theboyharley

Not again Rangers, please lets hold on to our better players in Jan.

Can previous winners enter this competition haha

Have you seen Pulis's reply. Its good. Wenger is a cracking manager, but he needs to learn to lose with a bit more grace.

Cracking read Frankie. . . Cant argue with any of it. I also feel the celebrity in football is having an adverse affect. The fact that nowadays, Pundits, presenters, agents and chairman and others of that ilk can become celebrity for their association with football clubs is contributing to the overall detriment of our game. The worst culprits are perhaps journalists though, who are continually ruining our game so they can further their career. Guys like Andy Walker, who argued against everyone and anyone when he started as a radio pundit are going to attract listeners and viewers and cause controversy. The fact that the moronic minorities of clubs supporters can phone in to radio stations and voice their opinions isnt helping football. We'll soon be sitting in our seats on a Saturday unable to sing anything about the team we love.

HAHA was gonna put keep him in, but then laughed at work and people saw when i saw the third choice. This is how i am going to explain my decision:thup:

Someone should turn this into a poll.

Im really not a massive fan of chopping and changing goal-keepers so im unsure. I do feel Alexander can come in and do a job though so I reckon it might well happen

How many times has Stevie G done that now. Liverpool have a habit of leaving it late in the champions league. I love watching them in the CL, something about them

aye very good cheldo

I thought he was coming as a wing back type player. Im sure that was the case but he could be used as a midfielder if need be

Arsenal - Spurs - 3-0 Liverpool v Portsmouth - 3-1 Hull v Chelsea - 0-2 Man Utd v West Ham - 2-0 Aston Villa v Blackburn - 3-1 Bolton v Everton - 1-3 Fulham v Wigan - 0-2 Boro v Man City - 0-2 Stoke v Sunderland - 0-1

Dont see this happening at all tbh. Im not sure Kirk would do that well in the Championship.

Get wee Nacho in the team. I think the only people who wouldnt be happy are the Celtic section of the support. Why not, if Deco can play for Portugal, then why cant Nacho play for us, i know not the same thing but why not. Of course we'd rather have a team of scots but would you rather not qualify with a team of Scots or Qualify with a few quality additions who werent Scottish. Id rather no-one took advantage of this but if others are, then we should follow in their path.

Id consider it also. Hmmm im gonna have a think about that actually

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Does seem a strange one tbh. I dont think its right that clubs increase the ticket price for the Old Firm, but they can do it as they know they will always sell them at that price. Interesting what Bain is saying about in the bleaker weather, i reckon a few supporters will stay away if it means having to queue in horrible weather to get a ticket. Doesnt seem to help the supporters anyways

Ah didnt realise this. Even if we offer him to someone in January we could save some money on his wages

I really wanted the wee man to do well for us but i think his chance has come and gone. He will hang about til we eventually pay him off. He had great potential at one point but he is far too inconsistent and added to the fact he is very injury prone then he just wont make the grade. I remember Villareal coming to Ibrox a few years ago and Bukey was singled out as our main threat. How times change

