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The players don't really say all this stuff. I've read it hundreds of times . I'm just surprised there isn't a "dig deep, come out fighting and bounce back" in there.

Agree about McCulloch's footballing status. Average at his peak..

As for captaincy, think back to the Iron Curtain. Any one of them could and did captain Rangers with distinction. And if they'd been knocked down by a 'bus crossing PRW Waddell could have done it. A team with six captains. Now we're a club with none on the field or off it.

I would urge Daly to help his manager by going for the ball rather than the man when crosses come in. If you're not going to win the ball, Jon, work out where the defender has to be to get it and make sure you're there first. That way you still won't win the ball but you might get the foul in your favour instead of the other way round which happened endlessly on Saturday.

I'm disappointed that Rangers ever signed Black - poor player and not the sort of man that Struth would have had around. The sooner he's gone the better.

But we don't know what question he was asked when he said the words quoted. Was it: "Hey, Blackie, are you sorry for the guys who lost their jobs?" Or was it: "The team were poor on Saturday. Is all the financial turmoil getting at you?"

Who goes first? Rodgers or Gerrard?

Ballotelli worth a gamble but not at the price 'Pool paid.

According to Liewell at their agm.

"Lawwell made his assertion after contextualising the Hoops' earning potential at the club's packed annual general meeting at Celtic Park on Friday.

He claimed that the 40,000 season tickets sold for this campaign was only bettered in Britain by Manchester United and Arsenal, then told shareholders that winning the Scottish Premiership title brings in £1.8million while claiming that clubs relegated from the English top flight rake in £65million.

At a press conference in the Celtic Park boardroom afterwards he expanded on the theme, claiming that, if the Scottish champions had access to the sort of broadcast monies available to the top clubs in England, Celtic would be peerless.

"I believe that," he said. "If you go back 25-30 years and compare us to Manchester United before the media and TV boom, there probably wasn't much in it.

"I think our story is unique, it is rich - it is the best.

"We have a potential fan-base of Scots/Irish diaspora around the world to support that and we have fantastic, strong fan-base in Scotland.

"I don't see any barrier if you compare Celtic to Manchester United or Arsenal, the top clubs down there.

"I don't see any barriers if we were getting the same media values as they are getting regularly."

Asked about comparisons with Real Madrid and Barcelona, Lawwell replied: "Similarly. The media values in England will outweigh the media values or be similar to the top in Spain or Germany.

"Therefore if it is a level playing field with our strong fundamentals. I don't see any reason why we couldn't be."

In a more cryptic way, Lawwell suggested that moves were afoot all across Europe for clubs in a similar situation to Celtic - essentially big fish in small ponds - to increase revenue potential, having earlier mentioned regional leagues or supranational leagues.

"We are not alone," he said. "Other leagues and nations are suffering the same problems and there needs to be a solution, and I think more than ever UEFA are open to a solution .

"There are no concrete plans, but it is getting to become more of a discussion item."

Lawwell, who hopes to convince striker John Guidetti to make his loan move from Manchester City permanent, reiterated a previous assertion that the absence of traditional rivals Rangers from the top flight costs the Parkhead club £10million per season.

However, he was unimpressed when reminded that former Hoops boss Gordon Strachan, currently the Scotland national team coach, had recently spoken about the need to get Rangers, Hearts and Hibernian - all battling to get out of the Championship - back into the top flight.

Strachan said: "People say you can't manipulate it, but I think you have to get them back in."

However, Lawwell said: "I love Gordon dearly. He is a pal, but he is way off the mark there. We would never support that.

"It is sporting integrity. It is a football competition and above all else you have to apply the rules, and to manipulate those rules would be wrong and there would be clubs who would suffer, as well as clubs who would benefit."

There were relatively few nods to Ibrox during the AGM, which lasted just over two hours, but Lawwell was later asked, in his capacity as member of the main board of the Scottish Football Association, whether there was a possible conflict of interest in the shape of Rangers shareholder Mike Ashley, who appears to be increasing his power-base at the Ibrox club while still the owner of Newcastle United.

Lawwell said: "I think potentially there is, but I am sure the SFA and the other authorities will scrutinise, analyse and do the right thing.""

"Lovenkrands - wins it for Rangers"

Rob McLean's grief-stricken shriek in commentary on the great cup-final winner.

simple answer you should only be allowed to play for the country you are born in what could be more simple .

Joe Baker?

If there is a conspiracy, the celtic shareholder Lord Docherty sure thing isn't in it.

My first thought was: "Tranmere - God help us!"

Then I realised Tranmere are a much better team than Rangers.

Dire but not surprising.

"more normalised"?

I'd prefer "normal".

Very nice item. Looks very like the scarf made and presented to C. Green by Johnstons the cashmere mill.

Before his Berwick days he was part of the nifty Motherwell forward line Reid, Quinn, St John, Hunter, Weir.

Allerdyce and Pardew - back from the dead.

Rogers and Pochetino - losers.

Martinez and Pelligrini - tottering.

Pulis - where he?

Wenger - can' t keep him down.

Mourhino - unstoppable except in Spain.

Funny business managering.

"As the owner of the club I am proud to play for, I believe I owe both you and the club’s supporters this explanation."

When did McLean buy Wigan?

I like a defender who defends. Old fashioned and that.

Gretna FC progressed from the bottom division to the Premier League for a fraction of the money Rangers have spent on players let alone a further £10 million. They also got to the final of the Scottish Cup whilst still in the third tier (Division 1 now) and thereby qualified for Europe. Rowan Alexander for manager?

And they played decent football and scored a good number of goals without losing many games.

"Wing ace"?

He has some talent but the "aces" are Morton, Waddell and Henderson. Then, just below that level, Scott, Wilson, Johnston and Cooper. Templeton isn't even a craftsman yet though he ought to be. A real manager would have got him going by now or binned him.

Was that the sale price or his profit?

Mibbees aye, mibbees naw.

If everybody lost their job because they were an arse at some point in their life we'd have a very long dole queue.

I'd have been in that queue.

The red and black isn't "Rangers" enough. What is needed is a Rangers Followers shirt which is blue obviously, but doesn't feature any of the club's registered crests or logos but it wouldn't be difficult to cococt a getup that is obviously Rangers but doesn't infringe any of the £pivs' marks.

That's the easy bit. The hard bit is getting getting the umpteen factions of the support to agree on what to wear. Perhaps a basic shirt in 1960s shade of blue with red and white in the collar and folk who wanted to could add their own regimental devices and the rest of us could wear the colours, support the team but give no cash to £pivs.

You got that from the FBI?

"So not all bad then lol, I think he will be Ashley's Iron fist in a velvet glove ........"

I think it will be an iron fist in a mail glove.

Did someone hint at Gattuso? God, no. That would be the end.