Super Cooper

Noticed from piccies in the paper that Ceptic didn't have Magners as their shirt sponsor - it was Tipperary Mineral water. Anyone know why???

Are alcohol advertising not banned in Europe? I am sure we had to wear Centre Parcs one year and had to leave it off completely another.

Still no official confirmation this actually happened.

The debt was only reduced because of success on the park. Had we not qualified for the Champions League, the bank may well have called in our debt a lot sooner. We have a lot to be thankful for to Walter and the players.

200000 too many for my liking.

Yeah, Paul Murray didn't even get appointed onto the board until 2007.

Years before SDM left.

Agreed, it will be an easy tie. They are have lost their two most important figures from last years team and we have improved no end.

McColl is talking nonsense when he say Paul Murray will not allow anyone to put themselves before Rangers, he let SDM do it for years without so much as a mutter of displeasure or discontent.

More important is how did both of them rhats get in in the first place? I hope they now know they are not welcome at our house. 2 poisonous pieces of filth.

Hearing all sorts of stories about this lad, surely the club must have heard them too which makes it all the more incredible that he is still here. His attitude is appalling.

Apparently the Pandza deal is off.

Was it Green that gave him that salary?,how much will Green earn in his newly invented roll,there is a lot of money dribbling out of Ibrox!

You say that as if it's money unaccounted for. Is that even possible?

A company in the business of providing a successful football team first and foremost. If other costs are the issue then they're the one's which should be cut.

The costs which are the issue are the playing staff and managerial salaries. They are astronomical for the targets we have set and the level we currently find ourselves. So i ask again, why is the manager being given so much to work with when we have had to dig into an IPO fund to cover operating costs? And before anyone starts the Ally bashing crap, this is not a dig at Ally.

What other costs would you say are the issue in your opinion? We can;t stop paying for our gas, electricity, key staff wages.....where do we cut? The biggest ones to cut that would make a difference to overheads and affect the business the least are on the playing side. We could cut playing costs hugely and still meet our targets but we have chose not to, why? We don't need a squad touching 30 men, many of whom will earn thousands per week for simply sitting in a stand watching games instead of contributing.

Do they not know how stupid that looks. Claiming to be like no other yet plastering the slogan within a half empty stadium. They have serious delusions of grandeur.

It's a good bit less than our turnover so where's the IPO money gone?

And what about electricity, maintenance, Auchenhowie running costs, non playing staff costs and all the other overheads? They may well exceed the playing staff wage bill, most likely actually. Our club is a huge company and business with a very limited turnover for now.

Team wages including coaching staff only cover a small fraction of the money that's apparently disappeared from the club. Hopefully the accounts can properly explain it, but I have my doubts on that.

I wouldn't call around £10m a small fraction. The targets for the last 2 years could have been met with a budget a tiny fraction of that.

To be fair I didn't see this as Ally bashing, I saw it as the point that I think SC met - Ally got a budget and has spent this summer - so if there is danger of admin again then why spend?

 

Its an emotional time again to be a Bear so there will be reactions from all angles. I personally think John Brown needs to keep quiet....I don't understand how its ok for one side of the fence to be so vocal but not the other.

Exactly, as i said to Ian, it wasn't supposed to come across as that. I certainly didn't mean it but i feel my point stands and i still haven't had any answers.

Your posts are really becoming quite tedious!,stop spoiling threads with your Ally bashing,there is no need for it.

Apologies Ian, i didn't mean to come across like that. How else could we be heading for admin if it's nothing to do with the huge wage bill?

That's the biggest pile of rubbsih I've seen all day! - Poor show!

Then argue against it instead of throwing childish insults. Why has Ally had to carry a squad costing us at least £7m per annum to win a league which was won before a ball was kicked? Twice. Why was he not given a budget in line with the league we were in?

Don't keep us in suspense ...........

likes of :

Gasparotto (17)? What has he had? Like 10 seconds or something.

Aird (18)? Mediocre.

MacLeod (19)? The one.

McAusland (20)? Mediocre and loaned out.

Hegarty (20)? Dreadful.

Crawford (20)? Mediocre.

 

....or do you mean the real old-timers like

Mitchell (21)? Dreadful

Faure (22)? Embarrassing

Hutton (22)? Imposter

Little (24)? Imposter

Templeton (24)? Playing within himself, average at best

Wallace (26)?Playing within himself, no better or more consistant than he was with Hearts

Your point caller? Mines is clear.

We might end up back in admin but only because Ally needed so much money spent on his team to compete with part time managers and teams. Shall we just shout sack the board because they backed our manager?

Anyway, did Bomber actually mention the deeds again?

 

Who knows more about managing Rangers? You, or Walter?

 

You do him a disservice as a man, if you think a friendship would cloud his judgement on this. I'll judge Ally when he gets the chance to concentrate on football matters, and a proper budget. Much the same as what Walter said.

 

I'm no Ally fanboi, but he doesn't deserve to lose his job, not yet.

 

That question means absolutely nothing nor would the answer tell us anything interesting.

 

We are not talking about taking sides from one person to another. It's a human being or a football club. Walter Smith the man would absolutely 100% put his friendship with McCoist before our club, no doubt about it. Perhaps you do him a disservice.

 

Ally absolutely deserves to lose his job. How many more chances do we give him to mess up? How many more humiliations? How many more cup exits? His time is well and truly up.

 

You seriously think Walter puts his friendship with Ally above the good of the club? Ridiculous.

 

Of course he bloody does ffs. Absolutely 100% without a shadow of a doubt. No question.

Did you not read what he said about Ally?

Of course i did.

I can think of only one player who has excelled in their profession since Ally took charge, just one and the rest, each and every one of them have got worse than before.

Unsurprising he wants Ally given yet another chance. I am delighted Walter has gone. The game has passed him by.