Balgreen Bear

But that simply isn't true mate, neither bold statement in fact. In the 2 years in the lower leagues we have spent almost £25m on our first team football operations. Not directly Allys fault granted but that is what he felt he needed to negotiate the bottom 2 tiers of Scottish football. That is simply unacceptable both from a boardroom point of view and managerial.

No, those eligible for the team can still play in it despite being loaned out. How do we positively spin 3 defeats from 3? No even Toxic could turn that around.

That is total staff costs which include all payments to staff, not just wages. Staff costs ------------------------------------------------17,943 Other operating charges ------------------------------13,317 Hire of plant and machinery ------------------------------194 Depreciation of property, plant and equipment-------765 Revenue grants --------------------------------------------( 374 ) Amortisation of trade marks-----------------------------------1 Amortisation of players’ registrations-----------------1,718 Auditor’s remuneration--------------------------------------105 Total operating expenses-------------------------------33,668 Player costs are RIFC’s most significant expenditure, including £7.8 million in respect of the first team playing squad. That is a list of our expenditure for that accounting period. This is a more simplified one from the review Note non football payroll costs. Please note though, both examples are from differing time periods and averages have had to be calculated for comparison purposes.

Another very strong Rangers team dismantled by an inferior opponent. 3 defeats from 3 should be unacceptable no matter the level.

10 years in coaching and management and has shown absolutely no signs of development or improvement. I think 99% of Rangers fans have now accepted that this is not his game and he will be moved on whenever we have a board of directors and shareholders befitting our club. Right now, Alistair is the perfect scapegoat and sideshow for them. That and the fact they cannot afford to sack him.

Are youth any less reliable than the over paid experienced guys who have let us down so badly? I don't believe there was ever any risk of failure in the 3rd division, i still believe to this day our Under 20's team who took a very strong Celtic side to the last day of the league title last year, would have won that league comfortably. Added to that the experience of the few who tupe'd over. There was no need for the Blacks, Sandazas, Kyles, Argyrious etc etc. We should have embraced the signing ban and used it as a positive to breath a youthful life into our team. We chose to throw money at mercenaries. We could have brought in more experience without paying them between £7k and £10k a week though. Guys who would have run through bricks walls for a chance to play for Rangers unlike those we got. We didn't need quality to get us through the divisions, that has been proven. We have been extremely mediocre yet spent a fortune for the privilege, that is, i think, what annoys fans. It certainly pisses me off. Agreed, the budget is given by the board, the manager then does what he thinks is right with that budget. I don't think Ally has done things right. We have far too many players, especially for certain positions. Central defence and centre midfield the 2 obvious ones. As i said, i believe we already had enough experience, Alexander, Wallace, McCulloch. 3 experienced internationals, compliment them with our best of youth and i believe we would have walked the bottom 2 leagues easily. It would also have gave fans something worth buying into, our future. As an aside, i really do rate some of our youths very highly, i am gutted i haven't seen more of them and they haven't been trusted more.

Correct. According to the 120 day review, for the 19 month period it covered it was only £7m, to average it out for an annual cost it's about £4.4m per year. That covers around 200 members of staff and all board members. Several of which have since left the club.

As a small comparison. Walter managed Rangers at a time when the club was being run by an outside force(the bank), the business was running at a loss, was in £30m debt and was up against not only the best clubs in the country but a genuine title rival and had a smaller budget than that club. Ally manages Rangers at a time when the club is very much in our own hands, money is being thrown at him for his team, yes we were running at a loss but debt only stands at £1.5m, we are up against the weakest, poorest and smallest clubs in the country and have had absolutely no title rivals to contend with and no one in any division has had any sort of budget comparable to ours. Apart from trying to pick 11 players out of a squad of over 30, what problems has he really had to contend with? He has had 3 outstandingly strong squads to work with in his 3 years in the lower leagues compared to the opposition. The off-field negativity just seems to be a convenient excuse for some people.

Yes. Passion, work rate, goals, desire, hunger, skill on occasion too. Possibly none. Alexander, Wallace, McCulloch, Miller and Boyd is a more than strong enough backbone to get us to the top league. Not ideal, not my choice but those are the cards we have been dealt so far on our journey. The rest were not necessary imo. As the answer to Q.3 is none there is no answer here. As above. No player on our books on the 3 years in the bottom league should have been earning more than £5k per week. That should have been our highest earner and even then that is more than what anyone else in Scotland is earning outside Celtic obviously. By selling myself, my vision, our club and our ambition to prospective players. Not throwing money at them. Hard one to answer, a core of 20 maybe with youths promoted on merit when needed. No one can guarantee anything in football but Rangers gaining consecutive promotions in the lower leagues is about as close as anyone will ever get to a guarantee. No matter how we went about our business, buying titles as we have or doing it right. We were always going up. Of course, in year one back and every year after.

Our football costs were over £24m before we kicked a ball in the Championship. Over £12m per year in the bottom two leagues. That's not the managers fault though, the board let him run riot with a blank cheque.

2 Ramsdens Cups in our trophy cabinet. There is absolutely no excuse for failure in that competition. Possibly integrated a few more players into the team who will be of use to us outside the lower leagues. Demanded a wage cut the moment he knew we were going to the bottom tier. Fought harder for a scouting team. Jon Dalys contract could have paid for a team of scouts. Given the choice, what would you have chosen? Put a stop to the jobs for the boys illness our club suffers so badly from. Stopped signing so many mediocre journeymen. Gave youth more of a chance in the first team. Hired a proper group of coaches for specialised training rather than his pals to go through the same sessions every single day. That's just for starters.

What he done was work miracles under extremely trying situations. He is the perfect man to steady ships and bring domestic success. Probably exactly what we need right now but not what we needed when we started our journey in 2012. He is a genuine Rangers legend.

When has Kenny ever been a second striker?

I think the experience of Simonsen will trump Robinson tbh. Right or wrong. Plus Robinson had a howler against Hamilton reserves last week. Hearts destroyed this lot a few weeks back so i am fully expecting us to do similar.

I think they should be, should they not?

Was he ever going to want or say anything different? A non story if ever we have seen one.

He is rubbish. A truly woeful signing.

Who is better and does he not have his whole career ahead of him?

Would be an absolute disgrace if we let him go. He is our best player by a mile and the future of our club.

I think the manager has done more than anyone to cloud the club with negativity over the last 3 years. From his press conferences and results to his tactics and line ups.

Wallace wouldn't be a great loss on current form with no signs of improvement but selling MacLeod would be a travesty.

If that's our 2 choices Of survival then turn the lights off on the way out. I have no idea how the rebels can sleep at night. Fans boycotting the club. What a mess we are in.

It's certainly not value for money but I wouldn't say it was rank rotten either. A different more experienced manger could probably get better out of the players but next to no one in our squad over 21 will be good enough to win SPL titles. A huge clear out will be needed next summer.

Then don't sign anyone, save the money, work with what he has and give youth a chance. Keep the money for when we really need it.

Half of it would have still been more than every other club in the country apart from Celtic, both previous promotions were guaranteed before a ball was kicked, I would argue a different coaching set up with less resources would undoubtedly done better in the domestic cups.