I know we've had a few debates about finances recently but im hoping this grim picture painted by one of them is more in hope than in fact. While income and expenditure both turned slightly against Celtic last season, it was bonanza time at Ibrox where Rangers published record turnover as a result of the double bounty; Champions League group stage income followed by a run to the Uefa Cup final in Manchester. Celtic turnover (t/o) was �£75.237m compared to Rangers �£64.452m, but Rangers outsource their merchandising operation, including only a licence payment from JJB Sports in the figures, whereas the Celtic figure includes total income from merchandising sales. Celtic earned �£16.092m from merchandising sales, contributing a margin of �£4.8m in a financial year without the release of a new home shirt. When Rangers signed the JJB deal in 2006 they revealed they would earn �£3m each year, plus �£1.45m amortised in the Profit and Loss account (P&L) but paid at the start of the contract in 2006, criteria was in place to provide for bonus payments should unspecified targets be achieved. It was, therefore, with some astonishment that no bonus payments were earned, despite the unprecedented proliferation of Rangers merchandise walking the streets ahead of the Manchester riot. I understand that the bonus is dependent on progress to the latter stages of the Champions League, which ironically would have sold a lot less kit for JJB; it appears Rangers had overlooked a clause for Uefa Cup progress. The big area of interest from a financial statement is the indication of where a company is heading next. Celtic will earn at least �£70m this season but if they finish higher than bottom place in the Champions League group stage they should reach �£75m. By contrast, Rangers are looking at financial Armageddon. In 2004-05 they earned �£34.48m (from continuing operations), a whopping �£30m less than last season, but 2004-05 included four home European games, each with TV rights, compared to only one this season. �£34m will be the upper limit of their income potential this season; it will be less still, unless a good run in the domestic cups includes high-earning home games, a whole �£40m less than what I expect from Celtic and still �£28m less than the Celtic figure adjusted for comparable merchandise income. Celtic salary costs were �£38.981m, a �£2.5m increase on the previous season, compared to �£34.339m at Rangers, up a massive �£10.1m on 2007. The latter figure will in part reflect incentive payments for European progress, although the clutch of new signings who arrived at the club in 2007 will make up the bulk of the increase. In a masterstroke of business acumen, Rangers chief executive, Martin Bain, appears to have included the Uefa Cup in bonuses to be paid, but not on bonuses earned. I was delighted to learn that Rangers pay more for the remarkably unpopular Bain (�£668k) than Celtic pay for 'Self Appointed Football-Integrity Judge and Jury' (W.Smith), Peter Lawwell (�£514k). Although perhaps Bain's remuneration also reflected Uefa Cup progress. You would think that with such big numbers flowing into his own bank account the whole 'What will be get if we do well in the Uefa Cup?' question would be at the front of his mind when he negotiated with JJB. Football club's P&L income figures do not include player sales, with are recorded on the balance sheet, so Rangers sale of Cuellar will bring in �£7.8m more than the income figure, which itself will be offset in cash terms by the �£1.45m banked back in 2006 from JJB. Before they start to spend on extravagances like footballers, clubs have considerable costs to pay. Rates, electricity, property maintenance, policing, to name only a few, cost Celtic �£15.395m. Rangers figure was higher than this, perhaps as a result of exceptional items resulting from the run to the Uefa Cup final, so the previous year's cost of �£16.262m will be a better indicator of costs this year, which is just �£18m less than their anticipated income available for football and other operations. By comparison, Celtic will have in the region of �£45m available for football and other operations when adjusted for the merchandise sales difference. Net bank debt at Celtic was �£3.52m compared to Rangers' �£21.559m but while Celtic are set to come out of debt in May (barring an exceptional expense in January), Rangers net year-end debt is likely to rise beyond �£30m unless significant steps are taken to sell players in January. Celtic are in an exceptionally strong financial position. They can survive the vagaries of football fortune, or economic downturn, without the threat of cutback should income dip. Conversely, Rangers are in dire trouble. This year will not be financially the worst Sir David Murray has bestowed on his club, but it will make for horrendous reading to any prospective buyer of the club and provide further evidence that they are hopelessly adrift of financial security. Winning the league this season and qualifying for next season's Champions League will not provide succour from their structural problems, it would only result in a temporary slowdown in decline. Rangers debt has risen inextricably, and is set to continue to rise, at a time when bank facilities have become more difficult and expensive to acquire. Should new HBOS owners, Lloyds TBS, take fright at the property-to-football conglomerate, Murray International Holdings, which includes Rangers, frankly, the consequences are so dramatic, I don't think we should discuss them, as I have trouble sleeping when I get too excited. We live in a time when things which simply cannot happen, happen. When some of last year's most credit-worthy companies in the world have gone into receivership; when one of the centuries-old pillars of the Scottish business community crumbled in days. No company dependent on a significant increase in its debt is safe. Rangers Football Club, 1873 - 20??

Either way, its bang out of order. The scum on both halfs of the old firm are ruining it for the rest of us.

Our set pieces absolutely baffle me. You'd think even a few hours a week working on crosses etc would produce better results. We are woeful at corners and Frankies right, we have been for years now. Another reason we should've signed Robson when we had the chance. His corners are far and away the best in the country. Even Hartley's corners are better than Novo, Adam and Thomsons attempts. Disgrace i think for players of that level

I live right at Firhill mate and there is plenty of parking. If you know where the student villiage is, you should park in there. Then you arent even 5 mins away from the stadium. Head for Murano St Murano St Loyal

im at work and cant see the pic

That guy is hilarious. He posts every week something about Rangers, Brilliant

Cueller will get into the Villa team. Its hard to oust a partnership thats started the season reasonably well. Can be unsettling for the team. Especially at the heart of defence. O'Neill will bleed him in gently. Come Xmas, i'd expect him in the first team. He made his decision and left. Good luck to him but he wont be back at Ibrox any time soon