As ever with Rangers, nothing is straight forward. In the last few days we have had claim and counter claim about talks, pay cuts, a further administration period and so on. What is not in dispute is that cuts to the business have to be made. A view taken by Rangers C.E.O. Graham Wallace at the recent A.G.M.

However there are a few issues that concern many fans. First we have this supposed pay-cut, and then the contradictions between the club and the media about these cuts.

As usual B.B.C. Scotland (No friends of Rangers) were first with the news that the players were told they would have to take a 15% cut in their wages. (released in a tweet then made official on their site): http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25769725

"Not true" said Mr Wallace in a Q&A session with Keith Jackson and the gutter rag with an ever-decreasing circulation* - The Daily Record. (Again another media outlet with no time for us!)

Mr Wallace had this to say : "The thing that is slightly disappointing is the way some people are looking at this as an offer which has been made by the club to the players and that offer has been rejected. No offer has been made. This is more of a conceptual discussion about the possibility of some sort of reduction to see if such a plan would be supported by the players"

So who is leaking the information to the B.B.C. and why? And who is telling the truth?

We are not going to go into the rights and wrongs of pay-cuts and possible redundancies etc. as it has been done to death elsewhere. What we would say is this: If a pay cut is going to be on the cards would it not have made more sense if the directors had said they were also taking a similar cut? This shows leadership and shows the fans they recognize that ALL salaries need trimmed not just the players.

If these discussions are being conducted in private then who is leaking this information to the B.B.C. and why? Are the players involved in the leak? Is it a member of the board? Is it Jack Irvine?

Regardless of who it is these discussions should remain private until sorted. Washing our dirty linen in public yet again is just adding fuel to an already dangerous fire. The fans have very little sympathy or patience left.

As we said earlier, cuts are inevitable as the club simply cannot sustain this level of spending compared to our income. We respectfully ask the board to ensure that these discussions remain private and if you do have something concrete to announce, then is it too much to ask that you avoid using organisations who hold us in utter contempt?

*With a commercial agreement in place with Celtic F.C., and an editorial culture that refuses to print the word 'Celtic' when the club is associated with negative stories, The Daily Record sales have more than halved since 2004.