alexscottislegend

Exactly. And we do need to progress. No good having a glamour tie if we get cuffed. For me our Europe progress is actually more important than the SPL because we WILL win that.

Sorry I gave the wrong answer. I thought the 'F' word was "fuck" which I really don't like so I voted yes. However, the the other 'f' word - definitely 'no' because Hun isn't .

Yet police were reported as saying that "there were no suspicious circumstances". When a 24 year old commits suicide seems to me there's something very suspicious.

I remember we once had a player called Alex O'Hara. He was crap though...Anyone else mind him?

http://www.imscouting.com/global-news-article/AC-Milan-want-Rangers-striker-Kenny-Miller-/12416/ There - all you doubters. We have one of the world's best!

Add to this the fact that the blundering SFA lied to the foreign refs about the real reason they were brought in, then it's clear to see that Scottish football is run by cowards and incompetents.

Lennon and Reid are the two to blame for this, no one else. We've had refs criticised before but they've gone way beyond that with their refusal to see honest mistakes. BTW it was LOVELY to see Keltic suffer from a 94th minute goal the other day. How many times have they been given mysterious added-on time.

It's the wrong thread to have a debate like this but my point was that the UK is virtually a one-party state anyway, so similar are the Libtories and NewLabour. And the US is too (though at least they are trying to introduce free healthcare for all). The British are so supine that we might end up as the kind of backward country you speak of.

We really need to make a dent in the goal difference just in case the head-to-heads are level. Till that 9-0 which is a freak result in some ways we were ahead.

Gotta back up Gribz here. The United Nations declared the occupations illegal as the perceived excuse was WMD - now found to be totally fallacious. I've always bought a poppy to remember my grandpa who fought in WW1 - to remember the dead not to glorify war. As for your point about democracy - is the UK democaratic when there is only a chance of 2 virtually identical parties gaining power? Both Tories and New Labour are products of the PR machine and they both unconditionally support capitalism - a system which allows the like of Vodafone to escape a multi-million pound tax evasion while the rest of us have to endure cuts,cuts, cuts...

Also a certain boy from Govan was given one automatically(his working-class roots notwithstanding) when he guided a multi-million pound team to the Champions League title. Even if WS were to win the same with virtually no finance he would not be nominated by the Anglocentric powers that be. Despite natural club rivalries it was nothing short of disgraceful that Jock Stein did not receive a knighthood for his achievement in taking a team of Glaswegians to the summit of European football. It will also be held against WS that he had an indifferent time at Everton.

Looks like the French club are out of order, but then again, how would we feel if someone had taken Danny Wilson after we had spent a few years developing him? Think WS is right not to pursue; we have need of a wide player but �£300k is a gamble.

Cheers for that, Pete. You know what annoys me? When people who say "Ah-yax" instead of the English 'Ajax' do not also say "Par-ee" as the French would. I know the Dutch pronunciation, but let's at least be consistent.

Get Jeff Winter out of retirement!

So can you explain why it is Johann CRYFF and not CROWF?

Just listening to Richard Gordon on Radio Scotland - "how did the ref not see it? That is what Kirk Broadfoot DOES...everybody in Scottish football knows that!" Thought commentators were meant to be unbiased!

Put it another way - is there anyone from the current Keltic squad that you would want in our team? Truthfully I can't think of one who would improve ours; they have spent a lot of money and have arguably a bigger squad but we are better off for quality man for man. Agree with Gribz's analysis and if Fleck and Hutton can realise their potential then we will have squad strength too.

Much as I hate to see any of our good players being sold, I could understand him going if a good offer is received. We have a good replacement and the cash may help us to fund purchases for more needy positions.

Takes a couple of accountants to put me right. Cheers, chaps.

I just meant that that big clubs have huge debts yet banks rarely seem to threaten them with calling in their debts - they seem to pick on the small fry. You don't seriously suggest that L'pool could ever go to the wall?

What they owe the taxman is chickenfeed compared to what Liverpool owe the bank and the taxman, yet they are likely to get away with it because they are a much bigger institution than a small 'family' club.

well, you just ask them if they support Amsterdam or Rotterdam:) Read the headed letter from Ibrox; look at the gates - RANGERS FC

Crikey! I've actually got 3 of those and they are all in mint condition. Funny thing is, I don't want to sell them - unless I get offered silly money.

I assure you I know my history. Can't help feeling there's a bit of disingenuousness at work here: some folk don't like FoS because they assume a linkage to republicanism. Now, I happen to believe that the Union has benefited Scotland (the Darien fiasco being one example of that), but if somehow there was a democratic vote for real independence I'd accept it and still be Scottish. What I can't fathom is this craven devolution lark - it does not make us a real nation, it actually dilutes us - it makes us feel like the teenager who wants to leave home but still brings his washing home for Mother England to do. Wandered off the point I know. What I'm trying to say is that sung sincerely FoS is genuinely moving; it may not indicate a past that some would like, but our history is what it is. Prince Charlie received no support from Glasgow but there is something almost uniquely Scottish about glorious failure. It's always been a matter of conjecture for me what some Rangers supporters would do if there was an independent Scotland - would we cease to fly the Union Jack? One thing's for sure - I will still be a RANGERS supporter:)

Yeh, what a sad comment that is. Think virtually all professional sport is ruined now as well.