GiGi Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Check out this official club statement: http://rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/club-statement-60/ Peter Weatherson is the greatest player since Ritchie, and should be assigned 'chairman for life' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forfarton Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Check out this official club statement: http://rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/club-statement-60/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaunTon Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Seige mentality from the Billy Boys at its finest. They probably think everyone has forgotten about their restrained behaviour in Manchester by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRVMP Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 MEIGH COMMUNITEIGH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EanieMeany Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 It's as if they go out of their way to be the most repugnant cunts going, ain't it? Sooner they die again, the better for Scotland. AWMSC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazy_ar*e_student Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 To be fair to the Corporate Comms department they've really surpassed themselves. Surely got to be listed for best story of the year! A master class in spin. WHEREVER IT TAKES US- WHATEVER IT TAKES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cappiecat Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 "So, let everyone be clear on one thing – Rangers demands that players, staff and fans be protected from the violence and hatred of supporters of other clubs." I wonder if they typed that with a straight face? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRVMP Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 In fairness they have every right to be protected from violence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 I don't recall The Rangers' club officials, beetroot-faced 'former legends' (of a former club) or their seething mess of a fanbase taking a principled stance on 'protection for violence' after the league game at Ibrox. Fuck them then. The site is supposed to be a place for the extended 'family' of Morton supporters - having an affinity with people that you don't know, because you share a love of your local football club. It's not supposed to be about point scoring and showing how 'clever' or 'funny' you are, or just being downright rude and offensive to people you don't know, because you can get away with it. Unfortunately, it seems the classic case of people who have little standing/presence in real life, use this forum as a way of making themselves feel as if they are something. It's sad, and I've said that before.. So, having been on Morton forums for about 15 years I guess, I've had enough... well done t*ssers, another Morton supporter driven away. You can all feel happy at how 'clever' you are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRVMP Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Two wrongs and all that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamCam Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Hibs fans clearly in the wrong but rather than letting matters play out Rangers feel the need to release deliberately provocative statements only likely to fuel the 'hatred' of their club. Rangers fans were no angels on Saturday and offering them encouragement to take to the pitch to protect their players is an interesting development! As is often said in this cesspit - in the sea with the lot of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Much as the statement is laughable, and reeks of hypocrisy, at least the Rangers board are sticking up for their fans and employees when they feel wronged. Of course, they're completely ignoring their own fans encroaching onto the park and the fighting on the pitch, which, even if provoked is indefensible, unless of course you're them. There are other clubs, one in particular springs to mind, who, when their fans were faced with intimidation and assaulted chose to allow Rangers and Police Scotland to sweep things under the carpet either because they couldn't be bothered with the hassle or because they wanted to keep a good loan signing. Commending their fans for their restraint was a belter though, but I had to laugh at them complaining that nobody from Hibs had got in touch to check that they were okay. Everyone involved in Hibs was still absolutely hammered at the time they posted that statement! Can't help but think we missed a great opportunity to bury them once and for all four years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bewilderedbeast Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Let's be fair here, the R*ngers fans who went on to the park were obviously only wanting to shake the Hibs fans hands and congratulate them on their cup win yet all of these big bad boys have blamed the poor Hunees for being naughty boys. Scandalous really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunning1874 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Contrast that paranoid nonsense with Hibs' latest statement: http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/6529 There's only one party in this scenario who are failing to condemn violence and are even actively defending it: it's Rangers. Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake Oh Lord, Brian Wake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunning1874 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 As I see it, the following issues are what clubs need to be punished for after that: Hibs should be punished for: 1. Fans invading the pitch 2. Damage done to the pitch and goalposts 3. Fans fighting with Rangers fans 4. Fans attacking Rangers players Rangers should be punished for: 1. Fans invading the pitch 2. Fans fighting with Hibs fans 3. Pyro let off throughout the game 4. Sectarian singing throughout the game Hibs point four is obviously the most serious offence, and therefore Hibs should receive a more severe punishment. I reckon fines are as severe as it should get for both though, with any punishments such as games behind closed doors being suspended sentences if they're handed out at all. For all that Hibs' punishment should be greater, it will be ridiculous if the current Daily Record narrative wins through and Rangers receive no footballing punishment whatsoever, but that's unlikely since the police are involved and there will be arrests of Rangers fans as well as Hibs fans. The SFA can't possibly adopt the Rangers line about provocation and self-defence in the face of that, and there's probably a fair argument that they should increase their fine for releasing official statements which endorse violence, single out individual journalists to drum up hatred towards them, and lie about the response of both the governing body and another member club. Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake Oh Lord, Brian Wake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EanieMeany Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 The whole "provocation" thing is the biggest load of shite ever. In that case, maybe everyone in the Cowshed should have ran on the pitch to pick a ight with that tit Halliday when he got sent off at Cappielow. Seriously though, if grown men are "provoked" by some clown gesturing in their general direction, they probably shouldn't be allowed out without a carer. It's a honking excuse for bawbaggery. As for the Hibs fans who attacked the Rangers players, they should find themselves in a jail sentence and kept well away from all football stadiums for the rest of their lives. AWMSC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonInDublin Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 The two of them need to get over themselves. Two Uniteds but the soul is one, as the Busby Babes carry on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazy_ar*e_student Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Dunning had posted a similar post (if not the same post) on Facebook earlier and Id echo his comments. I mentioned that what Saturday does is reinforce certain issues in Scottish football; whether they are linked or not, as part of the responses to Saturday- essentially all the washing is hung out for everyone to see. I can see a debate about the concept of strict liability and Scottish football coming back again, now it was pretty much dumped back in January be interesting to see what the response is though I am guessing that Mike Mulraney's (Alloa) comment can be copied and pasted from January "I think there's no chance whatsoever of clubs agreeing to strict liability. That's pretty unanimous, I've come against strict liability in the past and will continue to do so. It is not the answer, it is the one system that is proven to fail repeatedly and I'm sure it would fail again". I see that the discussion around the Offensive Behaviour at Football Act is back again with a motion lodged against the previous motion to repeal it, the usual comments regarding pyrotechnics coming out again something about Policing/policing at football games with a wee nod to facial recognition technology. It'll be interesting to see what comes out of this. WHEREVER IT TAKES US- WHATEVER IT TAKES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunning1874 Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Not content with not only failing to condemn violence by their own fans but explicitly justifying and endorsing it, Rangers are now indulging in institutionalised whataboutery. http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/14519776.Rangers_director_Robertson__Singing_The_Billy_Boys_was_better_than_invading_the_Hampden_pitch/ Yes, a vocal minority 99% of Stranger Dangers were singing a sectarian song, but but but what about the Hibs fans and the goading and Stuart Cosgrove and Tom English and BBC conspiracies WATP what about Celtic HEY LOOK OVER THERE NOTHING TO SEE HERE!!! They really are beyond parody. They can't even condemn bigotry without whataboutery to say that someone else is worse. Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake Oh Lord, Brian Wake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bewilderedbeast Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Before Rangers officials condemn anyone, they should come and stand among the home support of provincial teams all over the country when their fans are infesting their grounds. They'd then see exactly what intimidation and goading actually is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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