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With us interested in Tonnel from Sporting then there could be some substance in Boogie being moved on. However, we should be looking for a long-term partner for Boogie. Heard a rumour that we are also looking to bring young Jonny Evans from Man United on loan in January. SAF is looking to get the youngster some first team football, so why is he thinking about letting him come to Rangers Cammy F

.... and I'm betting any abuse that he would receive wouldn't come from our side. As siad above, if he's good enough, get him signed. Cammy F

It might not be, but untried and untested partnership is a risk IMO - it appears that Boyd and Miller have an understanding and are looking like a genuine partnership - that element may be harder to replace. Cammy F

Doesn't your mind play tricks on you? I remembered Ginzburg as a keeper from the early to mid-80's - it turns out he was with us from 89-91 and played 4 games - http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=16189 Cammy F

Yes, but at the rear of the enclosure(s), there was only ever a line of cops seperating the fans....... Cammy F

Can't agree, JCD hasn't shown either the passing ability, the knowledge of off the ball running, or the goal-scoring that Miller has shown so far this season. As for Novo, as much as I love the wee man, his best season was the helicopter season playing upfront with Prso - that season apart, he hasn't been consistant enough. Great 'impact' player tho. Cammy F

Yeah, think it stopped around the time Souness took over. I started going regularly in the early 80's (1982-83 season) and can remember them being in the West Enclosure, West Main Stand, Broomie and part of the Govan. In fact, at the rear of the enclosure, you were only seperated from the MOPES by a line of cops :devil: Can only ever remember getting the Rangers end and part of the Main Stand at Parkhead and was only in the main stand once. Cammy F

This picture is borrowed from another forum - can any of the posters remember the days when the MOPES were housed in the West Enclosure, West of Main Stand, Broomie and a section of the Govan? Or when we were housed in the jungle, Rangers End and part of the main stand at Parkhead? Back in the day, the grounds were basically split 50-50 for Old Firm games. I can remember being in the Main Stand at Parkhead (Davie Cooper scored with a HEADER) and can remember the days of them getting half of Ibrox. Can't remember getting part of the jungle, but my old can. PS - another example of how our scarves SHOULD be displayed Cammy F - Old Skool Loyal RSC

IIRC, it was Theo Snelders who replaced Goram when he was dropped. IMO, Alexander was and is an able deputy for McGregor - in fact, don't thing Alexander deserved to be dropped at the start of the season, or when he replaced the below-par McGregor this season. Cammy F

No matter the reasons, he should be dropped before costing us more vital points. Cammy F

