This has been an atypical week for the Ibrox klanbase.
Indeed, by last night there was some evidence of the early signs of self-reflection breaking out.
A combination of losing the final to Celtic and no midweek game left them to cogitate on what it all meant.
Since the original Rangers died, they’ve been a case study in the power of denial.
Consequently, the Kübler-Ross model remains a reliable instrument when analysing the Ibrox klanbase post-2012.
Their reaction to Mr Beale’s media outing yesterday created the conditions for some of Sevco’s customers to move beyond denial.
What follows is merely an example of the anguish of denying what’s happening is no longer tenable.
The therapist will often bring a session to a close with “I think we’ve made some progress today”.
It opens the door for the client to take on board that the therapeutic alliance is in a good place.
When the original Rangers died eleven years ago, it suited many powerful people to feed the grief-stricken klanbase with an Orwellian lie that kept them in denial.
It enriched broadcasting organisations and even bought one fine chap a château in Normandy.
Chapeau…
Of course, the invertebrates on the sports desks quickly fell into line.
Another factor in this denial-busting week is the valued contribution of the current Sevco manager.
At a presser yesterday, the verbal handbrake was off, and he was spinning out of control.
By simply stating the financial realities he was operating under, he lifted the curtain and allowed a glimpse of the immediate future at Ibrox.
Given that the Ibrox klanbase has been getting by since 2012 on a steady diet of denial, Mr Beale might have damaged his standing with the supporters by deploying the truth.
The reality, which has always been free to view here, is that the new club were in the Ha’penny place, apropos Celtic.
Sadly, being simply the second best is an appalling vista when your entire worldview is based on a Herrenvolk sense of supremacism.
I could almost feel sorry for them.
Almost…
They are certainly pitiable.
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So there is some self-awareness there! What a bunch of comments, Aberdeen, Espanyol, praying that Ange leaves. Fear, embarrassment and wishful thinking.
Beale distancing himself already from next season’s failure won’t go down with the blue room. This is the time they fill the smsm with clickbait nonsense about the wonderful new signings the klan members can expect so that they’ll stump up for Season Tickets.
It’s time the fans gave their heads a wobble and faced reality. HH
Caine has just about covered it for me. The MMS as per, still comes out with what particular narrative supports what the particular need of the day is. Come the summer there is going to be a massive clear out. Its not down to a monumental lack of good management allowing so many main players contract’s running down at the same time…it’s a clear out. An endorsement of the current incumbent’s authority and management skills. Apparently it’s not down to a lack of financial resources either.
Every single transfer window, we have been bombarded with preposterous amounts of boodle associated with the elite clubs in the world coming in with bids for morones, jack etc. The reality is, including the most recent and last opportunity to recoup, not a single bid has come in for him, et al.
Their great association with American football has just left prematurely, back to the USA without the option to buy being taken up, that being in the shape of Sands. Tillman is being touted to be kept with “ring fenced ” money..do they have such a resource..will he actually want to stay, will any of them.
Their main players that are out of contract come the summer, despite the hype, have not been sold nor have they re-signed, their off through choice.
As to the klan and the effect reality has had on them, I remember a time when, at the end of that cup final, they would have stood to see their team collect their medals and see them of the park, those days are gone, and like the song says hopefully in the past they must remain. Regardless the truth of all this will eventually come out, and we will be able to read all about it on here. Thanks Phil & more power to you.
Sevco are set to miss out on securing the signature of American hotshot Francis Jacobs despite having had
the teenager already at Ibrox…where, apparently, he was on the brink of signing.
However, for whatever reason, he has now returned to the USA.
Is this another sign of “rules” interfering with plans ?
Oh and I assume you can no longer “Imperfectly Register ” a player…?
Funny thing defeat, especially when you look at the Ibrox faithful after one they feel they were entitled to win, it brings out all sorts of things in the press and on the chat boards. A sure sign that all is not well in the heads of the staunch is when they wheel out that everything and anything Celtic past and present is a child molester as the order of the day, it’s the go to solution for the toxic brethren to rally the weak minded and one that they revel in their believed and self-appointed brit version of a celestial existence.
