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Much as I'm frustrated at the lack of questions on some areas (legal issues, etc), I think the Board played a blinder yesterday. They did a good job at outlining the overall progress made in the last 5 years in terms of investments and decisions. They stuck to their promise on improving disabled facilities and made a strong case for trying to calm some of the concerns over our financials that we have (where has the money gone, etc). For me its now down to Bennett et all following through on their promises of improved communication, though the AGM was a start. Whilst appreciating they have to be conscious of the market rules and price sensitive information, I still believe they can and should do more to explain some of the challenges and priorities they are trying to balance. I recall stating in the summer several times that the support is hyper sensitive to financial matters, but in setting out where we are and where money is being spent on a more regular basis, we could have cut down that noise considerably. Park also seemed to offer an olive branch to C1872 on engagement, albeit it seemed to me that they may now get into a public war of words around the NDA issue, though I hope they don't. C8172 to me seem short-sighted on this as they surely have to realise that being a shareholder can gain considerable access but they have to understand where the line is in terms of price-sensitivity and commercially sensitive information. They could easily navigate an NDA and publish minutes via an agreed protocol with the club, should they so choose. This does not need to compromise their role in representing member interests - it would take someone with gravitas and integrity to perform such a role, but perhaps thats the real issue with C1872. Further, whether it was designed to be this way I don't know, but in revealing the detailed plans to revamp the stadium, and the fact that increasing the capacity will require additional funding, they've outlined a strong case for the share issue resolutions which I think the majority of supporters and shareholders will be in favour of (and indeed are based on the voting results). In turn this has pulled the rug from under King and C1872 who I think now look rather silly. Imagine going into your first meeting with the club as a C1872 rep and trying to reset relations... and thats the position you have to defend. Bonkers. Some of the questions left a lot to be desired but you're always going to get that at AGMs. Even at my own company's AGM we prep for all sorts of off-the-wall questions that may arise so that the Board are ready to answer, but we regularly get something utterly innocuous or mad being asked that we couldn't possibly have predicted. Thats the chance you take and by extending the time available I think they showed a willingness to engage. A platform to build on, strong financials, improving (but plenty to work on) communication and cleverly flanking C8172... pretty sure the Board will have enjoyed yesterday all things considered.

So basically, Kamara is maybe going, or maybe staying depending on which WhatsApp group your part off and Kent and Alfie are in discussions but asking for too much money. Worth noting Kent's partner has not long purchased stables close to their current home. So if Kent goes, we might have an option on the horses.

Be good if we could bring back more retro attitudes. 😉

Retro gear appears to be the "in thing". Maybe something Rangers should look into (not just strips but hoodie, hats, scarfs etc).

i remember spending two to three hundred pounds on things for the grand children now once you've bought the strips there's not anything left to spend my money on

Some of it sounds like a Monty python sketch questions about rubber ducks and the SNP if you have nothing sensible to say best keep quiet.

Would be a great addition to the treatment room.

I'd drive Morelos to Tranmere to get him off the wage bill and out of the dressing room. IF Kent is going to Everton (DB rumour above), he could get a lift at the same time.

I’d take Porteous and bin off Davies, Helander and Souter. The club can rubbish the new Selim Kerkar all they want but rumours from Twitter North African ‘experts’ we have agreed a loan to buy for him. That’s smart business if true and something we should look to do for these markets.

Agreed, hopefully if anyone doesnt want to be here they can be shifted

They are incredibly common, personally I've had to sign 2 in regards to Rangers once regarding the Rangers Fans Board (incidentally we weren't even allowed to set our own passwords for the internal email system) and once for the Disability Matters Group. Personally I think they're essential otherwise it isn't possible to function effectively without that in place.

I think this transfer window goes 1 of 2 ways, either barely any transfers get done, or we'll see BIG changes, for example, Kamara, Kent and Morelos all going to bankroll some early signings for Beale.....

Just how much of the game would the subway loyal miss? Oaft.

IMO, we have arrived at an absurd situation which only we could manage to do. After DK hooked at least part of the C1872 executive and inserted his man, (apparently paid by the club) the fan group have effectively become a willing tool of the ex chairman. If that is the case and Chris Graham seemed to have that paid position when King was still on the board, that is the then Rangers chairman basically infiltrating the group to provide a route to offloading shares and until doing so, increased leverage. Is DK capable of such ? ....I'd say look at his history and conclude, without doubt. Are a large group of Rangers supporters so gullible ?...I'd say look at the history and conclude, without doubt. So now we have a supporters shareholding group who do have some valid points and questions but they have little credibility. At least resolution 8 was passed, but the soap opera and problems around these ongoing issues take attention away from where it could be more constructively employed.

