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3-0 for the bears. Waghorn

As I look out the window and see the snow quickly turning to ice on the pavements I get depressed thinking I will have to walk the dogs while watching where I step without ending lying on my back staring at fifty shades of grey in the sky above. In the hope of some good news I turn the telly on for the news headlines. All I hear about is war all over the world and the daily helping of Donald Trump's claptrap. My mood dips even further. The weather report cheers me up slightly when the good-looking weather lady tells me the temperature will reach one degree above nil, but then without even a rye smile of sympathy, smashes it to smithereens by adding “ with a perceived temperature of minus nine degrees centigrade. Depressions here,depressions there, depressions every bloom'n where.” My own personal depression dips even further to my cotton socks. I even notice I have a hole in one of them. In a bid to cheer myself up I go and put the kettle on for a cup of tea. Waiting for the kettle to boil I put the computer on to catch up on the latest news on the famous Glasgow Rangers. If that doesn't cheer me up then nothing will. Rangers drubbed by Hearts. Rangers draw with Ross County. Warburton has to go. Kiernen abused by supporters and may leave, Garner can't score. Tavernier can't defend, Warburton has lost the support of the board. The club has no money. My heart sinks as I read through the threads. Even coming on to a Rangers fan forum is becoming a chore. Positivity is scarce and hidden amongst the pages and pages of negative posts.The Kettle has boiled and I get up to make a cup of tea. As I open the the teabag jar I stare at the empty bottom. Not a teabag in the house. Sometime life is a real shit. The one thing that I have learned in life is that good times and bad times ebb and flow and change is always just around the corner. The weather forecast for next week is plus 10 degrees. Spring is almost in the air, my teabag jar will soon be stocked up full, and Rangers will thrash Morton in the Scottish cup. All of a sudden the talk of being in the draw for the next round of the Scottish cup will give an injection of positivity on the message boards. Won't it? We Rangers supporters are a fickle lot and have mood swings worse than the fairer sex have on their menstrual cycle. A Rangers defeat against Morton though(God help us) will almost certainly prove that Hell does have a worse fury than a woman scorned. The match against Morton has been stated in the media as a must win game for Mark Warburton. To be honest he has been making some stupid statements of late. Saying he rested Hyndman for his parent club was a huge mistake. Personally I am not so sure as I think he will be given to the end of the season before any major decision is made. We also have to ask ourselves if a better manager is available at this time. Frank de Boer has been mentioned but whether Rangers can afford him at this time is open to serious doubt. Warburton and Davy Weir would need to be paid off and then de Boer would want to bring in his own back-room staff who won't come in the winter sales, price class. There is the argument that you can better pay a lot for a good coach rather than players, but Frank de Boer is also not floating on a cloud of success outside the Amsterdam arena and won't come with a guarantee of success. He will also probably prefer to wait and see what doors open up for him in the summer No matter what, Warburton will be picking the team on Sunday and that could throw up some good discussion. Will he play Foderingham or will he, as he did with Gilks, give his deputy Jak Alnwick the keepers jersey for the day? Will he bring Hodson in at right-back and push Tavernier into a more advanced roll? Who will be his Central defenders? Will he stick with Senderos and Hill or will Kiernen and Wilson be brought back into action? David Bates is also an option although I would be surprised if he was to make his debut in such an important game. In the midfield the addition of Hyndman and Toral has now given him the choice to drop Halliday and play Tavernier or Holt in the deeper defensive roll. Windass, Forrester, McKay and even Miller could also be put in a midfield roll. Their are certainly no shortage of choices in the midfield. The front line will almost certainly feature Garner, I think we can all put a tenner on that quite safely. Could he surprise us for a game and go for a 4-4-2 formation and play Miller, Waghorn or Dodoo up front with Garner or will he stick to his tried and trusted 4-3-3 with Waghorn, O'Halloran, or Dodoo on the right. One thing is for sure, he has plenty of options all over the park. All he has to do is pick the players for the job and get them motivated to get it done successfully. Failure to beat a Championship side at home in the cup will see more depressions around Ibrox than the whole of the North Sea and will certainly cause a downpour of criticism. I will be wearing my Anorak and burying my face in my sheepskin gloves for at least a week if we are not in the hat for the next SFA embarrassment draw. I think the team will be. Foderingham Tavernier Sendros Hill Wallace Toral Hyndman Holt Waghorn Garner McKay C'mon Mark kick-start the season. C'mon the Gers!!

That is a certainty but then again we all do everything for the pay. The difference is most do it honestly.

I thought it might be.

If BDO win this case and Oldco could be brought back, would it be possible to shut down Newco cancelling all the contracts that have been signed. Or is that too much of a dream.

I can't remember what was on the tapes precisely but I doubt he would be telling anyone he was just a puppet for the puppet-master. Especially someone he was just about to screw. I am not saying for definite it is a fact but why would Green all of a sudden just step aside and be the dogs tail in place of the dog. It just does not add up to me that Green was ever the main man.

Cheers Craig, we can only live in hope that everything drops into place.

Hence BDO suing but I am sure there is also the scenario of the creditors taking a hit if the company can be brought back to life. Hence they are asked to take 10 pence in the pound or something like that.

I don't have time to read the article just now but I will say to play Warburton's system you have to have a very quick steady defence or forwards that can outscore our opponents.(preferably both) Unfortunately we have neither thus we are caught between wall and ship regularly.

The first thing that would need to happen before anyone would even consider bringing Oldco out of Administration is win the Big Tax Case. Before that no other scenario's can even be looked at.

mmmmm. That is debatable it is extremely possible Ashely was pulling Greens strings before he contacted Whyte. It is pretty certain they knew each other.

If BDO wanted to split up the assets then I am glad it didn't happen. I wouldn't trust D&PH as far as I could throw them though. AS GS says if it was an open auction then they would have got more. As for the point on Ashely. I would be shocked if he wasn't behind the Green bid. In fact I think he had his hand so far up Greens back-side that his thumb came out his ear.

Unfortunately we are not talking about one or two bad results if we are being honest then we have actually only had a few good results since beating Celtic in last seasons SC final. Hearts and Aberdeen at Ibrox were about the only two really good games.

Just kidding I have a tiff every day with the wife and we have still lasted 30 years. The making up is the best thing in life. I hope you have shaved.

Craig we agree on this post.

Thanks guy's they are noted.

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This is now the second or third window that he has failed to bring in a good defender. Senderos was a last ditch unwanted addition. Green did not make us sign him. Everyone can see that the defence is drivel Garner was also a last ditch 1.6 million last minute choice. There are better strikers in Scotland that can score goals who would probably cost less. Almost every signing is based within a stone throw of Liverpool or Warburton has worked with them before. We cannot blame Green for our managers tactics or man management skills After the last 2 games I hope it is obvious that Hill and Miller should not be offered new contracts we need younger quicker and better players. They are out there but maybe they will have to look further than people with an North-English accent.

I can give another motm until now. Peter Lovenkrands best co-commentator on RTV. He says it as it is. About the only positive.

3-1 Rangers Hyndman

Quote Originally Posted by Rousseau View Post That's your preview published, Coop! Yes Thanks Coop it is much appreciated.

It will be great if Leon King gets up to the first team we can all sing Hakuna Matata.

Was it Mr Bean?

With a score like that you should have put Vuckic as your FGS. You will have as much chance of success. I hope I eat my words.

Too be honest we bought Dodoo and Garner at the last window it is just they have failed to fire on all cylinders if any cylinders.