RANGERRAB

Well done UEFA. A wise decision. At least someone recognises what goes on inside this vile stadium.

Now all we need is our politicians & Rhegan's SFA to take the necessary action against this club's supporters which is long overdue. One can only hope as they say.

Regarding the Chelsea loan-striker cwwodloyal says ...

 

 

 

http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/tammy-abraham/profil/spieler/331726

 

18, centre forward , who can alos play on either wing.

In order to ensure we get promoted we need at least one experienced striker with a proven record in league(s) better than ours.

We don't need another untried youngster like Zalelam.

They may as well make it Boston and advertise an IRA-fest - because that is exactly what it would become. The number of republicans in Boston is astounding.

As the famous Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw once said:

'An Irishman will do anything for his country except live in it'

I found myself banned from two Rangers forums for "not giving the new guy a chance" after warning about Whyte days after he arrived. Everything was already out there. Some perhaps understandably doubted the sources. Some just didn't want to listen.

Not to mention the role played by LBG....

I wonder if DK managed to keep a straight face if the Liewell's derisory TV deal or the two Bob Ladbrokes deal got discussed

Yes, they are.

 

The crucial difference though is that some of our fans are trying to equate the movie investment schemes as being the equivalent to the EBT's. They will only be so if they are invested in by the same type of legal entity.

 

EBT's - Club funded them

Movies Schemes - players funded them personally

 

The difference is that with the movie schemes you cannot claim the Club itself had a sporting advantage owing to the Club's tax avoidance practices as the Club were not involved. What the players do with their money has no effect on whether the Club gained a benefit. The Club, simply, were not involved. The same cannot be said for EBT's.

Don't disagree with anything you say Craig but the word hypocrisy springs to mind regards 'them' & their tax accusations.

Now it appears some of their own were at it too. Tax avoidance is tax avoidance whichever scheme you care to mention.

To think everyone ignored the warnings by AJ & PM at the time about Whyte.

Some perhaps deliberately.

Did you read the line about 'sowing seeds' ?

 

What you say (in bold) was never going to happen but the root reason for the hullaballo in the summer of 2012 came from decisions taken 'within Ibrox'. Principally, the executive management of Sir Duped that is part of an ongoing HMRC case and subsequent shennanigans that are in large part, up in the criminal court.

Few would dispute the KO's Whyte & Green caused but how they got the keys in the first place is the real story. Our enemies working in the organisations had the opportunities to cause Rangers harm & I believe they did after SDM effectively abandoned ship.

I do not believe for one minute SDM willingly sold to Whyte. On the day he sold to Whyte the news within the Scottish Banking hierarchy was greeted was incredulity. They knew all about Whyte & couldn't understand why HBOS was allowing this to go ahead but I've never hidden my views on who was responsible.

What followed was expected given his business record & nor do I believe the SFA didn't know about his directorship ban. How difficult could it have been for them to find out?

As for HMRC I will never believe they weren't influenced despite this month's earlier CoS ruling which I fully expect to be thrown out at the Supreme Court. All part of the plan to make Rangers unattractive to any potential buyer

Whilst many are/were up in arms about 'traditional enemies', others much closer to home were sowing the seeds for their self-interest and ongoing chaos for the club.

 

Too many within our support who actually spend time in 'investigating' and putting it out there,.... have IMO concentrated their efforts in the wrong direction at the wrong time.

In the summer of 2012 there were individuals not connected with Rangers actively trying to get Rangers thrown out of Scottish football altogether & effectively closed down.

You don't think that was serious?

no, there won't be any struggle for first place at all.

Rangers will walk it

I admire your confidence.

FWIW I think we've a real battle on our hands now to get promoted as champions.

Teams wouldn't be parking the bus against us if they thought we weren't that good.

It's their tactics. They know we're not great up front so if they can keep us out they can hit us on the break

How long have I been saying that bear?

With all due respect I don't think this current team is anywhere near as good as some of us would like to think it is.

Genuinely look forward to the day Rangers become a self-sustaining business again not reliant on these loans or whatever.

That means getting back into the top division & competing in Europe again.

Was O'Neils 'investment' paid into the tax avoidance scheme by himself or the club?

It's not even an excuse, it's a reality. The international breaks have disrupted our momentum.

How come the breaks don't seem to affect other teams?

There are plenty reasons we've started to struggle:-

1) no planB when planA doesn't work

2) teams are wise to the slow tempo,predictable way we play & plan accordingly

3) expecting Clark & Miller to score consistently after their miserable efforts last season

4) continuing to select Oduwa who has no end product to his game

5) continuing to select Zalelam who plays nice, neat football in areas of the pitch which don't matter

There's five for starters.....

Another great read Frankie.

 

I know the team has a few issues which need addressed, but personally I think one of the major factors which has caused us to stumble, go off the boil or whatever folk want to call it, is simply the international breaks literally interrupting and breaking our squad's rhythm and momentum.

That's got to be the worst excuse ever

You would think there was a good BBC documentary in this story!

There will be one. Daly's doing his research as we speak...

Your right Mack the difference this season is law has someone to take his place as last season he was guaranteed a start...

Let's hope his replacement can get the number of goals the much-maligned Law got last season.

We might need it too. We've only got one forward who will get a decent amount of goals as things currently stand

After last season's lack of goals from our strikers it was utter madness to think we could rely on Miller or Clark to get goals alongside Waghorn.

One if not two strikers with proven scoring records will be needed in January if we're to be guaranteed of getting promotion either via play-offs or as champions

Maybe we should try both Holt & Law(when fit) in the same MF. Both goal scoring MF players. It might compensate for our shortage of goals from up front(except Waghorn)

I see from the papers there were two sheep fans unfurled a banner outside Hampden yesterday demanding another enquiry into Rangers use of EBT's.

In what other country would a couple of deluded idiots attend at an empty stadium miles away from where their own team were playing a few hours later ?

Hilarious if true. What difference would it have made to the Sheepies if we'd used EBT's or not? They were rank rotten during the EBT years 2001-10

What we don't know is the amount of money MW & DW will have to spend in January. Adding the quality we need up front & central MF will require serious money to be spent unless we go down the loan route again.

Looks as if he'd be a good signing, probably next summer.

Ticks a lot of boxes.

Does that include their financial doping via the Coop Bank soft loans and dubious land deals with the Glasgow City Council as well, i.e. "the UEFA Club Licensing and Financial Fair Play Regulations"?

This is ammunition our board have in reserve. Whether they decide to use it or not is another matter. If they did things could get very interesting indeed. I suspect Liewell knows this as a whole can of worms would open involving Scottish politicians past & present.

As well as a duty to creditors BDO also have a duty to reduce the debt wherever possible.

Going to the Supreme Court & overturning the ridiculous judgement two weeks ago by the three stooges who didn't seem to know what they were supposed to be doing will reduce that debt liability.