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You can but should not, yet people can ask ...

 

'32 - Curled high ball into the heart of the Falkirk defence from the left. Macleod beyond the strikers, but the ref blew for a foul. 0:0

Maybe you could accidently pm the link to me............

Agreed about Wylde. He's got as muck potential as I've seen in a long time.

Also agreed about Greegs.

It's really ominous that our goalie is MOM.

What's happened to Jelavic this season? I can think of a dozen chances that he would have buried last season.

Yeah just need to have the coaches working on his delivery accuracy then we will have some player.

Re Greegs it is a worry that he was one of our best players at home, he shouldn't really have a sniff of the ball nevermind making several goal stopping saves.

And Jelavic's form does slightly concern me however, as I said in my earlier post I don't think he is seeing enough of the ball and/or getting the service he should be. I lost count of the number of times he has to come deep or wide just to get the ball because the midfield are not creating chances for him. One other point about his form, last season he seemed to have a burst of pace/sharpness to get away from players however, this season he doesn't seem to have shown this and seems to get closed down much quicker. Whether this is something to do with his training or perhaps other defences are marking more closely I can't decide but has anyone else noticed this?

The way we play is a big factor but physical appearance of players also is important when it shouldn't be, taller the player is the more he would get a chance. Barcelona have a small side and look at them. Haven't really seem them against a team with big lumps, would interesting to see them play Stoke but would no doubt out play them and score more.

 

A thing that sticks in my mind Modric was too small for Copenhagen (a similar football style to us), how they would regret that.

I remember reading a newspaper interview with Xavi from Barcelona around the time they played Arsenal last season. He talked about the Barcelona youth system and how their under 10's rarely win anything as they are dominated by the taller more physical players the other teams pick. Barcelona always choose the more technically gifted players no matter their size. He says that from that under 10 team 2 or 3 of the Barca players go on to become proffesional footballers whereas none of the other players make it. He says "You spot a youngster who can lift his head and play a first-time pass and you think, “He’s worth something, let’s have him come and train with us

I feel it is the same in this country a youth level the local coaches are more interested in winning than trying to develop younger players for a future career in the sport and this really has to change.

I actually just found a link to this interview it's very interesting.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1355726/Xavi-interview-Paul-Scholes-best-midfielder-20-years.html

Was thoroughly unimpressed by yesterdays performance apart from the fact we actually scored 2 goals. Apart from Davis the midfield look uninterested and lacked cohesion. Edu and Naismith looked as if they had never played together before and Wylde as much as it looks as if he is putting the effort in, he put mostly inaccurate crosses into the box that only reached our strikers on a couple of occasions. Jelavic to be fair is not getting the service he deserves and is having to come out of position to pick the ball up. My match ratings are as follows,

McGregor - 7

Whittaker - 5

Goian - 6 (Perry-6)

Bocanegra - 6

Broadfoot - 6

Edu - 5

Naismith 5

Davis - 7

Wylde - 6

Lafferty - 6

Jelavic - 6

We also have to consider that the takeover was only completed at the tail end of the season so Ally probably didnt start looking at targets until June which is much later than most clubs. I also heard that we had disbanded our overseas scouting network during the cutbacks so it looks like we've had a rush against time trying to find and sign targets before our season started (which also started earlier that usual).

So all in all I am quite satisfied with our progress in the transfer market and would expect that work in this respect will continue throughout the season in preperation for perhaps January and next summer.

I'm going to be clich�© and say the guy needs more games before a definitive judgement is made. He may have had a mediocre game while McGowan could have been at his best. Maybe he needs time to gel or get to fitness or maybe will play a lot better on the right.

 

I only seen the highlights and I thought he showed some promise at times being reasonably comfortable on the ball and picking out the odd decent pass. First impressions usually stick but as long as he didn't look completely shit, then we should give him a few games to show what he can do.

Totally agree with Calscot, can't make a decision on the back of one game when quite a few players were poor including Jelavic and we know what he is capable of. I actually thought that Ortiz delivered some decent passes once he started to cut in onto his right foot. Lets wait and see over the next few games

if the Celtic fans want to condemn all terrorism and terrorist groups then I will be happy to join in, but until they do that they are just a bunch of hypocrites.

Bluedell, I kinda agree with you but according to the press this recent news has nothing to do with any terrorist group. If one of the loyalist groups had said it was them then I wouldn't be having this debate.

I've heard a few rumours about this and possible counter chants from the Gers fans like a 2mins bouncy etc. but heard one that got my attention.

Someone suggested that we join in on the applause to as a public display of how much we condone what has been reported in the news this week.

