buster.

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 🤣

I explain why I don't take seriously what they say on the subject. I don't trust them. Not because of dishonesty, but for a proven lack of judgement. If Souness talks about football, then I will listen.

Souness "recommended" sir Duped who ruined our club to the point of it being worth one pound sterling. That is SDM's legacy. Recently, Souness offers the line about the need to spend 50M on 3 players. He isn't thinking in the real world. Gordon Smith worked for the man with a pound coin (not a billionaire) and despite all his various talents, supposedly couldn't see through Craig Whyte. When the direction of travel was obvious to anyone with an objective brain. First and foremost, Rangers need to get their finances under control. Bennett told us what was needed. Challenging, to say the least but correct. Souness tells us what we prefer to hear but as it stands, is pie in the sky.

Did Souness not encourage Sir Duped of Murray to come to Rangers ? Gordon Smith is so switched on that he was supposedly duped by Craig Whyte when directly involved. I will pass on their advice on matters such as how to run a football club.

Ask John Bennett and his family.

Clement talked of a meeting with the full board, in June. According to him, those at the table said, that if financial issues weren't properly addressed that the situation could become existential. Think about that. This was a meeting with those who are financing the club. Since then, we had a terrible summer transfer window where we could only bring in 810K for 5 permanent and 4 loan deals. Spend was over 13M and we still have to get the Barron fee confirmed. That shortfall will be for the next set of accounts in a years time.

I'm waiting on the alternative you are going to offer

Sir Duped of Murray was the main architect of our demise. He encouraged a habit of the quick fix to any problem. But the financing of that habit eventually broke us. The support got used to it and still want everything now, even when they have been told of the dire financial situation.

Ask John Bennett's wife about deserving to be hounded out and the effects. Ask other financial backers and major shareholders who have and are keeping the lights on, how they feel about the situation. Ask yourself what happens if you hound out those keeping the club solvent. Tell us how you hound major shareholders out. Tell us what the alternative is. ______________ Fans do have to take some of the responsibility but that is for a separate post.

Maybe a reason,.....is that the remit isn't very attractive. - impose real Austerity now - win everything immediately And if you don't you'll have an expectant and impatient support hounding you out.

Aye, some may be interested but they won't bother bringing their wallets because they know our negotiating position is terrible. "Get your Rangers players here, two furra pound" Summer window Permanent deals Lammers, Goldson, Cantwell, Wright and McCrorie. Plus 4 Loans including Davis Total incoming: 810,000 sterling Source: Rangers accounts

Many seem to think that Sanity Claus is coming to Ibrox soon, bearing many sack loads of money. As money doesn't seem to be an issue for them. A club and it's support addicted to hopeful rhetoric (eg. annual declaration that a player trading model is the way forward) and financial losses. Listen to John Bennett. He was the first person in a position of power to seriously begin to address the issue. Clement is our first manager who seems to have accepted that direction of travel and 'invested' in it. Break the habit!!

So why haven't we done it ?

We can only dream of a solid financial base, sensible medium to long term strategy and firm, unwavering leadership. 5 years of McCann, 60,000 capacity Stadium and 20 years of Lawwell. The trading model has taken them time to get right and they made a lot of mistakes en route. We have always wanted to take short cuts. Sometimes it worked for a spell but the general direction of travel was towards where we currently are. Time to do things properly and given finances, loss-making culture, expectations/timescales, it will be much more than challenging.

Suddenly happen upon a player trading model, become sustainable and win trophies. Easy !!!

You MIGHT get lucky and appoint the right people for a change. But turning this around will be painful and it will take time unless we are bringing in Harry Potter and his magic wand. Do you really think that this isn't difficult?

It is time we as fans and the boardroom for that matter, get real. Why would our fans expect the club to be well run after decades of it not being so? Hope, rather than expect. Monopoly money is required after you have spent all you have earned and serviced the debts.

It would take time to turn the club around into a sustainable business. It will be DIFFICULT. Relatively heavy loss making is in with the bricks. Along with the strategic acumen of a badly run bowling club. Look at the boardroom Look at the accounts Look at the football department Look at the playing squad #omnishambles Expect pain, hope that it isn't acute or long term.

We have been badly run for decades. We paid a price for that in 2012 but we didn't learn the lessons, despite saying we would. Not as a club or a support. We are paying a price for the latest decade of mismanagement. At last, John Bennett told us how it really is and what is needed. We seemed to reluctantly accept this but after a couple of months, it has been largely forgotten. The accounts seem to be dismissed and many fans want a new manager and new, better players in using monopoly money. Get real.

Well put. Fans need to understand this and temper expectations, short to medium term. Will they ? I doubt it and the general direction of travel will be towards no-where. Fans can shout all they want about expectations but they need to listen to what John Bennett said in the summer and read the accounts.

I don't disagree that we have been generally poor this season, but it isn't a surprise. We were highly likely to struggle this season. What has been a surprise is Aberdeen, but we'll see what the table looks like after 2 rounds of games (22). Despite this, we are in a cup final and are doing ok in Europe. We aren't going to finish better than 2nd in the league. With the injuries to the wingers and the lack of cover at centre forward, we were never going to break high scoring records. For me, it is upstairs that deserves the pressure. Gilligan hasn't supported the manager as he said he would.

We obviously aren't great. Hearts neither, but they have started to improve of late. That said, you can't ignore the fact that both teams were coming of the back of Thursday night European football.