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09 Feb 2012 21:44:04
Rangers Supporters Trust
SUMMARY OF MEETING HELD BETWEEN THE RANGERS SUPPORTERS
ASSEMBLY AND CRAIG WHYTE ON SUNDAY 5 FEBRUARY 2012
Present: Craig Whyte (RFC Chairman), Jim Hannah (RFC Supporters Liaison), Andy Kerr (President, RSA), Ross Blyth (Vice-President, RSA), Mark Dingwall (RSA Delegate for Rangers Supporters Trust, Tam Green (RSA Delegate for Scottish Delegates)

The Assembly delegates thanked the Chairman for arranging to meet at such short notice and then set out the level of anxiety and concern among supporters following the recent media coverage of the Club’s financial affairs. The Chairman said he was well aware of the concern and recognised how important it is to keep the fans informed and united – he stressed we must all stick together. The delegates went on to explain that there had been a unanimous mandate from all the fans’ representative groups to seek clarification on a timetable for publication of the Club’s accounts. They explained that the accounts would place on record all the financial details and would remove the rumour and speculation.

The Chairman explained that the accounts had been held up for two reasons – one was the auditors requesting further papers and information from the Club and the other was awaiting legal opinion on the outcome of the Big Tax Case. He confirmed that the audit is now complete and he was meeting the auditors on Monday 6 February 2012 to hopefully finalise the process. He promised to feed back the outcome of that meeting and provide a timetable for publication (see update below). He clarified that, in any event, the accounts had to be made available to the SPL and UEFA by 31 March 2012. He confirmed that after the accounts are published and, subject to the statutory notice period, an AGM will be called.

There was then some discussion about the financial transactions around the borrowings from Ticketus against season ticket revenue. The Chairman confirmed the borrowing was over a three-year period and was secured against one of his companies and not Rangers Football Club. He stated that all monies were lodged and transacted through the Club’s bank accounts – that included the £18m from him to clear the previous Bank debt, the Ticketus borrowings and the working capital available as part of the Takeover Agreement. In response to questions about the level of borrowing from Ticketus, the Chairman explained that it would be extremely difficult to borrow from any Bank at present and it was necessary to meet the running costs of around £3.5m per month.

Questions were then posed about the Big Tax Case. If the case goes in the Club’s favour, the Chairman stated that HMRC would appeal and that would mean a further lengthy period of the same uncertainty and would discourage investors, sponsors, etc. If we lose the tax case, we can appeal but there would then arise the issue of managing any accruing debt. He couldn’t speculate on the outcome but made it clear this is a vital period in the Club’s history.

He explained that all the shareholders and season ticket holders are the lifeblood of the Club and their interests would be looked after, no matter the outcome.

In summary, the Chairman stated we are in very difficult times and we need to be able to reach the point where we can run the Club on a self–sustaining basis. He is fully committed to that goal and will do all in his powers to achieve it.

ADDENDUM - As promised, the Chairman provided an update following the meeting with the Auditors on 6 February 2012. He stated that he met with the auditors and they confirmed that they now have the majority of the documentation that they require to complete the accounts. Anything else that they require will be provided this week. They are confident that the accounts will be produced well in advance of March 31st. An AGM will be held as soon as possible after the accounts are signed. craig+babybear

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I have a feeling he is still holding things from the fans and basically covering his own Ass from getting a hard time.

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Is that it? How easy a ride could it have been for our Chairman? There are God knows how many other pressing questions which make up the web which surrounds Craig Whyte. Is this the RSA in action representing and supporting the fans interests? God help us!

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B****cks.Grant Thornton have been auditing our books since 1988.They are a well respected company.Whyte is just talking a load of rubbish.The accounts we're talking about were for year end June 2011.By law they had to be published and an AGM held by the end of December.No matter what Whyte says,this is the law.He keeps putting back dates,won't sign players,doesn't pay bills,etc.
Without tax case,we're around £80m in debt,have sold approx 27k season tickets at a discount for next 3 years(what ae we going to live on).PAYE,NIC & VAT arrears,now Alistair Johnstone asking Insolvency Service to investigate us.This is not all coincidence.
I fear there wil be no RFC next season.I have been posting on here for months asking my fellow bears to get their heads out the sand,only to get replies of shut up,your a tim,etc.I fear there is now nothing we can do to save our club.Sure,a new club may be formed,but it won't be the same.Our history wll die.There is a new site called Saving Rangers,google it,join,give your opinion.At least it might show anyone who is thinking of backing a new Rangers that some fans do care.

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Extremely reliable source. Insolvency in the next few weeks. TICK TOCK!

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If the club is doomed its despite craig whyte not because of him. the damage had already been done by the previous board

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If this is RST's attempt to get answers, answers need to be sought from others. Not even asking the basic questions in press?? wtf!

