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Gary Stevens was fantastic as was Sandy Jardine but I plump for captain cutlass the second captain at our club to lift a treble after Jock Shaw my left back .

Bobby Shearer 

A deserved draw against a bunch of play actors tonight 

2 hours ago, 26th of foot said:

The merits of Corky was a fairly regular topic for heated discussion between my old man and Grandfather, neither of the two rated him the best. The former loved Ronnie MacKinnon whereas the latter could not see past the Meek(Davie Meiklejohn). I grew up believing Ronnie McKinnon was the epitome of the modern day centre back. He was fleet of foot, could hang in the air and, possessed an innate elegance. His leg break in Lisbon was heartbreaking.

 

A process of elimination ensued. Colin Jackson, Derek Johnstone, Dave Smith and, eventual winner, Tom Forsyth fought it out for a couple of seasons. Bomber was a male model who could head a ball as far as he could kick it. Dave Smith was a Rolls Royce of a player. Signed as a midfielder, he fitted in as Sweeper, either in front or behind. His positional sense ensured his lack of pace was never an issue and range of accurate passing was top of the range. Two of the ECWC winning goals were created by Dave Smith's vision and ability. DJ was a John Charles-esque all rounder and as such he became undervalued in all positions. He turned out as centre half, midfielder and, centre forward for both Rangers and Scotland. Tam Forsyth aka Jaws was Soldier Blue, he tackled, you stayed tackled. This belie his wonderful timing eg the Wembley tackle in '77 against Mick Channon.

 

We move into the late 70s and mentions must be given for Jim Steele - five appearances, five bookings and, five Player of the Season awards. Gregor Stevens was aided by the chain saw he carried on to the field of play. Sandy Jardine played sweeper in '78/'79 season. Craig Paterson dominated, John McClelland only played in the sun and, Dave McPherson endured.

 

Souness arrived as did Butcher, Roberts and, Richard Gough. The Scots international raised in South Africa but born in Sweden was outstanding and his central defensive partnership with John Brown was superb. We went through a dozen stoppers, notable mentions for big Amo, Craig Moore, big Marv', Alan McLaren, Bjorklund and, Petric in the next thirty years.

 

My pairing would be Richard Gough and Ronnie McKinnon.

Steele was my kind of defender referees just didn't understand him 😆

1 hour ago, ranger_syntax said:

Lorenzo Amoruso

 

There have been no other decent centre backs.

Aye right 😜

2 minutes ago, Rousseau said:

Erm... who's 'Korky'?

Spelling mistake Corky I must have been thinking of a cat we had 

I was going to pick Valentine and Stanners but those two would have been better in the Pavilion at pantomime season.

 Corky  and Butcher win my vote 

1 hour ago, Rousseau said:

Stick your fancy positions up your a*se!

Tell them your going the continental way of squad numbers 

Yo ho ho 

Even in his elderly years he’d still be head and shoulders above anything we have today .

19 minutes ago, Rousseau said:

Was Shaw a Left-back? 

Left or right 

Your modern full backs a waste of space these days all he does is shadow his opponent scared to tackle totally useless just look at the two we have today pathetic creatures you want some at left back then I’m putting in .

Jock Tiger Shaw a proper defender .

16 hours ago, Scott7 said:

On the same note Bobby Shearer taking over from the injured Billy Ritchie at Tynecastle after about eleven minutes, no subs of course. He conceded a goal in the second half but the Famous scored three. What a game, what a night in the days when the Hearts had taken over from the Hibs as Rangers’ main challengers

He took over twice in goal against Hearts 

1 minute ago, Scott7 said:

Just a pity Rangers couldn’t.

The way we played under Beale they would probably have stuffed us as well as 

The Celtic women's team would beat Aberdeen 

It should be in the rule book grass pitches only all others need not apply 

We’ve been blessed with great keepers so what’s it based on games played or shut outs I don’t have those figures.

Dawson , Goram , Ritchie, Kloss , ,Brown or McCloy 

Think big Peter played the most helped us win a European trophy so he’s my number one 

I'll go for the young lad McCausland

20 minutes ago, Uilleam said:

I see that they, in customary manner, lay down and lost to the pederasts, this afternoon. 

6-0 this time. 

Don't think they even tried 

Two will do another three points 

If reports are to be believed then our manager wanted Robbie Neilson as his assistant 

They should have signed him 

Three points would be nice and a continued improvement on our performances will be a bonus .

Mon the gers 

Mon the toffees Europe here we come  😁

5 hours ago, Uilleam said:

Happy talkin', talkin', happy talk
Talk about things you'd like to do
You've got to have a dream
If you don't have a dream
How you gonna have a dream come true?

 

It's good to have some positivity, at last, and, dare I say, on field, and off field. 

It is only the beginning, of course, and The Man is having to play with the hand he has picked up. 

So far, it appears to me, he is doing pretty well, and with players many of whom we had consigned to the brock-bin only a few weeks ago. It is make do and mend, for the time being. 

 

Are we seeing, merely, the fabled 'new manager bounce', which, admittedly, is not really that high, which often ends with a reversion to the mean, in a matter of weeks? I'm not sure, but, for what it is worth, PC does not seem like the bouncy type. I think that he is  shrewder, cooler, more anlytical, with an aversion to blethers, and blethering.  As for the players, I do not think that they will/would be able to 'see-off' this Manger, readily. 

We'll see of course, but better organised football, more on the front foot is better to watch, and has so far been effective. It has, however, exposed a lack of fitness among the players, and that is a concern, albeit one which may be readily fixed in a fairly short timescale. 

 

The enigma of Lammers (and of Lammers' selections) remains, of course. Is he what is called a 'players' player'? I don't know. Maybe he is the only card that PC has in his current hand to play, a one-eyed Jack, or something. Don't ask me about Dessers. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tall oaks from little acorns grow 

Livingston can be difficult opponents but if we play as we did on Thursday we should get the points.

Rangers to win two nil and Danilo first goal 25/1 that’s my bet