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Everything posted by pete
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Agree and what he is really saying is that Rangers made an arse of it.
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I think if you look down the list from top to bottom you will find in general that the teams with higher wage bills win leagues
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Well I grant that the Scottish guys are probably "well conditioned" by the amount of negativity that comes their way on a daily basis for about 6 years or so, but I am still more disappointed in the amount of acceptance of hearsay and conjecture being welcomed instead of either reason or indeed information given by the club. While I know some will aim their barrels at me saying "you cannot and shall not trust everything that comes from the club as truth", I would reply in kind that there is no need to do the contrary either. For that is what appears to be the case more often than not. Just take the stuff above. People said all was done and dusted weeks ago, despite we have not been allowed to talk to McInnes. Whispers in the background and all. Now, had we talked to McInnes, do we all think that there would not have been any of the same whispers telling the media about this and Aberdeen - you know, these hate-filled idiots from the East who really like us, from top to bottom - would not have come out all guns blazing and sued us for tapping McInnes up? Or are we to expect that this side of the hush-hush stuff would be immune to leaks? In any case, given the fact that we have very little information either way, perhaps we should let reason prevail? What we know is that we officially did not speak to McInnes. What we see is a certain amount of speculation that does essentially just one thing: discredit the Board. I would suggest that we stay vigilant as ever, but untowards everyone. I thought everybody knew how this worked. You see Football players and managers have people they call agents. Agents do all the negotiations before hand to see if they can reach a deal and if the person is interested. The very last thing that happens is that the player or manager talks to the club himself. What would be the point of Rangers asking Aberdeen if McInnes was interested. When a club asks for permission to talk to a manager then everything is normally in place and the meeting is mostly a formality. Signing the contract and photo-shoot.
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I am not in the know. just putting up what is being rumoured around the boards. Probably crap.
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Story going round is that everything was agreed with McInnes. Rangers drew up the contract and it stated that Mark Allen had the final say in any transfers. That was not what had been agreed with McInnes so he walked away.
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Too much typing for me mate.I only do 20 words per minute.
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Sorry I have to add anyone from any religion or creed who doesn't bring us success is not welcome.
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I don't care what religion or creed our next manager is as long as he brings us success. There are plenty of Protestant ex-ranger managers who won't bring us success. They are the people I don't want.
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The names getting banded about are so disappointing. I hope there is a golden nugget somewhere.
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Once a king always a king But once a night is enough
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Funny enough I am 30 years married in a few weeks maybe 3 is not so lucky after all.
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I was just fishing a little bit. Sorry!
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What about Bruno Alves as Player-manager. It would be a slap in the face for Mutry though.
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Yes I struggled with it too that is why I think as Frankie says go back to a 451 in some form or other.
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Probably nearer the mark.
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I am not sure that McCrorie can bring what Jack does so I doubt that We can afford three such advanced players. I think our midfield may be over-run with that set-up given that Windass and Pena couldn't tackle a fish supper and don't. Putting Barjonas in though would probably be not attacking enough.
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He is well respected in the Dutch media and along with John van der Schip thought to be the next Generation of good Dutch managers. Utrecht is never going to be a champion winning team though so he cannot be judged on that account. Is he right for rangers. If we want a young in-experienced manager with a good reputation to build on. He certainly has more experience than Neil MCann or the boy at St Mirren who have been named as candidates. Will he leave Utrecht for Rangers is another Question. They also have a chance to be in Europe next season. I think the Ajax manager will be sacked soon so he may hang around for that gig. I think Koeman will be the Dutch manager as I said in another post and I doubt Ajax want de Boer back as he would clash with Erwin van der Sar Dennis Bergkamp and Marc Overmars the Technical managers. Ten Hag would probably be a candidate for that job. The last bit is speculation and Marcel Keizer may survive at Ajax as he is a puppet for Bergkamp and Overmaars. Van der Sar was against the managerial choice. It depends on results the same as ever.
