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Chelsea were awesome last night - probably their best performance since Jose left. Played the game brilliantly and nillified Liverpool and got the goals that their play deserved. Cammy F

Actually, was watching a few older games on RTV recently that featured Scott Wilson and he is as good as anything we've had recently....! Cammy F

I'd like Wilson to be given a run alongside Boogie next season. Cammy F

You one of the eejits with the ski-hats on Mines was half Rangers half Chelsea for what is worth.... Cammy F

Think you are also missing mine Given me a Rangers squad filled with 12 players from Holland and Germany, with a few Scandinavians thrown in for good measure. If we get these Europeans early enough, we could have half our squad from outwith these shores..... Cammy F

We can sign any player from any European EU nation without worrying about a work permit. Or, are we to believe that Brazil or South America is the only continent producing decent players? Cammy F

How can we increase the countries hatrid? It is already evident. The press hate us, the SFA hate us, vast sections of the TA hate us, opposition fans hate us. Can't see this being anything other that a roaring success. But however, as per normal, we allow a anti-Ragners establishment to roll all over the top of us. Time we took a stance IMO. Cammy F

Unfortunately, our club doesn't have the balls to do something like that - mores the pity. You could imagine someone like Graeme Souness instructing his players to ignore the SFA and the trophy tho Cammy F

Agreed, if they are good enough. From what limited games I've witnessed, only Ness and Wilson look good enough (at the moment) to enhance our first team squad. Cammy F

If they have skill, guille, craft, passion, ability - we need 11 (no matter what age they are). Cammy F

IF we get to the Scottish FA Cup Final, what a brilliant opportunity it would be for an organised Anti-SFA display from the Rangers support. In fact, if we won the Scottish FA Cup, I would support the Rangers team, captained by Barry Ferguson snubbing the SFA pre and post match - yes, that would mean NOT going up to LIFT the Cup. Just a celebration in front of the Rangers fans and leave the cup sitting on its podium. Cammy F

Villarreal are also offering free season tickets for next season to those who have been made unemployed and are offering a mini-season ticket package for the unemployed for the remaining home games of the season - this was cost E20 for the four games. In 1991 Villarreal were a local team playing in a local league with an average attendence of 169. Cammy F

Saw this photo on another forum, and it reminded me of the amazing game that the photo was taken at. It was the final OF game of the season and with neither able to win the title, it was classed as a 'nothing game' - as if any OF game can be classed as a nothing game! One reason why I will always remember this game was that we missed our RSC bus that night, and with the game being 'pay at the gate' (�£1.50 Boys Gate) we decided rather than trudging home, we'd make our own way to Parkhead. So four of us set off to Falkirk Station and got the train into Glasgow. From Queen Street Station we grabbed a taxi to take us to Parkhead. The driver must have been a Tim as he dropped the four of us (average age 16!) off at the Celtc End. Thankfully this was after kick-off and with only a smattering of Tims floating around, we negotiated a safe passage to the Rangers End. We payed our �£1.50 and hurried over the over and under turnstyles at Parkhead. We got into the game 10 minutes before half-time and by that time, Peter McCloy had saved a retaken penalty from Roy Aitken. We were standing in the Rangers end close to the Jungle, just to the left and rear of the assembled casuals. Probably the most Ski-Hats that I had ever witnessed. The Cetlc tramps, sorry casuals, were massed in the jungle. Anyway, as predicted there was a bit of bother between them, bottles and the likes getting thrown between the sets of supporters and IIRC, a policeman got hit square on the jaw by a flying bottle. The game itself was a lively encounter, with Ally Dawson and Davie Cooper being red-carded for Rangers. It looked like we were going to lose the game 1-0 until Roy Aitken conceeded a late penalty, dragging down Ally McCoist in the box. Super Ally converted the penalty. We actually have a great chance to snatch a late, dramatic winner when McCooist burst clear, fired the ball across the Celtc box. Ian Durrant slide in and missed the ball by a matter of centimeters. In fact, the guy behind me exclaimed that if he hadn't cut his toe-nails he'd have scored! After the game, there were major incidents with mounted Police charging fans on Janefield (sp) Street. Thankfully, our night had a better ending than beginning. On the way out of Parkhead we bumped into a couple of guys from the RSC and managed to get the bus home! Cammy F

