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Periodically I receive the message below when trying to access a particular forum page. It's always page specific and always permanent. It happens whether using PC or Apple. At the moment it's happening on page 3 of the Walter Smith topic started by Totti - but not on the first two pages of thje same thread. Any ideas? Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@gersnetonline.co.uk and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error. More information about this error may be available in the server error log. Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

Eventually you just get tired of these season ticket promotional campaigns.

I think Totti is entitled to say what he wants for as long as he wants to say it and I can well understand his reasons. I just think in this particular case there might be room to be a tad more generous given that Walter has already decided to leave.

What was the point of those comments .... to motivate the bheasts ahead of Sunday?

Totti, I agree with much that you say on this forum but this pursuit of Walter Smith should stop. Whatever we think of his abilities, he's about to leave the club, no one needs to push him out. Let's see him off with good grace and respect, please.

I find myself with a foot in both sides of this debate. On the one hand I do not believe Walter Smith is as good a manager as we need at Rangers. I also think his management style has hindered as well as helped this club. But most of all, at this stage in his career, I think analysis of his abilities must now take a back seat to the need to show respect for a man who has genuinely committed himself to a club he loves every bit as much as we do. Irrespective of how we mght judge his tactics or achievements, and we're entitled to do so, we really must avoid disrespectful behaviour towards Walter Smith. He's not a neanderthal and neither are his tactics. He's allowed to fail just as we are entitled to recognize and point out his failures.but take great care. What we should not do is be abusive towards this true blue gentleman, at all.

Friedrick Nietzsche reckoned that convictions are the more dangerous enemy of truth. I on the other hand reckon you should be convicted and sentenced to a truly dangerous enema.

Unless you specify "head to head" statistics as Totti did, in which case it's entirely obvious what he's talking about ...... and it's not trophies.

And by a very large margin by the time Souness left Rangers. Today's Rangers team couldn't live with the one Walter Smith inherited from Souness. Indeed many people have made fair case that Smith wouldn't have enjoyed a fraction of the success he did first time around if it hadn't been for the platform handed to him by Souness. That's not to say that Smith still had the job to do when he took over, or that he did it as manager, but whether he could have put the team together himself is far from certain. There's also a well-argued case that the team Smith inherited was largely organised and managed by senior players in the dressing room, not the manager's office. Whatever the truth of it, there's little doubt that Smith inherited strength and left only weakness behind, despite having greater resources to call upon that were ever presented to Souness. There's also a reasonable parallel between the relative merits of David Holmes and David Murray ..... one building the foundations of success, the other inheriting that foundation of strength and frittering it away in a blaze incompetence while being awarded (wrongly) much of the credit for something he never actually contributed. That's largely the reality of Rangers over the last 25 years, sleight of hand and deceit winning out over true ability in the boardroom and the lesser manager granted the accolades over the one with real ability whose true value has seldom been acknowledged by the support. It's not much of a reality to be proud of if we're honest.

I severely hate posting this but there's actually nothing other than wishful thinking backing a Rangers win on Sunday. Looking at the state of the two teams I'd reckon a 3-1 win to the bheasts is about the most likely outcome.

Not my own view of course, only passing on what I've been told about him. Come to think about, wasn't it you who told me?

Absolutely right. One unscrupulous, incompetent, clueless, manipulative, duplicitous, deceitful, self-obsessed bastard should be enough for anyone

That goes without saying of course and there could be no guarantee of your place still being here when you got back either.:grin:

Talking about McStay, I wonder if Paul has fulfilled his potential yet?

Ohhhhhhh hokey kokey ......... don't you just love these reasons they give us to despise them.:grin:

It is a bit unusual to see such unanimous VB praise for an 'outsider'. I can only suggest you get your application in quick.:grin:

I'll write to them immediately. "Dear prissy bastards of NewsNow, It has recently come to my attention ......."

Fwiw, see Bmck's article has been copied on VB where it has been universally acclaimed.

A thought-provoking article, a pleasure to read. Unfortunately, as you well know, the people this is aimed at have no interest in the morality underlying your article and will continue to squeeze the last drop of advantage from every contrived opportunity. There is no truth, no fundamental justice that can stand in the face of the bitterness that pervades our society. Which is why, periodically, good men and women have to stand up to these duplicitous bastards ... singing these songs is one simple avenue open to all to show refusal to bow to this challenge.

Rangers 1 - 2 Sporting

I know, we're all counting too. You've a bunch of catching up to do then.

It almost certainly signals a deal behind the scenes, with a settlement well below the judgement being agreed. This could well rule King in rather than out but not as a main player I fear. Time will tell and the speed things are going there looks to be plenty of time. It's always vaguely possible of course that a deal has been waiting on just this news?

Really annoys me when I log on and find some imposter has already started the fight.:meh:

It's not difficult. Who has scored most goals in Scotland this season so far? It's not up for interpretation, it's a simple fact.

Looking at a couple of Scottish Sundays today, I see Adam Rooney has scored more goals than anyone else in Scotland. Kenny Miller, like much else to do with Rangers, has been airbrushed from history. The truth according to the bheast is no truth at all.