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Who have you got helping you with your homework these days Fraser? :moon: Firstly your spot on about ticket prices. The SFA should have rewarded those who had briefs from certain matches a huge discount for this match along with u16s. Dont they realise it would be better for the them and the team to have say 45,000 tickets at 15 quid rather than 20,000 at 25 quid!! Stupid! Plus the timing is shocking for a few reasons 1) the OF derby (the OF had a game cancelled in November to assist the national team so it should have been the nationals teams shot to assist the OF), 2) Rangers are and Celtic could have been playing in europe. 3) Its the new managers first game and this should have been a well timed occasion to get a full crowd with a full squad but now with so many pull outs it takes some shine off Burleys team. Next, Why are the SFA assisting Croatia ahead of there own teams. Croatia need this game for Euro 08 but Rangers (and Celtic if they were still in Europe) dont need this game due to there heavy schedule which is already a disaster due to some poor organisation. Onto the game and Frasers team wont be far away, id say about 7 or 8 of them are correct. I see a 1-1 draw depending on how much the Croatians are up for it - they could easy come to hampden and give us a wee beating like they did to England.

The likes of Burke can be let go to free up wages also - whats he on 12k a week?? - That after fighting the club for it for ages and he still cant produce. Id punt him to the likes of kilmarnock for any fee. Hemdani is surely worth 2 million. He is only 30 which is a few months older than Ferguson. Hopefully McLeish or someone else comes in with something silly like 2-4 million for Boyd. As Calscot says if he stays then he is a squad player at best. Id like Cousin to stay if he is up for it, if not let him go for the 3 million again. Then we can bring in 3 or 4 very good players whom should all be first picks, then a few squad players.

Nah, I wouldnt have Soti back. Carlos is streets ahead of him and id rather see him paired with Webster first. Agreed Hyypia would do a job for us but id like to see the above partnership in the the hope its a long term one. Hilario would be a good back up keeper.

Fraser, We couldnt afford Wes brown or Ledley King. Hyypia whilst would be decent is old skool again. Harry Kewell is trash and hasnt been fit for about 4 years. And Soti Kyrgiakos - eh!!!

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Bobby Pires would be nice for the left wing for a season. He must be getting on a bit now though but still has more class in his small toe that Charlie Adam. Sami Hyypia is about the right age for a 3 yr deal at Ibrox. Crespo or Kanu would be nice upfront.

Ive certainly still got the buzz for the OF game even from 8000 miles away. Ive had it since Sunday knowing our next game is them. This week is dragging coz im looking forward to the weekend with some beers saturday afternoon for the game. Maybe its also the fact we havent played them for so long but even when we have played them 2 or 3 times in a short time i still had the buzz. Im not as excited as I was maybe 10 years ago but I still cant wait. Ive never had nerves for these games at Ibrox though.

Absolutely! If he plays left I'll be baffled. Im not convinced with Davis wide right, but I am if he is in the centre.

I listen to Talksport on a weekend morning UK time - quality stuff. I often play back Traynors program when I get up on a sunday just for a laugh.

Thats a huge point. Id say playing regularly in europe will stead him perfect for International matches - TBH playing Barca etc is bigger than Scotland v the likes of Greece or Iceland. McGregor's confidence is sky high at the moment and at this time he is for me Scotlands top keeper. Im a big fan of Gordon but he made the wrong move going to Sunderland and playing behind a poor defence. If they go down then he has to get away from Championship football. Buts its good to see 2 quality keepers fighting it out. I wouldnt say they are at the level of Leighton and Goram (those 2 were world class keepers) but they are certainly on the up. I cant see McGregor moving away from Ibrox at all.

See what your saying about Beasley being lightweight - I thought that also. But he was still playing pretty well when he got injured. He seems to be more suited to the games at Ibrox and european games which give him more space rather than the tight ground like Rugby park etc where he will be marked tightly. Thats where McCullochs physical strength is better for us.

