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  1. der Berliner
    While we hope for a deal, ... a snippet from FF: 1/8th would be a "good" deal, but then again, Rangers are not Vodafone (and probably have not the relevant staying power and law people as the latter).
  2. der Berliner
    Sure enough they should. If we bow each time somesuch comes up and then e.g. sack our players though, this will open a new can of worms in the future. Anyways, we still do not know what actually happened, do we? On sidenote, nasty Adam supposedly sang a vile song, while this chap actually put a man into hospital. Will we see the same glaring headlines, NewsNow says NO thus far.
  3. der Berliner
    While I hope that they will agree to a payment plan, the noises coming out of HMRC (or rather the press) make it look as if they want to make an example of us (and not only the paranoid will smell something that stinks here). As has been said before, if they go the full monty, they will probably see next to nothing though, which is not in their interest either. All we can do now is sit and wait.
  4. der Berliner
    What happened to the police officer again? The "drunken" chap who sang sectarian IRA songs and aimed them at passers by with intend? Or the Aberdeen players who twittered bigotted garbage? EDIT: The PC was found guilty - the word sectarian and IRA vanishes from this article for some reason, but check the prvious ones - and had to pay 250 pounds. Obviously, he was not suspended from duty. If that is a precedence, Rangers know which path they could follow.
  5. der Berliner
    On a sidenote, this is not the Tax Case started, but continued. According to some FFers, this is the third sitting, as the previous two ran out of time. You do wonder who leaked all the information. You do see the reasoning of HMRC here, essentially, it is law enforcement and they have to do it. Whether the law they want to enforce is actually applicable is the hairy bit ... Anyways, while Whyte said that he is / we are in daily discussions with HMRC, he also stated that administration is still only "Plan D" on his agenda. So one would hope that there are decent enough back-up options about.
  6. der Berliner
    I go on NewsNow and the headlines related to Adam come from The Washington Post, Buffalo News and whatnot? That, BTW, comes when the BBC reports it with screaming letters ... for those papers beyond the Atlantic usually do not care what The Scottish Sun or Daily Record babble. And we all should keep in mind that neither of the afore-mentioned papers actually know what Adam actually did at the time. I'd not hesitate to sue the BBC for bringing the name of the club into disrepute if I were Whyte ... or make my ongoing case even stronger.
  7. der Berliner
    It was actually good to "see" Hemmings back on the bench again. While still young, he's as lethal as Jela in front of goals (at youth and reserve level that is) and receives glowing reports. Once games are "safe", Ally should give him 10 to 20 mins at the end of each game and nurse him into a more prominent role. Still, should all work out well with HMRC et al, we should try and get a decent SPL striker in January, either on loan or permanently. Murphy or one of the Hearts people mentioned earlier. Even Boyd or (dare I say it again?) Riordan on loan would do, since both would come back with will to prove themselves again ... and some experience of defecting to someone wrong.
  8. der Berliner
    Something like ... take the circumstances into account, place, age, alcohol and last but not least those who made him utter what he did (whatever it was) ... spring to mind. On a sidenote, does anyone on here actually think that any English lower league club would care what happens to or is thought about him in Scotland? With regards to his "career-threatening" behaviour? Anyways, let's hear some facts please and take the action of other "offenders" into account. (On a sidenote, if we do "sack" him, we can actually point out that we deal with the these "problems" and then list those offenders from other clubs, who have not been dealt with appropriately or on a like basis. Double standards and all ...)
  9. der Berliner
    Just noting that Wylde says he can cover for Naismith ... or at least the press puts it in his mouth. Usually, if somesuch happens before a game, said player provides a stinker of a performance (in recent memory, I vividly remember Whittaker ahead of the 2nd Malmö game). Let's hope that this is not the case tomorrow ... and anyways, I'd rather see McKay from the start and Wylde later on, catching United on the counter attack.
  10. der Berliner
    You got me wrong here. I was giving the Tangerines all the required respect in saying that they may well pick points from us, BUT it will not hurt that much, as Motherwell and them will also lose points, as they play against one another. But after this weekend (sic!) we have the "easier" ties ahead for a while: If we will be as professional as we have been, these weeks will have a greater impact than tomorrow's home tie against United, IMHO.
