D'Artagnan 173 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 It’s been quite an exercise in the art of survival. A board who have misled shareholders at AGM, hidden the identity of investors, stand accused by a section of the press of lying over the withdrawal of credit/debit card facilities for season tickets, who, in their “comprehensive” 120 day review hid/omitted to divulge details of “the sale of the century” regarding stadium naming rights, have failed to answer satisfactorily structured questions from fans groups pertaining to the long term plans for the club, who have by unethical and unedifying association with known fugitives embarrassed the name of the club, the aforesaid which sees them, again, accused of misleading supporters regarding the nature of that meeting, have found in the last few days that there is one aspect of the club that even the most resourceful or duplicitous cannot hide from the fans – the state of the product on the park. There is even perhaps a warped sense of irony, that in the battle for our football club the ammunition or language is no longer anonymous investors, percentages or proxied shares but rather tactical ineptitude, poor performance, ill-discipline and unexplainable team selection. The current board cannot on this occasion use the convenient “get out clause” of laying the blame on previous regimes – this time it’s their call, and as thousands of bears demonstrated on Monday night as our team capitulated to Hibs, they will be held to account. In fact they already have been by thousands, the empty seats providing ample supporting evidence on that one. I fear it will get worse, much worse before it gets better. There is nowhere, nowhere the board can hide from this one. Monday night was a culmination rather than a knee jerk, perhaps the saddest aspect of it all was that it came as no great surprise to anyone. The failings of management, signing policy, tactics and team selection have been the subject of message board forums, supporter’s bus conversations and pre-match blethers for months. It is not a time for emotive and unhelpful descriptive language, either positive or negative regarding Ally, but rather a regrettable acceptance and emotion free analysis that in the most important area – on the park – Ally is not capable of taking us to where we not only want, but also need to be. There was a moment on Monday night when the cacophony of anger from the Copland Road, directed towards Ally, saw him withdraw to the dugout. It was notable that Durranty was tasked with the verbal coaching from the touchline second half. The board should be thankful there was such a volume of noise, if they prevaricate any longer over what needs to be done, then perhaps next time we fail, it will be akin to the tree falling in the empty forest – there will only be an empty silence from the empty stands. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stimpy 0 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Hard to add anything worthwhile to that, although you may fire in late accounts if they're not published in the coming days. Depressing days. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster. 5,258 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 There is even perhaps a warped sense of irony' date=' that in the battle for our football club the ammunition or language is no longer anonymous investors, percentages or proxied shares but rather tactical ineptitude, poor performance, ill-discipline and unexplainable team selection. The current board cannot on this occasion use the convenient “get out clause” of laying the blame on previous regimes – this time it’s their call, [b']and as thousands of bears demonstrated on Monday night as our team capitulated to Hibs, they will be held to account. In fact they already have been by thousands, the empty seats providing ample supporting evidence on that one. [/b] I fear it will get worse, much worse before it gets better. There is nowhere, nowhere the board can hide from this one. . Just to be clear, the biggest single reason why there is such a large drop in ST take-up is that the support don't trust the people in and around the RIFC board and that is where the root cause of the whole omnishambles lies. Rangers performing badly under McCoist is nothing new and the board have failed to implement any meaningful steps regards new footballing strategies that came from the business review. They point to the lack of money (ST numbers) but the onus is/was on them to change there ways and win the trust of the support, they haven't and continue to patronise the support with spinning bullshit. Further to the Rangers Soap Opera, upstairs it appears as if it might be financially challanging to make any significant changes in the downstairs dug-out. We are no longer a normal football club, we are an OMNISHAMBLES that is run by people we might or might not know for their profit. The football operation is failing because of upstairs, that is what is squeezing the life out of the club. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forlanssister 3,114 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 I guess it would suit some in the Boardroom for McCoist to become the focus of the fans ire. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Barristan Selmy 222 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Some of us knew Ally was incapable years ago, not just months. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
3909 04 0 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Monday's debacle had nothing to do with the board, except it highlighted the folly of their over-generous indulgence of Ally's embarrassing incompetence. It would suit some on here for the board to be the recipients of fans' ire, which should be aimed straight at the laughably poor manager. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhunter 0 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Monday's debacle had nothing to do with the board, except it highlighted the folly of their over-generous indulgence of Ally's embarrassing incompetence. It would suit some on here for the board to be the recipients of fans' ire, which should be aimed straight at the laughably poor manager. Their respective performances are as bad as each other and the sights are trained on both. In both instances their time is up. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWee BlueDevil 0 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Monday's debacle had nothing to do with the board, except it highlighted the folly of their over-generous indulgence of Ally's embarrassing incompetence. It would suit some on here for the board to be the recipients of fans' ire, which should be aimed straight at the laughably poor manager. The board are the only people who can remove Ally. Please identify what positive moves the "board " have made in that respect 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
3909 04 0 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Their respective performances are as bad as each other and the sights are trained on both.y In both instances their time is up. Fine by me. As long as we don't pretend McCoist's inability will be magically cured if the Easdales leave. A dud is a dud. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWee BlueDevil 0 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Monday's debacle had nothing to do with the board, except it highlighted the folly of their over-generous indulgence of Ally's embarrassing incompetence. It would suit some on here for the board to be the recipients of fans' ire, which should be aimed straight at the laughably poor manager. It would suit a tiny incredibly angry minority to come on here and pretend they are a majority. Thankfully this place is no place for bully boys. Long may that continue. ]Go figure!! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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