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Tick tock boom off back to porkheid pal and at least give us the chance to bring some dignity to the process that is ongoing and remember 5 point is nothing as you well know.

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RST are the most toothless organisation, they seem incapable of not asking but demanding answers and not can we have accounts published?
They have met with whyte on numerous occasions and they still have no truthful answers. Why did they not accuse him of being economical with the truth every time he opens his smug mouth. Why did they not ask him where the money promised is? Why did they not ask him why he used season ticket money to buy the club? Why does he continue to make us a laughing stock? And when is he going to piss off with his pockets full. Why is he letting our manager down at every turn? In fact why did they not suggest he Fuchs off back to Monaco.

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What is 5 point

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The Chairman confirmed the borrowing was over a three-year period and was secured against one of his companies and not Rangers Football Club.

This would worry me if I was a rangers fan everything to do with large sums of money are tied up in his other companies. Looks to me that he is working towards administration and will disapear with all this money.

Ian

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I agree but i talked before about supporters trust only allowed to ask certain questions, ie getting vetted, it is an easy ride... craig+babybear

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First of all im a celtic fan.
Why did the RST not confront Mr Whyte with the published evidence that he did in fact borrow the money using future season ticket sales and secondly why has he not issued his writ against the BBC.
I honestly believe the BBC are trying to get Mr Whyte to issue the writ so as all his shadowy dealings are exposed.
Lastly i truly hope Rangers pull through this and emerge as not to strong a club(come on you dont expect me to say stronger now)

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The reason Craig Whyte will not issue a writ against the BBC is that they would defend it on two fundamental points.
1) Veritas: essentially that what they have said is true.
2) In Scotland we do not have libel or slander we have defamation of character. This depends on the character in question being severely damaged. Put simply if a newspaper accused the Yorkshire Ripper of killing 14 women he would not win a defamation case on the basis that he had only killed 13 because his character could not be further blackened.
Craig Whyte's problem is that the BBC could lead evidence and call witnesses on Craig Whyte's character and business dealings throughout his career and could force him into the witness stand to answer even more probing questions than what he could remember about the reasons for him being disqualified as a director, all to establish the nature of his character and whether or not the BBC revelations were defamatory in the light of that.

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09 Feb 2012 21:04:32
ed or anyone is there ant truth that rangers have to pay extra if lafferty plays any more games {Ed014's Note - Burnley are set to receive a further £250,000 when Lafferty makes a certain number (I don't know how many) of appearances for Rangers and there is a sell-on clause that includes a 10% cut of any future profit.

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No all payments made another rumour
Blue bear

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Not sure about what Burnley are still due, however we shelled out £3.25m on him and have been paying him 15k per week, for what? he is hardly a prolific goalscorer, turns it on towards the end of the season when he gets a sniff of silverware. Owen Coyle must have been p***ing himself when we paid that amount for him. Trueblue

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Well we ain't gonna make profit coz he ain't going for anywhere near 4mill never mind more than that. So that clause us redundant. Paul RFC {Ed014's Note - I didn't want to say that myself.

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Ha don't be shy ed tell it as it is man ! That's why we all like you eds ! PaulRFC {Ed014's Note - And then be accused of being a 'Timmy'? lol Big Laffs is not my favourite Rangers player for what we paid for him.He is very hot and cold.Seeing as there is the usual know it alls saying everything is paid here is a BBC article on it news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/7451140.stm

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Lets be honest, if Walter had been given the chance he would have offloaded Lafferty in a minute. He made the mistake of spending so much bringing him to the club, but David Murray did his usual and sanctioned the deal. I'm positive if a decent offer had been received in January we would have cut our losses and sold him.

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The story going round my area is that Rangers owe £800K to Burnley when he plays 100 games.
He's sitting on 98 at the moment, that's why he's " injured ".

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Anything for a laff ..release him.or swap him for a decent striker...lol

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Haha, dont let the fingers in ears brigade get you down Ed. I'm a celtic fan but I always respect your opinion as its always reasonable.

There is far too much misinformation flying around but some people are intent on denying everything as Timmy lies.

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09 Feb 2012 20:28:53
i'd put money on the reason for the Cousin delay is te fact that Hemmings is now fit again, so Whyte is arguing with Ally that he already HAS another striker for the weekend.
If this turns out to be true then i'd be more than happy to help pull the plug once and for all.
Wie are a laughing stock -so we should call it quits NOW.
I stll say Whyte is NOT a true Rangers fan but some kind of mercenary with a mission

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Do we really want to sign Cousin? lets get a reality check, he was never convincing first time round and couldnt wait to leave the club. There must be better options than Cousin, surprised Ally hasn't tried to bring back Diouf!

