Ins and Outs for Division Two

by Alan Clark | Assignments Editor

Media reports of the players in discussions about a move to Rangers are increasing as Ally McCoist stated he hopes to get four signings over the line by this weekend.

The fans are split on potential targets like Jon Daly, Nacho Novo and Kenny Miller. Some would welcome the experience of these players at the club, others seek only young talent who would shine in the lower leagues and perhaps get the club a transfer fee in a few years’ time.

Clearly, the club needs to do adopt some cost-cutting as the initial financial results that came in were not pleasing, albeit not that worrying. The 38,000 season ticket holders for the Third Division was outrageous, and gave a huge financial boost to Rangers last August – but no-one knows if the club can attract that many again. The price freeze may help that, however. 

Intangibles doth not a good footballer make

by Shane Nicholson | Executive Editor

You work somewhere, yeah? Good.

Now does your company do its best to identify talent that it can utilize over the long term while its value increases, or do they bring in people on high wages let go by lesser companies who are past their prime compared to other talent in the field?

Thought so.

Enter Jon Daly.

Jon Daly may be a fine human being and have experience like you wouldn't believe. However, statistics and common sense say that he's an average footballer at two positions. He's 30 in a sport where unless you're Davie Weir that means you're past the glory days.

Experience is some measuring stick used by punters that cannot be qualified. I believe it's some odd combination of leadership, grit, guts, determination, heart and staunch. It's used as a leveler for players like Jon Daly who just aren't that great at football. "He has experience." That he may, but he doesn't have a great goal scoring record or one position on the park he excels at.

It's season two of the CROpod!!!

Season two kicks off with a very special episode of the CROpod. Shane, Andy, Alan and Chris are joined by the voice of Rangers, Mr Tom Miller. We crack through a quiz of the season, tackle #AskAndy, talk some about the upcoming book by the TRS lads, et al, and give our usual measure of bullshit along the way.

iTunes continues to skull fuck us. You know the bit by now. The download link will be down below.

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Rangers: The Journey – Stage One

by Peter Ewart | Contributor

It has been dubbed 'The Journey' and season 2012-13 will certainly be remembered for many things. Here's a collection, mostly away days and in no particular order, that stood out for me.

Oh, What a Lovely Phony War!

by Gordon James | Guest Contributor

And so it goes on. The seemingly unstoppable juggernaut of self destruction that is Rangers gathers momentum and it appears the hand brake has came loose in someone’s hand.

The Rangers committee (I refuse to give it a grown up name like “board”) are a disjointed and fractious bunch with no clear leadership. Whoever said a camel is a horse designed by a committee was bang on about this bunch and again it is the fans that are being given the humping.

We have the chairman of the committee who is determined to hang on to his position like an old bowling club president unwilling to part with the blazer. This despite being told he is no longer wanted, not once but twice and despite agreeing to go and then reneging. 

For Scottish football, what a difference a year makes

by Shane Nicholson | Executive Editor

Amazing isn't it, that the first test of the draconian hand of the SFA post-bottling of the Rangers situation results in merely a weakened transfer embargo for Dunfermline.

Their own administration event has been handled with white gloves on compared to the mess that unfolded before us at Rangers: Heavy fines levied against a club on its knees. Transfer embargoes with end dates specifically tailored to try and keep us from trading.

And yet the East End Park club will have to survive just one transfer window without being able to sign any players aged 21 and up. Tell me, what were the odds of them doing that whilst having no money to spend? Why does their transfer ban end immediately before the opening of the second window instead of coinciding with its close?

A couple you may have missed while Sir Alex hung them up

Calvin Spence gets down to the Core Values needed on the board over at The Rangers Standard.

At The Herald, Richard Wilson says we need a slow summer.