Jelavic191 4,420 Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 That was a horrific team. Let's not forget Nieto, Vanolli and Capucho!He also signed Maniero, Mladenovic and Bernard as well. Although he also brought in Boyd, Novo and Prso. More shite players than good really.Seems to be a common theme with his time as manager things were either really good or really bad Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaltersGotStyle 160 Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 People who say we went busy due to overspending are speaking shit tbh. It was the BTC that initially threatened us and Whyte not paying PAYE that eventually caused the liquidation event.IIRC the only reason Lloyd's tightened their grip and started running things in 09/10 was because their was a change in management/ownership at and the new honcho wouldn't/didn't give us/Murray as good a credit facility as the old guy did so they called in what we owed them to pull it into line.That might be completely wrong, and if it is I'd like to be corrected, because that has always been my understanding of it.We originally had our credit facility with Bank of Scotland but Lloyd's were forced by the government in to a takeover in the midst of the financial downturn/crisis. This resulted in a lot of financial reviews and "belt tightening". I still believe that Lloyd's were a driving force behind the sale to Craig Whyte - they saw an easy way out and pushed David Murray to take it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trueblue68 2,497 Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 I liked Alex. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 53,775 Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 A lot of the players that Eck brought in during that 03-04 period actually came here with half decent reputations. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jelavic191 4,420 Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 We originally had our credit facility with Bank of Scotland but Lloyd's were forced by the government in to a takeover in the midst of the financial downturn/crisis. This resulted in a lot of financial reviews and "belt tightening".I still believe that Lloyd's were a driving force behind the sale to Craig Whyte - they saw an easy way out and pushed David Murray to take it.I blame Lloyds for that sale too. I don't imagine Murray was duped like he said he was. He probably heard what Bain and Johnston were supposedly saying about Whyte but I imagine the bank saw that there was money in his account (from Ticketus) and forced the sale through as they knew they would get their money and didn't care who was taking over! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 53,775 Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 We originally had our credit facility with Bank of Scotland but Lloyd's were forced by the government in to a takeover in the midst of the financial downturn/crisis. This resulted in a lot of financial reviews and "belt tightening". I still believe that Lloyd's were a driving force behind the sale to Craig Whyte - they saw an easy way out and pushed David Murray to take it.So not too far away from what I thought 'went down'. Had that Muir (I remember him being hated because he was the banks man) that sat on the board not been so prudent that it had got us back on a level footing by the time we sold to Whyte though? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Jela 20,361 Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 He done an amazing job in his first 18 months, after that even the highs we felt under him were felt through luck. Helicopter Sunday was won thanks to McDonald and the last 16 of the cl was won on the lowest ever points tally. Good man manager, poor tactician. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumshie 205 Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 McLeish was a good man who conducted himself with dignity while he was in charge at Rangers.He gave us some of the best days I've ever experienced while following the club and he consistently beat a Celtic team considered to be their best for 30-odd years while operating at a fraction of their budget.His time was up though and the time was right for him to move on. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgruntled_bear 157 Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Was alright with Dick Advocaat team. When he had to think for himself, that's when it all fell apart. Actually the story of his managerial career. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glasgow argyle 1,093 Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Memories a bit hazy but did Boumsong no make a balls up that night that contributed to the opener?i thought it was Khizanisvilla? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombaybadboy08 15,660 Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 i thought it was Khizanisvilla?Just checked, bang on Match report here.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/4095333.stm Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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