William McBeath

I was only 6 when Mexico 86 happened but remember it well because it was a really good tournament. Maradona of course helped to make it that bit more special. What a player he was that year. Impossible to be any better. No I won' be supporting England come this world cup. There is a long sporting rivalry between different parts of the UK so I couldn' bring myself to actually support them. Many Scots actually want to split from Britain but I don't go that far and like the UK. I wish them well at the world cup but will just support whatever team catches my eye and plays the best football. Yeah I know of Chivas. Seen them mentioned in books and videos many a time especially for passionate fans and the atmosphere at your big derby match. I never knew about the only Mexican signing policy. Here Rangers are traditionally associated with the protestant religion but get nothing but abuse from authorities and media because we used to favour protestant players. Even though it was always common for football clubs to have identities like Chivas or others like Athletico Bilbao in Spain, it is now frowned upon and so we get a lot of bad publicity because we favoured protestants. Very unfair in my opinion as many organisations were like this in the past and so it was traditional. Agree with the rest of your post especially regarding Trump. You in Mexico though tend to have as many great boxers in any given decade than we in Scotland have had in our entire history so I'd give a great deal for Scotland to have a Canelo let alone a Chavez, Marquez, Barrera, or a Morales The UK as a whole does pretty well and I support most of our guys but I'd love for more to come from Scotland itself. All the best mate and cheers for the replies

Cheers for the reply mate. Yeah you've described Pena very well. For us he has shown some good things going forward but his work ethic and defensive ability meant that he was always going to struggle here as the games are less open in comparison to what I've seen of Mexican football and a high work rate is especially important to us at the moment because we lack the quality we used to possess throughout the team. I like to watch boxing so always had a soft spot for Mexico. I loved the recently retired Marquez. Awsome and courageous little fighter. I also watch out for Mexico at world cups. Are you old enough to remember the Mexico 86? Was the best one I've seen. I was disgusted to see Trump treating you guys the way he did when saying he'd build a wall and make Mexico pay for it. No respect for people at all. He's just a big mouth because he knows his country has so much power. No class at all. What's your Mexican team? I'll cheer them on if I see a match is on and return the goodwill. Always love a reason to like a teams abroad that is more than just a random choice. Cheers for signing up to the forum. Always good to hear from people elsewhere

I think I remember that as well. Cheeky bastard

Sounds as if we are trying to do something decent with the academy. Let's hope we see more young players coming through as a result of this combining too coaches with guys who know what it takes to play for Rangers.

Mate what's your thoughts on Pena as a player? Is he highly regarded in Mexico? He scored a few goals but was mostly poor for us. Some reckon he might have got better once he adjusted to Scottish football. Do you know our game? What's your thoughts on the guy?

Aye ok. You another clown who rated the guy? What's it to you anyway? Is he one of your chums on here? The guy is running around hurling insults at people for having an opinion on this. Why's the bitch so upset ffs

Away and boil your head you fucking half wit. Are you one of the fools that rated the guy or maybe a cuck who's wife Pena was seeing? A tadger whatever the truth is.

No doubt annoyed that he was bagged as soon as a half decent football man had a say. He was mince yet managed to convince some fools on here with his goals. Now he's showing disrespect to a club he was never good enough to play for even in our current state. No doubt our press will try to use this to laugh at us for some reason but the joke really is on Pena. He simply was no where near good enough.

Sports Direct Loyal It is sad to see the support so at odds with everything to be fair but there is no doubt that fat fuck was not the solution. Was amazed to see so many vote for him in that poll. Just wish there was a perfect mob to sort us out. That Jim McColl has the means and did nothing yet seems to get an easy time of it. I'll never have anything but disdain for the guy now as what sort of bear with those resources does nothing? That's why I won't be hating on anyone that did at least get up off there arse and do something about all the looters.

Careful mate you'll have all the fanatical Ashley lovers from the boardroom onto you for talking like that.

Was expecting a porno or some shit there. Well done OP

Aye, I forgot what that board room section was like until now. No wonder people avoid it That's me out of here. If people think the board are corrupt or all the rest of it then fair enough. I just think they are not as bad as some make out.

I don't remember, was it £10 million and now over £16 million? Can I ask you if you were happier with the old lot? I get every cunts angry with the way things are and letting of steam. That's fair enough. I don't believe the board are as bad as made out though given the state we have been in. We needed rid of all the previous scumbags.

Another insightful post devoid of points. We all know you love a good board thread but your barking up the wrong tree. I don't care much for this board or any for that matter. I'd get rid of them quicker than you if I had a better option. That's what's missing in Boyd's article and threads like this.

Yeah I agree with that. Pressure always helps. Just don't want to see demonstrations or the sort of stuff that gives the media and haters a field day. Especially as we have no alternative. If a new buyer comes along I'd be happy with it then. With the manager I mean the good ones would be unlikely to accept giving we have hardly any transfer funds, a mediocre squad of players, and a rival with a lot more funds and better players already. Nobody but the unemployed has beens, risky foreigners, or those at the likes of St Johnstone would take the job. Kings a sly liar. We all know that. He was always non commital about the total sum but I never expected it. It was about getting support to oust a bunch of rats so I can forgive him. Some clubs eventually lose their stadium to people like that and they were doing some terrible deals. The transparacy thing is a strange one to me. I don't expect to know our business until it's done. It seems to me that the website has been full of updates. Again though as I can see the replies going off at the top of the screen, I'm not pro any board and would gladly see them replaced with someone with the funds to take us forward.

Doesn't really impress me either though that's more to do with the silly statements as it's difficult to increase revenues without a good team. That's why we need money for the team imo. How would you go about raising our income to £50 million? If you know then I want you as his replacement.

