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chicoazul said:
Rangers fans have acted very small time over this whole thing. I'd thought higher of them to be honest. It's weird.
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I liked Rangers, thought they were the best side in Scotland. However they don't exist anymore and as soon as people realise that the better.....their fans have acted bizarrely -- what do they expect to happen when their club is dissolved ??

Some comments on this thread alone are just plain ridiculous, when a company is liquidiated then staff become unemployed, the simple fact in this case is that these players are worth something to the new entity and they are trying to pull a fast one and force them into joining a different company.

I'm surprised no-one has cherry picked their youth team yet.
 

Zatara said:
I liked Rangers, thought they were the best side in Scotland. However they don't exist anymore and as soon as people realise that the better.....their fans have acted bizarrely -- what do they expect to happen when their club is dissolved ??

Some comments on this thread alone are just plain ridiculous, when a company is liquidiated then staff become unemployed, the simple fact in this case is that these players are worth something to the new entity and they are trying to pull a fast one and force them into joining a different company.

I'm surprised no-one has cherry picked their youth team yet.
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They don't have a great youth system. They and Celtic have tended to rely on other Scottish teams to produce decent Scottish talent and buy them for ridiculously low prices.
 
blueblue said:
Not passing any comment as Davek as a contributor to the forum,but on this thread I would disagree with him.
Naismith and the other players have left Rangers not because of anything they have done wrong,it was their employer(RangersFC) who are responsible for the mess that occured.
What happened at Rangers put the livelihood of so many people at risk,clerical,cleaning,administration ,coaching etc.Mostly the players are the lucky ones in that most of them are employable and generally are flexible about where they work.

It seems to me that Charles Green has taken over Rangers with a view to putting the asset back in place as it was before and then selling on for a profit.I believe he is more upset that Naismith and others have left because it will affect his level of future profit rather than the footballing loss to the club.
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Your wrong in many ways there granted they took a pay cut for 3 months but catch a grip this boy was injured for over 2 seasons did he take a pay cut then I think not The fee he got for signing for everton should have gone to club not that greedy little gits back pocket
 
Colintheblue said:
Your wrong in many ways there granted they took a pay cut for 3 months but catch a grip this boy was injured for over 2 seasons did he take a pay cut then I think not The fee he got for signing for everton should have gone to club not that greedy little gits back pocket
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Which club ? Thought the club didnt legally exist anymore.....
 

Scottish Toffee said:
I am not trying to present them in a good light, my argument is more nuanced than that. I am merely arguing that you cannot judge them in a bad light yourself when you do not know all of the factors that have gone into a difficult decision. Please enlighten me if you posses a detailed file containing the facts of the Rangers situation including the extensive reasons the players have given for not transferring their contracts.

I understand that some fans will feel betrayed (many don't feel betrayed now that they have let their initial feelings cool off - many aim their hatred towards the former owners for creating the situation), players are well paid and that he wouldn't care if I was laid off work. I don't care if he is laid off work. I am simply asking you not to judge a player as a rat when there is not enough evidence to show the motivation.

Fans/consumers are always going to be the ones to lose out in a situation like this. However, football is just a game and doesn't have a huge impact on the things that are important in their life and they will be able to cope. It has happened before to other clubs and it will happen again. They do not have to work in such conditions and so cannot force the hand of a player though.

Barmby is not analogous. He was simply out for the money and forced the move. You cannot claim the same for all of the players who have left Rangers. For some it may be about the money, but for others it may not. Please do not generalise the situation and clump them all together when nobody has access to all the facts.

Moreover, most decisions are made on the balance of probabilities which are the ifs and ands as you like to call them. There were time frames in which they had to make their decision which did not allow for them to wait for the situation to pan out and so they had to make a decision based on what they could discern from what was presented.

Players are not saints, I will never argue this. I am just asking you not to judge Naismith when you are not privy to the facts.
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I don't blame him for wanting to leave but he could have said to club to sell him for a fee but no he pockets the fee himself and the club showed him all the loyalty in the world when he was injured badly twice for that I call him more than a rat
 
Colintheblue said:
Your wrong in many ways there granted they took a pay cut for 3 months but catch a grip this boy was injured for over 2 seasons did he take a pay cut then I think not The fee he got for signing for everton should have gone to club not that greedy little gits back pocket
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I've tried to educate them mate. No one's listening. It's typical tunnel vision stuff. Anyone in their right mind can see how low class the feller is.
 
He took a 75% pay cut to try and help Rangers didn't he? You would think they would be more grateful.

Show some class and wish him well. It's not Everton's fault they're skint.
 
Colintheblue said:
I don't blame him for wanting to leave but he could have said to club to sell him for a fee but no he pockets the fee himself and the club showed him all the loyalty in the world when he was injured badly twice for that I call him more than a rat
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I just find these type of comments small time and comical to be honest.....so he should join another club and then allow them to sell him....odd.
 

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