Rangers FC lodge papers to go into administration

Dempsey wrote: »

Jardine is an idiot, sticking your head in the sand about how Craig Whyte ran the club doesnt exempt the club from the rules of the game, nor its responsibility of anyone working on their behalf or proper corporate governance.

As for the punish us and everyone will suffer response, its getting tiresome now and it wont put anyone off punishing the club for 10+ years of mismanagement.

Its Craig Whytes fault though :mad:

Seriously not a good idea threatening clubs who may have a sympathetic ear to their plight.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11788/7706963/Drysdale-in-McCoist-admission

SFA disciplinary panel member Eric Drysdale believes Rangers boss Ally McCoist did not help the situation after he demanded the names of the panel be made public.

McCoist and Rangers could be in trouble for this yet.

http://blogs.channel4.com/alex-thomsons-view/21st-century-rules-applied-rangers/1302

Ally McCoist's dangerous and cowardly conduct towards SFA

I’ve waited a day or two to write this. And I write on the train from Amsterdam to The Hague to witness the first ever head of state receiving sentence for war crimes.

So everything’s relative. Even Rangers…

And from outwith Glasgow the perspective’s glaring.

Faced with a judicial process at the Scottish Football Association and a due appeal process (active now) to be heard before a retired judge or QC – faced with all that, what does the Rangers manager Ally McCoist do?

Bide his time? Seek appeal advice? Reserve comment on an obviously sub-judicial procedure?

No – he suddenly demands on Rangers TV on Tuesday that the Scottish Football Association panel which imposed a 12 month ban on the club buying players be identified in public.

As an act of such irresponsibility in the current climate beggars belief. Like so many in this drama Mr McCoist goes “public” in an environment where I doubt he’ll never be properly questioned.

Far from letting due process happen and preparing the case for appeal, Mr McCoist chooses a lynch mob approach potentially putting the safety of these people at risk.

It’s an action redolent of the lack of reality, prudence, judgement and moral decency which has characterised so much of a club that’s brought the game into deep disrepute. Moreover, some might observe that Mr McCoist’s inflammatory tantrum is in itself likely to bring the club and himself into disrepute.

Will Mr McCoist be equally “public” in facing up to the responsibility of what he’s done? Given the cowardice of his initial act, you have to say it’s doubtful.

Mr McCoist and Rangers need another reminder that even Glasgow football is now living in the 21st century. Rules get applied – even to Rangers. Outside Glasgow football where else would anyone in normal public life question the independence of the panel as he did – then call for them to he named for the mob? Yet the sheer and obvious outrage his actions should provoke raises little adverse comment in the city. No – so much attention remains focused on the astounding fact that a club that broke rules got punished. Doh!

Small wonder it leaves SFA chief executive saying the rules will be applied without fear or favour. But why should he have to? In any normal world this is a given and accepted. In Glasgow football the man imposing the rules has to say he’ll do his job as if it’s news.

Meanwhile, if I get time in the small matter of a war crimes court, I shall ask the SFA if they intend charging Ally McCoist with bringing the game into dispute for questioning the SFA’s motives, independence and arguably, putting the safety of its independent panel at risk.

Meanwhile… Charles Taylor… Sierra Leone… mass rape… child soldiers… death by machete… and a city and a court where yes, they apply the rules without fear or favour and they don’t feel the need to say so.

Dempsey wrote: »

Jardine is an idiot, sticking your head in the sand about how Craig Whyte ran the club doesnt exempt the club from the rules of the game, nor its responsibility of anyone working on their behalf or proper corporate governance.

As for the punish us and everyone will suffer response, its getting tiresome now and it wont put anyone off punishing the club for 10+ years of mismanagement.

Management = McCoist, Durrant,...

Jelle1880 wrote: »

Management = McCoist, Durrant,...

He said management of the club, not the team.

RoryMac wrote: »

The BBC have scraped plans for Ally McCoist to return to Question of Sport after he demanded to know the identity of every Mystery Guest.

We demand clarification.

KeithAFC wrote: »

Ally McCoist should have just got the Establishment to deal with it.

Peter Lawwell is the new leader of the stonecutters

KeithAFC wrote: »

The SPL will be utter dross without Rangers.

So, no change than.

What do Rangers fans believe would be a fair punishment?

super_furry wrote: »

What do Rangers fans believe would be a fair punishment?

Honestly?

If we become a NewCo - relegate us to the 3rd Division.
None of this ****ing about with 3 years worth of decuctions simply aimed at the SPL having their cake and eating it.

The new proposals are aimed at crippling the club by taking away upwards of 30 points in the first season, and ten to fifteen points in the next two (Along with a 75%reduction in revenue for 3 years, and of course no europe) while still keeping the cash cow that is the Rangers support in the league in the hope that the Killies and DUFC's can get their payday.

As for the rest, it's hard to tell what the punishment even can be - let alone understand what is "fair".
A 12 month transfer ban for "Bringing the game into disrepute" is already unprecedented.

So who's going to support a newco and who's not? Only Jelle and BBE answered before.