weshallnotbemoved!

Brilliant

His article is sensationalist. The title is as unhelpful as any that Speirs would have written when he was there. All these guys are showing themselves now. Circling around a wounded animal.

In bf4 s usual

Clear message for Greece and Rangers: do not spend what you cannot afford £14 million was spent on the Murray Park training gound, named after the former owner, Sir David Murray, pictured SNS Group/Bill Murray There is a certain symbolism in Rangers’ financial problems being stripped bare for all to see, on the same day that smoke billowed into the sky above Athens as businesses were torched and anger erupted over the Greek bailout crisis. Just as at Ibrox, Greece is struggling to face the future. The impoverished country and the perilous club share a lot of things in common, that go beyond their beloved blue and white colours. Both have spent too much on projects of vanity and now neither has the money to cover the bills. The medicine being prescribed — in one case, by the EU and IMF and in the other, by HMRC — is simply too unpalatable to the public who will pay the price for the folly of others. We are unlikely to see copycat rioters hijack the streets of Govan, the way Athens has suffered, but there is a clear message that runs between the two places: do not spend what you cannot afford. The scale of Rangers’ liabilities is much worse than anyone thought, mirroring the cavernous hole of debt that Greece is now coming to terms with. Craig Whyte, the Rangers owner, stated on Sky Sports last night that the tax bill to HMRC could reach £75 million. That was the sort of sum run up by Dick Adocaat just over a decade ago, as Rangers lavished money on everything from the players to property. The record £12 million fee spent on acquiring Tore André Flo from Chelsea — way beyond the striker’s market value — and the £14 million spent on the Murray Park training gound, named after the former owner, Sir David Murray, is just part of the evidence that financial prudence was overlooked in favour of excess. It was Emperor’s New Clothes. The Greeks went on a huge debt-funded spending spree to pay for high-profile projects such as the Athens Olympics, which went well over budget. Greece has also discovered that widespread tax evasion cost the treasury billions of euros. Perhaps, the Greek government should have enlisted HMRC to track down the money, because it has shown a stubborn determination to get the money it claims it is owed from Rangers for the Employment Benefits Trust scheme that was set up in the 1990s to pay players and staff. HMRC believe that the club misused the scheme and avoided paying significant sums in tax. That is bad enough for the millions of ordinary tax-payers to accept, but if you have run a football club in Scotland and had to waive the chance to bring in new players because you could not afford them, it is unlikely to generate much solidarity from within the football community. If Rangers do go into administration, they are unlikely to find the hat being passed round Scottish football to provide some sustenance. Gretna went into administration in March 2008, as the club paid the price for a wage bill they could never sustain. The terminal illness of the club’s late owner, Brooks Mileson, created an instant cashflow problem and even though the Scottish Premier League advanced some funds to the stricken club, in lieu of television contract money, it was simply a sticking plaster. Gretna failed to finish the season. They went out of business, while footballers and ordinary staff were made redundant as the administrators moved in with ruthless efficiency. Motherwell, Dundee and Livingston been down that road before. They all survived, though Livingston were demoted to the Scottish third division for a second bankruptcy in 2008. Whyte said yesterday that he had taken the decision to embrace administration because it was to protect the long-term future of the club, but no one can make such guarantees. There is a harsh realism out there, that kicked in after the global economic downturn, and few can stake their reputation on anything financial, any more. The Rangers supporters know that with the same clarity as the people of Greece. The only thing that is guaranteed, is that football no longer has an immunity from paying for the excess of the past. All over Europe, clubs are either on the brink of collapse, or have gone under. Even in sensible places, like Switzerland, the home of banking, where Neuchatel Xamax have just been stripped of their licence and thrown into the fifth division because the owner had not paid social security bills or players’ wages. Perhaps, Neuchatel got off lightly. Two clubs that Rangers supporters will recognise after playing them in European competition, have suffered the ultimate price. Strasbourg are no more. Unirea Urziceni, no more. Demoted for financial mismanagement, then wound up last summer. Rangers must hope their tale has a different ending.

Oops, should have realised. I will see what I can do.

Oops, should have realised. I will see what I can do.

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/sport/football/scotland/article3319274.ece

Its embarrassing how overtly he tries to appease his "masters." He goes beyond commentary. Complete prick.

I detest that cunt Houston...

This is the spirit....let's show our ferocity on the 25th of March......fuck this pc shite...time to fight back these rat bastards!

Jim " lovely land of leather," White...

If Johnston's beef is with Craig Whyte then he shouldn't look to highlight the name of the Club at a time when our face to the public has been the worst it has ever been. The media are looking for any excuse for a senstational story. Its not helpful. In pursuing this " I told you all so," crusade he just damages our representation further. We are all Rangers FC..not just Craig Whyte so we are all suffering. Alistair Johnston is a self-obsessed prick... Fuck off mate you're becoming boring...

Agreed

He's embarrassed us in the press....he can fuck right off....

We won and have been nearer goal for the last few games than usual....slow learning curve for Ally but hopefully he is learning...

We won and have been nearer goal for the last few games than usual....slow learning curve for Ally but hopefully he is learning...

Still the league's top scorer....and that is with a so called 'poor team,' behind him.

I'll be over before the end of the year...I'm seeing an English burd who wants to go shopping there...She can do that then we can meet up for a beer or two mate ...

I'll be over before the end of the year...I'm seeing an English burd who wants to go shopping there...She can do that then we can meet up for a beer or two mate ...

They were shit

BF4

Yep, every team looks fitter and better prepared than us.....all the photos you see of the training seem to involve laughing and joking players....no focus and the coaches need firing

Yep, every team looks fitter and better prepared than us.....all the photos you see of the training seem to involve laughing and joking players....no focus and the coaches need firing

Run at them from the word go...