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It's not looking good. The SPFL fine and the legal fees they're facing have come at the worst time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hermit Crab
They still have cards to play, though. It wouldn't surprise me if Ashley bails them out for the season, and Llambias will surely sort out some cost cutting in the interim. They also have the Celtic game to come.
They could gamble, of course, and take the 25 point hit.....soon....to give them time enough to make it into the playoffs.
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Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod
With all that in mind can we see them strengthening in the January window?
It's a cert :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Hermit Crab
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Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod
Its a cert that they will strengthen their squad ?:confused:
Yeah. Thought you were meaning. ..." we have no cash. What will we do? I know....let's buy some players. ..." [emoji6]Quote:
Originally Posted by Hermit Crab
Do football debts cover any wages due after the date of entering administration? Dunfermline's administrator laid off most of their senior players and they got no more money for the remainder of their existing contracts. I think that if McCoist was still manager when Rangers went into admin he wouldn't be due anything for the remainder of his notice period.Quote:
Originally Posted by Billy Whizz
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Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod
I hope they don't buy!
BBC article here. Interesting reading, specially regarding his job interview with McCoist.Quote:
Originally Posted by seanshow
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30524862
Reminds of that story about Peter Ridsdale negotiating with Seth Johnson's agent.Quote:
Originally Posted by grunt
Can't remember the exact amounts, but allegedly Ridsdale's opening offer was double the agents top expectation. The agent was speechless - so Ridsdale says 'ok then, £5k a week more... but that's my final offer.'
We act for a current player and his salary is substantially more than that figure.Quote:
Originally Posted by seanshow
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Originally Posted by ballengeich
My understanding is that the Administrators can cancel any contracts.
As long as they've been paid up to that point, there is no Football Debt to the Player/Manager in question.
Yes I think they went in thinking 15k a week would be good and the clubs opening bid was 30k or so. Brilliant. :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by jacomoseven
He hoped for 15, was dumbfounded with the opening salvo of 30k and it was that silence that promoted Ridsdale to offer 33k. Mind-boggling.Quote:
Originally Posted by JimBHibees
Yeah but at least Ridsdale's insane regime didn't have any long term impact on Leeds Utd...Quote:
Originally Posted by Pedantic_Hibee
I always think of him as Petrie's mirror image. The agents have all but agreed £1500 a week and then they sit down with the conduit and he offers £550 with an extra £500 if Hibs win the European Cup in the lifetime of the contract.
That's what I thought. We can now look for other motives for McCoist's resignation.Quote:
Originally Posted by keekaboo
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30545231
Mike Ashley tightens his grip, with Lliambis (sp) announced as new chief executive at the big hoose
Looks like Derek Llambias is the Huns' new chief executive. What was that about Mike Ashley not having undue influence?
When will 'The Rangers' be officially announced as a feeder club for Newcastle Utd?
Ashley will regret this big time when he gets a £10k fine from the SFA.Quote:
Originally Posted by hoxtonhibby
Fines won't bother him ,he knows exactly what he is doing and what the consequences are at this stageQuote:
Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
The Scottish Fudge Association will have a team of lawyers working out the best 'punishment that isn't a puishment' available.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
Not sure if they can top the £16K fine for around £14 m non payment of taxes. That should be a business plan for every club I would have thought.
the Llambias move looks to me like Ashley is playing poker with the SFA to see just how much he can get away with.
Oh and as for the reports in the Papers about Llambias being chosen after an extensive interview process that involved a number of candidates..... aye, right!
Do the English F A have any rules on duel ownership ?
Or , maybe its OK if one club is a wee diddy team. :greengrin
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Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
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Originally Posted by keekaboo
............. one is a number. :greengrin
Only league teams I think. No such rule for Premiership teams but if Newcastle got relegated...Quote:
Originally Posted by greenginger
Liked this from Daily Mash:
AFTER unsuccessfully resigning, Ally McCoist has admitted that he has no idea how he can stop being Rangers manager.
An emotional McCoist handed in his notice only to be informed by grinning colleagues that he’d received a pay rise and a better parking space.
He said: “It was always going to be a very tough decision to quit the club I love, but I presumed it would be tough emotionally not logistically.
“I’ve tried being Rangers manager and I’ve tried not being Rangers manager and the two things are essentially the same.
