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One of the most hot and cold players to ever play for us. But once again good luck and all the best and thanks for showing class and loyality over the summer by switching to Newco. The more these players leave the more Naismith and Whittaker look foolish, especially considering the way Green is handling things now the actual football has started. Hope he does well down south but Stoke arent the best club on the eye!!

Just burst out laughing in the office reading that....first time I knew of it. Baggio was one of my fave players and is one of the greatest of all time.

Not only is it a bad comment, if Fletcher is good enough for Scotland then he should let bygones be bygones and in the interest of the national team he should pick the striker if he apologieses and makes himself available.

Funnily enough I was going to say that the Belgian league was surely invented by Yanks!

Maybe a bit early for the comparisons considering Fleck was the new Rooney at one stage, but McKays goal against Peterhead was so Durrant-esk it was like watching an old video. Goram makes a good point that when we are back in the SPL the likes of McKay will be 20 and 3 years experienced, that is only a good thing. Having McCulloch, Black and Shiels around them will bring them on a bit, those 3 have to pretty much look after the younger ones at this stage.

Just read about the Belgian structure. Top flight of 16 teams play each other twice, then points are halved. Then the top 6 play each other again twice and side that then finishes top wins the league. Teams 7-14 are divided into 2 groups (odds and evens) and play each other twice. Winners of each group have a play off and the winner then has a play off with team 4th or 5th for a Europe spot. - Holy Shit!!! Bottom 2 play each other 5 times! 15th place club starts with 3 pts and 16th team starts with zero. A lot to follow. I can see 1 or 2 pro's in it that it generates a bit of interest for a full season but thats it! The team finishing 3rd from bottom in the regular season can still qualify for Europe!!

Agreed. Id pitch him in on Sunday. I worry if he feels he should be elsewhere if the younger players are ahead of him in the pecking order. I think playing the likes of youngsters like Macleod and Mckay is great for long term but they seem to relish the big spaces at Ibrox more. Tight wee grounds is where the experienced players are going to help grind out wins.

But if anyone was going to score an own goal it couldnt have been a better player - Webster!

But a longer winter break and playing more football in July is a better option, might even help those joke of a teams who try in Europe. Also having some league cup games on the weekend would help. I did read somewhere though that one plan is to go with the same as the Belgian league where is has play offs and splits of some kind. Not too clued up on it and I didnt like the sound of it. I'll try find the article.

Didnt you read my earlier post? :box:

Questioning the value of Steven Fletchers price tag. Whilst I actually agree he isnt worth 12m its still not the place for the national manager to come out and scoop a cheap point. Cringeworthy man!

Motherwell follow St Johnstone and are a bit of a joke. Dundee Utd got pumped in Moscow. Hearts wont win at Anfield.

Gomis is another player well above the standard of Div 3 and 2. So would be a good signing.

In previous years id be well hoping Hearts did well. Last year they got embarrassed by Tottenham but that Spurs side was far better than this Liverpool team so I think Hearts have a slight chance. Not a fan of Liverpool at all so despite all thats gone on in the summer and Hearts being another against Rangers I would rather see Hearts go through.

Could leave space for a winter break. But a good idea would be to have some league cup games played on weekends, might generate some more interest into it plus it could be wrapped up early in October / November like it used to be when it was an interesting competition.

If they dont have a report back until November that means even longer before they annouce anything, therefore I cant see how they could possibly bring this in ahead of 2013-14 season, meaning we'd still play in Div 2 (so long as we get promoted this season) next year.

Just shows the fabrications, mistakes and lies that can run through media at any level. Think there will be a taxi ready for someone at the metro though.

TBH Im looking on with interest to see how bad the league is and how low the crowds are and who is struggling. We could be 3 seasons away or only 2 seasons (if restructure of the leagues happens) away from returning so it would be silly to take the eye off the ball totally. As long as we arent funding them in any way then so be it.

Yeah Im interested to know whats happening with Huttons form also. I know Zappa was with me that there was high hopes for Hutton. Since his loan spell away he hasnt been the same promising player. I actually rated him better than Ness when they both came on the scene.

What I would have had in place is the embargo works both ways...we cant bring players in nor cant let players go out. If its a transfer activity ban then we cant deal with any players in or out. But that would open up a huge can of worms for players employment rights...however Id have stuck to my guns and had it that way considering the law was on our side in the first place. Im wondering if the club knew about the changes to the structure of the game hence happily accepting going down to Div 3. I agree that we are signing players way better than Div 1-3 standard and a dangling carrot when they were signing could be we will be in SPL2 sooner rather than later.

Should have been done 10 years ago but they try to bury Rangers then use us again to revitilise their game. I dont know how they sleep at night. Read yesterday Aberdeen are the first club in danger of going out of business due to their stadium plans....1 down! A few of my AFC friends on facebook are worried and as much as I wanted to post back 'haha this is what you deserve' to get back at their comments this year, I just didnt lower myself to their level. A wry smile on the keyboard is enough for me. But if we are fast tracked then its good for us, however for the first season back (should this be earlier than planned) then avoiding away grounds in the SPL is a MUST! They wanted us out for 3 years so we dont visit their grounds for 3 years.

First time Ive seen the list in full and it makes for painful reading. But good luck to the players in bold, always welcome back at Ibrox. There may be 1 or 2 of the youngsters there that also transfered their contract over but Im not sure. But agree with Zappa, its effectively a 16 month transfer embargo and it should have been agreed to start in the middle of August so it ended middle of August next year allowing us to sign again before 1st Sept 2013.

Can only ask for a home tie....more income than an away one.

Absolutely spot on. The first thing I thought of after Naismith and Whittakers interview was why on earth werent they approaching CG!! Why should CG go to them! Do they feel they are bigger than CG and the club?? Those two had ego's which seemed to go higher than anything else to do with Rangers.

I think we're more suited to playing the so called bigger sides in Div 1 than Div 3. The lower division is going to take a bit of getting use to and its a different style of play altogether. Glad to get past Falkirk although I hope we're stronger in the League Cup next week against them. Of course Id like us to win the Ramsden Cup but id worry about picking up injuries in this competition when No.1 priority by a country mile in the league.