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Gazza8 just posting on other thread Fleck might be out on loan to Motherwell. He's never got off the ground as it stands. Just hope he isnt another Burke who flattered to deceive. I do think he has potential though but needs a run in a good position.

I hope not. I dont like players playing out of position. Kerkar has signed so he is another poss for left mid, although Wylde would be first pick and Im hoping Weiss comes back.

Didnt realise he still played for us. :fish: From beeb: Still confused how we spent 1.2m on Beattie rather than giving Novo a 2 year deal at the time.

Agreed mate. And to think some people compared Boyd to Coisty!!

Its no coincidence IMO that the likes of Wilson, Bougherra and even Whittaker played well at centre half while next to Weir. He is an absolute mentor. However can he with stand another full season which is coming up? It makes sense to keep him on board and if he plays well then why not!! But if we see a lapse lke last season for afew weeks he needs to be taken out straight away. His contract should have included a coaching role of some sort, although being on the training ground he probably does this anyway. It would be interesting if we got Cuellar back and kept Bougherra to see how they would play together and who would be first choice partnership. Im also forgetting the possibility of Bartley here.

Cuellar by an absolute country mile. Im not even sure if Id be happy about the other 2 signing. Run of the mill SPL players although Wallace could be a decent replacement for Whittaker.

On paper its a disaster for Arsenal to lose Nasri but I think Wenger would unearth another gem somewhere. Nasri should only leave for Man Utd IMO, he would be silly to go to City just like Adebyeor and toure was. They are not a settled side. Agree with Craig, Nasri leaving is worse then Fabregas. Arsenal played better last season when Fabregas was out. Clichy is another who it looks like will be leaving. Wenger needs to get spending! A keeper and top centre half required ASAP. He needs to sell dead wood like Bendtner and Rosicky

Id have gone for some white seats and had wording patterned out on at least the Govan. Maybe Govan (top tier) Stand (bottom tier) or Ibrox (top) Stadium (bottom). and probably "club deck" on the obvious.

This is the way football clubs get themselves in a mess, pay silly money for players but cant improve their squad until they are off the books due to the 25 man squad rule. Bellamy is the only cracking player from that last but he is other side of 30 now and will start to lose a bit of pace. Spurs are the next team who have a massive squad yet want to improve whic means releasing Keane, Defoe, Palacios etc first. Yet Redknapp wants to keep Crouch ahead of Keane and Defoe! mental!

Didnt read that Hutton was released by Spurs. That is their loss, whenever I watched them he played well in every game bar one. Sunderland were linked with a loan move for him in January so might be back in for him. Im not even going to think of the possibility of Hutton and Cuellar in the same team at Ibrox next season. Its probably more likely they will be at Villa together especially if we are not going to raise our offer for Cuellar to 2.5m. Not bothered about Danns, hadnt heard of him and dont think he is better than our current first choice midfield.

This upcoming season is a big one for a few of the younger players in the squad who have broken into the first team. Wondered which player(s) fellow bears are most looking forward to between: Jamie Ness Kyle Hutton Gregg Wylde John Fleck For me the first 3 were all very impressive when featured last season. Ness - made his mark with a wonder strike in the OF game but had some fine performances around that game. Hutton - I felt he could have played a lot more especially when Edu was giving us torture for 8 or 9 games. I personally feel he could be the pick of the bunch. Wylde - Has a lot in his locker on the left. Good pace and drive and not afraid to whip in a cross, just needs to get the crossing more accurate, and now he has to big targets to reach in Jelavic and Lafferty. Fleck - Been on the scene for few years now and bar his first few games he hasnt kicked on. If anything he has went backwards. He might get a new lease of freedom under McCoist. Hasnt helped he was played out of position. There are others like Shinnie, Loy, Little, McMillan and that kid Davie Weir but Ive barely seen them. Good things were being said about Hemmings last season also, so interesting to see if he is another option. Id certainly like to see him upfront ahead of the returning Beattie.

Good summary Danny. For the Cuellar comment I can only assume this is a misinterpretation and its more of a case of 'we wont use 3 mill of the budget on player' rather than Cuellar isnt worth 3 mill. Agree the Whittaker situation is bizarre except from a point of view where you need home grown players. We MIGHT struggle to get a better Scottish full back although id have Foster and broadfoot at RB before Whittaker. Before Broadfoots injury he was coming onto a good game and his performance at Old trafford last season was excellent. Im not worried about missing out on targets like Danns, Ive never heard of the guy. Im comparing that one to missing out on Eagles last year - and what has he done since?

