Post by Admin on Apr 25, 2012 14:47:51 GMT
Gers asked for this the day they let Mr Despicable into Ibrox
THE SFA has hammered Rangers and quite rightly so.
They welcomed Craig Whyte in the first place.
No one else.
They put their trust in a man who was clearly intent on bringing the club down.
No one else.
Now they should accept the punishment that’s been dished out to them.
No one else.
Whyte will be sitting, laughing up his sleeve like a Bond villain, of course he will.
The sanctions against him are nothing more than a slap on the wrist, like he’s a naughty child.
And he should hang his head in shame for the way he has conducted himself for the last few months.
I think he’s a despicable piece of work.
The way he’s acted is nothing short of disgraceful.
Just don’t try and tell me Rangers as a club are blameless in all this. They’re not.
The players are. So too are the staff behind the scenes. They’ve done absolutely nothing wrong and have every right to be disgusted by the turn of events.
But as a club, as a business, Rangers cannot simply wash their hands of this and say Whyte has nothing whatsoever to do with them.
I can still remember the day he walked up Edmiston Drive for the very first time.
Whyte was treated like the long-awaited saviour. The supporters virtually queued up to pat him on the back on his way through the door.
Since then he’s wreaked havoc with a knowing smile on his face.
Even after the SFA ruling he scoffed and insisted there was no way he would be paying the £200,000 fine.
It’s like he’s untouchable and couldn’t care less what people think of him, what they want to do with him. He has been like that from day one.
But where were the supporters’ groups back then?
Where was the outcry from the fans in the stands?
The truth is there wasn’t one because virtually every supporter wanted to believe Whyte was the real deal.
Even when it emerged he had sold off future season tickets, they still said it was a press agenda against their club.
Well, it’s too late now to start saying he’s not on their side. While he’s got 85.3 per cent of shares he IS Rangers. End of.
What you can’t argue against is that these sanctions will have huge consequences.
Let’s be clear on this.
Rangers were in severe danger of losing their best players this summer anyway, given how things are at Ibrox.
Their biggest earners all accepted massive wage cuts on the proviso they could leave the club for next to nothing at the end of the season.
They were quite right. They were hailed as heroes for taking reduced deals, but I said at the time they’d done well out of the sorry situation.
They will have known they held all the cards if they were available for vastly-reduced fees come the end of May.
I read in these pages this week that the Blue Knights consortium hoped to re-write those contracts.
Paul Murray clearly recognised the situation. He could see the club was in real danger of losing players for a fraction of what they were actually worth.
But now that the SFA have hammered Rangers, and hit them with a 12-month signing ban, Murray’s chances of negotiating with those players have just become slimmer than Kate Moss.
Again I don’t think you could blame the players. They’re well within their rights to be thinking about their own situation right now. There is always natural wastage at the end of every season. But if Rangers cannot sign anyone to replace those who leave, what are they going to be left with?
A middle of the table, bog-standard squad, that’s what.
It’s bleak. It doesn’t look good.
Celtic are fighting fit and, chances are, they’ll sign two or three quality players in the summer. They’re only going to get stronger while Rangers fall to their knees.
Clubs in the Premiership will be hovering over Ibrox like vultures, ready to swoop.
It’s totally understandable if Allan McGregor. Steven Naismith or Steve Davis look at that and think they’re better off elsewhere.
Kyle Lafferty looks like he’s already made his mind up.
His bust-up with Ally McCoist shows there are cracks in the dressing room. But that was always the danger.
Ally has done his best to keep things together, but when so many things are going against the club, something had to give.
But there’s too much stacked against him now.
I just wonder where it’s all going to end.
For Rangers and for Whyte.
He should be brought to court for what he’s done. He should be brought to justice.
But while he should be jailed, Rangers as a club don’t deserve to get off scot-free.
THE SFA has hammered Rangers and quite rightly so.
They welcomed Craig Whyte in the first place.
No one else.
They put their trust in a man who was clearly intent on bringing the club down.
No one else.
Now they should accept the punishment that’s been dished out to them.
No one else.
Whyte will be sitting, laughing up his sleeve like a Bond villain, of course he will.
The sanctions against him are nothing more than a slap on the wrist, like he’s a naughty child.
And he should hang his head in shame for the way he has conducted himself for the last few months.
I think he’s a despicable piece of work.
The way he’s acted is nothing short of disgraceful.
Just don’t try and tell me Rangers as a club are blameless in all this. They’re not.
The players are. So too are the staff behind the scenes. They’ve done absolutely nothing wrong and have every right to be disgusted by the turn of events.
But as a club, as a business, Rangers cannot simply wash their hands of this and say Whyte has nothing whatsoever to do with them.
I can still remember the day he walked up Edmiston Drive for the very first time.
Whyte was treated like the long-awaited saviour. The supporters virtually queued up to pat him on the back on his way through the door.
Since then he’s wreaked havoc with a knowing smile on his face.
Even after the SFA ruling he scoffed and insisted there was no way he would be paying the £200,000 fine.
It’s like he’s untouchable and couldn’t care less what people think of him, what they want to do with him. He has been like that from day one.
But where were the supporters’ groups back then?
Where was the outcry from the fans in the stands?
The truth is there wasn’t one because virtually every supporter wanted to believe Whyte was the real deal.
Even when it emerged he had sold off future season tickets, they still said it was a press agenda against their club.
Well, it’s too late now to start saying he’s not on their side. While he’s got 85.3 per cent of shares he IS Rangers. End of.
What you can’t argue against is that these sanctions will have huge consequences.
Let’s be clear on this.
Rangers were in severe danger of losing their best players this summer anyway, given how things are at Ibrox.
Their biggest earners all accepted massive wage cuts on the proviso they could leave the club for next to nothing at the end of the season.
They were quite right. They were hailed as heroes for taking reduced deals, but I said at the time they’d done well out of the sorry situation.
They will have known they held all the cards if they were available for vastly-reduced fees come the end of May.
I read in these pages this week that the Blue Knights consortium hoped to re-write those contracts.
Paul Murray clearly recognised the situation. He could see the club was in real danger of losing players for a fraction of what they were actually worth.
But now that the SFA have hammered Rangers, and hit them with a 12-month signing ban, Murray’s chances of negotiating with those players have just become slimmer than Kate Moss.
Again I don’t think you could blame the players. They’re well within their rights to be thinking about their own situation right now. There is always natural wastage at the end of every season. But if Rangers cannot sign anyone to replace those who leave, what are they going to be left with?
A middle of the table, bog-standard squad, that’s what.
It’s bleak. It doesn’t look good.
Celtic are fighting fit and, chances are, they’ll sign two or three quality players in the summer. They’re only going to get stronger while Rangers fall to their knees.
Clubs in the Premiership will be hovering over Ibrox like vultures, ready to swoop.
It’s totally understandable if Allan McGregor. Steven Naismith or Steve Davis look at that and think they’re better off elsewhere.
Kyle Lafferty looks like he’s already made his mind up.
His bust-up with Ally McCoist shows there are cracks in the dressing room. But that was always the danger.
Ally has done his best to keep things together, but when so many things are going against the club, something had to give.
But there’s too much stacked against him now.
I just wonder where it’s all going to end.
For Rangers and for Whyte.
He should be brought to court for what he’s done. He should be brought to justice.
But while he should be jailed, Rangers as a club don’t deserve to get off scot-free.