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Big laff is back in 2 weeks as well , i still want cousin though

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Cousin scored 11 goals in 28 appearances for Gers and 4 goals in 30 appearances for Hull. He may have did the business against Celtic on one occassion but he is far from convincing. If this is who we are going to rely on for going on a winning streak and partnering Healy or Lafferty then we are doomed!

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Cousin would be banned from Saturdays game if signed. Why then would Hemmings being fit for Saturday make a difference?

Jamesy Dell

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Whyte is from Motherwell and is a Motherwell fan.

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If we had signed Cousin tonight he would have been eligble to play at the weekend. Hemmings is a reliable but very average player, not a prolific scorer or game changer.

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"Whyte is from motherwell and is a motherwell fan" please ED save us from this cr*p! {Ed014's Note - Why?It is true.

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Please Ed you need to read up on facts! For the purpose of clarity you will find that Mr Whyte is a massive Gers fan and has been all his life, furthermore he had an excutive box at ibrox prior to taking over, some motherwell fan who spends big money on a box at the Mecca! he may have been brought up in motherwell and may have a soft spot for the honest men, but he is defo and always will be a gers fan. {Ed014's Note - Well I know for a fact he also bought season tickets for Motherwell.Where are these facts that he spent money on a box at Ibrox and does this include his time spent living in Monaco?I have never seen any proof of this.If you say a newspaper I am refusing to answer you.

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Further to the silly comments regarding Whyte being a "fan".

Who cares?!

I'm pretty much convinced that the Glazers are not "fans " of Manyou.

And neither is the owner of Mancity a "fan".

As long as Mr Whyte helps to make my club "better" then I'm happy.

Some folks just cant understand that the current problems stem from the SDM era.

I would be interested to hear what some of these doubting Bears feel is the solution to the current problem, bearing in mind that there is NO money!

Let's not forget that our cousins in the East end are pretty much self-sustaining - they have spent £35mill in transfers over the past 5 years and have received the same in sales! We have sold £15mill less while spending the same amount. We also need £3.5mill EVERY MONTH just as operating costs

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Ed your having a laugh, there is no way that whyte is a motherwell fan. Just because he was brought up there doesnt make him a fan, he did apparently have hospitality at Ibrox before he took over. {Ed014's Note - I am not laughing.I'm in Manchester and I know this.

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Ed that explains it Manchester?? Honestly look up the history cause you obviously dont believe me. Wilkeapedia might help you who knows!! {Ed014's Note - Wikipedia lmao.Good reliable source.

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09 Feb 2012 20:19:53
if we CAN'T sign Cousin then I fear we really ARE in big sh*t.
Maybe it would be a good thing to go into administration and start off again as a small club in Div 3 . After all it's only a game. And if the OTHER MOB want to win the league every year, i'll give it 5 years max before Scottish football dies of boredom, oh yes and lack of money.it'll be nice to pick up a paper and read about how things used to be at Ibrox.

wait a minute, wake up from this stupid dream, did we sign Cousin ? tell me we did PLEASE

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Addministration doesn't mean we go out of business or drop down to a lower league...know your facts and calm doon...

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OTHER MOB - How dare you. Your mob are part of a tax evading illegal operation. We won nine in a row and no one got bored.We will not pick up papers and cry about rakers, we will laugh and thank our lucky stars that this outdated organisation is no more.Also we can wipe every single hollow victory and supposed trophy win by rankarse from the records.

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09 Feb 2012 20:04:58
waiting for clearance regarding Cousin ?

ALL F***ING DAY ??

If you were waiting to hear from your bank about a loan would YOU wait all day ? I think not.

More tripe from Ibrox and the press.

Get the finger out, sign him, or just STOP lying to us once and for all.

We are EXPECTED to support you. You should also support US !!

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Mccoist is doing himself no favours with this tissue of lies.c'mon ally tell real fans the truth..........green jhedi

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This is why people talk about leaving a name.

very good post ! ....altho no name to give the credit too.....

lenny

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Waiting for the Gabon FA

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This one is not Ally's fault. Don't rate the job he has done so far but he really is being hung out to dry by the total and utter incompetent fools that are running Ibrox at the moment. Whyte has done nothing of any note since he took over as owner, except make Glasgow Rangers a total and utter laughing stock. We are a shambles of a club. I think we are gonna go pop.

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We SHOULDN'T be waiting for Gabon FA - we should be putting dynamite under them if THAT IS THE REAL REASON which I very much doubt.