In my day when one scored a goal it was a quick ruff of the hair and a firm bloody handshake.

Where's your joker?

Morocco?

Park is actually doing the club a great service. By occupying the chairman’s seat he is stopping other less suitable people from doing so. You’ll know who I mean. In any case, being chairman carries very little actual power - only shareholding does that.

The Winter 2022/23 Rangers Transfer Window Rumours and Deals - Thread LINK to a rumour source TM is the TransferMarkt stats side for that player SIGNED in Winter 2022/23: IN - Todd Cantwell (24) - Norwich City, LM, contract 6/2023 - LINK - TM - SIGNED 23 Jan 2023 IN - Nicola Raskin (21) - Standard Liege, Belgium, CM, c. 6/2023 - LINK - TM - Bosman agreed, Jan deal in progress - SIGNED 31.01.2023 GONE in Winter 2022/23 OUT - Charlie McCann () - Forest Green Rovers - LINK (soon) RUMOURS: IN - Josh Onomah (25) - Fulham, CM, contract 6/2023 - LINK - TM IN - Dion Sanderson (23) - Birmingham City, CH/FB, contract 6/2025 (at Wolves) - LINK - TM IN - Morgan Whittaker (22) - Swansea City, RM, contract 6/2025 - LINK - TM IN - Alex Yiga (16) - Kampala Capital City Authority, Uganda, on trial - LINK OUT - Glen Kamara - FC Midtjylland - LINK- Danish Source - list more options for the Danes OUT - Ryan Kent - Southampton - LINK OUT - Josh McPake - Gateshead or Yeavil - permanent deal - LINK CONTRACT EXTENSIONS NON-STARTERS: IN - Ahmed Kendouci (22) - ES Setif, Algeria, CM, contract 6/2024 - LINK - TM - FF`s Mark Dingwall asked club and it was dismissed IN - Luca Kerber (20) - Saarbrücken, ST - doesn't want to move - LINK IN - Willian Pacho (21) - Royal Antwerp, Ecuador, CH, contract 6/2026 - LINK - TM - dismissed (Heart & Hand) IN - Tom Davies () - Everton - dismissed by MB OUT - SQUAD as of 06 / 12 / 2022 Squad listed in order of remaining length of contract & primary position Full squad list at Transfermarkt Squad by primary and optional position at Transfermarkt Goal: Allan McGregor (40) – contract 6/2023 Kieran Wright (22) – contract 6/2023 Jon McLaughlin (35) - contract 6/2024 Robby McCrorie (24) - contract 6/2025 Defence Filip Helander (29) - CH - contract 6/2023 Adam Devine (19) – RB – contract &/2023 James Sands (22) - CH/DM - loan till 6/2023 plus excl. buy option James Tavernier (31) – RB- contract 6/2024 Borna Barisic (29) - LB - contract 6/2024 Leon King (18) - CH - contract 6/2024 Connor Goldson (29) - CH - contract 6/2026 John Souttar (26) - CH - contract 6/2026 Ben Davies (27) - CH - contract 6/2026 Ridvan Yilmaz (21) - LB - contract 6/2027 Midfield Steven Davis (37) – CM - contract 6/2023 Scott Arfield (34) – C/LM - contract 6/2023 Ryan Jack (30) – CM - contract 6/2023 Ryan Kent (26) – LW/AM - contract 6/2023 Malik Tillman (20) - AM - contract 6/2023 (option to buy) Ianis Hagi (24) - AM – contract 6/2024 John Lundstram (28) - CM - contract 6/2024 Charlie McCann (20) - DM - contract 6/2024 Tom Lawrence (28) - LW - contract 202x Glen Kamara (27) – CM - contract 6/2025 Nnamdi Ofoborh (23) – (CM) – contract 6/2025 Scott Wright (25) - LW/AM - contract 6/2025 Alex Lowry (19) - AM - contract 6/2025 Rabbi Matondo (22) - RW - contract 2025 Todd Cantwell (24) - LW - contract (2027?) Nicola Raskin (21) - CM - contract (2027?) Strikers Alfredo Morelos (26) – ST - contract 6/2023 Kemar Roofe (29) - ST - contract 6/2024 Fashion Sakala (25) – ST – contract 6/2025 Antonio Colak (29) - ST - contract 2025 Coaching Staff Check out the club's home page Academy / B Side -> https://www.Rangers.co.uk/article/academy-restructure/4skGYIfqugwK1CvGZUHFH0 GONE - ... Women's Side -> https://rangers.co.uk/teams/ladies-senior/ (If anyone finds an error up there, he/she can keep it.)

The Alba Party is proof that there are nationalists so demented they can't even get into the SNP. Now, that's quite difficult to believe!

