CammyF
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The earliest WC I can remember was 1974 where Scotland had a fantastic qualifying campgain and were unlucky in the WC itself. In fact, Billy Bremner missed a sitter in the game against Brazil that would have seen us qualify
As for this years final, not really the spectical that we all wanted - The Italians were very good in the first half but dire during the 2nd half and the extra-time periods. They did exicute their pens well.
As fo ZZ, what a terrible way to end a brilliant career and no matter what The Matrix said to him, their is no excusing his actions.
IMO - a very poor WC final to end a very poor WC
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Thats a good point Cammy.
Although i do agree with you in that repect, i think half of my heart is ruling on this as Ricksen only played to the best of his abilities for one season.... when he needed a new contract.
Gazza was a great talent and a great coup/servant for the club and the fans loved him pretty much the whole time he was at Ibrox.
His off-field antics were a whole lot worse than Ricksen's (that we know of) though, and wouldnt have survived under DA or PLG.
Chris, but form / talant / skill shouldn't be the defining character when it comes to disipline.
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Whilst not condoning FR's behaviour or criticising PLG's actions, how many of us would have reacted the same way if WS and sacked Gazza for any of his wild antics?
I am not a fan of FR and had hoped that last season would spell the end of his Rangers career. AM tried to give him the chop, but David Murray fearing a substantial loss persuaded AM to keep Ricksen. This was after an incident in Greece where Rickson pushed John McClelland into a pool - McClelland can't swin and had to be rescued. Both JMc and AM wanted Rickson sacked, DM talked them round.
However, like I said above, Gazza was as guilty, if not more so than Rickson and I think we would have been up in arms if he had been sacked.
This is an unsavoury incident that I hope concludes one way or another very soon - we don't have any substanstial funds to pay him off and or sign a replacement, so it may be that this is a 'final warning' to FR
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Definately a good signing because he scored some very important goals for us. If anyone thinks him signing for us was a bad move they need their head read. Maybe the only slight negative thing about it was it meant McCoist had to make do with sitting on the bench instead of starting games.
Overall though it was a good signing.
Agreed that it was initially a good signing as it put the Tims back a few years, but given Ally's scoring record, before, during and after MoJo was sold on, I think the McCoist Hateley partnership was a better bet than MoJo Ally or MoJo and Hateley.
Also, I'll never forget (or even forgive?) MoJo for headbutting Stuart Munro during a Skol Cup Final and his actions directed at the Rangers fans that afternoon.
In saying that, he got my support whilst playing from Rangers but in hindsight (and yeah, its a great thing), I believe his signing could have resulted in us missing out on one of the greatest goal-scoring partnerships in our history.
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I phone home from a 'lads holiday' in Kavos from my old man to inform me that Rangers had signed Mo Johnston. I didn't believe him and continued drinking myself into obvillion. It wasn't until I saw a copy of the Sun a few days later that I realised that it was true...
The day that rocked / shocked Scottish Football? A good or bad signing?
Discuss.....!
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As someone who used to religiously purchase both the match-day programme and the Rangers News (I have programmes dating back to the 50�s and 60�s as well as most home programmes from the 80�s and 90�s) and Rangers News (I have most editions from 77 until the early-mid 90�s), I would like to see both publications give space, if not all control to the fans. This would mean the Programme and News would raise and address the issues that currently face our club.
Currently, neither tackles any issues that we face and with no disrespect meant, I for one do not want to read about someone�s dog who barks the theme tune to MOTD whilst wearing a Rangers top. Our club publications should be written by the fans, for the fans. It should address topics like the recent UEFA investigation / fine and allow the fans a real insight as to what went on there and what the club are planning to do about this in the short, medium and long term.
They should also carry in-depth interviews with the new manager and his staff along with the captain and players. The Chairman should also be questioned regularly on things like debt, transfer budget and process, the youth development fiasco etc, etc, etc.
I am sure most fans are more interested in the above than they are of what Burke and Boyd prefer for breakfast and what was the last tune that they downloaded. The Rangers Historian is a sporadic publication that gives great insight to the history of our club and IMO, would be ideal for the programme and News. Robert McElroy knows more about our club than most and would be ideal for writing his thoughts etc in the official publications. Same goes with fanzine contributors, these guys are fans and talk about issues that are fans minds.
The official web-site also needs an overhaul and The Rangers Historian MUST have a place on any official on-line site. Where better to give visitors an in-sight to our great club? In saying that, they must also remove the registration to the site as it is a hindrance and no doubt stops casual browsers (who arte potential fans) from easily accessing information.
