pete

I thought he was excellent two seasons ago but got really frustrated last season by his turning and passing the ball back. I don't know if that was because we only had one option\target up front but he just seemed to go in one direction and that was backwards.

Nah he would have probably played Sandy Jardine.

I wonder when this started because we backed out signing McDonald over about 250.000 quid, Brown was the same about 250.000 too short. Huntelaar is another example, we wouldn't pay 4.5 mill and he is now worth 3 times that amount. Our hearts are not really in this or we have people who can't judge talent\prices.

I didn't realise a website(FF) had so much pull amongst the Rangers support. After hearing that Murray is angry what is said on FF and Kenny Miller saying he had read on the internet that the Rangers fans don't think he is good enough, i suppose these guy's do nose around on these sites.

I suppose if you look at the Gow case, we paid +- 400.000 in wages and we can get 750.000 back for him,so it was good business. The flip side of the coin is that no young player in his right mind will join us because they know they will never get a chance.

I hope he does come back stronger and better but i would rather he produced the goods before shouting his mouth off.

Unfinished business For this to work we need to get the scouts off their arses and if Walter Smith is the man to lead the way is also debatable, given his record in actually playing young players. Davie Weir? I rest my case.

That is one thing about the Gersnet, whether you agree or disagree with something you will get your say. I have never seen a legitimate post censored on here. We may not be the biggest Rangers site but in my eyes we are the best. What a pity all the good work done by the RST has been eradicated in one fell swoop. Even if the old board tried to start up a new trust it would take years before they would get to the same level. Hopefully this will be corrected at the AGM.

Use firefox and download the spelling option. No rocket science. Sorry Wija i never even noticed the mistake. firefox fixed it for me.

Yeh they sit next to each other on the bench.

Jon you are obsessed. Wija is right let's not start the same repetitive crap again. The only thing i will add is that hater is probably a little strong.

Everyone talks about the Ajax youth system but that has long dried up. The team with the best scouting system in Europe are Herenveen. They just pick up one top player after another. Alves , huntelaar, Allbeck and most recently Miralem Sulejmani who Ajax have now paid 16.5mill euros for. Herenveen payed Partizan Belgrade a youth fee.

.Cardiff are set to make a �£1.75million bid for Rangers striker David Cousin. I guess the price just went down although it might be his brother David.

He signed a two year deal according to the Cergle website. He is taking a gamble that a bigger club will come in for him

I don't know the amount but i read he had taken a massive wage cut,but was to get a large slice of any future transfer money. He believes if he gets match fit the bigger clubs will be knocking on his door again.

I am praying we sign a good CH but it seems unlikely now. I don't have much faith in Webster ever being fit. I hated the way we played with Weir at the back so i am not really that happy he has re-signed. Daily looked better in midfield than at the back but again i would have proffered a young terrier in the midfield rather than an old snail.

Buffel could have also stayed on his bum for another year and raked in another 900.000 pounds but chose to take a paycut to get first team football. I remember a Dutch guy Winston Bogarde who went from Barcelona to Chelsea played a few games(4 i think) and sat on his arse for the rest of his 4 year contract. In the end up he didn't even train and was heavier than me. That is a money shark not Buffel imo.

Just a thought. I wonder if Fergie would have ever gotten a chance if Smith had remained, given his youth record. Or would he have been punted?

Sherry? It is Rum we sailor boy's like to drink sweety! Hmmmm

Just had a thought on going through my normal websites. The most new managers want to bring in new players which means that they have more players to get rid of. That will mean as the window gets nearer to closing the teams with new managers will be easier to deal with. Worth waiting for i would think.

Yup i agree totally Craig. AZ showed that over the last two seasons, with Arveladze up front they were almost, and should have been champions. Last season without him they were fighting in the bottom places.

