Gribz
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And Craig Moore midfield hence why it didn't work. When it should have been something like in 1996-97: _________________Goram_____________ _____Moore_____Gough____Bjorklund _________McInnes____I Ferguson_____ Laudrup______Gascoigne_____Albertz ____________Durie_____Van Vossen____
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I keep hearing pundits saying its an ageing team but its anything like an old squad. Only Ferdinand and Giggs are nearing the end of their careers. Evra, Carrick and Vidic are wrong side of 30 but could easily do 2 years at the top level. De Gea, Rafael, Jones, Smalling, Evans, Cleverley, Juanazai and Zaha are all young. The players like Rooney, Van Persie, Hernandez, Young, Nani, Valencia, Fletcher, Felliani and Kagawa should all be at their peak. Its all about the lack of quality. Throw Mata and Modric into that squad and all of a sudden it would look very different.
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Coventry started the season -10 points, so had they not they would be 5th and in the play offs, therefore Id say they are doing pretty well. TBH I forgot who Fleck was playing for these days, but I have been keeping an eye on their score every weekend to see how they are doing and I'll be reading a bit more from now on to see how Fleck is getting on. Id say things were probably unfair on him, he played a few matches and showed some glimpse of quality and all of a sudden he was going to be the next Rooney, it was so far off it was unreal. The only comparison he had with Rooney was build, looks and a tough tackle.
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Terry Butcher keen to bring Shiels to Hibs.......(Sky sports transfer news)
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Ive been saying the same for a while, yet can also see the argument FOR the signings as its a catch22 due to promotion being an absolute must every season. Just read Peter Lovenkrands is out of contract in the summer and at 33 qualifies for a 3 year deal with us
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QotS are playing in a higher league. Cant compare. How much had they scored this time last year?
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Easier to score for QotS than it is for Rangers in the 3rd tier? If everything was being done right id say the opposite.
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By the sounds of it he isn't being let loose to do what he does best and to bring the best out of him. Not a dig at Clark in any sense, more a case of bad tactics not bringing the best out of players. When he signed the comments were 'if he can score 40 for QotS then how many will he get for Rangers'
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Agreed. And as for QotS. They had a striker who hit 40+ goals in this league this season, we sign him and he hasn't hit a quarter of that. Whats that thing about giving Rangers a new player and they will ruin him? Im starting to believe that.
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Im with you on that but that is down to hindsight. But the other option of course was to go with the young ones and let them loose, while retaining experience like McCulloch to get them over the line. A big error IMO even with or without money was to sign run of the mill SPL players to get us through the leagues on contracts that means they will still be there in the top flight. Unless they drastically improve then will they be good enough to finish top 2 in the league or will be have to splash more to sign a better quality of player. 2 examples are Templeton and Shiels, both have been a disaster. Templeton should be cruising this league and going with the same attitude as Wallace in getting into the Scotland squad. Shiels has been unlucky with injury but when he has played has been a disappointment.
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Match Preview Schedule - Volunteer to write a Gersnet Match Preview
Gribz replied to Gribz's topic in Rangers Chat
You've set yourself up now, we'll be expecting a belter of a preview on March 29 now -
I can understand ugly wins away from home on these tight grounds with the opposition being fired up and aggression going in, its hard to play Barca-esk football like that. But at Ibrox where the pitch should be in good condition, the opposition come with a different approach and we control games we should see far more the team. As it was on occasion that some teams late last season were coming and being the better footballing side! There is no excuse for that.
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Beaten by the team that was above them yesterday, 2-0 at home to Partick, that leaves them 19 adrift of Ross County now and 20 adrift of Partick and played 1 game more. Even if they got their 15 points back they are still bottom, therefore they have zero chance now.
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Fergie took over a team that hadn't won the league for 26 years and needed time. Moyes has taken over the champions.
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In the last month: Man Utd 0-1 Newcastle Man Utd 0-1 Everton Man Utd 1-2 Tottenham Man Utd 1-2 Swansea Moyes is so far out of his depth its unreal, even Everton are a far better side this season.
