Dave King promised transparency at Rangers ... at the AGM he’s going to have to finally deliver it

[The Dude 20,026]

There’s a growing section of supporters very quickly losing patience with the directors and their running of the club since sweeping to power in 2015. Despite heavily spending on reinforcements in the summer, Rangers are still miles off celtic and could end up 12 points behind Aberdeen by Sunday night.

The humiliating European exit to Progres Niederkorn is still fresh in the memory too and the club seems to be without any sort of leadership whatsoever as they lurch from one shambles to another.

After sweeping to power in 2015, King and the Three Bears haven’t fulfilled many - if any - of the claims they made as they were trying to oust the previous board.

While King has undoubtedly put money into the club, it seems nowhere near the £30-50million he previously mentioned. With celtic looking almost certain to win a seventh title on the bounce this season, King needs to get a move on if Rangers are to stop their Old Firm rivals doing 10-in-a-row.

The ongoing search for a long-term replacement for Pedro Caixinha is almost certain to be one area that the board will be pushed on to provide an update on what is going on more than a month after getting rid of the 47-year-old and while we aren’t expecting the club to release a statement saying they are interested in McInnes or McLeish or whoever else, the fact that more than a month on the club still haven’t moved forward any considerable step needs explaining.

Graeme Murty has been hung out to dry a bit by the board after being parachuted in again to work with the first team on a short-term basis.

Murty’s a good coach and has always impressed me with the way he’s handled himself since moving to Rangers last summer as Under-20s head coach and it’s hard not to feel for him as he’s left to pick up the pieces for the board.

Another question the directors need to be asked is how they plan to close the financial gap to celtic. Brendan Rodgers’ side spends something like £35million per year on player wages compared to Rangers’ £11m each year and unless the payments clubs get from the SPFL has shifted dramatically then leapfrogging Aberdeen and finishing second in the league isn’t going to be quite enough.

Even a strong run in the Europa League alone isn’t going to help Rangers get back to the top of Scottish football if celtic can keep raking the in money from the Champions League.

Getting a better return on what they ARE spending though would also be a huge help.

Rangers have blown a ridiculous amount of cash on wages over the past couple of years with the likes of Matt Gilks, Phil Senderos, Niko Kranjcar, Joey Barton and Jordan Rossiter all likely earning five-figures per week for not doing an awful lot. While it’s maybe a wee bit harsh on the players, it’s just another example of how Rangers are just unable to get much right at the minute.

Finally, who on the board has had responsibility for hiring managers since 2015? The two permanent appointments made by the board have both ended in pretty shambolic fashion one way or another. Whether it was the final few minutes of the draw with Kilmarnock or the mental night when Mark Warburton resigned before denying it and then threatening legal action that never materialised; King and the Three Bears haven’t had much success with appointing a manager. What process led them to pick Caixinha and how did a manager from a mid-table team in a middle-eastern country wind up getting the Rangers job?

Was someone on the board familiar with his time in Mexico where he had been successful? Did an agent shop him to the club? Did he contact Rangers directly?

There’s a host of other questions the Ibrox board should be answering and after sweeping to power promising transparency. Let’s see if King suddenly decides to start delivering on at least one of his promises.

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[The Specky Forum Organiser 65,863]

http://www.BOYCOTT THIS LINK/sport/football/football-news/dave-king-promised-transparency-Rangers-11600027

[.Williamson. 83,583]

Did you make that link unclickable yourself or is that a feature of the forum?

[Davy Vandenbroucke 26,379]

1 minute ago, .Williamson. said:

Did you make that link unclickable yourself or is that a feature of the forum?

Whenever someone tries to link the DR I think it automatically changes to "BOYCOTT THIS LINK"

[.Williamson. 83,583]

Just now, Bronzy said:

Whenever someone tries to link the DR I think it automatically changes to "BOYCOTT THIS LINK"

I like this 

[Davy Vandenbroucke 26,379]

1 minute ago, .Williamson. said:

I like this 

[Vanoli 4,628]

I for one will savour every one of the twenty pages of attacks on the dude to follow.

[Gman36 3,456]

Been these kinds of ultimatums laid out for years and years. Sad fact is the support is almost powerless at present. I reckon it'll have to get worse before it gets better. 

