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Just got a text from skysports mobile - " Ellis consortium are in advanced negotiations to buy a controlling interest in Rangers " Fingers crossed lads!!
Also just on BBC Reporting Scotland, fingers crossed indeed.
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Great pics C R.
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Welcome O_B, any chance you can search out Ellis for some info.
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I met a man who had a 24-hour watch and I asked him how he dealt with this 48-hour takeover rule?
His reply was somewhat confused.
He said, "I take the 48-hour takeover rule - I throw it up in the air - I then let it settle for about a fortnight - I add some salt (to the wound) and throw in a pinch of innuendo and rumour - and 'voila' - three-weeks later I'm no further forward.
I asked him, "But what about your 24-hour watch?"
He replied, "Only on Tuesday's!!"
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Well seeing as its silly season, I thought I'd throw this name into the hat...
Think someone did mention this a while back, but found this little snippet in the local rag...
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1757168
Its a story about his new golf course in Aberdeen, but it was this comment that caught my attention...
Mr Trump also revealed that he had been approached about investing in a Scottish football team – and this was a “possibility”. “Stranger things have happened,” he said. “People have spoken to me about it, so we will see.”
Ok, let the slagging commence now!
Lets hope it is not the 'sheep shaggers' who have asked him.
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so i guess follow follow has went as quiet as this with news on this, its hard not to be excited but the anti climax is murder
Very true.
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Raman built up the story then let us down bigtime!!
No details yet.
Reporting Scotland also said that a meeting had taken place, but no details.
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I'm surprised the CIA don't come over and try and recruit the people involved in this so called takeover bid (unless they can't figure out who they are either}, they would be over the moon to be able to run an operation with this much secrecy and confusion.
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Great read, you guys certainly do your homework.
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You are probably right about the 'unofficial' side of things, but it is just sooooooooooooooo annoying. No matter whatever happens 'we are the people'
Are 'we the people' though?
I agree the fans remain the most important part of the club in a financial sense. CL and player income is also vital but our season ticket revenue has been one certainty over the last 10 years since the SPL became a fiscal back-water. The reluctance of the club to explore ways of making our relationship more formal than emotional is a huge mistake in my opinion. Unfortunately, we've not helped out own credibility in that regard so are just as much to blame arguably. There is not much sign of change either. The fanbase can be part of the solution here but we need someone to buy into what we offer and also examine the way we take part ourselves.
What will it take to get us off this roller-coaster ride?
1. The existing board - most have contributed to where the club is as it stands so anyone expecting them to get us out of our ongoing problems could be waiting a long time.
2. The Ellis bid - we'll know very soon according to what his spokesman said in the ET today. His preference for privacy is interesting (and actually refreshing) but also disconcerting and unhelpful. His bluff has now been called though very publicly. Again, we could be waiting a long time.
All in all, no-one knows how deep the troughs may be but there appear to be more of them ahead than peaks. That alone should be precipitating change but personality clashes seem more agreeable to some than constructive action.
Annoyed doesn't begin to describe the way I'm feeling...
You are probably right Frankie, in many ways 'we are NOT the people', I was just trying to lift my spirits after being very annoyed this morning. I was listening to the radio yesterday and a member of the Dun Utd 'trust' who is on the club board was speaking about the club appointing P.H. soon as full time mamager, and I thought how can they have someone representing the fans at board level and we cannot. From my point of view we should have a member of the assembly on our board, someone who most fans could trust whoever that might be.
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Good post again Frankie.
When I heard this on Radio Clyde sport this morning, my first thought was why could A.J. not just have made this statement on the Rangers web site rather than go through someone that he must know is disliked (to say the least) by most Rangers fans. It was in my opinion like rubbing salt into the wounds of the disapponting news he was giving to us the loyal fans who have paid in my case £576.00 for a new season ticket. It is time for the club/SDM to come clean to us on just what the hell is going on at Ibrox. If it is bad news then lets hear it and we will deal (or no deal) with it, the lack of clarity from anyone in a place of power in our club is deafening.
Like you, I'm puzzled as to why Johnston would use a disliked and discredited journalist to convey this message but I guess doing so means his comments could be considered 'unofficial' opinions as opposed to 'official' input on the club website.
I suspect Johnston may be friendly with Spiers from the corduroy one's golf correspondent work in past years for The Herald which may have resulted in a chat about the situation. I'm also pretty sure Johnston will be as frustrated as the rest of us so perhaps he should use more 'official' means of raising awareness as opposed to going through the media.
The fact the club seem no closer to finding a strategy which can ensure our competitiveness really is strange considering we're all well aware of what is and isn't possible financially. Like I say, the situation is now ridiculous.
You are probably right about the 'unofficial' side of things, but it is just sooooooooooooooo annoying. No matter whatever happens 'we are the people'
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Good post again Frankie.
When I heard this on Radio Clyde sport this morning, my first thought was why could A.J. not just have made this statement on the Rangers web site rather than go through someone that he must know is disliked (to say the least) by most Rangers fans. It was in my opinion like rubbing salt into the wounds of the disapponting news he was giving to us the loyal fans who have paid in my case £576.00 for a new season ticket. It is time for the club/SDM to come clean to us on just what the hell is going on at Ibrox. If it is bad news then lets hear it and we will deal (or no deal) with it, the lack of clarity from anyone in a place of power in our club is deafening.
