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    I doubt Smith and Foster will go anywhere. Also it is one thing for a player to be no use in the long term but that doesn't mean you don't want to use them in the short term. I'd be quite happy to see Perry, Cribari and Peralta move on. Apart from that I'm not convinced about the need to cut the playing squad though. Apparently players wages come to 37% of turnover. If so then I think the problem lies elsewhere. Also, is £7m/37% really to much for the top league? If Wallace wants to improve things then I think he is best to keep strict control over the terms for any new players that come in. He could also do something about increasing revenue and cutting off-field costs.
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    Yes. There is no end to the silly ideas that people come up with to improve Scottish football but this is a good one. Prices don't necessarily need to be lower but I would like to see teams experiment more than they do.
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    I didn't know about any proposed move away from Cliftonhill but I hope that they persevere. I've not been there but it does look like a bit of a dump. I'd be interested to know what any proposed move away would achieve. It seems to me that teams in the lower divisions have fairly simple requirements.
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    Albion Rovers trialled a 'Pay what you can' initiative this week and it looks like it was a success. Hopefully more Scottish clubs will take notice and try innovative ways to improve attendances. http://albionroversfc.com/?p=4368 http://albionroversfc.com/?p=4383 I doubt a similar idea could work at Ibrox but I'd like to see them experiment with lower prices in unpopular parts of the ground.
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    The same logic could be applied to the support in general. We profess to care about the club, express a desire to choose the board yet don't buy many shares. The share price is the same for the support as it is for Dave King. Perhaps Dave King just likes to watch the football too.
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    Someone suggested to me that the facts highlighted above make it a good time to buy shares in RIFC as they are undervalued at present. I'm sceptical but would any of you feel inclined to invest expecting an increased return when the share price rises?
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    I wonder what the market rate is in a market with one seller and one buyer?
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    I'm sure it is fascinating for any critics of the RST but I'm not sure what it has to do with the idea of Rangers banning supporters who criticise the board.
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    If I remember correctly the Whyte rumours that you refer to didn't come out in the national press until sometime after they were widely known. They didn't make the national press until it was too late. Given our recent history we should realise the importance of being vigilant.
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    I think I've missed the bit about reporting Rangers fans to the police but point taken. With regard to discussion of Leggo's articles I think that is a problem but just not on the same level as banning fans from attending matches.
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    If only The Scottish Football Monitor would strictly moderate the, seemingly unending, stream of garbage that it publishes as articles.
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    I think that 50-50 gate receipts are a bad idea in general but in particular it would drive Celtic and Rangers further away from Scottish football. Clubs might think that the eventual consequences would be even worse than the status quo.
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    I think that banning supporters for having opinions, and an audience, would be the stupidest move that the board could make. It would make it extremely easy to criticise the board and portray them as antagonistic to the support in general.
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    That's true. I've just become a bit sceptical about stuff like this though. It is one thing to make some noise about it in the press but what can done about it? Nothing will change until people stop watching Rangers matches on television and that's not likely to happen soon.
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    I'm not sure what the big deal is. We have a big squad and McCoist could have avoided postponing matches himself by various methods. I don't like matches on Monday and Friday nights but this is a fact of life for a modern professional football team. If you sell rights to broadcasters then this will happen. Over the years we have benefited more than most and when we get back to the top division that will end up being the case again. Fans should complain about this, not clubs.
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    Hold on a second! Are you suggesting that, given Mourinho's greater salary, he should be expected to make such decisions as a matter of course?
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    http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/10905726.Bolton_Wanderers__debt_reaches_record_levels/ It's quite a lot of money in comparison to a turnover of £28.5m. The article also mentions that attendance has dropped by 28% although it does not appear to mention what time period this happened in. How does one get out of a situation like that?
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    I will volunteer for Forfar Athletic on January the 20th if I may.
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    Presumably all the campaigning that is required is for people to sing it at football matches. Drown out the people who are interested in the vatican.
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    I've seen a lot of people say this. Given the promise that he showed early on last season there certainly must be more to it than just looking at his age and his position.
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    http://www.rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/item/5882-mckay-in-ton-loan-switch Are people really concerned about a one month loan deal? I'd love to know what the story behind this is though. Can Super Cooper tell us anything?
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    Did Clarke play wide for Queen of the South?
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    I'm usually reluctant to criticise McCoist. Where does the idea of playing for time against Stranraer come from though?
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    I've been happy enough with him. I have seen quite a few people moaning about him though.
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    The peripheral players will need to be dropped soon. Many of the first choice players will become peripheral. If this is not the case then we will struggle in the top league. The problem is that our track record for moving players on is almost as bad as that for signing players. Hutton will not be going anywhere until he has recovered from a broken leg. Cribari is happy to see out his contract and will probably need to be paid to leave. I'm not sure who is in the market for Smith, Foster, Shiels or Templeton. The message is that any young left back who isn't better than Smith can forget it. Given the low opinion of Smith, among the support, you might think this would not be controversial.
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