buster.
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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.
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I wouldn't get too hung up on what happened the other night. I believe there was an unfortunate and regretable incident which may even be categorized as assault, details are sketchy. This should obviously be condemed and as Frankie says care taken so as to lessen the chances of it being repeated. But given it didn't take place at the location of the protest, nor at the time of the protest and nor is it known who actually committed any such assault...........then the blame should be layed at the door of the individual(s) concerned rather than stigmitize the protest as a whole. If the world stopped for every isolated incident then nothing would happen. The main reason that the mood of the protest seemed to be somewhat angrier than many other protests was IMO the same reason why a widerspread cross-section of the support felt that a rubicon had been crossed and until we remedy the root cause of that ('positive' changes in the boardroom) then the root cause of any bad feeling will only get worse.
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Fairly standard reply. They replied to the Ashley request of a General Meeting saying..........."The Board is united in its support of the executive team. If the Notice is valid and is not withdrawn, the Directors intend to recommend that Shareholders vote against the proposed resolutions" Two days later Somers wrote that e-mail which contradicted the above a tadge......."“Meanwhile I have received a formal proposal for a deal from Dave King and my board are clamouring for a board call to discuss it and no doubt approve it. A board on which James and I are in a minority."
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December 2014: "Austerity, I'm no going to be popular"....Llambias January 2015: Significant fan protests = roll out the 'enhancing of the playing squad' line. What they meant to say was that most will be out of contract at the end of the season and we'll be forced to look for players. Once again they use an official announcement to spin a line.... They should rename them 'Regulatory Moonbeams'. Deceitful, untrustworthy misleading bastards
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Pub chain pull plug on showing Celtic-Rangers cup tie...
buster. replied to ian1964's topic in Rangers Chat
With all the media talk about 'a fear of violence', I do hope they won't be hugely hypocritical and cover the build-up in a way that is at all inflammatory..............but you know they will. -
My original question didn't have anything to do with the SFA or Rangers.
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If SA law/regulation/authorities don't have a say, then who would ?
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Nothing is straightforward and regards DK, it won't be newspapers, messageboards, bloggers or spindoctors who would make any decisions on any representative involvement with Rangers, although they will try and influence supporters opinions and instill doubt. Let's seperate what would be the decision from the speculation. For many, the speculation is a tactic within the current 'battle' that kicked off in earnest on Friday evening when the EGM was called, the first major salvo was always going to be the Sunday newspapers. Questions 1. Would King have embarked on his plans if he thought he'd be refused when actually arriving at the door ? 2. Considering the cited convictions, why do the SA authorities allow him to sit on the board of registered companies that trade in the stock exchange ? ------------------------------------------------- I find it somewhat ironic that the media go down this line of the timely questioning of circumstances surronding individuals who put themselves forward to get involved in our boardroom saga when they have been posted missing when some of the 'robbing scheming bastards' were given a different treatment. What it points to is a standard of journalism that is reactionary and spoon-fed rather than investigative. Journalism that is used by others to further their interests (that includes 'various sides'). Journalism that is not independent and generally serves to prolong our agonies (& their sales). Journalism that was exploited by Sir Duped and Toxic back in the day to lay the ground for a less resistant enviroment re. fan opinion. As UKPLC strides forward in expensive shoes and 'lite regulation', the fabric of our society changes and the new cloth ain't pretty. Rangers have become a very public example of what can happen within this enviroment.
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Good to be informed and have the RST do this necessary labour in the best interests of our club. Not surprising on the legal front. The board(s) either directly or indirectly have made an artform in misleading through actions and words. Nor is it surprising that dependent on upcoming events individuals may be able to be held accountable for their actions for present activities, never mind what has gone on in the past.
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Priority Remove all presence of Ashley influence and of the Easdale Block influence from the executive board . At this present moment, the fans have probably never been so unified in their condemnation of the actual board and efforts must be made to carry this forward looking at the bigger picture rather than the relatively trivial. From this moment on, we will experience another bout of aggressive 'crisis-management from toxic spin-doctors looking to push doubts and division. We have already witnessed what can happen in the summer 0f 2013 when forensic accountant, Frank Blin was forced out in similar circumstances. We can hope lessons have been learnt and that individuals are prepared for what will come as the the beneficiaries of the 'onerous contracts' set the toxic attack-dogs loose. I hope that Paul Murray has learnt lessons of how to go about this because it has very little to do with what he is qualified for. His accountancy or directorial skills would be for later if the requisition was to be successful. I don't know John Gilligan but perhaps it's horses for courses and the next few weeks require someone with his skillset. Quite apart from the financial and corporate, this will be a 'dirty-war' and I'd advise not to lose sight of that Number One priority, to remove the Ashley and Easdale block influence from executive power where they have done untold damage..........
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Have done all the way through the soap opera. Only time I've seen any of them worried was CW after putting us into administration.