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09 Feb 2012 18:50:10
Cousin is holding out for 5k a week is he ? Is that what he was getting for his Gabon pub team? Has he any offers close to that from elsewhere? I would say probably not! He will take what he's offered an be happy he's getting that... I've heard it ALL now! Paul RFC

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If whyte fannies about over cash to land cousin like a lot of rangers fan I won't be renewing my season ticket. This for me is his last chance to do what's right for our club

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Don't think cousin is the answer plus that tosser Whyte will not put cash out any way

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Whats right for the club? being held to ransom by a 35 year old?..........green jhedi

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Totally agree jehdi the mans a lazy liability. Paul RFC

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Get real everyone we need this guy badly for the title run in, and at 5k a week it is extremely reasonable for this guy I would of thought he would of been looking for closer to 10k, we have a few lads back in the coming weeks and with cousin up top with lafferty we can easily go on a winning run and win next 2 old firms every games a cup final for us now we only have the league so let's focus and batter everyone!*ksd*

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09 Feb 2012 18:26:48
The cousin move by McCoist is a smart one. Both agent, player and McCoist have come out and claimed they want to strike a deal.

Also Cousin and his agent have been open about the players expected salary 5k per week for 10 weeks is 50 grand.

Could Craig Whyte be really shown up for what he is here?

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Apparently yes, as he is ignoring the Cousin's agent according to McKay. Must not be a Gordon Smith signing request.

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Lmao,whyte wont answer the phone too cousins agent,so deal looks dead..comedy continues

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It would be more like 80k as we have 3 weeks of feb left then mar apr may!

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Cousin will do absolutely nothing for the Gers, Ally starting to lose the plot chasing 35year old strikers.

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09 Feb 2012 18:19:39
It's no secret that Joe Jordan an Harry " honest it wasn't a bonus ask my dog" redknapp have been discussing mcshagger for a couple of years now an talk down there is of a cut price deal depending on our situation been struck in the summer news of which will also alert wenger at arsenal. Shoot me down all you like coz it probably is just fan talk but that's the "word" for what if anything it's worth. jimmy ger

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Harry will be England manager by then

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Arsene wenger would not touch mcgregor with a barge pole

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09 Feb 2012 18:17:23
Willie McKay on Clyde 1 this deal for cousin is turning into a f*king joke McKay waiting for whyte to call back and give an answer on cousin and can't get a hold of him if this falls through I can see mccoist walking.

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Rangers seem to be playing hardball over a measly 5k a week- its embarassing

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I wouldn't blame Ally for walking

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Well mccoists covering the whole thing up by claiming your waiting for clearance from the gabon fa.............green jhedi

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09 Feb 2012 18:14:48
interesting interview with cousins agent willie mckay on clyde 1 who says his client is happy to goto rangers. cousin is holding out for 5k a week but rangers have yet to get back to the striker.willie mckay has been unable to get in contact with rangers. his wage packet(as low as it is) is obviously a problem. it is not as cut and dry as some fans think, he also has many offers in england

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Heard it aswl m8 just getting worse just more lies trying to make it look if were in 4 players.

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According to willie mckay, birmingham have offered cousin 20k a week compared to rangers 5k, yet he still wants to come to rangers.

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If rangers don't bring in any players i really can see ally walking. celtic are getting stronger while we are getting weaker- coisty is an intelligent man!

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Aye refusing 20 grand a week for five. All agents talk

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How can a player sold for around 3 million just a short time ago be valued as a 5k a week player? If he's still got some football left in him, even in the twilight of his career this wage is embarrassing. I also think that him accepting 5k a week to 20k a week at Birmingham just because he's a Rangers man is utter kack.

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If you listen to Snyde 1, the you deserve all you get, ger1952

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Ger 1952 Oh dear

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09 Feb 2012 17:56:00
Craig beattie are you having a laugh look at his career stats speaks for itself

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09 Feb 2012 17:32:52
if rangers do sign daniel cousin then they really are scraping the bottom of the barrel!
this guy couldnt wait to get away from rangers last time around and even then he was mince,at 35 years old now its embarassing,maybe ally should register himself as a player along with wee durranty and kenny mcdowell if we are going down this road,and why not bring back big marvin andrews while we're at it?
i know our squad is threadbare but this really is desperate and doesnt say much for our reserve players

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I take it u never seen him play at the African cup? He played well and while I agree that we shldny be goin for a guy at 35 we have no other strikers ready! So unless ur happy with Healy playin upfront himself don't be too quick to shoot the guy down before he's even kick a ball for us again, remember everyone moanin web Davie weir signed at 36? Wasn't a bad signin!!

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Na, what is is scraping the bottom of the barrell is the fact that we're dragging our heels over offering 5K a week. If we don't get him or any other striker in then that really will be the final straw for Whyte, Russell & Smith

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09 Feb 2012 17:11:56
just a thought, why dont we do another shares issue. i know you will all say we tried it before and no one bothered and murray got stung but with fans now realising just how bad the situation is with our club im sure we would all rally round our club. ps for what its worth im 50/50 with whyte, i would get rid of ally and i think murray should be made to answer. denzil

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Not a clue..... go away and read what really happend. It was a shareholder only *rights issue* wasnt for the fans to *rally round* appreciate the love for the club to want to do it. But at least educate yourself on what u are advising....

