robg58 319 Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 http://www.rangers.co.uk/news/opinion/item/3339-questions-remainRANGERS are well on the road to recovery after the most chaotic and hurtful period in their history but many questions remain unanswered.The horrors of the last 12 months remain vivid even if the outlook is inherently much brighter than many could have imagined this time last year.The club is more than stable, it is thriving and on the rise with considerable funding from the remarkably successful flotation which followed the initial investment plan and the incredible take-up of season tickets.However, accountability still has to be attributed for much of what happened and it may take years in some cases.Joint Interim Liquidators BDO are still in the early stages of their investigations into why the original company – oldco – failed and who was to blame. They are also pursuing monies for creditors and this may involve lengthy litigation.Equally, Strathclyde Police are now eight months into their criminal investigation of Craig Whyte’s takeover of Rangers and his subsequent mismanagement of the club.What about the football authorities? Who is going to hold them to account for the way they dealt with Rangers’ financial crisis?As Charles Green has said, the contrast between the English authorities’ handling of similar scenarios and the way the SPL and SFA acted is poles apart.How ironic, therefore, that two Englishmen run these organisations? Indeed, Neil Doncaster was a central figure with the Football League and FA in England when Leeds United were moved to a ***** and were not relegated one division never mind three.What was the real reason that the SPL clubs en masse said no to *****?Why did the SPL not hand over the prize money Rangers won last season?Why did the SPL and SFA demand that ***** pay oldco’s debts?And why did they threaten Rangers with the prospect of not playing football at all unless they agreed to an unlawful transfer embargo and a carve-up of TV rights among other sanctions to gain SFA membership?Doncaster claimed on a radio interview the other night that he may offer answers to some of these points once the Commission into Rangers’ alleged breaches of rules regarding players’ contracts releases its decision.I am not going to hold my breath on that oneDoncaster has declined an invitation to take part in a documentary we are producing for RangersTV chronicling the events of the last year while his counterpart at the SFA Stewart Regan has so far yet to reply.Patience is going to have to be the key for everyone involved at Rangers in the coming years. The bottom line is that unless there is a seismic change to the reconstruction plans the next couple of seasons will be tough.At least if there is a 10-team third tier next year in any format Rangers will be playing different teams which will at least perpetuate the notion of a journey. Playing the same teams again will be difficult on so many levels.So as we approach the anniversary of that dark day last February, Rangers are in good shape but with many hurdles still to overcome.This artiicle first appeared in Ready, the official Rangers matchday programme Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Shuggy 1,308 Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Apart from pursuing Whyte, the one question on my mind about BDO is whether they would look into the the value of the assets sold to the newco (stadium, etc). Is there a chance they could claim the assets were wrongly undervalued and send a bill to CG or is the whole thing legally done and dusted? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosesMcNeil 1,664 Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Apart from pursuing Whyte, the one question on my mind about BDO is whether they would look into the the value of the assets sold to the newco (stadium, etc). Is there a chance they could claim the assets were wrongly undervalued and send a bill to CG or is the whole thing legally done and dusted? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elephants stoned 2,994 Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Why has the word Newco been starred out? Its not a swear word, apart from that good article. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NamibianBear 1,851 Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Apart from pursuing Whyte, the one question on my mind about BDO is whether they would look into the the value of the assets sold to the newco (stadium, etc). Is there a chance they could claim the assets were wrongly undervalued and send a bill to CG or is the whole thing legally done and dusted?There are two possible reasons for you asking that question:1. You genuinely have no clue what our club is about or done for the last 12 months2. You are one of them looking for some confrontation.If its point 1 then you are very naive! The sale is done and dusted and no reason for anyone ever to look into it. The time to protest the value of the sale was 12 months ago.If its point 2 then fuck off. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombaybadboy08 15,660 Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Strange bump. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuggy 1,308 Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 There are two possible reasons for you asking that question:1. You genuinely have no clue what our club is about or done for the last 12 months2. You are one of them looking for some confrontation.If its point 1 then you are very naive! The sale is done and dusted and no reason for anyone ever to look into it. The time to protest the value of the sale was 12 months ago.If its point 2 then fuck off.Sigh.Call me naive then if you want. I know what has been said and done and I hope that is that but some non-Rangers fans have been bending my ear on this! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwhiteandblue 3,330 Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Why has the word Newco been starred out? Its not a swear word, apart from that good article.That's what I was wondering. Talk about easily offended Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NamibianBear 1,851 Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Sigh.Call me naive then if you want. I know what has been said and done and I hope that is that but some non-Rangers fans have been bending my ear on this!You are naive and should stop listening to them Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM1872 3,772 Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Whatever happened to the "post the link not the story" idea when it was our official site? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigblueyonder 11,158 Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Whatever happened to the "post the link not the story" idea when it was our official site? That probably happened after this thread was made... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muirheadbear 1,483 Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Sigh.Call me naive then if you want. I know what has been said and done and I hope that is that but some non-Rangers fans have been bending my ear on this!Hmmmmmmmm non Rangers fans? Yes you will know about non Rangers fans won't you? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuggy 1,308 Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Hmmmmmmmm non Rangers fans? Yes you will know about non Rangers fans won't you?Why don't you look up Matthew Hopkins? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasideger 75 Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 There are two possible reasons for you asking that question:1. You genuinely have no clue what our club is about or done for the last 12 months2. You are one of them looking for some confrontation.If its point 1 then you are very naive! The sale is done and dusted and no reason for anyone ever to look into it. The time to protest the value of the sale was 12 months ago.If its point 2 then fuck off.Technically BDO can take the assets back and return the amount paid IF it believes they were sold significantly underpriced. Won't happen though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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