alexscottislegend

Was club captain at QPR - maybe that caused the confusion?

Interesting. Do he and Barton not play essentially in the same position? I would have thought that he (and I think he's mainly right-footed) is seen as perhaps the long term replacement for Barton rather than as a complement to him.

Sad about Butch. I always thought him a real gentleman. Should have been managerial material.

I have no doubt at all that we will do that but my point is that we don't have to beat very much to become champs again. The championship is not much inferior to the SPL as is shown by times lower teams turn over the so called top teams in the cup competitions. If we don't have decent competition then we will be unprepared for the difficult tasks. Also remember we lost to virtually the same Hibs team who just flopped. What would we do v Brondby?

Consider this though: if we become champions Scottish football will be so devalued that it undermines any 'achievement' by us. Imagine if our nearest challengers were a team beaten by Gibraltararians.

Final word on this: if Scottish teams continue to fail, we will be so unseeded that we will get knocked out before September. This will be due to us not being tested in our own league so that a team from Latvia or Norway for example could outclass us. And that cycle will continue. Baffled how people don't get this. How often does a successful Euro team come from a weak domestic league?

You know darned well it was before; but my point remains - how does a really weak Scottish League help sharpen our competitive instinct.? Regardless, regardless, of how they treated us?

And we end up playing against pub team opposition. How can that be good for us? What you really want is for us to get out of Scotland and in to a stronger league. And that is still some way off. What i want is for RFC to be tested against the strongest possible opposition. I remember when Aberdeen were beating Real and Bayern; how good it felt to be beating a team that had accomplished that.

Yep, we have to stop this cheering every time our rivals lose. Every team they lose to diminishes our status too; if the co-efficient is damaged we only end up with harder draws. Our league reflects on us, think about it.

Who the bloody hell are "Glasgow"?

It's because you're cynical and twisted that I'm inclined to trust your judgement on this.:)

I've had an email from Club 1872 asking me to register and update my profile. I make a small monthly contribution to Rangers First and can't really be bothered with the internal politicking. I trust you guys on Gersnet to advise the best course of action. What's the general concensus? Should I cancel my sub? Register with 1872? Just who are the good guys in all of this? Don't know anyone personally in the fans' groups but happy to take counsel from regular fans.

That was always the standard argument - that Scottish football was slower-paced. I got fed up hearing that players had to adjust to the pace of the English game. It didn't stop most of our stars like the 2 you mention prospering down south though. Since then Scottish football seems to gone to the other extreme, maybe to the detriment of skill.

Will he be first choice, would you think? He is an international after all...

My one issue with MW is his love of the loan system. We should be big enough now to have our own contracted players; different when we were in the championship.

Aaron Hughes? Would be great if short-term. Can't be Mcgovern now we have Gilks.

He's been banned by the club, convicted and lost a prestigious job. I would have thought that a pretty tough punishment for a moment's stupidity till I read about a guy jailed for 4 months for singing a song. Caused a riot, my foot!

Dyslexia rules KO?

It sounds a little old-fashioned, like something out of the kailyard. The Vallance Centre?

It should be 'Freedom Come-all-ye' for every country!

Brilliant if true - especially if we get a fee for Bell then we're quids in.

Underwhelmed by this. We now have more than enough over-30's in our squad. Thought the plan was to find good young promising players with sell-on value? Hill does not seem to me like like a Weir-type signing, more like the type we had when McLeish was told he had no money. Still, that's the first criticism I've had of MW's signing policy.

Bradshaw wasn't included in the Wales squad for the Euros as they must rate Robson-Kanu higher. The latter is without a club currently. Wouldn't we be better going for him? Or is Bradshaw being lined up for his potential?

Slaven Bilic for Scotland manager - what a thought!

Been off the site for while. Has Krancjar definitely signed? I don't believe the Record most of the time.