Danny 0 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 This is a thread from Boss over on RM, who claims to have a contact who he's saying he's broken the confidence of with this post. Iâ??m probably breaking a confidence but trying to justify to myself that Iâ??m really just bending the line as far as I can. This has come from the insolvency guru that has explained much to me in recent days. This is what I was told â?? believe it or dismiss it as you wish. Hopefully word will filter through to those that need told that there are no secrets, there are no discussions that will forever remain private if Rangers do collapse. The players did not take us to this point but the supporters have a right to know which players may be about to hit the first blow in the last nail. An agreement had been reached in principle for the 75:50:25 wage cuts. Then two of our highest paid players, both out injured just now, told the Administrators that their wage cut should only be 50% as they couldnâ??t earn win bonuses. This despite picking up their full wages to date while on the sick and not being able to kick a ball in achieving those wins. The Administrators were angered that they were backtracking on the agreement and were ready to make them redundant and implement the agreement among the other players. Then a third, highly paid, player met with the Administrators and demanded that a £1m release clause be inserted in his contract in case â??he didnâ??t like the new ownersâ?. Clearly that was impossible for the Administrators to agree to â?? they would be writing £2m off an asset, all for the sake of saving about £300k in wages from that player between now and the summer. A fourth player decided that he could only now afford a 50% cut as he had cars to finance and debts to pay. It was following these discussions that the Administrators decided that an early sale may be preferable to what was beginning to look like the decimation in the value of the squad if four of our biggest assets were made redundant. Compare and contrast the attitudes of those four players, three of whom are massive Rangers fans, with two other players. It has been well documented that one highly paid player offered to play for nothing. That is correct. What isnâ??t well known is that another senior player decided that heâ??s made enough money from football/Rangers and that he would be prepared to walk away with nothing and probably retire. If in the next 24 hours there is no sign of a quick sale being possible, and there is no change of heart from these senior players, there will probably be massive redundancies. If Rangers do not complete their matches this season, the hypocrisy of those players will never be forgotten. Indeed their intransigence may have already engendered the sale to a newco and liquidation of the current company. I know deep down that I have broken a confidence and lost a source but I had no choice. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueMazza 0 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 I may end up in a minority, but I won't completely castigate players who look to themselves. The argument about money made whilst 'sick' is a poor one. Millions of employees elsewhere get sick pay, it's unfair to say this despite picking up their full wages to date while on the sick and not being able to kick a ball in achieving those wins. Of course, this makes it more obvious who is who but I won't take part in abusing them 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bears 0 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 This is what we were dreading. Hopefully this being released will force the players into submission 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,815 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 A thread with this same information was pretty quickly closed over at FF. I for one would be surprised if e.g. Naismith (after his recent speech) would go this route. I wouldn't be surprised if Whittaker would. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forlanssister 3,114 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 As informative as this is the result will be innocent players having their character assassinated, perhaps names should have accompanied the story. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 5,679 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 The implication is that it is Whittaker, Naismith, Davis and Lafferty. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 5,679 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 A thread with this same information was pretty quickly closed over at FF. That'd be because the article came from Boss. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forlanssister 3,114 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 The implication is that it is Whittaker, Naismith, Davis and Lafferty. That's what I read into it but I doubt everybody will assume that. I assume the player willing to play for free is Lee McCulloch and the one willing to retire is Sasa Papac. But then again I was well warned yesterday not to 'assume' anything in this entire sorry saga... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 5,679 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 That's what I read into it but I doubt everybody will assume that. I assume the player willing to play for free is Lee McCulloch and the one willing to retire is Sasa Papac. But then again I was well warned yesterday not to 'assume' anything in this entire sorry saga... They may not, and I agree with your sentiment. Boss was fairly quick to imply that McGregor wasn't one of them, so it ended up being fairly clear who he meant. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyk 158 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 (edited) Let Whittaker go for starters he won't be missed "Then two of our highest paid players, both out injured just now, told the Administrators that their wage cut should only be 50% as they couldnâ??t earn win bonuses." Ha ha what a joke Edited March 8, 2012 by johnnyk 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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