boss took on the role in the boardroom earlier this year after Malcolm Murray left the position and called for "transparency" over the situation at the club.

It is believed Mr Smith will confirm he will be leaving his position at Ibrox on Monday.

STV REPORTING HE'S STANDING DOWN TODAY.

As far as I know he has said nothing regarding recent events I would have thought that the Chairman would have made some kind of positive statement by now - shareholders rely on these guys to protect their investment. The fans (34,000) have also made an investment by buying season tickets. Was Walter brought in to simply sell tickets, or what?

Its a great shame in my opinion that Walter Smith took the job on in the first place, many will now view him simply as a ticket salesman and not a great manager.

Not a great manager. are you forgetting 9 in a row? Coming back after Le Guen - steadying the ship and winning back to back titles? You are delusional

He's gone, just been on bbc news 24, wish petrie and fenlon had the decency to do like wise

I think it was ego operating over common sense. Anyone with boardroom business knowledge gasped at the news. He had to then sign off on all board decisions, rubber stamping agendas he didn't like. A naive old guy amongst sharp practicioners.
Who knows if he was in on other agendas. If he was he didn't have the experience nor intellect for such things.

Now being confirmed on SKY and BBC

Smith didn't manage Rangers to 9 in a row!

Not a great manager, are you forgetting. please read my comment again.

05 Aug 2013 10:34:43
SHARES in a property developer funding Craig Whyte's claim over the assets of Rangers have been temporarily suspended.

The move follows delays in the production of its annual financial report.

Worthington Group plc, which bought 26% of Law Financial Ltd, one of the ex-Rangers owner's firms which claims to have former Rangers newco Sevco 5088 as a subsidiary, asked for the temporary suspension.

Included among Law Financial's assets is the legal action brought by Mr Whyte against former chief executive Charles Green for the claim on the club's assets.

There goes the book and film deals then. Mind you, they may have opted for a soap instead as this just seems to go on and on.

I cannot believe what I am reading here, if Green and co stay the club will disappear for ever.

This is now about the who the manager is it is about who is in power and Green and co is bad news

I am worried that the club is going to end up gone forever

Jake

05 Aug 2013 14:15:35
It was Green and co who kept things going!

Green only kept things going because of the amount of money he and his cronies could make and if we don't do something with this second chance to get rid then there will be no club to support and if there ever was a time to say W. A. T. P it's now let get rid of the lot of them
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