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Seriously? You sat at Ibrox last season and watched so many more pish games where the standard was truly awful.
I'd say 2002 was way worse than 2006.
Aye, but Rangers are my team...
I seriously thought that the standard of play was rotten and added to the play-acting and cheating, it added up to be the worst WC that I can remember.
Cammy F
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Didn't watch many games as I thought the standard was VERY POOR - maybe the worst WC that I can remember...
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In the Sunday Herald looking at the grass-roots level of Scottish Football (and the lack of care / finance by the SFA) and the SFA's lack of interest in a 'Team GB' etc
http://www.sundayherald.com/56634
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I wasn't saying anything regarding 'arm-chair fans' - just asked the question as to who should be paying more - the people who follow their clubs everywhere, or the fans whom, for whatever reason, watch the games in the comfort of their house. Before the introduction of live football, me and my friends would regularly go to local games if and when Rangers weren't playing, or playing on a Sunday. In those days, it was cheap enough for us to do this - we would go to see the Shire, Falkirk, DAFC, Hearts, Hibs, Stenhousemuir, Alloa etc.
Take Boro in Europe last season - there was a story of the 100 or so fans who had travelled to all the games, home and away and it had cost them in the region of £10,000 each. Now, I seen most of the Boro games in the UEFA Cup for nothing - doesn't seem fair to me.
Now, take Arsenal - they are charging over £1000 per season ticket from their new stadium - season ticket holders getting ripped off IMO.
IMO, the 'arm chair fans' should be the fans that the club charge the most for the simple reason that they aren't actively following the club and the fans who do go week in, week out shouldn't have their loyality rewarded with huge and over priced ticket prices.
I could watch all Rangers away games on Sentanta (plus shit loads more football) for £180 per year - but I prefer to go and watch the game live. For that chose I get charged £36 at Parkhead, £25-28 pounds at Easter Road and Tynecastle and over £20 for every other away ground.
IMO the ticket prices should be lowered and the price for watching the game on Sentanta increased. This *may* actually force more people to get out and watch the games putting more money into the game that smaller clubs really need.
And, if the prices for tickets were lower, then the attendences would increase. I can not remember the last time I was at a Rangers away game and there wasn't loands of tickets from sale outside the ground (for the home end as well as the away end).
As I said, this wasn't questioning whether the 'armchair fans' were any less of a fan than someone who doesn't miss a game - it was about who should pay more for the privilage of watching football.
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That's bollocks by the way, losing out to a diddy team in France who aren't even in Europe.
But they met the asking price, we didn't (couldn't / wouldn't).
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SO PLG defeats Linfield 2-0 with AM's team - what was the score last season......
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I think Scotland will struggle in what is a very hard qualifying group. I hope WS takes the chance to establish young players like Stevie Smith, Burke and Boyd into the team with a view to qualifying for the next world cup. I would be great to qualify for the Euro's but I'd like to see us concentrate on the WC and do all we can to ensure we qualify for that.
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Welcome to The Rangers Family JC...
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Shite!
How can a wee diddy French team afford to pay out �£3.5M for Elmander? They're not even in ANY european competition next season either.
I'm gutted!
TV money - as simple as that....
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.... for Toullose (sp)...
According to Swedish press reports, he is about to join the French club for a fee in the region of �£3.5M
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Ponroy is on as well, don't know who for....
EDIT - Fan Fan is off replaced by Ponroy
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Rangers Subs
Adam - Handami
Murray - Rae
Stanger - Buffel
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Doc Ian Murray
just said that the injury isn't serious...Wonder if we'll ever be treated to that half-time entertainment at Ibrox
Cammy F - NO RTV, so keeping uptodate on the web Loyal RSC
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As Dick Advocaat once said, some players would pick Huddersfield over Rangers because it's in England....
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Good finish from Buffel... I'm getting text updates from Del (cheers Del)
Heard Craptic were getting beaten 2-0....
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>> Is it? People are saying diff things. Rangers TV, Setanta......
Rangers TV I think.....
Craptic game is on Craptic TV
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Ricksen?
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As he should - but like I said, what would the reaction have been if it was WS and Gazza? Gazza had more 'final warnings' then most, and was lucky to escape jail for domestic violence.
I don't want FR anywhere the team this season, but that is down to my opinion that he is an absolute nightmare of a football player. This latest incident shows how selfish the man is, but again, that is something that could have been labeled at Gazza also.
Anyone who brings down the name of RFC deserves to be punished, but when Duncan Ferguson landed in jail, most Rangers fans backed / supported him.
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