Rangers Rumours Archive March 08 2018

08 Mar 2018 19:55:03
Honestly don't know what to make of David Murray and his interest in the club?
Still find it hard to forgive and forget over the last 7 years and no matter what we all say Mr Murray was to blame no matter if he says he was duped!

08 Mar 2018 20:37:27
He was also to blame for 9 in a row Laudrup Gazza Souness and Smith

08 Mar 2018 22:08:19
Agree Broxi but putting the club nearly out of business is simply unforgivable and have you forgotten that?

08 Mar 2018 22:15:41
If we had brought in one or two players after we got the nine in a row we could
have made it ten, too many were by their sell by date .
Maybe that's when David Murray realised we were in the rubbish!
Can't fault the guy for his backing but got to query his management .

09 Mar 2018 05:02:55
Pretty sure there was at least 4 signings made after 9 in a row and Walter smith said later on there were too many signings made at once which hurt us. Plus was it not David Holmes who signed souness?

09 Mar 2018 05:09:46
In 1997 we signed Lorenzo amoruso, Marco negri, rino gattuso and jonas thern going for 10 so come on Brian-p

09 Mar 2018 06:45:48
What a load of nonsense, first Murray had a lot on his plate at the time with his other businesses and Rangers owed just £19 million but when you ain't got it you ain't got it so he sold us for £1 to a guy who nearly put us out of the game second we brought in at least 4 QUALITY signings after 9NAR so the first 4 posts are questionable at best.

09 Mar 2018 08:49:21
Arthur Numan, Giovanni Van Bronckhorst, Michael Mols and Ronald De Boer after 9 in a row for a start.

09 Mar 2018 10:13:03
The signings we made in lead up to going for 10 in a row were great signings, problem was 3 of them struggled with injury and Rino was a raw talent and was not the type of player to win us games. If Negri had continued his scoring exploits we would have walked the league.

I hate how Murray's tenure at Ibrox ended but the guy gave most of us the best memories of our lives.

09 Mar 2018 10:57:16
The reason we never won ten in a row was because smith said he was leaving at the end off the season in stead of staying focused on winning the league. And all the players heads went down.

09 Mar 2018 11:23:23
Conveniently missing out a season there, Rick.

09 Mar 2018 11:32:48
Did negri not score 25-30 goals before Jan? It was amazing back then.

09 Mar 2018 12:35:11
Murray had huge pressure put on him by the banks to get rid of Rangers, his metal business was in trouble like a lot of others during the crash, we had £17 mill of debts and had just won the league we were bringing the debt down and still winning, I lived through the glory years and never heard one fan complain, we had player who were world class and those who say Murray didn’t put money in Bollocks he underwrote share issues he funded players through his business empire his heart was in the right place, EBTs were legal at that time and legal advice was sought, I think the mistake was it took us to long to realise the tax man was after the people on EBTs but if Mr Murray wants back in which I still doubt I’d have him with open arms but I think this is just paper talk

09 Mar 2018 16:24:15
Thinkaboutit

Sorry but your wrong about Murray. He borrowed money from the bank using his other businesses as insurance and didn’t put any of his own money into the club like he said he did, he was one of the biggest benefactors of the EBT scheme and also took millions out of the club through various of his businesses getting contracts in the club e. g catering and Steel work. As for the I was duped nonsense he was warned by the then board that Whyte didn’t have the money and was strongly advised not to sell to him ‘tis was ignored and he sold it anyway. The reason that no one complained during the successful years is that he was trusted by the support a trust which he abused. He also had other legal advice regarding the danger of the EBT scheme but chose to ignore it.

09 Mar 2018 18:16:51
Arthur, his money or his companies money or indeed banks, it was him who ultimately sanctioned it. the contracts his companies won went throw bidding processes. add to general recession in steel and collapse of sky tv contract we were in trouble. david murray was forced to sell by the bank, they wanted their money and didn't care if it was the end for rangers

09 Mar 2018 20:01:01
No Murray didn’t care either and sold it to Whyte when he was being told not too. He had always said he would only sell to someone with the clubs interest at heart which clearly wasn’t the case. To make excuses for what he did is pathetic and there was no justification for what he did. Let’s be clear Murray didn’t take that much of a hit with all this and his lifestyle and wealth still remained in tact

09 Mar 2018 21:50:21
Murray is a very shrewd business man and I do agree that wee whitey never duped him at all however Murray did chase a dream and gave us loads of success and memories this shouldn't be forgotten! I personally feel he got in too deep and used wee whitey as an out

09 Mar 2018 22:33:08
Jyf, we have just owed 18 or 19m at the time he sold us but everyone was fully aware of the impending big tax case. To suggest he was duped by Whyte is complete nonsense and if he didn't bother doing his homework on him then that's simply not good enough, the SFA were also to blame there re fit and proper person. Murray knew what was coming and didn't want it happening on his watch. EBTs may have been legal when they used them, but to allow the club to fall into the hands of criminals was unforgivable.

