chilledbear

We need a shape and formation, with a way of playing football. This should be throughout the whole Club, from Youth teams upwards. I think this is more important than what players we can attract.

01 Cierzniak 02 Dillon 03 Douglas 05 Gunning Booked 12 Watson 06 Flood 08 Rankin 11 Mackay-Steven (Gardyne - 67' ) 16 Armstrong (Ryan - 67' ) 07 Russell 09 Daly Most of these players were free transfers. I wonder how many of these players wages would you need to make up one of ours. Alexander, Wallace, Black, Sheils, Sandaza and Templeton are/have been, top SPL players. I could take results and performances, though not the lack of fight, if we were a young team but we are not. We have players who are overpaid and are not up for the fight. It is up to Management to sort this out, or admit they can't.

As far as I can see, the average age of Rangers team yesterday was at least 3 years older than the DU team.

HaHa, true mate, he wasn't the only one.

Lords don't do karsis !!

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/lord-nimmo-smith-to-make-rangers-1568392 LORD NIMMO SMITH is set to keep Rangers sweating over their titles for “weeks rather than days”. The law lord yesterday gathered final submissions from legal teams representing the Ibrox club and SPL after chairing a three-man panel over three days as part of the probe into the use of EBTs. Rangers stand accused of breaking SPL rules by making undisclosed payments to players from 2000 to 2011 during the reign of former chairman David Murray. Lord Nimmo Smith must now deliver a verdict and if he finds Rangers guilty he has to also decide on an appropriate punishment – with a raft of possible sanctions including the potential stripping of some of the club’s 54 titles. But Record Sport understands there will be no rush to announce Rangers’ fate and Lord Nimmo Smith told both parties yesterday he is unlikely to be in a position to tell them his decision this week or next. A close source said: “It appears we are talking weeks rather than days for the final decision. “Lord Nimmo Smith has a lot of evidence and submissions to go through and also has to examine the SPL rulebook. These are serious allegations and he will not be rushed.” We also understand that Biggart Baillie, the lawyers representing Rangers oldco, are quietly confident of securing a positive outcome. They believe the findings of the first-tier tax tribunal – which cleared Rangers of cooking the books – has significantly weakened the case against the club. They believe their case is so solid they did not require “star witnesses” including Murray and former director Mike McGill to give evidence. Current Rangers chief Charles Green has refused to take any part in the proceedings. Last night the SPL released a statement that said: “The independent commission has heard evidence and submissions and will issue a full written decision in due course.”

Leggoland has his say. LAWWELL AND REGAN'S SFA IN NEW SECRET ATTACK ON RANGERS PETER LAWWELL and Stewart Regan’s Scottish Football Association is the most secretive organisation since the Politburo sat inside the Kremlin at the height of the Soviet Union’s power. It gives the impression of being just as powerful and just as prone to making up the rules as it goes along, just to suit its own purposes, as the old hard faced Soviets used to do. And it seems to believe that it is answerable to nobody. That it is a law unto itself. That it is actually above the Law of the land, despite events in the Court of Session last year proving that arrogant SFA belief to be wrong. Take the case of the so-secret arbitration panel which sat on judgement on Rangers’ right to receive proper compensation for six players who slipped through a loophole and left Rangers high and dry without any transfer fee compensation for them. The six are Allan McGregor, who signed for Beskitas, Steven Naismith who moved to Everton, Sone Aluko, who switched to Hull, Kyle Lafferty, now at Sion, Steven Whittaker, who signed for Norwich and Jamie Ness, now a Stoke player. How much would they have fetched on the open market? A conservative estimate would be something in the region of £10M. Yet Peter Lawwell and Stewart Regan’s Scottish Football Association say that Rangers will not get a penny for them. Not one thin dime, to quote another Celtic man. So, just who were the three not-so-just men who robbed Rangers of what was rightfully theirs? Was it Peter Lawwell, Stewart Regan and Rod Petrie who sat in judgement? Surely not? And, indeed, I am not suggesting that was the case. Even though the verdict will eventually benefit one club in particular. Celtic! The fact is that Peter Lawwell and Stewart Regan’s Scottish Football Association, where Lawwell’s Hibernian pal, Rod Petrie also holds sway, refuse to reveal the names who made up their latest version of the Kremlin’s Politburo. If Justice delayed is Justice denied, then Justice in secret is no form of Justice at all. At least, not in this country, where the guiding principle of the legal system is that Justice must be seen to be done. Not, however, at Peter Lawwell, Stewart Regan and their Hibernian pal, Rod Petrie’s Scottish Football Association where the guideline is secrecy at all costs. Where principles do not apply. Where the rule of the Kremlin holds sway. Mind you, we all know how it ended for the Politburo Many will see this latest attack on Rangers from the Scottish Football Association as more clear evidence that Scottish football’s governing body is now firmly in the grip of those who actively work against the interests of Rangers, notably Peter Lawwell, who, as Celtic’s chief executive is actually paid to work against the interests of Rangers. Think about it, as another old Celtic man often used to remark. I wonder if Lawwell’s Hampden boardroom pal, Stewart Regan has ever done that and pondered the logic of it. If he has not, then he is a fool. If he has, and has seen the logic of it, then he is worse than a fool. Either way, he is not fit for purpose. To quote yet another Celtic man. But the good news is that Charles Green will not allow Regan, Lawwell and their Hibernian pal, Petrie to ride rough shod over Rangers and the Ibrox club have already launched a new appeal. Not that they can be hopeful of the Scottish Football Association of Celtic’s Peter Lawwell, his puppet Stewart Regan and their Hibernian pal, Rod Petrie, delivering Justice. Rangers may have to wait until Richard Keen QC argues their case, perhaps in front of Lord Hodge again, in the Court of Session, where the Principles of Justice prevail and where Justice is seen to be done. .....

