gunslinger 270 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 also says while they step up their bid with meetings in London with duff and phelps others are cooling their interest. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunslinger 270 Posted March 13, 2012 Author Share Posted March 13, 2012 john Taylor former deputy leader of the ulster unionist party is in talks to become a blue knight as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnberry18 3,204 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 For me, it is the only show in town. We might not like it; but there is not a great rush on acquire control of Rangers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'o'rangerblue 89 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Can he play the Naismith role? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnberry18 3,204 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 john Taylor former deputy leader of the ulster unionist party is in talks to become a blue knight as well.Interesting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKirk 25,816 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 If it's good enough for the great man himself,then iam in.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainAmerica18 846 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Think this is the endorsement which will turn alot of people's opinion of the bid. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck_Fickens 425 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 To be fair, has there been any concrete interest from any other party? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIJoe 98 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Think this is the endorsement which will turn alot of people's opinion of the bid.I think you're right. I confess I'm not 100% on this. Maybe Walter's endorsement will force the hands of all these other interested parties. If they exist that is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKirk 25,816 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 john Taylor former deputy leader of the ulster unionist party is in talks to become a blue knight as well.Well....what's he worth Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrangemouthRSC 832 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Texas Ranger is on his way over with his suitcase of dollars Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
beattie72 170 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Aslong as there will be a Rangers im happy. The only concern I have is ticketus. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnberry18 3,204 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Well....what's he worth I don't think it's much; and that's why I find this interesting. It is a broad church apparently, this Blue Knights group. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazbo27 15 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Is this old news can't find recent Walter interview? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rupert thebear 7 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Source ??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKirk 25,816 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 If tbk's get us will they keep ally as gaffer? Or try and bring Walter back? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMac 1,405 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 To be fair, has there been any concrete interest from any other party?Nope. Just the Ulster Unionist party. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueThunder 8,454 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 also says while they step up their bid with meetings in London with duff and phelps others are cooling their interest.Others cooling their interest? So, are we to take from that there never was much other interest and the admins were just trying to flush parties out and get a BKs bid? Or is the Record just speculating with no details? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck_Fickens 425 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Nope. Just the Ulster Unionist party. I'm still not convinced... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnberry18 3,204 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 I'm a big Walter Smith fan, but his recommendation on its own doesn't mean a great deal to me: we need to see what it is they are offering; who is involved; and what their plans are. If Walter endorses it then it is a positive; but there will need to be a lot more of them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunslinger 270 Posted March 13, 2012 Author Share Posted March 13, 2012 on ticketus it says Murray wants them on board because the alternative is years in court and liquidation while we await a ruling. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunslinger 270 Posted March 13, 2012 Author Share Posted March 13, 2012 Well....what's he worth owns newspapers in ulster. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rangers_1993 68 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Paul Murray could be barred by SFA rules from a triumphant return to the Rangers boardroom — even if he succeeds with a takeover.The figurehead of the Blue Knights’ consortium to save the Ibrox club met administrators Duff & Phelps in London on Monday ahead of Friday’s deadline for bids.Murray, a previous director of the club, was axed by discredited owner Craig Whyte last May. Now it has emerged his hopes of a speedy return may fall foul of the same ‘fit-and-proper’ regulation which has thwarted Dave King’s hopes of retaining his seat in the boardroomRule 10.2j of the SFA statutes states that individuals can’t serve as a club director if they have been ‘a director of a club in membership of any national association within the five-year period preceding such club having undergone an insolvency event’. Murray stood down from the Rangers board nine months prior to the club entering administration — well within the five-year period stipulated in the SFA rules. The governing body’s in-house legal representative will now consider the matter further today. Senior sources at Hampden claimed last week that, while King would fail rule 10.2j, Murray would pass muster because he left the Rangers board prior to the club entering administration on February 14.There is, however, no mention of such a regulation in the SFA statutes and legal sources consulted by Sportsmail yesterday believe the wording of rule 10.2j to be unambiguous.The SFA ‘reserves its discretion’ over whether an individual can be deemed fit and proper after ‘due consideration of all relevant facts’.Even if the former director is unable to resume his place in the boardroom in the event of a successful takeover bid, there is nothing to prevent him having an unofficial say in the running of the club as a shareholder — as Vladimir Romanov does at Hearts.Murray’s consortium includes Ticketus — the firm who paid Whyte £24.4million for large swathes of three years of season tickets — as well as businessmen Douglas Park, Scott Murdoch and John Bennett.The involvement of Ticketus remains perplexing. It’s understood administrators Duff & Phelps will this week move to have their claim on the tickets ruled null and void.If successful, this would remove Ticketus from the consortium and leave them to pursue Whyte for the money they gave him Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergio 1,199 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 For me, it is the only show in town. We might not like it; but there is not a great rush on acquire control of Rangers.On Friday we will know for sure who is interested. I am confident that there will be other parties interested. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunslinger 270 Posted March 13, 2012 Author Share Posted March 13, 2012 Others cooling their interest? So, are we to take from that there never was much other interest and the admins were just trying to flush parties out and get a BKs bid? Or is the Record just speculating with no details?its pretty speculative. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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