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I don't think it will be against a parked bus team it will be against a team that fancy their chances and open up a bit like Dundee did last season.

I can't wait for Reporting Scotland to jump on the story tonight. I was going to go out but I think I will stay in to watch now.

Rangers or club 1872 should ask for insight into the said e-mails to make sure that is also not a fabrication.

:roflmao: I love your comedy. It is all the secret police-officers fault didn't you catch that.

:crazy: Pick your weapon. :box: I just get lucky now and again.

Don't hold your breath Frankie. They are only printing this because they were told to.

Waggy was out for -+2 moths if I remember right. It could have been an unlucky one-of injury but artificial pitches are renowned for causing injury.

To answer myself yes it was.

I forgot to mention the plastic pitch in my preview. Was it not at Kilmarnock Waggy got his injury? Added to preview.

I wouldn't waste time on Neds I would probably fall back into my old hobby of trying to get every female I see into bed. With only 90 minutes I would have to cut down on Quality or Quantity.

One of Mark Warburtons clichés is “we must look at every game and learn from it ” Looking back on the first 3 games of the season I think we have certainly learned one thing. Teams in the premier league are in fact going to play against us with the exact same tactics as teams in the lower leagues did. Hamilton, Dundee and Motherwell have all lined up to defend in numbers with a 4-5-1 system. Most of these games have been played 30 yards from our opponents goal with a wall of 9 defenders for us to break down. Frustrate, steal a goal, shut the back door and frustrate some more is on the menu. The difference is in the premier league they do it better. The players are fitter and very well organised. A 1-1 draw with Hamilton, a scrappy 2-1 win against Dundee and a last gasp 2-1 win against Motherwell are testament to that. Another unfortunate thing we have learned is that our defensive frailties of the last few seasons are still there for all to see. Set pieces are a nightmare with players losing their opponents far too easily and ball watching instead of attacking the ball has cost us goals in all 3 games. That of course means we have to score at least twice to secure a victory. That is a feat that we are struggling to do through, a lack of a cutting edge, umpteen missed chances, good defending, and a catalogue of the so called professional fouls that referee's seem to let go unpunished. Tonight we travel to Kilmarnock and for Killie to use any other tactics would be the biggest shock since Leicester City winning the English Premier league. As Gary Linneker may say If they use any other attacking tactics I will write my next preview in my underpants. Good nobody will see as it is not a pretty sight. We will as normal be playing plan A. Get possession of the football, pass it around and try and break down the Killie defence. That fact is now set in stone. What Mr Warburton has to have learned from the last 3 games is: Why is plan A is not going to plan as it should be. Another Cliché from Mr Warburton is: If we train good and prepare well we will be in a good place. The thing is, not only do we know how we will play, other teams know the rigid tactics we adhere to. We are now amongst the big boys and they are also full professional players. They will also be training well and preparing good. Most of their training will be based to frustrate us and make our good place, not so good. Given that both teams have trained well and prepared good then the difference to force a result lies in team selection, technical ability and the word I love, pitch geography. Technical ability is the easy one that puts Rangers in a clear advantageous position. Team selection and pitch geography are actually very much linked together. I know we are only 3 games in and Warburton is trying to find his best formation but after 30 plus years in the metal industry I learned you can't cut an iron bar without a cutting edge. With that I have to ask is picking 3 defensive midfielders and a striker who drops deep the best option to finding that cutting edge. Our pitch geography regularly looks more like a U-shape rather than that sharp diamond cutting edge needed to carve through the opposition defence. Add to that the slow walking pace passing that 3 defensive players in the engine room generate then it all becomes too easy for the defence to soak up the pressure and even hit us on the break and get players into the spaces between the midfielders and our defence. Another lesson that our coaching staff should have picked up on is how Kenny Millar came in from the left wing to the back post to score the winner against Motherwell. They should have placed Barrie McKay and Michael O'Halloran in a video room and let them watch a video of that goal a couple of hundred times over and over again. Don't get me wrong I think Barrie is a great player but that is one thing missing from his game. A will to bust a gut to get into a scoring position in the box. Have we ever seen Barrie McKay contesting a header at the back post? I can't remember one Last season I criticised Wes Foderinham a lot but I have to say he has been excellent in the 3 games played and you could even say he has won us 6 of the points we have won, with some fantastic saves. He also looks a little more comfortable coming for crosses but that is a work in progress and given his height he should be able to make it a strong point of his game. He is still young and should grow in confidence of his own ability. James Tavernier has also started to look like a reasonable defender although that has come at a cost of his attacking play. We have to accept there is no way we will get the same goal tally from him as last season. Rangers have also added Joe Garner to the Squad. He is noted as an out and out scoring striker. Hopefully he will be that diamond cutting edge our team is crying out for. Warburton has stated he will certainly play a part against Kilmarnock but whether it is in the starting line up remains to be seen. I doubt it personally and think he will come on after 60 minutes. I think and hope Warburton will have seen that Rossiter, Burton and Halliday is not working and will either play Kranjcar or Forrester as the third midfielder in place of Halliday. If Forrester is chosen then O'Halloran will probably play wide right and if Kranjcar is chosen then Forrester will play wide right. Another factor to consider on team selection will be the Plastic pitch. This is the pitch where Martyn Waghorn was injured last season and will probably sway the manager not to play players returning from injury. In his press conference he stated that he hoped it would be well watered so he has obviously noted it as an issue. I think the starting line-up will be: Wes Foderinham Tavernier Kiernan Wilson Wallace Rossiter Kranjcar Burton Forrester Miller McKay At the time of writing it has been rumoured that Philippe Senderos has been taking a medical and may be in the squad for the Kilmarnock game but I doubt even if he does sign he will play a role for this one. Come Monday morning I hope we can quote one of Warburton's clichés and say"Top of the league! we are in a good place."

Wouldn't we all!

He couldn't start a game for us at a lower level so there was never any hope in the top flight. I am surprised he has fell so low as the Irish league though.

I am not sure what anyone can do if hè has 55% of the shares. Hè can out vote them all.

While it is good he is getting attacked from all sides I doubt it makes much much difference to Rangers in the long run. It will not soften his grip on us.

Killie 1- Rangers 2 Miller

Why can't he do it with Wilson and Kiernen?

Loved the guy. What a pity he couldn't hit a barn door.etc.etc.

Nether do I, I married one. We all have our own experiences but the Netherlands and the Dutch people have been great to me.

I remember these discussions with McCoist and now he is a legend. Even Souness wasn't really a fan of McCoist and banked him regularly. Over 10 years Miller will also be a Legend to some maybe most.

It was written somewhere that he fell down the leagues as a CH as he was not good. It was only when moved to midfield he started to show form.

You could see a mile away the guy was going to miss the penalty. It took a long time for the ref to sort things out and you could see him getting more nervous by the second. I don't think the other player coming to talk to him helped either, that really broke any little concentration he had. It was a piss poor penalty that even Gordon could save.

I am afraid it will always be the famous Glasgow Rangers for me, official or not. I hate when the Dutch call us just Glasgow though that gets on my wick.

They are not man enough to protest at the bron.

Was this aimed at me? I didn't realise I was being negative but just discussing the possibilities. I said if he gets into good positions he will get plenty chances to score a barrow load. I don't see that as particularly negative. To get an even discussion you have got to look at both sides of the coin but as has been stated the proof of the pudding will be in the eating.