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  1. der Berliner
    Which raises the question about what we call the "house rule" over here. It has to be nailed down at every stadium, concert hall and the like, so people know in advance why they might be "targetted". Anyways, there seems to be some strange handling of "offenders" in place, with all these chaps having their season ticked being seized? For an "offence" such as standing? I mean, if those standing do some sort of harm or pose a threat to someone or whatnot ... but their aren't. The stewards, the police or those coming up with such ideas cannot expect to turn a football ground into a classical concert or something. This needs to be adressed, preferrably with Rangers officials being accomodated in the stands and watch the "administrative" behaviour Rangers FC pays for first hand.
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    Since all sorts of things fly about, administration would by default (using Motherwell, Hearts (?) and Co. as an example) mean a 10 point deduction and no players signed, but "not much" more, right?
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    Not saying that it wasn't wrong by the chap to keep his water bottle. If there's a rule in place to that extend, it should be obeyed (even though the police officer made a hash of it ... and he should know better than the steward). We do have restrictions with regards to bottles and tetra packs greater than 0.5l too, btw. But to remove a season card for a bottle of water is simply out of sync. Give me a knife, pepper spray or the like and a related behaviour, but a water bottle?
  4. der Berliner
    Can I ask on what basis his season ticket/card has been removed/confiscated? Even if local fans over here get evicted from the Olympic Stadium for being drunk on one matchday, they usually can come back the next match day unless they caused some bodily harm or similar grievious offence. Having a bottle of water is no reason to remove a season card, nor is escaping the clutches of some apparent (!!!) heavy handed stewards. On a sidenote, if there are shareholders in and about, they should take up their right and report this to the man in the main seat, either now or during the next AGM. Such behaviour cannot be tolerated - the pendulum swings in both directions.
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    Of course, you would like to know what Whyte and King had to talk about pre the Old Firm game, when King was supposedly* after Whyte with regards to the HMRC case and whatnot. *According to that screaming newspaper headline back then.
  6. der Berliner
    In this current climate and day and age, I can envisage much more than just "relegation".
  7. der Berliner
    Well, IMHO we are currently better when we can snatch the ball and counter-attack quickly than being creative and have to dictate the game ourselves. Which is not to say that we have not what it takes to dominate SPL teams ... we showed that in the second half against Timothy as well as at Dunfermline. Yet, when Davis is not at the races (like in the first half yesterday), our midfield creativity drops a few levels. That remains a concern, though one hopes that McKay can add some quality here soon enough.
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    The next best thing we can hope for is UEFA re-structuring the current competitions to some European League format. As it is now, it is just a money-spinning event for the big leagues and big guns, so the money goes solely to those countries and teams. The Atlantic League will not happen, unless it is under UEFA's hands (as they have already threatened to ban clubs involved there if it isn't ... so much for their power and the freedom of the clubs ... essentially, much like the Catholic church in the early middle ages), and even if it does, the money involved will be minimal. What we should do is arranging a Challenge Cup sort of thing tournament with some US teams - during a "winter break" maybe? - when some big guns of Scotland and England cross the big pond and rake in some dollars. As for Swansea and Cardiff ... methinks they joined the English FA/League in a day and age when there was not even a Welsh League at hand. If anything, we can cite Berwick Rangers as a sample of cross-nation club transfers. (Though that was done based on geographic neccesity more than anything.)
  9. der Berliner
    Well ... I assume it needs to be "reported" by someone. Apparently, not everyone "reporting" it gets the same level of attention. If you have not been a touch paranoid by now, here's the recipe ...
  10. der Berliner
    Regarding Hooper ... simple question: was this already being set up by then? Generally, "we" should not be told who the Temp' CO is, but someone at each club should know, be that chairman, CEO, manager or whatnot. Keeping this figure in the shadow will ensure accusations all over the place. There's enough shadowy stuff going on already, no need to incense the supporters any more. Still, I doubt that there is something written in the statutes of the SFA or SPL that they have to be open and democratic with the public about every aspect of their dealings ... Obviously, only time will tell whether this new procedure is a good thing. As has been said already: with the publicity and greater amount of live coverage of the Old Firm "we" are bound to suffer more than the likes of Dunfermline and Kilmarnock. Unless ... the match officials and "objective" onlookers at each game report incidents like Naismith's after the game. I won't hold my breath just yet though ...
  11. der Berliner
    Never mind the commentary ... On a sidenote, since hardly any of us non-Britons can see the game anywhere else than the internet, we have established a download service for the games. Just to see the games again of course - most listen to Rangers Radio (subscription and all) while the game is actually on. So if anyone's interested in the games of this season (like the Old Firm game "in HD") just PM me.
  12. der Berliner
    As I use to say when the Hooped Horrors are ahead of us, titles are not won or lost in August, September or October. The same goes for us. Still the greater the distance the better for us. If we keep up the SPL performance levels, the professional attitude and stay focused, it does look good indeed. I for one can still remember they day one Ivan Sproule made us look pretty bemused at Ibrox.
  13. der Berliner
    Do we actually know why Bain was dismissed/suspended? Has it infact to do with these 2.8m HMRC deal that wound up during the take-over, something Bain should have been aware of?
  14. der Berliner
    Dunno what is displayed in Britain, but over here the link says that due to UEFA copyright, this video cannot be shown any longer. Since when has UEFA a copyright on Scottish footy material? Someone must be hurting badly while youtube admins seem to be somewhat oblivious to reality.
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    On a sidenote ... anone heard anything about the much publisized "showdown talks" between King and Whyte, as we were told he jetted in for those ahead of the OF game? Or was that just another of "those headlines"?
  16. der Berliner
    So essentially the headlines that sprang up this morning are based upon a "no-statement" of our QC? For said QC has not been given permission to speak about or insight in our HMRC situation? So essentially there is no news whatsoever, only another bout of scare-mongering from information already known (or unknown, for that matter)? Well, well ... Ain't that utter rubbish? Even if we lose the big case, we will challenge it and this could drag on for months if not years, so freezing money on the basis of a court case that will soon be finished (I assume) is a touch over the top, isn't it?
  17. der Berliner
    Methinks if one looks hard enough, you can string such "links to doom" with quite a few of our players.
  18. der Berliner
    Well, half a day after the Express headline and they are the only ones to follow up. As usual, better wait till someone official speaks out about this, either on the HP or via twitter. As for "no surprise": he sure will want a certain wage at his age and experience, probably also a lengthy deal (2 years?). We are pretty well covered on the left wing, with Wylde, McKay, Kerkar, Wallace, Naismith and Lafferty all accustomed to play there - even if it is not their (or our's) favourite position.
  19. der Berliner
    Wouldn't spend too much thought on one paper rumour-spreading article for the time being.
  20. der Berliner
    Who? Ah yes ... it is her!
  21. der Berliner
    I'd still occasionally try an even more cavalier approach in home games against weaker opposition, with three at the back and a attack-minded 5-man midfield. Once the damage is done, we can settle back somewhat and give other players a run in the team and change the system back to "normal".
  22. der Berliner
    The saying: "You never change a running system!" holds true on various levels. I wouldn't have been surprised that had we played at the Scumhut, McCulloch would have been through the middle too. At Ibrox Ally knew that it is far better to attack them rather than breaking them up and hope for the counter strike. We've simply have got to utilize the attackers we've got and now that they are almost back to what they are capable of, it was probably his easiest choice. IMHO, he will have been more concerned with our OF rookie-centre halfs. Methinks it is - for the time being - save to say that Walter has trained Ally's eye for a good centre half, for both have been really impressive of late ... and all in all you would have hoped that we entered the European trials these days and not 6 weeks ago.
  23. der Berliner
    Since the button is currently off-line: Thank you for this valuable post!
  24. der Berliner
    You see, the point remains that I simply noted that ranting on boards does not change a bit, while work done by the RST or other supporters organizations actually make it into the offices at Ibrox, into the media* and thus onto a greater audience than essentially pretty isolated fanboards. Suddenly, from various angles one gets flak on nigh unrelated topics and said people let rip about the RST for utterly unrelated reasons and accuse me of essentially being their standard bearer. Some rather strange behaviour that. *On a sidenote, only recently Mark Dingwall (yes, the very one of FF and RST board member) spoke on BBC Scotland's Sportsound programme about Whyte's takeover and recent press speculation and harrassment of the club. And that was no promotion tour for the RST either, but had he been just another ranting poster, he would not have received an invitation at all.
  25. der Berliner
    I for one never knew that either you or Danny ever met me. So from those few posts I had on here you know what sort of supporter I am? Neat. Have a little spat with the "ranters" on here and you get your personality profile. Now, like it or not, you simply ignored the point I made to Danny and went on the "rant" (if I may say so?) about the RST. And this makes it a "ridiculous organization" that has no effect on Rangers or the media,as Danny intimated? What sort of information do you refer too? I get my weekly if not daily updates from the RST and am hardly a prime member. Why would I suggest that? Did I? All I said that ranting people on boards have no effect on the club, while the RST folk at least speak with club representatives and to the media, so their voice as Rangers supporters gets heard. And this communication can be found on their website too - amongst other things. Nothing more, nothing less. Obviously, some folk on here share a grand scale animosity towards that organization ... for reasons only they will fully understand. I do not intend to change their opinion.
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