RANGERRAB
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I have to admit I have always been a cynic about MP ever since it opened when SDM's regime told us we'd produce our own players rather than buy them. For a club who has predominately bought players rather than produce it's own I considered that was going to have to be some turnaround which wasn't achievable.I still hold that view. If MP is cost effective then fine. keep it, but it must improve beyond all recognition from where it is now. if it means changing the first team manager to one who knows how to put younger players successfully into the first team then so be it. It needs to be remembered too that where we are all costs needs looked at and MP was certainly one such area IMO. A smaller training ground mainly for the first team and reserves would not be downscaling for me.
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if it is too expensive to run then it may need to be sold off and a less expensive, smaller training ground built elsewhere. I'm just not convinced it represents value for money.
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I think it needs to be stated that the players you mention were with us before MP opened. It also needs to be emphasized that the players we require need to be capable of getting us to where we want to be i.e. Scottish champions and beyond Christmas in Europe every year. The danger of MP, as I see it, is it produces Partick Thistle-standard or Morton-standard players who'd be of little use to us and be a drain on resources. However I would agree with you we'd need a change of manager before we'd even begin to see young players breaking thro' into the first team
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For MP to be cost effective we must produce young players whom we can sell onto the bigger leagues such as the EPL i.e. MP must pay its way. Just like Ajax do by selling the like of Eriksen & Alderweid last summer to Spurs & Atletico Madrid. To date(13 years since it opened) MP hasn't done that has it?
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how am I a coward ? how have I surrendered to mediocrity? The fact is for too long now we've tolerated mediocrity on the playing side whilst paying out vast salaries to under-achievers. FFS McCoist earning £800K in SFL3 whilst the team was torture to watch. £400K in LGE1 wasn't much better either.Not to mention his gallant failures against Malmo & Maribor which should have got him sacked. The fact is Rangers are a business & business decisions need to be taken. Under-performing parts of a business need to be dealt with. Get over it. A review of MP would be long overdue IMO. Clear out the youth teams & youth coaches producing nothing
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I don't think anyone could dispute the fact that in terms of youth development MP is seriously under-performing and is a drain on valuable resources.
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Almost all such contracts would have break clauses though GS. Anyone who undertook one which didn't would be absolutely stupid. I think Andy makes very valid points about MP and I'm glad I'm not alone in questioning whether we get real value from it
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LOL. Anyone who is the best candidate for their respective role at Rangers whether 'rangers men' or not.
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Reluctantly I'd have to agree with you. MP does seem a great drain on resources. Given the fact that it has produced so few youngsters for the first team you'd need to question it's worth other than a Taj Mahal training ground for a bunch of overpaid journeymen
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I was referring to D&P and CG
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Not supporting anyone. Read again
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I'm actually beginning to think some of our supporters are quite happy to be stuck in the lower divisions with no prospect whatsoever of playing in Europe again.
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They were crooks? Quite a serious allegation is it not? Ive reservations about the competence of D&P and their general performance throughout administration but wouldnt go that far. As for Green he did what he does i.e. Sets up companies and gets them up and running. Was he over-rewarded ? Probably but there was no alternative for D&P to sell the oldco assets to was there?
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Sold to whom? When did they say this?
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Which are?
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And, of course, the money would be going directly into Rangers and not shareholders pockets as he's always insisted. Im sure he'd even get onto the board as well(if AIM stock market regulations allow him to)
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Have the board categorically stated they wish to sell and leaseback Ibrox and MP or is this just more made up nonsense from the usual sources?
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Everyman and his dog knew there would be a funding shortfall as we went up the leagues.We were never going to make money going up the leagues if we wanted to do it in the shortest possible timescale.The question is how to fund this before we re enter the top division
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And your alternative is ? ( please dont say Dave King)
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The oldco got liquidated because Whyte never paid over PAYE/NI to HMRC who wouldnt do a CVA on monies owed. Nothing to do with ST's
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Where we find ourselves just now ST sales are imperative.Without them our existence could be at risk if (god forbid) there was another liquidation
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King has no intention of making any offer.
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Don't worry there's no chance of that. King has no intention of putting his kids inheritance into Rangers
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So just how does 'yer man dave' plan to take over Rangers then?
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It will be claptrap once King puts his money where his mouth is. No sign of that happening is there?
