Hateley: If Rangers fans want a panto villain they should look to Kyle Lafferty

[ian1964 10,780]

RANGERS boss Ally McCoist has told Ibrox exodus stars Kyle Lafferty and Steven Naismith: I’d never have treated this club the way you did.

McCoist rapped FC Sion striker Lafferty and Everton hitman Naismith for quitting the stricken Glasgow giants and leaving them without a penny in transfer fees.

 

And he insisted the fact that seething supporters won’t welcome the pair back to Ibrox is the price they pay for their summer actions.

 

McCoist stressed: “It’s the easiest thing in the world for me to sit here and tell you I would have done it differently.

 

“And Ian Durrant would have done it differently. But we WOULD have done.

 

“People make their own decisions and have to live with them.

 

“I’m not criticising them, I just have to deal with the aftermath and that’s fine, move on.”

 

Lafferty spoke exclusively to SunSport last weekend of his hurt at not being able to go to Ibrox to support his boyhood heroes.

 

Naismith echoed those sentiments but McCoist insists they have only themselves to blame.

 

Both players turned down the chance to join Charles Green’s newco when Rangers went bust.

 

The Ibrox gaffer said: “There’s no use moaning about it now.

 

“They had plenty of time to make the decision and now the fans have made theirs. It’s not as if the fans are doing anything wrong.

 

“They made the decision which they felt was right for them — and that’s fine. I don’t have a problem with that.”

 

Meanwhile, McCoist has urged the ruling bodies to make a quick decision on league reconstruction.

 

A series of options are on the table and he does not want the issue to drag on into the New Year.

 

Coisty said: “Effectively we’re in the same position as last year — we don’t know where we will be.

 

“It looks like it will be SFL2 if we get promoted, fingers crossed, which will be great. But the way things are shaping up, we would have to prepare for either SFL2 or 3.

 

“It’s incredibly difficult.

 

“I was reading Rod Petrie — and maybe I’m reading too much into it — but I think from Rod’s point of view we would be in the 18 (remaining SFL clubs), so effectively everybody would benefit from that apart from us.

 

“In an ideal world we’d know at the turn of the year so we can prepare.”

[the gunslinger 3,366]

I'm pragmatic. naisy stayed and signed for 5 years when Boyd, miller and novo walked.

 

then he certainly did the dirty on us but who kbnows. would Everton have wanted him if he want a free.

 

look at edu, goian and Boca. a stoke reserve and two players not playing in the top division.

 

footballers are mercenaries, that's not news to me and it shoyldnt be news to anyone else.

[simplythebest 0]

Surely Everton would have paid what would have been a much reduced fee from his market value? I fear for him in the long run there if they wouldn't have.

 

Our most sellable assets seemed to be the ones that walked out which was annoying, there were reduced release clauses but add it up and there was still a few million there.

 

Goian and Boca are the wrong side of their 30s and Edu has always been a bit hit and miss, but Stoke did pay us something which was good.

 

Of course they are but I just felt walking out on long term contracts like that (legal right to or not) took the mercenary stuff to a new level, especially when they still had a pretty easy exit route via the clauses and us simply not being able to afford the wage bill for too long.

Edited December 15, 2012 by simplythebest

[the gunslinger 3,366]

Surely Everton would have paid what would have been a much reduced fee from his market value? I fear for him in the long run there if they wouldn't have.

 

Our most sellable assets seemed to be the ones that walked out which was annoying, there were reduced release clauses but add it up and there was still a few million there.

 

Goian and Boca are the wrong side of their 30s and Edu has always been a bit hit and miss, but Stoke did pay us something which was good.

 

Of course they are but I just felt walking out on long term contracts like that (legal right to or not) took the mercenary stuff to a new level, especially when they still had a pretty easy exit route via the clauses and us simply not being able to afford the wage bill for too long.

 

maybe they would maybe not.

[the gunslinger 3,366]

that's gospel from super there. hately was world class super was as good as any striker that's ever lived. these days he would be worth 50 million.

[simplythebest 0]

Did we ever have serious interest for Ally in the 90s? Obviously finances didn't exactly dictate back then that we'd have to sell him.

[the gunslinger 3,366]

Did we ever have serious interest for Ally in the 90s? Obviously finances didn't exactly dictate back then that we'd have to sell him.

 

when super was at his best we were more likely to be buying wod class than selling it.

[Gribz 966]

Hateley spot on again this week.

 

Out of the '3 Stevens' Davis is the only one I dont use energy up on. He kept quiet and actually had a decent Gers career. The other 2 Stevens - Whittaker and Naismith can jog on.

[simplythebest 0]

Can't agree Gribz, Davis was our 'captain' and he should have lead the way for players to transfer over to get the club a fee.

[the gunslinger 3,366]

didn't we get afee for Davis.