My letter to the Directors.

[SuperAli 1,350]

I have today sent the below letter to the Directors of Rangers Football Club. I hope others will look to do the same in order that we gather some sort of momentum for action and change. 

 

Dear Mr King,   

I write to you as Chairman and a Director of Rangers Football Club following the totally unacceptable 4-0 defeat to our biggest rivals on Sunday 15th April.

In March 2015 Mr King assumed boardroom control. You and the other Directors have reigned during a time of embarrassing and disgraceful results – some of the worst in our history. Only twice in my life have I left a Rangers game early, both of these games were under your tenure – the 5-1 defeat to celtic at Ibrox and the 4-0 defeat to celtic at Hampden. I simply could not watch any more.

The loyalty of myself and other Rangers fans cannot be questioned. I and many others have followed Rangers through the hard times, with administration, liquidation and expulsion to the bottom tier of Scottish football being the lowest of them all. I and many thousands of others followed Rangers home and away as we made our return to the Scottish Premiership. We now feel that this loyalty is being taken for granted by the current administration at the Club. We have only won Scottish Challenge Cup and the SPFL Championship since the takeover in March 2015. It is totally unacceptable that our next chance of silverware will be in 2019 - 4 years since the takeover. By then we will have been 8 years without the League, 10 years without the Scottish Cup and 9 years without the League cup.

It has not helped that the Club seem to go from one managerial disaster to the next. The resignation of Mark Warburton, David Weir and Frank McParland in February 2017 was a disaster and took several days to be confirmed. The appointment of Pedro Caixinha on a three-year deal in March 2017 was followed by a 5-1 defeat to celtic at Ibrox in the April, losing for the first time to Aberdeen in 26 years in the May, and being humiliated in Europe by Progres Niederkorn in the July. Records were being broken but not the kind we want. It took the board until the October to sack Caixinha. Then there was the embarrassing and very public McInnes debacle which left Rangers without a viable replacement for Caixinha. The public pursuit of McInnes ruled out all other managerial options which may have been in consideration at the time. After all, who would want to be the second choice? This was a careless and costly error.

With seemingly no other option available, Graeme Murty was henceforth appointed as manager for the rest of the season with no experience of managing a club before, never mind one the calibre of Rangers. In this appointment, the Board effectively wrote-off the 17/18 season when we were still very much in contention for silverware. It is clear Murty’s team selections and tactics have been woeful. After Sunday he has clearly lost the confidence and respect of the team, and certainly the support of the fans. The players, manager and directors owe the Rangers fans a public apology for that humiliating display. How and why the Board continue to support Murty is unknown. It is imperative that he is now removed before we play the remaining 5 games of the season which are so important in determining where we finish in the league. We need to recover some pride.

It is apparent that there is a lack of any sort of public relations or communications strategy. This is evident through the managerial controversies with Warburton, Weir, McParland and McInnes. More recently, during the January transfer window, had the Club reacted quicker, the rumours circulating around the future of Alfredo Morelos and the transfer fee would have been silenced. Now the latest controversy follows after Sunday and surrounds several players - Kenny Miller, Lee Wallace, Alfredo Morelos, Greg Docherty, Andy Halliday and Daniel Candeias. Again, rumours are circulating. Our slow and weak response to events, in and out of the Club makes us a laughing stock to other football fans and to the press. Becoming proactive is key in once more establishing the respect we deserve.

In light of the above, it is difficult to understand how the Board can expect fans and others to invest money into the Club whether through share issues or season ticket renewals. The Board has shown little or no evidence that it can be trusted. How can fans be expected to renew their season tickets when the next managerial appointment is unknown? How can fans trust the Board to appoint a successful manager when the appointments of Caixinha and Murty have been disastrous? For too long the Board has taken the loyalty of the fans for granted. The Board has shown little competence to date. It is now time to either show the fans you merit the status as directors of Rangers Football Club, or you consider your resignation.


 

[Nameless Ghoul 6,054]

Rock and hard place. If the current board chuck it we will fold. Simple as.

[Courtyard Bear 41,357]

1 minute ago, PSL said:

Rock and hard place. If the current board chuck it we will fold. Simple as.

You do know that’s an old wife’s tale to scare the kids. 

[TEFTONG 60,097]

It's a decent enough letter that will...never be seen or read and you certainly won't get any sort of reply. Except a generic email about the Club needing your cash and how we are all in this together.

But well done all the same...let us know if you do get any response.