The fact his name was still on the ballot come Polling Day I suppose can be classed as an achievement in itself.

Didn't deter him. Came 8th out of 8.

Jim Duffy or Porteous? 😀😀

I think anyone we can get offers-for will go in January, especially Morelos & Kent.

Club AGM Report. I attended my first Rangers AGM in 1967. I was a Primary 7 schoolboy accompanying both my Father and Grandfather. The location was the Kenilworth Hotel(now demolished) at the bottom of Queen Street. The Chairman was John Lawrence and the Manager, Scot Symon suffered some strong advice. I remember the big talking points were the Dividend and Wembley tickets. My Gran's Co-op Divi' number was 10422, I could not work out how it impacted on Rangers? I suspect there were no more than a couple of hundred folks in the room. Yesterday, the Clyde Auditorium was struggling to seat the numbers trapping; the attendance was in excess of two thousand. Certainly, the most I have seen. The Club Chairman, Douglas Park opened the meeting and welcomed Michael Beale back to Rangers as our newly appointed Manager. Proceedings were then handed over to the Anderson Strathern Chair, Bruce Farquhar. He introduced the top table as : Kenny Barclay, Graham Park, Alastair Johnston, Ross Wilson, Michael Beale, Douglas Park, John Bennet, Stewart Robertson, James Bisgrove, Andrew Dickson and, Greig McKnight(Auditor). Farquhar then explained the voting card and it's use, he emphasised Resolution eight noting the special status and as such required 75% of the vote to be accepted. The resolution provided the necessary flexibility to the Board in terms of raising and spending the capital required to implement the Club's plans for Disabled supporters going forwards. a short video was shown and Andrew Dickson was asked to present Rangers prescribed plans for Disability? Dickson stood with an impressive sequence of visual aides, explaining : 1. the historical demand. 2. the desire to create the best provision in the Uk, an exemplar for the Disabled supporter. 3. the development deemed necessary for the wheelchair bound supporter. 4. a project team consisting of architects, engineers and, Disabled supporters grouping has been assembled to oversee the development. 5. some existing season ticket holders will be moved to accommodate the newly created wheelchair spaces. 6. over 1,000 seats will be cleared to create 162 wheelchair spaces(and attendants). 7. 1,800 new seats will be realised by extending the lips of both the upper tiers of both the Sandy Jardine(900) and Main Stands(900). 8. the Ibrox capacity will increase by 727. 9. the necessary disabled friendly kiosks, toilets and, lifts will also be installed. 10. resolution 8 is required to raise the capital to fund the project. At the conclusion of the presentation the audience applauded enthusiastically. The next presentation was the Financial Results, relevant until 300622. 1. There was considerable growth in every revenue stream. 2. The biggest growth was in the Commercial stream. 3. There has been a 82% increase in revenue - club generated £87 million. 4. Club made an operating profit of £5.8 million. 5. Flexibility of capital is most important if progress is to continue(another resolution 8 hint). 6. Auditors now most comfortable with the club going forward - sustainability and stability has been shown. 7. A visual aide of Cashflow Summary was utilised to highlight the considerable investment in the playing squad - in the last five years, £61 million has gone on transfers in whereas £13 million has come in. 8. As the Accounts culminate on 300622, the figures do NOT include the transfer fees accrued for Joe Aribo and Calvin Bassey. Further, Champions League qualification and CL Group takings NOT included either. 9. There is £13.1 million in the bank. Next up was James Beale, he sat at a coffee table with a Rangers TV Journo for a tete-a-tete. Beale admitted to a comfortable familiarity at being back at Rangers. He had conducted six training sessions and his feeling was fantastic! He intends to continue to work daily with both players and recruitment. He has added four additions to the managerial staff? He is determined to establish a strong club identity, based on our style of play. Rangers will play attacking football, will not take a backward step, others will have to worry about us. He credited GVB for the Europa Cup final, winning the Scottish Cup and, CL qualification. He acknowledged Gio as a man of class, behaved impeccably in every situation. Stewart Robertson then Chaired the Q and A session that concludes the AGM. There were 16 questions taken from the floor in the just over 30 minutes allocated. It was the usual mix of expected and inane : 1. Why didn't we sign any Dutch players? Apparently, we did agree to sign a Dutch player(no name) during close season. The player then signed for another club(no name). 2. A Club 1872 Rep' asked Douglas Park to explain his intention? The Club Chairman answered - to provide the best team playing the best football, winning all they compete for ........ etc. He ended by stating, "Club 1872 is always welcome but must always be mindful of the NDA". 3. Ten first team players are currently injured, why are we suffering so many long term injuries? Robertson talked of our players playing continual Euro football, then playing international football too, a recipe for injuries in constant intense competitive situations. Interestingly, Michael Beal interrupted to state, "between leaving and returning, the players changed the way they trained and perhaps were not fully prepared". I would have liked more detail on that interruption. 4. Another Club 1872 rep' wanted to know how many loans had been repaid particularly, to John Bennet? John Bennet stated he was committed to the club to the tune of £23 million. He explained he had received £5 million back on last year's £13 million owed. Currently, the club owed him £8 million and last month he established a further £10 million facility for the club to draw on, if needed throughout this season. 5. Question on player trading - new players not playing enough games. Take Colak and Tillman out of the equation and the rest of the close season signings were averaging six games each out of a total of 27 played. Are we receiving value for money? Ross Wilson did not accept the equation. 6. MyGers - explain the allocation of tickets? Stewart Robertson got into an explanation of Gold, Silver and, Bronze. Resolved to meet questioner to resolve matter. 7. Is the Rangers store a Rangers store or a Carstore store? James Bisgrove was anxious supporters should look ahead to the opening of the multi tiered super store within the newly constructed Edmiston House. Apparently, it is due to open in January. The supplementary question made decent points, customer relations remain poor, there's nothing in the store for under a tenner, there are no Christmas stocking fillers and, who sanctioned a poster commemorating a record home defeat to Liverpool? 8. Can we establish a sustained player trading mode? Apparently, we have done so. 9. CL Group match pricing, why were we at the highest end? The Board decided to maximise the revenue stream, they were correct because Rangers sold every ticket available? 10. Is Ross Wilson the right man to develop the playing squad? 11. A political polemic against, "the Scottish Nasty Party"? 12. My Gers should be abolished? 13. Albion car park parking policy? These four questions were in turn given short shift, urged to withdraw the mike, ignored and, decided private consultation would be more beneficial. 14. Why have Kent and Morelos been allowed to run their contracts down? Douglas Park explained the Board had intervened in negotiations with both players but no progress had been achieved. Not hopeful of either signing extensions. 15. Is there opportunity for external investment? Yes. 16. When does the work start for the new state of the art Disabled facility begin? Summer of 2023. End of AGM. In conclusion, we have demanded our fellow Disabled supporters receive equitable treatment? I believe this proposal goes a long way to fulfil our demands. However, it is up to our fellow Bears to look at and decide it is what they want? Can nearby parking be achieved, will Disabled fans be able to view the games from elevated positions and remain warm and dry and, will the accompanying kiosks, lifts and, toilets be deemed acceptable to those provided? It is their decision and we should support it.