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Not a clue..... go away and read what really happend. It was a shareholder only *rights issue* wasnt for the fans to *rally round* appreciate the love for the club to want to do it. But at least educate yourself on what u are advising....


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Talking p*** mate I wasn't a shareholder last time round but still bought shares, share issue WAS for the fans to rally round and we failed miserably

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I am a share holder (100 shares) and dont need any more but i am willing to pay money into the club to help out some kind of player pot ring fenced i remember paying into a scheme i think it was called the 155 club cant remember but the money went to help out on players we got discounts on season tickets for a few years discount on othr items so it can be done but dont know who would arrange it or control it but there are many like me who would be willing to pay into that what do other fans think

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Surely a share issue would be useless until decision on the tax case once that's announced then is best time to do an issue, then a deal may have been done with tax. Also easier to promote issue when we know where money is going.

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Do they not have to be listed on the stock exchange again before they can have a share issue?

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09 Feb 2012 17:07:54
ally says matt mckay played in a game during the week and played very very well .why doesnt he bloody play him then

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Looks like Ally ready to play McKay,can only be for the good,give the guy a chance,we play big McCulloch,and he is past it poor guy.

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If you play or bench McKay someone of same age an position would have to drop out now before that person could an maybe should of been big Lee but now we ain't got strikers that can't happen so unless ally does something drastic in the change department I don't see McKay getting a game. Paul RFC

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I just read that myself and sill can't believe that he is not back in the squad. Its not as if we're currently spoiled for decent midfielders who can put there foot on the ball and create chances for others.Come on ally, give the lad a chance.

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09 Feb 2012 17:04:48
Anybody got any reasons why McKay isn't getting a game? Australian player of the year ahead of tim cahill and he isnt getting a game for us? not even off the bench. There must be more to this?

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Ally on the official website said matt mckay played in a game this week and played very very well .so why doesnt he bloody play him ...bigt

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He was not australian player of the year he was the a-leauge player of year cahill can't win that award...

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Heard from three different people that matt mckay openly slated mccoists training methods - something to do with the lack of ball play - mccoist said he would never play for rangers after this, just to clarify this none of these guys have any inside info i just felt it strange to hear the same rumour from three different people

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Why asking us mate we dont know either. just all seems a little strange./biggles

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09 Feb 2012 16:28:16
a would be happy to see daniel cousin back at the teddy bears coz wee need a hard striker up there to bully defences and as for (rusty the tim) away and play fifa with deegs coz thats the only chance celtic have av got of winnin a league title WATP rangers till we die.

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Leave a name muppet Henke7

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"till you die"? or till rangers die?....green jhedi

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Hey ed, why you putting green jedhi,s banter comments on rumours site....trueblue.... {Ed014's Note - It was an answer on a rumour thread?They are tagged automatically to what people reply to.It is the whole point of replying to posts buttons,bit self explanatory there I would think.

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Phil mitchell is my name henke7

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Is that rankers till I die, or is it rankers till they die? Bye bye rankers

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09 Feb 2012 16:22:48
I live down in london but my family in east kilbride have been on the phone saying we are going into adminisration 2morrow. Craig whyte has asked for extra police 2morrow. I hope this is not true but has anyone heard anything? WATP!

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Yeah i heard this aswell.last week and the week before that and the week before that and the week before that and so on./biggles

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No this story again......govan_front87

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Yeah since september 2011 blah blah blah. Once the HMRC dicision has been mmade we'll all be aware of whats happening

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Ed is this london ip ? {Ed014's Note - Yes it is.

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Don't listen to everything you hear . Just wait and see mate

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09 Feb 2012 16:14:41
what is it with us constantly trying to resign ex players. forgoodness sake show some imagination, i'm sure our scouts are handsomely paid yet if u were to judge their performances on recent purchases then they should be collecting their p45. cousin at 35- do me a favour, he hardly done much in his first stint at ibrox. one things for sure we need bodies in asap!

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Hardly done much ? hmmm 11 goals in 28 games is good enough for 750k mate ....

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I agree, our scouts should have at least a list of players available for free. I don't believe it was our scouts who brought cousin to ally's attention, I think it was his agent who brought the idea to rangers.

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13 in 42 isnt it?