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That will open up a can of worms, it will be due to the "old Co" and the SPFL will try nip in and claim it.
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Was put in a bracket with Pele, Maradona, Cruyff, Beckanbeauer and Platini....afraid the only one I can remember is Maradona. But to be put in a class with them means he is one of the all time greats.
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Yet you will get the other side of people saying because he isn't a Rangers man he knows nothing about the club, that's unless he is winning every game 6-0. For the last 30 years we have had 3 years of non Rangers men in charge - Advocaat for the best part of 3 seasons and PLG for 6 months. I think it would be refreshing to have a new face in who has had nothing to do with the club.
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Cant compare, one was the elite tournament the other was a huge step down. Champions league against good PSV and Bayern teams then only to be knocked out by Valencia who were the 2nd best team in Europe is not comparable with the UEFA cup opposition. The only comparison that can be made is Walters 92-93 run which was outstanding to go out on goals against the winners.
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Ally McCoist: I'm not worried about being forced to sell stars
Gribz replied to ian1964's topic in Rangers Chat
Probably right about cost cutting but to not have a lead scout is shocking, why not move the next scout in line up a place (whoever that was) or did we only have Neil Murray? Laudrup was given the post of club ambassador and should have been offered scouting with that even if it was only in Denmark while doing his commentating. Its one thing saying bring in Gough and Mols etc to scout (and I have for sure said they should be involved) but the other thing is them agreeing to it, but I don't doubt for 1 second a couple of those greats would agree to dong some role in their country of residence. -
Everyone has to look at it in a wider spectrum IMO. You are right there that he has had the most difficult and unique time as a Rangers manager since the summer of 2012. But prior to that there was doubts in his early days with a title winning team, but we only got 5 months or so to judge that so lets take from division 3 onwards. He started the campaign with 6 players, no pre-season and not knowing what league (if any) we would be playing in until very late in the day. So for that to happen is almost an impossible task, however he got a squad in and had a chance to mould them. These players were still head and shoulders above the opposition and had the facilities equally to the best in Europe and were playing against part time players who are plumbers, painters etc on mon-fri.....therefore it shouldn't take long to get something together. But as the season went on when we expected progression things got uglier on the pitch rather than better, what does that say about training methods? Most fans saw it as chance to build a new brand of football and would have accepted the odd 1 step forward 2 back if there was ambition and light at the tunnel, but it was a case of 1 step forward and 2 back with no fresh ideas of quality. So that's a fail. This season he is getting the results but most fans are not best pleased with what they are seeing, that's hard to judge as all you can do is beat whats infront of you. But you would expect and imagine some of the play was promising and we would be looking forward to an assault on the championship next season, yet a few posters have said they aren't confident of winning that league next season. If Ally was to walk into the Albion Rovers job tomorrow how would Ally do? I think they would struggle. I still look at the 3 (McCoist, Durrant, McDowall) and think its a total mis-match and is very sunday league IMO - that's the impression I get. 1 from McCoist or Durrant (as good pals as they are) just doesn't fit and an experienced man like Ray Wilkins who was out of work for so long would have brought fresh ideas in.
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Edu was a strange one, 1 great game followed by 6 invisible games. Ness was a one hit wonder, scored a peach against Celtic but didn't do too much after that, always felt Hutton was the better of the 2. The history of players leaving rangers and going down a step or 5 is getting longer, look at Wylde, Fleck and McCabe.
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Ally McCoist: I'm not worried about being forced to sell stars
Gribz replied to ian1964's topic in Rangers Chat
Why wasn't Neil Murray replaced? The possibilities for that job is a list longer than I could think of. -
I think Ally is making a point towards the board and SPFL. He knows the support comes from all corners of the country and Forfar away could easily be filled up with Bears from Dundee and Aberdeen. But a good point above was the postponements of our games due to international call ups.
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Celtic line up £6m swoop for Sunderland striker Steven Fletcher
Gribz replied to ian1964's topic in General Football Chat
Barclays Premier League....