buster.

Shit happens! Problem was that there was no contingency set-up.

Thanks Rab ! Unless we sell or get significant wages out the door, I don't see how we can spend much money. That was the approach to the summer window and things have since got worse.

Rab, promised by whom?

The Kevin Clancy of Gersnet 🤣

I hope your promotion is more successful but....

It worked with Bisgrove, oh wait a minute.......

Give Gonzales the job. He ain't got much else to do

Certainly a week in July for Jock.

What it means is we not only do we continue to take outside bets on just about everything, but we are lengthening the odds. You wouldn't think that player trading is supposedly our route to the promised land. It is like a gambler who is no longer in control. What happens if a new CEO wants to change things again ? Has he/she already had a say ?

We can fill them, of course. It is about whom and if they can do the job to the level required with the resources available. Regards recruitment of executive management, unrealistic impatience will put a lot of good candidates off. Along with other issues. The appointment of a competent and hardy CEO is for me, the priority for the club as a whole. Anything positive on the pitch this season, will be a bonus. In the circumstances, getting the right person is extremely challenging. The odds are that we will get a less than exceptional candidate. But hey, I guess we'll have a better idea in the next 2/3 weeks.

The reality is that our financial situation seriously limits our ability to recruit experience and proven quality. The executive profile we are looking for will more than often pass on any offer we might make them. For example, you are asking a CEO candidate to make us great again on a shortening shoestring whilst the main rival is flush and been successful for many years. Oh, and by the way, you'd better get it sorted by Friday or you'll have one of the most impatient and unrealistic fan bases in the UK, on your back. Ask John Bennett's wife.

Won't be long until Barry Ferguson is back as player/captain/manager and CEO. I realise that this isn't fair or scientific but I look at Koppen and he doesn't inspire confidence or even, look the part.

Aribo was 23 when he joined. Bassey, 20 is a better example and he showed how important physicality can be.

Not saying we should but you are on the back foot if you have to look further afield with the added complications that it entails. Eg. Homesick kids from Andalucia.

Scottish youngsters often have a physical deficit compared to say, eg. English or German 17-20 year olds. It makes competing with men so much more difficult.

The 64/65 season before Celtic embarked on 9iar, they finished 8th !!! We came in at 5th. The season we won the ECWC was during their 9iar and we finished 3rd behind Aberdeen. I'd settle for a Europa League repeat !! Our league was relatively a lot better in European terms and much more competitive during the late 60's and early 70's. So I think it difficult to argue against it having more merit. We had a much better team to provide opposition in those times and reached 2 European finals. Celtic, in the 90's were impovishered and provincial like opposition. The least merit is reserved for the more recent 8.75iar.

Better off with Santiago, the Alchemist.

Around €16,270,000 from UEFA in participation fees, match bonus, co-eff. Not sure if Broadcast money included. Plus match day revenue https://www.football-coefficient.eu/money/#money-club

To say running Rangers financially shouldn't be too difficult is for a comedy sketch.

I don't think it is a very attractive proposition for a decent CEO. The only way I think you get a really good candidate is paying through the nose.

The only way forward that I can see is getting competent executive management in. For them to be honest with the fans regards where we are as a club and realistic ways forward/timescales. Thereafter, the fans would need to be patient.

This type of post is meaningless and off topic (I note you were very particular about this). Unlike the word omnishambles which perfectly describes the current state of Rangers.

No, I don't trust them to sort things out. I have been on about the direction of travel for years. Been told to stop being so negative.....but now we are where we were always heading. Took too long but Bennett was right l. However, it is a hugely difficult challenge to arrive at sustainability and maintain it. The expectation levels / timescales of the support (another thing I have talked about for years) make it so much more difficult. This allied to the rude financial health of our main rivals. Of course, it is about bringing competent executive management in. Still won't be easy.

Moving on is about getting our finances sorted out. Bennett told us the difficult truth. Souness tells us the moonbeams that many prefer to hear. What is plain is that we'd happily be duped again by spivs bearing warchests that evaporate into thin air.

Stay on topic, please 🤣