THE KING Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I see that Philip has made his twitter account viewable to the public again, only downside is that he's removed all of last nights rants. Always nice to see you n Tedi constantly going on about a blogger you have no interest in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Always nice to see you n Tedi constantly going on about a blogger you have no interest in. He's a proper journalist you know, not a blogger..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeeHectorPar Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I believe you said "rangers managed to buy the second most expensive team in Scottish football" The emphasis is on the word buy :-) No we won't get any players in this window, will probably lose most of them. Any spacing issues is the tablets fault and not mine. Typical Rangers fan, Benny. Never your fault, always the fault of your board. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Typical Rangers fan, Benny. Never your fault, always the fault of your board. Typical me actually. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ribzanelli Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 So if rangers spent 700k on Templeton, what team outside Celtic spent more that summer? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 (edited) So if rangers spent 700k on Templeton, what team outside Celtic spent more that summer?That was going to be my question.Obviously, Bennett was deliberately being awkward by picking up on the word "buy" to imply that the Rangers squad was not expensive, even though the guy was clearly referring to how costly the team was in terms of wages. It was a tactic best observed when Mileson and Alexander indulged in such unsophisticated nonsense at Gretna. Even allowing for this though, I can't imagine that lots of Scottish sides paid more than £700,000 in transfer fees in summer 2012. In fact, was there only one that did, rendering Leith Killie's statement accurate, even in Bennett's deliberately awkward terms? Edited January 3, 2015 by Monkey Tennis 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingrodent Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 (edited) Bit of a tough one coming up for the SFA if King ever manages to acquire a controlling share and wants to take a role at the club, I would've thought. Once upon a time, the OldCo's fans were adamant that the authorities should protect clubs from being taken over by people who weren't fit and proper for the role. I wonder if it would be seen the same way, now that there's a potential sugar daddy with a dubious history in the offing? Edited January 3, 2015 by flyingrodent 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Bit of a tough one coming up for the SFA if King ever manages to acquire a controlling share and wants to take a role at the club, I would've thought. Once upon a time, the OldCo's fans were adamant that the authorities should protect clubs from being taken over by people who weren't fit and proper for the role. I wonder if it would be seen the same way, now that there's a potential sugar daddy with a dubious history in the offing? I don't think it will be a problem - there's probably a "pyoor rainjurs man" clause in the new rules... -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~~~ Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 That was going to be my question. Obviously, Bennett was deliberately being awkward by picking up on the word "buy" to imply that the Rangers squad was not expensive, even though the guy was clearly referring to how costly the team was in terms of wages. It was a tactic best observed when Mileson and Alexander indulged in such unsophisticated nonsense at Gretna. Even allowing for this though, I can't imagine that lots of Scottish sides paid more than £700,000 in transfer fees in summer 2012. In fact, was there only one that did, rendering Leith Killie's statement accurate, even in Bennett's deliberately awkward terms? Outside of Celtic, I can't think of any clubs who have spent more than £700,000 on transfer fees in the last 15 years 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellbhoy Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Can this tax dodging convicted criminal be involved with Rangers?..wasnt he on the board when they went into administration? He can be a shareholder, but at this time cannot be on the Rangers BoD. He would need to shoe in someone to do his bidding until he is able to gain a BoD seat. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellbhoy Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Although King coming in and buying up block shares, the current financial situation at Ibrokes is far from ideal. Me personally ?, I think he is getting his foot in the door before admin where he can buy up more shares during admin and gain control of the club whilst the administrators do their job, breaking onerous contracts and the dead wood players as well as chucking directors on the board off the board and installing staff & players the club can afford. Admin is to me the most preferred route for King to wrestle the club from the other spivs, shysters & conmen and have the administrators sort the club out while he tries to gain control. After that then underwrite any share issue to be used as working capital that won't be syphoned out of the club except into King's pockets. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p&b is a disgrace Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Big 30k+ crowd today. Everything is looking Rosie at the big hoose. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellbhoy Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Big 30k+ crowd today. Everything is looking Rosie at the big hoose. Spivs rubbing their hands at the big pay day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Big 30k+ crowd today. Everything is looking Rosie at the big hoose. That's 'cos the big team were in town 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strichener Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 (edited) Don't talk shite. Shareholders vote as they want and if their beliefs are that they are working in the interests of the company then they vote as they want. How do you think that Easdale has proxy votes? When you're voting "yes" or "no" for something it's a bit fucking difficult to prevent shareholders voting for the same thing. His post was entirely accurate. I wouldn't comment on something that you obviously know the square root of f**k all about it. Edited to fix granma and spilling (I could of course just blame the tablet!!) Edited January 3, 2015 by strichener 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjc Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 True, however it is entirely ok for shareholders to have similar aims without colluding. I mean look at Ashley and Easdale, nobody would accuse them of colluding...would they? The big difference being they are already in control of the Company. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strichener Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 True, however it is entirely ok for shareholders to have similar aims without colluding. I mean look at Ashley and Easdale, nobody would accuse them of colluding...would they? Of course the fact that one of the 3 was originally one of King's 8 clouds the issue. Possibly the other two were also part of the 8? Be interesting to see how this plays out. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doink Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Dave King is a real Dave King man 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRob72 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Has Lee Wallace gone then? all sorts flying about on FB and Twitter. Any of the resident 'Rangers experts' on here confirm or provide an accurate update please? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strichener Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Outside of Celtic, I can't think of any existing clubs who have spent more than £700,000 on transfer fees in the last 15 years FTFY. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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