THE HAMPDEN DEAL..IS CLEMENT BEING LET DOWN BY THE BOARD?! 

Loved your content for years, not a Rangers fan but definitely a CJ Novo fan! Wish there was more football discussion content made like this: honest, entertaining, funny and lacking hyperbole and sentimentality. Excellent work 🫡

Clement is absolutely the right man for this job, even if we have a poor start to this season. He has identified everything that is wrong with the club e.g. injuries, contracts, and player trading model. He can't sort that mess out in 8 months.

It’s a shambles CJ, but we all wanted these upgrades. Imo no work should have been started unless all materials were on site.

We’re fuked this season sack the board

Yep he has, the poorest out of the last 3 managers was the one that was backed financially by the club and look how that turned out... this time 2 years ago Gio was going into a new season with the funds of having made it to the Europa League final (£18M), selling Bassey (£20M), selling Aribo (up to £10M), selling Patterson in January (up to £11M) and he still wasn't backed.... Beale was backed last summer cos of the good work Gio had done by qualifying for the CL group stages

This rangers board has been ripping the p..ss out of the fans for a while now We keep hearing about new signings we can,t afford and its all thanks to the board giving everything iver to beale who bought absolute sh..t aoart folrom the odd player Board to blame for all this mess and willbjust keep taking out if rangers 😭

Clement knows what a mess he has walked into and things really need to be sorted off the pitch for us to perform on the pitch. Still fuming longer Tav Goldson are still here, Scott Wright too 😮 understanding we need to sell but who would buy that lot? Seriously?

Lucky if we get 3rd this season with that team. Feeling pretty numb and the seasons not even started

CJ, This whole thing is *embarrassing* the whole f***ing thing,. *Why and how have rangers found themselves here* 😔😔

The ridiculous contracts and wages have been killing us for years and Clements is doing exactly the same thing with the last 2 unknown signings getting 4 and 5 year deals. We shouldnt be handing out any more than 2 year deals with extensions possible if they do well and if said players dont want to sign a 2 year deal move on to others. None of this is rocket science , I wouldnt let any of our boardroom run a market stall.

Given the Stadium issues and the failure to off load high earners in order to bring in the players Clement wants, I think we've got a serious problem. It's only a matter of time before another club with better funds poaches him from us. And who's going to want to walk into the same situation? We could end up with Derek McInnis.

Wouldn’t be surprised if big Phil takes the Belgium national team job,openly saying the board have to told him to sell before he can buy doesn’t sound good, it’s the board who got us in this mess letting Beale buy over priced second rate players, what a shambles this board have turned us into

The board has let us all down. Big Phil is our man and we as fans have to give him time, all our support and time to build this team and club back up. We will fight and challenge but we can’t turn on him if it takes longer than this summer

Our squad is massive. It’s clear we need to sell before we buy. It doesn’t mean there is no money available. No point in adding to an already bloated squad. We’ve done that for years. Sell, then bring in the quality needed

behind PC big time, no so happy with our board who from the outside seem to be very unaware of how to run a club, never mind a massive one like Rangers 💙🇳🇿

Think it's going to be a hard long season board have fucked it up all ready I hate saying this 3 or 4 for us 😢

Agree with everything CJ said, except the myth that he (unlike the others) was backed by the board. He wasn’t either. Spent £15m but had to pay for it through sales of 13-14mil. Considering that too was a rebuild a net spend of about £1m is not backing a manager! I’m not defending Beale. Merely pointing out the lack of board backing for any manager

I have had this argument with any - Gerrard at the time he left, had no reason to be sour over investment in the squad. 1)The fact is, he needed to sell players (which he didnt want to do) or qualify for Champions League vs Malmo (which we didn't). 2)The squad that he was unhappy with investment was 7 points clear when he left (which shows it was a strong squad that you can't say was "missing" 3)The squad he left went on to go to a Europa Final. The fact is, for that season, considering he wanted to keep the core together, WAS GOOD ENOUGH

Happy belated birthday CJ. I'm with you on Clement, he seems focused and determined to make it work no matter what comes against him. You have to admit, he's had a lot go against him. Never seen an injury list like it in any team in my puff and that's no the only thing he's had to deal with. Onwards and upwards.

cant believe this board backed beale to the hilt but refused to support gio and now clement when he is clearly the best man we have had in a long time to take us forwards. we deserve better!!

Yer spot on pal with everything you said,I just hope the board could listen to this video 🇬🇧

I'm happy with the transfer strategy as i can now seen a profile for the player trading model that was spoke about. However we have failed the last few years to offload players that are a surplus to requirement. I also think that tav and goldson go this window and think its deserved, both have been fantastic for the club but i think the departure is overdue and the lack of ability by the club to let players go at the correct time has impacted the improvement of the playing squad and put us in this position.

