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Pedro was supposed to talk to all the players who were considered to have a dubious future with Rangers. I must say that I am astounded that there have been no leaks so far about who is staying and who is going.

What you say about fatigue-related injuries has merit, however, we shall need all available bodies to hit the park running from the start. How shall we survive the Europa qualifiers with a weak central defence? He can rest during his suspensions.

Bring on Broonaldo !!

There are other sports where officialdom is being forced to take notice of head injuries ... http://www.ctvnews.ca/w5/lives-shattered-by-concussions-former-nhl-players-share-their-stories-1.2774366 Lives shattered by concussions: former NHL players share their stories

Oh, I'm sure they could. They just hated us more.

Niko showed enough last season to merit taking a chance on him. God I hope PC gets this right because we need to hit the ground running in these Europa qualifiers.

This is Thompson we are talking about. Never forgive, never forget.

Falkirk lead 1-0 at 15 min.

To add to your ever-expanding vocabulary, db ... Scottish word of the week: Wheesht 17 April 2013 2 HAVE YOUR SAY THE Scottish vernacular contains a whole host of phrases designed to keep others quiet, but ‘wheesht’ may be one of the most interesting. First used in the 14th century, ‘wheesht’ has the handy bonus of being very adaptable. It can be used as a verb, a noun, and an interjection as in asking someone to ‘haud their wheesht’. Ironically, the word itself comes from adding more sounds to the original and widely-used command to ‘shh’, which acts as the root for the Scots word. It also features in English as ‘whisht’, but has fallen out of favour compared to its Scots counterpart. Despite its demise south of the border, ‘wheesht’ has been noted by many scholars and etymologists to have a couple of key advantages over its fellow commands for silence. It is more dramatic and direct than a simple ‘shh’, and thanks to the wonders of a Scottish accent, it’s a much better alternative to ‘shut up’ that always seems to get results. Read more at: http://www.scotsman.com/heritage/people-places/scottish-word-of-the-week-wheesht-1-2897813

Taken from an RM post ... Quote Presumably it is still lying in a spare room or garage somewhere, since they went to all the bother of making the thing, so it should be dusted down for re-use at Ibrox tonight. It's been a while since the first unfurling of the banner which said 'The Silence of the Sheep '" Since '91' but the message has not lost its relevance to the Rangers fans who will taunt Aberdeen again when the clubs clash this evening. 1991 '" the year Freddy Mercury died, Bill Clinton announced he'd stand for president and Eden Hazard was born '" remains the last time Aberdeen won at Ibrox. Again and again they've trudged down and back, sometimes fearfully, sometimes with tentative confidence, but always denied, frustrated and often demoralised. Nine managers since '91 and dozens and dozens of players: all silenced, as the banner says. The guys who scored back then, Eoin Jess and Brian Grant, are now 46 and 52. Aberdeen have done their job when it comes to Rangers this season. They are guaranteed to finish above them in the Premiership even if they lose tonight and again on the league's final day on Sunday. It doesn't matter if they fail at Ibrox again. But then again, it does. It matters because of the little asterisk which remains beside Aberdeen. The persistent accusation. Since Derek McInnes became manager in 2013 they have won a cup final in Glasgow, knocked Celtic out of the Scottish Cup at Celtic Park and won their last two semi-finals at Hampden. But still they have not shaken off or silenced the detractors who say they go weak at the knees in Glasgow. November 27-December 3 last year, when they capitulated to Celtic in the Betfred Cup final and then lost at Ibrox the following weekend, fed a preconception that Aberdeen go to pieces in Glasgow. Over the last 48 hours McInnes and Pedro Caixinha have exchanged barbs which should add hugely to the fun at Ibrox tonight as Aberdeen try to win a league game there after 39 consecutive failures. There was just as much significance in something Brendan Rodgers said about Aberdeen last Friday night. He acknowledged that Aberdeen had responded well after the catastrophic concession of three quick goals and that they had Celtic on the back foot, but he rightly stressed how different the circumstances would be when they meet again in the William Hill Scottish Cup final in ten days' time. It would be a different pitch (in other words a better one, more suited to Celtic's passing), a different crowd distribution (ie a 50-50 split, not a Pittodrie home game) and a cup final (ie a 'pressure' occasion). 'A final is a real pressure game,' he said. 'Our players have shown they can cope. It will be totally different for Aberdeen.' Expect Rodgers to return to that theme in the build-up to the final. Celtic are huge favourites to win the Cup final but, if Aberdeen also lose tonight, all the familiar accusations will be heaped on the Dons about being flaky and brittle and lacking 'bottle'. Caixinha clearly niggled McInnes by talking about players leaving and how much he admired Ryan Jack, and McInnes more than gave as good as he got by saying the Rangers manager ought to be embarrassed about finishing third and having a lot to say for himself. In one respect Caixinha was right to talk about Aberdeen being at the end of a cycle. Jack, Niall McGinn and Peter Pawlett '" three established figures in the McInnes era '" will all leave in the summer and Greg Tansey will have to be followed by other additions. Teams do go through cycles. Aberdeen were irrelevant for most of the years from 1991 to McInnes's arrival and suffered four, five, seven and even nine-goal routs in Glasgow. But no matter how awful they were their fixtures at Celtic Park or Ibrox remained edgier and 'bigger' than those against the likes of say, Dundee, Motherwell or Kilmarnock. Celtic and Rangers didn't have to be at their best to beat them but a large and noisy travelling support would get a reaction from the home stands and the better-than-usual atmosphere ensured the Old Firm sides were not caught sleepwalking. Mental strength, character, resilience, bravery, self-belief, imposing your authority: Aberdeen have been lacking too often over the years. McInnes has improved them hugely but they still have more to prove, especially after that effort in the Betfred Cup. Their season ends with three games in Glasgow. With all due respect to Partick Thistle and Sunday, only Ibrox tonight will shape how McInnes, his players, and 20,000 travelling supporters see the Cup final. The old Alex Ferguson mantra remains as brutally true as ever: 'You have to beat them in Glasgow.' https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/scotland/haunted-by-the-glasgow-curse-865srqppz

