Is a crucial Rangers staple under serious threat?

11
Is a crucial Rangers staple under serious threat?


Up till a few weeks ago, it all looked almost impossibly rosy. Windass had just won the Player of the Month for the first time in the SPL for a Rangers player since 2011, he, Jamie Murphy and Sean Goss were up for Rangers’ own award, and the only loss in the calendar year had been to Hibs.

Fast forward to now. Things have gone badly wrong. Two poor losses followed by a bad draw have completely changed the picture – and heaped pressure on Graeme Murty.

The climate and mood have altered. Fans have realised Murty isn’t the man to take the club forward, and a further loss of points on Saturday to Dundee would push this reign to breaking point.

Which all, on footballing levels, makes things bad enough, but of course off the pitch we have the yearly saunter into town from Dave King to promote ST sales to look forward to, and it would have to be said, fans will not swallow his garbage like they have the past two years.

King’s remit was always to come in, say something outrageously positive to play to Rangers fans’ galleries, hyping up something whatever it was, and indirectly encourage ST sales.

It worked last year big time – 44,000 were sold which is among the highest ever, but the real question is how successful it will be this time.

Rangers supporters are not gullible. They bought into King and his rhetoric in hope, but with a complete lack of delivery plus the six-year long manager farce, the man and indeed the board have outlived the goodwill.

Anti-SPL pro-Rangers piffle won’t work this time, because fans have needed to see tangible results on the pitch, and while a fair chunk was spent last summer, King promised a hell of a lot more.

And didn’t deliver. The board keeps Rangers afloat with soft loans, as well as indirectly through King’s own company, and of course we have his legally-forced takeover offer to contend with as well.

All of which is murky and adds up to utter uncertainty. Promises after promises simply haven’t borne fruit and Rangers are in serious danger of a fourth placed finish this season. There is even an insane chance of fifth if Killie keep winning.

Which means season ticket renewals are in danger.

Rangers fans are a loyal lot, but we’re not stupid. Few fans are going to happily chuck circa £550 at the club in the hope of improvement – fans need evidence there will be, that their club has a real plan. And there’s a real lack of that now.

Because King with his outrageous annual press diarrhoea designed to excite and intrigue us fans just won’t work this time.

panel management

No posts to display

11 COMMENTS

  1. Since I spend a lot of time outside the UK and otherwise live in the South of England I generally do not have a season ticket albeit that I do have Rangers TV when overseas. I am not a King fan, so cards on teh table immediately, and I reckon that his General Manager is nothing short of a joke and should be replaced with a quality CEO. That said, we made an excellent acquisition is securing Allen as DoF and we now need to see this followed up with a quality managerial appointment, (ideally before the cup semi final), since I genuinely don't believe that Murty has the winning mentality needed to see us secure second, or dare I say it, even third! We are now behind Aberdeen because of the tactical horror shows of the last three games and are seriously at risk of falling behind Hibs if we don't win all our games from now until the end of the Season. I have no doubt that with the league won, Celtic will roll over against Hibs whereas they will fight tooth and nail against us. As for next season, we need three or four top quality players and for me two of them would be McArthur and Huth!

  2. If you pay your season ticket money to watch Dave King then you are not getting value for money. But you don't. You pay to watch and support the club that you love and hope they will be better than last year. And at the moment we are better. Maybe not as much as you expected but better nonetheless. And we'll be better again next year. Maybe not as much as you would like but better nonetheless.
    We can't do it overnight but have faith and we will get there but not if fans withdraw their support.
    In the meantime thank God for youtube where we can still watch some great Rangers teams.

  3. How dare you IN! Mr King has never lied to us about anything!!Has he GersJimbo?🙈🙈I am glad people are starting to realise what king is all about. False promises again this season and probably the same for next. Wake up guys.

    • Bigjim, By all means, please present your figures of facts to the table. If you can't, then don't attack those who you can't prove with financial evidence, including Mr King. Respect must go to any investor who are putting millions into our beloved club, and I include our season ticket supporters (including me) in that bracket!
      Investment is just not about the players, it also includes the infrastructure,i.e, Ibrox Stadium, Auchinhowie park, carparks, ticket office etc,,all the other necessary organisational structures that we NEED to run the club. This does not come cheap and MUST be considered when we talk about investment. This was all explained when our current board was voted in.
      Yes, decisions to bring in Warbuton, Pedro and Murty has later proved a bad investment, but hindsight is priceless. We can only hope to get it right the next time.
      So Bigjim, by all means, go away and come back with some facts and figures about those who ARE putting millions into our club, until then, please think before you comment!!

  4. Fair article. Yes, I will re-new my ticket. I believe the club is bigger than any board. We are still going through tough times, but I do have faith that we will get back to where we belong, whether it's with Dave King or not.
    It has been so painful to watch most of our home games because of so many stupid points dropped when it should be a fortress, but we are easy game and the rest of the teams know that.
    I said in a previous article that it wont be until the season tickets applications come out that we will see Dave King selling us plans to get us to new level.
    I can only hope the board and Mark Allan have been working feverishly in the background and have a plan for next season, because this season is finished!!!

  5. MY TWO SONS WILL RE NEW THERES ,I ALSO GET TO AS MANY GAMES AS I CAN ,WERE NOT TO FAR OFF CATCHING EAST ENDERS ,I DONT KNOW IF IT WAS KING THAT WAS BEHIND PEDRO BUT HEARD HE WANTED BUTCHER ,PEDRO WAS THE PROBLEM HE WAS WELL BACKED FINANCIALLY ,WHOEVER VOTED FOR HIM IS TO BLAME FOR THIS MESS IBROX WILL BE JAM PACKED FOR NEXT FEW YEARS ,MCOIST, MURRAY , MIGHT DO WALKING AWAY BUT THE FANS WONT WALK ,54 AND COUNTING ,WE CAN ONLY GO UPWARDS ,W,A,T,P

  6. Agree with a lot of the excellent and genuine posts …However not buying your Season Book will only hurt Rangers . It's not complicated unlike the Rotten Mob we need the cash …As a Shareholder I can assure you we will be much more less acceptant to the King charm at the next AGM

  7. Your best bet for any future is to get rid of King and hangers-on.
    Scoundrels all – should be nowhere near Scottish football!
    And this is from a Celtic fan; they've also had enough of their own to deal with.

    • JOHN COULD YOU TELL ME WHY PARKHEAD IS ALLWAYS EMPTY ,YOU ARE GOING FOR DOUBLE TREBLE ,THOUGHT YOU LOT WERE GREATEST FANS IN WORLD FOOTBALL ,I THINK YOU LOT ARE MAKING IT UP THINK YOU HAVE 20,000 SEASON TICKET HOLDERS AT MOST ,THINK YOUR CHAIRMANS TELLING PORKIES

    • You'd be better of concentrating on the points made about King Stevie.
      Making up stories about Celtic won't enhance the future for your own club.

  8. JOHN IN MY EYES MR KING IS DOING A GREAT JOB WE WILL BE BACK ON TOP SHORTLY .YOU CANT DENY PARKHEAD IS A GHOST TOWN ,THE LIES ARE COMING FROM YOUR SIDE YOUR STADIUM IS HALF EMPTY EVERY SECOND WEEK ,YOU ONLY FILL IT WHEN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE COMES ALONG AS YOU KNOW ITS A BIG AUDIENCE WAATCHING ,NOT A PATCH ON THE FAMOUS GLASGOW RANGERS

Comments are closed.