The problem is that their valid points are mixed in with their pro-King and anti-board/anti-Rangers rhetoric and actions and the valid points tend to get lost.

If its any consolation, I just asked him privately and I'm still lost

I think I can guess who that might be!!!😁

I'm sure they'll be aware of all avenues of funding but I'll mention it in dispatches, thanks. Years ago there would have been grants from the Football Trust which was funded via a levy on the Pools companies Spot the Ball competitions but the last time I mentioned that I was told it was no longer an option.

I own shares in my name. I was never stupid enough to think it was a good idea to hand over money to some wide boys so that they could buy and control shares. Turns out I was right. If Club1872 need to offload shares I'm sure they have excellent records of whose money bought them.

Depends. If we’re hanging on to a single goal lead which is nut unusual, the answer is no. If we’re pushing for an equaliser, yes. The sensible answer, however, is that it must be done to overcome the ridiculous amount of time-wasting that goes n.

Aye, nae rubber ducks - shocking! But you are correct, the lack of "non-Castor" items in the shops is a letdown (as is availability of what is on offer).

I believe someone asked a question about the lack of goods in the club shop an excellent point more so with Christmas upon us were losing plenty due to lack of merchandise or do Castore call the shots

Joker?

Iirc, and I may be wrong, but didn't the approach to castore not relate to the elite/Hummel jv rather than specifically the castore deal? In so much as castore were perhaps party to the status of this contract which was, as far as elite were concerned still valid.

THE Board of Rangers International Football Club PLC is pleased to confirm that all resolutions presented at today’s Annual General Meeting were approved by shareholder vote. This successful outcome will assist the club with its ambitious investment plans, on and off the field of play.

I don’t think Douglas Park will stand in the way of the right man but bear in mind this isn’t like SDM’s reign and the chairman only takes his seat with the consent of the other shareholders, particularly those who are also directors. His only job is to ensure the board functions properly and in compliance with legal and financial requirements. He leads the board but he doesn’t control its decisions nor does he dictate how the club is run. He might not be an inspiring orator but that’s not always a bad thing.

Spain didn't deserve to go through.