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Actions speak louder than words. I don't think they'll all go. I would hope to keep Shagger and Jela first and foremost.

McGregor has got to be one of the few keepers where you almost expect him to save a penalty. Everything about penalties (bar perhaps the pressure the striker faces) favours the forward. Watching that pen I was incredibly nervous, but once again and thanks to his magnificent record, I had a feeling he would stop it. At the time I didn't think it would matter though.

All sounds good, but looking at probably our first choice XI (well based on recent fixtures): McGregor Whittaker Bougherra Weir Papac Naismith Davis Edu Wylde Jela Lafferty How many of them will still be here come season 2011/12? Could be: Alexander/New keeper Whittaker New CB pairing New LB Naismith Davis Edu Wylde Lafferty New Striker Of course the "new" positions could be filled by the current squad. Here's hoping we at least keep McGregor and Jelavic. I wouldn't be unhappy to see Papac stay either. Bougherra will be off given the chance, I suspect. And whilst Weir has been an excellent servant he has perhaps run his course here. A large part of our recent success has been a close knit team and consistency of selection to forge unrivalled team spirit. Too much upheaval would not be beneficial. Particularly in that back 5.

Is this the wee bit they have in the paper where they put fan quotes? No doubt this will be their "quote of the day". It's usually something pro-timmy/anti-rangers that they select as their quote of the day.

So much funniness in that. The last minute or two is comedy gold. Something about Rangers fans being gutted watching that? What, winning the league? The two consecutive posts by the guy who says he's just bet on Killie 3-3 followed about a minute later by Jela scores a 4th. All the posts around the 3-0 mark roughly beginning with: "They should stop the game now, whats the point?" They claim it's because of some kind of corruption, but really our electric start to the game ripped their heart out in 5 or 6 minutes and completely crushed their feint hopes of last minute drama. The sweet smell of their utter despair and dejection is priceless.

What makes football, or any professional sport, so utterly compelling is the knowledge that for every great victory, wherever there is a triumphant winner but also a disconsolate loser. Whenever Rangers win a title, we are always told that it is the worst league winning side in history. Has a Rangers side ever been worthy of the success their efforts have brought? Throughout today's emphatic victory there was always the lingering suggestion, from commentators, from pundits and experts, that Rangers were gifted the title due to Celtic's lack of bottle in the title run in and their improbable, unpredicatable defeat in the highlands. With the draw at Ibrox, where McGregor saved a penalty (awarded for a Celtic dive) that ultimately contributed so vitally to our victory, Celtic merely had to turn up in their four remaining fixtures to collect that 12 points that would seal the title. Unfortunately, Inverness Caley had not read the script and duly dumped the Champions elect (elected by themselves) from the driving seat. As Calscot pointed out in another thread the three points Celtic dropped in their run in is entirely consistent with their record throughout the season in terms of average points gained. It could almost be expected that they would come unstuck in at least one fixture. On paper, Celtic not trampelling all in their wake in their remaining few fixtures would be unthinkable. And as a fan who prepares himself for the worst in such a scenario, I had not expected such an event for fear of my hopes being cruelly squashed. However, it is disrespectful to dismiss the other ten league opponents in such a manner and as Madjid Bougherra said in his celebratory interviews, perhaps our cross city opponents had become cocky. Their arrogance was their undoing. Rangers management team are always at pains to pay the utmost respect to all our opponents and that is no more evident than in the way we approached the opening 7 minutes of our title clinching victory today. We went at our opponents from the off and delivered the victory that counted most. Whilst Rangers dropped just two points (only in an Old Firm draw) in our final ten fixtures since our last defeat to Dundee United, the Old Firm cannot routinely expect to go on such a run of results. A winning run is built upon hard work, confidence and even good fortune. Time and again Celtic have shown disrespect to the rest of the league; in expecting to turn up and be awarded the points without having to contest them (such as at Caley) and also through questioning the integrity of our opponents when we have achieved hard fought victories. Lennon and Celtic questioned the likes of Hearts and Dundee United when we dispatched them with ruthless efficiency, yet had no such concerns about achieving similar results themselves against the same opposition. The other question that must be answered is how late in a season must you drop points for it to be argued that you handed the title to your opponents? Celtic argue they threw away the title, we did not win it, because they lost their 4th last fixture at Caley. Can it be argued, hypothetically, that had they won the title we could point to that loss against Dundee United at Ibrox (a fixture we could reasonably expect to win and which we dominated for large spells) and say we lost it, they did not win it? Clearly it is a ludicrous concept. A league title is awarded to the team that garners the most points over the competitive 38 game season. Whether points are lost early in the season, with four games to go, or indeed with minutes of the season remaining is immaterial. The team which sits top of the pile after the final minute of the final fixture are deserving champions. For the third time in a row, for the 54th time in total, that team is Rangers. Here's to four in a row! :spl:

I was always under the impression he grew up a jambo or something. Must be ill informed. That looks like the comments of someone who grew up a bear. If we can use his love for the club to keep him in the SPL when he is surely a match for any keeper in England then we have to make that work for us. Cheque book out Mr. Whyte please.

A lot of comments from them about how we have won the league but they have won so much more. Yet none of them seem to be willin or able to identify what it is they're won. It's neither of these though:

Completely below the belt dig about craig there!

Must have been doing a better job than Donnie Brascoe!

Ha ha. Not been so can't comment but that's as good a reason as any not to go.

The pathetic bid which succeeded in taking Miller to Turkey must have given them a taste for more, thinking we're a soft touch and they can poach any of our players at a fraction of their true worth. Hopefully these days are over.

Get the same problem on this thread. Some database error message. On the Rangers chat forum if you click the wee arrow that takes you to the most recent post I can view the second page that way. Strange.

Aye that's real dominance. Not like they claimed with O'Neill who had a worse head to head record in direct competition with Eck. :spl:

Hope he's right about Whyte tackling the bigots in our media. Is Campbell a first sign of this, or might this have happened before Whyte's time?

Balls. Football is primarily about winning trophies and no amount of pretending to be part of a down trodden comunity will change that. And what the fuck is this "we are Neil Lennon" shit? It doesn't even make sense.

Just read an interesting stat; In the 11 full season's in charge Walter has had Celtic have won just 5 trophies. 6 if they win the cup.

Robbie Savage is a cunt. Just sticking up for his own kind.

I suppose it does give them more opportunity to make some of their frankly ridiculous claims about Scottish football and society in general, that they would not be so easily afforded from a winning position.

They're all off their nuts. And try as they might to claim otherwise they will be absolutely gutted if (as it should) things go our way this weekend.

Top quality (but also somewhat bizarre). Hope it makes a decent amount for his charity.

High viewing figures may just encourage the BBC to commission more of this (anti-Rangers) pish though? I'm with the dont watch camp. Watching would be akin to buying the Record or listening to the phone ins.

Would be difficult to pull off so soon after last time no? Are they really that thick?

One example where it's good being wrong. :spl:

Lets give it to craig and Hartson tight then lads!