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I don't agree that Smith spent his transfer kitty unwisely at all as I laboured over above. As much as it would be nice to pin the overspending on Martin Bain, the buck stops with David Murray, because even if Bain had a free hand to continue with the negotiations he had been F**king around with for months after we went out of Europe, Murray should have called him into the office & told him to cancel all negotiations that were possible to cancel & stop spending immediately. If Bain uttered a single 'but', Murray should have said "Martin do what I'm telling you NOW, then go and get on with whatever the hell else I'm paying you to do. Close the door on your way out & ask Walter to come up for a word". It's Murray's fault that we continued spending, but as MF stated, he just won't admit it. Like so many other people of his ilk, he doesn't admit mistakes & most certainly doesn't apologise for them. That's seen as a sign of weakness you see!!

Direct result of going out of Europe to Kaunas, yes, but I can't agree that it's Walter's fault at all. Walter & Ally will have had their transfer targets laid out well before that Kaunas disaster (remember how long some of the deals took to seal due to Martin Bain's inadequacy - call it wise or thrifty spending if you like, but I call it something else) & imo it's undoubtedly Martin Bain's fault that we hadn't managed to bring in any more personnel before the Kaunas game, just like it's his fault & SDM's of course, that the spending continued after the exit from Europe. IMO, the spending only continued after we went out to try to keep a very disgruntled support happy, call those signings a wee sweetener if you like. Having said all that, the only summer signing that's been a *COMPLETE DISASTER* is that of Velicka who's done nothing for us, but he was a million quid & obviously an emergency contingency. TBH, we've not been far from needing that contingency either, since Miller & Novo's injury spells practically fell on top of one-another & if we'd seen Boydy get injured, we'd likely have been calling on Velicka to partner big Lafferty & score us some goals. Speaking of Lafferty - the jury is still out on him & whether he was worth what we paid. He IS a first choice international & still very young, so we could yet see that he was well worth the investment. Kenny Miller is an enigma. Personally, I still think he's a cross between a headless chicken & a muppet despite that fact that he's actually surprised me by playing some half decent football at times & knocking in more goals in 6/7 months than he did in the previous several years of his career. Do I think we should have bought him for what we paid? No, but again, he's an international & an experienced international in his case. He's also teamed up remarkably well with Boyd despite the fact that neither of them found the back of the net against Hamilton yesterday. OOO.... who's next? Right, Steven Davis. That lad was worth every penny imo. Has the odd stinker like all players, but he's a quality player & I'm delighted he's a Gers player. Next! Right, Mo Edu. We haven't seen that much of him, but he looks excellent. Another youngster that has TONS of promise, is an international class player & may well prove to be a great signing. Swiftly onto Pedro Mendes. Like Davis, this guy is quality & I'm delighted he's a Rangers player. I'm not 100% happy with the way he's playing alongside Ferguson, but that's another story. Mendes was worth every penny. I'll leave it that. No offense to Bougie, but I think I've made my point, which was that Walter's signings were actually not as bad as a lot of Gers fans have been rattling on about. He's signed more gems than duds from what I can see, so ultimately what I'm saying is that we can't blame Walter Smith for the club's financial situation any more than Murray can blame the supposed 'Credit Crunch'. Phew!

Didn't see it myself, but Chik Yung was making out on Sportsound like it had definitely happened. Not that El chico is always right mind you, but he mentioned that he thought there was blood coming from behind Davie's ear. He also asked Walter Smith about it in the post match interview & there didn't seem to be any doubt about it. [OT]What a ned infested shithole this part of the world has become. I say the world, because it's not just Scotland, although Scotland & the UK in general is particularly infested & shitty.[/OT]

+1 Spot on there! Can't argue with a word of that. :cheers: Bring on No. 52 !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pointless thread btw Gribz, but at least it'll be nice when you bump it to thank Boydy for his league winning goals. :devil:

Undergarments is nothing. There's a rumor shooting around that Kenny's a secret sniffer & collects cock socks amongst other strange things. :devil:

That goal against Stuttgart was a peach. He really is a talented player. Unfortunately, like most of our other players he only seems to turn it on occasionally, rather than showing it consistently. Damn shame.

Watch you don't get blacklisted for spamming! :devil: Great news btw Frankie!

Yeah, it's a cracking Boyd pic Norris. What a moment. So many great memories he's given us. Got a few more crackers to work on as well, but I can't say when they'll be done exactly.

Foresight mate! :cheers:

Hi there, thanks for the thanks Frankie & everyone! You got them up fast Frankie & I like the way the banners switch - nice one! Btw, thanks to my wee brother the graphic designer for helping me. :cheers:

Make a big mother of a banner to that effect & take it to Ibrox. Don't forget to display it for everyone to see.

F*cking great. That's just what we need. We'd get more exposure in boots the chemist.

Don't thank me. Thank & pat yourself on the back for being the purveyor of muchos bollockus talkus pishus.

I deleted my post just before you posted. I won't argue this point with you or Gribz or anyone else. I'm done with pointless arguments over Kris Boyd or anyone else. Post whatever you want. It's a free country... cough.

Cheers Norris, reading that sort of patter always cracks me up & makes me laugh! It inspired me to make a cheap joke in the lounge a minute ago as well ... Walkers crisps - new flavours :devil:

Why anyone would consider Boyd playing in ANY GAME for us as being a 'waste of a strip' is moronic imo. We don't have 20 million to buy a better striker & I can't think of a single player in Scotland that deserves to wear the No.9 Gers strip more than Kris Boyd does. My heart goes out to the lad in a way because he gets more stick than any other striker with a goal scoring record like his & for that plonker Murrey to have been willing to sell him for less than 4 million must have been quite a let down for him. Ok, we got him for a song, but that's not the point. Killie obviously didn't have much choice in the matter or we wouldn't have got him so cheaply. We paid 5/6 times more for Naismith & he might be more versatile, but would never ever score the same number of goals if put in Boyd's shoes, never mind 5/6 times more.

I think Papac has been an excellent player for us all round. Ok, he makes the odd mistake, but very few players don't. He also seems to give the ball away needlessly less than a lot of our players do & links up really well in attacking moves down the left. All round I rate him quite highly. Definitely gets a 7 or 8 out of 10 as a player imo.

Rest in peace big man.

Have to agree with you on that. A Monday night isn't the best though tbh.

It certainly wouldn't surprise me to see Burley put out a team consisting of 9/10 C****c players, since it's not been far off that already in some games since Burley took over.

I doubt that Walter Smith was intentionally being patronising to anyone, but it's typical that certain people would as usual take his comments to the questions put to him & twist them in such a way. It seems to me that what he said was pretty much just stating the obvious since of course a glamorous friendly with AC Milan is going to wet the appetite for European football. Maybe he needn't have stated the obvious, but as usual a mountain is no doubt being made over a simple answer to a simple question. Any excuse to let some abuse fly in his direction maineflyer.

Good link that. I've watched games on their stream a few times & it's been ok, better than some Justintv shit from Iraq anyway. :devil:

All it takes is one or two people to be victimized on this subject though (just like the famine song) & all of a sudden we've got a reinforced campaign against us.

And whether they're well informed or not, are you going to trust the support NOT to step over that line Frankie?