As I said it got my attention and I can kinda get his point but doubt it will get much support from the Bears. Don't get me wrong I dislike the man but for reasons surrounding football, nobody deserves that and I still hope to see him crying at 90mins

What are your thoughts on this.

I'm surprised about the Spartak and Zenit fans they hate each other, there has been videos on youtube about those 2.

Yeah was a little worried it might kick off but surprisingly didn't see any trouble although I heard after I got back that there had been some isolated incidents.

I got back on Friday and I have to say it was an awesome trip. It's the first time I've followed The Gers abroad since 2000 when we beat Monaco and I wasn't dissapointed, what a laugh!!. I went with my bro and neither of us had tickets but we were pretty confident we could sort something out over there. After taking the train from Amsterdam we drank with all the Bears in the main square in Eindhoven and spent most of the day trying to get tickets. Failed to get them for the Gers end but through a stroke of luck manged to get 2 tickets in the PSV end (we wore no colours so it was fine) and the people sitting around us were brand new, we even exchanged numbers with the guy who gave us the tickets as he wants to go to an old firm match. Had to laugh when the teams came out after half time to Simply the Best, turns out this is also one of PSV's songs

I have to say the behaviour of the Bears throughout the trip was exceptional even considering that fans of Spartak Moscow, Zenet St Petersburg and Ajax were all out in Amsterdam after their matches and we didn't see any trouble at all.

Also have to add that the police/security had a lot to do with this, although you could see a strong presence at the corner of your eye they never got involved.

Good result as well

Ha ha cheers Pete. I know Amsterdam well enough, I've been several times before just never ventured to anywhere else in Holland.

Leaving tomorrow morning so if you don't manage it's no problem.

I just thought that with us playing them a couple of times a few years ago there might have been a few people on here that had some experiences.

I am heading over this week for the game. Staying in Amsterdam but will be taking the train there and back on the Thursday.

Just wanted to know if anyone who has been before could recommend places to go/avoid in Eindhoven. Obviously will be looking to meet up with the bears once I get there so is there a known meeting point, Gers friendly pubs etc.

Any advice would be appreciated

Considering the circumstances and the level of opposition I thought the lad played well. He rarely panicked on the ball and his passing was decent enough. Looks like he could be worthy of more first team opportunities this season.

For Walter I hope we do make the last 16 as that is the one thing he hasn't achieved yet. Also due to our squad size I wouldn't fancy our domestic chances if we were still competing on all fronts come April/May.

Get the money in the bank from the CL, win 3 in a row and strengthen for next season, Simples!

It's interesting to see such a massive difference in opinion by the Jags coach and Walter but I know who's opinion I trust!!!

"quite unusual" being the understatement of the year!

Haha, I can't argue with you on that one. I wish the atmosphere was better but there is not much I can do apart from getting involved when possible.

Obviously we don't know the ins and outs of the negotiations and what has been agreed with Rapid however I would imagine that once the club has accepted an offer for a player there would we a set window for the buyer to agree terms with the player. Not just an unlimited amount of time until the player and buyer manage to come to an agreement. Whether Rangers have taken too long to agree terms or Rapid are just being awkward we'll never know but I can sympathise that it's dragged on far too long and like they said it's too short notice to get anyone in for their CL game.

I thought he would have had as much of a preseason as anyone else only to find out later he had only played 2 x 45min since last season. So that explains why he looked so short of fitness. Apart from that I thought he showed that he had a decent touch and from my first impression it looks like he will get better.

I actually thought the atmosphere was alright on Saturday and we even got into a few songs up in the Govan rear which is quite unusual.

Yeah, really like it. I've never been one for buying new tops every season and instead prefer the retro style tops that I can wear for several seasons. This one might tempt me!!

Yup me too, Done!

The guys on Rangersmedia are taking the time to do this and it was originally was just for their use. I think they are just using a similar format as they use on the RM site. I am sure they would be happy for other forums to help out, they need to have some control so that the information posted is factual and does not get hacked by the scum.

Yeah, that's a good point. If it was as easy to edit as wickipedia then the whole site could be compromised by rival supporters

Well if the rangerspedia site is anything like the actual wikipedia site then perhaps it can be modified/edited etc?

I think Edu's vs them was probably one of the most important but in terms of technique (sp?) Davis's vs Aberdeen has got to be one of my favourites and also Beasley's away to Dundee Utd.

Couldn't see any mention of this on the forum but stumbled accross this website by accident, you may or may not have heard about it before however, I thought it was worth mentioning.

http://www.rangerspedia.org

Just about everything is covered from results, player history, A-Z, trophies, managers even Youth Players. Could come in handy for settling a pub argument :box: