CammyF

http://www.rangers.premiumtv.co.uk/p...526744,00.html ""The idiots who held the banner at St Johnstone have been identified, let's hope they don't show their faces at Ibrox again..." Tut, tut, so much for unity Mr Murray.... Cammy F

Tony Mowbry hasn't a dime to spend at West Brom - they have NO sponser after T-Mobile decided to withdraw from their deal. The West Brom Chairman has gone public with the news that the club are struggling financially and has appealled to local businesses to invest in the club. Any future transfers are going to be loan deals. WBA's future in the EPL is far from certain (I hope it is secured, being a 'fan' of WBA). As said by others, Moyes will eventually look to have a crack at the CL. It was muted last night that his Everton squad that faced Liverpool was assembled for �£25M - I don't know how true this is, but if true, it's less that WS has spent here. The Laudrups would be looking to manage a club that would enhance their CV's. Currently we are a club who could enhance a CV. Imagine if they took over, won the SPL 3 years on the trot and qualified from the CL group stages. This achievement hasn't done GS's image any harm - he is constantly linked the EPL jobs now...... Whilst its important to remember what a state we are currently in, it is also important to remember that we are Rangers - we play in a two horse league, and as WS showed last season (And AM before him), we can make it to the later stages of Europe Cammy F

More info stolen from FF ; Aberdeen......played 11...won 5...draws 3...lost 3...scored 7 Celtic...........played 5....won 1....draws 1...lost 3...scored 1 Dundee Utd...played 9....won 3....draws 4...lost 2...scored 7 Falkirk..........played 9....won 8....draws 0...lost 1...scored 8 Hamilton.......played 2....won 2....draws 0...lost 0...scored 5 Hearts..........played 10...won 6....draws 2...lost 2...scored 5 Hibs.............played 8.....won 4....draws 2...lost 2...scored 4 Inverness.....played 7.....won 5....draws 1...lost 1...scored 8 Kilmarnock....played 11...won 9....draws 1...lost 1...scored 12 Motherwell....played 10...won 6....draws 4...lost 0...scored 5 St Mirren......played 9.....won 7....draws 1...lost 1...scored 4 Dunfermline...played 4.....won 3....draws 1...lost 0...scored 1 Gretna.........played 2.....won 2....draws 0...lost 0....scored 2 Livingstone...played 1.....won 1....draws 0...lost 0....scored 2 Points ratio in SPL games that Boyd has featured Aberdeen 18 from 33 points Celtic 4 out of 20 points Dundee Utd 13 out of 27 points Falkirk 24 out of 27 Hamilton 6 out of 6 Hearts 20 out of 30 Hibs 14 out of 24 Inverness 16 out of 21 Kilmarnock 28 out of 33 Motherwell 22 out of 30 St Mirren 22 out of 27 Dunfermline 10 out of 12 Gretna 6 out of 6 Livingston 3 out of 3 ------------------------------------- Cammy F

Certainly did enough on Saturday to retain his place at The Pitts this Saturday. However, I fully expect him to be 'benched' and replaced by McCulloch or Adam Cammy F

Pity we couldn't play Killie every week - outstanding record against his former club. Also interesting to see how many Boyd has scored at Tannidice, always thought of as a hard place to get a result, but his record there is very decent. Again, not wanting to get into the whole Boyd debate, but as well as seeing games played, I would like to see how many of those goals were 'headed'. IMO Boyd doesn't get enough headed goals for a 'centre'. Cammy F

Huge test for the management team and the players - these three games will determine if thay are the correct people for the job of taking Rangers forward. Team selection will be crucial for all three games, and IMO an easy choice. All three teams we are playing have a defined style of play and all three can be gotten at by playing wide men and / or pace thro the middle. If we resort to aimless high balls against any of these three we WILL drop points. Cammy F

Gough was a failure at Livingston, but I wouldn't mind him being brought in as part of the set-up. Leven is the outstanding SPL manager at the moment, so if we were to go down that route, he is the obvious candidate. Others worth mentioning? Tony Mowbry, Ray Wilkins, Andy Gray (although he turned down Everton as he makes more money with SKY with none of the stress involved), The Laudrups, David Moyes.... Given our current and ongoing financial problems, we aren't likely to attract a 'top name'. We will only attract an 'up and coming promising' manager, an ex-player who knows what Rangers mean or a manager who has been out of the game for a while who would see the challange of managing Rangers and succeeding as a stepping stone to a job in the EPL. Cammy F