Obviously a 1-0 would do us all but we are all allowed to post up the perfect game. I cant wait for this one - probably because its been 5 months since we played them. My plans were almost disrupted though, i was looking forward to getting the beers in around 4pm in the afternoon and having them up until K/o at 8:30. But Ive got a guy over from UK working and his trip offshore has slipped from Thursday until Tuesday. He is a sheep shagger so Im punting him out of my apartment as planned on Thursday into the Staff House on the other side of the island so I can watch the game in piece on saturday. :uzi:

Either PSG are shite or PLG doesnt have a clue how to run a team which is bizarre after what he did at Lyon - but he did have a good base when he went there. Right now he is proving SDM was right to punt him so early - if he comes back and proves he is a good manager then it will look like the wrong move.

Seeeeeeeeeboooo

How old is AM BTW?

No, thats been fixed for August.

Arent you a student with plenty of free time? So do both types But its up to yourself mate, I prefer a longer one aswell with depth rather than a quick fire one. Everyone is going to put a suggested XI up anyway so its good to have a good read of one. When I did them everyweek i used to put the OF one up earlier than a friday, so feel free to get the ball rolling anytime.

(a bit of the 1988 5-1 here): Celtic to get a free kick outside the Rangers box in the first few minutes and score. Ten minutes later a throw from the right hand side by Broadfoot is flicked on by Novo - headed out by a mhank to fall at Cuellar who hits a screamer on the volley into the top corner ala Ray Wilkins. Gers go on and win 5-1 But would like to see a Boruc blunder of some sort, throwing the ball into his own net would be nice infront of his own fans so they can see it properly. Ferguson to have Scott Brown in his back pocket aswell and take the mickey.

Agreed that this is the time in the season when its just results that matter and the kind of football goes out the window, especially with the amount of games we have to play. Im almost with you 100% on the team for the OF. Although have to say Id have given Papac a bit more credit - I think for a centre half he has been brilliant at LB recently - and a definate for the game on Saturday. I also think Davis will be deployed out wide again and Thomson will play - meaning probably Novo sitting on the bench. But Nacho has a great record against Celtic so he may start. The back 4 and Mcgregor is a gimmie so they not need be discussed. The midfield - Ferguson and Davis will play for sure and either Dailly and/or Thomson - depending if Novo gets the nod. Also depends on Daillys broken toe - but then Hemdani cant be overlooked. But isnt it refreshing to have so much options of strength - I use to have little confidence in OF games until WS came back due to the lightweight of our midfield and weaker defenders. Cant wait for the game, where i firmly believe we will be in touching distance of the title after it. We are by far the better team.

The boy Skrtel has been rank aswell. So those 3 are in the squad for sure. Titus Bramble HAS to be in it aswell though, he is 15 goals a season (for the opposition). Id be tempted to put Lucas Neill of West Ham in aswell, he is absolutely shocking at defending. He isnt bad going forward and likes to get on the ball but he is an absolute bombscare in defence - and for 70k a week aswell.

He's not a bonnie loon is he! The size of his head along with his scouse accent bugs me during interviews.

The league is right back open then, the Hammers will go up there and do what they did last season Man Utd have got to go to Blackburn before the Chelsea and Arsenal games so thats a tricky one aswell. Im annoyed with Arsenal for blowing it as I would have liked to have seen it so tight until the last weekend. Hopefully Aston Villa go to Old Trafford this weekend and pull off a shock.

Agreed Nokiss - joke of a time to play a friendly when the club is going all fronts for so much this season. Im normally for international players playing for Scotland but not this time. Im glad they pulled out as the OF game is more important than an international friendly at this stage. The international season was finished in November and the clubs did the national team a favour then by cancelling some SPL games so now it should have been the SFA's turn to let the OF players out of this one for the game on Saturday. The game is only to give Croatia some practise for Euro 08 - who gives a munk about them when Rangers are going for the UEFA, SPL and SFA cup. Its about time the SFA thought about there own rather than other countries. Ferguson needs the rest anyway, he's playing too much and carrying an ankle injury and Dailly has a broken toe. Dont know about McCulloch, he could maybe have played and im not sure why McGregor pulled out but we need him for Saturday. Well done WS for pulling them out.

Its weird that some of our players can do that - go from a great game to a shit game. There never seems to really be anywhere in between

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