http://www.rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/item/3261-longmuir-on-reconstruction

Double post

Wiz it you that pished doon ma leg ?

Ally doesn't even start McKay, Crawford, where has Naismith gone. At least the loan lads might get 90 mins every week.

Having had a major failure with the BTC, this is there last hope.

Never realised he was with Alloa, and Hemmings is at Cowdenbeath. Do you have a list of the youngsters out on loan?

Wonder who the e-mail was from.

http://davidleggat-leggoland.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/record-government-conspiracy-man-named.html?m=1 RECORD "GOVERNMENT CONSPIRACY" MAN NAMED THERE was storm of interest when, in his valedictory column in the Daily Record, Jim Traynor revealed the reaction of two senior executives to the news that the First Tier Tax Tribunal had found in favour of Rangers. According to what Traynor wrote, the reaction of one was to blurt out in bitter bile.... â??Itâ??s a f*****g Government conspiracy.â? While the otherâ??s head simply slumped into his hands in an action which, as far as body language went, spoke of disbelief and despair. Traynorâ??s revelations sparked a feeding frenzy of folk who wanted to know just who the senior news man inside the Daily Record was who was so bitter, so twisted and so hateful towards Rangers, so lacking in serious news judgement, that he truly believed dark forces were at work at Government level to clear Rangers. Plus, who was the other senior executive whose reaction, in front of a host of witnesses, spoke volumes of his disbelieving despair at the verdict in favour of Rangers? My interest was certainly sparked by that Traynor column, which went a long way in exposing the Daily Record for what it has become, a nest of Rangers hating vipers, tied in a commercial deal to Celtic. That column appeared just before Christmas. However, it appears to me that a climate of fear exists within the Daily Record, for suddenly many friends who I have known for years and who I have spoken to regularly, broke off all communications. One of them even went pretty far down the line of actually attempting to avoid me at a match. It is sad that so many decent, diligent, professional and honest journalists should be subjected to what are believed by some to be terror tactics inside the Daily Record and Sunday Mail bunker. But then Jim Traynor repeated that Government conspiracy quote, also mentioning the head-in-hands moment, in a recent blog which appeared on the Official Rangers web site, though once again he refused to reveal the names of the Daily Record senior men whose words and actions betrayed their lack of journalistic professionalism. Once again my interest was sparked. Renewed, if you like and I tried again to get more information. To no avail. Then something strange happened. An email dropped into my inbox from an anonymous Hotmail address. It contained just two names. KEVIN MANSI! ALAN RENNIE What could this mean? Does it mean that Kevin Mansi, who is the Daily Record news editor, the man responsible for setting the daily news agenda, a reporter whose by line has appeared regularly over the years, making him a public figure, and who is now a powerful opinion forming senior executive, was the man who uttered the damning phrase.... â??Itâ??s a f******g Government conspiracy?â? And that Rennie, the editor of the Daily Record and the man who offered to meet and give a platform to the anonymous and now completely discredited bigot behind the Rangers Tax Case blog, was the man who slumped with his head in his hands? My belief is that if it was put to Jim Traynor that Kevin Mansi was the foul mouthed culprit and Alan Rennie the man whose body language betrayed him, he would not dispute it, perhaps even resorting to the classic Francis Urquhart line that, you may think so, but he could not possibly comment. Everyone already knows about editor Alan Rennie from when I first revealed how he rolled over to have his tummy tickled after one of his sports writers was banned from Parkhead by Peter Lawwell, just as Celtic were signing a commercial deal with the Daily Record. But Kevin Mansi is a new name for most readers. He is, as I have made clear, a well known by line which has been appearing in newspapers for two decades or more. I have known him for over 20 years. We were colleagues on the Record and Sunday Mail when they were pillars of journalistic rectitude and excellence and he was but a lowly hack. We were colleagues again during my two years with the Scottish Daily Express. One of the things I do know about Kevin Mansi is that he is a rabid Celtic supporter. He always gave me the impression of being the sort of Celtic fan who would have sympathy with the political beliefs of those in the Green Brigade. Of course that was only my impression and I may well have been wrong. In recent years he became the protégé of another apparent Celtic mouthpiece, Tom Hamilton, who retired from the Record some time ago. Now Kevin Mansi has taken over from Tom Hamilton as the news editor, the head of news, the man who effectively calls the shots and sets the news agenda at the newspaper which is Celticâ??s commercial partner, the Daily Record and who is on the same executive level as another rabid Celtic supporter whose name is well known to readers, Record sports editor Austin Barrett. Of course, if Kevin Mansi claims he was not the senior Daily Record executive to utter the damning phrase, â??Itâ??s a f*****g Govermment conspiracy,â? on the occasion of the First Tier Tax Tribunalâ??s verdict in favour of Rangers, then I will no doubt see him in the Court of Session. Where any number of people will be required to take the oath and be grilled by a top QC on the events on the editorial floor of the Daily Record on the day the First Tier Tax Tribunal delivered its verdict in favour of Rangers. What is more likely is that Mansi will try to man the barricades in his defence by admitting he did utter the damning phrase, but only in jest. Something which he will no doubt be confident his fellow Record executives will endorse. To which the only reasonable retort must surely be.... Aye, right! Finally, let me be clear as to what any reaction of any Rangers supporter should be to this news. It should most certainly, most emphatically, not involve any communication of any sort with either Daily Record editor Alan Rennie or Daily Record news editor Kevin Mansi. That would only play straight into the hands of the Rangers haters. Of whom there are many. The way to cause the maximum damage to Alan Rennie and Kevin Mansi is to quite simply stop buying the Daily Record and the Sunday Mail. That is, if there are any Rangers fans left who still give their money to two newspapers which are commercial partnerâ??s of Peter Lawwellâ??s Celtic. leggoland at 07:28

