WHEN James Easdale resigned as a Rangers director last week he made a statement that was 100 per cent correct.

Easdale admitted that, even if the Ibrox board won the EGM and remained in power, the fans would continue to stay away and protest. He knew there was no point in carrying on.

So why are two men, chief executive Derek Llambias and director Barry Leach, still hanging on when the supporters want them gone and new directors are taking over?

Both Llambias and Leach have worked with Mike Ashley in the past, at Newcastle United and Sports Direct respectively, and aren't short of a few quid.

But the reason they are staying is simple. They are hard-nosed professionals, have arranged great contracts for themselves and are looking for pay-offs.

Sorry, but that is an absolute joke. I don't think either of them has been sighted in a directors' box at a Rangers game in weeks.

All they are doing is hanging on to try to get their cash. I am aware that legally they are entitled to receive what their contract stipulates. But it doesn't sit right with me.

A lot of people who have given great service to Rangers for many years, decades in some cases, were axed by Llambias during his short time in charge.

I appreciate that he had to make cutbacks in order to make savings at a club that was operating at a substantial monthly loss.

But all that he is going to do now is pocket the very money that he saved the club and scarper. It is absolutely ridiculous.

Dave King is adamant that he isn't going to give Llambias and Leach anything. He is reluctant to pay any money to people who he feels haven't given good service to the club.

And, remember, these two have only been in situ for four months.

But I'm afraid King might have to come to some sort of agreement in order to get rid of them. I don't think they deserve it. But the law is the law.

It is just one of the many things that the new board will have to address before they can look at returning Rangers to forefront of Scottish football.

Dave King, Paul Murray and John Gilligan are going to find out what the terms of the club's contracts are, where the money has gone and who profited once they take over. I just hope what they discover isn't too horrendous.

There has been a lot of talk, and in the past it has just been talk, about where the money has gone and what companies have benefitted.

The new men at the helm will want to find out exactly where every penny has gone. There is no doubt in my mind that when they do there will be a few people who will be in trouble.

The new directors are Rangers men who care about the club. They have watched money trickle out of the club. They will want to see where every penny has gone.

There may be a few people who are called to account when they open up the books and have a look over what has gone on.

The Sports Direct deal is obviously one of the biggest things that they need to address. I would like to think Mike Ashley is one of the first men they make contact with.

A couple of weeks ago a pal of mine who lives down in England called me and asked me to get a full Rangers kit for his 10-year-old son.

So I popped into the shop at Ibrox one day when I was at the stadium to see somebody. I was the only customer there.

Everything is for sale. Every item is a third of its usual price. Nobody is going in. I got the full strip - socks, shorts and top - and a couple of pencil cases. It cost me £18.50.

Now, any deal that was done has to be for the benefit of the club and not for the individuals who are doing it.

If a company is picking up 75p in the £1 for everything that is sold, how can that be good for Rangers Football Club?

The new directors could tell Ashley: "The shop is empty because of you." But, having said that, he has been clever here. Whatever isn't sold, Rangers have to buy back off them.

But I am told that legally any deal struck has to be good for the club and not for the individual. And Mike Ashley is making mega money while the club is on its knees.

But the new directors are all clever men and I am sure that they will have everything looked at. They will have to if Rangers is to move on.