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  1. der Berliner
    Call me stubborn, but I will not listen to this. I've been brought up with chairmen, managers, and players who fully understood what it means to be a Ranger. Fair enough, SDM (after the credit crunch) financially drove us against the wall, but ever since Lloyds took over, a great number of Rangers people let their club down by going publicly against Rangers FC and various people within it. All these directors we had these last years before Whyte took over did nothing to get us back on track financially, did not harrass SDM into actively looking for a buyer or a way to get us out of the HMRC dilemma(s). Now that they have been punted they come back and tell us (and the world) that all the bad stuff Whyte takes on with great public attention is being done wrongly? Even a dead rat's IQ should be enough to see through this ...
  2. der Berliner
    I would hope the first thing Ally did this morning was tying Aluko up on a long deal.
  3. der Berliner
    Don't know, but for the love of *insert something that is important to you* I cannot understand what people want Whyte to say here. Speak publicly about confidential business dealings and strategies? The going on's behind his businesses with and beyond Rangers? Have you EVER heard any whispers about somesuch under/from Marlborough, Murray or from the Desmond figure beyond the Irish Sea? In times when HMRC et al look/-ed at our behaviour with eagle-eyes? He comes out with essentially all he can and has to say at the moment, whether we like it or not. Whether we are the individual supporter or some thousand-strong association. It is IMHO essential that he does not spill any beans ahead of any verdict on the case, for each little bit he does will end up in the press and be turned about until it paints us and him in a bad light. That is what happened ever since he took over. This is perhaps the most testing time for the club, but you do wonder - after all the debates that have been done about this - why people do actually fear for the existence of the club? It will not cease to exist, whether or not the verdict goes against us. Whether or not we get 250 points deducted for these next 12 years or whatnot. We took it all in our stride, these dozens of years of success under Souness, Smith, McLeish, Advocaat et al. We should be able to take the odd year of "failure" or "dispair" into our stride as well. Rangers are for life, not for the glory seasons.
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    A more complete list ... IN: #24 Mervan Celik â?? Contract till 2015 Out: #9 Nikica Jelavić â?? sold (£6m+ Everton FC) #10 John Fleck â?? (Contract till 2013, loaned to Blackpool FC) #17 Juan Manuel Ortiz â?? (Contract till 2014, loaned to Almeira, Spain) #36 Darren Cole â?? (Contract till 2012, loaned to Partick Thistle FC) #33 Thomas Kind Bendiksen - released (turned down contract, Tromsø IL) #23 Jordan McMillan â?? sold (Contract till 2012, refused extention; Dunfermline Atletic) #35 Kyle Hutton â?? (contract till 2014, loaned to Dunfermline Atletic) #3 David Weir â?? released Jack Werndly - (loaned to Albion Rovers) Marc Dyer - (loaned to Ayr United) Sam McMahon - released (?, Doncaster Rovers) Freddie Espling - released (?, Djurgarden) Nicolaj Kohlert - released (?, Silkeborg) On trial: Luigi Bruins, Jamael Cox, Matthew Mbuta
  5. der Berliner
    Some news ...
  6. der Berliner
    As I asked before, was Whyte even there? A lot of assumptions by the press yesterday ... and the Bears went into overdrive about it. On a sidenote, Celik is an attacking midfielder that can play as a striker, Bruins too, if he's still there. There are still some decent enough (for the SPL) forwards about on a free, you just have to snap them up.
  7. der Berliner
    Oh wait, was there a similar article when they invited a terrorist-gloryifing music band to perform at their ground?
  8. der Berliner
    We have been in that state off the pitch for these last three or more years. It was on the pitch that the titles were decided and it will be much the same this time around (unless HMRC intervenes).
  9. der Berliner
    So it has closed ... what can you say but ...
  10. der Berliner
    As I have said and as has been said, there are still loads of freebies around which we can sign from now till the end of the season. Will there be more Alukos? Who knows.
  11. der Berliner
    True enough. That was the point many made at the start of the season. IMHO, our main problem was that Naismith and Lafferty as well as Hemmings all got injured at the same time. How likely is that to happen again though? We saw in these last couple of games that we can create and put away enough chances to "survive" in the SPL. What was evident was that our utter lack of using the squad left us with too many people without much playing time and thus people not being sharp enough, e.g. Healy and Kerkar. I do not see them as saviours, but given some more playing time and utilizing them all (sic!) to their full potential, we still have enough people up there to compete for some time to come. In an ideal world, I would hope that we get some more freebies (Jaager and/or some strikers (Kalu Uche?)) in. We have to wait and see.
  12. der Berliner
    Current (21.13) revised squad to win title 55 this season: GK - McGregor, Alexander, Gallacher FB - Whittaker, Broadfoot, Papac, Wallace CD - Goian, Bocanegra, Bartley, Perry CM - Davis, Edu, McCulloch, McKay, McCabe OM - Wylde, Bedoya, Naismith, Aluko, Celik ST - Lafferty, Healy, Hemmings, Kerkar, Little
  13. der Berliner
    Rapid's manager has already confirmed that they receive nothing from any future Jelavic deal.
  14. der Berliner
    Which is an assumption. Much like most of what is posted here. We hear about this sum or that, but no-one on here or in the press has any hard figures to work with. Not that this will stop people from giving their opinion. My last info about WH bid was 3.2m up front and the rest of those 7m some day in the future. My last info about the Everton deal was 8m, with apparently 5.5m up front and add-ons. Possibly, if there's a lower fee, some neat sell-on clause. In the end, all just hearsay, assumption and more often than not, speculation.
  15. der Berliner
    Snatched from FF r
  16. der Berliner
    Round-up: IN: #24 Mervan Celik â?? Contract till 2015 Out: #9 Nikica Jelavić â?? sold (£6m+ Everton FC) #10 John Fleck â?? (Contract till 2013, loaned to Blackpool FC) #17 Juan Manuel Ortiz â?? (Contract till 2014, loaned to Almeira, Spain) #36 Darren Cole â?? (Contract till 2012, loaned to Partick Thistle FC) #33 Thomas Kind Bendiksen - released (turned down contract, Tromsø IL) #23 Jordan McMillan â?? sold (Contract till 2012, refused extention; Dunfermline Atletic) #35 Kyle Hutton â?? (contract till 2014, loaned to Dunfermline Atletic) #3 David Weir â?? released Jack Werndly - (loaned to Albion Rovers) Marc Dyer - (loaned to Ayr United) Sam McMahon - released (?, Doncaster Rovers) Freddie Espling - released (?, Djurgarden) Nicolaj Kohlert - released (?, Silkeborg) On trial: Luigi Bruins, Jamael Cox, Matthew Mbuta
  17. der Berliner
    A possiple reason might be this.
  18. der Berliner
    We said that about Miller too when Boyd jumped ship. BTW, Hemmings will be back soon, Lafferty in a few weeks time. Aluko can play as a striker, Celik can, Little can ... the point remains that without Jela, the attacking midfield finally took on some responsibility of late.
  19. der Berliner
    SSN hears things, STV hears things ... I'm hearing things too. Oh, BTW, still a lot of freebies out that we can get in now ... should Jela sign on the dotted line.
  20. der Berliner
    In this case? When they have half a dozen strikers already? Methinks we were linked with Brozek, Salihi and Uchebo first, then they jumped into the queue. That said, who knows what the Scottish press reports and what is true anyways.
  21. der Berliner
    Re Holt, someone (media via FF) has claimed that our bid "fell too short" ... they don't want to sell and can demand to their hearts' content. Never heard of him, but them snatching at our heels is becoming irritating.
  22. der Berliner
    On a lighter note, from all the comings and goings, CH Paterson still looks best!
  23. der Berliner
    But Craig, you do accept that had we still Lloyds & Co. cutting our costs, we would have a far weaker team playing SPL footie than we have now, do you?
  24. der Berliner
    We should try to tango them into buying some expansive donkey then ... i.e. those, who they cannot find themselves.
  25. der Berliner
    Who? Marlborough? He steered us through the late 70s and early 80s?
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