Bluedell

Why does head-hunting PLG show a total lack of football knowledge? PLG was widely regarded as one of the top young coaches in Europe, and I don't remember anyone with "football knowledge" say beforehand that it was a mistake to bring him to the club.

Having given the subject some more thought, I can see reasons as why both my source and JMS's may lie about the situation, so I am unclear about what the actual position is. However I do believe everything else that JMS has said. I back Bain on saying that he will not get any pay-off. Good to see the club taking that approach for a change, although I suspect it's because it's easy to do with a player like Gow. gharder to do it when it's a bigger name on higher wages. I think a vast majority of the support believe that Gow should have been given a chance last year. However I have heard that his performances for the reserves were generally not that great, but having not seen any I can't comment with any authority.

You can either believe me or not. I too have a good source on this one. Frankie knows who my source is. On the issue of his contract, are you saying that it stipulates that if he is sold he is entitled to a pay-off? I was told that he wanted paid off for the full remainder of his contract. is that correct? Surely the contract doesn't say that?

I've been told he was offered exactly the same money as he was on with Rangers. Why should be be entitled to money that he hasn't earned yet? if he wants to stay fine, if he wants to leave fine, but he isn't entitled to a pay-off.

Surely not as bad as Scotsport?

Would have taken anyone at home. Playing away's a pain, even if it's only across the river.

I think you'll find that "Giving the bird to Rangers fans is not a crime"

Exactly. He was going to go to Burnley and then got greedy when he thought he could make some easy money from Rangers. Put him on gardening leave and let him stay at home if he won't move. See what sort of money he'll earn at the end of his contract then.

Eh? When was this great football under PLG? There was a couple of games at the beginning of the season but nothing of any consistency. It was the middle of November before we managed to put 2 wins in a row together domestically.

I think there's a difference between those who say they won't accept him for his previous club and those who think he just isn't good enough. For me, when we signed him I was very unimpressed because he wasn't good enough. Like MF, I still have reservations about him from that perspective, but I have that about a lot of Rangers players. Doesn't mean I won't give them my support while they are playing for the team.

They were. Their opposition were denied 2 penalties, and had a player sent off for very little. The only difference was that the decisions didn't affect the result. Never happy loyal.

I thought at the time that it was for the throwing of the ball. I didn't think the ref would have booked him otherwise. Also not sure of he was actually aiming at the official. Haven't seen it on TV though. Wilkins may be one precident, but Lennon set another when he tried to attack a ref and got away scot-free.

He got booked, did he not? Didn't deserve more than that.

Some nice ones there. 25 is a cracker.

Cracker.

Let's try and keep Cousin, even if it's only for the 4 old firm games. thye can't handle him. Hemdani isn't going to get a agame again and we are well rid of him, and JCD has looked like a poor man's Kenny Miller in the few games that he has played so I''d get shot of him as well. I''d get rid of Boyd, if only to stop the endless number of threads on him. Why did we turn down the bid for McCulloch?

I think you're right. Nae chance of getting him to change his mind now!!!!

Repeating his surname to the "Marching through Georgia" tune.