The Rangers News possibly has ran its course. I used to love picking it up in the late 80s when it was in a newspaper format. Then in the early to mid 90s it was cracking in the Mag format but I stopped buying it around 95 / 96 and barely seen it since.

Im being greedy but I think we should splash out on both and we have our centre half pairing for the next 3 years. Imagine we dont sign them and end up desperately signing the likes of Zander Diamond!!?! Arsenal have just signed a young centre half from Charlton who is supposed to be another 'one for the future' plus they are looking at Cahill from Bolton and another so Bartley will be down the picking order unless Wenger fancies him at centre midfield but he wont get in the midfield yet with Wilshire, Song and Ramsey all ahead in the list.

Another point missed out is there are probably 1000s of fans going to the OF game who dont live in Glasgow so they will still be able to get their carry out. Gav, on one hand they may be trying to cut down on the trouble, but the trouble is nothing new and has been going on for decades. Its just been escalated in the media of late and its another chance for this so called government to implement plans to take away simple adult rights.

He's 6ft 2 with curly hair, his teeth are fcked but we dont care..... Get him signed!!

Now McGregor is worthy of being the highest paid player at the club. How Whittaker fits into that bracket Im not too sure.

I see Whittaker as a poor mans Fernando Ricksen. They played in similar roles over the park. Last season I cringed at half the stuff Whittaker done and would find it madness and poor management to make him one of the clubs top earners. Broadfoot would be my pick at RB ahead of him when fit. Id even be happy selling Whittaker and signing Foster back.

Edu is an average player overall. He has had some good games and some absolute rotten ones. If he played to his potential most of the time Id happily keep him. If he has a run like last season where he was a liability then he cant play.

Its insane not to bite Villa's hand at 3 million for Cuellar. Im sure they would take 2.5 or 2.75 so that deal should be done ASAP. I dont think he would leave again in such a short time, sign him and cement him as first choice centre half for the next 4 years. As for Whittaker, Ive no problem with him leaving at all. Last season he was murder except for about 7 games overall. Id much rather see the high wages spent better than giving him a top deal.

Agree with that Dan. No harm in a team GB for olympics only, Im all for it. But as you say it should be a squad made up evenly from the 4 nations and not necessarily the top players, give some lower league players a chance. However the conspiracy side of me see more to this and possibly putting an end to the others FA's. :smile: (but then again the SFA are a shambles anyway, would ending them be so bad?) Agree about Pearce, he almost admits to being anti Scottish. Didnt he refuse to shake the Scotland players hands at Euro 96? He's the sort of guy which is the reason I like to see England get beat. Compare and contrast him to someone like Ray Wilkins and there is no comparison. Id be happy with someone like Roy Hodgson who has said he fancies the job, he is professional and wouldnt show bias but he wouldnt be first pick. It could also be a chance for someone the ex-pro turned pundits like Jamie Redknapp to take it on board or get involved. But personally id opt for either George Graham or Terry Venebles to take it.

Is Wallace a LB or RB? I cant remember seeing Wallace play, is he any better than Ricardo Foster?

Want McGregor to stay, he is the most improved player Ive ever seen and is in the top 5 in Britain. He is a match winner and gets us 10 points a season. But i wouldnt grudge him a big move to one of the top 4 in England. In a footballing sense anyone outside the top 4 is not worth it for McGregor, but he would give arsenal another 10 points a season rather than having a keeper who loses them 10 points, they'd end up winning the league. 12 Mill has to be a minimum though. I like Craigs suggestion about Gordon. I rate Gordon also, just has been unlucky with injuries. He pulled off save of the season last year for Sunderland, cant remember who it was against but it was Seaman esk from his save against Sheff Utd in the cup those years back.

Managed to pick it up here last night, first time Ive seen a rangers shirt on sale in Asia. I found it by luck, just browsing a mall and decided to go into a new sport shop as there was loads of footy shirts hanging up (incl the Celtic shirt ) then stuck away in a corner it caught my eye. Needless to say I asked the guy why it was hiding while the ugly green and white was hanging up on display! He said its due to the Nike brand. Anyway purchased 2 (one for a mate) but due to the weak pound it converted into 50 quid. But if i was to get it sent from Uk id have shipping costs. Nice shirt, best we have had for few seasons. Its not a bad fit, and a medium was just nice.

Talks still ongoing then about Cuellar. Id love to see that one wrapped up ASAP.