but the fans in general aren't with Green are they ?



how many Season Tickets have been taken up thus far ?



answer = zilch



Mr Greens attempts at cashing in on a big brand name doesn't appear to have any credility with the fans and especially the other SPL members with even Falkirk & Raith Rovers giving him the bums rush !



love him or loathe him Walter et al may be [uthe[/u only alternative !

The only alternative for who?



Green now owns Rangers, whether the fans like it or not. There were no viable alternatives

I remain to be convinced that Green is a viable alternative. Unless you only mean viable in the Craig Whyte sense.

if there are no paying fans



no league which will touch them



no players cos' they can all leave as all contracts are null & void





what is Mr Green going to do with his £5M white elephant ?





wouldn't the ony viable option be to sell out the Walter or whoever has some credibility in the eyes of all concerned ?

Sell what? What does Green's company actually own? It's not his money either - it's loan taken out by the new company to facilitate it's own formation.

I don't know the answers to the above and don't expect anyone else to. It's an absolute farce.

I think we can agree on that



but I know i'm a bit thick but isn't it in the interests of the other SPL members to help Rangers in order to help themselves ? isn't the SPL stronger with them rather than without ?



that's the bit I don't understand - it's like all the other SL teams voting to kick out Bradford !

It's a refreshing case of clubs telling the authorities to stick to their rules rather than vote for a short-term boost to their own coffers when Rangers come to town.

but won't that devalue the SPL which is already struggling for a decent tv deal ?

I would be interested to know which of the other clubs are voting no because the old Rangers owed them money they'll never see.

It's a great chance for most SPL clubs to start certain things afresh with regards to how they are run which will ultimately benefit them.



SPL clubs shouldn't be running a club based on the fact a couple of other clubs bring a lot of fans to the ground in the first place. For example, while a lot of it was scarmongering from a Rangers supporting Motherwell director, they were saying how they, the 3rd placed team and potential champions' league team, may go into admin if Rangers aren't in the league. That's just not healthy from a number of angles and if that's the way Scottish football is then they should just pack it all in at every club.



Hopefully a few extra fans will come out now in support of their teams, a view glory-hunting rangers fans can support their local team and all the clubs run to their own fan base in a more competetive league. Celtic may still run away with it for a while but they'll lose a bit of money from things like TV and hopefully they'll be keeping eyes on running costs and the like and try to balance the books more if they're not getting into europe etc thus dropping their standard. Who knows, maybe this could be the start of the SPL being won by another team other than the Old Firm. It may take a few years but we're already in a position where the fans are looking forward to next season more because rangers aren't there.

as a non Rangers fan but football fan in general :



it seems a totally negative approach if the object is to improve the quality of football only see the overall level of scottish football drop even further - it's tedious enough as it is !

The overall quality is pretty bad, about up to the old english bottom second division / top of third division levels - it's a boring league full of boring teams made up of second rate scottish players (all the best are 'glory hunting' in England) and very mediocre foreign imports



the only reason other clubs are looking forward to is so that they may be able to scramble into second place - UEFA should make the second placed team qualify for the Europa League !

The 2nd placed team only will get europa league from now on anyway because all the scottish team have been cr@p in the past few seasons in europe.