Yip, I think everyone in the stadium thought that once Falkirk went down to 10 men that we'd take off a defender and bring on Aaron. Another thing I noticed on Saturday, it took 9 mins (I counted them) for us to bring Nacho Novo on - god knows what the hold up was It took the dissmisal of Papac for us to improve...,. Cammy F

Another Game, Same Old Deficiencies …. After another below par performance against the Falkirk Bairns on Saturday, surely we can’t be the only ones who are witness to our glaring deficiencies? Our manager and chairmen have branded us faceless and clueless, but even someone as faceless and clueless as myself can determine that we could get more out of our players, especially if they were played in their correct positions and if they were ‘coached’ properly. Once again on Saturday we were served up an unacceptable performance and we were lucky to run out narrow winners. Even after going 2-1 up, we almost allowed Falkirk back into the game but thankfully held out to record a victory and secure a crucial three points. Understanding that I will probably receive the wrath of our custodian by daring to question the managers tactics, I will endeavour to give my opinions of what is going wrong on the pitch. As a paying customer, I surly have the right to that! Continuing with 4 centre-halves in the back line is restricting our attacking options. Both Broadfoot and Papac have been decent at fullback, but both are centre-halves and play like centre-halves. They play very narrow which allows the opposition to exploit the space down our flanks. Why Walter Smith spent circa Ã?£6.5M on forwards in the close season and ignored the glaring deficiencies in the fullback areas is a mystery. We actually have three very decent centre midfield players who all have experience of playing on the English Premiership. All three have shown that they have the ability to play in what is arguably the best league in the world. However, to accommodate all three of these midfield players, we are forced to play one of them as a right winger. We have another brilliant midfield player out for the season. We have two options for the left wing position, but the manager insists on playing anyone other than our natural left wingers at left wing. Again, with no natural width in the midfield, the game is narrowed and we are forced to play through the congested middle of the pitch. Up front, we are well covered at the moment. Off course, this may change during the transfer window, who knows. As for Saturday, the back four looked shaky, and Boogie was caught sleeping for the Falkirk goal (Lovell scores against us with frightening regularity). The midfield didn’t click (again) with only Mendes getting pass marks. Ferguson and Davis (last 10 minutes apart) were awful. The front two tried, but were uninspiring. The only positive was John Fleck – although played out of position (surprise, surprise) he did well. He had two brilliant runs, one where he beat two Falkirk defenders only to be scythed down. The second he supplied a wonderful cross only for Boyd to somehow header the ball directly into the ground for 6 yards out with the goal gaping and at his mercy. Now, Boynd’s goalscoring record is there for all to see, but I can’t remember a centre who is as bad at heading as Boyd is. Steve Davis cuts a lonely figure wide right and we must move him into has favoured position if we are to get the best out of him or we’ll ruin the lad. In the last 10 minutes of Saturdays game Davis demonstrated just how good he could be if played properly. His slide-rule pass to Novo for the 2nd goal was EPL class, as was his clinching goal. However, 10 minutes a game isn’t good enough. Barry Ferguson hasn’t reclaimed any sort of form since returning from injury. This is worrying as he is the only driving force we have in our squad. So, we go to Aberdeen on Saturday only 2 points behind in the league and I for one can see Walter making changes. However, I’d bet that the changes will involve the likes of Adam, McCulloch et al rather than Fleck, Aaron et al. We’ll approach the game as a ‘must not lose’, rather than a ‘must win’. The days of letting the opposition worry about our formation, flare etc are long gone and we have a worrying tendency to alter our team selection to ‘suit’ the opposition (see the changes for the Tannidice game as an example). Somehow we have been given a glimmer of hope in this title race, and we must take full advantage and capitalise on this. Do we have the players capable of doing this? Does our manger have the tactics and coaching capable of this? The next three league games will supply us with the answers. Hopefully, the faceless and clueless legions will be proven wrong and we’ll use this as a springboard to catapult us towards the league title. Only time and the closing of the transfer window will tell. So Do We Deserve Better? There has been much written and spoken about the ‘we deserve better’ campaign and the subsequent response for our custodian and manager. Now, I believe that we all knew how SDM and WS would response, so whilst their responses were disappointing, they were unsurprising. They have basically told us that we are ‘faceless’ and ‘clueless’ when it comes to the running and future of Rangers Football Club. This is the usual SDM mantra – pay up and shut up. So the question remains, do we deserve better? Two last day SPL titles in 8 years, a decade of financial mismanagement, a youth academy that is failing even after numerous changes and a youth development that nobody knows who actually owns it and the players registered to it. A decade of asset stripping that has seen the catering, ticketing, merchandise sold off with little or no money coming directly to Rangers from these ‘outlets’ (apart for the initial fees – short termism at its best). And that is just ‘scratching the surface’. SMD claims that we aren’t entitled to discuss this as we aren’t captains of industry and that we don’t offer alternatives and / or solutions (surely a contradiction in terms there). Anyway, the RST have given SDM pages and pages of solutions, ideas and alternatives, all which SDM dismissed out of hand. Can’t have it both ways SDM. I sincerely hope that this seasons doesn’t fall into the ‘papering over the cracks’ category just like the previous title winning season have. Don’t get me wrong, I am willing Rangers to win this title as much as anyone but fear us winning the title will see the pressure being exerted on SDM diminishing and allowing him to continue with his downsizing of the club and out ambitions. In conclusion, to answer the set questsion - YES, we do deserve better, a hell of a lot better........ Whispers From Murray Park The captain of the ship (i.e the guy who runs our RSC) was through at Murray Park on Friday to get a couple of tops signed for charity. Every player except 4 signed the tops (4 players, McGregor, Mendes, Weir & Naismith had arrived prior to The Captain and were already in for training) but one of the management team refused point blank to stop and sign the tops. Yip, Ally McCoist, hang you’re head in shame, you more than anyone else should know better. Anyway, the general consensus was that ALL the players were happy to stop and not only sign the tops, but to stop and talk for a couple of minutes and were also happy to have photos taken etc. Kris Boyd reinforced his desire to stay at Rangers (as did Boogie and Ferguson) and an unnamed player stated that every player was determined to stay and regain OUR title from Celtc. Most players also confirmed that Boyd was determined to stay and ALL wanted him to stay. Kevin Thomson stated that his operation went well and he can’t wait to get back training and playing. Nacho Novo recognised the guys from the RSC as he was a guest at our POTY Dance 2 season back. NN reinforced his desire and passion to continue to play for Rangers and again stated that he would do all in his power to help our RST (he has in the past – he is a credit to himself and to Rangers Football Club). The two tops are being raffled at a Race Night at the start of February to help raise funds for The Sick Kids Hospital. Cammy F -