If he offers a full public apology and a full private apology to Walter Smith, SDM and Martin Bain, Barry Ferguson will be able to save his Rangers career. It appears that the ball in his in his court. Information gotten from another forum. Cammy F

Yip, it also got me thinking to the last time we played them in the CL (2005 IIRC) where we defeated them 3-2 at Ibrox and draw 1-1 in Portugal. Given the RFC line-up from the home leg I can't believe how well be done against them. Waterreus, Ricksen, Rodriguez, Kyrgiakos, Bernard, Namouchi (Novo 72), Ferguson, Murray, Lovenkrands (Buffel 56), Prso, Jeffers (Thompson 84). Subs Not Used: Klos, Andrews, Alex Rae, Pierre-Fanfan Maybe AMc wasn't as bad a manager as he was made out to be :devil: From what I remember, Ferguson and Prso were outstanding in the game at Ibrox. Cammy F

After watching the first legs of the CL qualifiers last night, are there any lessons that we (as in Rangers) could learn from the mightly impressive Porto last night? Recently, they have dominated their domestic league and won both the UEFA Cup and Champions League playing in a similar standard of domestic league as we do. They have a similar sized stadium to Rangers (in fact, their average attendence is just over 37,000 but you can get a ticket for their games for as little as E15), probably receive the same amount of tv money as we do and as far as I am aware they pay lower wages than Rangers. Given that, how can they sustain domestic dominance and quality in Europe on a yearly basis, yet we 'have' to accept downsizing, financial missmanagement, a terrible scouting system (Ewan Chester claimed on RTV recently that Sergio Porrini was his best 'find' - that'll be Sergio Porrini that had won domestic championships and the CL before signing for us!!!), a youth academy that hasn't delivered the standard of player required. Cammy F

You ever been to Bathgate Cammy F

In typical Celtc style, give it a fortnight and Scott Brown won't have been at the hotel at all. He'll have been back at his own house, tucked up in bed by 9:00PM with a glass of hot milk and a 'rich tea' biscuit. Cammy F

I wonder of it will finally mention the bangers and mash being sung loud and proud by 'Scottish Internationalists' at the bar - and not just by the two that have been hung out to dry? Cammy F

