franker

For my sins , I used to peruse a Celtic blog in bygone days of yore. This blog was frequented by a number of Celtic supporting journalists ( confirmed to me by an acquaintance who worked at the Record) One tim journalist( not at the Record) used the pseudonym of an IRA terrorist and a member of the fascist Maria Duce. Recent reports of an unsavoury incident at Murrayfield by Rangers fans came to mind when I remembered a number of angry posts on said blog when Celtic played Legia Warsaw in 2014 at the same stadium. Celtic lost and the blog was full of angry tims about the team , manager, players and of the behaviour of their own fans . Celtic fans in the stadium and the surrounding area had threatened violence to Legia fans and some had racially abused the Polish supporters. Despite the number of journalists looking in to this blog , they, in their professional career decided to keep schtum , not one of them IIRC wrote about these incidents. Conversely, when the story broke about alleged involvement by Rangers fans at the weekend, journalists piled in desperate to get more details and now Neil Drysdale has vowed to not let this pass as he sees the cricket pitch as some sacred area. More from him will follow he promises. Can I make clear, that if any so called Rangers fan has indeed behaved as alleged then I hope they are charged by the police and banned for life by the club. I would have wanted the same treatment for the Celtic fans involved in the Legia game. The conundrum is, by their action or lack of it, Celtic supporting journalists disagree.

I suppose this is a follow on from Frankies rip it up and start again post. Whilst not disagreeing with his premiss, the problem is, can we trust those in charge to get it right? Whilst its understandable to slate certain players I feel we have to go beyond what becomes and easy target and look at the decision makers at the club particularly the board. Stand back for a minute and look at the last couple of years. We have changed 2 managers , 1 director of football, 2 key figures at Auchenhowie and the ignominy of losing our kit man and a tribunal to boot over his dismissal. Rangers football club on that turnover of key staff in a short space of time indicates to me we are not a well run business. Rumour has it , we almost lost our commercial guru to the EPL until a heart to heart with our board and a promotion to CEO took care of that. In times of change/crisis I would expect someone to step forward and explain in clear terms the way forward for Rangers and what key changes we will make beyond the playing staff. I’m sure I’m not the only one bored with the drama that seems to engulf our club at times like these . Time for those at the top to step up as well as the squad .

Trust me, the major players wanted in, Adidas in particular but the timing of the termination of the existing deal meant it was not possible. PS I find your comments on religion and race are the kind of comments you would find on message boards from the other side of the city.

We have a few weeks to go before the start of the season and i would sack the manager today and use that time to get an experienced manager in .

Interesting comments Anchorman and it ties in with that many of us suspect that the original leak ref the big tax case came from within HMRC

Frankie, so sad to read about this and thoughts go out to Gordons family. RIP Bluebear54

Filled it in- i don't think they will be happy to take my advice somehow….

King should have offered an interest free loan and played Irvine at his own game and leaked his offer. In this long running game of poker it would have given him an edge within the wider support in his attempts to take control of the club.

I'm going - got confirmation email yesterday

Couple of points following last nights news. I am told that the board turned against Ian due to his continuing arguing for the removal of McCoist as manager and in addition , there is also concern of the details of his acquisition of shares in the club. I suspect that the Mather led board( or should that be Easdales?) feel ditching him before the AGM is one of a number of sacrifices they are prepared to make if it saves their own positions.

It was good to see this month joint statements by the RST, Assembly and Association. We often despair at the rivalry of the online Rangers community, but these three groups have shown supporters can come together, albeit in a time of crisis, and find a common voice. I was concerned that Charles Green and some on the current board would, to suit their own ends, try and cause a split amongst these main supporters bodies . The supporters groups responses to the departure of Walter and the proposed board changes/EGM have given me hope and fingers crossed this co operation can continue well into the future .

Lets hope Media House take it in good grace. Wouldn't want Jack to take the hump and target Traynor and others at the club.

Good news. I hope the club consider doing the bulk of the PR work in house.

Tennents paid both old firm clubs upfront and they are working on a full stadium rebranding as we speak- confused? i am

The figures exclude season ticket holders- a back of the fag packet calculation would add another say 4 million to the figure published