Pedro has shown the way. If you don't want to play for the club don't come. Same with Club 1872, anyone with agendas and/or side issues please do not apply. Also, these positions are not for forward advancement until your term has been served.

If you can read between the lines this might give you a hint. From a thread 'Club 1872 resignations' ... 03-18-2017, 05:16 PM BEARGER BEARGER is offline Key Player BEARGER's Avatar Join Date Jan 2009 Posts 3,231 Default As you will be aware following the announcement from Club 1872, all 3 of us have resigned as directors. We considered it an honour and a privilege to be voted to serve on the board of Club 1872 by our fellow Rangers fans, and those of you who know each one of us personally will understand how painful it was for us to leave an organisation we firmly believed in and worked tirelessly to establish since our election. We feel it is incumbent upon us to outline to members the reasons why we felt our positions had become untenable. As anyone who has served on a board or committee will know there will always be differences of opinion and varied interpretations on matters and the Club 1872 board was no different in that respect. However, throughout our tenure we found the conduct of one director particularly challenging, causing all of us to make considerable personal compromises at times. However last week a situation arose, which we felt compromised the organisation rather than ourselves, and that was one compromise we were not prepared to make under any circumstances. As many of you will be aware Rangers have recently advertised two job vacancies in respect of a Social Media Officer and a Supporters Liaison Officer. At Club 1872 we were informed recently that the latter of these two roles would be our main point of contact at the club in the future. Word subsequently reached some of the Club 1872 board members that one of our directors had applied for the position of Supporters Liaison Officer. However, as no notification had been received from the director in question this matter remained as nothing more than a rumour. Matters came to a head when the director in question intimated he, in addition to two Club 1872 directors who had already confirmed their attendance, would attend a meeting at Ibrox facilitated by Rangers Security personnel. This meeting was in respect of the forthcoming Old Firm fixture at which both Police Scotland and Club 1872 were invited participants. As persons present at this meeting from Rangers were to be involved in the interview and recruitment process for the vacant Supporters Liaison role concerns were raised within the Club 1872 board. As nothing had yet been received in writing to the Club 1872 board this necessitated a phone call by one director to the director in question at which time it was established he had in fact applied for the role of Supporters Liaison Officer. On such confirmation, the director in question was advised that it would not be appropriate for him to attend this meeting. In essence, we had a Club 1872 director who had applied for a job at Rangers, attending a meeting where persons from the club who were not only involved in the interview and recruitment process, but would also have direct line management responsibility for the post in question, were present. Despite such advice and the concerns of fellow board members, the director in question attended the meeting. We tendered our resignations shortly thereafter. We would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere apologies to all members, and in particular, those who voted for us. However, all 3 of us believe that by resigning in such circumstances we were reflecting the standards, values and principles which saw us elected. Laura Fawkes Joanne Percival Iain Leiper

Not as much as you, read your own posts back.

What happens in a meeting should stay in the meeting(especially if it is of a personal nature), not spayed on a forum for all and sundrie to opine about.

So, to sum this up, you are saying that I cast negative aspersions on plg, who was in my opinion casting negative aspersions on another bear supporter. However, you justify your interjection by saying that plg can have a negative opinion of someone but that I can't reply in kind?

Let's call it bitter experience, how's that? What do you know of plg?

That just sounds bitter.

You're in Scotland, is there anything you can do to encourage your assessment to a successful conclusion? Can you garner support to lean on Police Scotland, CPS or even wee Elsie to make sure that this rancid club faces proper retribution? You know they won't if good men do nothing.

Just part of the hype leading up to ST renewal.

Celtic skipper Scott Brown slaps down Rangers: 'We knew if we turned up we would win' The Hoops cruised to a 2-0 win against their great rivals on Sunday as they ended a 92-year wait to beat their rivals in a Scottish Cup semi-final. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/celtic-skipper-scott-brown-slaps-10280331 I would pin that headline to the dressing room walls all week. If they can't show us some guts then maybe that statement will stimulate some basic pride in the squad. What a humiliating display of lack of respect from an opponent, such as he is. Either fill the shirt or don't accept it. Dave King, are you watching?

That's pretty arrogant by Rodgers (or the DR). Isn't it about time that players and clubs started to respect the the decisions of the Refs. whether right or wrong?

Good on Schalk for having the integrity to accept that he was in the wrong. Over to you Brown.

... this could be describing Davie Weir and he did alright.

No Surrender, eh?