stewarty

Some good points Mike. The agenda at Ibrox, PR wise, seems to be to keep a dignified silence unless pushed into a corner. A more proactive approach is needed. An approach which is similar to the one adopted by our East End rivals. It's one of a number of things that they are leading the way with...

He seems to be on a mission to slag off as many people as he can. The papers are loving this!

Dont know much about them but they must be well organised defensively if they get so many clean sheets. Not sure if unlocking tight defences is our strength this season but as previous posts say - keep believing. If we can replicate Thursday's performance and keep things tight at the back then you never know

We should organise some Gersnet t-shirts. Bears who can get to games could wear them creating some good advertisement for the board and help everyone find us again after our downtime... Mind you, dont fancy wearing only a t-shirt at this time of the year...

Inspired by Gersnet's annual winter sabbatical I thought I'd ask everyone's views on the winter shutdown. Personally I'm all for it. 3/4 weeks of no football just after the festive season would afford fans a break from the expenses of following their team.

Apparently Spurs are trying to make a claim for lost TV and gate revenue.

I cant see there being much in it. If we tempt them a wee bit more I reckon Falkirk will bite. Just depends how much Walter wants him in the squad.

Aye but last season he was arguably our best player. Take into account he's only just coming back from an injury lay-off so it'll take him a few games to get back to his best. One dodgy patch does not make a bad player and for me it's not justification to boot him out the door just because he decides to negotiate the best deal he can.

There would have been a bigger outcry if he had left

Good work guys! Glad to be back!

Cant see Weir being anything other than a signing till the end of the season so would a family man like him uproot his family for that? Cant see it.

Completely agree with that.

Would be one back for us given Pressley & Miller's recent defections!

Speaking as a Scotland and Rangers fan I dont want to see us taking a step backwards with Walter Smith. He's doing a cracking job with the national team and I wouldn't want to see them thrown into turmoil at a time when we have an outside chance of causing an upset i.e. qualifying for the next Euro's ahead of the likes of the Ukraine, France & Italy (not all of them though). Coisty, well thats another matter. He's exactly the kind of presence I would love to see at Ibrox perhaps as a number 2 to someone else with a bit of experience. Not sure if he's quite ready to be the main man yet but given time he could be. Back to Walter, I just dont want to have all the great memories of 9IAR tainted if he comes back and is unsuccesful. The way our support seem to turn on the managers these days could put him off. The other option is that he comes back in some capacity to steady the ship for a short period whilst still being Scotland manager. That option could be the death of him as national manager. Can you imagine if he picks Rangers players ahead of Celtic players and vice versa? Cant see an experienced head like WS wanting to go down that route.

I may be wrong but did PLG not state that he was interested in and kept tabs on all good young scottish players. IIRC he didn't deny that he was interested in Brown & Thompson which only stoked the fire on the story..,

I'll second that motion. Who needs fancy passing moves anyway...

If all that comes out of this is that Ferguson finally accepts that his style of captaincy/moaning needs to change for the good of the team then thats no bad thing. However, it should have been done behind closed doors and Ferguson should have had been called into the office to discuss how PLG wants him to behave. I realise this appears to have happened and they appeared to have agreed to disagree but how many chances can the manager give him to change his ways. God, I'm fed up speculating about whats happened. The outcome I'd like to see is BF and PLG to kiss and make up and then have a press conference to present a united front. It's an adage of the 9iar days that a team that drinks together wins together. Murray should get the whole squad round to his gaff and lay on copious amounts of his vineyards wine and get them all sloshed. Hopefully they'll then at least be pulling in the same direction. PLG might not like this element of Scottish football but it cant hurt, can it? At least then there might be an appreciation of the merits of each style - the continental and the Rangers way. This clash was always going to happen but they both need to swallow a bit of pride and appreciate what each person brings to the table. As Le Guen keeps saying - it's about respect. If they cant do that then something has to give. From what Le Guen has said he seems to be open to some form of reconcilliation. Lets hope this is the real start of Le Revolution. Stewarty, Trying to put a positive spin on a seemingly hopeless situation Loyal.

A season ticket holder friends of mine commented that Barry has, on a couple of occasions at least, refused to pass to Sebo when he has a clear run at goal. Sebo's not been playing that great but surely it's one of the captains responsibilities to take new players under his wing and play the right pass. It cant do Sebo's confidence any good if the captain clearly doesn't rate him enough play the obvious pass in his direction.

Agreed. He may have his faults but not everything can be blamed on Murray.

That must mean that Murray will be speaking to the press in the next 24/48 hours. Not a bad thing IMO as anything that may be said on Rangers TV is only likely to undermine an already bad situation. Sir David, we await your announcement...

Cant see it. If there was no foundation to the story it would be dismissed out of hand.

Happy new year, eh!? Need to wait and see what the story is but this is very dissapointing at a time when we need positive stories and big money signings. Our first big story of the new year should have been about signing a big experienced centre-half. Things can only get better. How can they get any worse?

stay. make or break time for him though. he needs to show why we were excited at the prospect of him taking over because right now he's a laughing stock.

Interesting indeed. For the first time in 2 1/2 seasons Mourinho is under pressure and he's not coping well. Looks like the transfer window might just save their season. Any bets on how much they'll spend?

James McFadden would be a decent signing but I doubt he'd come because he's doing not bad with Everton and seeing plenty of action.