stewarty

Good point - Fleck is in the Under 16s Scotland team and I saw a bit of him playing in the home nations tourney between the home nations (I forget what it's called).

Someone made a valid point on the Clyde phone-in tonight. We might not have as many Under 19s in the national team but below that it's a different story. Taken from the SFA website - included in the Under 16s, 17s and 18s there are Rangers - 6 Under 16s; 4 Under 17s; 4 Under 18s Celtic - 3 Under 16s; 3 Under 17s; 2 Under 18s Hearts - 2 Under 16s; 3 Under 17s; 1 Under 18s Hibs, Motherwell and Aberdeen have around 4 or 5 each. These squads change all the time I would imagine but there's evidence that the future may be a bit brighter. Also, according to Derek Ferguson and Jim Duffy we have a group of Under 11s and 12s that are better than we've had for quite some time.

Cant believe its £19 for a ticket. Surely there's a case for making a ticket £10 or £12 and getting a packed house. I've no doubt there'll be a decent crowd though.

Doesn't look good. Cant see why Rangers would stop players playing for the national team so the only conclusion is that they are not good enough,

How many of their top players will want to play in the Italian 2nd Division?? How many will want to play for a club who are banned from Europe?

http://www.rangers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,5~868195,00.html Match Report from todays game....

I've always found the NOTW a very interesting, articulate, informed and balanced newspaper to read. What makes you say that?

Yes, I'll go with that. Important to keep perspective no matter who we're playing - Am looking forward to the Middlesbrough and Bolton games as they should be better tests of exactly where we are and should see us play strong teams for both.

Only saw some of the game but from what I saw we were pretty lacklustre. We had plenty of chances although the team that we sent out was far from top strength. Sionko and Buffel only came on in the second half and we still have the likes of Boyd, Fergie & Prso to come back so I wouldn't be too worried about it.

I reckon all the punishments will get reduced on appeal. Italian's have never been good at the whole justice thing.

At the end of the day, he's signed a one year deal so if he's mince then we can pap him and no great cost. Also he seems to have done pretty well in training and in the games he's played so far. By all accounts he seems to have a physical presence which is one of the things we've lacked in the past couple of years. Have some faith Danny, in Paul Le Guen we trust.

Solskjkaer scored 2 goals so far today vs Orlando Pirates. Is he not about 33 though??

A great way to start your day - reading about how pish Celtic are. Come on Strachan - bring back Dion Dublin!!!!

Liked the look of Frankie's XI based on what we know so far. Once some of the younger players have played a few games then it might change things a little i.e Stanger, Ponroy etc.

No doubt but still cant see it happening. Celtic will re-sign Dion Dublin and we can all laugh!

I'm inclined to believe Zidane's words more than Materazzi's. Why would he lie given that he's now retired. FIFA cant punish him by banning him for any length of time because it's irrelevant. As he said, he reacted to what was being said to him - he's never had a history of unprovoked assualt so why start in the World Cup final??

Cant see it personally. Probably a PR stunt to get the Celtic fans on side given their lack of transfer activity given how much Ricksen and PLG have been on the back pages.

***gives himself a whoop whoop and a high five ** Come on Barry!!

I'm not going to get too excited about things until he's fully fit. We regularly see that players are flying in training after an operation but then pick up a few niggles that postpones or aborts their comebacks.

He's a club legend as a player and he took managed Monaco in the Champions League - also, given that they're probably about to be relegated it's unlikely they're going to get a like-for-like replacement in terms of quality/experience etc.

Rumour is that Stuart Baxter is interested....

Agreed, here's hoping PLG can given SGE a masterclass in shaping a team!

I'd prefer he dissappeared in a puff of smoke personally. Now thats magic!

Nought. Zip. Nada. Zilch.

We were linked with him around the same time as Sionko - dont know much of him either.