Wasn't SDM that first discovered that the earth was round rather than flat? Cammy F

No, no, that can't be true, SDM built Ibrox, signed Souness, delivered 9-in-a-row, won us the Cup Winners Cup, invented Rangers, saved us over a dozen times. Didn't he? Cammy F

Sorry folks, as per todays counter-claims by SDM, we aren't allowed opinions - its the same old SDM mantra - give me your money and shut the fuck up...... Cammy F

This was Martin bain's doing - he told Willie McLies that there was a list of Rangers players available and Mendes name was on the list. McLies saw this is a go-ahead from Rangers to tout these players to other clubs. It wasn't, and as you say, Pedro Mendes is raging at the fact that an agent, other than his own has touted him to Newcastle and others. Our club is a fookin shambles from top to bottom - however, we aren'y allowed to say that, that is being disloyal to SDMFC, sorry, RFC..... Cammy F

cantebury are trying to break into the football market and are the current suppliers of Portsmouth FC kit. I have bought many cantebury rugby tops and have to say that they are of better quality than ANY football top I have. However, they are also more expensive. Cammy F

Iââ?¬â?¢d like to question a few points raised by SMDââ?¬â?¢s response to the ââ?¬Ë?We Deserve Better Campaignââ?¬â?¢ and have noticed that he refused to answer any the points put forward and instead, chose to try to deepen divisions amongst the support. SDM claims that none of us questioning him are ââ?¬Ë?not exactly captains of industryââ?¬â?¢, by God David, thatââ?¬â?¢s a rather egocentric put down that one. So anyone that questions you doesnââ?¬â?¢t know what they are talking about? Jeez, talk about egosââ?¬Â¦Ã¢â?¬Â¦ SDM talks of the loyalty of the support being crucial to the long-term longevity of the club, but does he expects us (PAYING CUSTOMERS) to show blind, deaf and dumb loyalty? At a time when he is asking for the support to be united, he is marginalising those who chose to question him. Does questioning the way the club has been run now make you disloyal and not a ââ?¬Ë?real Rangers fanââ?¬â?¢? Sorry Mr Murray, but most of those questioning you are the most LOYAL Rangers fans I know. By implying that those who have the audacity to question you are disloyal, you are actually creating divisions, something I believe that you intended to do. So SDM, what is your definition of a real, loyal Rangers fan? Real fans are the only who physically attacked and spat on protesters outside the main door in November 2006 whilst singing the banned Billy Boys and claiming that the protesters (without a drop of irony I may add) were nothing more that ****** bastards? Once again a statement from SDM that leaves us with more questions than answers. Cammy F

