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Dear supporter We listened to your, er, rational criticism Now we face legal proceedings Kind regards Some board member

Yes, my response was beneath the standards of discussion found elsewhere. I just found it too difficult, at the time, to respond to such a load of rubbish in any other way.

Beale has been in the door for 5 minutes and buster is worrying about alignment with the board. It is not possible to take that seriously. I feel very positive about the finances. Not perfect but I think that we are in a better position than we have been for a very long time. Experts might correct me. Either way we will be in an even better position when we free up the wage donated to Morelos, Helander et al. As pointed out elsewhere the act of managing expectations has zero purpose when dealing with football supporters. We will be happy if we win and angry if we lose. The idea that this will change if only we had some 'communication' is a very silly fairy story. Finally he makes a bizarre plea for leadership. In my estimation leadership has little to do with acting on the endless stream of irrational complaints that will come from any support. Again it is impossible to take stuff like this seriously. Almost every time that an opportunity to take responsibility emerges, in the form of shares, you will hear little above the cacophony of excuses.

What a load of rubbish.

It is viewable by all Rangers fans.

Incredible! Why complain then?

You should subscribe to R.T.V. and then you could experience this overwhelming joy too.

Just finished watching the interview. Probably the best interview I've ever watched in fact.

There is a rumour that Knutsen is one of them. Apparently he was the least impressive by some distance.

Rangers learned to give incentives to subscribe to R.T.V. Don't come crying after the transfer window.

I think that Beale is a good choice. Not perfect but good.

Oh aye. Do you imagine, perhaps, that Rangers is heading towards administration?

Impressing Ally McCoist is nowhere near my criteria for a new manager.

Somebody please fetch an unpopular, and expensive, manager before it all gets too much!

Dying? It doesn't matter how rubbish it gets. Scottish football fans will still fall over themselves to promote, and discuss, mainstream coverage. It can never die for that reason.

Not long. You can do a search on topic title within a date range.

People will still be saying stuff like this when we get in to the Champions League group stages next season.

The poll showed that only a minority had a positive view of Gerrard's appointment. He was not perfect but a good appointment overall.

I can only imagine!

Judging by usage it is a term of endearment. Voetball Leader or something.

I don't think that I can. I did notice some debate on twitter. It focused on whether Knutsen fan boys are "massive V.L.s" or just "V.L.s". I don't think that is a substantial enough disagreement to say that he is wrong.

This is easily the most thoughtful, and insightful, thread on the topic so far. Don't read it if you have been asking for Knutsen or if you are a friend of Kevin Thomson.

As someone who takes an interest in middle eastern football I can tell you that his teams score very high in terms of xB. That's the expected beards metric common in the arabian peninsula. Quite different to the expected bigotry metric that we are more familiar with in Scotland.

Messi is good enough to win the Ballon d'Or but can he win on a roasting afternoon in the persian gulf?

I'm not including it in my analysis as xWMD is zero.