Happy Belated birthday CJ, hope you had a great time. All the best mate, love your channel, you’re a star, I look forward to every video. Thanks mate 👏🏼👍🏼✌🏼🙏🏻🇬🇧⚽️

Big Phil is our man and if this board make an arse of this it will be right up there with anything any board has ever done to us . I just wish we could get the truth from rangers . It’s been a long time since we felt or knew the truth . I thought Bennet was bringing a large slice of honesty and transparency but it would appear it’s another false dawn .. I just hope big Phil doesn’t get fed up with us 😢😢🙏🙏🇬🇧

As always a love your optimistic outlook CJ but am absolutely keekin ma breeks with what we've seen so far, meant to be a rebuild happening n it just seems like everything is falling apart atm. Hopefully some positive news at Rangers fc very soon 🤞

Always a great video. I 100% agree with your thoughts re: current squad and the board underperforming for the past several years. If we don't have the money for a GREAT striker, a creative and field-controlling center mid, then let's stop buying ANY PLAYERS. Focus on what is needed or get leadership in that can.

Not as bad as feared in terms of Ibrox being unplayable for league games, we only have 4 home league games scheduled until the end of October and potentially none in the League Cup depending on the draws, its the impact on CL qualification and then CL/EL group stages

CJ and anyone else, just wondering I thought lesser Hampden was renovated and renamed the city ground to become the permanent home for queen's park so why are they still at Hampden

Our board seem to think it is ok to stand still. They are not rangers supporters they are just business men. They have no passion.

I don't have any confidence in the board because this whole process is a total shambles. Its not the managers fault that's down to the board to discuss it with the SPFL.

Thanks for the upload CJ. Look forward to season starting properly in a few weeks.

You're so right CJ, the best bit about the summer and no domestic football was not needing to listen to the mindless Rangers hate, can't imagine what it must be like to have another club live rent free in my head 😂😂

Please let Clement do his thing, he is the man to improve the club and the fans who rejoice in damaging the club need to give him the patience to do it otherwise our club is going to go nowhere and we end up with another manager like Beale, please bears give him some patience and dont take out your frustrations out on the man who can take us into the future.

We are going to end up losing big phil with false promises again. Only the love of the fans are keeping him here

CJ, hi buddy how's you doing, just a request is it possible you could bring back your OG intro, 'GLORIOUS' ive watched your content since that time and i always remember before very video, shouting glorious at the start, it was such a good intro, obviously in the past you had trouble with copy right so if you can't absolutey no problem, i just loved it at the start of your intro. Cheers Buddy, keep up the great content on the best club in the world. you truly are the GOAT best wishes buddy All the best

Regarding the stadium. There are problems with transporting steel via the black sea and delays to things internationally because of the Ukraine war. We don't live in a bubble. I am sure the club is doing all it can. Are we really going to chastise the club or any club for trying to improve seating for the disabled? The war is no ones fault, but it could have been planned better, but it is what it is. It is time the drama stopped about it. The Dundee situation doesn't compare either. They could easily get pitch covers. They were fined by the SFA for not following procedure correctly. We have followed procedure at the earliest possible point where an issue outwith our controls came up. Issues happen, we were professional, Dundee were not. That is why they were fined and we weren't. But don't let facts stop any haters out there. Side note as well Dundee were very comfortable during a title race by us to seek Celtics help for pitch coverings. There are and were, suppliers in the UK who they could buy them from easily. They went to Celtic. That is a comfortable relationship there during postponement of games during our run-in. Odd.

We sign players on big contracts and then find it difficult to move them on when they flop.

I can't believe the board are treating the manager and fans this way..There is money there if they don't get 2 good midfielders in we are in trouble

Another GOOD vid all the same cjnovo, so Well Done !

We have a lot we need to clear out..the issue is, who wants any of it? The likes of Lawrence, Dowell, Lammers.. who is paying for them? We aren't going to recoup £4.5m on dessers. If we sell Goldson and Tav, that will help. But then we have the issue of replacing them 2, before we look elsewhere. The board on one hand can't just keep throwing money like they did to Beale, but on the other hand, spending money makes money, we need CL qualification!

I will tell you now bluenose brethren we will be playing at hamdump till Christmas wapt.😮💙🐻

Playing at Hampden is no hardship. PC will have the team motivated. Shit happens. It's how you deal with it that counts

Happy Birthday CJ

No matter what, whoever is on the pitch, we need to get behind the players, the negativity that comes from the stand must weigh heavy on players whose confidence is low. And it’s embarrassing the amount of folk that disappear before full time too, but that’s another matter, its not a new thing it’s happened for years and I know I’ve been going since 1977 !!!!

