Gribz

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.

What happened with Edu and Valencia? I thought he went there? But good luck to him if he moves to Stoke, not really a club I like to watch but like the others who transferred their contract over he goes with fans best wishes and thanks....hope he goes and gives Whittaker and Naismith a solid few tackles when Stoke play Norwich and Everton. Time running out for more bodies to come in though. Really need 1 or 2 more ASAP as if we get caught up with injuries then we could be in an ugly situation. I still think we should be knocking on Wengers door to get a few more Bartley type deals. Or are Newcastle sending the reserves up with the Ashley deal? This seems to have gone quiet.

I thought that also, plus thought he only had 1 leg for a few seconds!

2 lines down yesterday. Had 4 draws which would have been a small fortune: Reading 1-1 Stoke West Brom 3-0 Liverpool Birmingham 1-1 Charlton Derby 2-2 Sheff Wed 5 Homes: Arsenal 0-0 Fulham 5-0 Leicester 2-0 Sheff Utd 1-0 Hearts 2-2 First line is a bit of a sickener

I think they will give Rodgers time unless they dont win in 10 games or something like that. They have Man City, Arsenal and Man Utd in 3 of their next 4 games But agree their team is awful compared to Everton and Newcastle. Spurs also are better on paper but Im not sure if AVB is a wind up to football or was unfairly treated at Chelsea.

Arsenal had 23 attempts. They havent had that many without scoring since a 1-0 defeat by West Ham (first team to win at emirates) in 2007. I remember that game well and Rob Green pulled of the single best goal keeping performance Ive ever seen. Just thinking Dalglish has ruined Liverpool. Carroll, Adam and Henderson for best part of 60 million....Rodgers has his work cut out. At least he has got Aquellini off the books. But considering a few years ago Benitez had Alonso, Mascherano and Garcia, they have went extremely downhill.

Make it a treble with Mark Hughes...Make it a four fold with Chris Hughton Im baffled by Rodgers appointment, Liverpool needed a top manager like Hiddink, Van Gaal, Deschamps or even Rodgers replacement Laudrup!!! Not surprised by Swansea winning, I fancied them to get at least a point, QPR are a mess. But 5-0 is brilliant. Liverpool cost me, had that been a draw then Id have been up huge with a 4 fold of draws....3 of which came up. As for Arsenal...same old! But most importantly a winning return for West Ham.

Jammy feckers as usual.

1-0 County with 15 mins to go.

Man Utd are a quality midfielder away from winning the league, I can see Man City retaining it as they have a stronger XI. Yaya Toure is the difference. City also have the better keeper which is huge. Arsenal will go closer this season, losing Van Persie will have a good effect that they dont just rely on 1 player and will now play as a unit. Their defence will be better with Steve Bould as assistant. Wigan, Norwich and Southampton to go down but there will be 6 or 7 involved in the battle. I can see Stoke and West Brom struggling this season.

That game is next year, it could be a cricket score!!

A lot of Gooners are saying he only gave them 1 season out of 7 which isnt quite correct, he gave a few half seasons. But he is injury prone and 24m is a big risk. Im glad he's gone to Man U rather than Man City though, was getting fed up seeing Man City buy everyone. As with Vieira and Henry Arsenal saw the best of him and I dont think he'll get any better with age. He was awful at the Euro's. He had Alex Song to be thankful for half his goals last season. But if he is fit this season then its a terrific signing for Man Utd considering Rooney is getting fat.

Levein will be acting like he's won the World Cup. And winning this game means he will certainly start the qualifiers are manager, that means any Tartan Army member can book their 2014 holiday to anywhere but Brazil.

Will happily step in when there are 'no shows'. I'll also do in the next schedule, hope to see a few games online first so I can get more understanding on the team

Yazz - The only way is up http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtKADQnjQmc

It is worse, at least Burley had the excuse of a bottle of Famous Grouse inside him when he made his comment. Levein makes me cringe, what is with his permanent arrogance? Like the rest of Scottish football there is no ambition and long term plan going forward with the national team. 5-1 defeat from the USA last time, I fancy Australia to bash us 3-1 in this game. This upcoming qualifying group is the easiest on paper in a long long time, top seeds are Croatia and Serbia rather than the past decade with Italy, Germany, France, Holland, Spain....yet I fancied us more up against all those countries more so than this group with Levein.

Something I liked about CG since day 1 and he's proving me right now. Other than that occasion when media tried to frame him for sacking McCoist a while back Ive been fully behind him. LIkes of Naismith and Whittaker look total pratts now.

I meant to mention Derek McInnes. Although will be interesting to see Bristol City this season, started off good there but scrape safe in the end.

To the original OP question, IF and big IF things go badly and we are looking to replace AM it would have to be Billy Davies for me. I heard his name punted about while we in the SPL and didnt fully fancy him, thought we could go bit better but I think he'd still have won us the SPL. He'd stroll this situation IMO. A guy who is underrated and does very well in lower leagues down south is Paul Sturrock. Dont know how many teams he has saved with no players then got them promoted. Wouldnt want him in the SPL but for the situation we are in now he has proven track record. Anyway, rather than removing Ally, id rather see McDowall and / or Durrant move aside and a better no.2 coming in.

I honestly think this thread will have more substance in the next 3-4 weeks. By then we will be able to judge after the team is settled and players have shaken off the summer rustyness. We'll see if the trip to Peterhead was a one off or not. I do see the Anti-Ally side in that at times last season is was like pulling teeth to seek a change on the park and some things were baffling but at times the hands were tied and once Admin kicked in it was a different playing field. Ally has to start by winning games, simple as! The style of football will come eventually. Everyone thought this season would be a stroll, but even in the Mens 100m Usain Bolt is a slow starter but then runs away with it....Im happy if we finish as strong as him.

Still think if we draw an 2011-12 SPL team in the cup away then it should be boycotted....no way do we want to sell out their grounds. Of course it would be nice to go there and start our return but let them rot for a while and our time will come