  11. der Berliner
    Odious Creep will spout bile and blood reading this
  12. der Berliner
    Had a few "bouts" with him last season, tried to be as polite and objective as I am with anyone. It did and does not work. Replies will be turned on their heads, new "facts" thrown in or yours dismissed or left uncommented. Utterly unprofessional behaviour and it is sad that e.g. the coach of Glasgow City is still giving her views on Scottish women football at this website. Andy truly drags it all down into the gutter ... On a sidenote, methinks the reports on the Hooped Horrors defeats a few months back never made it to the SPL reports on there. Ach well, nae bother!
  13. der Berliner
    Actually, if we fail to gain three points against the Tangerines, the fact that either Motherwell or them will take points of one another suits us very well. In the best case scenario, we get a win and they draw. For the next two matchdays, both Motherwell and them have difficult ties, we do not.
  14. der Berliner
    Honestly, them aside, I have no real dislike for any football team in Scotland (I don't count Aberdeen's sick-silly support and some of their Hooped-minded players). Would be a travesty if Hearts go out of business because of the manics and antic of a foreigner like Vlad the Mad.
  15. der Berliner
    Yes, but why "offer" him for 500k? Poor journalism maybe ...
  16. der Berliner
    Agree about Sutton. Regarding Celtic, they have a very bloated squad for these last few years and sure pay a heavy wage-bill with next to no return bar season tickets et al. They will most likely have to sell some of their "stars" in January to get going.
  17. der Berliner
    We have been - on the whole - less than convincing at Ibrox for a few years now, TBH. As if dominating a game and be creative does not suit us as much as playing fast and counter-attacking football away from home, when we can pick teams off while they try to play footie. IMHO, too much lies on the shoulders of Davis here and once he's not out of the blocks from the start, our general play lacks considerable (not least under the circumstances above). McKay is someone who can change that and it is sad that it needs an injury to our best player to get another creative centre-midfield player into the side.
  18. der Berliner
    ... or so sayest The Scottish Sun This would be strange. Us with all the negative reports of "unpaid bills" and frozen money still signing a player. Then again, he'd have to be a freebie ere we get him straight away. (On a sidenote, he seems to favour the Hooped Horrors, despite his dad placing a "Cooper" as his middle-name.)
  19. der Berliner
    The thing is: how many companies do that, have we done it before and how common is that (all over Scotland)? Unpleasant as it is, it seems that Whyte now has a rat-tail of contractual etc. stuff to deal with after the takeover and apparently takes his time to double-check and outgoing money. Doom-mongers will say that we have no money to pay these bills (given that we have a substantial amount frozen in the bank), but what do you expect of those or the press.
  20. der Berliner
    On a purely football & team viewpoint (!), we played Naismith all over the park last season, more often than not due to lack of personal. Now we have the emerged Wylde and McKay for the left hand side (and I for one rate McKay highly), plus Papac/Wallace, as we have seen. For the right hand side there is Ortiz and Bedoya, both of whom have IMHO been "suffering" from the good form of the rest. What we have to realize is that these 4 players are sure good enough to cover for Naismith in the SPL. What worries me is the lack of substitutes for either Lafferty or Jelavic.
  21. der Berliner
    Major, major blow indeed. Strangely enough, I feared that somesuch might happen weeks ago, since he's that sort of give-it-all player, always in there in the thick of the action. Hopefully he gets over it sooner than what is said, but getting back to that fitness and form is another hurdle along the way ...
  22. der Berliner
    Did not expect any less from the Scum, they have to keep their standards. That said, should any of theirs suffer, you'd find enough idiots in the Rangers blue who would share similar sentiments. Obviously, KFS is a nexus of all things anti-Rangers.
  23. der Berliner
    Dunno, but as far as I am aware, championship medals are presented to the players when the trophy is held aloft. Even if they were collected afterwards to print names and somesuch, this would have been done long ago ... I mean, we've October 30th when that was happenening and we won it in mid-May? These sure were spare medals, were they not?
  24. der Berliner
    And to be kind to those St.Mirren-Mad guys, here's the link to the actual story. Gunni joins Gers (And don't miss to click on the link to their Timdome game ;-) )
  25. der Berliner
    Yeah, but I am not sure whether the initial claim actually included that. As I said, whether it will be 36m or 49m, it will be equally difficult to handle.
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