buster.
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Spiers has helped Irvine on and off now for the last couple of years. I reckon its simply the opinion of English and he can be a bit like a dug wi a bone.
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Proposal for club to engage in fansgroup dialogue exclusively with the RFB. Answer to complaints: Send an e-mail Next-up: We don´t consider individual e-mails to be worth bothering about, even when it evident that the sender isn´t really a lone gunman.
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Regards ACD comment This is an RFB that proposed to organize a communications committee wrt social media They said at the first meeting...." We have a responsibility as the RFB to conduct ourselves as such and using appropriate discretion and judgment" Interestingly enough looking at those minutes from the first meeting, they left the door open to denigrate those who are not 'elected'. Minutes from first meeting http://www.rangers.co.uk/images/FansBoard/Minutes/RFB_Minutes_061014.pdf
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As you say the reply was akin to having a 'lone gunman' theory despite there being video evidence that has a Brigade's compliment of men armed with automatic weapons. Glass Question It is my belief that the FB needs to publicly propose a vote of “no confidence” in the current Rangers Board. Failure to do so would see the FB being viewed as part of the problem, rather than part of the solution. If the FB does not have the stomach for this, then they should at least formally propose a motion of no confidence in the Club Chairman, whose performance at last week’s AGM was utterly disgraceful, indeed repugnant. RFB answer After discussion it was agreed that RFB’s role is not that of voting no confidence or otherwise but to represent fans overall and not one individual fans request ------------------------------------------------------ That discussion would have been interesting to listen to because I'm sure there would have been RFB input pointing to a large number of fans with similar questions, never mind shareholders who made their thoughts clear on the day of the AGM. However, there must have been more voices or more influential voices lifting up the carpet to sweep the question under. This suggests a reluctance to face-up to reality, an inability to read a situation, a majority in agreement with how board operate, influence coming from the club or a combination of the afore-mentioned. At the same time, I'd have to mention and welcome the statement on the issue of Ibrox/advance notice to secure loan. -------------------------------------------------------------------
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We had the familar 'about to sell Newcastle Utd' line last week. Has that now faded away ? Any excuse to make the link,.....here we have a 117M sale to supposedly fund 10M.
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A decent interviewer with knowledge of past could absolutely rip him to shreads. The only time he put himself up a difficult interview was when he seemed to be working his ticket. Sky sports is the equivalent to The Beano and Jim White isn't a decent interviewer.
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Green saved Ashley paying out a 'normal' price for the retail & Commercial deals (2012) so as Mike can make mucho cashley.
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Imaginary book being run.............. Spouts bullshit..........................................................1/100 Is in to get his Rangersitis looked at......................5/1 Has Bill Gates lined up to invest.............................8/1 Has chatted-up a 'Paki nurse'.................................16/1 Has found Dallas Cowboys e-mail.........................20/1 Has 15M Coca Cola stadium naming deal ready..33/1 Is asking potato farmers to make offers................33/1
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Interesting to see lawyers descend on Gersnet so quickly after not to be mentioned untrue rumours surfaced this morning. Some might think it tends to back-up theories that certain individuals enjoy the 'protection' that a certain proxy block may offer.
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Easdale Buy More Shares (but loses some voting rights)
buster. replied to coolk's topic in Rangers Chat
I'm hoping that the 'pea-souper' will have the pirates hit a large iceberg. -
Please, please be true..........I'd open a bottle Someone start a 24hour rolling news programme dedicated to Rangers, within a week you'd need a second.
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Agreed wrt Alex Neil, I think he may go onto become a top class manager. Although I doubt he'd have wanted the Rangers job in the present circumstances.
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As it stands, no. But there is a better than evens chance that he will be handed a spade or a settlement before long.
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If he is to carry on as first team manager that would take the level of self-harming dysfunctionality of our football operation to new levels and it would be a matter of time before it hit a wall doing 90mph (probably 12 days). If he is to stay in charge, it may be that they want him to stay for the Celtic game so as they can 'offer a head' in the wake of an expected bad result. We have become the longest running Monty Python sketch for the world to laugh at.
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Easdale Buy More Shares (but loses some voting rights)
buster. replied to coolk's topic in Rangers Chat
Good to see Rats deserting the proxy ship (if that's what it is). Not so good to see the 'block' more or less retain it's percentage stakeholding as it suggests they are for digging their heels in, but then it was always going to be thus. That said, I wouldn't trust that what has happened is how it seems. The Easdale block is a 'mysterious' place where there is a continual 'pea-souper' of a fog. -
Until you sort out the root problems you are whistling in the wind. eg. To a degree Green took on board this route of gaining favour amongst the fanbase. He did it in a way which was playing to a gallary rather than being constructive, ie. using it for his own interests. eg. Whyte took on the BBC (post October'12 documentary) and it not only hijacked a fan protest at Pacific Quay but helped blind much of the support to what was in front of them. Our main and most damaging issue with the media over a number of years has been Jack Irvine/Mediahouse and he will use all what he considers as good material to further the interests of his remit. This includes indirectly whipping up hysteria against X and Y or promoting A or B for so doing.
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There have over the 7 years of Ashley at Newcastle, been numerous occasions when it's been said that he was about to sell Newcastle United. I have no doubt that he'd be prepared to have hints dropped so as to create speculation that might benefit his interests at any given time. Until the club has been sold, I'd ignore all such 'noises'.
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Blacklists and invisible cabal hunting aren't constructive. It's living in a 'pretend world' when real challanges have to be faced and solutions found.
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We are an omnishambles and are in many directions deserving of flak and criticism. We should concentrate on sorting out our root problems.
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Our true problems have been sitting in the boardroom for the past few years. Finding solutions has proven difficult but it seems at least now the VAST majority recognise where the main problem lies......... ...and why we have got such a black hole in our finances.
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Yes, todays society is trying to introduce a different mindset regards public protest. There is a general situation which is ripe for widespread public protest and even civil disobedience given some of the worrying tendencies in the distribution of wealth and the marginalisation of large groups. Efforts to dumb down, stigmatize, deter, new legislation are geared to stop people from expressing themselves via protest. It's a stealthly way of reducing free speech/civil liberties or the threat that they may pose to the status quo.
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The same person who advises Merlin on his narrative and has Chris McLaughlin (BBC Scotland) on speed dial.
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Didn't think you were old chap ! The current 'heavyweight' incumbents don't deserve mars bars, they'd just pick them up and eat them,.....better the old 'penny chews' ...
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It's protest numbers and empty blue seats that concern them. There should be no violence. Not only because we don't want anyone to be hurt but it enables deflection and may discourage some peaceful protestors. As for fear, the fear of losing executive control is enough. Ashley is still making the decisions and he won't be coming anywhere near Glasgow.
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The politics within could be a little more complicated given that you have Irvine representing the Easdale block and any alliance to MASH/Ashley may not necessarily endure. The big differences this time are that the 'good guys' seem to have a stakeholding that genuinely threatens the incumbents, the general feeling within a more unified support and an increased awareness of spoiling tactics. However Ashley still holds good cards and much depends on how he wants to play it.