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  1. ranger_syntax
    I'd like to see Rangers knock inferior opposition out of the Scottish cup.
  2. ranger_syntax
    It's not really all that you said though. You inferred that because McCoist has spent most of his career working with Smith that this is all he knows. Given the variety of other managers that he has worked with this is clearly not the case.
  3. ranger_syntax
    I think that the manager has to find ways to motivate his players and keep them motivated.
  4. ranger_syntax
    Dave King is speaking to the press voluntarily and appears quite open. He's willing to meet fans groups and can be questioned then. Craig Whyte didn't say too much and successfully concealed the fact that he was previously banned from being a company director. I don't see the similarity. There is also a massive difference between blind support and not knowing the full facts.
  5. ranger_syntax
    Here is the article.
  6. ranger_syntax
    Don't tell me you want to attend now!?
  7. ranger_syntax
    I've seen little or nothing to suggest he is any good. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt to an extent though. Football is a team game and if he is played out of position or can't communicate well then it will not work. I hope he has a decent world cup and finds another team.
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    This is what worries me. We might end up in a vicious circle. As strange as it sounds I've been hoping for the season ticket prices to increase and I now think it is a certainty. In addition to a price rise I expect we will see the squad reduced rather than increased. I know Cribari will be off of the wage bill but who else?
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    I don't see fan ownership as a socialist goal.
  10. ranger_syntax
    The two schemes will have different structures. There are some fans who are not interested in investing in one, for whatever reason, but would invest in another. If there is a choice then they invest. If there is no choice then they will only invest if the existing scheme suits them. This means that the finite amount of cash that supporters are willing and able to invest increases if there are more schemes to choose from. In a sense the resources are divided but you may well find that both groups disagree on very little when it comes round to voting at A.G.M.s.
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    Something about the purchase of shares makes me doubt the socialist credentials of BuyRangers and Rangers First.
  12. ranger_syntax
    Some people will have valid reasons to prefer one scheme over another. If there is a choice then more people will get involved. There is nothing difficult or confusing about this.
  13. ranger_syntax
    I read this touching news story today. It reminded me that football has this wonderful power to transform otherwise empty lives. As I read it I began to feel myself losing control of my emotions and I started to weep. When I reached the end of the story I was so emotionally drained that I felt extremely nauseous.
  14. ranger_syntax
    If only polytheism had better lions to throw the Christian to, er, wait . . . Seriously though, you find plenty evidence of intolerance from pagans, polytheists et cetera in the ancient world and if you look around you find an increasingly intolerant streak of atheism. You also don't need to look far to find tolerant monotheists so I would say that there are plenty of ifs, ands and buts to consider before one makes such a sweeping generalisation. As for the secular thing, I hate to break it to you guys, the Monarch is the head of the Church of England. We also have Bishops in the House of Lords. Apart from R.C. schools we also have, in my experience, regular visits from a minister in the so called non-denominational schools. It is going to be increasingly secular but it's not yet.
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    Why should anyone think that an academic either is or ought to be neutral?
  16. ranger_syntax
    I'm not sure I understand your point. What does embarrassing, anti-social, loutish behaviour and public urination have to do with OBAF?
  17. ranger_syntax
    Agreed and I hope all Rangers fans see it that way. The problem for Hugh is that his point depends on the idea that there are some Rangers fans who actually believe that both trebles have equal status. All Rangers fans that I know can count to three. No Rangers fans that I know have ever indicated that the treble we could win this year is of the same status as the treble. What I am most eager to discover is how enjoyable it will be to find ourselves celebrating a Scottish cup win to complete this lesser treble.
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    I wouldn't count them alongside the more prestigious treble. Nothing is going to get around the fact that there are three of them though. Might also be interesting to know if anyone has ever won three trophies that was not [Premiership, Scottish cup, League cup]. For example the Glasgow cup* might be counted in a treble if not the treble. Look at this awful page, which at the time of posting at least, refers to a 'quintuple' that includes the Glasgow cup. *I gather that this was a more serious affair back in the day.
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    It's quite easy to see why someone would disagree with the following at least. This is just inserted as bait to provoke argument from Rangers fans. It's not a serious point. Winning three trophies is a treble and it doesn't require a great deal of sophistication to acknowledge that [League 1, Scottish cup, Ramsdens cup], although a treble, is not as prestigious as [Premiership, Scottish cup, League cup]. I'm using this word and I'm not having my intelligence insulted. I wonder if Hugh ever described the '98 - '99 season, [European cup, Premiership, FA cup], as a treble for Manchester United? If so would he have refused to describe [Premiership, FA cup, League cup] as a treble thereafter? I think not.
  20. ranger_syntax
    I am a properly-developed grown-up and I exercise the right to examine the nonsense that I am fed. Most remarkable for a tabloid hack to say something like this. I think I had better direct Hugh to one of my favourite parts of a good book.
  21. ranger_syntax
    Great news but there were still lots of spare tickets available outside the ground.
  22. ranger_syntax
    I hope this isn't meant to be a clever way to insult Malaysian football!
  23. ranger_syntax
    If ever there was a time to sign a flat track bully . . .
  24. ranger_syntax
    Best to buy the shares when they are not too expensive. When a share issue comes around the Trust will find that more members want to get shares in BuyRangers just like last time.
  25. ranger_syntax
    Firstly I think we all assume that Dave King is not completely reluctant to buy shares and neither that he refuses to cough up. If you accept that Dave King only wants to buy shares via a new share issue then it's not too difficult to see why fans are warmly disposed to him. The club can use the money if he buys shares through a share issue whereas they can't if he just purchases shares from the market. I'm quite sure you know all this though so I'm not sure why you ask.
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