The saga that began on Friday as
news broke of McCoist’s resignation and emerged as his mere notice took yet
another twist yesterday as Rangers’ board decided to officially confirm
McCoist’s 12-month ultimatum.
They also revealed, contrary to
public knowledge, that McCoist’s wage had not been restored earlier this year
to £850,000 as previously believed (including by yours truly), but that the
wage cut he (finally) took in January had remained till Friday and had now,
thanks to this notice, increased to nearly what it used to be – £750,000.
It is just the latest sorry
episode of this Club’s shambolic affairs being dragged out in public. McCoist
played his hand last week, and now the Club has played its.
However, before I continue, I
will take a rare opportunity to defend this blog in face of some criticisms it
has received for certain entries.
Many comments this blog has
received over the years criticise its ‘pro-board’ stance, and attempt to
discredit it based on believing this site is a spin machine for those in power.
I can absolutely, categorically,
unequivocally confirm 1000% this site does not represent a single Rangers
employee – I am not associated in any way with the present board, albeit like
others I have sources who I cannot reveal. Naturally I also know many
shareholders, but, I am far from alone with that ‘privilege’.
I am not on any level affiliated
with any director, nor Mike Ashley. I do not speak for a single voice in power
at the Club, and the content you see is completely my (and guest writers’) own,
and has not been influenced by any hedge firms or suits.
As I have said before, I am not
‘pro-board’, I am ‘pro-reason’ and ‘pro-Rangers’. That is my priority, the
health and future of the team/Club I love.
And that Club has indulged a
dangerous game by revealing the conditions of McCoist’s current terms. Ally is
a smart man, who played his ace, and unfortunately Rangers are not in a
position to possess any of their own. By going public they have rather played
into his hands and helped strengthen his position in this stand off, albeit may
have succeeded in damaging his Rangers legacy somewhat beyond the damage his
own clueless management achieved.
If that was their intention, then
they too have carried out some masterful manipulation of their own.
I am only on one side, that of
Rangers – both the board and Ally are part of that, and the ugliness of this
vile showdown is one of the most pitiful and despicable sights I have yet
witnessed from my Club.
This is a horrible internal war
of money between one side and another. To be fighting over the lifeblood of
Rangers’ survival makes both sides look horrendous. McCoist currently looks
like a gold digger, while the Club with going public re: his terms look petty,
vindictive, and undignified.
No one carries any credibility in
this disquieting affair, and legends like Struth, Jardine and Wallace will be
turning in their graves at the depravity going on at their beloved Rangers.
To see Rangers reduced to this is
a level of sadness and despair nigh-on impossible to articulate, and the
tedious saga rumbles on.
Another day, more Rangers’ chaos.