LegendofCoop 17,490 Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 ...of another season in the Championship to let us develop the youth players &give it a better crack next season?Imo, we need to use the transfer window to offload players we're not using or can't afford, and blood as many youngsters as we can between now & the end of the season. I'm sure we could get up to around the £1m mark from the sale of say, Wallace, Templeton, Shiels & Peralta. Also getting rid of Mohsni, Black, Foster & Boyd would free up a fair whack in wages.We should then be able to say to the younger players....here's 4 or 5 months run in the team, no pressure just go out & play football. That would allow us to guage which youth players can do a job for us and who can't.Just trying to think outside the box....break the loop of continually paying over the odds for players either at the wrong end of their career or who haven't been scouted properly. I don't think we'll go up this season anyway, the way it's going. So, I thin it's time now to cut as many losses in the first team squad as we can and do it properly for next season. Hearts & Hibs have shown us it CAN be done! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B1872 21,200 Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 No! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemc 306 Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 The way its looking there might be no other option!We might be better off with another year in the championship tbh. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glasgowrangersno1 468 Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 If we could get:A new regimeNew management teamClear out most of the out of contract playersWe would have 35k plus season ticket holders, I guarantee you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegendofCoop 17,490 Posted December 28, 2014 Author Share Posted December 28, 2014 If we could get:A new regimeNew management teamClear out most of the out of contract playersWe would have 35k plus season ticket holders, I guarantee you.I can't see the first one happening any time soon.I think the next two would easily add another 10,000 onto current match day attendances between now & the end of the season. Hopefully that would encourage a higher ST uptake next season too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canabear 4,584 Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Imo we should have went the youth route from the off.We'd have saved a pile of money,got the youth some valuable experience and been the better for it.Mind you we'd have needed a Manager who was going to give the kids a chance,show patience in getting both the Club and the kids to where we want to be while gaining some valuable Managerial experience himself.I know the vast majority probably would'nt have went that way but i doubt we'd be the disaster we are right now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeparateEntityMyArse 54,366 Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Think we'll be getting this hit whether we like it or not. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianb1547 3,767 Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 My fear is that we don't have the option.Almost a certainty now that its the play-off route for us. How many are confident we will win the play-off games? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Reynolds 3,359 Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 It won't be a question of if we'd take the hit, it's whether we'll survive it Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NixonRFC 1,475 Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 If its the Play-Offs for us then we need to hope that Falkirk finish 4th, they have Hibs number and has been proven 3 times already this season Hibs have ours, luckily we seem to have Falkirks...that would take us to the final against the Premiership club, whoever that maybe.Falkirk vs Hibs - Falkirk winRangers vs Falkirk - Rangers winPremiership Club vs Rangers - who knows Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
j1mgg 3,766 Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Would rather spend that season mid table in the SPFL, rather than in the championship Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tannerall 25,935 Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 No, we need to get back to the top flight ASAP for purely financial reasons.But if we have to compete next season in the championship at least Hearts and Hibs have shown us the way ahead................. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassaaaa 11,406 Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Without promotion we are finished. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegendofCoop 17,490 Posted December 28, 2014 Author Share Posted December 28, 2014 Would rather spend that season mid table in the SPFL, rather than in the championshipI don't think our current squad is anywhere good enough for that. We don't have the funds t bring in the players needed to get us there. If we went up, I could see us being relegation fodder, unless something dramatic happens between now & the end of this season.No, we need to get back to the top flight ASAP for purely financial reasons.But if we have to compete next season in the championship at least Hearts and Hibs have shown us the way ahead.................Is there a big gulf between the finances at the top of the championship and mid table of the premiership? They don't even have a sponsor yet! I don't see our fans turning up in larger numbers until something happens at boardroom level or a big change in our on pitch performances. Can't see us performing better with the current crop, unless a decent manager/coach comes in, of course! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rfc#1. 1,877 Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Nope. