North Rd 2,860 Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 http://www.<No links to this website>/sport/football/football-news/ex-rangers-chairman-alastair-johnston-warns-1893676?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitterEx-Rangers chairman Alastair Johnston warns of 'cancer' spreading through Ibrox clubFormer Rangers chairman Alastair JohnstonSNS GroupBy Dailyrecord | 16 May 2013 20:09FORMER Rangers chairman Alastair Johnston believes a "cancer is spreading throughout the club" which will not go away until "self-serving investors" are rooted out.The Ibrox club face another summer of uncertainty due to a complex boardroom power struggle.Rangers confirmed to the London Stock Exchange today that they were considering an official request to hold an extraordinary general meeting.The resolution calls for James Easdale and Chris Morgan to replace chairman Malcolm Murray and non-executive director Philip Cartmell on the board.Morgan was named as one of the original investors when a consortium fronted by Charles Green purchased the assets and business of the club in June last year while Easdale recently confirmed, along with brother and business partner Sandy, that they were looking for boardroom presence as they continued to increase their shareholding.Another Rangers shareholder, Blue Pitch Holdings, are also said to be behind the proposed boardroom coup.Johnston, who was ousted in May, 2011 by then owner Craig Whyte, "has concerns" about the jockeying for position at the club he has supported all his life."There is a cancer spreading throughout the club and it's not going away," he said."My concern is that until self-serving investors are eliminated then the club can't go forward."With so many investors - in quotation marks - trying to play an active role in the guidance of Rangers Football Club, I don't think that is a healthy situation."I don't know the people involved but I really wonder about their agenda. I really wonder in whose best interests are they working."A lot of people can say they have the best interests of the club in mind but it is easy to say that."There are people vying for control and influence and they have got to lay down their ambitions and be transparent about finances and investment."The board of Rangers - whoever it is and however it is constituted - has to come out and be transparent about the assets and the commitments and what that will mean to investors."What has been promised to investors?"There is a power vacuum and there hasn't been one in 140 years at Ibrox. Someone has to come out and show guidance."Until the supporters can see a line-up of people that they can get behind then they have a dilemma."At some point somebody has to say to the fans we want you to spend money and here is what we're going to do."While many Gers fans are taking succour from the fact that former manager Walter Smith is on the board, and by proxy acting in the fans' best interests, Johnston put the Ibrox legend's position in context."Walter's presence is very important, symbolically," he said."He is back because he loves the club."He has the history, the passion and the credibility but by his own admission he isn't a businessman."He has a good gut-feeling about people but there is only so much he can do."I think things will get sorted."Rangers Football Club is a massive institution and its strength is that there are hundreds of thousands of people who are not going to leave the club."The basic fabric of the club will ensure survival but it will need transparency for that to happen."Rangers set to hold extraordinary general meeting as power struggle heats up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
topgoalie 637 Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 The voice of reason per normal AJ.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mabawsa 888 Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 More like , he likes the sound of his own voice! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLE SUPER WILBERT 2,475 Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Bit of an over-reaction to Daly signing AJ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverBlue_Since91 2,895 Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Why do these "Rangers men" go and speak with the Daily rebel and the BBC anytime they want to say something? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albertz123 598 Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Well saying he's close to Rangers. Shite term to use. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Jela 20,017 Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Reasonable enough interview. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCPRANGERS1 2,997 Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 If he's that worried he should do something about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Jela 20,017 Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Why do these "Rangers men" go and speak with the Daily rebel and the BBC anytime they want to say something?Because he knows the fans will read what he has to say regardless of who interviews him. Like now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbblue 167 Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Well said, respect in AJ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wearethepeople1 3,897 Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 To use such a term, especially with sandy jardine situation, tells me that he wants I get a serious point across. Many fans slated him for speaking out about CW, putting it down to sour grapes, but I think he should be listened to and believed. We have got a whole summer of this pish to come. Lets just hope come sept 1 we have the right men in the board room and the right players on the pitch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
j1mgg 3,766 Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Another person that likes to put his 2 cents in, and that is all he will ever be willing to put in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlCapone 7,678 Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Why do these "Rangers men" go and speak with the Daily rebel and the BBC anytime they want to say something?I flew to Heathrow about 6 months ago, he was in the row on front of me......reading the daily rhecord! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blumhoilann 6,712 Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 'Cancer growing at the Club', his words or the usual hype of the Daily Rhebel? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Right_To_Censor 1,951 Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 fuck him, like I'm gonna listen to a guy that would rather go to the masters when all this shit was going on than fight for the club he do supports Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ritchieshearercaldow 22,011 Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Was AJ not SDM's pal? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
binsy08 362 Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 This interview was in this mornings metro. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
No.12 508 Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Get to fuck AJ. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
don logan 8,023 Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 On the money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mo55 65 Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 It always concerns me when these "real rangers men" go to known rangers hating sources to get their points across. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
legalbeagle 3,734 Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 To use such a term, especially with sandy jardine situation, tells me that he wants I get a serious point across. Many fans slated him for speaking out about CW, putting it down to sour grapes, but I think he should be listened to and believed. We have got a whole summer of this pish to come. Lets just hope come sept 1 we have the right men in the board room and the right players on the pitchUnfortunately, again with this stuff, the question is what should he be believed about, because he isn't actually saying anything. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smartypants 4,417 Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Cleansed and now Cancer.Strong terms in which to smear the men who brought the money when it mattered. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
binsy08 362 Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Alan Johnston has always told the fans the truth. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wearethepeople1 3,897 Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Alan Johnston has always told the fans the truth.What have queen of the south got to do with this?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smartypants 4,417 Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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