I will be guilty of repetition here, because I have been beating this drum for several years. Rangers financial difficulties, go back to the Lawrence days, when the club was sold to David Murray for a nominal sum, to enable Lawrence to pump more money into his building business. Murray set out. with a genuine desire to raise the profile of Rangers, and to make us a top European side. Whether it would be reality or pie in the sky, his heart was in the right place and brought us some of the most exciting times that I have ever experienced as a Rangers supporter. however, when his business hit the skids, he had to get rid of Rangers pronto and was less diligent than Lawrence had been when they sold to murray. it was a panic move on his part and certainly diluted, if not destroyed his legacy at the club. That decision led to several more years of squandering waste as the business moved into the hands of all the wrong people who were cherry, picking the bits and pieces and weren’t entirely dedicated to the rebuild of the Rangers football club. Fortunately, Rangers are blessed without a large and loyal support who supported them through thick and thin on the long journey back to the top. Finally, the club, fell into much better hands, with the likes of Douglas Park and other linked business people, who showed a definite desire to get the club back to where it belongs. But that was never going to be an easy task in the short term, and in all honesty, I think that the board whilst their hearts were in the right place, have made some very very serious mistakes along the way. I will always repeat, that after the disaster of 2012 and liquidation, we squandered the best opportunity that we will ever have to build the club from the bottom up. with the right people on board on the development of players and a Strong football department headed up by a director of football. Giving McCoist the job was a bad decision for Rangers and a bad decision for us, since then we have had several managers each who have come with a promise,but one by one they have been sacked or not been given the time to succeed. Clement is the most recent and possibly one of the most promising appointments as manager, but he does not have a magic wand and neither did the candidates before him. Where supporters think the money is going to come from for a complete rebuild yet again I don’t understand. Rangers need to make some long-term decisions, albeit. Many years too late.
With regard to some of our players, I have been a fan of James Tavernier and would definitely support him being placed in the hall of fame and given a memorable send off . However, it is time for him to go, not because of his football performance, but I now believe he has far too much influence on the park and has made him self indispensable. So he should go with everyone’s best wishes and be honoured for his fantastic contribution over the years. Understandably, pressure comes on to any Rangers manager, to beat Celtic But at some point, we are going to have to have the courage to make some big decisions to give this club hope for the future, I will watch with interest.