Uilleam

Well, with all due respect, it is true. Perhaps you can answer the old canard which I posted earlier, with no response: If Russell Martin is the answer, just what, exactly, is the question? (I am going out for a haircut, so you have some time to respond, should you choose to do so.)

I doubt that, with all due respect.

Cheap hire = cheap fire.

'Night all. Russell Martin, Matty Gill, and Maurice Ross..... ...let that sink in.

You're welcome, as ever.

God still loves a trier.

God loves a trier.

One makes a salad, the other a word salad.

Which will last longer? Or

He's not a coach on the way up, he's a guy on the way down, from a low peak.

No.

A failure, too, then

Matty Gill? Where sits he in your panoply of failed hipsters?

Ultimately, Martin's CV and playing style is a perfect example of what we don’t want. Low block an issue. Defence an issue. Failure at set pieces. Recent managers failed to address these issues and now we seem Hell bent on bringing in another manager who has these blots on his CV. FFS! Add in that he is a 'philosopher' who has never heard of pragmatism, far less empiricism, and who elevates style over substance, and we look done for. Wtf is Matty Gill? And wtf has he done to warrant a job at Rangers?

God loves a trier......

A young fellow was struggling with his homework. His father, who was reading the paper, looked up and said 'What's the matter?' The boy replied, 'I have to write a sentence or two explaining the difference between 'potential' and 'actual'. His father thought for a moment, and said 'Go through to the kitchen, and ask you mother if she would sleep with a strange man for 10 grand.' The boy does so, and confirms that she would. His father then says, 'Go upstairs and ask your sister the same question' Again the boy does so, and confirms his sister would do likewise. 'Well', says his father, ' potentially we are worth 20 grand, but actually we are living with a pair of whores'.

Means that they will be modish. For a while.

Well, let's look forward to some Podium Finishes. You know what I mean - Second Place in the League (but with stylish performances ); Losers in The Scottish Cup (but with a stylish performance in the Final, or Semi-Final); Losers in the League Cup (but with a stylish performance in the Final, or Semi-Final). Early humiliation Europe will allow RM to concentrate on avoiding a battle for 2nd/3rd/4th place, and on having decent domestic cup runs. No matter how I look at it, I struggle to answer this old chestnut: If Russell Martin is the answer, just what exactly is the question?

Gies a job, like

Apparently (per Fabrizio Romano): Inter Milan has asked Como for permission to open talks with Cesc Fabregas today. No direct contact with Cesc yet as timing and final decision depends on Como, with Inter now ready to present their project to Fabregas. The implication is: Cesc Fabregas to Inter, and Davide Ancelotti to Como. Hard decision for the boy - Glasgow or the Italian Lakes; Serie A or the Sunday Post Football League; sophisticated players who have been coached by a sophisticated player and coach, or a ragbag of second raters, who have had several managers bagged, on long contracts. Gotta be Glasgow when you see it spelled out like that. Non?

If you say so

If you looked at this managerial record, would you even interview the guy for the post of Rangers' Manager/Head Coach? Would you cocoa! MK Dons - 19th League One MK Dons - 13th League One Swansea - 15th Championship Swansea - 10th Championship So'ton - 4th in Championship So'ton - 20th in Premiership

No; they are after Conte. Russell Martin a shoe-in for Napoli, thereafter.

Are oppressed minorities not allowed a dispensation for this kind of thing?

Yahoo Serious. Russell Martin proud of Scotland call-up - BBC Sport Martin revealed his Celtic-supporting dad was delighted with the news of his call-up for the games at the Aviva Stadium on Wednesday and Sunday. "My dad was born here and still has family here," he said. "He went south when he was fairly young but he sees himself as Scottish and he is extremely proud. "He used to come up with my junior football teams in the summer for the Ayr Youth Cup and tie that in with seeing family. "He would also come up and watch Celtic a fair bit.