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  1. der Berliner
    Summer football? It is quite interesting that in one thread you denounce the Swedes and their ability, ignoring their vastly greater playing experience this season. While in the other you speak about us being better prepared if we would play summer football? The solution is pretty simple: UEFA should pair teams from leagues with summer football for these qualifiers, and teams who have just started pre-season. Even better, UEFA should just drop this Champions' League rubbish, use the co-efficient or even more better, the ranking of each relevant team in Europe, and start a real Europa League with 3 divisions, playing in midweek. As it is now, and it will be for years to come - UEFA uses the big and grand nations and their teams to get money ... and feed crumps tp the rest. And do not assume that the rest solely includes us and some no-hopers. We are in good company of about 70% of Europe's footballing nations. BTW, just in case you forgot, summer football is really fine. We would be prepared to each CL qualifying season ... up until November. Then we'd have a winter break and play bounce games to keep ourselves sharp for any CL or Europa League games (ask Trondheim et al how they do this.). Now imagine we manage it all the way to the final stages in May, when the league season in sunny Scotland would start anew. Playing football all year long, no breaks for the players. THAT will be fun ... for the first year and the fans ...
  2. der Berliner
    This, with all due respect, is rubbish. Europe starts every season anew and we have every chance to get into the CL on a regular basis. Now check on those teams "our targets" chose and ask for their ambitions. Look at how many EPL teams have managed European Finals during this last decade! And then compare how much money they all had to spend during that time. If it were not for UEFA's favouritism towards the money spinning grand nations of European football, only a handful of German, English, French, Italian or Spanish teams would give you CL football. And they would not barter in the same market like we do. Europe is a bonus. Always has been, always will be. And there will always be times of exultation and times of dispair. But that happens to all teams who play this funny old game. Last night, we were e.g. in the good company of Dynamo Kiev and Panathinaikos Athens ... who are about our standing in the world of European football.
  3. der Berliner
    Indeed! They rather sign for ... Blackburn, Cardiff, Mallorca and the like. IMHO, we'll use the Bougherra money to sign Juhasz. Davidson and either or both of the Murphys might join up too, for all of them will improve themselves in signing for Rangers. BTW, to some people, playing for this great club is a life's ambition, for they know it will hardly ever become better.
  4. der Berliner
    Not sure about the McCulloch rating, he's usually a rather "invisible" man, but breaks opponents up and is a more steady person in the centre. Shifted to CD once Bougie was off, with Edu on his right hand side. Might be hold responsible for the goal, yet Jelavic was fouled during the build-up and it was a stunning strike, like the one at Ibrox. I do think that they won't score in 9 out of 10 attempts to equal that. Furthermore, McCulloch also stopped a dangerous run before the goal. So a 6 for me. All in all, very proud of the way we played (reds aside), guts, guile, and spirit aplenty. Jela, Naismith, Edu, Wallace, Ortiz and especially Davis did not deserve to be on a losing side.
  5. der Berliner
    Obviously, nigh all people involved simply ignore that a great percentage of the songs are meant to be football banter. Thus they judge it utterly out of context ...
  6. der Berliner
    ... and hence we can only sign him on loan again. If Arsene finally makes his mind up.
  7. der Berliner
    IMHO it is a post-war West-Germany / Netherlands thing ... and very much related to football at that. Started roundabout the 1988 European Championships, if I remember correctly. (Not saying that some Dutch dislike the Germans because of WW II as well.)
  8. der Berliner
    ... add Broadfoot (fit), Hutton, Ness (both ready to step up now), Fleck (one never knows), and two quality youngsters in Bendiksen and Hemmings. We've potentially lost just one player, Bougherra.
  9. der Berliner
    Yeah, the very interesting debate about what "sectarianism" actually means. It would have been a good idea, if Ms. Findlay had given their explanation about this then, and why she would (if she does, that is) regard Rangers songs sectarian. And which songs in particular, of course. I mean, we hardly ever hear FTP and TBB these last dozen or so months at Rangers games - yet the less we hear them, the louder the "always offended" bark once someone does indeed dare to utter those vile words. Whether within a football ground or otherwise. Which brings me to the point: these songs of the hooped horrors, Ms. Findlay, how would you term them? "Whatever it is ... " is lacking intellect. Intentionally, I may add.
  10. der Berliner
    We'll never know until he opens his heart in one of the rags after signing for Rovers. It could well be that other matters are involved here and some Tangerine "father figure" bade him to move out of Scotland or the like, mum told him so, or whatever. As I said before, all these contracts were and are signed by Goodwillie, so he sure is responsible for that.
  11. der Berliner
    At the end of last week we apparently had money set aside for Goodwillie, Verhoek, and Juhasz. By the looks of it, we don't need the Goodwillie instant cash, we may not need the Verhoek instant cash, and we get 3m for Bougherra (I assume the Quatar folk pay up front). That should be enough to make Juhasz a formality.