[Gman36 3,455]

4 minutes ago, PSL said:

Rock and hard place. If the current board chuck it we will fold. Simple as.

Folk probably said the same prior to admin in 2011. As long as there is the support there will be Rangers. 

[piperpete 3,186]

1 minute ago, TEFTONG said:

It's a decent enough letter that will...never be seen or read and you certainly won't get any sort of reply. Except a generic email about the Club needing your cash and how we are all in this together.

But well done all the same...let us know if you do get any response.

Bet Traynor  has already read it on here.

[Courtyard Bear 41,357]

Maybe a shout for the VB or UB to write up a stock letter we could all print off sign and post to the club. 

[Courtyard Bear 41,357]

More power to you OP. ??

[Nameless Ghoul 6,054]

4 minutes ago, Courtyard Bear said:

You do know that’s an old wife’s tale to scare the kids. 

Never mind the kids it scares me. I just worry if they go there will be no one at all interested in running the club with any sort of financial backing. Hope ur right mate

[SuperAli 1,350]

Just now, Courtyard Bear said:

Maybe a shout for the VB or UB to write up a stock letter we could all print off sign and post to the club. 

More than happy for this to be adapted but I did hope people would do bulk emails/letters. Only way we will be noticed is as a group. 

[Courtyard Bear 41,357]

Just now, PSL said:

Never mind the kids it scares me. I just worry if they go there will be no one at all interested in running the club with any sort of financial backing. Hope ur right mate

It’s actually them that’s stuck between a rock and a hard place they are into us for millions, hold millions of pounds worth of shares. 

They cant afford to just walk or let us go under, which is why I find it so ludicrous that they seem happy to just have us limping along from one shambles to the next. 

[Budswiser 196]

Admire the time and effort you put into this mate but unfortunately this board don't give a flying fuck about you, me or any other supporter, or what we think.

[SuperAli 1,350]

8 minutes ago, TEFTONG said:

It's a decent enough letter that will...never be seen or read and you certainly won't get any sort of reply. Except a generic email about the Club needing your cash and how we are all in this together.

But well done all the same...let us know if you do get any response.

Will do. 

[Nameless Ghoul 6,054]

Just now, Courtyard Bear said:

It’s actually them that’s stuck between a rock and a hard place they are into us for millions, hold millions of pounds worth of shares. 

They cant afford to just walk or let us go under, which is why I find it so ludicrous that they seem happy to just have us limping along from one shambles to the next. 

I think they honestly just don't have a clue what to do next. Need next moves to be spot on

[thebooler 4,509]

Cracking letter.

[bornabear 6,202]

Good letter mate, I've compiled one, but a bit more aggressively worded.

Asking King why he hasn't fulfilled the promises he was shouting from the rooftops in his bid to become lord and master, with a reference to the South African Judge's comment on him (King) being "most mendacious". 

I think that if more fans do the same, these fuckers will realise just how we are not going to simply rollover and accept the pish which they, as a board, have created.

 

[wully 47,336]

You'll get a reply when we win the League Cup in November.

[plumbGER 24,518]

Here's mines.

Dear Board,

                     Fuck off.

 

[bornabear 6,202]

5 minutes ago, Budswiser said:

Admire the time and effort you put into this mate but unfortunately this board don't give a flying fuck about you, me or any other supporter, or what we think.

It's time that we stood up and made them take a flying fuck, otherwise we won't give a flying fuck either.

Enough is enough, let these fuckers know how we feel.

[SuperAli 1,350]

9 minutes ago, Budswiser said:

Admire the time and effort you put into this mate but unfortunately this board don't give a flying fuck about you, me or any other supporter, or what we think.

They should and I want that to change! 

[bornabear 6,202]

1 minute ago, plumbGER said:

Here's mines.

Dear Board,

                     Fuck off.

 

Short, but to the point.

[Blue Avenger 22,567]

2 minutes ago, Courtyard Bear said:

It’s actually them that’s stuck between a rock and a hard place they are into us for millions, hold millions of pounds worth of shares. 

They cant afford to just walk or let us go under, which is why I find it so ludicrous that they seem happy to just have us limping along from one shambles to the next. 

The problem is, what they are owed, plus their shares is more than the club's worth.

Then if they continue with the same financial model, they've got to continue to fund the gaps, putting their investment in an even weaker position.

Only a significant increase in revenue streams and winnng that title, will net value increase along with increased revenue. Until then, it's ever decreasng circles, unless Dave has a rabbit to pull out the hat.

