Rangers fans set for Lloyds protest
Hearts game to be the setting for unrest at Ibrox
On the field, things are going swimmingly for Rangers. The home match versus Hearts gives them the opportunity to go 12 points clear ahead of Celtic, and although they have a striker shortage, you would expect Rangers to be capable of doing the business.
Not all is well at Ibrox though.
It appears that the game versus Hearts will be the occasion when the fans protest against Lloyds steps up a notch. The Daily Record states that a “number of influential” fans have stumped up the cash to fund 12 banners to signify the Rangers fans feelings against Lloyds.
The leaking of this news will slightly dampen their impact but it is said that Donald Muir, the person many believe to be Lloyds inside man at Ibrox, will be a target. It is likely that Muir will be highlighted as ‘THE ENEMY WITHIN’ as well as a banner which states that Lloyds are nothing but ‘HEARTLESS BANKERS.’
That may be a typo but regardless; there will be an air of anger at Ibrox when these banners are unfurled.
That said, with just over a week of the transfer window to go, all of the clubs key players are still present and Rangers look well placed to ensure direct qualification for next seasons Champions League. This will bring a net figure of around £14m to the club, so the bank may not be in any rush to bow to the building pressure from Rangers fans.
It has been a quiet week with regards to Rangers takeover stories, especially after last week and the uproar that the supposed £18m knockback that Lloyds gave Dave King and his investor chums caused…depending on what story you believe to be true.
As this is the first Rangers Saturday home match of 2010, it is no surprise to see some action from Rangers fans on the story that is likely to rumble on for a good while yet.
What would your message to Lloyds be?
EDIT at 14:45.
Some of the radio stations are stating that Rangers have banned the protest banners. It will be interesting to see if any of them are managed to be unfurled. If true, the leaking of the intention to protest may well have caused more harm to the cause than good.
EDIT AT 1531.
Well, some of the banners have been unfurled, here is one of them:
Be careful what you say mate about Rangers and their fans, you may be labelled anti-Rangers and have an agenda.
Thanks Scotzine.
Yes, sadly, it is the nature of Scottish football.
Opinions run high on all sides and we’ve had all the labels you could throw at us from Celtic and Rangers fans so far…even the odd comment from Motherwell fans.
We hope to never overstep the mark…but everyone has their own take on articles, best not to let it worry you too much!
What good will this do, then Bank are owed £31million not £18million so they are quite right to wait for thier cash. Rangers were good enough to use the money so we should be good enough to pay it back.
Crikey Lloyds will shite a brick here & give in to Rangers demands!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Why are football fans so dumb & not see who is really @ fault here??????????????BTW net figure 14m are you sure????????????
Well Danny, we were just trying to drag it back from some of the figures that are bandied about by some media outlets…which are greatly exaggerated….even when compared to our figures!
In all likelihoods, after all the expenses and wages and bonuses etc are paid out – it is not unreasonable for a Scottish team to be looking at banking £14m from a Champions League campaign.
This will rely on picking up enough points to avoid bottom place though…which wasn’t the case for this season…but we were projecting onto next season…when things cant be as bad can they?
For this season…with just two points and a couple of home games under capacity – you would suggest that Rangers’ GROSS is around £14m…with the net being a few million less.
You can’t rely on money you haven’t banked and projections shouldn’t be unreasonable…but Lloyds and Rangers should be looking to make this sort of figure from next seasons Champions League….if they get there.
I reckon 10million when all overheads are taken into account would be nearer the mark unless UEFA pay for travel hotels stewards police ect ect
Just to add, we’ve added an EDIT to the main article as it appears some of the radio stations are reporting that the club have banned the banner protests.
No doubt more news will follow.
£10m for this season’s campaign is probably spot on Dan but getting a few wins on the board and at least finishing in the drop down to Europa League spot should be enough to pop an extra few million on that total.
Mind you, its all hypothetical at the moment…
bring on the ceptic
ceptic tut tut try to be impeccable with your word