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11 in 28

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Whatever his record is u are all missing thepoint. he is now 35 and therefore slower and less mobile than before. this sgning sums up the farce that is rangers

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Said this already & will say it again all you need to do is look at Blackpool, Kevin Phillips at 38 has scored 10 goals in 26 appearances & IMO I'd say the championship is a better league, so Cousin at 35 in a mickey mouse league will do OK

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If you ask me, the state we are in at the moment i wouldn't want to take any more risks on the unknown e.g. Ortiz, McKay etc.
Better sticking with what you know. Right now i would welcome back any ex Ranger that did a job for us. Obviously under the age of 40 though lol

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The scouts at IBROX can hardly pick their nose never mind pick a player when you have cash to splash it's not a problem but when you have none it is more of a problem and sorry we don't seem to have the ability

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09 Feb 2012 15:51:41
I've been sceptical about the HMRC tax case against Rangers until now, but a colleague's friend who works in London for HMRC was just on the phone to our press office (i work in public relations). He asked my mate to keep all the Scottish newspapers from Monday/Tuesday next week as he expects headlines concerning a landmark tax case as HMRC will try and make an example of Rangers. The figure he mentioned was £74 million, much more than what i've heard in the press until now. HMRC are keen to stop 'cutting deals' with tax offenders and want to show that they mean business - pretty worrying stuff. I sincerely hope this is all lies. Whatever the result of these worrying charges, i urge all bears to stick with the club and give the manager and players all the support you can. We Are The People. Pete

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I love how everyone has got a mate or knows someone that works for HMRC who is willing to disclose information that would get them the sack!! nobody knows until it is made official what is going to happen.

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Well if someone did have a mate who worked or knew something ... this would be the place to pass that information on ... so don't be so surprised that people claim know people on here .... keep this a secret mate ...... but this is a rumours site eh

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If you work in PR then you must know the need for discretion? why would this be leaked thru a press office?why KEEP the newspapers? somebody at the wind up perhaps?...green jhedi

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Sure it was the Edinburgh office that dealt with the tax case, not London, the case started off in East Kilbride, but was handed over to Edinburgh office.

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74 million haha what planet u on well done eds must have took u hours to find a gd post like that one ridiculous get a life

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The case has been to court, so the ruling on whether or not Rangers are guilty will come from there, not from HRMC themselves. Smells like a Celtic fans at the wynd up to me. John.

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Rangers should say they were mis-sold PPI.//Nivbear. well if u dont laugh you'll cry.

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I'm not making this up - i DO work in a press office and the guy WAS from HMRC. Obviously this will seem like a dream to you Daily Record reading knuckleheads, but i assure you this is what the guy said and i am a Rangers supporter - i hope its untrue too. Pete

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Pete, Is it the Sunday sport you work for ?. Nivbear.

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The same as they did with harry rednapp and the tax man made an arse of that ! A case they said they would not lose , I think we should take our chances, it is NOT up to the tax man, they only present the case and 74 million stop talking crap !

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The tax man didn't make a mess of rednapps case. That was a prosecution for tax evasion where the consequences would be prison. ours is tax avoidance and the penalty is repayment

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Am i been stupid here but the total when it get's to a certain amount is not really releva nt as we will not be able to afford it so off to the administrators we go or is it not that simple

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Not bad considering that Scottish & English tax laws are different, so why would someone in London be dealing with this? When its a Scottish case....

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HMRC head offices are in London, in case you didn't know - as are the sunday sport offices :) . Let's pray this is all untrue - not looking good otherwise. Pete

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Disclosing information about such matters is a sacking offence and carries a custodial sentence. in other words total pash. ger1952

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Sorry pal but you are talking pure gash by the way. HMRC are not stupid, if they don't do a deal with Rangers they will not get a single penny as the club will go bust, if they pursue the full amount. Craig Whyte's plan (I believe) is to let Rangers go bust (if they lose the case) and then he will be the sole air to Ibrox, Murray Park and all of the other assets on the balance sheet. He says he has a plan, yer plan is to clean up financially.

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Surely if the case was in the pipeline it must be treated as those that went before and a cut off date finalised

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Will all of you rankers hangers on STOP comparing the Harry Redknapp case with yours.There is no comparison as you are constantly being told. You just think that because Arry got let off, so will you.Crap. It's like comparing a murderer with a housebreaker. The housebreaker goes to court and is found not guilty. Hey in that case the murderer is innocent.Problem solved.Wake up and at least try an reflect during the dying days.

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Jelly & Ice Cream Anybody?

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09 Feb 2012 15:50:08
Told you all before about the raw talent in Zambia now look where they are and 18yo Emanual Mbola is not playing their star left back an International at 14 and Ally does not think our "young guns" are ready in their 20's they will never be ready if they don't play - SO SAD

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09 Feb 2012 15:17:22
can someone please enlighten me on matt McKay? is their any reason that kerkar is getting a game ahead of him?

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Coz ally don't like McKay, simple as that

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Kerkar is a better player.

