Zappa 0 Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Personally, I don't see anything wrong with the board calling King out in public. So far King has played things through the media. The details of whether King has actually offered financial assistance etc have got somewhat muddied due to conflicting media reports. The board have now issues an undeniable offer - "Lets sit down & talk". I agree that the general wording could have been substantially better, but the message is blunt & too the point. There's several reasons why it's completely different for King to be playing a lot of these things out in the media. He's on the outside of the Club looking in from a distance of 6000 miles at a boardroom who've refused to involve him despite him having offered numerous times to get involved and to help the Club. It's only now that he's started causing the current occupants of the Rangers boardroom some very public problems that they all of a sudden have time to listen to him. There's also the fact that a fair number of hacks in the Scottish press appear to have King on speed dial and it seems as if he generally answers their questions. He's under no obligation to decline to comment, but the Chairman, CEO and directors don't have the same luxury because they currently serve the company and the Club in official capacities. There's fundamental differences in they way they can and should be using the press. The current board's actions since the AGM raise questions about whether they're really "ready to listen" or not because it's taken King to start rallying the fans and preparing to go to war with them for them to offer to sit down with him and even then, it seems more like a PR damage limitation effort, than a genuine offer to sit down and talk about getting Dave King involved in helping Rangers like he wants to. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebear54 0 Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Bottom line the board has to engage with Dave King if there is to be any sort of resolution to this Changed that for you CD. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darthter 542 Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 He's on the outside of the Club looking in from a distance of 6000 miles at a boardroom who've refused to involve him despite him having offered numerous times to get involved and to help the Club. Yet the club say they have received very little communication, and no formal offer or proposal of financial assistance from King.....someone is either lying or being economical with the truth!!! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmu 0 Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Isn't that a bit "controlling" bluebear? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Yet the club say they have received very little communication, and no formal offer or proposal of financial assistance from King.....someone is either lying or being economical with the truth!!! Well, there's flat out lying or just being economical with the truth, but there's also twisting the truth to suit by wording things in certain ways. Take your pick, but remember that it's not King who employs Toxic Jack to spin PR. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forlanssister 3,114 Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 He responds.... Dave King: I'll meet Rangers board to discuss funding crisis Dave King has refused to back down from his increasingly bitter row with the Rangers board after accepting chairman David Somers' invitation to a showdown. Somers wrote an open letter to the former director on Monday, summoning him to a meeting as he demanded King explain his recent statements attacking the board. King says he would be "delighted" to meet with the Ibrox boardroom chief but criticised the way the invitation was made, claiming it felt like he was being sent to the headmaster for "a caning". The South Africa-based businessman is expected to fly to Scotland next week for a meeting with fans after he urged supporters to withhold season-ticket cash amid growing concerns about the club's finances. In Monday's letter, Somers said King's "statements and innuendos are very damaging to the club", but the Castlemilk-born multi-millionaire has now responded in kind. He has released his own open letter to the Light Blues chairman in which he said: "Thank you for your email that I had sight of this morning. I also received a copy of your press release stating that I have been "summoned" to a meeting with the board to explain myself. I feel rather like the headmaster is looking to give me a caning. "It is most unfortunate that you have sought wide media coverage of what should really be a private invitation. I feel compelled to respond in similar vein. "I reviewed my two statements in light of your email and don't find anything astonishing in them whatsoever. They neatly and uncontroversially depict the present state of affairs at the club and the ongoing attitude of the board. "Similarly, I can't detect any innuendos. It seems to me that my thoughts are stated pretty clearly and directly. "Additionally, there seems nothing potentially damaging to the club. In fact, the opposite seems to be the case. I accept however that my comments could be perceived as damaging to certain interests that are represented on the board. I don't equate that with damaging the club. The club is much bigger than the present board. "I am delighted to meet with the board to discuss the present funding crisis and can do this on my forthcoming visit. I am not clear what "allegations" you wish me to explain as I can't find any in my statement. It will assist in my preparation if you provide me with a list of specific "allegations" that you want me to address. "Incidentally, the irony of a board that has steadfastly refused to enlighten fans now demanding clarity from others has not been lost on me." Meanwhile, Rangers have appointed Philip Nash as their new company secretary, Companies House has announced. It comes just two months after the troubled Ibrox outfit confirmed they would use the former Liverpool and Arsenal financial consultant's services "from time to time'' as they looked to bring spending under control. In documents lodged with Companies House on Monday, however, it was confirmed Nash was the new secretary, replacing Brian Stockbridge - who also served as the club's finance director - after he resigned his post on January 24. He will now set about helping Rangers solve their money worries on a full-time basis. The Light Blues are losing about £1million per month and the club's share price has fallen to 30.5p per share. Chief executive Graham Wallace is just over halfway through a 120-day review of the club's operations. But after posting a £14.4milllion loss last year, he was forced to accept a controversial £1.5million loan from investors Sandy Easdale and Laxey Partners just to ensure the League One champions-elect could continue to pay their bills until the end of the season. http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/u/dave-king-ill-meet-rangers-board-to-discuss-current-funding-crisis.1393951863 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darthter 542 Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Well, there's flat out lying or just being economical with the truth, but there's also twisting the truth to suit by wording things in certain ways. Take your pick, but remember that it's not King who employs Toxic Jack to spin PR. So King wouldn't twist words/be economical with the truth if it suits his goals??? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 So King wouldn't twist words/be economical with the truth if it suits his goals??? I can see where you're going with that, but at least play fair because you know that's not what I said. Taking another train of thought... If I was asked if I trusted any of the current Rangers directors more than I trust Dave King, there would only be one answer and it would a very easy "no" to say as well. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darthter 542 Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 I can see where you're going with that, but at least play fair because you know that's not what I said. Taking another train of thought... If I was asked if I trusted any of the current Rangers directors more than I trust Dave King, there would only be one answer and it would a very easy "no" to say as well. Its not necessarily what you said....it's how implied it though!!!! Everyone uses spin when it suits them. As for trust....I don't trust anyone that's involved - King or the board!!!! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Its not necessarily what you said....it's how implied it though!!!! Everyone uses spin when it suits them. As for trust....I don't trust anyone that's involved - King or the board!!!! Indeed & it's perfectly understandable that we don't trust these people easily after everything that's happened in the past two to three years. Personally, I do trust Dave King though. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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