Ally McCoist statement

[bombaybadboy08 15,660]

Ally Let's Fly

Fri, Jul 27, 2012

Tweet by Lindsay Herron

ALLY McCOIST has spoken passionately about the incredible saga over Rangers becoming members of the SFA.

The manager is almost at the end of his tether after slamming the handling of the whole situation and criticising the leadership of Scottish football.

He said: He said: "48 hours from now, we are supposed to start the season with a game at Brechin and, as I sit here today, I don't know exactly what our status in the game is, where our players, that we have, should be registered - and what the future holds for us going into next week.

"It's a ludicrous situation - and I owe it to our fans - to make my views known on it.

"No one is denying that Rangers were badly mismanaged for 10 months. Nor are we disputing that we should be punished for that. We have been. We accept that punishment and want to start putting the past behind us and move forward.

"But that is not being allowed to happen - and I have to ask myself why?

"In recent days, I have been in a number of meetings with Stewart Regan, Rod Petrie and other senior SFA figures - and despair at the lack of leadership shown.

"In my years in professional football, I have not always agreed with everything the SFA did or said. But, no matter what you thought of their decisions, there was no doubt they ran the game firmly and robustly.

"I can only imagine Ernie Walker looking down on us now and shaking his head in disbelief at the sad state of affairs and the way they have been mishandled.

"As for the SPL, they seem determined to pursue as hostile an agenda as possible towards Rangers.

"They kicked us out of the SPL - which was their right- and we acknowledge that - but that doesn't seem enough for Neil Doncaster and some of his board.

"Not only as they withholding our SPL prize money for last season - they won't tell us how much it is but we reckon it to be about £1.3million.

"And having said they don't want us - they do want a bigger share of the TV money that our presence will bring to the SFL and its clubs. Never mind sporting integrity - where is the moral integrity there?

"And there is no line to be drawn in the sand. Rangers have not been punished enough in their eyes and along with one or two people who have a vested interest within SPL clubs, our right to past titles will be challenged. They want what we and our fans bring, yet seem determined to strip us of every bit of our dignity. It has to stop.

"Sadly, only one Scottish football body has offered us any help or assistance - the SFL and I would like to thank David Longmuir, Jim Ballantyne and 29 of their 30 member clubs for inviting us into the SFL.

"We are grateful for the opportunity. We are looking forward to the challenges ahead, making new friends in the months ahead and having a positive impact on the SFL.

"It is now over five months since Rangers went into administration. It is time to start playing football again - and I am not alone in thinking this.

"In recent days I have bumped into Celtic, Hearts and Motherwell fans, and they were saying the same thing - "It's time to stop kicking Rangers and start getting Scottish football looking forward not back".

"I couldn't agree more."

Video here

http://rangerstv.tv/viewfree.php?it=10433&c=archive&r=236678734985

[Radioactiveman 25]

Eh???*

[pcbear 10,913]

Ally your a star, top man.

[GOAT 30,449]

That man is a fucking legend. :praise:

[RangersMedia 35,961]

What a fucking statement. Super Ally McCoist.

[Getstiffed 8,863]

Amazing statement.

Super by name, super by nature.

[WestEndLoyal 45]

Good statement Ally.

Time more of our "legends" started standing up for us like this.

[CaptainofIndustry 921]

Wow!

If this statement is for real, we need Ally as CEO instead of wasting his time as team manager.

[big tam 5]

That man is a fucking legend. :praise:

I second that mate, says it as it is and does not hold back WATP :praise:

[eastcoastbear 122]

Get in there Ally.

[Pika_18 1]

I LOVE that man!!!!! ?????

[rabmac1 34]

Superb statement

[delamonty 992]

Superb from Super Ally. A real leader, a real man. WATP

[elephants stoned 2,994]

Ally McCoist Mr Rangers as i just said this man is my idol and he is our hero and always will be

[laudrupno1 3,932]

Super Ally :praise:

[the goal machine 7,791]

[TheLawMan 6,240]

Now thats what you call a statement.

[4MenHadADream 122]

Fingers right on the pulse once again from Super Ally, in a way that only a true Ranger could have. Must now be recognised as the Greatest Ever Ranger

[GMac 1,405]

That'll get him a 6 month ban no doubt. Up to us to do something now. What, I don't know.

[ZeonBlue 378]

The time has come to buy season tickets, the time has come to play football, the time has come to show the world that no matter what league we are in we will always be there, and last but not least the time will come when we make these bastards pay.

[dummiesoot 15,986]

Growing in stature day by day. Four boys and a baw, Mr Struth, Mr Waddell, Mr Wallace, Mr Smith and Mr McCoist.

Legends one and all and are what makes me proud to be a Ranger

[skinnymate1690 618]

brilliant statement

guarantee they try and punish him for it though

[scarkev 3,540]

Im so glad we have Ally to stick up for the club and fight the injustices and corruption we are facing. The deluded orcs across the city will clearly put their own spin on events but I would really like to hope that outwith the cesspool of Scottish Football, impartial observers will agree with Allys statement.

[BigBadDavidson 9]

I fuckin love you Ally!!!

[Jasper Blues 497]

Is it not time we started to call the man Mr McCoist?

I think he deserves a wee handle as a token of our respect.

Too early for "Sir" but "Mr" would do for now.