Boyd And Miller – A Partnership To Win Us The League? Whilst the 7-1 romp on Saturday against 10-man Hamilton was a marked improvement on recent results, and given the fact that the team appeared to be more balanced than in recent times, it was the reappearance of the Boyd/Miller partnership that rightly captured the headlines and was the topic of conversation and debate post-match. There is no doubting that the reintroduction of Davis, Papac and Beasley ensured that the team was balanced and that we had an outlet out-wide. Consensus on how effective Beasley is to the team is divided, but it can’t be denied that an outlet wide helps develop the play, negates the need to thump long and aimless balls forward and gains us possession and set-pieces at the business end of the pitch. However as stated above, it was the strike partnership of Boyd & Miller who stole the show and the subsequent headlines. Boyd looks a better player whilst partnered with Miller, and some say the same is true about Miller. I would argue that point. Miller looked a better player when paired with Cousin (and vice-versa) but that ship has sailed and there can be little argument that the Miller / Boyd partnership is the most effective we have at our disposal. Our second goal (Boyd’s first) on Saturday encapsulated this partnership to a ‘T’. Miller made an intelligent run, received the ball (on the deck!) from the midfield, played a sublime pass into Boyd’s path and Boyd dispatched the ball into the back of the net. Neither Boyd nor Miller would be placed into anyone’s ‘top strikers’ compilations, but they do have their strengths and they do appear to complement each other. This partnership will only continue to flourish if both keep fit, they are continually given quality service and if BOTH are kept in the starting 11. To ensure that we continue to get the best out of Boyd / Miller, we must continue to play with at least 1 wide player in the team be it, Burke, Beasley or Aaron. We must also look at the effectiveness of the midfield as Ferguson and Mendes don’t appear to complement each other. Could the introduction of Edu be more beneficial until Ferguson regains full fitness? Or at least until the partnership develops into a workable solution? There were times even on Saturday that Mendes and Ferguson were out-muscled, out-played and out-manoeuvred by struggling Hamilton Accies. Getting back to the question posed above, whilst Boyd and Miller will never come close to partnerships like Brand & Miller or Hateley & McCoist, if we continue to play to their strengths and they continue to develop this growing and fruitful partnership, they may just have enough ammunition to fire us to the SPL title. I will say one thing, the next 3 games are critical if we are to have any chance of dethroning the MOPES. Victories against DUFC, Hibs and then the MOPES are critical and to ensure we get these victories, both Boyd and Miller have a huge responsibility in continuing scoring and playing well. However, I have an awful feeling that WS will throw us all a curve ball and will rethink his tactics and personnel for these games. Watch out for the reintroduction of the likes of Adam, McCulloch, Daily et al. In my opinion, WS will approach these games with a degree of caution and may even revert back to his 4-5-1 formation from last season. Last Minute Winners Whilst watching the excellent Everton v Aston Villa game yesterday, my thoughts were drawn not only to the ex-Gers on show (Arteta and Cuellar – Arteta had a decent game as did CC playing an unfamiliar right-back role – did MON graduate from the WS school of coaching!) but to the fact that, if my memory serves me correctly, we’ve not won a game for a while with a last minute winner. The last game I can remember us winning in a dramatic, last minute fashion was when PLG was manager and Sebo slotted home to defeat Aberdeen at Ibrox. Now, off the top of my head, I can name various games prior to this when we’ve won with (what appeared to be) the last kick of the ball : Lovenkrands in the Scottish Cup Final Rod Wallace against DUFC at Tannidice Jorg Albertz with a deflected shot to defeat Hearts 1-0 at Ibrox Jorg Albertz with a rasper to defeat Hibs (eventually!) 4-3 at Easter Road (wonderful game that was) In fact, it was considered that Rangers were the masters of winning from both unwinable positions - who can forget going 3-0 to Shelbourne in DA’s fist game and storming back to win 5-3, or trailing DAFC 2-0 on a cold, wet and dull evening (is there any other kind in Fife?) then winning 4-2 during AM’s reign - and the masters of late strikes. It is always better to have a game won long before the last kick of the ball, but there is just something really satisfying wining a game (and a League Title) at the death. However, this skill may not have been as apparent as my memory suggest, it just appears that we used to win many games in this manner and appear not to be doing so recently. Atmosphere Last weeks rant was entitled ‘Groundhog Day’ and whilst we appear to be discussing the same failings month on moth, season on season etc, we’ve not had a discussion regarding the (lack of) atmosphere for a while, so here goes. Anyone who is a regular visitor to Ibrox will know that there is little atmosphere generated out-with the dedicated ‘singing sections’. It is hard to deny that TBO, East Enclosure, Club Deck Loyal et al are welcome additions to Ibrox (for their banners, displays and wit as well as their singing) but they are hardly helped by the rest of the stadium. It appears that supporting Rangers today entails turning up to Ibrox, shouting abuse at Rangers players then buggering off after 70 minutes. Now, before going on, everyone is entitled to leave when they want and to sing if they want, but surely it would be more beneficial to actually SUPPORT the team in song and by staying the course, rather than abusing them and leaving early. Another thing I have noticed recently is that if the rest of the stadium are going to join in, they’ll only really join in when songs like ‘Big Jock Knew’, ‘The Famine Song’, ‘The Sash’ and ‘Derrys Walls’ are sung. When Rangers songs are sung, it appears to be reserved for TBO. I find this infuriating and can’t understand why others don’t join in with the many wonderful Rangers songs. There is nothing better when we are in full voice singing the likes of ‘The Blue Sea Of Ibrox’, ‘Every Other Saturday’ and ‘Follow Follow’. Also, I can’t be the only one who thinks and would love to hear 50,000 Bears singing ‘Wolverhampton Town’. So come on Bears, we are entering a crucial part of the season and the team need (and deserve) our support, so lets get behind them, lets get those vocal chords stretched and lets get Ibrox rocking. I’m sure opposition teams love a morgue-like Ibrox but wouldn’t be as assured in a cauldron-like Ibrox. Cammy F –

WS dropped Goram when his off-field problems led to a drop in his on-field performances. Goram only required to be dropped once before learning - it appears McGregor has learned his lesson - his form is aweful at the moment. Cammy F

Banner for the 27th - Saving A Squiggler Is Not A Crime.... Caution - Squigglers May Cause Offence.... Cammy F

Aye, never thought that it would end up 7-1 after that howler. Was going to take Boyd for a hatrick but decided to go for the 'stupid bet'.... Cammy F

He cost me �£205 pounds on Saturday - took 7-0 to RFC at 40/1 Cammy F

Didn't we wear hoops before the MOPES? Poor Edu just got the colours wrong Cammy F

