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As Pele turns 70 this weekend and Maradona 50 next week there is an article on BBC about who was the best ever. For me it was Maradona. Always difficult to compare players in different era's but Ive never seen anyone as good as Maradona. Zidane would be as close as it gets. Messi does it at club level and is still young enough to do it at the next world cup. Ronaldo (Brazil) was a class act also.

I agree but Everton are due something like 25% of any sell on fee so if he is on a 5 year deal they would get more. I wouldnt say Rooney is overrated yet, but I see him like Owen as a player who peaked early and will start to get injuries and go downhill. He will also lose a yard of pace in the coming years which will automaticall set him back. Fergie should sell him to Madrid then break the bank for Snieder and Torres.

Im losing sympathy for him also. He was on that irish TV channel the other week and looked good and was talking fine but he was obviously full of lies saying he had been dry for so long. 2 weeks later he is done for drink driving and druck possession again. He has a major depression problem and obviously cant be on his own and his body is craving drink and drugs all the time. He cant go to rehab as he just checks himself out so some sort of prison / mental hospital to make him dry out for a while would be a start.

I fully agree with that, and having just Miller isolated upfront takes him out of the play which shouldnt happen when he is playing so well. I dont think there is anything to fear from them at all and if WS sets us out with a 4-5-1 / 4-3-3 and says to play quick and fast then we could rip them apart IMO, they would resort to kicking us off the park. Like you said your confident as you have been for an OF game away in ages....I am also. Man for man we are better all over the park. Even McGregor is capable of being a match winner for us so long as we score. I can see us winning 2-0 going on 5. For some reason due to the 100% records, this game reminds me of a match back in the 90s. Marco Negri had scored against every other SPL club bar Celtic as he hadnt played against them due to the Princess Diana death, so the OF game was rescheduled...come Nov in the rescheduled match (hope you werent charged 12 quid BTW ) and Negri smashed one in from the edge of the box continuing his 100% record of scoring against everyone.....I can see a repeat but it will the Rangers continuing the 100% run.

Not surprised, one of my first thoughts was its a stunt to deflect all the press away from his personal issues and now they are all talking about the football side of things. Even Rio Ferdinand stated its no surprise. He could still have a get out clause and they may have persuaded him to sign so they get a larger fee, but with all the managers coming out in the press saying a move away from Man Utd would almost be downhill may have woke Rooney up.

Mhankys 0-2 Rangers Naismith and Miller.

I can imagine WS will come up with something none of us think of, like Beattie starting or something like that. With everyone fit bar Jelavic it really is a tough one. - Broadfoot has played well in his last outings. - Foster will be on a high. - Whittaker is first choice RB but hasnt been at his best. - McCulloch has been good but is he fit? - Lafferty is finding form. Really tough choice. But i see them being weak at the back and we should have nothing to fear. Id probably opt for this to start out with this 4-4-2 which can revert to 4-5-1: :kb::mb::sp: :sd::me::lm::vw: :sn:

If Jelavic was fit then 4-4-2 is a no brainer. Id still like to see a 4-4-2 but Id like Weiss in there some how so maybe the 4-5-1 is the better option.

Bobby Pires is a free agent and still training with Arsenal. Surely could do a job for us for 6 months.

I can honestly see us getting 4 points from the remaining 3 games. I fancy us to get a draw in Turkey and think Man Utd could be beaten at Ibrox.

Provan changes for OF games IMO. I hear him every week for the Premier League matches live, and he is a good summeriser with those games but I see a total change during OF games. Burley is either a studio guest or summeriser for the TV here and for me he always gets things spot on. You would have had a fit last week though Bmck before the Everton v liverpool game as he was very controversial and he comes across quite arrogant but again I quite like him.

