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I know what a couple of ugly mugs!! Cant make my mind up on it, it looks very 70s/80s

Blimey! Almost 21k per month!!! And a 100% bonus for what exactly!!!

I agree with that aswell. If we were to go out and sign Scott Brown direct from Celtic tomorrow id be happy with it. For me this wouldnt affect the rivalry at all.

Id like to know what sort of salary Bain gets anyway for being a Yes man. Frankie, any idea??

I think Steve was being sarcastic mate. Giasbeer, fair play to you mate if you said that back in May, i think most fans just wanted to believe he would not be sold and that the CL was the deciding factor. We cant compete with anyone in the Premier League and the gap is going to widen even more, at this rate we wont be competing with the Championship clubs! 16 of the 24 championship clubs have played Premier league football meaning they have all had 30 million in TV money PLUS parachute payments. I think it really is the time for Rangers and Celtic to make a move and push for an Atlantic league with the Dutch, Belgians and maybe Danish leagues.

This season is huge in terms of what we expect. If we dont win the title then a shake up HAS to take place from top to bottom

It was a cracking result. Now Dundee Utd have to get their finger out this weekend to get points on the board - Celtic go to Tannadice so hopefully a home win.

Was the release value decided, when he originally signed or did he get a new deal at some point with it changing then? If the latter then why was it set at such a low value for the best centre half since Gough?

The pressure is really on SDM now to spend. I cant blame Carlos one bit for moving to a top 6 Premier league club on 50k a week and jumping off our sinking ship - good luck to him.

I didnt know Christophe Berra was scottish. I cant believe Callum Davidson is back in the squad. Not sure if id have Whittaker near the squad. No Maloney or Hutton? McCullochs form has obviously been picked up on. Not at all sure about Barr, Morrison, Commons or Clarkson. Im glad its only a friendly as if this was a qualifier against the Dutch id be panicking.

This is a huge point and why I said the other day Celtic are far more organised than us, they know there likely XI whereas we are still at guess work. Its ok having 1 or 2 vertisile players which we have had for a few seasons but the unbalanced squad means our midfield will be make-shift until 2 new players are signed, but even then you still get the feeling WS will stick with his favourites who have no ability.

Get used to it mate. McLeish signed a few average run of mill SPL guys aswell except they were just younger. Its what Murray has turned Rangers into and the level we can buy is dropping and dropping. As someone else mentioned, we'll sign the likes of Quashie (who hasnt kicked a ball for 15 months) for the midfield and that will be our midfielder we crave.

Lol, eh answer is up already

How many centre halfs have we went through in the last few seasons including them we still have? The list is huge and shows a need for a settles partnership: Bougherra Weir Dailly Broadfoot Papac Webster Cuellar Ehiogu Boumsong J Rodreiguez Fan Fan Konterman Moore I Murray ..... ..... Im bound to have missed a few

Business wise if you look at it in a way to make money then of course its a good bit of business for the shareholders. If we could get players in on the cheap and sell them on for huge profits a year later then its a good way to gain additional revenue. But for me football is a different business (or should be) and Rangers shouldnt be a selling club and have to rely on this type of things. Carlos seemed a genuine guy who wore the shirt with pride unlike Boumsong or even Cousin. We desperately need to sign 2 midfielders. I am not holding my breath for any promising signings. Just last week after the management met with the fans (or them by invite) we were told 2 creative midfielders were the target. Yet we were also told Carlos wasnt for sale. The question then bares who do we realistically want to sign. Id like to see us get Davis plus the guy from PSV - Vayrynen, plus id be happy with Lovenkrands coming back. But if we did get these attack minded players id still expect a flat formation and these guys to be benchwarmers. Basically Im losing faith a bit in the management and Ive been one who has been backing them.

Agreed and you have to applaud them for this rather than playing 10 men behind the ball. Falkirk showed no fear at all against us andteams have been doing this for a few seasons now as they can obviously see the holes and gaps appearing. Shame our own board and management cant see it.

I hope we do get him. I dont fancy any of the current centre halfs to partner Bougherra. Webster still has something to prove but Weir is 38, Dailly and Broadfoot arent good enough.

What is this Bamboo club - is this a club where all players seem to go to??

Sorry Calscot, it looks like you will have to start listening to what Maineflyer has to say a bit more Having him miss the CL qualifiers was obvious. The 1st leg we could maybe believe but to miss the 2nd leg plus the Liverpool and Falkirk games with a minor injury (Coisty stated he was days away) when he needed match practice was obvious.

Someone at Ibrox this week obviously is comfortable but in this case its a few days later rather than weeks.

I dont know where to start except that im gutted and I can imagine it being the final straw for a lot of Bears simply for being lied to. If the club could just admit he was an option selling him its not as bad, but just 2 days later we sell him - no way has this deal just came out of the blue on 2 days. But this was staring us in the face as soon as we went out of europe - we HAD to raise some cash. I believe Carlos wanted to stay another year but this deal has been on the cards for a while and the CL was the defining factor. Why else have we been linked to so many defenders!!! I dont blame Carlos one bit for moving to Villa - Id want off a sinking ship if it was me. Good luck to him and he has joined a team who are going places. Id rather be going to Blackburn or Man City away than Hamilton or Kilmarnock away. The club is in a shambolic mess. Thats almost 18 million for Hutton and Cuellar and we dont have a midfield yet. Its just a shame we only got 7.8 million for CC. The calf injury was obviously a smoke screen. Here's Celtic signing a Barcelona youngster the other day yet we offload our best player and cant even raise funds for a guy who cant get in the Fulham team! What is going on a Rangers!!! Why arent we looking at picking up young promising players from bigger clubs??? Oops thats right we can only take SPL players.

Agreed Craig, I like the 4-5-1 when it can be turned into a 4-3-3 aswell. We just need the wide players. Novo is ideal on the right as he is also a striker then Lafferty or Beasley would be my choices on the left. Having a mobile goalscorer like Velicka in the middle could complete the trio. But I still think there could be a shout for a 3-5-2. We have a lack of full backs plus our options at RB are terrible. We prefer 5 in the midfield to dicate games and we also want 2 upfront - 3-5-2 would be the answer but again this HAS to be played correctly and unlike Smiths first reign when he had people all over the place.

Absolutely no way is he even a 'great' striker!!! Great strikers can control a ball and have a bit of movement about them - they know the basics. To compare Boyd in the same class as Henry, Rooney, Drogba and Torres (who are world class and great) is laughable.

Outwards Im afraid:

Glad I never bet. Man U were the better team. I was thinking Nani would come on leaps this season and he looked the park yesterday, he is even quicker than Ronaldo. Last season Nani was like Ronaldo 3 or 4 years ago - he has all the tricks but does too much and doesnt have the finished product. Sir Awex put all that together for Ronaldo and now he will do the same with Nani and he will be an awesome player this season. What can I say about Ryan Giggs though, he was superb throughout the game playing upfront. He has lost a yard or 2 of pace with age for the wing but he is still quick and he could easy do a job upfront for them this season now that Nani is coming good.