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  1. alexscottislegend
    Ian Durrant probably.
  2. alexscottislegend
    Re the John Buchan and his Scots: what Hugh McDiarmid was trying to do with "A Drunk Man Looks at a Thistle" was to re-establish the language of Douglas, Dunbar and Henryson in a modern context; unfortunately it was criticised for being synthetic rather than having grown organically. Thus Scots survives really only in a spoken sense - there is still no agreed orthography.
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    dB - great piece/lecture but are you aware that Scots was actually included in the EU's list of protected languages? You imply that Scots was a dialect of English/Anglisch but I think it's different enough to be regarded as a language. Problem is that its spelling is not-standardised and it survives best in spoken form.
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    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24149109 Any idea what our club's position is? Wonder if we'll see Jig wearing them?
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    Agree re Perry and Hegarty. But my point was prompted by the fact that I thought Urquart was considered a special talent - like Charlie Telfer, who also seems to have sunk into some kind of obscurity.
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    It's a shame that it didn't work out for him, but I suppose he was competing with Luca for that 'up and coming' centre back spot. What? Only one up-and-coming spot? We should be building a core group of the country's best youth. If we cannot do it in League One we can't do it anywhere.
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    Looks like Urquart is being moved on so Zaliukas can be shoehorned in. If so, I find this profoundly depressing. If a promising youngster can develop his career in England's lower leagues, then why could he not do it at least equally well in Scotland's? The one thing I thought demotion would allow us to do would be to give a core group of youths - say 6 or 7 - the chance to grow together and maybe sell on for a decent fee. Instead we seem set on recruiting ageing soldiers of fortune who will be all be too old when we eventually return to the top flight. Then it all starts again: no good youngsters to stock the team , but a succession of temporary (but experienced) signings. Meanwhile Urquart will probably make a name for himself together with team mate John Fleck. I find it baffling that we need so many experienced players for the standard of football we find ourselves in.
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    That bit is chilling; much more important than fretting over Jim Spence.
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    welcome to the board mate. And good to see another Bob Dylan fan on here. Steve C. I think is another; we might be able to form a bobcat loyal one day.
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    The way I heard it was that Black was not in breach of Rule 23 was it? where you cannot bet on your own team if youre playing in the match. that was why, it was said, that he did not get a more severe punishment. Yet now English says that he DID bet against his own team. How does he know? IF true, then I agree with Chibmark. Far worse than Sandaza.
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    I first read that the name came from an English rugby club (unspecified) in a book called "We Will Follow Rangers" by Hugh Taylor. Note that we are referred to as 'RFC' not 'GRFC', the 'Glasgow' being gratuitous.
  12. alexscottislegend
    Why? Because he never really fulfilled his potential (due to injuries) or because he's not good enough now?
  13. alexscottislegend
    Why can Templeton not play right midfield? Crawford is promising but I'm not sure RM is his natural position. We should certainly build around McLeod.
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    I well remember the furore when Butcher signed for us; as far as the English media concerned, RFC were upstarts, usurping Man. Utd.'s rightful place. They couldn't stand the fact that we were the biggest club in Britain.
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    So what is the amount - £44 million or £546,000?
  16. alexscottislegend
    Think that's dead in the water now - Vancouver have said they won't release him.
  17. alexscottislegend
    that forward line: Scott, McMillan, Millar, Brand and Wilson' just rolls off the tongue.
  18. alexscottislegend
    Yep, I heard the very same interview. Don't think McColl can hold his silence much longer which may or may not be a good thing.
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    See my post on this. That is just what happened this season to Coventry.
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    You only have to look at Coventry City to see the dangers of involving your club stadium in any kind of leaseback scheme. They had a perfectly good home (Highfield Road) which they sold for housing in return for renting a brand new arena which was owned half by the local council and half by a local charity. Now they are having to play home games 35 miles away and the club is in admin.
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    You say 'When' not 'if'? Hope you're right. That would be a great way back for Ally. Director of football, anyone?
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    Who ?

    alexscottislegend replied to a topic in Rangers Chat

    If God forbid we failed to get promotion then AM for sure would probably go, maybe resign. I agree that it would be good if we someone in who take a new broom approach, but I just don't want Ally punted away like Jock Wallace.
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    Who ?

    alexscottislegend replied to a topic in Rangers Chat

    I'm reluctantly coming round to the 'Ally must go' camp. As I think Cammy F. said he's a legend but not as a manager. Could we make him director of football? Because it would break my heart to see him walk away with no ties to the club. He was the one after all who stayed while others walked in our darkest hour.
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    He joined us at a time when we were a bit strapped for cash. A wholehearted player who always gave of his best.
  25. alexscottislegend
    This argument just goes to show me that next year there's going to be a right ding-dong over the referendum. As Rangers supporters we may have to re-assess our position post-independence. Just think - both our big two teams aligning themselves with foreign countries!
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