les186
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Jim Baxter and Wullie Henderson, my heroes!
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Merry Christmas everybody!
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Tavernier's and Wallace's final ball into the box has recently been woeful. Although to be fair at times there is little to aim at. Let's hope for a big improvement against Hibs.
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It's a difficult one. I condemn Multinationals like Starbucks, Amazon and Google for paying little or no Corporation Tax, but I still use them. Jimmy Carr was widely condemned for tax avoidance and quickly withdrew from the scheme. We will probably all have a good gloat if Neil Lennon has to repay HMRC after using his tax avoidance scheme.
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On STV last night a "tax expert" was asked if HMRC could pursue individuals to recover tax from the EBT scheme. He replied that as many of the beneficiaries were foreigners this would be too difficult. David Murray was the biggest beneficiary and I would have thought he could be pursued quite easily. This might be an incentive perhaps for SDM to dig into his pockets to fund an appeal to the Supreme Court?
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Baxter and McMillan didn't get kicked much.
Two reasons. One, they were helluva hard to get at. Two, Harry Davis was riding shotgun.
I admire Warburton's philsophy. I have no qualifications to argue with his team selections but it is useful to have a tough guy around. A proper tough guy. Not a headcase.
Baxter got his leg broken against Vienna Rapid I think. Baxter was in great form and taking the piss a bit when one of the Rapid players lost the plot, jumped in and broke Baxter's leg. After Pele got carried off at the 1966 World Cup Fifa decided that players like him did need protection and instructed referees to punish players who set out to maim opposition threats.
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Oh I think he's made mistakes, I just think that in the passing of time we might look back and think we were actually very lucky to have a manager who was a strong character and had currency with both the media and the support that the directors didn't. His reputation has been tarnished, without a doubt, but in time I think we might view this period differently. It's terrifying to think what might have happened had our manager been someone Green or Ahmed appointed.
It's not a perfect analogy but Churchill was a terrible politician and an even worse Prime Minister in peacetime, but we were lucky to have him during the WW2.
McCoist was either complicit in the frauds that were occurring during his management or he was just thick?
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According to Tom Miller of RTV, it's the pioneer sound.
That's apparently what Tavernier himself said in an interview according to BBC Scotland.
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That was a stunning 'Spurs team.
At Ibrox I remember standing next to the touchline wall and seeing the Spurs full back just chipping the ball over a Rangers player's head to a team mate, I was impressed and realised Rangers were not the best team in the world Spurs went on to win the tournament that year, the first British team to win a European trophy I think.
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On the plus side, the photo of the players out drinking on Saturday only shows a few of our players, so it's not necessarily as if the full squad was out getting hammered.
The rest of the squad was at an AA meeting .
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Jim Baxter was the most talented Rangers player I've seen in my lifetime but heavy drinking cut short his playing career and also reduced his chances of playing at a much higher level. I hope the drinking culture in Scotland is not as bad as it was in my youth but I doubt it.
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It does my head in when I see Scottish players out drinking.
Reminded of the Scottish players drinking in their hotel bar during the 78 World Cup in Argentina, which was shown on the national news on a regular basis. After Don Masson missed a penalty against Peru it was reported that he was so distraught that he stayed in his room. Not so, there he was with a big beery face and not a care in the world knocking them back in the bar.
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I'll have a go this season
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I assume more than one person/company can sponsor the same player. Some of the players' shirts might look like formula 1 racing drivers except .....?
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Law is not good enough. Like the rest of the players signed by McCoist they can produce on rare occasions but not often enough. Warburton has his work cut out.
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We need players who can get behind defences and cut the ball back. Last season we didn't have any players who could do that, certainly not often enough. The goal against QoS in the play-offs at Ibrox springs to mind. Whether Warburton can coach the likes of Templeton to do that remains to be seen. We certainly haven't signed anybody to make an improvement in the attacking sense and I don't see us doing so .
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Gascoigne was a great entertainer and domestically did really well, but I thought he was bought for Europe and at that level he failed.
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I missed that Dundee drubbing. It was foggy in Glasgow that day. I got as far as Paisley Road Toll on the trolley bus to be told that the game was off. I think Rangers played Dundee in the League Cup section qualifiers that year and at Ibrox despite much pressing Ian Ure was everywhere for Dundee and secured a draw.
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Le Tissier. The guy was magic, always hoped Rangers would sign him even at the end of his career. If low fee and relatively low wage then I'd take a chance on Vuckic.
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Paddy McCourt!
Paddy McCourt and Darren O'Dea
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Regarding Ally McCoist D'Art, not that I'm saying he will necessarily, but I would expect him to invest almost every single penny he's made while on gardening leave since December back into the Club via the next share issue and further share issues. Doing that would help his reputation in a big way.
As for you referring to yourself as a lemming for buying a ST and the general subject of fans buying season tickets, the bottom line is that due to the Club's cost base the sales of season tickets are imperative to it's survival and even more so during a rebuilding process like the Club currently has on it's hands.
What I will say though, is that appointing McCall as permanent manager for 2 or 3 seasons will give ST sales an absolute pounding. Hopefully the board are aware of this fact.
Jings! Zappa your faith in Ally is unshakeable. I remember you advocating that McCoist should get another chance to prove himself in the Championship despite the realisation by most punters that Rangers were crap and would struggle against better opposition. If he does invest his "ill gotten gains" in Rangers I will hold my hands up, but I doubt it.
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McInnes no. He'd probably bring Robson and Gollum with him.
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Football fans around the country have done so for many a year, it's hardly an unkown situation. Managers can leave the day after you buy your season ticket too, as can players. People you hate can be signed. You don't go and ask to return your ticket, you go and see your team. In our case, the Rangers.
You are not going to sell a lot of season tickets on the basis of fans' loyalty. You need something to excite the fans. The prospect of more dire football after the last 3 years will drive more fans away.
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I don't think it is fair to expect fans to buy STs before seeing who the new manager is and who he brings in. If it is going to be another Ally McCoist type bringing in overpaid duds then what a waste of money. Perhaps Rangers will have to rely on fans paying at the gate to see decent players playing good football. In the meantime perhaps Mr King could dip into his pocket as promised.
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Transfer Deadline Day: Michael O'Halloran signs until 2020
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The win against Hibs restores my faith that Rangers can win the Championship with the present squad of players. As others have said we need to strengthen in the summer if we want to challenge in the top league.