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Kerkar is a winger, McKay is a centre midfielder. Apparently Matt played well in a bounce game the other day and may get a run out against Dunfirmline.

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The real reason that McCoist is playing Kerkar is the hope that someone will buy him.

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Kerkar is a better player? kerkar shoild not be playing for rangers.

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I heard from a good source in the pub that matt mckay is actually salim kerkar and so is bedoya and so is durranty...we are all salim kerkar./biggles

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Not me i am spartacus......trueblue......

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Because McCoist is the worst manager in British football. He's our John Barnes....fecking useless.

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Cause ally couldnt pick his nose!

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09 Feb 2012 14:33:26
With Bedoya getting close to being fit again, do people think he will feature in ally's plans ?

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09 Feb 2012 09:24:19
I can't believe the stick Celik got for his performance on sunday. The blame should lie with the manager and continuing to play players out of position. Bartley, papac, celik.

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I know I mean it's completely outrageous to ask a professional player paid thousands a week to play on a wing he might not be so used to #sarcasm

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Lol your sarcasm was poor and misdirected ... of course you knew that already as you had to point out you were in fact being sarcastic..

i have to agree with the original poster ... celik was played out of position and to play against a decent dundee united team on your debut out of position is always going to be tough ... we have players who can all fill their designated roles and its getting a little bit tiring watching our make shift starting 11

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Not an easy time for anyone to make a debut in a rangers team lacking confidence or any spirit....or any clue for that matter!
i agree though that mccoist needs to start playing players in position,its ridiculous playing defensive fullbacks on the wings and midfield ,it doesnt say much for any reserve player who is hoping to get into the rangers team.also that bartley is absolute mince and i cant believe he is an arsenal employee

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He will need time to adapt to the way football Is played in this country, that being said, mccoist should have eased him in, and used other squad players first.

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Totally agree with the original post that we should not judge Celik on a game where he was played out of position.

I think our biggest issue (besides lack of firepower) is the right wing. Our only natural right winger is Bedoya - and he has been poor whenever he has played. We have little option but to play someone out of position that being the case.

Personally I would be tempted to switch Davis out to the right - and play either Edu or McCulloch with McKye or Ness (when fit) in the centre. NEVER play Edu and McCulloch together though!

Either that or when he is fit push Whittaker up to the right wing - where I think he belongs as he is no defender. That however does mean playing Broadfoot at right back - again someone out of position but I think more comfortable in that role than Bartley.

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To the sarcasm guy - so you think all players should be able to play in any position do you? So should McGregor be able to play left wing just because he is a "professional footballer paid thousands a week"?

I am afraid the real world does not work that way. This isn't Total Football, and we are in no way Dutch. Well, not since Advocaat left anyway.

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I watched the game, and the lad was bloody awful, looks like another ortiz to me, if he was a good player it would have showed!! I dont wanna hear non of the he needs to settle rubbish, the lad looked out of his depth!!

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Totaly agree with the first post, but remember there is a lot of couch potatoe footballers out there,give the guy a chance n get behind the team

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"I watched the game, and the lad was bloody awful, looks like another ortiz to me, if he was a good player it would have showed! I dont wanna hear non of the he needs to settle rubbish, the lad looked out of his dept" almost every player switching clubs superstar or not needs a settling in period .... you sound like a barbarian banging his chest .... like every football player should just be amazing as soon as on the pitch ... it's a job he had a tough one and one he isn't experienced with . give him a break ....

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I missed the first half (and regretted watching the second half) but this has got to down as yet more bad management from McCoist, wtf are they doing in training why play the lad if he was really that bad or did he look good in training (wouldn't be hard just now) not that McCoist would know what a good player looks like. If wish SUPER Ally would fly away and take Captain America with him !!!!!!!!!

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I might be wrong, but Celik was in pre season before joining us, so the guy is obviously not match fit... Nivbear.

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Ok the guy was on the wrong wing, that shouldnt affect his fundamental skills like first touch or marking. He might come good and if he does I will hold my hands up but he didn't look like a player in the slightest.

GAIS will get him back anyway because Rangers havent paid for him.

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09 Feb 2012 08:17:13
Craig Beattie is in Glasgow, maybe up visiting family but he is defo up this neck of the woods! Dont really know my thoughts on this, split whether he'd be a good signing or not.

Thoughts?

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We need Cousin for presence and experience. 1 good striker that can go straight in and Lafferty to come back. 13 games and 13 wins is what we need. No more slip ups and 100 percent effort in every minute of every remaining game.

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Celtic fan - was a headless chicken when played for us. From what I have seen of him down south has not improved much. Hi BazzaBear - do I know you?

