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Becoming a habit. Hughes, Rae.....now Wylde Shame Wylde's career has went the way it has. I thought he was promising when playing for Gers and a good direct winger, although he still had a bit to work on.

Hearts knew the situation they could / would be in months ago. Why didnt they think about hosting a tournament with 2 decent English sides and inviting Rangers back then.

Last season he may not have had the time to develop some of the youngsters although I personally dont think the coaching team is near strong enough to improve them other than their own natural ability to improve. That is disappointing. The likes od Durrant's comments were also disappointing saying these players need to realise what its like playing for Rangers and handle the pressure. Whilst that is true there is ways going about it rightly. A few of them were thrown in with no option due to injuries and squad size so not all of them are going to be stars. If we get 2-4 are first teams we'd be doing a good job.

Its very poor. It should always be done face to face or at least by phone in pre season to the man first regardless.

I mentioned on another thread I am hoping it is like the Italian kit. That is tidy!

Its doing a pretty good job self destructing itself from what I see. Can only be so long before that becomes the view.

Not with the right set up. The Championship in England blows your sentence away. And League 1 for that matter. Both went to the last day at all ends and created immense drama. So get the right formula into what we have.

Rab, your usually spot on but not here. We made 9 good friends season in Div 3 and will make another 8 this season in Div 2 with the exception of Dunfermline. Its not about us making friends, its about them making it up to us. No way are crawling up the ass of anyone else. The likes of Killie, Motherwell etc will be mended at the right time when we play them.

EVen looking at it from our playing side. We've got our own season to prepare for. Dont let the minds of the players wonder. We've got a trip up north to play Broar then Elgin then a few German sides. Thats exactly what we need. We dont need an emotional cup final for no reason. Who knows what the cup draw will bring. Jog on Hertz.

I can slightly see where you are coming from in being classy. And had we still been an SPL side then yes I would lean towards that. Also if this was a pre season tournament invited by some other team then yes we can play them. But "bail us out" come on!!! This pre-season Hearts, who do we bail out next year???

This would be a huge kick in the teeth for our supporters who stuck by and got us through the last 12 months to go and assist a club who were partly to blame for where we ended up. I dont wish this situation on Hearts but we arent there to help them. I dont wish them good or bad in the coming months. They deal with it themselves. They are where they are. Talk about a boycott against SPL sides last season and 100 or so went to Tannadice, this would surely have to merit a full boycott from every bear globally. Id have no problem playing Hearts in a pre-season tournament overseas but not at Tynecastle where the purpose is to fund their problems. Why dont they ask the SPL to send a SPL select XI from the other clubs.

Used to love subbuteo as a kid. Pretty sure I still have a set in my folks loft along with a stack of teams. I remember Id even use the orange ball in winter....something professionals cant even do now if there is a sniff of snow.

Ive not been to Ibrox for quite a few years now but painting only covers up the cracks. Small and slow renovations could be done given we are in the lower tiers. Agree the seats need to be all same shade of blue or maybe add some white and red seats onto a stand. I think the Struth Stand and Club deck would look good with each tier having red / white / blue. I agree with Calscot, there could be an opportunity to try safe standing areas, perhaps in the Govan east corner or the east enclosure.

He could throw in the shirt he wore, it may increase the bid a bit. Or did he swap it for a Liverpool player in which he will keep it himself.

Liverpool certainly been the most active so far. Signed Toure, Mignolet, Alberto and Aspas so far. This will give them more depth but I still cant see them being top 4 this season. Will be interesting to see what David Moyes does. And Arsenal will sign a few players, hopefully Higuian is signed up.

Pretty sure Ally worked without a wage for a while. Also Ally is putting himself at risk, any manager who fails to get Rangers out of Div 3, 2 and 1 at the first attempt wouldnt deserve another job in football. Im expecting a lot more this season. A full pre-season and 6 or 7 new players means no excuses.

Foster would be a decent addition. Another who should stroll Div 2 and 1. Two year deal would be right as well as I am hoping for much higher standard of signing when back in the top flight. Hemmings just wasnt meant to be for Gers. A promising player who did well out on loan but injured most of the time. I think he'll do well for likes of Kilmarnock / Motherwell.

I thought it was the same 3 modelling them! Its the collar again ruining it.

Agree but Dunfermline didnt get a vote on us did they? as they were already relegated?? Although they were vocal at the time.

Can see a big following from Ulster to the Stranraer away game. Its just a par 5 for them then no need to travel further. Cracking day out for our Norn Iron compadres! Airdrie will be our derby opponents this season.

Of course it could make it more competitive. If you were Stenhousemuir in the middle tier of 3 leagues as opposed to 3rd tier out of 4 wouldnt you be thinking 'hey a good run and promotion see's us getting into the top league'. All clubs would have the same chance.

Thats not bad TBH but again the collar isnt right.

On another thread we are discussing too many clubs. 6 trips to Angus says it all. Get Brechin, Arbroath, Forfar and Montrose to merge and you have Angus Utd. Looking forward to playing these teams rather than the garbage in the SPL. Dunfermline should be interesting.

Too many clubs to achieve an entertaining level of football, for many reasons. The population is one thing, meaning clubs in the lower leagues have an average attendance of 500. If there was less clubs then crowds would naturally be bigger meaning more income and producing a better standard. However it isnt so much the number of clubs for me, its the number of divisions. 2 or 3 would be a better set up making it more competitive. Other factors are weather, I think playing in the summer would give a better product.

And one player who wont be coming back this summer: