Gribz

Fulham were supposed to be close to signing Healy and there was another side linked also (poosibly Derby). I think 400k for Healy would be a better bit of business than 1.5m for Naismith.

This time last year id have agreed with you and thought would could get a similar player for cheap. But now that the level of player at Ibrox is coming down, id keep Ferguson. Hopefully he gets a good rest over the summer and is 110% fit for the start of the season and BF on his game (along with Hemdani / Hutton / Weir) is still the difference between us and the rest of the SPL.

Danny Mills is the rumour on the BBC today. 5 years ago this would have been a class signing but now Id have Hutton way ahead of him. But Mills would be fairly good back up.

Thats my post in a nutshell I forgot to add Beasley to my post but Ive no idea where he plays or how good he is. Pete, your team isnt back except Thomson isnt a RM / RW

Thats stunning!!! And the top isnt that bad either BTW. In fact the top is well tidy.

Id say yes at the moment or how else can we play him unless we go 3-5-2 / 4-5-1? He didnt impress me that much last season and he isnt better than Hemdani or Ferguson. If all 3 play then we are in the same boat as last season unless we get 2 quality wide players to whip in crosses for a striker. TBH I didnt see too much of him even at Hibs so I have to go with Hemdani and Ferguson ahead of him.

Following from another post, we need to sign 2 wide players and possiblily a central creative man depending on Buffels situation. So what does that mean to the starting line up and how we going to accomodate the players we have that should be in the team? Ferguson and Hemdani are kinda similar but both can only be in the team if we play 2 wide men rather than a creative central player. If we are to go 4-4-2 that means we would need to look at something like this: ______________McGregor______________ Hutton_____Weir_____Ehiogu_____Smith _____________Ferguson______________ New__________________________New__ _____________New/Buffel_____________ ________Darcheville___Sebo/Boyd______ That leaves Hemdani out so does Walter look at a 4-3-3: _____________McGregor_______________ Hutton_____Weir______Ehiogu_____Smith ____Ferguson__New/Buffel___Hemdani___ ____Sebo/New___Boyd_____Darcheville___ That 4-3-3 looks quite good but doesnt have any natural width so we would be relying on Sionko, Burke and Adam to then come in and play there roles as squad players, but as soon as they come in the formation would change. Its going to be interesting to see how we are going to line up next season. BTW I know a few will ask why Webster isnt in the team but as far as Im aware we still havent signed him so its big Ugo for me at the moment.

IF we do sign a decent right and left player along with a creative player thats almost a new midfield, and what happens to our current midfielders? I still cant work out if Ferguson is a holding midfielder or an attacking one. As he is moving towards 30 I think he should look at becoming our holding midfielder. The problem is then we have BF, Hemdani and Thomson and most would have 2 if not all 3 in there starting line up then how do we accomodate 2 wide players and a creative player. Everyone knows I still like the 5 man midfield and IMO this is the only way we are going to be able to accomodate BF, Hemdani and a new creative player in the same team. Hemdani and a fully fit BF are a must for the team IMO, Hemdani and Hutton were head and shoulders above the rest last season, so Walter has a head ache as to how we line up next season. But no doubts about it, we really do need some creativity in the team.

Even the lack of realistic transfer talk is frustrating. We are only linked with Naismith and he is the only rumour we can discuss. Even the McCulloch and Webster deals have went quiet. I have no doubts we will sign a player or 2 but when and who is another matter.

We should be putting an offer in for him and showing more intertest here than going for Naismith IMO

For those who cant make it out: 1 man couldnt carry, couldnt carry Lampard, 1 man and his folk lift truck, couldnt carry Lampard. 2 men couldnt carry, couldnt carry Lampard, 2 men 1 man and his fork lift truck, couldnt carry lampard .............. .............. :D

Anyone else having the famous "page not displayed" page coming up often today? It coming up a lot for me.

Nobody cares

Nobody said you didnt

This is true but its a team game and when we are playing 1 upfront it should be someone who is benifical to the team, again this isnt Boyds fault as he doesnt pick the team but he should be doing more on a personal level to improve his all round game rather than being out until late hours drinking and eating kebabs.

We arent looking at replacing him, this is just my opinion. This proves my point about the level of our players. I agree that Burke and Adam are no more than squad players but this proves that our fans arent happy with the standard of player. I use Boyd as an example while Brindy uses Adam and Burke.

I quite like that, it does look like Dortmund top. The worst ever glowing top was that celtic away top about 10 years ago with the wosp stripes.

You're right it is unfair to compare and Im not getting at these players personally, its David Murray and Martin Bains fault that we have went backwards so much. The bold bit above is a great example of comparison between our past and present. Our opinionated support which is divided on topics is another reason. But IMO Rangers FC should have a much higher standard of player than Kris Boyd.

Its all about opinions mate, and IMO he doesnt have a patch on some of our superb strikers of the past. I still laugh at any comment that compares Boyd to McCoist. Try to compare the likes of Durie and Hateley to Boyd and you realise how far backwards we have went.

Whilst not being impressed by signing him at the time, I also have a good feeling about Gow. I think he could be an asset and do a job on the left and as a link between the midfield and forwardline. I hope Darcheville proves to be a good signing. I'll twist the debate a bit here, is there any of the current squad from last season that could be a surprise package and be a good player. If Buffel gets his finger out he could prove important or Sebo gets a chance!!!

I dont think thats an issue SA, I just think some fans look at Boyd and see an plum playing upfront. Nationality is nothing to do with it, he is a poor player and TBH part of a poor team in the last 2 years. He scores goals which many a player can do. But he misses double the amount of chances he scores and have his goals are miss-hits anyway. Sorry, i just think he is no use as a player unless he improves greatly.

If we got the opportunity to take him back we should bite his hand off (not literally). He is a player the fans were split on but IMO he is a player we shouldnt have sold. He has great pace and stood up in european games. Cant believe some people are happy with signing Broadfoot and Gow etc but wouldnt look at Lovenkrands

I said this last season. He is a decent player in the EPL and the sort of solid midfielder we needed at the time.

I slipped the SPL a tener to do this for the 2nd year running Celtic on New Year - about time that fixture returned.

I wonder if Henry will be there next season to wear it!! :fish: Arsenals best away top was the dark blue O2 one a few years back, that was a great top.