richie

Got to love the anger from these people. Grow up clown.

I feel a compromise would be the 2nd divison. As a newco the rules state clearly that you should apply for the 3rd division only. Thats what any newco must do. So to be parachuted into the 1st division is wrong in so many ways. (ethically, morally and lawfully) If the rules are going to be bent to accomodate a newco with no history and no accounts,while trying to make sure other clubs dont suffer too much financial hardship and keeping sky at the table, not to mention appeasing the fans of other clubs l then i feel it has to be the 2nd division. I personally dont agree with it and feel the rules are the rules and therefore the newco should be in the 3rd division, however i can also see the bigger picture and would reluctantly accept a move to the 2nd division. I dont agree its catastrophic for the game in this country. If this handled right and the right league system,the appropriate financial sharing is brought in andthe voting sytem is changed, i feel 10 years from now it will turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to this countrys football. And i include Rangers in that,or whatever they will be called by then, as they will be back to full strength long before then too. Sorry to say this but it is in no way the death of scottish football, i remember a time pre David Murray in the 80s when Rangers got 4 thousand fans at a home game against Partick Thistle, were not taking huge numbers to away games and were contstantly finishing 3rd of 4th in the league. And scottish football probably had it best period since the 60s. United and aberdeen(hearts for a year or 2 as well) were challenging Celtic for the league while winning both the league cup and scottish cup and there was a 5 or 6 year period where Scottish teams were challenging year in and year out quarter finals,semi finals and even finals of european cups. Then David Murray came with his spend a fiver and we will spend a tenner mentality, Sky came in with their money and a the old firm got the 11-1 vote rig through and scottish football was brought to its knees. To the extent our two best teams now cant get in the champions league group stages nevermind semi finals of that competition. So no scottish football will not die because rangers arent there, and it may well just come out this and flourish. And i genuinely hope Rangers are back in a spl premier league in a few years that is stronger, more competitive and maybe just maybe have teams enjoying european success again on a meaningful scale.

Im a united fan. Just being upfront and honest with you guys. I only registered to make a comment about CumbernauldGers post. Ive followed this debacle with Rangers quite closely since they went into administration and i have to say in all that time i have never heard anyone say what he has said. What he said sums it up for me and is the reason every football of the other clubs hate rangers. There has never been an attempt at an apology for the years of bile that came from Rangers, no apology for the way the rode roughshod over football and this mentality that they are so much better than everyone else still permeates from most Rangers fans and its the sole reason so many fans hate your club. If they had been a bit more aopolgetic and contrite about this whole situation i think you may have seen a different reaction form other fans and they wouldnt have been so quick to demand Rangers be kicked out of the league. You're right about Celtic fans, i have one mate who is a big Celitc fan and after they won the league this year i asked him why he seemed to celebrate the fact that Rangers hadnt won the league more than the fact that Celtic won it!! And he couldnt answer me. I told him i have been left with such a vile taste for scottish football from the fact that rangers and celtic fans celebrate the other half not winning more than they do their own team winning, they have lost the concept of what football is all about. On another point i genuinely worry for the decent Rangers fans as i genuinely believe Green will sell Ibrox and the training ground and will put the newco into administration by christmas. i hope im worng but i dont think i am. Anyway, just wanted to say well done to cumbernauld for not being a bigot and a knuckledragger and seeing the bigger picture. Its refreshing to know that not all Rangers fans are idiots.