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To think, we have you on another thread below moralising about 606-type ****e and then you go post this on the Rangers board? <doh>

Get this piss-poor material off this board please Mick seeing as though you said you would put an end to it occuring <ok>
 
Have I said anything bigoted? Sectarian? Offensive?

I posted a story about Rangers on the Rangers board.

Stop your wailing ladies!
 
No doubt the Celtic-Minded administrator will allow it to stay.

Double standards as per usual.
 
It's strange, the whole thing is strange.

I'm actually getting quite worried about this Whyte fella, moreso now, after watching panorama last night. <yikes>

I'm starting to feel that it's a case of better the devil you know.

And believe me, I've slated Murray for years now.

I just don't get where Whyte and Ellis are taking so long or where they are getting their cash from.
 
Aye, the Notts County thing.

Some shady fraudster bought the club off its fans with promises of grandeur, only for the **** to bump everyone and his dog.

Re: Rangers. It's not Murray who's delayed it (allegedly) it's the board, made up of "Alastair Johnston and chief executive Martin Bain, as well as John McClelland, Donald McIntyre and former player and manager John Greig."

For these guys to put the brakes on it tells me that something is amiss.

Supposedly, the deal was to go through yesterday.

Why would that board, made up of genuine Rangers men scupper the deal?
 
EDGE said:
Why would that board, made up of genuine Rangers men scupper the deal?
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Whyte will want to install his own board, so it could be that some of them are protecting their own jobs. I know that Johnston has said he wants to leave as soon as the deal's done, but for the rest of them it could be like turkeys voting for Xmas.
 
Craig Whyte's protracted takeover bid for Rangers ran into fresh difficulties last night after talks hit a further snag, with Ibrox chairman Alastair Johnston understood to want negotiations to continue until after the end of the season.
According to a source close to the deal, Whyte's bid to buy Rangers could have been rubber-stamped yesterday. Sir David Murray, the club's majority shareholder, is also believed to have wanted the deal done on Monday, as did Lloyds Banking Group, who are owed £18 million by Rangers. However another delay has developed, one described as "unnecessary" by the source. Rangers board members were accused of "dragging their heels" after Whyte was left frustrated in his attempt to tie-up the deal yesterday.

The Scottish businessman, who launched his bid to buy Rangers in November, is understood to be deciding whether he can afford to wait much longer. The proposed deal, which was originally valued at around £33m, would see Whyte take over 75 per cent of Murray's shareholding, with London-based property developer Andrew Ellis becoming a 25 per cent partner. "Everything is ready to go but some members of the independent committee are dragging their heels and want to delay the takeover until the end of the season," said the source last night.

Johnston is part of the independent committee which comprises Rangers board members, including chief executive Martin Bain, John McClelland, Donald McIntyre and John Greig. Although they cannot block the deal going through, they could delay it. "Mr Whyte is in a position to close the deal to buy Rangers immediately," said the source, who warned that the Scottish businessman could well pull out of the talks if this latest hitch is not overcome. "We have a very short period of time for this deal to go through."

Whyte's proposed purchase of Murray's controlling stake in the SPL champions has already been delayed by a £2.8m tax liability, which came to light last month. A potentially multi-million-pound bill from Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs has also presented an obstacle.
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So the talk on 606 is that the Rangers board want to buy the club, hence the delay and hope that Whyte walks away.

"The board expect to lose the HMRC case and enter administration, then buy the club at a knockdown price"

I hope to **** that doesn't happen. <laugh>
 
If Rangers did go into administration (don't think it will happen), would that mean that they would start next season with a 10 point penalty? I think there is something really iffy about this Whyte takeover.
 
Don't know staggie.

I'm on 606 just now, and there is a decent Celtic man talking about the deal.

He reckons the reason the Board or Johnstone are dragging their heels is:

comment by simon_bhoy (U10802489)

posted 14 Minutes Ago

"I don't know, you would think if that was the case then this would never have got as far as it had now. "

look at it this way bear

who was sceptical about dave south african blokes bid - johnston

who has set unrealistic deadlines that he cant control - johnston

who has scaremongered by intimating rangers could go out of business - johnston

who has talked UP the tax issue rather than put a positive slant on good financial performance last year - johnston

i remember traynor (i know i know) mentioning that someone on the rangers board might have been interested in taking over the club at some point (months ago now) - who is the only one with the financial clout to consider this? johnston

who has american backers that might just like the idea of being involved in a "soccer" team? johnston

its conjecture mate - of course it is - but it is the oldest trick in the book as well - drive the price down by scaring of competition (maybe even get the bank to cut a deal if the situation looks bleak) and then BOOM new owners
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Could be onto something there.

To be honest, I'd much prefer that situation to unfurl myself. <ok>
 
Rangers going into administration would be a disaster, not just for Rangers, but for Scottish football as a whole. It would seriously affect confidence in the Scottish game and damage our reputation at a time when it's hardly held in high esteem to begin with.

Not that it wouldn't be funny of course!

However, I can't see it hapening but there is definitely something funny going on at the club and it's about time someonce came out and told the Rangers fans waht's going on.
 
its hardly comparable to Girvans rampant ***** slurs is it <doh>

I'll put ML as moderator today and you can moan to him every time a Celtic fan posts a link to a genuine Rangers article.
 
Girvan

Show us one comment from a Celtic fan on this thread that would be deemed offensive or break ANY rules on any football-related website?

That's the difference between me and you. I can converse about Old Firm subjects whether they be Celtic or Rangers related without the need to post ****e about child abuse, bigotry, sectarianism or selective pictures and youtube clips.
 
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