Bill

Another quietly antagonistic non-story about Rangers.

Think you’re underestimating McInnes. Personally I think if he tells Miller or anyone else to “shut it”, it will be shut and stay shut.

Yup, that’s what I’d like to know too.

What chance the top two teams both dropping points this weekend? I could see it happening.

An interesting contribution.... https://www.rangersobserver.com/views/2017/11/2/next-rangers-boss-the-case-for-derek-mcinnes

The least controversial choice would be Alves ... until the new manager takes over, when a more permanent decision will be required.

There's something wrong here. He may not be a political heavyweight but do we really have so many friends in politics that we can so easily belittle and cast aside those we do have?

The main impact of converting these loans to equity will be to increase the dilution of existing shareholders, since I imagine this will be beyond the reach of pre-emption rights. On the other hand I could be talking bollocks.

Completely agree. The more I see of Kevin Thomson the more I see an articulate and informed coach and tactician. Top bloke.

Quite the opposite. If Ryan Jack allowed opponents to bully him with impunity I'd be questioning his attitude. Many of the great Rangers players I've watched over the last 50 years would have put Broadfoot on a stretcher for what he did. Instead of whining and moralising about Jack's willingness to stand up for himself, the team and the club, we should be standing up for him wholeheartedly. Being up for the physical battle is a positive attribute he has brought to the club and I welcome it.

Another non-story, intended only to waft more negativity about Rangers. Does Robert Collins really believe Dave King has been carrying that £20m debt as an asset all these years in the expectation of full recovery. Any hit (if there actually is one) was taken long ago. Journalism in this country seems to cater only for the profoundly uninformed and the terminally gullible.

I think they're both utterly terrifying and the fact they're even mentioned makes me think the support has lost its collective mind.

I can only assume it's because they now think he really will be the new Rangers manager.

Sounds like a load of old tosh tbh. The wonderful world of football makes Coronation St look like a factual documentary.

Is there any other way?

As a regular visitor to Murrayfield myself, I don't know if I'm entirely at ease with the thought of riff raff using the place on a routine basis :laugh:

As much or more than Bill Struth, Scot Symon, Jock Wallace, Graeme Souness, Walter Smith, or Alex McLeish? Still, what did they ever achieve eh?

With respect, I don't think we can blame this one on Thatcher. Here's what Wiki says... After the cancellation of the annual Scotland v England fixture in 1989, questions were raised as to whether Scottish football required a separate national stadium.[55] Rangers proposed Ibrox as an alternative venue, while Murrayfield was about to be redeveloped without public funding.[52][55][57] None of these arguments impressed the National Stadium committee, which consisted of the SFA, Scottish Football League and Queen's Park.[55] The West Terrace was converted to seating in 1991 for only £700,000, but this left two terraces and therefore disqualified Hampden from hosting FIFA World Cup qualification matches.[55] The UK Government eventually provided a grant of £3.5 million in 1992, which allowed work to begin on a £12 million project to convert Hampden into an all-seater stadium.[51][55][58] The last match played in front of the sloping terraces was the 1992 Scottish League Cup Final.[56] Within a year, the east and west ends of the ground had been replaced and the partially rebuilt Hampden was re-opened for a friendly match between Scotland and Netherlands on 23 March 1994.[55] It was then also used for the later stages of the 1993–94 Scottish Cup competition.[59] As the capacity of the old South Stand had been limited to 4,500, the total capacity of Hampden had been reduced to approximately 37,000.[55] With Celtic Park also undergoing extensive redevelopment to become all-seater, Celtic spent the 1994–95 season groundsharing at Hampden, at a cost of £500,000 rent.[60] The final stage of the renovation began in November 1997, with its £59 million cost funded by the National Lottery.[52][35][61] There was a cost overrun[52] and a fraud squad investigated alleged financial irregularities.[62] The South Stand was replaced and the stadium was re-opened for the 1999 Scottish Cup Final.[63] The ground now has a capacity of 51,866.[1] Queen's Park retained ownership of the ground, with the SFA holding a lease due to run until 2020.[64]

Medical research?

The Principality Stadium was not "created out of the old Cardiff Arms Park", which is still there. And yes, it is used for a whole raft of sporting and other events. With the benefit of a greenfield site and a little forethought, a new stadium here could be the centrepiece of a world class sporting complex. But that's impossible of course because a. It's not Hampden b. It's not in Glasgow c. It's ... well it's ... different ... and ambitious d. We're really just small-minded people in a small-minded country

Congratulations to him, well deserved recognition.

Yes and if we want to be completely pedantic we would also need an 18 hole golf course, a ski slope and a mountain bike track. Let's be serious, if the Welsh can do it, surely we can come up with something better than we've got.

I like it. Although it would be nice to be able to vote for your top three players in order.

Why would you knock down Murrayfield? Unless it was to use the site for a new stadium of course. But that wouldn't improve access, traffic management, parking, transport integration, etc any more than the current logistical nightmare of Hampden.

According to the latest figures, Glasgow has 11% of Scotland's population. The idea of Glaswegians having to drive 20 minutes up the motorway might seem absurd but the rest of the country has been doing it for years and I'm sure the people of Glasgow would learn to cope in time. In any case, my proposition wasn't for a new football stadium but for a new national stadium for all sports and other national events. Not funded by football, not for the benefit of one city, but funded by the nation as an essential piece of national infrastructure.