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  1. Gribz
    I drink Heineken out here. Beer isn't the best at travelling (all is imported here except Tiger which is too gassy) but Heineken is by far the best tasting lager.
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    I think almost every club in Britain can say the same they have had poor showings for years except Arsenal on most occasions despite not winning. But for us 9IAR was tremendous although in Europe bar 93 we was awful, not sure why WS changed it for that. Under Advocaat we were very close to being a complete team in his first 2 years. Had he kept Laudrup and Mols didn't get injured I think we'd have see the best Rangers side in my life time. We probably did have the best side but I still enjoyed the 90s with Laudrup and Gazza better. Eck came in and did OK with Advocaats team, but Eck seems to have that feel good factor when he first goes to a club then its pounding downhill from there and his last season was the worst Ive witnessed probably because I was still going to games around then and haven't been to a game under Ally. But to have a team with De Boer, Lovenkrands, Prso and Ferguson he under achieved. Now PLG (awaits a 30 page thread) started to play an attractive game and had a long term vision which wasn't liked by Ferguson and Co. He didn't accumulate the most points but you could see what he was doing on the park with a brand of football similar to Rodgers at Liverpool who had a poor position year 1 but last year let the title 'Slip' (eh Gerrard ) Who knows what PLG would have done long term but he put together a vision that Ally should have done at the start of this journey working our way back up the leagues. WS just knew how to win and win nicely against Celtic and ugly against the rest and that was enough. Ally has just let it down to a new level and I still feel he should have brought better coaching staff with him and we could have seen a different team under Ally.
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    This one was pretty unavoidable with the C games, but Hearts next weekend would have surely been a sell out on a Saturday. Still will be a good crowd on the Sunday but 1 or 2 might not make it.
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    I don't care how Hull do but it shows the Premier League is not the greatest standard. But they will still probably go through. But the point is the amount of games just to get into this Europa league is still crazy. Bring back the Cup Winners Cup.
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    As bad as the Scottish teams perform every year UEFA have killed European football with the amount of money in the champions league for the big 8 or 9 teams. Taking the Cup Winners Cup out now means there is far too much teams in the Europa league and to allow the Champions league clubs to drop into this competition makes it worse. Even Hull only drew in Slovakia in their first leg.
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    I never rated him, he always tried to be Maradona and it paid of once but then he was erratic. The interview still makes me cringe, how dare your boss not knock on your door eh!
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    And still resorting to long and high balls. No excuses for that with the players we have. Macleod, Templeton, Law, Shiels, Clark, Miller.....all guys who need the ball on the deck.
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    Id be in also.
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    If Warsaw don't protect that lead they don't deserve to go through. Had it been at Parkhead I think they may have had a chance of a 3-0 as the away goal is massive. 5-1 or 6-1 would have done it. Cant believe they missed 2 pens. But you know they will come out with the excuse of playing at Murrayfield for not going through. On a larger scale of things if they don't make the CL then the financial gap between them and us doesn't open so much, they will lose out in 10-12 million. Its not good for the Scottish co-effective points but may help us get closer. However they have an asset in Forster which would cover 1 year.
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    Lets see where the final is this year! If its Rangers v Hearts you can guarantee it will be Hampden or Parkhead.
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    6/1 for Southampton to go down. Not bad. Rodriguez and Schneiderlin on their way to Spurs today. Only Boruc and Davis left!
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    If Arsenal get Khedira then they might have a chance but defensively the are still nowhere near as strong as Chelsea or Man City. Man Utd have got a good first 6 fixtures so will be up there. Liverpool may as well play their home games at St Marys next season. Don't know how they can expect to improve signing half of Southamptons team. I may have a bet on Southampton to get relegated. There is no way you can sell your first team and expect to stay up.
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    I think Chelsea have a good a chance to be unbeaten this season. Just don't see a weakness in their team at all.
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    If that was Rooney they'd create a national holiday.
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    And Arsenal beat you??? Na have to say, my money is on Chelsea to win the premier league this season by a mile. Liverpool wont even come near the top 2.
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    Wish it was longer! awesome awesome place and I intend on moving there. Nice to see im not the only 2001 internet bloke though
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    That's like Arsenal signing Henry......
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    Just a sad mentality.
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    An absurd formation is it???. Van Gaal is using it and looking like sticking with it. A 7-0 win is a great start. MLS is improving and we struggle against 4th tier teams while Man U batter one of the better ones shows it wasn't exactly a fluke result. Its only one game and I don't want to see Utd win the league but having the players in the squad they have a 3-5-2 was easily their best option. http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/15115/9392807/manchester-united-boss-louis-van-gaal-has-found-early-success-with-3-5-2-and-might-be-tempted-to-stick-with-it
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    Its horrible to say mid table at best going by McCoists performances against Dundee Utd, Inverness and Falkirk in the last 24 months. Im not even confident we will steam roll the league this season never mind the top flight. However I would say a few better coaches and a manager we could finish top 2 in the top flight and would ease the Championship. Ally just makes things difficult for himself.
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    Im the same as BH, I use laptops at home and work and I take them travelling. however last weekend I made a short trip to Cambodia and only took my phone. Previously Ive had Blackberry for 5 years and couldn't get onto the forum but with the Sony Z1 compact I logged into the forum and was offered tapatalk which I didn't opt for. But I still found using the Z1 good for brief reading so I wont need tapatalk.
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    He is still the stand out player in the wide areas so if he plays there we know he will still do a good job, but if we can blend Templeton and another in with him and have Law and Black centrally then MacLeod could almost have a free role and rotate with Templeton. Its good options for the manager yet a flat 4-5-1 or 4-4-2 is what I expect.
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    I agree Ally's XI will look more like the team you listed and nothing like my XI. Aird was the player I didn't really see in the 3 games due to injury. His line up against Derby will be interesting but Im convinced McCulloch will play, and he will waste Macleod on the wings although he still performs on either side.
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    With the Pre-season trip over and Hibs coming up a week on Tuesday I hope Ally has a good idea of his best XI and knows he needs to drop certain players. Having watched 3 out 4 games Id say around 9 positions are certain (IMO). The 2 areas of concern is centre half partner for Zaliukas and right wing / midfield. In defence Mohsni and McGregor have both looked shaky more so the latter. Faure hasn't been tried there so he is likely to play RB. Various players played right side - Aird, Gallagher and MacLeod with the latter being the best although he should be in the middle. Upfront it looks like Ally will play Miller and Boyd but Id be reluctant. Kyle Hutton and Lee McCulloch seem favourites of Ally's but they cant be starters IMO. Templeton hasn't done much on this trip but I still have high hopes. My preferred XI would be along the lines of the following with Gallagher the only one possibly changing: ________________________Bell________________________ Faure________Zaliukas_________Mohsni_______Wallace ______________________Black_________________________ ___________MacLeod__________Law_________________ __Gallagher__________Miller___________Templeton
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    What a player MacLeod looks. We will do well to keep him. A quality ex pro like Brian Laudrup should be flown in to coach him alone!
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