buster.

For all their mistakes, the current board have kept the lights on. Fair enough to criticise what they got wrong but your tiresome tirades against them are just a demonstration of an ungrateful and entitled predisposition. Your simplistic vision for success is laughable and comes from Burnistoun. Just dae it better than they dae

It is almost certainly a mix of factors.

I'd say we have few options given circumstances and there not being many who want the gig. The status quo was always going to change somewhat given major shareholders were looking to sell or have essentially been forced out (health/ pressure). However what was previously stated is that some of the current shareholders wanted to keep the club out of the hands of one 'outside' controlling interest. The reason being is that it could lead to an existential threat. Now it seems as though the prevailing will is to relinquish what was a controlling emotional stake. In the end, I don't think there was a choice as such. In essence, we are gambling once again. Fans are happy because it is back to frenzied speculation and hope. It is understandable after a lot of relative misery. To be clear. I am not saying that the new controlling interest is spiv like. However they come to make money from a business that has for about 3 decades lost money, year after year. A business that comes with very particular pressure in a very particular league. Let's wait and see what they have to say when the deal is done.

Just answer the question Cammy. Forget the 49% of old board for a moment. What happens if after 12 / 24 months of 51% new ownership, it isn't working (ie. still second)? I realise it is dark question but given circumstances, a fair one.

Mr A.N. Other An AI construct / robot that doesn't need a contract and whose program can be changed every November.

This potentially raises an important question. The reason that the various projects/models have been tossed in the bin is because they weren't working and as I think you allude to, a lack of patience. This in large part, driven by the support. What happens if after 12 / 24 months of 51% new ownership, it isn't working (ie. still second)? _____________-------------_____________ How do 'modern methods' blend with the pressure and demands at a club like Rangers in Scottish fitbaw ? Only time will tell. If nothing else, it should be interesting.

Now we have something meaningful. Positive marker !!

Casting for Trainspotting III

How many years this century have we spent more than we have earned?

Now, now John.... It just won't do to be sceptical now that we are on the cusp of getting all the appointments and player trading right and reaching the promised land en breve. As some of the posters on here inform us, it is wonderfully straightforward. Just get stuff right and everything will fit into place. The Alchemist is coming.....

The lack of sustainability has become an endemic culture at Rangers spanning about 3 decades. No one comes out of it smelling of rose throughout that time, including the current board. It should be the priority and I would imagine that the prospective new owners will be addressing it, given their goal is to make money. It is far from an easy problem to fix at a club like ours. Especially, with the often unrealistic expectations and timescales surrounding it. Celtic got their act together through the vision of Fergus McCann and the stewardship of Lawwell. Their support didn't like the medicine, but they are now happy where it has put them. Although IMO their player trading model is showing signs of slowing down. Quite a few of their recent big sales have bombed and that won't go unnoticed. Plus they spent a lot of money last summer without much in the way of return. A big factor in us being able to challenge is for them to hit a relative slump (or reappoint Lennon in the Hampden showers after a bottle of champagne).

I get that DerB. You talk of 9, but it may as well be 99 years of f**King Up. If we haven't sorted out the fundamental issue, then it remains there needing to be fixed. There is no getting round it, we need to become sustainable. The question is how do we do it? Then there is timescale and my guess is that the support aren't going to like the probable answer. There are many known unknowns going into next season. We will have to wait and see what they are.

No I don't at all absolve board members past and present from their obvious and fundamental part in this. However, the support need to wake up and smell the coffee. We need to recognise the need and priority to become sustainable. We also need to prioritise our existence as we said we would post 2012 when most welcomed the spivs with open arms, twice in quick succession. A more gullible support, I don't know of.

You'll have to go back further than 2012

The only joined up and consistent part of the last 3 decades is our propensity to lose money. Generally, the mindset of the support is to go along with it, ask for more and ask for it, now. How do we become sustainable under the new owners?