  12. der Berliner
    Remember that what you read in the press and related media does not equal what is actually being said and done. It looks all the way that Goodwillie has been patronized by the Dundee United hierarchy. They made him sign his extention, they did not allow him to speak with Rangers, and they essentially forced his hand in this deal ... while at the same time sending half a dozen of their better players packing at the end of last season free transfers. They wanted to squeeze as much money as possible out of this deal, and did not want that Goodwillie comes back to haunt them during the season. We simply did not bow to their silly demands and money-squeezing antics. Sure, McCoist apparently wanted the guy badly, but there's no need to bow to all their wishes at first glance. Goodwillie is no Naismith (2m) nor a Jelavic (4m).
  13. der Berliner
    Because they want to be �¼ber-correct :-D ... and on a nitpicking sidenote, English, Dutch and German are actually all West Germanic dialects ... As for Ajax and this guy, remember that Austrian sources claimed that we have already signed this Nigerian defender from Salzburg on a free, weeks ago. No word on that either.
  14. der Berliner
    Size 80 concrete boots maybe?
  15. der Berliner
    If true, we never really had a chance. To sign for Ajax is essentially the same for a Dutch footballer as would be signing for Barca or Real for a Spaniard. Let's nail the Murphys down and snap the Hungarian up. BTW, if you take the Goodwillie and Verhoek money, we should still have enough cash to spend on a decent target or two.
  16. der Berliner
    Those early 1990s "Rangers embroidered" blue ones were stunning. This, IMHO, is just another "off the rack" style thing, pretty similar to the second strip. I actually liked our 3rd strip of last season, i.e. the All Black - title winning one, so different to all this red, white, and blue that we had for decades. Which is not to say I do not like the colours, of course.
  17. der Berliner
    Well, the assumption by UEFA and Co. is most likely that those "corporate" guests do not belong to the singing masses who usually attend football matches and cause bother. Obviously, it should be pointed out that UEFA's jurisdiction begins and ends at the stadium gates. So if Rangers supporters walk through the streets of Malm�¶ and sing to their hearts' content - even the "banned" songs - there is nothing in this world to prevent them from their freedom of speech. Bar common sense, of course. Of course, it is very strange indeed that all sorts of people within Scotland think they have the "freedom of UEFA" when talking about "sectarianism" and "bigotry", or take these rulings into their own hands.
  18. der Berliner
    You're in for a cracker?
  19. der Berliner
    As I said before, if people want to blame anyone, blame the lad himself. Fair enough if he wants to finance his old club. Not fair enough if he wants us to do this. Let's plungs some EPL riches into the SPL too, no need that we finance the league all day long. The one thing I do not understand his why we are still bidding. Then again, maybe Whyte quietly asked Thompson for a little poker game, so the Tangerines can squeeze more money out of the Rovers ...
  20. der Berliner
    Even later is this from STV Fifth bid fails. Why can't he just sign and be done with it?
  21. der Berliner
    Don't rely on the first rumour you hear. Hence my post above. I have learned a decade ago that whether pro or con, you should wait at least 24 hours or for an official statement of the club ere jumping about for joy or dispair. BTW, regarding transfer dealings, I posted this over at FF a few minutes ago: Ahem ... maybe you read the following carefully, start to think and then make your next posting. 1 - Wanting a player does not mean getting a player. 2 - Wanting a player is the first step in a long list. 3 - Does his old club want to sell? 4 - Sell for a reasonable fee? 5 - Does the player want to leave? (E.g. family, yes, they have somesuch ...) 6 - Does the player want to leave for Rangers? 7 - Does the player want to leave for the sunny SPL? 8 - Does he want a certain pay which we can afford? 9 - Are we able to do all this without bursting the budget? 10 - If all is a goer and another team from even the sunnier (ahem richer-rewarding) EPL happens by, will he chose them over us? 11 - Is there interest from better leagues? (Spain, Italy, Germany, you name it.) 12 - Who does the actual talking? (Agents, you know ...) 13 - And who exactly owns the players and wants a bite from the cherry? ... add to this at your pleasure. And then remind your self that Whyte does no transfer dealings, at least as far as I am aware. (BTW, thank you to all participants to getting this thread through the 300k post barrier! You're awesome! )
  22. der Berliner
    IMHO, the press loves this new negative spin. Bougherra for the off. Goodwillie is Rovers, not Rangers bound. And now add to that the supposed cooled interest in Verhoek. Based on a week old news about Odonkor! When we have put in new bids for the Dutchman long after Odonkor was taken on? Odonkor, who is a right winger, while Verhoek plays on the left. Yes, I can see where these "news" are coming from. Just wait till Malm�¶ manages the unthinkable. The press will have us "relegated" by the end of the week, due to loss of money and HMRC and whatever suits their fancy.
  23. der Berliner
    Well, for some reason I do believe that the whole Goodwillie stuff was sort of a smokescreen to cover other dealings. Possibly somewhat naive, but still a gut feeling. That is not to say we aren't interested in getting Goodwillie too, since he sure is a good striker after all.
  24. der Berliner
    That 4th bid for Goodwillie came after he talked to Blackburn?
  25. der Berliner
    As long as Ally has a decent replacement up his sleeve, I am not really bothered. That said, I'd be satisfied if we get Verhoek, as Jelavic and Naismith look in the mood, and for some reason I think that we have adequate subs in Lafferty, Healy and Hemmings. Wouldn't mind Murphy though ...
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