I have been thinking of penning an article on the problems that community coaches and teams face today for a while. I have a friend who used to coach local youngsters and had an youth team that were relatively successful in the fact that not only did they hold their own in cups and leagues, but had a working relationship with Raith Rovers. This was when Jimmy Nichol was the Raith manager and he took certain players from this team and allowed them to train with Raith. A few of the players made a successful transformation into football, the most successful would be Eddie Forrest who played with Motherwell, Airdrie and a few others and is still playing at East Stirlingshire - http://www.eaststirlingfc.co.uk/play...ieForrest.html. However, there was always obstacles to overcome and these would range from arranging and securing council pitches to actually play the games on, securing referees, encouraging youngsters to participate and off course, getting adults involved in a positive manner helping with coaching, travelling to games, putting up nets etc. All of these obstacles just to allow 15 youngsters to play football and hopefully use this as a stepping stone to professional football. Again, this was voluntary and my friend did this due to the love of the game and held done a full-time job as well as running his team and there was very little support from council, SFA, parents et al. To my shame, I then completely forgot about the problems and issues that befall community coaching and local teams until I moved jobs last year and started in a company where three of my new work colleagues were involved with youth football / community coaching. One of those involved, Wee T, also plays women's football as well as being involved in community coaching with Motherwell FC. Through talking about football, it wasn't long before we realised that we also shared a love and passion for Rangers Football Club, so our working relationship developed around Rangers and football rather than business! When Wee T left for pastures new, we kept in touch and still meet at Ibrox occasionally and keep in touch and I encouraged Wee T to join the GersNet family and to properly introduce her, suggested that given her experience in women's football and community coaching, we should collaborate on an article that outlines the problems, success, need and development of both. Below are Wee T's thoughts, concerns and experiences of being involved in the vital role as a community coach and being involved in competitive women's football, which is in its infancy in Scotland. I have to admit that I am completely naive when it comes to women's football in Scotland and apart from Wee T, the only other player I have heard of is Scotland's Julie Fleeting MBE who has had a wonderful career playing for Arsenal ladies and who has scored 103 goals in 104 appearances for Scotland - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Fleeting My name is Wee T, I fell in love with football from a very early age, my Dad's a die-hard Rangers fan so I expect it came from there. I started kicking a ball about as soon as I was able to and I was the first girl to play for my Primary school football team, Gartsherrie Primary in Coatbridge, it was at that time that I won my first medal for playing football. When I moved to High School, Coatbridge High School, the prospects weren't as good for the girls when it came to football. We got the occasional 5-a-side game against other schools' girl's team's but that was about it! Through my early teenage years, this left me with playing football on the streets with my brothers and his mates. Playing football was all that mattered to me and I was trying to emulate my hero - Paul Gascoigne - I loved the way he played football, they way he'd go passed opponents so easily, the way he moved and his big daft smile when he scored! Can't say I really had a female hero in football....well maybe just Tina Turner - Simply The Best!!!! At 18, once I left school and I joined Hamilton Accies Ladies B Team and played for them in one of the Women's football leagues in Scotland. We had a great team with great spirit and commitment, we went on to win the league in my first season, winning every game along the way (just like The Rangers in 1898-99). At around the same time as joining Accies I also started coaching with Motherwell FC, I had completed my SFA Level 1 coaching badges and this is what I'd always wanted to do. I was like a double-agent in Lanarkshire across the North/South divide, playing for one team and working for the other. I still work with Motherwell FC at the moment as a Community Coach within a larger team and we report into the Senior Community Coach with regards to progress & popularity of the sessions that we run through North Lanarks. The sessions cover various age groups from 3 year olds up to 16 year olds. The role means that I have to coach the youngsters on various football drills, I also have to update the parents on their kids progress and some of the parents are in attendance through the sessions which we encourage to help with development. The main focus for myself, and I hope my colleagues is the enjoyment factor, its important the kids are enjoying what they are learning and that they remain in the coaching cycle and possibly move onto Pro-Youth with Motherwell FC if they are good enough. Facilities for the sessions are provided by Motherwell FC and by the local council whether it be in schools or community centres etc. As a Rangers fan I suppose I'm helping the opposition bring through new youngsters but I really enjoy what I do and as its linked to football I get a lot of satisfaction from it. Doing the coaching doesnââ?¬â?¢t get in the way of me following Rangers though and I'm home every other Saturday to get out of my Motherwell gear and into my Rangers gear to head to Ibrox!! One change I did make recently, for season 08/09, was my transfer from Hamilton Accies to Motherwell FC Ladies team, thought it best to start giving my employers something back, ha ha, plus I couldn't play in those hoops any longer....even if they were red & white!! Motherwell Ladies FC play in the Scottish Womenââ?¬â?¢s football leagues, we're in Division 2 South East, East & Central and this is our first season in that league. Currently we're in 4th place in the league, of a ten team league. The teams are of varying standards, with some being far more organised and structured than others, we're currently somewhere in the middle. The league itself is really well organised with all details of fixtures, results and tables etc. posted weekly. Our own team has suffered a little bit from an early season change of manager leaving us with a young inexperienced manager. We train twice a week on a 7-a-side pitch which isnââ?¬â?¢t suitable for an 11-a-side team to train and practice. Next year senior players will be part of a committee where we'll be able to have our thoughts/concerns raised in the correct forum. Our season so far has been pretty mixed in different ways, mixed results, mixed performances and a whole load of different playing surfaces....I doubt the Rangers or Celtic Ladies teams in the higher divisions have to play on the pitches we've had to play on all season. Considering our team is new with players either being brought in from other teams (like myself), from Motherwell U-17's girls team or by word of mouth. Some better coaching for ourselves would have seen an improvement throughout our team, we have a mix of skilful players, whole-hearted players and some real ââ?¬Ë?triersââ?¬â?¢! For example one of our strikers, Sarah, could definitely do with some close coaching on her finishing but she does have the ability, our centre-half Amanda is a really good player, so good in fact she's been nick-named Cuellar by our small band of fans (well, the fans are basically my boyfriend, my brother, his mate and a few Mums & Dads), also our Goalkeeper Kirsty has improved superbly with some good coaching from our Goalie coach Bobby, she is arguably the most improved player! Also there's daft Dione, sheââ?¬â?¢s fast, skilful, hard in the tackle and has a shot as hard as a guys! Then there's myself, playing as the playmaker in midfield, there wasnââ?¬â?¢t much coaching needed here as I'm close to the finished article....I'm not saying I'm the best player....but I'm in the top 1 ( ha ha - just kidding)! All of the aforementioned and the rest would benefit greatly from our team being better structured and organised with training & managing improvements, we're hoping Motherwell FC themselves will show a little more interest as we progress. This season has been great with many highs and lows and laughs and arguments, but thatââ?¬â?¢s what footballs all about and football isnââ?¬â?¢t about winning its about wanting to win! It has seen us travel to Kirkcaldy, Dunfermline, Edinburgh & Aberdeen and seen these teams travel down to play us. Incidentally we're looking for a new manager - experienced manager - for next season as our current manager is moving on, so anyone willing to take on this commitment can get in touch with me through GersNet. Our seasons not finished yet, but we're hoping to finish in a respectable position and have a good grounding for next season. You can keep updated with Wee Tââ?¬â?¢s teamââ?¬â?¢s fortunes and progress on the Scottish Womenââ?¬â?¢s Football website - http://www.footballcentral.org/sfa/a...tball_home.cfm http://www.gersnetonline.co.uk/newsi...d=782&Itemid=1 Wee T & Cammy F

