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  1. buster.
    I'll pay for his taxi to the airport.
  2. buster.
    Whilst on this, it's been noticeable of late (last week or so) that many media outlets have pointedly made reference to all the details regards numbers and how the DK Tax Case was settled with the SA authorities. I think it points to correspondence from Toxic Jack being sent to various meda outlets with such detail layed out very clearly. Let me make it clear that I'm not pretending it (taxcase and subsequent settlement) didn't happen or am I saying the media shouldn't go with it. I am saying that it shows the media up in a bad light, that this publicly available detail wasn't reported clearly at an earlier juncture and seemed to require it being fed to them which in turn allowed one side 'tactical timing' regards said detail. As for your point DB, I'm not sure what it was but am not in a rush to find out.
  3. buster.
    Do you believe that DK&Co have 'dishonest or profiteering intentions' regards their present negotiations about Rangers ?
  4. buster.
    They are starting to rip the p**h out of us rather more blatantly.
  5. buster.
    Seems as if he changed sources at some point in the second half of the summer. Certainly sucking on the Toxic slant these days. I'd see this as almost encouraging.
  6. buster.
    As I've said before, the dropping of the term "Champions League" into the general lexicon on a particular issue was a devious and clever spinning tool that has a soothing effect regards opinion on any prospective Ashely involvement. However it jumps straight from the our present situation and places us in the CL group stages without telling us how this would happen and how it would be funded. A lazy media tend to then use it and help the spin gain credibility and for many it becomes accepted fact. Green was more blatant regards his "staying until the CL music was playing at Ibrox" but it fed duped supporters intoxicating sweeties and mental imagery.
  7. buster.
    No-one is coming to pump in tens of millions for philanthropic reasons but the main difference between King and the rest is that the former would run or have run the business with the club in mind whilst the latter would be doing so for profit that would leave 'in their pockets'. That is to say, run as a football club and not as a corporate vehicle to profit from. Regards the CV and his tax offences from SA, they are now settled. Unlike Rafat Rizvi who is still 'wanted'.
  8. buster.
    I think you have to differentiate between King and the likes of Green/Ashely in that the broad intentions are very different. That isn't to say that the intended route from A to B will be a smooth one or that to make it a more viable & less expensive proposition, DK wouldn't be prepared or see as the best option, to tread a risky and unpleasent path. We are where we are and there is no easy route back, if there is a route at all.... The likes of Green / Ashely would take us on the route to destruction / no-where.
  9. buster.
    The irony is that with a McMessi it would have worked. For all the millions and millions of words that have praised Barcelona over the Guardiola reign, Messi in his pomp was well over 50% of the reason it was so successful.
  10. buster.
    Bottomline..................... Ashely is pivotal.
  11. buster.
    Let's look at what actually tends to happen,........the vast majority go backwards. That reality certainly isn't a requirement of a Rangers manager but has been balanced by throwing money we don't have at the perceived solutions that actually tend to firefight rather than build any secure base. The overall equation was generally similar when Walter Smith was in charge but differed in that his management added a significant amount to coming out with a short-term positive result. When you lack the managerial skills within that equation, then to come out with a positive result, you'll need extra finance, which we don't have. This is a problem that we've had for many years and needs to be addressed or we aren't viable as a business.
  12. buster.
    Yes,..... if indeed they stay in charge. I think for it to work for the sp.ivs, they'd need Ashely 'on board' / supporting them / propping them up. 1. Auditors sign off 2. A base to optimistic spin going forward 3. Some finance to give fans an early sweetner and change momentum 4. Keep spinning next springtime regards "assault on top tier" and "new players" 5. Take ST money in. If Ashely was in with them, the spi.vs may have to accept reduced margins regards 'money out' but we get into very speculative territory.
  13. buster.
    A comic interlude with several different ways of relating the video to our situation. Monty Python-The Black Knight
  14. buster.
    Yes, but boadly the objectives stay the same and have to be paid for.
  15. buster.
    The strategy that came from the Long Business Review stated that it needed between 20M-30M of investment during the next three years and that would have been over and above the ongoing revenue streams. If it was serious regards it's objectives, then you'd have been looking for this investment to be mainly 'frontloaded'. To change business model to a more sustainable version there needs to be money spent on paying off X & Y and on infrastructure. Not forgetting the money required for maintaining the stadium. In short We need piles and piles and piles of dosh to get back on the road to somewhere.
  16. buster.
    One of the hidden factors is how close Ashely is with the 'Easdale Fronted'. Ashely was courted from summer 2012 and was tieing up one-sided contracts and ventures with Green from the word go. Can Green offer Ashely ongoing value going forward, taking into consideration the politics and fallout ? What would any loan be secured on ?
  17. buster.
    McCoist has never won any argument with "vocal detractors". He simply carries on regardless and has always tended to patronise supporters by pressing the right buttons at the right time. Not the only person in football to do so. It's unusual to see him say something like the "toys out of the pram" and tbh I welcome it, in that at least he is being up front and honest for a change.
  18. buster.
    Maybe it's just tabloidspeak but I'd be careful with what I was 'demanding' from Ashely. He's got the wherewithall to blow you out of the water if he wants to. As Richard Wilson says I think Ashely is pivotal. If he isn't willing to step up and put forward a sizable loan then the option to remain solvent points to DK&Co.
  19. buster.
    Not the wisest thing to say when you state yourself that it's an argument you can never win.
  20. buster.
    That's a variation on what was said by or for King a couple of days ago regards the Easdale fronted proxy vote. IIRC he said their support was essential, which in part it obviously is.
  21. buster.
    Yes, but I think it would need to be of the eight figure variety for Deloittes to sign off the going concern and whoever puts up that money is going to get the leverage, one way or another. Changing to a less reputable auditor would be a very negative sign and I doubt something that whoever emerges as 'victor' would want to see. I would welcome clarification from the Financial Bears.
  22. buster.
    It's Green and those behind him who decide what goes for the 26.15% proxy block. If you're asking Easdale to switch by himself, can't see it.
  23. buster.
    Is the long grass an option if RIFC need Deloittes to sign off the business as a going concern ?
  24. buster.
    He certainly seems to have entered into the spirit of the 'rolling' contract.
  25. buster.
    Yes, although they are for illustration purposes and I won't be running a book. I'd agree that all things considered (as they now stand 'on paper'),...... they should qualify directly for the CL group stage comfortably, ie. 3rd place. We'll see what happens................
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