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Basing my thoughts on his refusal to change tactics. The whole Barton saga. The Waghorn, dare I say saga? I feel our manager is a very stubborn man who is great to have onside but a hell to have against you. Given that all his team changes have also been what supporters and the media have been shouting such as dropping Garner, I wonder if he reads too many newspapers and bases his team on the reaction.

Take a hip flask of Whisky and a piece of wood to bite on at least you will be oblivious to the pain.

If Warburton leaves, Weir will leave with him. There is no way SDW would walk over his ashes unless Warburton left as a Hero.

We cannot blame the officials for the performances we have been putting on. Whether you want to blame the players or the person that picks them and the system is open to discussion. We have had a lot of bad luck but as they say " you make your own luck."

I didn't even know Holt was playing until he fouled someone in the 45th minute.

I am sorry I am going to be controversial again and I am not judging on this game alone but all season and probably a large part of last. I don't get where everybody gets we play exciting football. Personally I think we are boring as Ckuf. We have totally no penetration and all we do is slow the game down by playing short passes around the team until we lose the ball. Some may find that exciting but for me it is like watching shit drip through a funnel.

Totally agree he looked really fit for Kilmarnock before he came to us.

:mad::mad::ffs::)

Games played against Hearts on the 29th of November 1986 - Rangers 3 (McCoist,Cooper,Durrant) Hearts 0 - Scottish Premier Division (38,773) 2008 - Hearts 2 Rangers 1 (Boyd) - Scottish Premier League (15,710)

I found this after watching the Warburton and Wallace interviews. [video=youtube;1Xw-HDspRMg] Rangers 4 PSV 1 but it should have been about 8-1 God how times have changed.

We have moved on so I would say no to both. I don't think Vuckic could cut it at SPL level. I would be quite interested in Zelalem as a defensive midfielder if he could tackle.From what I can remember he can't although he is certainly always available for a pass and very ball fast.

To go back to my original statement. Like Sebo. You have just described him perfectly.

SEX ABUSE BOMBSHELL Three Scottish football clubs in paedo shock as charity boss warns child abuse is ‘rife’ Andi Lavery claims he's counselling five victims - and that the grooming of youngsters has been rife in the sport for decades Exclusive BY DOUGLAS WALKER 29th November 2016, 11:22 pm KIDS were abused at three Scots football clubs, according to the founder of a victims’ charity. Andi Lavery called in the SFA after uncovering the historic allegations against the teams. Charity chief Andi claims he has helped those targeted by football paedos And he claims he’s counselling five victims – and that the grooming of youngsters has been rife in the sport for decades. He told how he has helped those he alleges were targeted by youth coaches from three senior teams — who we’re deciding not to name. His revelations come as cops announced an abuse investigation over claims linked to the national game. Mr Lavery, head of White Flowers Alba, said: “I have cases of abuse at three senior Scottish clubs since the 1960s. “Victims were groomed by being taken to watch football then abused afterwards. Lavery claims child abuse has been rife in football in Scotland for decades Lavery claims child abuse has been rife in football in Scotland for decades “I could put five of them in a courtroom but, at the moment, none of them want to do it. “It was never just one guy who acted alone.” Mr Lavery went on: “Most but not all of these people will now be dead. It only takes one or two to abuse hundreds. We can still get justice for victims but we need as many of them to come forward as possible.” He insists the scandal isn’t limited to the single cases calling it the “elephant in the room”. Mr Lavery, a victim, went on: “Paedophilia in the game is the big thing nobody talks about. “Sadly football just shows that it’s endemic in life. It still goes on and will be as big a problem in Scotland than it’s ever been.” His claims followed an SFA appeal for those affected in the game to speak up in wake of revelations in England. Mr Lavery revealed he wrote to the governing body advising them of “areas to look at”. Last night Hampden beaks revealed they are working with cops and kids care charities. A spokesperson said: “We are in ongoing dialogue with Police Scotland and the NSPCC to ensure a co-ordinated response. “We reiterate our wish that anybody with information relating to alleged child abuse in Scottish football comes forward using the confidential hotline or contact police.” Cops confirmed they are investigating claims from other potential victims. Police said: “We’ve rec-eived reports in connetion with non-recent child abuse within football.” The bombshell also sparked a Holyrood storm. Tory MSP Rachael Hamilton said the Nats have been urged to launch a wider inquiry covering areas like sport because it’s not included in the current historical abuse inquiry. The Government already faced criticism that the probe — looking into treatment of youngsters in residential care, long-term hospital stays, boarding schools and foster care — is too narrow. Ms Hamilton said: “The current inquiry risks not going far enough in helping victims. “I am disappointed the Scottish Government is not going forward with an investigation into the abuse in sports clubs.” Meanwhile the SNP’s Christine Grahame said: “Anyone who believes they were abused as a child involved in football or has a concern about someone they think was abused should contact police.” The plea was echoed by the chief exec of Children 1st. SNP's Christine Grahame urged victims to come forward and report incidents Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 4 SNP’s Christine Grahame urged victims to come forward and report incidents Alison Todd said: “Abuse pervades all parts of society. The fact that reports of child abuse in sport are now surfacing in Scotland is no surprise.” We told yesterday how ex-footie starlet Dougie Gilligan, of Hamilton, claims he was targeted aged 13 by paedo coach Barry Bennell at Butlins training camps in the 1970s. Last week ex-Scotland striker Alan Brazil, 57, spoke again about how he was targeted as a 13-year-old at Celtic Boys’ Club by youth boss Jim Torbett — caged for 2½ years in 1998.