elfideldo Haven't heard of the lad who was scoring a load of goals recently, was his name Gallagher? Is he injured?

Of course it's age, and your right some of us do like the internet etc. But there are a lot more older ones without it than younger supporters.

I said on Saturday on the Match thread. We don't even have the excuse of playing youngsters.

Most of the Gers fans I know don't have the internet, probably an age thing.

I said when it started being only on the internet, that it wouldn't make the desired amount.

Traynor is worth the watching, especially when Green is well, green.

We could have the Armed Services at Ibrox on another day, say around the 30th January.

'THE half-time Remembrance tributes organised by Rangers have been banned and will be replaced by just a minute's silence in future following complaints. MILITARY chiefs have criticised Remembrance Day events organised by Rangers. Top brass branded the half-time parade during a match against Peterhead in November as inappropriate. Fans watched Royal Marines abseil from the stadium roof and a howitzer was fired from the trackside to signal a minuteâ??s silence. But following complaints, Major General Nick Eeles, General Officer Commanding Scotland, met Navy and RAF chiefs and they agreed to ban a repeat. Instead, he has said just a minuteâ??s silence would be a more appropriate way to mark the contribution of those who served in the two world wars and other conflicts. In a letter to one person who complained, the Army secretariat wrote: â??The General Officer Commanding Scotland has now had the opportunity to review the events that took place at Ibrox Park with the other service heads in Scotland. "They share your view that the format of the half-time event and the conduct of those taking part in it was inappropriate for Remembrance weekend and will take steps to ensure that such events are conducted with appropriate solemnity in the future. â??They believe that the minuteâ??s silence before the match was the correct way to mark the occasion and Army commanders will be directed to restrict future Remembrance events to this type of activity in the future. â??The focus of Remembrance activities must be on the fallen, not on those who are serving in the Armed Forces today.â? More than 400 members of the Army, Navy and RAF were invited to Ibrox as guests of honour. Veterans supported by Erskine Hospital were applauded by the 48,407 crowd. Rangers players wore special poppy strips during the match and fans displayed a poppy mosaic before kick-off. Servicemen were given footballs by subs from both sides and took part in a half-time kick-about. But in future, servicemen will only be allowed to participate in a minuteâ??s silence during Remembrance weekend. The Ibrox parade was organised by the Rangers Charity Foundation to raise cash for ex-servicemen and their families. The club have regularly honoured the Armed Forces on match days over the years. In 2009, they welcomed marines from 45 Commando on to the pitch at half-time against Hearts after the troops finished a tour of Afghanistan. Scots Guardsman Gary Jamieson, who lost both legs in Afghanistan, was guest of honour during a match in 2010. A spokeswoman for the Army said: â??Half-time events such as this one will no longer happen at Remembrance Day matches and we apologise if anyone was offended by what they felt was inappropriate behaviour. â??Those from the Army who attended the match were invited as a thank you from the club as they wanted to show support for the job they do and raise money for Poppy Scotland.â? A Rangers spokesman said the club have a close relationship with the services and will continue to mark Remembrance Day with proper respect. He said: â??No one from any of the Forces has been in contact with us other than to thank us for our support and help. â??Our Remembrance event proved to be the single largest memorial event in Scotland last year."' http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/sc...randed-1558062

One experienced/older central midfielder is enough. If you were to ask me who I would rather have, Ferguson or Black I would say Ferguson.