aweebluesoandso 290 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 PS That's why i think the JD Sports deal was so good, the club and JD knew this was going to happen and Ashley has to match a very good offer on the table, i think he has already been screwed here. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forlanssister 3,114 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 3 minutes ago, aweebluesoandso said: Ashley has many enemies in the retail and sports sector, someone will be willing to screw him over. Nobody's had much success to date. Our side have f*&ked up and no amount of spin can hide that fact. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEARGER 1,830 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 From FF Today’s decision in court is not the final episode in the fight to cleanse the club of the stench and stain of Sports Direct. Reports in this evening’s media are selective and tendentious. As a whole it leaves Rangers in a slightly better place than they were last week, but still under the shadow of further court action. The only journalist from the mainstream media present in court appeared to be Brian Farmer from the Press Association and his report – circulated to newsrooms and providing the basis for coverage I’ve heard or seen so far – does not tell the whole story. Most importantly, Sports Direct failed to have the contract which they must match with a similar offer, split into three parts. It would have suited them to pick and choose the most profitable parts of the retail operation. The costs awarded also relate to other cases, as well as this one, which have been ongoing but which couldn’t be mentioned until today’s case was declared upon. The main point of contention remains – Sports Direct must now match the best offer Rangers have received. Sports Direct were also trying to obtain an extended injunction – that too failed. The judge similarly threw out a Sports Direct attempt to obtain the documents pertaining to the other bid. His Lordship spoke in open court about Sports Direct’s approach in business in certain areas being a desperately bad way to conduct business. There was reference to ‘messing around’ and concerns were expressed to the Sports Direct counsel that the judge had a concern about his client’s thought processes. Pressure is obviously on to conclude a deal as the league season approaches and the time for Sports Direct to continue dragging their heels is short ahead of that. The ball is now back in play between Rangers and Sports Direct to find a solution. There is no stated deadline by which agreement has to be made. I expect this will end in more court appearances. Meanwhile – fans must maintain their boycott of the Rangers Megastore and Sports Direct ahead of any final settlement. The behaviour of Sports Direct over the years has been disgraceful and should never be forgotten or forgiven by fans. Rangers will never maximise their retail returns until Sports Direct are gone. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forlanssister 3,114 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 2 minutes ago, BEARGER said: From FF Today’s decision in court is not the final episode in the fight to cleanse the club of the stench and stain of Sports Direct. Reports in this evening’s media are selective and tendentious. As a whole it leaves Rangers in a slightly better place than they were last week, but still under the shadow of further court action. The only journalist from the mainstream media present in court appeared to be Brian Farmer from the Press Association and his report – circulated to newsrooms and providing the basis for coverage I’ve heard or seen so far – does not tell the whole story. Most importantly, Sports Direct failed to have the contract which they must match with a similar offer, split into three parts. It would have suited them to pick and choose the most profitable parts of the retail operation. The costs awarded also relate to other cases, as well as this one, which have been ongoing but which couldn’t be mentioned until today’s case was declared upon. The main point of contention remains – Sports Direct must now match the best offer Rangers have received. Sports Direct were also trying to obtain an extended injunction – that too failed. The judge similarly threw out a Sports Direct attempt to obtain the documents pertaining to the other bid. His Lordship spoke in open court about Sports Direct’s approach in business in certain areas being a desperately bad way to conduct business. There was reference to ‘messing around’ and concerns were expressed to the Sports Direct counsel that the judge had a concern about his client’s thought processes. Pressure is obviously on to conclude a deal as the league season approaches and the time for Sports Direct to continue dragging their heels is short ahead of that. The ball is now back in play between Rangers and Sports Direct to find a solution. There is no stated deadline by which agreement has to be made. I expect this will end in more court appearances. Meanwhile – fans must maintain their boycott of the Rangers Megastore and Sports Direct ahead of any final settlement. The behaviour of Sports Direct over the years has been disgraceful and should never be forgotten or forgiven by fans. Rangers will never maximise their retail returns until Sports Direct are gone. Doesn't exactly inspire confidence does it? 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster. 5,196 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Just now, forlanssister said: Doesn't exactly inspire confidence does it? We do reaction, not strategy. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walterbear 557 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 If we could get away with it I’d just tell him to do one, give him his £1m damages, do an extended deal with JD and use revenues from that to pay the damages. If it wasn’t for the rolling deal it would be bearable for another 2 years but if the cost to terminate it is £1m so be it. Probably an over simplification but how there is no remedy for a contract stitch up by men put on the Rangers board by Ashley purely to screw us is incredible. I get why we paid the £3m but not why we paid it to end up with this rolling matching deal. We might have been better just to run down the original 7 year deal. Monumental feck up unless DK can explain otherwise. Incidentally SR doing his invisible man trick again. For 2 years on the trot the M.D. takes his a/l at the start of the season which is often such a critical period for several reasons. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbr 1,256 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Think we just need to wait and see what comes out of this in the next few weeks , theres far too many jumping to conclusions on something they no next to no details on . 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post forlanssister 3,114 Posted July 30, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2018 Just now, rbr said: Think we just need to wait and see what comes out of this in the next few weeks , theres far too many jumping to conclusions on something they no next to no details on . I think that article on FF is as close as you'll get to a Club statement and that in itself is worrying. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aweebluesoandso 290 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 1 minute ago, rbr said: Think we just need to wait and see what comes out of this in the next few weeks , theres far too many jumping to conclusions on something they no next to no details on . I hope that doesn't extend to the football threads, or we are all fecked and we'll need to close the site lol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franc Ergs 1,651 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 It's a no win situation for us and I can see SD dragging this through the courts as far as it will go, with us footing the bill. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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