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Many thanks Frankie & G C L for your replies, your information is very helpful.
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What I cannot understand is why Ellis or King & Co or anyone else who might buy us are taking so long to make their move, surely they either have the money or they do not. The big worry for me is that as long as the uncertainty goes on we stand the chance of losing Walter because he will not know whether it is the banks budget (if they give him one) or any new buyers that he would be working from, and surely that could make a big difference to what class of player he could try for.
I have renewed my season ticket, but getting more concerned as each day goes by as to what is going on, and I think the club should at least confirm the report the Assembly issued as being correct.
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We could have a protest
Let's not go round in circles.
As you correctly suggest protest is doomed to failure unless there is a proper focal point. And as others also suggest, without leadership and a credible figure-head, it is even less likely to succeed. Add in a majority that couldn't care less as long as the trophies keep coming in, then direct protest is unlikely and arguably unhelpful.
That means those who would like to protest have to think of an alternative. That can be drumming up support via the methods mentioned in the original support or by buying the club. Indeed, both methods need not be exclusive of each other if the target is the same.
All I'm suggesting via the article is that if they want the result they're after - or even if they want to raise awareness of a problem only they know about - they have to improve their strategy.
Already some elsewhere are interpreting this as an attack on one particular fan group or forum. Nothing could be further from the truth - I prefer to see it more as constructive criticism to widen the debate. If anyone disagrees with what I say about improving strategy to increase awareness of alleged problems, then I'm eager to hear why leading publicly from the front is a bad option.
You make some great points there, especially the last sentence.
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OK I'm officially confused
First of all, who the fuck is Iain Anderson, apart from our own Papaguy, and to think damn I thought RM was going to be taking over Rangers.
If he had made official enquiries about taking over Rangers, how come no-one knew about it as they have to go through the official channels.
Has there been anymore enquiries made to buy our club which we don't actually know about, maybe King has?
Finally, as we only know about the Ellis one, does this mean that this is going to be the bonafida bid and possibly new owner, or is Ellis being used to deflect things away from someone else.
Join the club P I B, it is very confusing and I wish someone, whoever they might be, would tell us if they are going to try and buy us or not.
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Misleading thread title....
thought Scott Brown had snuck player of the year
:lol: :lol: I thought the same.
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lets not talk about it.
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£10 Donated.
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I was surprised Frankie to see AK & SS dismiss the Ellis bid, saying they thought it had 'no substance'. It might not have but I would like to hear what he had to say before I dismiss it, that is assuming he is still in the picture. Does this mean they are behind the King/Park/Others agenda being pushed by the E. Times ?
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The whole HMRC thing is a big IF, there is an investigation with a pending court case and, as usual, the press run with the negative connotations i.e. if we lose then we will owe HMRC ££££m's. Journalistic balance prevents them from saying .. "As Rangers have taken expert tax advice, along with many of the EPL clubs who are also defending their schemes, there is a very good chance that the case will be thrown out ..."
I listened into RR at 6:30 when the guy was on .. Brian Something (never caught his surname), i presume this guy is a major shareholder or has some sort of influence at the club as when he said that SDM called him back, i doubt he would do that to just a guy who has 5 shares !!
Anyway, i heard this guy recount his conversation where it was made clear that the debt had been reduced to Circa £20m and was still to drop, considerably. There was also a clear statement that the CL & season ticket money was NOT ring-fenced to reduce the debt .. again at £20m and dropping. Lastly, there was confirmation that the club will have funds to strengthen the playing staff ... now whether that comes from sales of existing players or is money from CL/Season Tickets, they weren't clear on (not that i can remember).
Overall, the impression given from the caller was that SDM was not pleased with the "misinformation" being fed to the press and was looking to do something about it. Personally i would love to hear Daryll King having a phone-in discussion with SDM where he could put his claims to the horses mouth.
I fear that there is a political game being played with the future of the club, by people who have a vested interest in seeing the club in turmoil, encouraging the fans to revolt and placing undue pressure on the owner & bank to sell on the cheap.
I also heard the bloke on RR, mind you I thought he was called 'George' Something
and wondered if he was genuine, but since Ewan & Roughy did not question his story I assume he is telling the truth. After all the scare stories earlier today it was fairly good news I thought. -
With us winning the league, the CL qualification and MIH results all being done by the end of the month I would imagine we will start to find out fairly quickly exactly what our current position is…..
Indeed - it is going to be a fascinating few weeks...
In many ways, I think the club would benefit from being completely transparent with all of this. Be honest and open and more fans may be inclined to dig deep.
I went along the ticket office today and renewed for next season, but I agree Frankie that very soon we need to know what is happening with our club. I do hope that in the next 2 - 3 weeks we will hear some positive news.
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Sad news, RIP.
Ellis takeover back on with Russian backing
in Jimmy Bell's Kitroom
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