Iââ?¬â?¢d like to question a few points raised by SMDââ?¬â?¢s response to the ââ?¬Ë?We Deserve Better Campaignââ?¬â?¢ and have noticed that he refused to answer any the points put forward and instead, chose to try to deepen divisions amongst the support. SDM claims that none of us questioning him are ââ?¬Ë?not exactly captains of industryââ?¬â?¢, by God David, thatââ?¬â?¢s a rather egocentric put down that one. So anyone that questions you doesnââ?¬â?¢t know what they are talking about? Jeez, talk about egosââ?¬Â¦Ã¢â?¬Â¦ SDM talks of the loyalty of the support being crucial to the long-term longevity of the club, but does he expects us (PAYING CUSTOMERS) to show blind, deaf and dumb loyalty? At a time when he is asking for the support to be united, he is marginalising those who chose to question him. Does questioning the way the club has been run now make you disloyal and not a ââ?¬Ë?real Rangers fanââ?¬â?¢? Sorry Mr Murray, but most of those questioning you are the most LOYAL Rangers fans I know. By implying that those who have the audacity to question you are disloyal, you are actually creating divisions, something I believe that you intended to do. So SDM, what is your definition of a real, loyal Rangers fan? Real fans are the only who physically attacked and spat on protesters outside the main door in November 2006 whilst singing the banned Billy Boys and claiming that the protesters (without a drop of irony I may add) were nothing more that ****** bastards? Once again a statement from SDM that leaves us with more questions than answers. Cammy F

One of the few players we actually have in our squad that can BEAT an opponent with the ball at his feet - I'd give him a run in the team wide left before the likes of Adam, McCulloch, Lafferty et al Cammy F

Mendes and Davis to a certain extent haven't exactly set the heather of fire either recently. In fact, I would say that Mendes hasn't had a good game since the 4-2 victory at parkhead. Both these players show glimpses of what they are capable of during games, but never consistantly. Would dropping Barry Ferguson improve these players? I suppose the only way to find out is to play Davis and Mendes in the centre, but I don;t believe for a minute that it is a certainty to pay off. As for selling Fergie, I don't think we'd get the required �£3.8M for him, so it would be sell Fergie PLUS a-n-other....... Cammy F