IMHO it's actually time to get to fuck, with damage  limitation on their losses, but you never know wtf Dave is up to.

[With Heart and Hand 8,949]

30 minutes ago, SuperAli said:

I have today sent the below letter to the Directors of Rangers Football Club. I hope others will look to do the same in order that we gather some sort of momentum for action and change. 

 

Dear Mr King,   

I write to you as Chairman and a Director of Rangers Football Club following the totally unacceptable 4-0 defeat to our biggest rivals on Sunday 15th April.

In March 2015 Mr King assumed boardroom control. You and the other Directors have reigned during a time of embarrassing and disgraceful results – some of the worst in our history. Only twice in my life have I left a Rangers game early, both of these games were under your tenure – the 5-1 defeat to celtic at Ibrox and the 4-0 defeat to celtic at Hampden. I simply could not watch any more.

The loyalty of myself and other Rangers fans cannot be questioned. I and many others have followed Rangers through the hard times, with administration, liquidation and expulsion to the bottom tier of Scottish football being the lowest of them all. I and many thousands of others followed Rangers home and away as we made our return to the Scottish Premiership. We now feel that this loyalty is being taken for granted by the current administration at the Club. We have only won Scottish Challenge Cup and the SPFL Championship since the takeover in March 2015. It is totally unacceptable that our next chance of silverware will be in 2019 - 4 years since the takeover. By then we will have been 8 years without the League, 10 years without the Scottish Cup and 9 years without the League cup.

It has not helped that the Club seem to go from one managerial disaster to the next. The resignation of Mark Warburton, David Weir and Frank McParland in February 2017 was a disaster and took several days to be confirmed. The appointment of Pedro Caixinha on a three-year deal in March 2017 was followed by a 5-1 defeat to celtic at Ibrox in the April, losing for the first time to Aberdeen in 26 years in the May, and being humiliated in Europe by Progres Niederkorn in the July. Records were being broken but not the kind we want. It took the board until the October to sack Caixinha. Then there was the embarrassing and very public McInnes debacle which left Rangers without a viable replacement for Caixinha. The public pursuit of McInnes ruled out all other managerial options which may have been in consideration at the time. After all, who would want to be the second choice? This was a careless and costly error.

With seemingly no other option available, Graeme Murty was henceforth appointed as manager for the rest of the season with no experience of managing a club before, never mind one the calibre of Rangers. In this appointment, the Board effectively wrote-off the 17/18 season when we were still very much in contention for silverware. It is clear Murty’s team selections and tactics have been woeful. After Sunday he has clearly lost the confidence and respect of the team, and certainly the support of the fans. The players, manager and directors owe the Rangers fans a public apology for that humiliating display. How and why the Board continue to support Murty is unknown. It is imperative that he is now removed before we play the remaining 5 games of the season which are so important in determining where we finish in the league. We need to recover some pride.

It is apparent that there is a lack of any sort of public relations or communications strategy. This is evident through the managerial controversies with Warburton, Weir, McParland and McInnes. More recently, during the January transfer window, had the Club reacted quicker, the rumours circulating around the future of Alfredo Morelos and the transfer fee would have been silenced. Now the latest controversy follows after Sunday and surrounds several players - Kenny Miller, Lee Wallace, Alfredo Morelos, Greg Docherty, Andy Halliday and Daniel Candeias. Again, rumours are circulating. Our slow and weak response to events, in and out of the Club makes us a laughing stock to other football fans and to the press. Becoming proactive is key in once more establishing the respect we deserve.

In light of the above, it is difficult to understand how the Board can expect fans and others to invest money into the Club whether through share issues or season ticket renewals. The Board has shown little or no evidence that it can be trusted. How can fans be expected to renew their season tickets when the next managerial appointment is unknown? How can fans trust the Board to appoint a successful manager when the appointments of Caixinha and Murty have been disastrous? For too long the Board has taken the loyalty of the fans for granted. The Board has shown little competence to date. It is now time to either show the fans you merit the status as directors of Rangers Football Club, or you consider your resignation.


 

fantastic pal. Pity some of our fans groups dont have the guts to say whay youve said there

absolutely spot on 

[bornabear 6,202]

2 minutes ago, Blue Avenger said:

The problem is, what they are owed, plus their shares is more than the club's worth.

Then if they continue with the same financial model, they've got to continue to fund the gaps, putting their investment in an even weaker position.