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tannerall 25,935 Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 I don't think our current squad is anywhere good enough for that. We don't have the funds t bring in the players needed to get us there. If we went up, I could see us being relegation fodder, unless something dramatic happens between now & the end of this season.Is there a big gulf between the finances at the top of the championship and mid table of the premiership? They don't even have a sponsor yet! I don't see our fans turning up in larger numbers until something happens at boardroom level or a big change in our on pitch performances. Can't see us performing better with the current crop, unless a decent manager/coach comes in, of course!As well as the lucrative 4 games against the tims, the extra interest we would generate would almost certainly increase gates, sponsorship and potentially TV money for all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamess 3,453 Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 If we feel the board are acting in the best interests of Rangers and the manager is half decent then we will fill the stadium whatever league we are in. Belief in the future will bring the fans back. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
j1mgg 3,766 Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 As well as the lucrative 4 games against the tims, the extra interest we would generate would almost certainly increase gates, sponsorship and potentially TV money for all.We have to be realistic and say people would buy ST just so they could watch us play Celtic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reformation Bear 6,453 Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 I wouldn't like it but if we miss out on promotion then there is fuck all to do but take the hit. Actually I do wonder if DL is already implementing his cuts based on a worst case of having to take the hit (assuming the exterme worst case of having gone financially bust before the end of the season is avoided). If I were in his shoes I would not be placing any sort of meaningful probability on winning promotion. The team is shot on confidence and trust, the new management team can do nothing other than make no changes and is too allied to the previous failed manager. IMO DL can only sensibly pland for the worst and hope for the best. The planning and cuts being real and the hope bit is just, well, blind hope that on the day luck goes your way. And as a person more than familiar with the casino industry he will know that luck is a mugs game. You make your own luck - something this current Rangers team and management do not want to understand.Put it this way - if we can survive as a Club financially and set up for next season with what would be a much reduced ST sales and much reduced match day attendance because on and off pitch stuff at Ibrox has meant that boycotts have become semi-permanent and getting worse - then I would take the hit if the Club survives. It would buy some more time for the chaos to be brought under control and for a management team to be found that knew what it was doing and that what it was doing was proving to be successful in leading us out of the Championship. Might take a few seasons though and that would be a real test of loyalty. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tannerall 25,935 Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 We have to be realistic and say people would buy ST just so they could watch us play Celtic.Especially the wee fan groups Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
choochooblue 342 Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Next season in the championship would prepare us long term for the premier league. Whereas I feel relegation from the premier league next season is very possible and would set us back even further. Also getting rid of the out of contract deadwood would leave the young lads with a fresh incentive & goals to aim for. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegendofCoop 17,490 Posted December 28, 2014 Author Share Posted December 28, 2014 As well as the lucrative 4 games against the tims, the extra interest we would generate would almost certainly increase gates, sponsorship and potentially TV money for all.I get that mate, but I just wonder what a relegation fight would do to the attendances? We're 2nd in the championship going for a play-off place as things stand. Fans are hardly falling over themselves to come & see us as it is... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trains 588 Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 If its the Play-Offs for us then we need to hope that Falkirk finish 4th, they have Hibs number and has been proven 3 times already this season Hibs have ours, luckily we seem to have Falkirks...that would take us to the final against the Premiership club, whoever that maybe.Falkirk vs Hibs - Falkirk winRangers vs Falkirk - Rangers winPremiership Club vs Rangers - who knowsSadly on current form I worry that Hibs will catch us and we will end up with three leaps to get promotion and unless we see some huge changes in both management and squad before the end of Jan then I just dont think we will have a choice and even with huge investment in the next few months, can we survive another season without promotion! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy bob swollenbaws 1,916 Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 The way its looking there might be no other option!We might be better off with another year in the championship tbh.this. Unlikely to be a choice. Mccostalot has wrecked our team. Even if we scrape a promo, without major surgery, we would steuggle bigtime. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bears fan 259 Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 I cant believe we're even in this position. We should have been a dead cert for the top league, but thanks to our overpaid underachievers on the park and the overpaid clueless management team i think we will be in the Championship. Is it acceptable? No! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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