RANGERRAB

as Bill McMurdo said in a recent blog the SFA & SPL have met their match in CG

Is it not the case that HMRC are only interested if payments made to these EBT's were contractual, therefore taxable ? Payments are supposed to be discretionary i.e. would mean no contract. I fail to see how 'side letters' could be considered contracts. If HMRC fail in their case due to 'side letters' not being considered as contracts where would that leave the SPL investigation ? surely they wouldn't pursue this any further. It's often overlooked that EBT's were used by thousands of UK companies throughout the 2000's and were perfectly legal if used correctly

Exactly what I've been thinking for some time now.......... Why haven't D&P gone after this money?

To win on Wed we'lll need to control MF like 2nd half yesterday

I'm afraid this is Scotland 2012. They are in positions of power throughout the country in particular the legal , political & media professions. And, of course, they're running the football authorities. Look at what happened at Annan Railway Station last weekend. Like something from Stalin's USSR. Do Shellik supporters get treated this way? you tell me

when league reconstruction comes around (and it will)a condition of our participation must be that the transfer embargo is dropped.

let's go to lawcourts. Let's hope UEFA suspend Scottish clubs from europe & national team too. Revenge will then be truly sweet.

Who is SFA compliance officer i.e.celtic-supporting Vincent Lunny kidding ? this banner was offensive but other than a slap on the wrist the SFA will do absolutely nothing about it. Meanwhile Rangers supporters arriving at Annan Railway Station last Saturday are subjected to something more associated with Stalin's USSR whereby they'd photos taken & ID requested upon arriving at the wee insignificant town. Perhaps Lunny could do something useful for a change ( rather than helping his beloved Shellik) & investigate this. BTW the green brigade have storeroom at the brendanbeu(obviously approved by Liewell & co) where they are allowed access to store these banners b4 games so as they can avoid any police searches that might not allow these banners into the brendanbeu on matchdays. Of course that won't happen cos the police generally let them do as they please at the brendanbeu & away games too judging by the IRA songs sung

according to Bill McMurdo's blog today the word HUN refers to either followers of ATTILA or german soldiers from WW1 I think he said. Can someone please enlighten me as to how we are referred to by the uneducated masses as HUNS ? Where's the connection ? or is it wee daft bhoys again ?

The job of Rangers manager needs to have performance targets like any management position. I'm sorry but going out Europe last season to Malmo & Maribor, going out the league cup to Falkirk last season and now tonights debacle doesn't suggest to me that any performance targets are being met

Sorry Ally but I expect to be Queen of the South every time. Please stop the excuses

when I go to my bed at night I thank the lord Charles Green is now our chief executive and not Martin Bain. Long may this man be our chief executive - a man who fights for Rangers in every respect.

And resign. We all appreciate what you've taken us thro' these past 7 months but the stark truth is your simply not up to it as Rangers manager. Watching you standing in the dugout arms folded looking as if you've no idea what to do when things aren't going well tells me a lot. Last season was pretty much the same until Aluko arrived. He papered over a lot of cracks but unfortunately that's not going to happen this season. We need better performances and results starting now.I'm sorry but I don't think you're the manager to do that Ally. I've been on here before saying I think we're short in numbers in midfield. (I mean proper midfielders not fullbacks & central defenders playing there). We don't have the creativity so we struggle to make decent chances. I couldn't believe it in the summer when the only recognisable midfielder we signed was Ian Black.That simply wasn't enough as tonite showed. Who will replace Ally ? I'll suggest Billy Davies, someone who has proved he can manage in the English Championship which I think makes him as good a candidate as we'll get at present. Of course there are others.

Tend to think the SPL might (and I say that without any conviction BTW) scrape thro' this season. However next season is a definite NO-NO without us and CG knows this. Interesting negotiations lie ahead for our re-entry.

When the SPL ceases to exist, (which won't be long in coming) a condition of our re-entry to the top division (whatever it may be called) is that this ridiculous transfer embargo be abolished.

Isn't this something for CG to be asking his adversaries at the SPL ? how have they got away with this ?

no one should ever under estimate the job Fullerton & Kane did to us at LBG. Effectively preventing us signing players for 2 years despite chairman AJ substantially reducing bank debt then forcing SDM to sell club to Whyte who was a disaster waiting to happen.

I said after the transfer window closed we were seriously short in MF & wide areas. If he's out long term I fear we've not enough depth in squad in these areas

I don't think these EBT's were declared to SPL. That's the so-called problem although I'd be interested to know exactly which SPL rule has been broken (if you've read them like I have). Having said that these EBT's were declared in section6 of our accounts every year and the SFA gave us a licence to play every year so in that respect you have to ask serious questions who's behind all this and why (we probably do know but 'they' won't come out & say so)

Said it before and I'll say it again, we're seriously short in midfield. We needed another couple and couldn't believe we didn't bring them in during transfer window. What if Ian Black gets injured ? we'll be in real trouble then as I don't think playing Jig there is an option any longer as he's clearly lost a bit of pace (not that he had too much to begin with)

there were two items in CG's statement I found of considerable interest:- 1) he threatens 'legal recourse' if titles stripped. Can SPL afford a long legal battle? if we're in law courts again what will UEFA do ? suspend SFA ? 2) CG said Doncaster wasn't originally intersted in stripping titles. What's now changed ? who decided ? Who's actually running SPL ? I find it strange SFA (who are the appeal body for us)have no interest in removing Scottish Cups won during this EBT period.

As I understand it, Celtic didn't declare Juninho's EBT to SPL/SFA. Yes they paid HMRC the tax but that's not the issue here. The fact they didn't declare it means they are, potentially, in same boat as us but the biased Celtic-supporting individual at the SPL(Ian Blair) who carried out this 'investigation' won't/can't accept that fact

He's baffled ? I'm not. The people carrying out these EBT investigations are biased Celtic men - Ian Blair & lardass MacKenzie.

Excellent OP by Bill McMurdo but Great Britain is not a nation but an island containing three nations: England, Scotland & Wales. Personally I look upon myself first & foremost as a UK citizen (which of course includes N.I.). Our passports state this. I particularly liked Bill's comment above the Scottish shirt having the Royal emblem i.e. lion rampant. Good point indeed

No don't think so. The last part of the OP states it would be played in 'parallel with domestic campaign'