The reality is, it shows the distinct pattern of a defeated mind, a small defeated mind, even within the quotes of the illustrious users you have posted, Johnny Yen and Handsomehead show classic symptoms when the only attack is personal when they have is to refer to Ange as fat. They have nothing more to say, he must be above kiddy fiddling being aussie, so let’s get personal instead, like they did with another great, Jock Stein, and we all know what he did to their tiny follow follow minds where his spirit has been living rent free for decades, slowly torturing them.
Beale’s off piste comments are just making sure that when the shit is being spread around he is not taking all of it, he wants the brethren to know what is going on to an extent, he must feel it strengthens his hand, but it certainly does not indemnify him or his tenure as the number one brogue wearer pitch side.
So now Ange has stopped the talk of him leaving, the Scottish press have moved to pastures new informing the readership that the possibility of a hostile takeover by some rich Qatari who will buy DDs shares should he decide to sell them may happen, yeh and a fecken meteorite might hit Ibrox and do us all a favour, but sadly these things only happen in films..
Don’t kid yourself. The thought of us becoming a toy of some minor middle eastern oil sheik has given me sleepless nights for years. We are ripe for the picking, and the ONLY loyalty DD has is to the EURO. If he can dump his shares and make a tidy profit, you won’t see him for dust. It’s how he operates. If you doubt or are sceptical about anything I’ve said here, check out his business record.
To counter this same club nonsense, could someone more financially astute than me,
calculate the cost to the public purse of the demise of rangers. Include the loans to the
murray group,the court cases, the compensation paid to the administrators by Police Scotland,
and the loss to the Revenue due to the E.B.T. scam. i would love to see thst number.
Probably around half a £ Billion
I just hope that if we win the treble this year its announced WE are now the most successful club in Scotland as it let’s them know we have overtaken their dead clubs record and their other 2 trophies DO NOT COUNT
We have already won more trophies outright than Rangers. Before that club died, they had been awarded 114 trophies : the same as we have at the moment. In 1991, however, they did not win the title outright. The goal difference mechanism, which would have placed them second, had not yet been devised, so they shared the title with Dumbarton, with whom they were level on points. They have won 113 trophies outright
1991?
If you look at the table that year, Dumbarton scored more goals and conceded less. How the fuck they can claim that first title is beyond the logic of ANY rational thinker.
Actually it’s completely rational because, as I think you know, that was the rule at the time and therefore they were champions, albeit shared. If it was Celtic I’d have no problem with it.
We’re going to overtake them whatever number they dream up anyway, and they know it, so why do we need to quibble over something that happened within the rules in 1891?
I prefer to argue that if the laws of the game, with respect to player registration, had been properly applied then we would already be racing ahead. They won’t admit that one to you, but deep down, they know. Bhoy do they know.
Finally, we know for a fact about a period of cheating and I for one assume that there was even more behind the scenes shennanigans going on, so who knows how much their genuine total really is.
1891 that should be. The first league season.
I suspect he’ll be given circa £10/£12 million to spend.
🤣🤣🤣
I laughed at that too. But actually, he’s probably right. It’s a good bet they’ll buy Tillman (better than Laudrup and Lubo combined!) and reality is they need to replace:
GK, LB, CM, LW and striker.
They’ll probably have another confetti issue and about 12 million total is probably the best they can hope for, with European football money. They’ll stretch and cheat to make it work. But they will be spending 12 million to stand still. They realistically need to spend 20 million to improve. They don’t have that, can’t raise it and don’t dare spend it with FSR in place. They *needed* to sell Kent, Kamara and Fatboy last summer. They didn’t. They probably won’t welcome this chase…
That’s net spend, Timmy.
So, if they only sell players for a modest £8-10m, that’s £20m to spend.
If they sell players for Dembele dollars, then that’s £30-50m to spend.
Be afraid, Timmy, be afraid.
My thoughts too. 😆 They just pluck dream numbers out the sky. The media are the same! Gordon Dalziel on Clyde, still thinks they have a few Bob. 😆
How is your opposition having more money to spend on better players such a big disadvantage to beating them on the field and to trophies, when it was ruled in court* fair and square** that it gives no advantage….?
Sounds to me like UEFA’s new financial fair play rules are doing their thing.
Some seem to think that’s unfair 😀