10 Mar 2018 07:05:41
I think Murray is a charlatan yes he gave us many trophy laden years but at what cost our pride our dignity he ran our club in to the ground and played the I was duped card I'm sorry but it's a no from me

10 Mar 2018 10:55:25
When Murray famously said 'For every fiver C#^%ic spend I will spend a tenner' what he meant was Lloyds Bank will spend a tenner. Those years were worth it though.

Not sure going back to him would be the way ahead now though.

08 Mar 2018 14:37:08
I posted on here about 7 months ago about david murray wanting to reinvest in the gers. At that point he was trying to broker a deal with 2 saudi business men to buy the club and right the wrongs that he feels that he has done. I got the usual shot down in flames. (The deal fell threw)
Murray has been looking for an oppertunity to get back involved with the famous and from a personal point of view some of my best memories where under him but that aside i feel that we would be crazy to turn any money that he offered down. I feel he is a true rangers man and would have learnt a hard lesson on the mistakes that he made and would hopefully not make them again.

08 Mar 2018 16:21:09
I'll take his cash, but he can get ti!

08 Mar 2018 16:41:04
No true rangers man would of sold us out the way he did.

08 Mar 2018 16:56:40
I feel most of us on here would agree with those sentiments however, many see him as the man who sold us to the first idiot that came along. What followed was unimaginable so I reckon that will be hard to forget and forgive for most of us.

08 Mar 2018 18:38:20
Totally agree with you united kingdom. When david murray was in charge he was brilliant and the players he brought to rangers were unbelievable -laudrup, gasgoigne, numan, albertz, mols to name just a few. The list goes on and on. In my opinion the only thing he done wrong was sell to whyte, and i genuinely feel that has hurt him ever since, and if he could go back there is no doubt he would of done things differently. I feel he wants to try his best to get us back to where we belong and maybe right some wrongs. and he has the resources and the contacts to do it. I would back him 100% and i'm sure the majority of fans would get behind him. RTID

08 Mar 2018 19:51:32
Guy only did what he had to do mate. That’s my experience of business when the bank is driving. They tried to close me down after failing to get £250k from me. I then sold my business for a nice profit within 3 weeks. With no luck I was bankrupt.

Not looking for an argument lads. Guy still must answer some large questions.

Let’s not take the focus off Sunday as we can do it on our own for now.

08 Mar 2018 19:52:04
The deal fell threw?! Supposed to take you seriously? Don't want Murray back anyway. King committed his money and that counts and credit where credit's due.

08 Mar 2018 19:53:43
Murray due to his own financial mess which was out with his control was forced by bankers to sell. He oversaw 9 in a row. I would welcome him back with conditions of proper control.

09 Mar 2018 09:41:24
David Murray duped Whyte and allegedly pointed him down the ticketus route. Whyte had zero personal cash to invest.
Hunt him from Ibrox

09 Mar 2018 10:15:35
Murray like most of us was conned by a man who made out he had Rangers best interest at heart.

09 Mar 2018 11:32:06
Kfraser if u where on here when i orginally posted it i just wrote the deal fell threw in fact it never got started my friend worked for a company that was brokering at deal between murray and 2 Saudi's for steel for oil platforms. When the deal was being discussed the saudi business men where also discussing the possibility of purchasing a football club in the uk the gers and leeds utd and sheffield utd where looked into they decided to go for leeds utd and that deal fell threw as leeds chairman refused to sell mate. plus i don't really care if u believe it or not but Will agree that king has been great for the club.

07 Mar 2018 22:12:37
David Bates is going to score on Sunday. I can feel it

08 Mar 2018 06:13:14
And Morelos with a header lol!

08 Mar 2018 09:48:06
Get your cash on josh windass 1st goal don't say never told you all lol well you know who i'm betting lol

08 Mar 2018 11:52:42
I fancy goss to score a free kick

08 Mar 2018 14:42:42
Seems to me we r misunderstanding Murray’s alleged intention. He is apparently looking to buy some shares from whoever. That means money to the seller not rangers.