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Actually a rangers fan. was in my year at chryston high school and had a season book for ibrox. he and all his family are all rangers daft

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I think he meant that he is a Celtic fan not Beattie

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Beattie is 1 of the worst players i have ever seen i wood love if he signed for rangers lol hope its true

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Too the guy that went too chryston high school I also went there and was in his wee cousins year he wasn't a bad player just very injury prone

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09 Feb 2012 07:16:12
Rumour has it hibs are in for cousin and we all know what happened the last time.

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Hibs can go and jump. Only Rangers have a slight chance of catching Celtic. No way will Hibs talk Cousin in for 13 games when he can play in 2 oldfirm games and show he still has it.

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Also we knw have the 15k wages from jelavic so theres no way they could match us nw

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Remember dafty hibs only got the honduran lad on LOAN, they do not pay his full wages, you really think they would pay 800k that the lcub wanted for him?? dont think so, why would rangers pay that when hes coming from an unknown source and has hardly played football in 6months after his incident, think before you comment

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Evening Times reporting that Cousin is flying in tomorrow to sign for Rangers ready for Saturday

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Off the S*y Sports website on Rangers bid for Cousin....

He has most recently been playing in his homeland for FC Sapins and reports claim Rangers are waiting for confirmation that Cousin is eligible to sign for the club on a free transfer.

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09 Feb 2012 00:53:33
why dont we try makin a club called rangers b villarreal have one would give our fringe players a chance to shine and would get in more money they just build up from the 3rd division
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Fringe players? Mate we need guys playing in the current squad/under 19's to get a crack at the starting 11. Our squad is tiny and crap. Apart from Davis who would challenge for a place in that Celtic squad? We don't need fringe players playing in another league. We need everything we've got and we need young guys to step up and make a name for themselves

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I dont believe Davis would get in to Celtic team. (Maybe in squad), who could he replace Wanyama,Ledley,Brown,Kayal,Forrest. All 5 are better in my opinion, I said months ago the Davis is a non tryer even when we were 15 points clear, only now are people beginning to notice as we are going through a tough spell.

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We don't have enough players to full the bench never mind a B team

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Naismith? mcgregor?

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We don't have enough players for the first team never mind a second team m8

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It was suggested years ago like VR barca Real but SFA not keen

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Because you don't have enough money to run one team never mind two. Also you cant play both teams in the same league, newco rangers will be in div 3 following mr Whyte's liquidation

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So what 3rd division team should be kicked out the league so Rangers can have a B team in it ? Typical selfish attitude of some (and i mean some ) Rangers supporters that think the whole of Scottish football should revolve around them. And by the way i am not a celtic supporter before i am accused of being anti Rangers !

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He means enter a rangers b team in the lower leagues so young players get propper competative games and build up experience, its been going on in other leagues for years i agree with it-we havent produced many decent quality players through our youth team, well many that have gone on to star in a blue gersey but concentration on keeping our club going is our main priority!!
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They already have somethin similar, the reserves play every week against the teams the 1st team plays that weekend am i wrong?

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Do know if there is much diff between first team and a resrve team, better to concentrate at youth level and teach young players how to play, maybe need to send them to Spain to learn the skill side

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Naismith and McGregor? Infront of fraser forster on current form or forest, brown, ledley, kayal, hooper, stokes? Nah sorry mate disagree. The point I was trying to make anyway was the 2 or 3 half decent players we have got would probably be squad players across the city which is a sad state of affairs so the last thing we want to do is set up a B team when we need everything we've got for the current team.

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08 Feb 2012 23:46:06
Again ally goes for someone from the Walter smith ages WHY! Ally grow a pair and start taking risk on your own ideas ! To be honest guys ally is a legend in my eyes forever as a player but I don't think he's the man for managers job!

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First you say grow a pair and pick his own signings then you say he's not good enough for the job. Pick a side and stick with it. LOYALTY IS EVERYTHING!

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Favourite ever player but made too many poor decisions as manager and trying to be like Walter with his own twist... Either way he's not pulling it out the bag. You could argue he's had no backing etc but he's no ready for this job. I have no idea what your beef is with Cousin though. 35 or not he'd probably walk into that team.

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He did try to get his own players in but Whyte won't sanction any funds, so he needs to see wot he can get for free!!

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Walter had 10 times more money to spend that ally has had so mccoist is doing the job under more difficult circumstances, why do you think walter knew it was time to go?? think before you post stupid comments, good things will come for ally im certain, also he signed quality centre halves which rangers havent had in a while, and made us alot more solid at the back, if mccoist had 4 million to spend on a striker like walter did with jelavic, do you really think he would be looking at guys like sandaza?? dont be soft and do the math

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People need to realise that Ally doesn't even have a shoestring budget. He has NO BUDGET. I still ask myself why we are paying Whittaker over 20k a week. Would pay 3 half decent players.

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