Minimum 14 team league, but personally 16 would be better. Have the split after everyone has played each other twice, then play the teams in your half twice so everyone gets equal home and away games. Summer football. Move the league cup back to its original slot in the first few months of the season. Perhaps create a relegation from the bottom division to the regional leagues like the Conference in England. Gid rid of 3 governing bodies to run the game. 2 at most. Get some proper ex Pro's in to assist in decision making from Grass roots to National stadium (although it seems Joe Public has as good knowledge on changes compared to the clowns currently running it). As usual it needs 11 out of the 12 to change things and a few of them are likely to hold it back. They should have some balls and just go for change for once...if it doesnt work out then revert back to what it was and then then at least everyone can say we tried.

No. I just think he is a total shit commentator. I dont see any reference to anything you have mentioned.

Ive said this since the day he started commentating on Scottish games around 12 years ago. But he is the 2nd worst commentator for after Paul dour Mitchell. If the fixture is Kilmarnock v Rangers he always refers to us as the old firm and vice versa with Celtic. Its always some babbling crap like "and these days give a lift in this stadium when the old firm come to town" I find his voice irritating and the pronouncation of players names wrong half the time - might be something to do with the accent. Ive nothing against English accents, I used to have a bit of one, but his isnt right for SPL games. Bring back Archie Ooomph McPherson. Not only is Ian Crocker annoying he usually has the biggest tit of a pundit next to him in Andy Walker or Davie Provan. Provan isnt bad when summerising the English games but as soon as he gets a Scottish game his bias opinions fly out of his mouth. I now opt to hear commentary in Arabic or Chinese when watching the games online.

Have no idea why the media are getting so excited about this topic like its the end of Man Utd. Beckham, Van Nistelrooy, Cantona etc have all left in the past and Man Utd kept going. My opinion is Man Utd have had the best of him anyway, I think he will be like Owen and have peaked earlier in his career and only go downhill from now. He isnt like Lampard or Ian Wright who get better as the years went on. Its like when Henry was leaving Arsenal everyone thought Arsenal wouldnt be the same, they got better footballing wise, just needed the top Pro's like Campbell, Henry and a keeper for a title. Man U should cash in on him now. If they could buy 1 from Sneider, Mueller, Robben, Kaka (possibly swap with Real?) or went for Van der Vaart or Ozil in the summer they would be flying right now. They are missing a class act in the midfield. They should sell Rooney, take the cash and a profit and say thanks very much then go try nick Torres from Liverpool who obviously wants to leave Anfield.

It doesnt matter, Id be very confident McGregor would save it anyway. A Rangers win with 10 men and McGregor saving a pen would be even sweeter. If that happens we'd just have to watch out for mhanks dropping from the top tier.

Wanker Ok then they have a few players from the World Cup holders.

Tough one. I know we are capable of getting draws in big matches at home. But if I had to say a score I'd have to say it would be our first defeat of the season. Rangers 0-2 Valencia. They really are a good side and there isnt much between them and the CL holders Barcelona.

Wouldnt have left Newcastle for Hibs myself. Did well with Forest and has been a decent No.2 at places.

It was waiting to happen. As soon as he signed those SPL players he was never going to get promotion. Whoever takes over has a massive job of getting rid of the dead wood and buying players who can mount a challenge. To think they were in the UEFA cup final a few years ago and have fallen since McLaren left.

The boy Maxi is absolutely shocking. Ive seen him do well for Argentina but everytime he has played for Liverpool he doesnt touch the ball. Cant work out why Babel doesnt get more games, he is quick and looks good for Holland. Agree with Metlika, Aqualiani is a player who would have probably came good for them.

Worst Liverpool team Ive seen. Poor individuals, no fight, no passion. Hodgson is a good manager but its a case of wrong club and wrong time for him. Alan Curbishley made a good point on TV yesterday, he said Hodgson hasnt had a chance to get his team on the training ground and put his methods across because they have been playing weekends and midweeks since he joined. But Hodgson doesnt have the fire and passion for Liverpool IMO. Martin O Neill would be the guy to lift Liverpool.

Cant wait until next week. Naismith, Miller, Weiss and Lafferty (who is finding form) can rip them apart.

Bastards. Andy Walker defines the word tosser.

I backed a draw. Still time for Utd to level