“Even death will be no escape, they will find a way to trap my spirit in a jar.”
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Originally Posted by Andy74
:greengrin:greengrin:greengrin
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Originally Posted by Jim44
True.
Are you a lawyer? :wink:
Presumably made easier if the spirit is broken and the jar has no pennies left in it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andy74
:greengrin They are good at this sort of thing the DM are - reminded me of their one about when that nice Mr Romanov acquired the yam - pasted below.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andy74
Home Sport 'I THOUGHT I'D BOUGHT A CHAIN OF GARDEN CENTRES' - ROMANOV 'I THOUGHT I'D BOUGHT A CHAIN OF GARDEN CENTRES' - ROMANOV
HEART of Midlothian chairman Vladimir Romanov has admitted that he bought the club after a "catastrophic mistranslation" during a meeting in Edinburgh two years ago.
After parting with a fiver The Lithuanian tycoon is now in discussions with his legal team and is certain to sell his majority shareholding.
Mr Romanov said: "I employed Graham Rix because, as far as I was aware, he had been assistant manager of Dobbies in Kinross.""Then he starts phoning me up telling me that 'training had gone well' but that we 'needed a new playmaker, someone who could put their foot on the ball and control the pace of the game'.
I thought he was a nutter so I sacked him.
"I then brought in one of my own people but within a fortnight he was sending me emails about an argument he was having with someone called Walter Smith over the availability of someone called Paul Hartley. I told everyone he had pneumonia and then shipped him off to a mental hospital near Vilnius.
"Now it turns out that Heart of Midlothian is not a medium sized chain of garden centres with branches in Bathgate, Dalkeith, Musselburgh and Galashiels, but is in fact a football club - one of the biggest in Scotland, if not the world.
"Well that's no use to me. I know nothing about football. But when it comes to running garden centres I'm a bloody genius. Organic, peat-free compost - two bags for a fiver. Freshly cut turf at three-fifty a square yard. That'll shift it."
Fat sally has left his job according to SSN
Surely not, the before the AGMQuote:
Originally Posted by pontius pilate
Not sure that's great news for us.Quote:
Originally Posted by pontius pilate
Depends how long it takes to replace him. Durrant being in charge next week could be fun.Quote:
Originally Posted by bingo70
According to SSN twitter feed about 5 mins ago sky sources ally mccoist leaves rangers role. If i knew how to copy it on here using my tablet i would have done
It is, believe his sidekick McDowell is in charge against usQuote:
Originally Posted by bingo70
Click the top of the page, press copy, and then paste on hereQuote:
Originally Posted by pontius pilate
Bad news for us.
Petrie! :grr:Quote:
Originally Posted by Billy Whizz
https://twitter.com/SkySportsNewsHQ/...59809878745088
I hope this works but i believe this is the right twitter feed for fat sally
He's on gardening leave. Not much work to be done in the garden until March/April at leastQuote:
Originally Posted by pontius pilate
Just read on twitter that super ally has been put on gardening leave
He could meet up with butcher and discuss how to keep the plants going through the winter
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Originally Posted by pontius pilate
:faf:
Some Sunday Post journo on Twitter today was saying Butcher is a done deal to go there :pray:
Hibs 13/5 on Saturday with bet365...
Would be nice to see EL tel in the Rangers dug out on Saturday, bring it on
Sensible move by the Rangers board. They were going to have to pay him during his year's notice anyway and the cost of a replacement will be covered by increased attendances at Ibrox. Let's hope they don't have anyone competent in place before the 27th.
Somebody saying on the other thread that a sunday post journo has tweeted butcher is a cert for the job
Hope they get him in for Saturday.Quote:
Originally Posted by Winston Ingram
I'd love to give that **** the welcome back to ER he deserves.
Wanted to see his sour puss after we beat him on Saturday. Wonder who'll be in charge now?
