RANGERRAB

I think at first glance it seems diligent to start early as it allows for less brinkmanship and the time to seek alternatives if the talks break down.

 

However, the timing is not great as although Rangers are back at the top, we're not properly established yet, and while a lot of people are revelling in the gap, it's a poor product to sell. We need an actual competition to get the broadcasters interested.

 

However, the strange thing is that even without it, the OF are filling all the stadiums and you'd think the demand for TV would be proportional, so I think the devaluing point is the demand in England to see the games.

 

In the end I always find it strange that the money has absolutely no relationship to viewing figures, otherwise we'd be getting about 2500 percent more.

They're certainly starting early aren't they ? the ink's barely dry on the current contract !!!

When those 10 chairmen voted Rangers out the SPL in 2012 did they even consider what the consequences might be ? We've got a TV deal worth a mere £12.6m per SEASON. Compare that to the EPL TV deal which is worth something like £10.8m per GAME.

There is absolutely no chance of a vastly improved TV deal. Why should TV companies all of a sudden starting chucking money at Scottish football now because Rangers are back. Scottish football dug its own grave in 2012 when 10 buffoons voted Rangers out the SPL. Commercial insanity or sporting integrity call it what you like. The impoverished game in Scotland is fecked big style

I wonder if Rangers are represented in the party?

Probably not.

Trying to negotiate a new TV deal more than 3 years before the current derisory deal expires. Hilarious. You couldn't make this up

If the current deal doesn't expire til 2020 how can they be trying to get a new deal ?

what's changed to make them think they can get a new deal ?? let me think. Big bad Rangers are back.

Only one show in town. And they know it

Nothing we didn't know already.Liewell's sporting integrity has set Scottish football decades and it may never recover from it.

The nine other SPL chairmen who voted Rangers out tbe SPL in 2012 had a duty to stand up to Liewell in the interests of Scottish football but bottled it. Voting Rangers out always meant would go to the bottom tier of the SFL. I cannot believe these chairmen didnt realise this

Since then the sponsorships & TV money Scottish fotball gets is derisory compared to other similar sized countries. And there is little chance of that situation improving any time soon.

This is why I'm dubious about spending vast sums of money on a youth set up.

I'll be surprised if McKay is still with us next season.

offering McKay a new longer term contract on vastly improved terms should be priority no1 for us.

He has made the step up now & is beginning to look a real class act

We paid £500K for him so we should certainly be looking to make that back if he is to be moved on.

I'd guess we've not paid all the fee hence trying to move him on

If McGregor was to come back he'd be number 1. He's a better keeper than Foderingham.

I'd suggest McGregor not the keeper he once was. Wouldn't displace Foderingham IMO

I'm genuinely surprised at the amount of negativity on this Rangers forum & others following yesterday's defeat in a friendly.

We had recovered fine and were healthy when whyte bought us.

 

He however bought us to put us in admin to get out of the ticketus debt.

And to hopefully get rid of the PAYE/NI HMRC debt he'd built up

Paul Murray had a plan to have a rights issue for 25 million that would have paid off LLoyds and left us money over to play with.( He said that anyway.) David Murray must have thought Whyte was the better deal.

Or maybe those at the bank thought whyte was the better deal for their own purposes

That's not true.

No Whyte would have meant no administration.

This thread hence the reason I joined local supporters bus for home games. No more worries about parking

Just read the post Ian put up from the s*n bog paper. 10 German bombers. Fucking unbelievable the lengths the MSN will go to to tarnish our name. I reckon if we sang nursery rhymes some one would use it against us. Oh wait..............

It's because the mhedia don't like the thought of Red Bull becoming involved with Rangers that's why the usual suspects are trying to did up these sort of stories. I can read these cretins like a book.

Truth is we're simply not ready for this calibre of opposition yet even if only a friendly. This team aren't second in the bundesliga for no reason.

Between now & the summer we must get a squad in place to get us into the EL group stages. That won't be easy & we must consider all options including loan signings. Up front is where I think we must look at as a priority. We must get someone in ( maybe on loan) capable of getting more goals than we're getting at present

Us going into administration had nothing to do with over spending!, I keep hearing this from the gutter press, fans and ex managers/players.....

Craig Whyte caused a deliberate administration. No one else

Not against this but we really must get someone up front who will get us 25 league goals per season.

We will need a striker capable of getting 20-25 league goals per season before we can challenge for the title.

We don't have one at present.

If it means getting someone on loan for the season so be it. How about Vincent Janssen from Spurs ? Cost £17m last summer from AZ67 but has managed just one league goal so far. His confidence has totally gone. Get him on loan for a season. He helps us & we help him. Win-win IMO

The SFA have brought all of this on themselves by employing a Compliance Officer who is anything but impartial.

He's not called Charlie Ridiculous for nothing.

The yahoos seem to think they're some kind of superteam. They're not. Europe showed that. Played 12 & won just 3 at home in qualifiers. They wouldn't have got in the CL group stages had it not been for a crap israeli GK. They've got a massive boost from Rogers coming in but that won't last forever. Once the bubble bursts they'll be back down to earth

But for as long as they're signing players at £2m or £3m they're catchable. It may take loan signings for us but they are catchable. They can only go on so long duping their supporters they're getting fees of £12-15m for players they bought for a quarter of that.

This month will be interesting. Surely if they 're serious about next season they'll be getting ready for the CL qualifiers. So far all they got is an unknown african from Russia who should never in a month of Sundays get a work permit if the rules were properly applied.

To catch them we'll need a striker capable of getting 20-25 league goals per season. We've not got anyone like that just now in our squad. Solve that & it's game on. And Nicholas knows it. Don't u charlie ?

Ah some recognition that our players were assaulted.

 

Over to you sfa

And the old duffer QC who held the so-called enquiry will need to amend his report

Scottish football - the organisation that hated itself into oblivion.

You forgot to add ' in the interests of sporting integrity'

Huge dividends mate

Is that celtic plc or Celtic fc ltd ?

Not really...they spend a lot of money for a Scottish club, and would be unable to afford the wages of expensive players. Which fees are wrong? Surely it's all in the accounts.

Transfer fees aren't normally paid up front. As an example if a player joined a club for say £12m & signed say a 3 year contract the selling club, for example, would get 3 times £4m paid at the start of each year of contract if the player remains with his new club.

The risk will be if the players leaves during the contract. The original selling club might have to forfeit monies due for the remainder of the contract but could have had sell on clauses added in. All depends on the contract.

But the selling club will almost certainly not get the full amount up front although this may well appear in its accounts