Accrington Stanley
Can't help liking a football club with such a good name
I'm a Rangers fan too but perfectly understand how you guys feel. If the situation was reversed we'd be a bit annoyed as well. Happens to all clubs now with the Bosman ruling. No doubt a worse blow to a smaller club with less resources. Hopefully negotiations are taking place that result in some sort of agreement that suits you lot better. I read we could maybe take these two boys for under a hundred grand at the end of the season. I agree that is a joke for two guys thought to have the potential to play for our first team.
In the past we'd probably have given you 2 million. If anything we are usually over generous when it comes to buying players. The clubs been through hell in the last few years and every penny is no doubt a prisoner. Our support is a little sensitive at the moment due to our club being slaughtered up in Scotland all the time and that's why your owners comments have annoyed people. Our press love a negative story to slate Rangers about.
I agree with your owner though. A phone call is just courteous. Its not like us. Our new chairman is not rich by football owner standards and we have a long way to go, so he's obviously playing hardball with people. He also used the media to shame a club legend for wanting paid a valid contract after being dismissed by the club. The guy looked like he was being greedy but seeing Rangers doing its business like that is a bit of an embarrassment.
For a big club its more traditional than commercial. Our fans are already saying your boys need better haircuts and dress sense if their going to represent our club
Its more a joke now but having generations of fans and a pride in our history makes even our young kids argue about standards set down by strict old managers who lived and breathed the club. Our club has a lots of old traditions. Some of these celebrate links with other clubs from the past like a cup Stoke gave us yonks ago is used to toast the first game of each new year. A lot of our momento's in our trophy room are from our first games against other teams. That's why its untypical of the club to attract negative comments from another club outwith some obvious Scottish ones. We come from very humble origins for a football club so its nothing to do with disrespecting a smaller club.
Dean Windass
I remember him playing for Aberdeen. Was a decent enough player. The sort who got stuck right in and you appreciate but not anything out of the ordinary. Every club has had loads of players like him. Seems his kid has insisted on a get-away clause. Got to laugh at that because I can't even remember big name players asking for that. Not very endearing if you ask me but football seldom reflects the values of the punters now.
Hope our two chairman's have a word and sort something. Even if it's a deferred extra payment once our finances are better. I always thought the club tried to build links with others because who knows when other players might come along. I seen you got a shift out of one of our lads so it can work both ways.
We are all behind our chairman because he is one of us and that's a small mercy after everything we've been through. Been ripped off by so many people its unbelievable. But some of his actions so far as I said are not really typical of how the support like to see the club doing business. Hopefully it changes back to normal once our finances are in order.
Anyway, I've rambled on to long. My apologies. Will look out for your results now and hope to see you getting promoted. Might pop along once all this has settled as I live near Bolton and only get to Ibrox every six or so weeks now.