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I get your analogy craig but Naismith looked a far better signing when we bought him and had played at a better standard for longer in our league than Sone.

Aye, you're right zappa though i can see why its ambiguous.

Had an idea for a wee jokey article even before their game kicked off today. Only works if it panned out that they actually played 11 men for once though.

In Scotland it never rains but it pours. Late last night our game was once again tarnished with an ugly incident. However, it did not greatly affect the outcome of the game as the establishment club once again achieved victory against all the odds. Peter Lawell will no doubt be contacting the powers that be to seek clarification and question the sporting integrity of Scottish football after Celtic were forced to finish a game playing against 11 men. Quite how Dunfermline were able to finish the game with an extra man on the pitch is currently unknown but referee Bobby Madden and his assistants will no doubt be called into the main corridors of power in Scottish football; down at Celtic park, to explain their (in)actions. With the knowledge that Celtic had previously gone 2 months without defeating SPL opponents playing with a full compliment and the advantage of 11 players on the field it was quite a risk by Mr Madden to allow Dunfermline to complete 90 minutes without a single player receiving a red card. Madden could well find himself refereeing lower down the league ladder during the next fixture card and the administrators of Scottish football can only hope that the man in the middle when Celtic host St. Mirren is not negligent in his duties and finds a reason to restrict the Paisley club to a fairer 10 men on the field of play. Celtic’s struggles in competing when their opponents have this numerical advantage is well documented and it would be unfair to expect Celtic to try and keep pace with the Rangers title charge if every week they are battling against the opposition with the odds stacked against them.

Dunfermline still got 11 on the park?

That'll be the end of that one then.

It really is quite amazing that we dont have journo's writing stories about the fact that the rest of the media and politicians are using this ridiculous "war on sectarianism" to cover up the fact that they aren't dealing with far greater problems. Time and again it is demonstrated that sectarianism just really isn't that prevalent in our society and even if it was, things that are more common and of greater concern are larger ignored in favour of wasting money on this sectarianism industry. It's ridiculous and actually a little frightening that they aren't called into question for investing so much time and money in it.

Have they not closed the book on that?

I know what they say about statistics, but that one is pretty interesting.

An Windsor is a royal name. Whay happened to his house.

I live in England so can I dish out all the sectarian abuse I want online?

How much were they trying to tout him for after a few fairly average months at Celtic? Not sure I buy that these teams from big countries are really looking at him tbh. Headless chicken.

Just a joke mate because this thread had no replies. I'm not fussed. If I brought a bit more traffic to the main site then great.

Well there's been no Billy boys for a long time and certainly no commentators talking us up if it does escape out. Not read the rest of it, it's a self-justifying, bullshit cause to sell papers and give politicians something to talk about. Sectarianism just isn't really much of an issue in Scotland.

Just not as popular on here.

If it were us getting to play ten every week you can guarantee it would be all over the media, paper and airwaves. I was at work whilst this was on, went on the BBC's pages to read the minute by minute and they posted a comment from someone saying it was typical the Old Firm getting another call. But it's not us too is it.

Doesn't help my crimes perpetrated by tims on tims are reported as sectarian by the media. E.g. that Gormley lad.

With the announcement today that Rangers would be donating prizes to raise money at a special Diwali festival in Glasgow this weekend it appears the club, under Whyteâ??s stewardship, are making real efforts to enhance the clubâ??s global appeal. The generosity of the club to this predominantly Hindu and Sikh festival comes in the same week that the Rangers were the first Scottish club to launch a Hindi twitter commentary to allow greater access to club news amongst the Asian community in Scotland and further afield. It also follows hot on the heels of the impending trials of I-League stars Sunil Chhetri and Jeje Lalpekhlua. We have previously made tentative steps to appeal to the larger footballing fanbases in English speaking countries with Claudio Reyna, Da Marcus Beasley, Craig Moore and Kevin Muscat having donned the light blue. And currently we can also boast the talents of Maurice Edu, Carlos Bocanegra and Alejandra Bedoya from the US and Matt McKay from Australia. However, the current efforts to break into any prospective Asian market seem to be more wide reaching with an obvious and well thought out strategy. Unlike our Glasgow rivals, this does not appear to be a mere scatter gun approach to signing foreign footballers from whichever country we stick a pin at random on a world map. Later this month Chhetri and Lalpekhlua, the biggest star and young pretender to the throne of Indian football will arrive for their trials. And should either or both prove of sufficient quality to merit a full contract then the profile of the club will be enhanced in their home country alongside these other initiatives to make the club more available and more appealing to the fans back home. Online social media is a positively booming market and it makes good business sense to open up the club to any potential fans who donâ??t speak English or even to make the club more appealing to different ethnicities within Scotland. Add to this the publicised charity work to which the club is employing itself and Rangers are demonstrating that we are a far more inclusive club than the media would like to portray us. This is a clear and distinct strategy which the club is employing to get a foothold in to what they must see as an emerging football market or perhaps as one Gersnet poster has hypothesized, to make the club more appealing to the Asian community in Scotland. I have often criticised what I saw as a foolhardy agenda by our neighbours across the city to buy in most often Asian and Oriental footballers to try and sell their perceived global brand. There seemed to be little evidence of any appetite for Scottish football in these countries. Particularly when competing with the PR machine of Sky and EPL football and La Liga in Spain too. It is still doubtful whether there is a real opportunity for Scottish clubs to take advantage of in Asia and I have yet to be convinced by any real evidence to the contrary. However, Rangers appear to be taking this very seriously. Bringing in the leading talents of Indian football, making the club more accessible to Hindi speakers via Twitter and the World Wide Web. Enhancing the clubâ??s reputation within the Asian community at home and perhaps abroad by supporting charitable and religious causes. Also in sending our Business Development manager to India to forge links within the Indian League and with its member clubs. It is a multi pronged charm offensive by the club to widen our appeal and steal a march on our rivals in what we must see as a potentially lucrative market. Time will tell whether this strategy will bear fruit but it appears to have more thought and consideration put into it than merely signing a top named player and hoping their supposed star status alone will sell a few shirts in Tokyo or Beijing or some other far off city.

Fair point. I just remember when tims were bumping their gums about the money they made from buying asian players that any shirts bought were knock offs and any additional tv rights would be officially shared out amongst the SPL clubs. Dont know if we would make much through additional Rangers Tv subscriptions in India though?

When the tims tried this angle with Nakamura was there not just a small amount of income shared around the SPL clubs?

Unusual for a bigoted club.

Adam was listed as a potential option by UEFA for their team of the year or something similar was he not? Whilst that may be overrating him a bit it hardly indicates a player who was anything other than top quality at Blackpool.

Hope the judge is a bear.

Does it matter. It is highly offensive and arguably more offensive than things like FTP. The pope isn't dead or fucked or whatever but glorifying murderers and their attrocities is more offensive.

Diana isn't an important sibject. About on a par with Jade Goody.