It’s a symptom of where we are. I’m sure I read on here yesterday that since the 60’s, Celtic have won the most trophies in Scotland. That doesn’t surprise me, and I think a lot of people are in for a rude awakening next year sadly with the trophy count.
Rangers as a business needs drastically overhauled and a proper strategy fed in to the way we run the playing squad.
We’re rapidly running out of arguments for being the “biggest” club in Scotland.
Biggest club? You're kidding me. We're the natives, and the vast majority of native football fans support Rangers. Clearly we're the biggest, and the fact that the club has given them a crazy financial advantage courtesy of 10k extra seats for nearly 30yrs (often not filled, but paid for) shows you the lack of leadership and innovation at boardroom level.
You have to speculate to accumulate, and we've failed to even come up with a hair-brained suggestion, let alone a credible one. I'm expecting it can't be done, but I'd have a third tier around Copland/Govan/Broomloan if at all possible. We could sell Copland/Govan out, and Broomie could be week-by-week ticketing. I'm assuming that the current structure doesn't allow for it. Obviously don't know costs to do the necessary, or how long it'd take to cover what needed to be invested, but I'd happily re-locate for the time it takes. Would prefer Murrayfield over Hampden, however, as I wouldn't give those snakes the rental.
Anyway, on the pattern of results and so on...
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Something that always sticks in my mind is the question that I asked my dad as a wee Bear.
My regular Ibrox visits started with the friendly against China, and I'd estimate that was in August of '82.
We actually started that season rather well, results-wise. Only win at Pittodrie, in that decade, prior to 1988. Also a notable UEFA Cup triumph over Borussia Dortmund. However, we weren't exactly doing this convincingly.
A side can win and draw, and avoid defeat, for a couple of months... but those who were seeing enough of that side to make a judgement knew what was coming, and in the last game before the Bluenose smiles got wiped it was more obvious than ever.
Jambos, League Cup, 1st Leg, Ibrox - Hearts in the 1st Division, before Alex McDonald had properly re-shaped the side into what it would become, a lot of bang-average guys doing enough to bring them back up and that was that.
We were so poor that when it got to 80mins and it was 0-0, the Jambos were in party mode. They'd spent the second-half mocking Rangers, and the support, because of just him grim our lot were. Our goals came in the 84th and 86th minutes if I recall correctly.
Then the truth hit us. Lose at piggery, walloped in Cologne, and the next smile on Bears faces didn't come until the League Cup Final, which was in March of '84 if memory serves me right.
So, what was my question?
In between 30/9/82 and that 3-2 Hampden win in '84, I asked my old man this:
"Dad, do you think that Rangers will ever win the League again?"
He said, "Of course, son," but right now I feel like that wee boy, maybe 41yrs ago.