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  1. I support both - it doesn't have to be any sort of either/or choice. See Rangers more often, but Scotland getting into a major international tournament again would be pretty special. Remember it was the UK's HMRC who really put the boot into our club, not the SFA. They could have came to a long term repayment deal, instead of forcing us into administration. Everything else stemmed from that.
  2. 10 in a row FFS. Such negativity.. It's a 2 horse race again when we are back again.. We have over twice the stadium size over anyone else, a huge advantage. Sure they will have a head start, cash wise, but chances are it will come down to a handful of games between them and us. And with the atmosphere at times like that, then anything goes..
  3. It all comes down to HMRC choosing to make an example of us. But there was always a chance that could happen, and Murray took that risk. Most likely he figured that the EBT loan scheme would be simply closed down at some point, like most other tax loopholes. But we ended up in a situation, where HMRC weren't going to do us any favours by making an early decision - they effectively drove us into liquidation by refusing to settle. Legally we might now have won, but was it a risk worth taking?... we ended up paying the price, one way or another..
  4. Getting involved heavily with a tax avoidance scheme was total recklessness. Making payments with tax free 'loans' that don't have to be paid back..? it doesn't take much common sense to realize it would come back and bite us in the arse at some point in the future. Happy that we won the case, but to be honest..who really expected it...? Craig Whyte certainly didn't - that's why he didn't bother to pay any more tax. Murray should never have got us into this situation in the first place.
  5. What is the honour in paying back the remaining tax, when HMRC drove us into liquidation in the first place, and refused to bargain? Fuck them - They cost us millions that could have gone towards paying up the old debts. Everyone lost because of Murray's recklessness with a dodgy tax avoidance scheme, and HMRC's refusal to make a reasonable deal at the time.
  6. The guys a chancer. Don't know what he was thinking about not paying the PAYE. Apart from just gambling that HMRC wouldn't dare to pull the plug on us. Maybe they would have came to some sort of long term deal for the back tax, but the PAYE was the final straw.
  7. Who knows for sure, but I get the general impression there is just not enough appetite to go through with a court battle regarding past titles. Outwith the scum, there seems to be a general feeling among other supporters that we have been punished enough. It honestly feels like the worst is behind us now, and we can finally start the road to recovery.
  8. This. Who knows what is true , but its better to have the familiar face of Ally negotiating. He has a personal likeability about him which could possibly sway decisions our way. Personally I think any stripping of titles is a step too far, and don't honestly think the SFA would seriously be looking at that. Not if they want to have a chance of winning back any sort of goodwill in the future. Pragmatism works both ways.
  9. It's about our honour mainly as a club. Not just about the legal situation. The tax debts and ticketus are obviously too big to do anything about. But the football debts and those to some of the smaller creditors are manageable, especially if spread out over a few years. I think it is the right thing to do, even to some of the clubs who plainly don't deserve it. One day we will be back at the top, and I would rather our history showed that we paid off whatever debts we could - even if we didn't have to, even if it hurt us .. Because we are better than that.
  10. I cancelled it before, then ended up missing it too much. Ended up resubscribing to watch Andy Murray, and the golf. Tried watching the streams online at sports lemon, but got fed up with the shitty picture quality and the lag.
  11. Sad to hear. Stuff like this really does put things in proportion. Condolences to Claudio and his family.
  12. fucks sake, Salmond defended us at first, saying Celtic need rangers, and took pelters for it. The tims were raging. And rangers has fans from all walks of life, including plenty who vote SNP. And this jacobite pish - get a grip. Its 2012 and religion is dying. Remember, the opposite of independence is DEPENDENCE.
  13. lol. your biggest customer already is your biggest competitor . Except he has your wallet.
  14. Better not mention Norway - they are twice as wealthy as us.
  15. I don't hand over my pay packet to my neighbour every week and ask him to spend my money for me. Independence is about having more power to make your own decisions. Personally I think that's a good thing.
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