Happy birthday cj👏, thinking about the season ahead gives me the fear 😨 it doesn't look great let's be honest hopefully things will improve 🤞😐

Well said... Phil should be signed to at least a 5 year deal, with bonuses for delivering on things like player development/transfer. It's taken us quite a while to dig this hole, I truly believe he's capable to getting us out of it asap (as the saying goes... Ibrox wasn't rebuilt in a day). So far he's doing what he said he would do... bringing in young prospects, who can play multiple positions, with good potential resale value. Let's give the man a decent amount of time to get us beyond the mess he inherited.

RFC no.1.we need Rangers back ,Now as we are sick of it 3 Trophies in 12 Year Nightmare must Stop,immediately

Love your positivity CJ, but am no buying it.. That team are honkin, and if we don’t get rid of the donkeys and replace them with good experienced players then it’ll be another failure of a season. That team ain’t winning at Parkhead, and ain’t getting through CL qualifier’s. To be honest, I’ll be surprised if PC is still there at Xmas with another league gone

Hope you're right about transfers out in the near future. Also hope Clement doesn't become disillusioned as time goes on.

Happy birthday CJ 🎉🎂

we've needed a proper leader in the team and we've not got one and things are not looking good at all for this season with way Clement is talking. worrying times ahead

Hi cj could you make a vid just rounding up all the players we've brought in so far because its hard to keep up with thanks mate keep up the good vids 😊

Top video from oor CJ.🔴⚪🔵🇬🇧

People aren’t buying players because of their massive contracts that Ross Wilson and Beale handed out. We are stuck in this problem for awhile until these contracts run down and we get rid of them, so we have to stick with Clement this season no matter how tough it gets :(

70yr old lifelong Rangers supporter here: Time to stop all the panicking, moaning and hand wringing and look at the facts Ibrox situation has happened. Unfortunately it happens in construction projects. Harden up and deal with it. No longer wasting energy arguing and fighting with SFA and SPFL cooperation is the key. Great example set by Queens Park to help us. Hampden not ideal but it is what it is. Wait for the conspiracy theories of how our familiarity with Hampden provides an unfair advantage for any possible cup semis or finals. Don’t You Worry‘bout a Thing Support Big Phil and The Team

Happy belated birthday mate, hope turning 50 won't get you down 😂

To all the obssessed who frequent here. You can mock us if you like, but Celtic used Hampden for the whole season in 1994/95 season for home games. So pie holes well and truly shut. 😂

Nice bit of placement ad there CJ Pepsi Max ya Bass

Class vlog as always mate

I wouldn’t worry about the CL

This is where I have the view that we're too much of a shitshow to even think about compete with the celtic right now because although they only have to be mediocre to be better. We instead have to think about building a team profitable for the future. This should've been done years ago but this is where our mismanagement from the board has left us. I back Clement, not the board.

A bit worried at this moment, no more transfers? Still need a CB and goalscorer, danilo isnt a st, Barron is a positive, clinton and hamza are not ready for a friendly?

Happy Birthday CJ 🎉

Its a tightrope right now on keeping Clement. The board need to jump to keep him on side and be as proactive as possible. If we lose Clement it will set us back a lot further than we are right now.

A video over 20 mins gets a thumbs up 😂

😂😂😂😂😂 "Huv a day off" Classic.

I Agree, I believe the Board has drawn a line in the sand on the Financials. HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!! Make a Wish!!! The Board must try to keep the purse close to the chest for a few years to build the money. Gerrard, and Beale spent a fair bit of money. PC is definitely the manager Rangers need, But will they be able to keep him?

Happy Birthday, CJ!

CJ I've said for years that they need a 3-5 year rebuild, this trying to do it all quicker and bringing in untried wannabes and freebies isn't the answer, they really need to get rid of all the bad signings and players just there for a wage, I feel Clement will either get sacked or walk by Xmas .

The fact is no manager has got a tune out the team since Gerrrard and the quality has went downhill since Bassey/ Aribo left, with the exception of Gio taking them to Euro final. 🎉 I think Clement is decent enough but we got a fair amount of dead wood to offload yet. Nice to see some new talent arrive though. They will be judged on outcomes.

And the sfa will be taking a heavy cut off the money as well

The manager is playing board chess with regards to the transfer market. Just as the pressure gets to fever pitch the manager applies a little more.

Minimum requirements. Centre half . Centre forward and a top football CEO. Lets get behind Clement

hope you had a great birthday CJ .. I'm just scunnered with this board their slowly killing the club just when we get the proper manager in the door you would think that they would back him it's one thing after another .. I'm fully behind clement I believe he's the man to take rangers forward but he can't if he's not getting backed .. already I'm not looking forward to the new season ..

