stewarty

The accounts will no doubt reflect in part our relative lack of on-pitch success, our historic lack of ability to sell players on and manage the squad strategically to protect value and generate revenue via player trading... I suspect we will likely have traded at a loss last year, but accounts only reflect a true and fair view at a point in time, which for us is the 30th June. Since then our squad has gone through a significant change. Higher earners have mostly been moved on, and replaced with younger and cheaper players. The club has done a new shirt deal and is making positive noises about the new catering contracts, so commercially at least we appear to be incrementally improving our income base. So whatever negatives there may be, the Board will be seeking to balance that with a more optimistic future view. I'm reasonably confident therefore that we will be a long way off from being a considered a lost cause.

Lol... if you take the CEO recruitment issue in isolation, then no... but the wider context of leadership at the club is still in question, to the point where Clement has been fronting up and dealing with off the field issues during pressers. That doesn't really fill us with confidence, no matter the nice words they all say about each other.

Killie 1 - 3 Rangers FGS Cerny

The main focus should be on getting the right person. Recruitment of senior staff frequently takes longer than most other recruitment processes - e.g. its likely that some candidates are already in employment and will have lengthy notice periods. They'll likely be in very busy roles and carving out time for interviews may be an additional complication, especially if they're not based in the UK. I share the general frustration given it was the end of May when Bisgrove decided to take the Saudi coin, especially since we seemed to be quite far down the road with at least one person... but at this point, I'm not sure our experience is that out of the ordinary.

Perhaps. But you should think about trying it occasionally. You attract more bees with honey, as they say.

You've misunderstood my point. The point being that last year we spent way more on wages compare to 2021 (approx 30% more), yet achieved far less under their stewardship. That isn't an endorsement.

Woah there horsey! Nothing about what I said was to say everything is fine, quite the opposite. When Bennett took over as Chair, and even prior to that as Vice-Chair, he was waxing lyrical about the player trading model being fundamental to our sustainability financially. That culminated in this summer's transfer window with millions of potential transfer revenue walking away when their contracts ended. Thats just one example of ineffective leadership within the club that has cost us significant sums of money unnecessarily.

Disagree. Leadership, judgement, professionalism, good governance, performance management. There are lots of things that happen in football clubs that don't cost money. Or at least, are more about the people we employ and how effective they are. For the financial year 2023, our wages to turnover ratio in terms of playing budget was 51%, calculated approximately as £42-43m. Compared to 2021 when we won the league under Gerrard, it was £33.5m. For me thats a pretty stark evaluation of how effective the likes of Robertson, Bisgrove and Wilson have been, at least since Gerrard left. Throwing money at the problem is no longer the solution, its about using the money we have much much better. Just look at Man United. They've a billionaire owner and they throw money around like confetti, but you wont find too many of their fans who are happy with recent performances.

Rangers 2 - 1 Lyon FGS Bejrami

Changed my FGS pick now that dessers isn’t starting

Rangers 3-0 Hibs FGS Ingamame

Diomande for me. He was everywhere and his stats were impressive.

Some real positives for the manager manager last night, who has had to front up for the club in recent weeks more than he ought to. He's slowly coaching this group into a decent team; looking forward to building on this momentum. Agree with a lot of the positive comments about various players - Bejrami, Souttar, Diomande, etc; but the centre half union obliges me to comment on Propper who I thought was really steady and excellent on the ball. There were quite a few times where he pinged balls quickly between the lines as it broke to him, and it really put Malmo on the back foot just at moments where they were trying to press forward.

Yep, we’ll never know if he’s capable until we play him.

Malmo 1 - 2 Rangers fgs dessers

Rangers 4 - 0 Dundee FGS Dessers

Did McCrorie not pick up an injury?

Barron for me too. Was our best player in that opening 25 mins or so where we were dominant. Exactly the sort of energy we've missed of late.

DU 0 - 3 Rangers FGS Dessers

Dundee game will be at Ibrox! https://www.rangers.co.uk/article/rangers-confirm-dundee-fixture-to-be-played-at-ibrox/7sJmkKE4z5HPhPvIStcSaE

Celtic 2 - 2 Rangers FGS Dessers

Ouch. Thats a sore one, not least given the relatively soft draw that the other half of the old firm got last night.

Rangers 3 - 0 Ross County FGS Cerny