Do Not Trust the Trust

Today I made a tweet, limited as
it was to 140 characters, regarding my anti-Union of Fans stance relating to
Andy Little’s departure from Ibrox.

It was not the best tweet I have
ever made, and went something like this:

I tweeted this before the news
broke that the club had not offered him a new deal, but it was not an
unreasonable assumption that one of the players on the fringes of the first team,
irritated by his lack of game time had decided to call it a day and move on to
where he would get first team football. There was also the possibility of the
off-field chaos contributing to his decision, whereby he had simply tolerated
enough of the instability and decided to move on.

Both stances entirely
understandable.

Having made this tweet, Union of
Fans’ supporters pounced on it and I was called a ‘flaky’, a ‘moron’, ‘not
quite right’, ‘odd’ and every other derogatory name under the sun. Indeed, the
mockery extended to attributing the following bizarre statement to me:

Before I continue in haste, I
would like to point out I am offended by none of this, because when those whose
beliefs you oppose resort to slandering and insulting you, generally it
highlights their lack of argument in rebuttal.

I do not even mind being lied
about, because I can clarify those lies here. And consequently that is what I
will do.

Of course Chris Graham did not
ask Andy Little to leave, nor do I have any clear evidence he or the rest of
those who support the Trust scheme wish to tear Rangers apart. But if they
succeed in their Trust scheme (actually just a limited company with a bank
account in truth) that is exactly what will happen. Rangers will suffer the
ignominy of admin 2, 25 points will be docked from the club back in League 2
and once again we will lose the majority of the playing staff.

It may just be too much for some
supporters to take. If UoF succeed, they will tear this club apart, ripping its
soul out irreparably, a soul which is already fighting for survival such is the
warring and infighting between those who support their scheme and those who do
not.

So by force of logic, if you
support the UoF’s plans, plans which will inevitably destroy the club should
they prevail, you are supporting the dismantling of Rangers. You might not be
intending that, indeed, I would hazard a guess that 100% of those supporting
the scheme want Rangers alive and thriving. But, alas, this scheme is designed
by one man to have the opposite effect, and that is a Mr Dave King.

How exactly can withholding
hundreds of thousands, millions of pounds in any way help Rangers? Why exactly
do some Rangers fans trust a man with their money when he ripped off the South
African tax man to the tune of 2.1B RSA?

The Trust fund is nothing more
than a political tool to damage the club, and in particular, the board. King,
having previously supported Wallace as part of the Requisitioners, now deeply
loathes the man given he will not just kowtow to his threats and demands and
give him power.

The statement released by the
club makes it clear that Rangers FC will not give “Ibrox 1972” security over
any of the club’s assets. In one statement, King’s company lost all its
bargaining chips because supporters who subscribe to it now stand to lose their
seats if they do not renew.

The Trust is a smokescreen, a
political bargaining chip which became a joker. And its supporters, like those
who abused me, have been wonderfully programmed to do its bidding.

Before you describe me as barmy,
think about it. UoF fans are being spearheaded by Richard Gough (as well as
King and Graham). Gough condemned the fan-endorsed ban at Tannadice, he backs
the UoF scheme yet he also said this in 2012:

Gough is a legend for his playing
achievements at Ibrox, but any supporter who backs a man describing his or her
club as dead really needs to re-evaluate their motives.

Rangers are not dead. But we are
in A&E far too much now.