The only thing factual you've typed is the loans and court cases. Would you rather we didn't get the loans or downsized? Is it the boards fault our income is much lower than the past? Would you rather Lambias and co than the court cases? You talk about head in the sand whilst your hatred of King clearly distorts your view of the board.

I don't agree with some of this but in a rush now to get ready. Transparency seems to be some kind of stick to beat them with. We had essays of updates on the club site and interviews. Do we need personal phone calls or something. Most boards tell their fans less than us. Ask the Geordies. What lies? Do you mean the 30 million up front? Nobody with any sense believed that but so far they have put in around 16 million in loans without interest or taking the stadium name or image type rights and we will obviously need more. The court cases are all to do with getting Rangers off the scumbags or trying to break contracts. I would rather that than still be watching Lambias and co taking what they could. Would you rather we were still with them instead of the court cases? The McInnes statement was lousy I agree. With regards the manager. He knocked us back. Not much we can do about that. It will be difficult to get a good manager as it's a tough challenge right now and no one of decent standing wants to look like a failure. I'd have appointed someone till the end of the season though. Because people are pissed off at the board they think I'm backing them. Tell me who you think we should replace them with and I'll probably agree. I don't know anybody. I'd love a new owner with enough money to get us back competing properly. I just don't think the current board are scumbags or as bad as made out. I used to worry that we would lose the stadium to the last lot or go bust all together with the ones before then. Those boards were scum bags. This lot might not be the solution to our problems but I'd rather them than what we had until we have another option. What do people propose instead of this board? I'd be happy to hear of solutions because it's all just criticisms from the likes of Boyd.

All the stuff about caring about King or lying to other bears is just bollocks. Same with the shite about accepting 2nd best or most of the rest of it. I don't care about any of the board and would get rid of them yesterday if there was a better option I knew of. It's easy to snipe and display your anger on here and beat chests about being better fans but I'm just giving an honest opinion without any agenda. It's just being realistic. It will take time and money to compete properly again. Not many clubs can go through what we did and just come back like nothing happened. I agree we should be better and the board are to blame for that. Just don't think they are the scumbags they are being made out to be. As for accepting doings off that lot. No chance, I'll be as raging as the rest of us if we get beat again. Anger won't change nothing though.

No, we can go back to the late 1990s if your talking about the mismanagement of the club. No doubt someone will say these guys where on the board then and they would have a good point. Certainly more so than blaming them for the state we have been in since administration because the vast majority of that lies with all the chancers who took large wads and left us tied up to dodgy deals. My main criticism of the board is Pedro. That was a shocking appointment.

The board made a howler with appointing Pedro. That always sets a club back and it's even more of sore one to take when the club isn't in a good place. We should be better than we are by now but hiring and backing the wrong manager nearly always causes problems in terms of progress. Out with this though I don't know what people expect from them. They ended the line of chancers ripping us off and have been trying to sort things out with regards to the dodgy deals left behind by former boards. They have as difficult a job as any manager we appoint. It's always going to be the case that they will get vilified the longer we remain one of the also rans but without serious money there is no quick solution to our problems. They don't have the sort of cash we need and that's the biggest gripe I have with them because they should be trying to find a buyer. Maybe they are open to offers right enough but there is no interest. It's easy to see why. It's because our club has been so badly run and is not in a good place financially. This was the case when they took over. No one else is interested because it's such a difficult task to make us the no 1 club in Scotland again. We can slaughter them all we want but it won't change these facts. They are just not rich enough to restore us as quickly as we would like. Blame them for that all you want but the truth is that they have actually been subsidising us with loans. We would have less to spend without them and would probably still be borrowing Newcastle youth players. As for Boyd, it's easy to come out with stuff for pissed off supporters by mirroring their concerns but he does the club no favours because it just makes the whole situation worse if fans turn on the board as without big money from new owners there is no quick fix. It's easy to throw stones from the sidelines but it's a lot more difficult to offer real solutions. How would he fix it if he was on the board? Would he subsidise us or downsize us? I see he thinks he can also sort the team out by bringing in physical players and doing an O'neil. That scum team cost fucking millions. I agree we could do with a more physical approach but if it was as easy as that Motherwell would be champions. We will need more than brawn to win titles again. We need good players and they usually cost money. So again it comes down to money. The board have backed the managers as far as I can see. Boyd also seems to blame them for the players the managers have brought in. Not so sure that is fair either. Blame them for picking the manager but not the players. Picking Pedro is the main blunder made by this board. They won't be the last board in football to pick the wrong man though. Pedro was so bad though that I would chase them for that alone if there was other options. Maybe the solution is Boyd himself right enough. He appears to know it all and would no doubt have us sorted quickly. Maybe he could be the first player/chairman/manager. What a guy

Well done Camshy making our NI support feel welcome. As if supporting Rangers is the same as supporting Liverpool or Man Utd to a northern Irish person. The club's as much theirs as it is ours. A genuine multi national club with real links to it's fan base over in NI. Check out the fan culture and songs if you don't agree. Always been this way.

I don't mean you but there's a good few getting carried away with talk of being dead or different. I get they're just pissed off because we're rotten but seeing that shite from every other lot is enough for me.

Its tucking suit what was done to us and the state of the club and team compared to ten years ago. It is what it is and we'll just have to take it like other clubs. But it's Rangers alright. Threads going like it's on a taig board with all this talk of being a different club. I'm out

Fucksake, some kid scores against the filth and we have threads about how he was once with us and we should have kept him. Is this how far some of us have fallen?