Frankie

Please gents can we keep the personal crap to pms... :admin:

Yip we need to be somewhere between DA (who was a bit too aloof from the players) and Eck (who was too lenient). Discipline on and off the park is imperative if you want to be successful. If you don't have it then thankfully the new regime won't stand for it. Just as Ricksen and McCormack.

Valencia when they beat us 2-1 in the CL about 7 years ago... Described as the 'Aberdeen of Spain' by the press! Aye right - led by Mendieta they were superb. Worst team I'm not so sure about but Gotu seems a good shout.

http://www.rangers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,5~866009,00.html Gers Take On The Trotters RANGERS will take on Premiership side Bolton Wanderers on Tuesday, July 25 at the Reebok Stadium in what is sure to be another hugely entertaining pre-season friendly. The match, which will kick-off at 8pm, will give new boss Paul Le Guen the perfect opportunity to assess his squad of players ahead of the SPL kick-off against Motherwell five days later. And the Light Blues, who will also come up against last season's UEFA Cup finalists Middlesbrough on July 22 at Ibrox, will have to be at their best to beat one of the England's most consistent teams on their home turf. Under the guidance of Sam Allardyce, the Trotters have established themselves as a major force in one of the toughest leagues in the world and many were touting the club's highly-rated manager to replace Sven Goran Eriksson as England boss before the appointment of Steve McLaren. Allardyce now has an exceptionally strong squad at his disposal and his team have been praised for their fluent, attacking football as well as their organised defensive displays. Captain Kevin Nolan is a fans' favourite at the Reebok Stadium due to his energetic performances and ability to score important goals. Add to that the experience of Gary Speed and Ivan Campo and the skill of Stelios Gianakopoulos and El Hadji Diouf and you start to realise why not many Premiership sides enjoy a trip to the Reebok. It is sure to be yet another cracking pre-season friendly and it will give the Rangers fans another chance to see the club's big summer signings in action. Tickets are £15 for adults in all areas and £5 for kids and OAPs. They will be available from the call centre on 0870 600 1993 and the Rangers ticket centre but not online.

Don't have a link for this comment yet as I only heard it on Radio Scotland on their 7.30am Sports news. However, suffice to say that this bitter, provocative wee bigot has once against pandered to the lowest common denominator amongst his support by suggesting that Hearts (despite not signing anyone yet and effectively losing 2 senior players) will be Celtic's main challenger because of their bigger chequebook. Personally speaking I was delighted when this runt signed a new deal to say at the East End. Basically so Mnsr Le Guen and his players can stick it right up him when we do regain the title. I sincerely hope these comments are pinned everywhere round Ibrox Stadium and SA right now.

Yip and that'snot because of Rangers fans either Gribz... At the time I was delighted Johnston signed. We had plenty RC players before him but he was arguably the most high profile of them all. There were a lot of unhappy bears (and mostly Celtic fans as well) at the time. However, not all of this was because of his religion just because a lot of people didn't like him or his previous actions while playing for Celtic against Rangers. The season ticket burning thing was orchestrated by the newspapers though and was minimal. Luckily we've now moved on with no small part to this transfer.

I actually quite liked McCormack but if PLG thinks he's not going to make it that's good enough for me.

Wasn't this game cancelled?

It's not important mate...

http://www.rangers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Match/ActionShots/0,,5~865734,00.html From the official site...

Some good pics of the squad training in SA... Ferguson taking a full part in the running and Svensson looking like the physical DC we require to compliment J-Rod. http://www.snspix.com/cgi-bin/SNSPix http://www.rangers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Match/ActionShots/0,,5~865734,00.html

I sincerely doubt we have that kind of money to spend. Especially when you consider the wages that the likes of Di Vaio would command.

Booked into the Holiday Inn down the road for £49 a room. Swimming pool and 24 hour bar. This could get messy.

Sorry Gazza, but FR has previous for this kind of unacceptable and embarrassing behaviour. PLG doesn't.

I only watched a few all the way through....

Talks on Bendtar as progressing well apparantly. Season long loan. Di Vaio is 30 IIRC and not a bad player. However, we cannot afford £4million. Don't know anything about the other potential trialist.

Ricksen's lack of remorse makes me just as angry as his initial alleged behaviour. He disgusts me and the quicker he leaves, or is preferably sacked, the better.

I don't want speculation about this. Rangers should comment soon on what happened and until then I'd prefer we used our brains and didn't spread false and unfounded stories. Dignity.

Yep, I don't want to read anyone speculating about this. No-one knows what has happened and we're just lucky that we now have a manager who seems able not to take crap from a player whose discipline problems have always outshown his actual talent. A player on a lot of money who has treated our club and by association the people who pay his wages (you and I) with disdain. I hope he is sacked tomorrow.

No chance. There is speculating and there is dreaming. That goes for the other threads as well with players that we firstly cannot afford and secondly would struggle to attract to an average league and no CL football.

Crazy from ZZ...

I'd go for Sweinsteiger and Gattuso We're covered at left back with the outstanding Stevie Smith.

Radoi, from Steua Bucharest.... not that I believe this rumour of course as I reckon he's out of our budget,

No thanks. Would rather have Webster or this Romanian we've been linked to.

We won't qualify but with Walter Smith and some exciting younger players we can achieve the realistic primary aim of lowering our coefficient enough to be seeded better for the WC 2010 qualifing draw. We have to start somewhere and the games against France and Italy will give these young players superb experience for future campaigns and hopefully finals participation.