Currently 2-0 to Motherwell. Cammy F

We'll only win the SPL title this year if Celtc remain as ordinary as we are. If they go on a run, they will leave us in their slipstream. Terrible admission that, but it's the way I feel and have seen no evidence lately that we can go on any sort of unbeaten run between now and the end of the season. Off course, we could win all our remaining games and still lose the league. Cammy F

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Yip Brown plays with Celtc and is surrounded by people willing to defend him (the press and Liewell). Ferguson and McGregor play for Rangers and are surrounded by surrender monkies. Cammy F

However, as a percentage, far more people in Scotland attend and watch football - I'm sure the last figures were 1.75% in England and just over 2% in Scotland (% of population that attend or subscride to football channels). The figures I listed above are on the liberal side, as the price of watching Rangers, and football in general is sky-rocketed. I would imagine that last season, as an example, I sent well over �£1000 pounds on European football alone (and that to two domestic cup runs that saw Rangers get to the final) and the usual 30 odd SPL games. For example, it is now �£36 pounds for tickets for Parkhead and tickets for Tynecastle and Easter Road have also gone through the roof over the last 5 seasons. As I said, I haven't factored in the 'couple of pints before and after the games', or the price of a hot dog, pie, bovril etc. Again, I haven't figured in the money I pay to SKY for SKY Sports when SKY showed Scottish Football - I refuse to suscribe to Sentanta. If you factor in all of the above, you could probably double the original amount. I have had the privilage of witnessing many highs and lows, I have visited some wonderful countries and cities but most of all, I've met some wonderful people whilst following Rangers and the organisations that go along with that (RSC / TBO / GersNet! and not just Rangers fans I may add). Cammy F