So does Mccoist get £750,000 to sit in his garden for the next year? I'll have some of that
Works two ways. It gets him off our books and we know what tactics to expect.Quote:
Originally Posted by Billy Whizz
Better get some extra footballs for Saturday thenQuote:
Originally Posted by ballengeich
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Originally Posted by zlatan
Rangers even money. :duck:
Bookies are rarely wrong HC :cb however I would dispute this on two fronts.......1) The Rangers are lilian gish and 2) I went out with a bookie (female :greengrin) for years and she was an utter utter mentalist......and a Yam.........lump on Hibs :aok:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hermit Crab
Fat Sally is now on gardening leave according to Sky sports, so another twist for Saturday's game
Bookies are wrong loads, if they weren't then coupons would be easy.Quote:
Originally Posted by truehibernian
I'm sure there will be top teams from Britain and all over Europe queuing up for his managerial skills after his successive promotions with that fine club
Looks like he bottled the Hibs game and now no longer manager of newco......
I was being ironic bingo :greengrin not about the ex mind, she was tonto bonkers :faf:Quote:
Originally Posted by bingo70
Expect Billy Davis to be installed very soon! That's the rumour from Ibrox anyway.
Cheers for telling me mate ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Thecat23
Anytime mate [emoji6]Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveHFC
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He would do well for them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thecat23
Kenny McDowall put in charge until end of season
Not till the summer anyway. McDowell placed in charge till the end of the season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thecat23
Thank god, really wouldn't want them to get Davis in before our game!Quote:
Originally Posted by CallumLaidlaw
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Not sure they an afford another managers salary anywayQuote:
Originally Posted by Thecat23
Not unless Ashley pumps in cash they won't! They really are a shambles [emoji1]Quote:
Originally Posted by Billy Whizz
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Booooooooooo! McCoist must stay :greengrin Is he getting gardening tips from Butcher? Billy Davies can't keep his trap shut so well suited to that job. I give it 6 games before he's in front of the beaks.
Let the squad cuts begin!
That'll be next Saturday night then!:greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by CallumLaidlaw
Few unhappy players in Ibrox just now. May lump big on Hibs now.
He's not had a call yetQuote:
Originally Posted by Thecat23
He was the last 'rangers' man with any say. I can see Ashley doing a Charles Green here. If we can win on Saturday I fancy our chances for second.
Aye because a new manager may make them work for their money! :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Thecat23
If McDowell is in charge until seasons end then that is a fair indication that MA has no intention of investing in players in January in my opinion.
Few of the Rangers lads expect it to happen soon. Been talk of it all last week apparently. I've no idea who would want that job if I'm honest.Quote:
Originally Posted by BoltonHibee
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The end of the season could be January for the The RangersQuote:
Originally Posted by HoboHarry
Under normal circumstances I would agree, I'm just not sure how they could afford the additional mouth or mouths to feedQuote:
Originally Posted by Thecat23
Not sure how it could be unless they entered admin again. Even if we overtook them by then they wouldn't be that far behind us at that point.Quote:
Originally Posted by Billy Whizz
Ashley is the only one with cash. If he doesn't fund them, then it could be serious trouble for them!!Quote:
Originally Posted by BoltonHibee
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McDowell will probably play their players in the correct position. Bad for us.
Fingers crossedQuote:
Originally Posted by Thecat23
What I would like to know is, the outcome of what rules are been broken if Ashley is funding Two seperate clubs.
Are we competing for a play off spot against a new cheating club fielding player they cannot afford...once again!
surely Dempster and Budge should be getting their solicitors involved as well as 'the tache' with his SPFA connections?
I would take it in a minute.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thecat23
You could be assured I would be the worst manager in either of their histories and would look to receive a bumper pay off for my pathetic efforts.
£750k - think I'll take up gardening :greengrin
12 grand a week for a year. He should end up with a garden as good as the botanic gardens IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jonnyboy
Or on a par with TB's at least :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by CB_NO3
Where is the garden ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Billy Whizz
Butcher? :pray:Quote:
Originally Posted by Thecat23
If he gets himself any clients I hope he refrains from sha**ing the home owners wife ..... :greengrin
Now that really would be funny [emoji1]Quote:
Originally Posted by SunshineOnLeith
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/scotland/30520365
"you're just in it for the money...."
He will be able to swap tips with Butcher.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jonnyboy
@mrewanmurray: Heard of well paid Rangers player who approached club this month, seeking January move. Reply one stop short of "We'll drive you to airport"
@mrewanmurray: Highly paid but not regularly playing might narrow it down more.
At least 4/5 names come to mindQuote:
Originally Posted by CallumLaidlaw