[K.A.I 36,183]

Think that’s a decent article by The Dude if I’m honest 

[Smile 26,622]

20 minutes ago, .Williamson. said:

I like this 

Good Feature no one with any sense wants this beast Fanzine Opinion.

[Siam69 27,204]

Article's spot on, unfortunately ..

[Smile 26,622]

Just now, Siam69 said:

Article's spot on, unfortunately ..

It would be he's taken if from most of the posters on here he's plagiarised the forum you might say.

[Brian Fantana 28,894]

he doesn't have to deliver anything as he has the previous vocal non-entities in the palm of his hand now.  it needs club1872 and whoever else has a large shareholding to call them out for their incompetencies and they just wont do that.

 

[The Dude 20,026]

4 minutes ago, Smile said:

It would be he's taken if from most of the posters on here he's plagiarised the forum you might say.

Aye, nobody outside RangersMedia has questions about how we're going to catch up with them financially. I've certainly never asked it before. Nor highlighted the gulf in wages.

And there definitely nobody who has had questions about Caixinha's hire and the shit-show of a search for his replacement.

[The Dude 20,026]

4 minutes ago, Smile said:

It would be he's taken if from most of the posters on here he's plagiarised the forum you might say.

Aye, nobody outside RangersMedia has questions about how we're going to catch up with them financially. I've certainly never asked it before. Nor highlighted the gulf in wages.

And there definitely nobody who has had questions about Caixinha's hire and the shit-show of a search for his replacement.

[The Dude 20,026]

15 minutes ago, K.A.I said:

Think that’s a decent article by The Dude if I’m honest 

Cheers.

[Brian Fantana 28,894]

38 minutes ago, The Dude said:

Graeme Murty has been hung out to dry a bit by the board after being parachuted in again to work with the first team on a short-term basis.

 

 

" a bit"

it's almost as if your afraid to call the board out for their failures and how they use Murty to cover up their fuck up appointments.

[Johnny Dangerously 7,562]

Oh no, another episode of the Dude v Smile

ha

[The Dude 20,026]

Just now, Brian Fantana said:

" a bit"

it's almost as if your afraid to call the board out for their failures and how they use Murty to cover up their fuck up appointments.

Not at all, Murty knows - probably better than most - how much of a shamble we are just now and while I'm not going to blame him for stepping up, he has his own share to take for the past couple of results. Those were less to do with the board making a bollocks of the manager search and more with murty and the players making a bollock of the match. 

[K.A.I 36,183]

10 minutes ago, Smile said:

It would be he's taken if from most of the posters on here he's plagiarised the forum you might say.

To be honest he can’t win on this one 

he’s saying stuff on his platform about the board that’s all fair and correct that everyone wants (not enough people with platforms do this) we scream that they get an easy ride and nothing is ever said 

he does it and gets it spot on but people still have an issue with it 

hes not everyone’s cup of tea - me included - but I’m a believer in if the message if correct that’s all that matters 

[Smile 26,622]

1 minute ago, Johnny Dangerously said:

Oh no, another episode of the Dude v Smile

ha

No holds no interest to me just thought I'd give my opinion.

[Johnny Dangerously 7,562]

3 minutes ago, Smile said:

No holds no interest to me just thought I'd give my opinion.

Just making light of things bud.

[Johnny Dangerously 7,562]

3 minutes ago, Smile said:

No holds no interest to me just thought I'd give my opinion.

Just making light of things bud.

[Brian Fantana 28,894]

5 minutes ago, K.A.I said:

To be honest he can’t win on this one 

he’s saying stuff on his platform about the board that’s all fair and correct that everyone wants (not enough people with platforms do this) we scream that they get an easy ride and nothing is ever said 

he does it and gets it spot on but people still have an issue with it 

hes not everyone’s cup of tea - me included - but I’m a believer in if the message if correct that’s all that matters 

that message is wishy washy stuff, he is lucky enough to have this forum and any others he is on as a sounding board and articles at this stage need to be aiming directly at the board with shown contradictions of what they promised and what has and is actually being delivered.

if we were trading shares in Rangers on the open market just now the price would be through the floord ue to these imposters, instead it's well hidden away what our actual worth is. We need this brought to the fore as well as the fact that after a few years in the door - there's no business plan or investment.

[Brian Fantana 28,894]

3 minutes ago, Johnny Dangerously said:

Just making light of things bud.

were you just making light of things?