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About what?

I'm most definitely in the twisted knickers gang here. Think he had the tin flute back on at Clyde though...

It's a strange time at the moment in more ways than one. Division amongst the support really seems to have come to the fore recently. I guess the view folks take on the direction we are going with our young players (the most highly rated ones left remember) is just another extension of that. Of course fans will always argue over stuff like this but these days it seems like there are two clearly defined camps over every little issue that arises...and....ach I must try not to post while drinking. Patience is all we require. Positive over negative.

If Ajax or Barcelona or Porto were in the Scottish third division and were desperate for promotion, as we are, they wouldn't play as many 17 year olds as we have been forced to. Extremely rarely do you see one player of that age in a top team never mind several, as we have been forced to play, since losing a generation of players. The point I'm making is that with that amount of kids (they actually are KIDS) in the first team, we can't judge ally or indeed the club as a whole yet in terms of philosophy. The lads have been thrown in amongst a bunch of older, more physical and experienced players and have been asked to step up. The pressure is immense at rangers. I think they are doing ok all things considered and we should ask ourselves about philosophy two years down the line when the lads have 100 senior games under their belts. Ban the long ball indeed. The OP is wholly ignorant of our situation.

You see the point you made in your second sentence? Legatt made it with an article containing information none of us would have been privy to had he not shared said information. He is not, in this instance, clutching at straws. He is highlighting a deliberate omission on the part of local media which none of us were aware of. In this instance, I applaud him.

Hmm. Not impressed. Suit and club tie please. Should be in his contract!

As always mate, the only show in town!

Is the timing not more to do with the soon to be re-acquired Edminston House?

Said nothing of the sort mate. I don't like McMurdo's work is all. Politics and religion are part of Rangers and our history, I don't need him to tell me that or what I should think about it. Edit: I'll admit I skimmed the piece - not inerested..

Going to Ibrox to re-enact the Battle of the Boyne am I? This muppet is our Phil 3 names. Stick it up your arse mate.

Where is that article published? It's not mainstream press is it? Crazy.

Call it what you want, this is hopefully a means to an end we would all like to see. Signed with pleasure.

Anything for decorum, eh mate? great read as per. I salute you...

There's surely enough real estate up at auchenowie to facilitate a genuine academy, emulating la Masaia at barca, Ajax and even Southampton. This is the one true change we can make. If fear the chance has passed.

Seems to me like a nice way to put a full stop at the end of this thread...dream on eh?

Look Max, you must have known what you were in for when you started this thread...I'm afraid that lots of Rangers fans do see the club as an extension of their 'political' views and a whole lot more besides. Like it or not that's a big part of our history and it ain't goin away. You can push your side of the argument in any sensible way you like, but in the end, a rangers forum isn't really the place for this argument. It just ends with people questioning your loyalty, even on gersnet. For what it's worth though I'm with you. An orange strip would be the sort of marketing we laugh at them for. That's not to say I'm ignoring the clubs historical and cultural links with NI, which certainly exist. I care about how the club is perceived and I think CG is doing just fine getting it up our detractors without pandering. Make no mistake, an orange strip would be a PR disaster when all I hear on forums is that we need better PR like they have. I hope this was one of his moonbeams.

Guess I'll take Clyde then boss...

Right, the hat's in the ring lads.

And that, my friend, is why I read Gersnet not the papers. Hats off tae ye.

Is tweeting not the same as walking down the street shouting?

Templeton was going at pace so the late clip would have been enough.

It was a tackle from behind by Jack Steel, similar to the one by Black on Jelavic last year. According to Tom miller on RTV during the game.

Pretty sure this isn't rangers chat lads!

We lose our best player to a fucking hack every season. Joke.

Thanks Andy, I do enjoy a leisurely Friday read and your fine writing fits the bill nicely.