Lets face it our forwards have made virtually all the defenders look good this season.

I agree totally but Garner can still become a hero.

Seemingly breaking news on SSN that Police Scotland have received complaints of historic child abuse. No mention of any clubs.

Do you not see digging in for a year and trying to get another 1% shares to push Res 11 through as an option. If we have enough to the end of the season, with the new season tickets we should be okay until the next AGM.

Cheers mate.

This is the latest list. Hearts at home and St Johnstone away are still available.

Yes and a very big please John. I will put your name down now.

Yes most younger ones probably would have to. I don't think there is a modern version though. The lion was really cross-eyed.[video=youtube;5-1LuZp074s] I think I spelt it wrong though.I made Clarance instead of Clarence. Now when I see itClarance doesn't even look right.

I hate to say it but from what I have seen of Garner I don't see that much difference from Sebo. I hope he proves me wrong.

That is my problem. I will admit that if we had good cover Holt would not be near the team at the moment. I think he has been very poor the last few games.

No it wasn't it was on Sky. McCann and Walker work for SKY. I don't have BT so it would not have been live on my TV.

After the results of the last 2 weeks I have written a letter to the SFA asking for a rule change. I have asked them if a football match can begin with the clock on 95 minutes and count down to nil. Hopefully that will cut out much of the stress of being a Rangers supporter. When we score in the 93rd minute it will mean an early goal for a change. The Rangers team seem to have found a way to keep the supporters biting their fingernails to the last kick of the ball. Conspiracy hunters could be thinking that the club have adopted new policies to keep the so called Subway Loyal supporters fixed to their seats to the end of the game. We have won 3 games in injury time this season against Motherwell, Dundee and Partick and if you count our defeats against Celtic in the League Cup and Aberdeen in the League that is 5 games that have been decided in the dying seconds of the game. Watching the Partick game on Sky at the weekend it was a breath of fresh air to hear Neil McCann sitting next to the commentator. He must be the best, most balanced pundit in Scottish football. Andy Walker may not be so well balanced but in fairness to him, he and Neil pointed out where our weaknesses are in attack. We just do not have a forward busting a gut to get into a position to score goals. Harry Forrester broke away a few times getting deep into the Thisle penalty area. A good striker would have been busting a gut to get to the front or back post. Garner had jogged behind to position himself at the edge of the penalty area. Andy Walker says regularly as a forward you sometimes have to gamble and make a run in hope a ball will come your way. Our forwards just don't seem to make those runs into the box. Garner, Miller and McKay all come away from the goal leaving not one player in the box. The manager has being saying that Garner has to get used to the system but a square peg rarely fits in a round hole. If you want to win the Donkey Derby you buy a donkey. If you want to win the Grand National you buy a racehorse. I don't mean Garner is a donkey I just don't understand why Warburton bought a player who has no idea or even looks like he has the attributes to play the system he wants to play. Another thing that has annoyed me of late is that Foderingham plays the ball out to Tav. Wallace, Halliday or Wilson\Hill. They feed the ball to Holt, Windass or whoever in the midfield and the ball is played first touch back to Kiernan. In that time the opposition have moved up to pressure us and Kiernan has no option but to play a long ball. When it comes to Kiernan giving a ball more than 10 yards I have to think of Clarence the cross-eyed lion who used to star in Daktari all those years ago. I have never seen Clarence in football boots but if I do then I am sure he will make me think of Kiernen playing a ball more than 10 yards. I will admit that I think Kiernan has definately improved but this is one of the areas we are screaming out for far more quality. Looking on bright side, thanks to those 2 fantastic goals from Joe Dodoo we have now won the last two games so we should be building up confidence. Watching a documentary yesterday evening over Mighty Mike van Gerwen, the best darts player on the planet at this moment, He stated “Winning breeds winning. I used to go to tournaments hoping to finish in the last 16. Now I think I can smash everyone I am playing against.” That