I never like going to the Piggery but was very downbeat driving to the game today, even with the tunes on in the car. It was weird walking up Springfield Road as the whole grassy bit has been fenced off and we had to stick to the road. The usual burger vans were not there because of this and therefore I bit the bullet and bought a burger and coke inside the ground. We think Azure is bad? The coke was flat and the bottom of the roll was brick hard and the burger tasteless. I was sitting near the back of the bottom section. Iââ?¬â?¢ve never sat there before. What an atmosphere with the top stand overhead. It still moved up and down when we did the bouncy. Can it be 100% safe? Congratulations for 2 crackers of banners. Firstly to TBO for their Ambulance Chasers ââ?¬Å?since 1888ââ?¬Â and the CDL for their ââ?¬Å?God save our Queen, God save your Queenââ?¬Â one. Both excellent efforts, guys. Well done. To be fair, I thought the Bungle Boys ââ?¬Å?Hereââ?¬â?¢s what you could have wonââ?¬Â with Bully was quite clever, but the one with the priest (presumably Walfrid) and something about ââ?¬Å?inclusionââ?¬Â lost me. And who says Celtic fans donââ?¬â?¢t do irony. Team selection was one that nobody could have predicted with Adam being brought back and Miller and Cousin starting upfront. As it happened Adam gave the team some balance despite not having the best of games, but ideally we could do with more width in the future. Cousin was up for it and gave a great performance, which resulted in a superb goal using his strength and speed to skin Mark Wilson on the right wing and then drive it past the hapless Boruc at his near post from what appeared to be an impossible angle. Despite Rangers starting the brighter, Celtic were slightly the better team at this point in the game. Celticââ?¬â?¢s equaliser two minutes later was a comedy of errors from the Rangers perspective. Firstly Mendes lost the ball in the midfield when he incorrectly assumed Davis was taking it from him, then Broadfoot failed to stop the cross from our right, Weir seemed to miss the ball when it came to his feet which meant that Papac didnââ?¬â?¢t expect the ball to fall to him and he hit it off-balance to Samaras who easily put the ball away. Maloney turned 2 Rangers players and tried to curl the ball into the net early in the second half, but Rangers responded with the much maligned Kenny Miller scoring his first goal on his second spell at the club volleying a cross from Thomson which Boruc was unable to keep out despite his ample size. Remember the fuss that was made when a paper cup was thrown at a Celtic player at Ibrox? I wonder if the same fuss will be made about the beach ball that was thrown at a Rangers player? I doubt it though as the bal was thrown back into the crowd on numerous occasions to allow them to do it again. No action was taken by the stewards, so obviously this sort of action is condoned by the club. Rangers third goal was a peach. A corner was played back to Mendes who was standing 30 yards out and he hit it first time low and hard straight into the bottom corner. Referees have been quite correctly been getting stick for their pro-Celtic decisions and today was no exception, although thankfully it didnââ?¬â?¢t affect the result. Rangers were denied two stonewall penalties with Adam being brought down just before half-time and Cousin being brought down in the lead-up to the second goal. In the second half the ref also seemed to have decided to penalise Cousin for every challenge which resulted in a booking for consistent fouling. Two fouls later and het got his second yellow for a challenge that he actually won. He can be clearly seen concentrating on the ball and went for it so how a foul was given against him is beyond me. Thank fully the ref couldnââ?¬â?¢t avoid sending off JVOH a minute later for his two petulant kicks at Broadfoot. With both teams with 10 men, Rangers scored their 4th from a Boruc blunder as he fumbled a straightforward Broadfoot cross straight to Miller who couldnââ?¬â?¢t miss the open goal that he had been presented with and send the good guys in the stadium into delirium. Celtic scored a consolation second in injury time although most of the Celtic fans had left the ground by that point. McGregor seemed to take this out on Miller for reasons that escape me other than perhaps he has fallen into the trap of some others by blaming Miller for everything. It was a team performance and Smith had everyone pumped up for it. mcGregor looked more assured than some recent performances. Broadfoot struggled a bit with McGeady but, on the whole, did fine. Papac put in some crunching tackles. Bougherra looks sound. The midfield and attack did a power of running, with Mendes shading it for man of the match, despite his part in their first goal. All in all, a great performance and a great day. A great airing of the Pedro Mendes song,and I particularly like the new Edu song. Iââ?¬â?¢m sure Iââ?¬â?¢ve heard the tune somewhere before.....

Was it: handball? a foul on the defender but a penalty given to the attacker? clearly offside but the goal stood?

They do well, they earn more cash, they buy better players, they have more chance of winning the league, they have more chance of qualifying for next year's CL to earn more cash....

Good for Zenit. Perhaps they took it a bit more seriously than Man Utd? Strange as it's not every year you get to compete for the Super Cup.

What was the final score?

Great stuff

100% agree. This is one of the biggest days of the season. Nothing like the anticipation before a CL draw. Smith has a lot to answer for and a lot to make up. Getting a result on Sunday would be a start.