Seconded.... Cammy F

2009 was merely hours old when we, the Rangers support got an insight into how fraught this year is going to be. It is not merely the fact that we are willing to sell our top scorer (for Ã?£3.5M), but the indication that ALL of our players are being hocked around by ‘agent’ McLies. It appears that Mr Bain has been caught with his trousers round his ankles, and Mr Murray has kicked his exposed arse for his comments to McLies. Now, trying to decipher the words of three untrustworthy sources (SDM, Bain and McLies), it does appear that Bain informed McLies that Rangers would be open to offers for some of our ‘star players’. McLies saw this as a green light to hock our players to EPL clubs, SDM denied this part, but refused to deny that we are trying to sell at least one player. Bain has had his arse kicked when in reality, he should have been sacked (a novel way to save many precious pound notes Mr Murray). The whole episode is a mess, and highly embarrassing. So where exactly are we? Well, the facts speak for themselves – we appear to have a requirement to generate circa Ã?£4M pounds immediately. The easiest way to raise this money is to sell an ‘asset’. Problem for us is due to a decades worth of asset stripping by SDM, the only assets we have left are Ibrox and our players. The reason for this urgent requirement are not forthcoming – SDM doesn’t like to keep us abreast with what’s happening behind the scenes, but we aren’t selling players other than it being a necessity. Now, the arguments and merits of who should be sold have been the major talking point since the news regarding the Boyd to Birmingham story broke. It appears that the fans want Boyd to stay, but at what cost? Is keeping Boyd worth losing Pedro Mendes? Let’s fact facts here, we are going to lose at least one of our top players in this transfer window as Bain appears to be nowhere close to shifting the 10 fringe players we MUST remove from the books. Another worrying sound-bite from Rangers is that we only require to move on one top player this transfer window. What happens in the summer, if our worst fears are recognised and we finish 2nd again and don’t ensure automatic qualification to next seasons CL? Will be then be forced to sell more of our top players to ‘balance the books’? I would say this would be a highly likely scenario. However, Kris Boyd’s refreshing reluctance to leave Rangers highlights another issue. What if we CAN’T sell a player for the required fee? This is why we must be told the reason as to why we require this money so urgently and be informed if we have a ‘plan B’ (I know, I know, SDM doesn’t have a plan A never mind a plan B). I think we all realise that we need this money to keep the bank from our door. We currently have an overdraft of circa Ã?£25M with HBOS who are currently being taken over. Is this a token, goodwill payment to ensure that the bank don’t call in the entire overdraft? And what if they do call in the overdraft? These are worrying times people, with little or no answers / information forthcoming from our Custodian. So as it stands today, we are no further forward and aren’t likely to be enlightened by the powers that be at Ibrox. There are claims and counter claims regarding Boyd and Birmingham, but in my opinion, this deal is dead (for the moment). Allan Hutton’s deal to Spurs was on then off, then back on again. The Hutton deal was different as there was enough profit for SDM to give Hutton a ‘sweetener’ or pay-off, depending on how you see it. The figures surrounding the proposed Boyd deal, given that Killie are due 20%, leaves little room for negotiation and Boyd will be unlikely to receive a sweetener. From what I know, he wouldn’t accept one anyway – he is living the dream, playing for the only club he wants to play for and holds all the aces here. I expect this deal will only be reconstructed if SDM can convince Boyd that him staying at Rangers will be more detrimental to the club than his staying. Lets not kid ourselves here, at least one of our top players will leave as well as (hopefully) as many as 10 ‘fringe’ players. This may depend on us ‘waving’ fees for these players like we did with Burke. This exercise is to reduce the squad and the wage bill (tell me again why Martin Bain is still in a job, as this appears to be an annual ‘cull’). This off course will be not help our cause in trying to retain our domestic cups and in our efforts to regain the SPL title but financial mismanagement (again) is forcing our hand and will eventually herald the requirement to sell more players IF we don’t win the SPL thus guaranteeing CL monies next season. The most frustrating point in this whole sorry mess is that there is nothing we can do to resolve this situation. SDM is in control until he decides that it is time to sell up and move on. Some journalists are saying that this is the reason for the January cull, that a buyer has been found but they are unwilling to take over until the wage bill is deemed ‘manageable’. This is wishful thinking folks as I don’t think there is a buyer anywhere in site at the moment. This isn’t the time to be spunking 100’s of millions on a football club, even if the club is The Rangers. To have any success in moving SDM we must come together as a force. At the moment we are a disorganised, disjointed and disinterested support. We actually have to take our share of the blame for this current mess. We have sat back and let apathy rule and this has allowed SDM to continue his raping of the club. Now, trying not be overly melodramatic, but this is as a serious financial situation that Rangers Football Club has been in. Most experts believe that it’ll get worse before it gets better and many companies and organisations are rethinking the value of investing in sport through sponsorship, so this avenue may also bleed dry in the near future. Could the early days of 2009 be remembered as the beginning of the end of Rangers Football Club? Only time and history will tell. Cammy F

But Walter Smith isn't responsible for the finance of the club - SDM is. If SDM wanted to, he could have refused WS, PLG, DA, AMc any money to spend on players. He is the one who sanctions 'transfer funds'. He is the one that has to ensure that we have enough money to finance these funds and the wages. We haven't. The buck stops with SDM. I asked the question in another thread, but it is worth repeating. Lat season, due to incomeing transfers, CL + UEFA Cup money and record season ticket sales, we MUST have generated ~�£40M - where the fook has that money gone? Cammy F

SDM will be so proud of you - blame everyone bar him..... Accountability is a word that SDM doesn't know the meaning off.... We are in the shit, not for the first time, and there is only one man responsible for this and thats SDM. Cammy F

Yes - we are fooked financially - if it wasn't to happen now, it would have to have happened next summer (and it will believe me, more players will be sold off in the summer). Cammy F

Howe long to we see SDM and Bain on Cash In The Attic and Antiques Road Show trying to sell off whats left at Ibrox? Cammy F - I Fancy The Sofa From The Blue Room Loyal RSC

Just for the record, Walter Smith's net spend since returning to Rangers (if we receive �£3.75M for Boyd) is just over �£1M..... Cammy F