is the mentality this Rangers team needs to get. Hoping for that second place is not for the Rangers minded. We should be entering the pitch with the belief we can smash every team in the league. I include Celtic with that for if you go into a game expecting to lose then you probably will lose. On that note we head to Tynecastle on Wednesday on what will be one of our biggest games of the season in the battle for European football. What can we expect? Probably one of our more physical games. We know Robbie Neilson always sets his team out to work hard and get in peoples faces. Whether Neilsen will still be the Hearts manager remains to be seen as he is in discussion with the MK Dons to take over as manager with them. A sad day when a manager would even consider leaving Scotland's third team for the mighty MK Dons. Another sign of how far Scottish football has nose-dived in relation to England. Their main striker Bjorn Johnsen is 6ft 6inches which will make it physically difficult for our defenders. I would expect Hearts to be looking for free-kicks in dangerous areas as they will know set-pieces are our Achilles heal. I, as I think every Rangers supporter has, suffered from a massive strain on the Sphincter muscle when high balls get crossed into the area. Hearts have not shown great form this season but all these teams seem to step up a gear when the world record, league champion holders, are in town. Hearts surprisingly bullied and beat us for promotion into the SPFL 2 seasons ago. The Question is how far have we come in the last 2 seasons? Have we closed the gap on them or hopefully even overtaken them? Can we now bully them as they did to us two seasons ago? Wednesday evening will give us our first real control point on how Mark Warburton has actually improved the team. One thing we have to applaud Hearts for is the appointment and work of Ann Budge. She has taken the club from administration and financially turned it around. On Friday at their AGM she announced the club had turned a 1,6 million loss into a 630,000 profit for the year ending in June. She also demanded the club end in 3rd or 4th position in the league. Working that into my Mighty Mike theory I hope she gets her wish. In both cases behind the boys in Royal Blue of course. One thing is virtually certain. Mark Warburton will not change from his favoured 4-3-3 system. You know? The plan A and B one. So no points for guessing the system we will play. Unfortunately some teams do get points as their managers also know how we will set up. Sorry! Forget that. We are now using the improved plan B and the Mighty Mike "we can Smash anyone," system. The two positions I think that are open for discussion are: Who plays in defence and who will play as the main striker? I know we should not look at other teams but as we don't already have a set in stone defence, I think I would go for Hill and Kiernen. With Hearts having a 6'6 inch striker I think Kiernen and Hill have more body and are the strongest in the air. Wilson's distribution is certainly better than the others but I think we can expect many long balls up to Bjorn Johnsen and I believe Hill and Kiernen are the best to combat that. When Joe Dodoo came on for Joe Garner on Saturday the team all of a sudden looked far more dangerous. We looked like we could actually stretch the Thistle defence. Dodoo does not go in search of those physical battles with the opposition rearguard. Dodoo looks for that bit of space that is essential for scoring goals. Looking at both goals he scored on Saturday he scored them because he had lost his defender. That is a far better attribute to have in my eyes as clamping fast on a defender and trying to out-muscle them. Sometimes there are horses for courses of course but Garner has struggled to get out of the stalls and Dodoo in the little playing time he has had looks as though with a little grooming he could turn into a thoroughbred. Coming off the bench and scoring does not always translate into starting games and scoring but I think Dodoo definitely deserves his chance as the main striker with Miller and Forrester partnering him in the attack I think the team will be. Foderingham Tavernier Kiernen Hill Wallace Holt Halliday McKay Forrester Dodoo Miller Having Wallace, McKay and Miller on the left means if Miller moves inside or drops deep it will leave room for McKay or Wallace to fill in the wide position giving more balance to the team. It is time to try something different it is time for Dodoo! Dodoo! Dodoo Dodoo Doddo. Great to hear the 1960's \70's battle chant "Get intae them" has also resurged so with this. C'MOn THE GERS "GET INTAE THEM" As Mighty Mike would say" We can Smash them"