I don't always copy and paste. All my own work. Well Fergie had a hand in it as well. The pool that he captained to the treble included: Klos Ricksen Moore Amoruso Numan McCann Flo Barry Ferguson Arteta Konterman Lovenkrands Arveladze R de Boer Latapy Muscat Mo Ross Malcolm S Hughes Dodds Caniggia Mols Nerlinger Hutton MacLean S Thompson Bonnissel The team would mostly have been: Klos Ricksen Moore Amoruso Numan Barry Ferguson Arteta R de Boer Arveladze Caniggia Lovenkrands. To be honest to Barry it is not his fault we do not have players of this standing at Ibrox today and as he received all player of the year awards i think it is unfair to say it was all due to R. de boer and Co. What i will say looking at the players in front of him, R de Boer Arveladze Mols and Caniggia shows me the importance to have more than one player up front who can control a ball.

Sorry just noticed i spelt his name wrong in the title. I can't change it myself, will one of the mods do that for me.Thanks:o

Barry Ferguson made his debuut as a 16 year old in season 94\95 but it was when Dick Advocaat arrived in season 1998/1999 that he became a regular member of the team. In 2001\2002 he became the youngest ever Rangers Captain at the age of 23. In his first season under his leadership Fergie led Rangers to a cup double but rumours were already ripe that Dick Advocaat had lost the dressing room and that there was a Dutch-Scottish divide. Dick Advocaat was promoted to technical manager and Alex McLeish took over the managerial reigns. In 2002\2003 Fergie captained Rangers to a Scottish treble of the two cups and the league championship. He was named player of the year and became a cult hero to some supporters. He has never captained a league winning team since. At the start of season 2003\04 he left Ibrox to join Blackburn in which some supporters think he committed a cardinal sin and see him as a turncoat, while other supporters think he was pushed unwillingly out the door to ease the financial pressures, Rangers were under at that time. During a tormented time at Blackburn in which he claimed to be homesick, he suffered a serious injury,when he fractured a knee cap. Admitting he had made a mistake in leaving Rangers and after much negotiation Barry returned to Rangers just before the transfer window shut in January 2005. He played his part in helping Rangers led by captain Fernando Ricksen, lift the SPL trophy with virtually the last kick of the ball in what was called helicopter Sunday. At the beginning of season 2005\06 Barry was reinstated as Captain which again split the Rangers support in pro and anti Fergie groups. As Rangers League chances quickly diminished again rumours of dressing room troubles reared their head and Alex McLeish was informed he would be leaving at the end of the season. A great run in the Champions League, where Rangers reached the knock-out stages gave McLeish a great add on to his CV, and the supporters hope for the new season under paul le Guen. Rangers had a great start to the season under PLG which was without an injured Barry Ferguson. Some would say we played the best football in years. When Fergie was fit, PLG reinstated him in the team and quickly results started to go pear shaped. Again dressing room drama's were hitting the media. Players not wanting to follow special diets. Players not wanting to train twice a day. PLG dropped Barry Ferguson saying he was undermining his authority. David Murray chose to back Fergie and possibly keep the majority of fans happy and let Paul le Guen walk away on mutual agreement. Enter Walter Smith, who has been brought back in to steady the ship. He supposedly warns Fergie to toe the line. Fergie is pushed into a more forward attacking position, playing behind the lone striker in a 4-5-1 formation. With only a handful of good performances again this season and Rangers losing an almost unassailable lead, Barry is once again portrayed as captain courageous playing through the pain barrier for the love of his team. Rangers supporters again seem split on the Barry Ferguson enigma. Is he the super captain he portrays or is he the dressing room snake in the grass PLG tried to oust? Is he a team player or is he on a one man ego trip? Is Barry Ferguson unmissable as many supporters believe or is he actually a negative catalyst on the team? Is Barry Ferguson the world class player some people believe he is or the mediocre player other supporters see him as? That he has a Rangers heart is beyond question but does that give him an endless claim to a starting place no matter how he performs? Personally i think he does have the best for Rangers at heart but in that lies his pitfall. I believe he thinks he is Rangers knight in shining armour and the weight of the club lies on his shoulders. I also do not think we got the same player back from Blackburn that left us eighteen months earlier. Barry Ferguson is not unmissable and certainly not bigger than Rangers football club. I am under no disillusion that he will be replaced in this transfer window but it must be time to evaluate his true worth to the team and have a replacement waiting in the wings.

Yes please!!!