Arteta was the outstanding player in the first leg at Ibrox (even outshone the then promising youngster Ronaldinho), which in truth was a stalemate type of game. IIRC Ricksen was red carded near the end of the 1rst leg - even outshone the then promising youngster Ronaldinho. Cammy F

The away leg, Lovenkrands missed a good chance, as did Flo, then RDB missed a penalty as well - did our best to throw away the game! IIRC, Arteta scored his penalty and Ronaldinho missed his! I'm sure that Anelka was brought on late in the game but claimed he was injured and didn't take a penalty. Cammy F

Whilst watching PLG's PSG against Man City last night, my mind went back to our two legged enounter with PSG in 2001 UEFA Cup. We eventually won on penalties after two goal-less draws : Have a quick look at BOTH team line-ups for those games : First leg at Ibrox : Rangers: Klos, Amoruso, Konterman, Ball, Ricksen, Reyna, Ferguson, Numan, Caniggia, De Boer, Flo. Subs: Christiansen, Mols, Dodds, Wilson, Latapy, Ross, Lovenkrands. Paris SG: Letizi, Cristobal, Pochettino, Heinze, Potillon, Arteta, Dehu, Leal, Ronaldinho, Ogbeche, Leroy. Subs: Aloisio, El Karkouri, Llacer, Domi, Cisse, Dias, Alonzo. Second Leg : Paris Saint-Germain Lionel Letizi, Gabriel Heinze, Mauricio Pochettino, Talal El Karkouri, Parralo Aguilera Cristobal, Edouard Cisse, Mikel Arteta, Ronaldinho, Bartholomew Ogbeche, Jose Da Silva Aloisio, Laurent Leroy SUBS - Jerome Alonzo, Lionel Potillon, Francis Llacer, Bernard Mendy, Jay-Jay Okocha, Nicolas Anelka, Alex Dias Rangers Stefan Klos, Lorenzo Amoruso, Bert Konterman, Craig Moore, Maurice Ross, Arthur Numan, Claudio Reyna, Barry Ferguson, Ronald de Boer, Tore Andre Flo, Peter Lovenkrands (ST) SUBS Jesper Christiansen, Scott Wilson, Tony Vidmar, Russell Latapy, Billy Dodds, Claudio Caniggia, Michael Mols There used to be a Youtube clip of the game / penalties, but I can't locate this - anyway, it was a fantastic shoot-out, with the French missing their penalty to the stains for Derrys Walls - sounded like a HOME game for The Rangers! Cammy F

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=dP5rEffhXfo&eurl=http://www.vi.nl/web/show/id=309929/langid=43/contentid=143195 Cammy F

They might not be happy, but they would accept McCoist as he is a legend - a typical SDM tactic, bring in a man who the fans will 'tolerate' then ruin his reputation whislt SDM sits in his ivory tower as untouchable as ever. I wouldn't be happy with AMcCoist as manager, but I would support him like I've supported all our managers, maybe a bit more just because he's who he is. However, I've I'm honest, I hope for all our sakes, including Ally, that he gets nowhere near the managerial seat (until he has served his time and proven himself as a manager). Cammy F

But the sad fact is, the vast majority of the Rangers support are 'happy-clappy customers'. This may be a controversial statement, but I believe its due to the fact that the vast majority of Rangers fans at this time, can't or chose not to, remember the days pre-souness / holmes. Those who do remember, and who still support the current regime, probably didn't attend matches at Ibrox at the time and therefore view that period through 'David Murray' tinted spectacles - believing the much aired myth that SDM was Rangers' saviour. I honestly believe (and I could be wrong) that SDM did have a passion for Rangers in his initial years at Rangers. This was possibly driven by his self-ego, but that can be said for most 'successful' people. Cammy F

Agreed, but Murray and Souness' freindship MAY be enough to rekindle SDm's passion for making Rangers a success again - all hypithetical at the moment tho and can't see SDM replacing Smith with anyone except Ally McCoist at the moment. Cammy F

That won't change no matter who our manager is / was. PLG proved that, the onely real target he managed to sign was Clement, and we all thought that a man of his calibre and standing in French football would attract better players. In typing the above, I have actually had a rethink - maybe it was Bain / Murray who are / were to blame for PLG not getting his desired targets, I suppose we'll never know. I just feel that with the likes of Souness as a figurehead, we'd have a better chance of attracting a better quality of player. It's not going to be the 'upper echelons' but it may be better quality that players from Hibs, Kilmarnock and St Mirren. Cammy F

Not for me (not at Rangers and I think he'll struggle to get an EPL job). Straight swap for Strachan? GS to Sunderland and Keane to Celtc Cammy F