This blog has often been accused
of being pro-board, of being ‘Hedge Fund Loyal’, of siding with the Charles
Green regime then with his alleged incumbents. Indeed, everyone who has sat in
the Rangers boardroom is under scrutiny, fairly, but some have taken said
examination a little too far with unfounded notions of murky dark rooms where
strings are being pulled by BPH and Margarita while Green sits in the
background, smoking a large Cuban while watching the ‘scrillah’ roll in.
This is stuff of complete fantasy,
and is no more evidential than the notion of aliens or God. Athiests in
Rangers’ support who completely debunk the Almighty are happy to believe in
equally weak concepts of Green or indeed Whyte being the grand overlord of
Rangers.
Let us be blunt, Charles Green
has had his big payday from Rangers.
He got £700,000 for his role as CEO, plus £200,000 as a pay off. That is it.
Done. As for Whyte, he is a liquidator. He is the type of ‘businessman’ you
bring in when you know your company is going bust, and he will do whatever is
necessary to end that business. It means the likes of SDM do not have a
liquidation on their CV. He too has done his piece, and he is gone.
So, that all said, we have
Wallace, Somer, Crighton and Easdale on the Rangers board. Popular they are
not, but it is continually frustrating to see them cited as the reason not to
buy a season ticket.
The fact of the matter is your
several hundred pounds are for the right to watch Rangers at Ibrox next season.
It did not seem to matter during SDM’s regime where that money went (in his
pocket/MIH), renewals rolled in every season. Why? Because the brand of
football was successful and Rangers won things. That he was making personal
profit was ignored by almost everyone because Rangers won the SPL and contended
in the Champions League.
Now, we are not. And that is why
your season tickets are even more important.
With no SPL money, no TV cash, no CL cash, little outside investment and
reduced merchandise scale, ST cash has become 1000% critical to the club’s
survival.
Under SDM when cash was thin he
generally bailed the Club out his own pocket. Now we do not have that fall-back
crutch, and without ST’s admin 2 is inevitable.
The fans have become more
important now than they have ever been. As I say, it is not about supporting
the board, you can protest them if you so wish – but support the team, your fellow fans, and the Club as a
whole by buying your ST because that cash is borderline the biggest and most
important source Rangers now have.
We do not have all those previous
sources of income any more to bail us out, we are completely relying on ST
cash.
Buying your ST does not mean you
back the board, it means you back the Club. And that is all that matters, and
the club needs us now more than it ever has.
Some are holding back given
McCoist’s management, and I understand their concerns. The football is poor,
but then I do not recall it being great during 9IAR. It was just effective. It
was absolutely horrendous during our CL and Uefa Cup run of 2007/07 but we kept
buying ST’s. Because of success.
I accept the football is not easy
on the eye, but next season will see a Championship filled with Hibs and
Hearts, and from fans I speak to there is a real sense of excitement about
trips to Tynecastle and Easter Road. And hosting these clubs at Ibrox.
It is potentially the most
exciting season Rangers have been involved in for decades given it is more than
a one or two horse race.
But to get to that season in one
piece we need to support the Club.
To buy a season ticket, click
here.