The huns are going broke

Hugs not drugs 😂nice one cj,m8

Hampden has a better atmosphere than Ibrox.

Yes he is,And if the board don't get their fingers oot then I can see the big guy walking which we will all regret me thinks

If there is no money then we cannot expect miricles this squad we have to clear as many duds as possible to free up money. Loan deals might be the only way to improve the squad

The board has not made good business for years, but I would say, they better start quickly. We can't bring anymore players in until we sell players nothing seems to be very clear and the start of serious football is getting closer. Are we serious on wanting to win anything this season.

September 17-19 for the group stages of the FIRST CL group game. Ibrox will be ready by then EVEN if it means 3 sides as the steel will be used and the crane move long before then.

Dreading the forthcoming season already. The underwhelming signings, the state of ibrox, bullshit board lying to Clement about the availability of funds. They aint making it easy for us supporters.

We as fans just need to be patient with signings, they will happen & players will be moved on

I know this will be controversial for some, but I don't think that the board can be blamed for letting down Clement. If anyone can, though, it's Michael Beale and the transfer policy dropped last summer. The board funded a rebuild last year ... they can't be expected to fund another one this year. Is it any surprise that players that are being blasted by fans for not being good enough are not "saleable"? Why would anyone pay £5m for Dessers ... a player that needs 10 or more chances to score 1 goal? A player that frustrates the fanbase with his misses? Equally, why would anyone pay big money for players who have an injury history? Rangers did it ... the "player rehabilitation" strategy that Beale adopted ... but it failed. None of our players are attracting genuine interest, meaning that we are already well behind the 8-ball with the NEW transfer strategy. What I would like answers to is "why have we failed to sign Cordoba, Garcia?" ... these are the players that we need to make sure we get signed, yet both have fallen through (not to mention the lad from Munich, Rrahmani etc). We're a small club ... not in terms of fanbase, but in terms of the money we can offer players because of the lack of income (or the large number of older, injured, players getting paid a LOT of wages). We lost our identify, and our structure, when the HMRC debacle hit ... we cannot expect any board to pump in almost a decade of Champions League money like Celtic have had free of charge. TBH, the fanbase needs to lower their expectations for a few years to give the manager time to rebuild properly. I believe we have the manager, DoF, to achieve long term success ... but we might have to make do for a few seasons.

Cant see Phil hanging about while this board keep mucking him and the fans about.

We did not make plenty money out of Europe last season look at the books .this F UP is going to cost RFC £3m and loss off some season ticket holders

He also said hes bringing in experience i dont see how we get the funds for this :(

What great manager is going to come after clements comments about being sold under the bus and the club not having money

We simply Require a Brand New Board, one that knows how to run the WHOLE LOT when it comes to football. We've already had SG and MB as trainee managers and right now WE, Rangers FC have a Trainee Football Board, HOW DID IT COME TO THIS ??? (as thon King of Rohan once said) Even Mr Clement is at times sounding like another beal, £30M for Butland when he's not worth a penny over the £5M.

Not my national stadium.i will be back watching rangers when we get back to playing at ibrox

I'm full of dread for this season. We should be buzzing with the new season, new manager and new signings, and were being let down again with thus inconsistent board. They are not fit to run the club anymore. GET THE BOARD TO FU*K, WATP!!!!

The manager will need another 2 full seasons to get a team capable of winning the league. Given the financial restrictions he is under he can't produce miracles and the fans need to back him not calls to sack him . The ones needing sacked are the board and get investors in who actually want to take the club forward . We need fresh money and people who actually know what they are doing a successful team will bring in money long term but there needs to be investment before that can happen so unless we get funny money for people then its going to take time and patience

Where did Celtic go when they were renovating their stadium?

The way things are going. I'd say he is being let down aswell as us fans. Hopefully they prove us wrong by the end of the window. Can't see it though

Evening CJ👊🏼 happy birthday yer getting old fs Mind young CJ🤔 he was grey anaw

They knew the stadium needed the upgrades months before the materials were to be ordered so why didn’t they get the materials ordered and put into storage ready for when the season finished that way all materials are there ready to go

celtic fan - I think if you move back is delayed and you have a disaster in europe, I think end of year accounts are going to be a financial disaster - Hamden is not free to use ! If that happens Rangers should fear 25/26 more than 24/25

Season ticket money, my gers money, kit money, last years league and uefa cup money, Tillman money… and there’s more, where is it all..?

how much is sfa getting each game

I don’t want this squad anywhere near the champions league anyway. I’ve got parts of my heed that don’t grow hair anymore and it was because of the tail end of 2022 watching us