Only a significant increase in revenue streams and winnng that title, will net value increase along with increased revenue. Until then, it's ever decreasng circles, unless Dave has a rabbit to pull out the hat.

IMHO it's actually time to get to fuck, with damage  limitation on their losses, but you never know wtf Dave is up to.

Dave King couldn't pull a Chrismas cracker, with arms so long and pockets too deep. Even if he were to eventually reach the bottom of said pockets, all he'd find is his balls.

[thetrurobear 15]

33 minutes ago, SuperAli said:

I have today sent the below letter to the Directors of Rangers Football Club. I hope others will look to do the same in order that we gather some sort of momentum for action and change. 

 

Dear Mr King,   

I write to you as Chairman and a Director of Rangers Football Club following the totally unacceptable 4-0 defeat to our biggest rivals on Sunday 15th April.

In March 2015 Mr King assumed boardroom control. You and the other Directors have reigned during a time of embarrassing and disgraceful results – some of the worst in our history. Only twice in my life have I left a Rangers game early, both of these games were under your tenure – the 5-1 defeat to celtic at Ibrox and the 4-0 defeat to celtic at Hampden. I simply could not watch any more.

The loyalty of myself and other Rangers fans cannot be questioned. I and many others have followed Rangers through the hard times, with administration, liquidation and expulsion to the bottom tier of Scottish football being the lowest of them all. I and many thousands of others followed Rangers home and away as we made our return to the Scottish Premiership. We now feel that this loyalty is being taken for granted by the current administration at the Club. We have only won Scottish Challenge Cup and the SPFL Championship since the takeover in March 2015. It is totally unacceptable that our next chance of silverware will be in 2019 - 4 years since the takeover. By then we will have been 8 years without the League, 10 years without the Scottish Cup and 9 years without the League cup.

It has not helped that the Club seem to go from one managerial disaster to the next. The resignation of Mark Warburton, David Weir and Frank McParland in February 2017 was a disaster and took several days to be confirmed. The appointment of Pedro Caixinha on a three-year deal in March 2017 was followed by a 5-1 defeat to celtic at Ibrox in the April, losing for the first time to Aberdeen in 26 years in the May, and being humiliated in Europe by Progres Niederkorn in the July. Records were being broken but not the kind we want. It took the board until the October to sack Caixinha. Then there was the embarrassing and very public McInnes debacle which left Rangers without a viable replacement for Caixinha. The public pursuit of McInnes ruled out all other managerial options which may have been in consideration at the time. After all, who would want to be the second choice? This was a careless and costly error.

With seemingly no other option available, Graeme Murty was henceforth appointed as manager for the rest of the season with no experience of managing a club before, never mind one the calibre of Rangers. In this appointment, the Board effectively wrote-off the 17/18 season when we were still very much in contention for silverware. It is clear Murty’s team selections and tactics have been woeful. After Sunday he has clearly lost the confidence and respect of the team, and certainly the support of the fans. The players, manager and directors owe the Rangers fans a public apology for that humiliating display. How and why the Board continue to support Murty is unknown. It is imperative that he is now removed before we play the remaining 5 games of the season which are so important in determining where we finish in the league. We need to recover some pride.

It is apparent that there is a lack of any sort of public relations or communications strategy. This is evident through the managerial controversies with Warburton, Weir, McParland and McInnes. More recently, during the January transfer window, had the Club reacted quicker, the rumours circulating around the future of Alfredo Morelos and the transfer fee would have been silenced. Now the latest controversy follows after Sunday and surrounds several players - Kenny Miller, Lee Wallace, Alfredo Morelos, Greg Docherty, Andy Halliday and Daniel Candeias. Again, rumours are circulating. Our slow and weak response to events, in and out of the Club makes us a laughing stock to other football fans and to the press. Becoming proactive is key in once more establishing the respect we deserve.

In light of the above, it is difficult to understand how the Board can expect fans and others to invest money into the Club whether through share issues or season ticket renewals. The Board has shown little or no evidence that it can be trusted. How can fans be expected to renew their season tickets when the next managerial appointment is unknown? How can fans trust the Board to appoint a successful manager when the appointments of Caixinha and Murty have been disastrous? For too long the Board has taken the loyalty of the fans for granted. The Board has shown little competence to date. It is now time to either show the fans you merit the status as directors of Rangers Football Club, or you consider your resignation.


 

Mate, admire the sentiment and the passion. Sadly you’ll get-at best- a generic reply. They do not give a fuck, they just want our money.