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Well what a week it has been. If we take the first game against Aberdeen into account, I will make that, what a last week and a half it has been. Whipping the Ovis aries commonly known as the Sheep 3-0 at Fort Brox (How I wish it was a fort) and then travelling up to Aberdeen for a little chewing of the cud by beating them 2-1 in their own sparsely habited Pittodrie stall.Even although we were down to ten men after an hour played, the players showed a character that we could only have dreamed about a few months ago. Ryan Jack got sent off for getting to the ball first and getting a pass away but was unfortunate to unintentionally land on the incoming leg of Stevie May who had pulled out of a 50\50 tackle. Now I am not going to say he shit it but there were more sheep droppings behind him than can be found on the Shetland Islands. Willie Collum all of a sudden got his animals mixed up and thought he was a matador waving his red card like he was fighting a bull. It is of course a trait by Mr Collum as he gives out more cards than any other referee in the top division in Scotland. In fact he probably produces more cards than Moonpig.com. Ryan Jack had been outstanding up until that point and will certainly be a big miss when we take to the field on Saturday to face Ross County at Ibrox. Rangers appealed Ryan's red card but it was rejected leaving him with a 3 match ban. Character is the word I would use for the last two games. We saw fight and determination that we had not previously seen from this team. I have often said there is no player willing to bust a gut trying to get to a ball. Josh Windass proved me wrong with his goal to put us 2-0 up. He did bust a gut to get in front of Shay Logan and turn a fantastic low cross from Daniel Candeias into the net. Aberdeen scored just two minutes later from a lovely free kick leaving us still with almost thirty minutes to keep our lead. Now I am not one to get into global warming but I think the Rangers supporters were guilty of the high production of Methane gas for that last thirty minutes.Thankfully we held out for the 2-1 win and jumped over Hibs and Aberdeen to the second place in the league. Character, that is it. But! One character who won't be in the Rangers dugout this Saturday is Derek McInnes. After six weeks of speculation Rangers finally made a move for him. Aberdeen rejected us permission to talk to him. It flew around the social media that McInnes would resign to talk to Rangers and then. The news broke that he wanted to stay at Aberdeen. I have no problem with that as everybody eventually finds a level they are comfortable with. Rangers is a goldfish-bowl where every move is dissected and you have to be up to that. Derek and his family obviously weren't. Now I don't feel sorry for Rangers or Aberdeen. I don't feel sorry for Derek McInnes but I do feel sorry for the wee woman that has spent the whole week embroidering DM on 7 polo shirts 7pairs of shorts, 7 tracksuit tops 7 tracksuit bottoms 3 Ski hats and a body warmer for the TV. Going seriously further, the winning tactical move by Murty was playing Ryan McCrorie in the defensive midfield role. That released Ryan Jack to a more advanced position and it suited him far better. Ross McCrorie and Ryan Jack were outstanding in the two games against Aberdeen. Due to Jack's red card he is now missing for the next three games against Ross County Hibs and St Johnstone. At this moment I have no Idea who will be covering for Jack in that midfield role as his natural replacement would be Graham Dorrans but he is still on the injury list. Foderingham will be in goals, you can bet your house on that. Tavernier will hold his right back spot but then it starts to get more difficult to complete the back four. If Alves is fit he will play but if not it is a choice between Wilson Cardoso and Bates for the central role. Bates was man of the match against aberdeen so it is difficult to see past him. I think he will go for Bates and Wilson with Declan John remaining at left back and the unfortunate Cardoso on the bench, McCrorie will again fill in in the defensive midfield role. The big problem is who will fill in for Jack? I think the midfield will be McCrorie Candeias Holt Pena and Windass but this does look a bit lightweight in the middle of the park as Pena and Windass are not the most defensive minded players, and we have lost out with that formation already against Dundee and to a lesser extent Hamilton. Baronjas and Kranjcar are other options but the last time Kranjcar came on the park he just didn't look fit. Baronjas is still young but has put in good displays before. I doubt he will be proffered over Candeias Pena or Windass though. Unfortunately for Morelos it looks like Kenny Miller is a first pick in the team no matter how he plays so our top scorer will have his bum planted on the bench. I think the team will be. Foderingham Tavernier Bates Wilson John McCrorie Candeias Holt Windass Pena Miller Ryan jack has a three game ban. We are going again for that elusive three wins in a row yet again. so I am going for a 3-0 win and our new manager to be named on the 3rd of January. C'mon the Gers!!!
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Hen ten Cate would probably jump at the Rangers job and I wouldn't mind that as he has a lot of experience with big clubs.
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I see that Ronald Koeman has entered the betting. I will say Bullshit. First of all we could not pay his wages, secondly I will be shocked if he is not named as the Dutch coach soon. I am not only speaking from my own thoughts but also the Dutch media.(I will never learn) Why? Well Louis van Gaal would be first choice but he is getting too old and has said he is not interested and I doubt he will change his mind. Dick Advocaat: He said he wanted the job and they knocked him back and let him and Gullit go. I doubt the KNVB will embarrass themselves by doing a u-turn and asking him to take over I think he would now tell them to P-off, although Dick is money generated and may be bought. Ronald de Boer: He has said he is not interested at this time in his career and wants to be a club manager. Henk ten Cate: Before they asked Advocaat to take over lwhen they sacked Danny Blind they had already offered the job to ten Cate and then days later told him sorry you are dropped for Dick Advocaat. He was fuming so I doubt if he would talk to them. Gullit: Not deemed fit for a 1st coach. Ron Jans: Now technical director at Groningen. I would love him for the Rangers job as he is tactically astute and has always kept smaller clubs flying high winning cups along the way but I doubt the KNVB will be looking at him. He may be a lower placed choice though. Unless they go for a younger manager that is about the list of candidates. The younger managers in Holland are pretty in-experienced and I doubt they are in the picture yet. The Dutch normally don't want a foreign manager and Blind as an inexperienced manager was a disaster although they may have look foreign or inexperienced if Koeman knocks back the job as he is the only realistic Dutch candidate. Koeman said he didn't want the job when he was at Everton but now that he is unemployed things will probably be different. I don't see any other option for them and he is their preferred candidate.
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Couple of months? The turn of the year is only 23 days. It is 6 difficult games though including Celtic Motherwell and Hibs so they could make or break Mutry.
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pete replied to Frankie's topic in Rangers Chat
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I hope you are keeping well mate.