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  1. der Berliner
    Why don't wanting to be rude when you are, actually? I differ from your opinion, an opinion that is obviously based on different standards, like ... Weiss, Laudrup, or a Diouf maybe. It would be easy if you'd just accept that. But lets reserve judgement on that "woeful" Spaniard till the end of the season then. As for decent signings ... all a matter of opinion too, as I said in the rumours thread.
  2. der Berliner
    Thus far only a rumour. As usual, we'll have to wait at least 24h or a statement from the club ere we have a clearer picture. As for attracting players ... we have this through. If people think that Bedoya, Bocanegra, Goian, Ortiz or Wallace are not decent players, so be it. Subjective opinion. As for the attractivity of Rangers, some would jump at the chance (e.g. Juhasz) but are priced out by their clubs or wage demands et al. Others are simply not interested in coming to this country or the club - for a vast variety of reasons. That is the current state of affairs in Scotland and at Rangers right now. The sooner people accept it the better. We should start to shed the mantle we acquired during NIAR or the Advocaat money spending years and return to the reality of now. A reality that is far from being just decent.
  3. der Berliner
    Now ... that leaves me baffled. No matter what it means to you, people are up in arms about apparent training methods and time at Murray Park and tell these much-paid people to get it right, but when I tell them that German teams don't do it much differently, that's all irrelevant? When you would expect that these slaggers acknowledge the fact that German footie is somewhat superior than Scottish footie and that you would expect their training time would show that. It doesn't. That's what I am saying. Nothing more, but nothing less. On a sidenote, you'd have to ask people who are there on a daily basis about what is actually going on at Murray Park. People like Willie Vass, for example. Else, we're just reporting on hearsay and rumour. Great reading indeed. Makes a solid basis for scapegoat hunting ... no? On a second sidenote ... is the London press full of articles about an "all time low of London football" after the massacres on Sunday?
  4. der Berliner
    As I said before, the US chaps and the Australian jumped at the chance to play for us (and not some non-descript teams) and AFAIK are all seasoned and well-trained pros. That they are not Ally's first picks does not change their attitude or ability. If they manage to do a job for us - and IMHO none of them has failed to do so thus far - I won't mind whether we sign them from ManU or Bognor Regis.
  5. der Berliner
    Sky and German Bild say we might have been interested in Theofanis Gekas (Greek 30-year old striker plying his trade at relegated Eintracht Frankfurt), with the latter adding that we are bereft of money - now that we are out of Europe - though looking to "get enough together" till Wednesday. Wonder what happened to freebie Rhys Murphy and trialist Lopez ...
  6. der Berliner
    That is the problem with footballers. They tend to either develope, stagnate, or become worse. And this lousy bunch is hard to predict too. Adam has developed and big time. Good to see him flourish. For 1 Adam, there are 5 whio stagnate though, and 10 who drop by the wayside ... when they go to e.g. England. Wayside does mean that they play football in low key Championship, 1st and 2nd division teams ... and fall out of the main picture. As for the OP's headline, I have no clue whatsoever about the slagging of Ortiz. I see no reason for that, whenever he's on the park, he works his socks of and delivers more to a game than those people we shifted out there before - except Weiss (who basically is just Weiss) and Wylde (on occasion). 100% pro from what I have seen and well capable to handle all what the SPL will throw at him. Novo, for example, did not exactly ran riot in Scotland before we snatched him up from mighty Dundee.
  7. der Berliner
    Unless I am mistaken, our results these last few years in the CL/EL guaranteed the next Scottish champion direct entry again. The "horror scenario" this time around will affect the Scottish game in two years time, when we essentially have the same qualification stuff like this year.
  8. der Berliner
    (Did Danny actually ever started a thread on here with a positive undertone? Just out of interest.)
  9. der Berliner
    For about 12 months. Don't you think that it is vital (in every sense of the word) that we keep exactly those players that will be linked away to retain the title and head straight into the 15m-jackpot territory of the CL group phase next season?
  10. der Berliner
    A truly shameful week for football sayest Kevin McKenna in the Observer. Will have a cynical reply for his mutterings later on. For there is a lot of rubbish clad in this shroud of doom-mongering, IMHO.
  11. der Berliner
    I actually worked a few times at their training ground, as my company not only provides security for their Bundesliga matchdays (Olympiastadion Berlin, 50 to 75k people and all), but also to their training facilities every single day Zappa Well, essentially just a broadside at people who sure won't moan about this when we raised the last three titles. When we managed to keep ManU et al at bay, reached the UEFA Cup Final and the like. Methinks the fanbase was at arms with management and players alike during the LeGuen / Ferguson fiasco, though I doubt that any player these days has the "power" of a Ferguson withing the squad. What remains is that hardly anyone actually knows how hard or "weak" our players train from first hand experience. And you wonder what creates these sudden uproars and interest in somesuch. Has anyone actually ever checked how the rest of the SPL - or EPL for that matter - trains? To have some comparrison. Just asking ...
  12. der Berliner
    Will be glad to assist. On a sidenote, over at the German board* we have some sort of "Rangers Glossary". FF has so far (and for years - I have to add) decline to take somesuch up, but IMHO we need to tell the world out there what we are about and what we mean with our songs, our chants, and all that is connected to the club. *Post 2 onwards ... though some interestings links in Post 1 too.
  13. der Berliner
    As I said before, they were 18 weeks into their season and quality-wise not exactly amateurs either. We were just out of pre-season and surely not sharp enough. Said it before and say it again: 18 weeks means that Malm�¶ had the fitness and experience that we would have in November. Lets face up to them again in November and see how that ends.
  14. der Berliner
    Yes, but how do you (or anyone else on here) know how we prepare or train ahead of European games? Have we got any insiders at MP or are we just clinging to third party rumours and hearsay?
  15. der Berliner
    Not from what I have experienced first hand from my local Bundesliga team. 2 hours morning session, 2 hours in the afternoon and off with their BMWs et al. IMHO people simply over-react on here. They usually hardly have a clue about our training, yet lambast players and management about it. They trained well enough for 3IAR, no questions asked. They trained well enough for all our European games in the CL, no questions asked. Had they scored a couple or more without reply last night, no-one on here would raise a fitness or tactical problem issue. And no-one will raise that question if we wrap up No. 55 in May. Maybe you will listen to the former Sporting Lisbon coach?
  16. der Berliner
    How and what about the opposition? How many of these games have we lost then? Too many for some, for sure. I for one wouldn't just point out the bad facts here.
  17. der Berliner
    IMHO, what is criminal is not our training stuff et al, but the simple fact that teams have to face such vital games so early in the season. No matter how people like to turn it, we were essentially in pre-season when we faced Malm�¶. Thus, IMHO the sharpness wasn't there to score these sitters. Somesuch can and did come back to haunt us. Whether other players can help here remains to be seen, as they would equally suffer from this early season form. Obviously, Maribor weren't much farther in their season, but much like in every cup competition, results like that in Slovenia will happen. Have happened before and will happen again. It hardly gives an impression of the state of affairs in Scotland, nor the state of the current champions and league leaders of the SPL. I reserve my judgement on McCoist till December at the earliest. IMHO ... once we have settled into our rhythm and all the new players have found their feet,we'll get an impression how the "McCoist Regime" will work for our club. NB: You know why the likes of Roma have bowed out too? Lack of quality? Lack of training methods? More like ... the fact that the Seria A season has not even started by now.
  18. der Berliner
    European minnows such as us made a UEFA Cup Final in 2008 (or not?). European minnows such as us win 54 titles, three on the trott in these last few years (or not?). European minnows such as us are in good company in Europe, since about 99% of "us" are not Real Madrid, Barcelona, Chelsea, ManU and ManC - thus have no hope of winning major honours on a semi-regular basis.
  19. der Berliner
    The point remains that Fulham and Co. can offer that amount too and Jela will be tempted, as we all would. Wonder what will become of Rhys Murphy now. He, as a freebie, is worth a try.
  20. der Berliner
    Nope, he said that before the game. AFAIK we did try and bring players in from the day the season stopped. Yet, as people like to forget, wanting players is just the first step. I for one am absolutely delighted that we have acquired Bedoya, McKay and Bocanegra, as they had no second thoughts and joined up in no-time - no questions asked. Same with Goian and Wallace. That tells me: those chaps want to play for Rangers. What we now have to do is start building a settled and well trained squad over the course of the season, so that we can challenge for CL points next time with more than a transition team. BTW ... I for one wouldn't be surprised if a ManU or someone happens by with a 8m bid for Jelavic these next few days.
  21. der Berliner
    The co-commentator at the game tonight (Andrew Dickson Rangers Media) said that we are still actively looking at attacking players with up to two being targetted. Obviously, the quality of these targets and their willingness to come might have hinged on our involvement in Europe.
  22. der Berliner
    I would assume that if Maribor is not beaten by 4 clear goals, they will think about appealing. For the worst thing would be that UEFA reverse to first leg score to a 3-0 in Maribor's favour. Of course, UEFA would stretch their own rules doing this, as the requirements do not exactly state anything about visas et al.
  23. der Berliner
    Wylde - I never wanted to quit sayest The Scottish Sun
  24. der Berliner
    Re Beattie ... when he's fit, he hardly makes the bench, Healy's ahead of him it seems, and Hemmings is/was the u21 option. We gave Healy an extension to his contract, but hardly play him either. To me, the best thing for Rangers and Beattie is if he moves on - hence I assume he's bound to go (thus, just MHO). There sure is a Championship or Division One team that needs an experienced striker such as him. It would have been interesting to see a Healy and Beattie partnership up front, but Rangers can hardly afford such a trials & tribulations line-up. We - as we all know - want success and thus we will play our best line-up as often and as consistently as possible. IMHO, I wouldn't be surprised if we loan some young chap like Lopez (where's he gone, BTW?) or sign up Rhys Murphy (20), for they could fill the u21 bench places and add some good quality too - no disrespect to our folk here.
  25. der Berliner
    On a sidenote, the BBC article on the topic says that it failed because of its late delivery. Yet, Maribor has 3 days to appeal this. I checked the UEFA website and they have not even put the initial Maribor story on their website. You wonder where the BBC gets its information from.
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