CammyF

Having just defended Boyd, I will say that his record against the so called bigger teams is woeful (not just in his Rangers career) - Kevin Thomson has a better scoring record (for a similar number of games) against Celtc than Boyd has. However, he can't be blamed for the defeat on Saturday, nor can he be blamed for the performance. The statistic that is shameful reading is that we didn't force the Hearts keeper to make 1 save in the entire match. If we are to play Boyd, we need to create chances - if we are to continue to play the high ball, we need to drop Boyd and sign a battering-ram type centre forward. Cammy F

To be fair to Boyd, we are hardly playing to his strengths. He isn't a commanding centre who'll win 90% of balls in the air and who'll out-muscle centre-halves, yet we persist on lumping high balls to him and negate his strengths. For Boyd to florish we require a Miller type player beside him and wide-men who can deliver quality into the box. I'm not a Boyd fan, but understand that if he is to play, we need to get the ball down, get it out wide and get decent delivery into the box - if we do that, there is a chance that Boyd will dispatch the ball into the net regularly. If we continue to narrow our game and throw meaningless and aimless high balls in Boyds direction, we'd be as well with me playing up front. Broadfoot has done well at right-back considering he isn't a right-back. However, with WS persisting with him rather than playing a natural full back in that area, we are constantly narrowing our game and leaving huge gaps out wide for opponents to expose and exploit. We can all see where the problems lie, WS appears to be blinded to these problems - or is unwilling to address them. Cammy F

Mendes hasn't kicked a ball since that game at Parkhead. Cammy F

Shock horror - we're away from home, the MOPES are at home Cacmmy F

But it doesn't change the fact that we are 7 points behind, totally inept away from home, have a leaderless bunch of players who can't string 2 passes together. Seriously, you believe that our squad is of the same or better standard as theirs? Our best 11 probably is but our 'squad players' aren't up to the task - as we found to our cost last season as well. Cammy F

Currently 7 points behind the MOPES and if current form continues, we'll be further behind before we entertain them at the end of December. Thats 7 points behind, despite trouncing them 4-2 at their midden earlier in the season. Like it or not, they are on a fantastic run at the moment that shows no signs of slowing whilst we are struggling to hold onto their coat tales. We require an urgent and dramatic upturn in our form and consistancy whilst hoping they hit a 'sticky patch' sooner rather than later. If current form continues, I predict we'll go into the next OF game at least 10 points behind - as I can't see us winning at Tannidice in a fortnights time Cammy F

Can't agree - financially, SPL titles and their ever extending lead this term, they are disapprearing over the horizon - we can't touch them on or off the pitch - has been the same for the best part of a decade now. Cammy F

To be fair, Fleck is just back from injury and needs games to regain his fitness - biy unfair on the lad of we pitch him straight into the first team after a lay-off. However, like many Rangers fans, I don't believe under the current regime that players like Fleck will be given a chance. I fully expect Fleck to be sold to an SPL or English Championship side in the near future. Cammy F

After dragging my sorry ass out of my sick bed on Saturday, I trudged along to Tynecastle with a sense of trepidation as we haven’t exactly hit the heights away from home this season with victories at Parkhead, Easter Road and Rugby Park being the exception rather than the rule. The good thing about following Rangers recently is that it only takes a few minutes to get a feeling on how the game is going to pan out. Once again on Saturday, on hearing the starting 11 and witnessing the slow, predictable and lazy start to the game, the following 90 minutes was as painful as it was predictable. There is so much wrong with Rangers at the moment that an article on a website or in a fanzine couldn’t begin to cover all that is wrong at Ibrox. From the charlatan that is running the circus, to the monkeys that be employs to a manager who is tactically inept and a backroom staff whom appear to offer little input to change this ineptness. The obvious failings on the pitch mirror the obvious (well to some sections of the support) off the pitch, with one having a direct implication on the other. However, the woes off the pitch are no excuse for a keeper who is more interested in shagging his way through the female population of Glasgow than he is at coming off his line when a ball is floated into his 6 yard box. The off field problems don’t excuse 2 experienced centre-halves being bitch-slapped by a forward who failed to make an impression on the lower zeniths of the English Championship. It also doesn’t explain why we have a manager who would rather play 4 or 5 players out of position than playing players in their correct positions (even though he has signed those players to bolster those glaring deficiencies). However, let’s not lay all the blame at the managers door, our squad has been dismantled regularly and all our best players sold on and replaced by a lower standard of player. I actually believe that I could manage an SPL team to a victory against Rangers. It is so easy to exploit our glaring weaknesses. Flood the midfield, get the ball into the wide areas and force Rangers into a long-ball game, and 90% of the time, you’ll get a result. Our midfield is all over the place and so narrow. By playing centre-halves at fullback, our back four is also narrow, leaving huge spaces down both flanks. Our strikers have their strengths, but bullying defenders in a physical battle isn’t one of them. We did have a gifted striker who could dominate an entire backline, who could bully them and who could also play a bit, but he was sold in the last transfer window. Never mind, we did make a wee profit on him (note to SDM – ensure Mr Bain receives another pay increase for that piece of business). Also, this trait of pulling everyone back to defend set-pieces is ridiculous. It allows opposition to flood the box and create mayhem - it also results in us gifting the ball back to them if we manage to clear the ball and it comes straight back on top of us, resulting in us having to defend prolonged periods of pressure. We have to get back to basics – get 11 players on the pitch who are playing their correct positions and get back to what Rangers do best, playing free-flowing and attractive football. Firstly, I’d drop McGregor and bring back Alexander. I would also drop David Weir who’s distribution is amateurish and try Broadfoot as his long-term replacement. Deploy young McMillan at right back and Papac at left back. In midfield, I’d play Aaron, Davis, Mendes with Edu as the holding player and have Miller and Boyd/Lafferty as the front pairing. Having spent Ã?£3.5M on the lad, the least WS can do is deploy him through the middle rather than watch the lad rot on the left-wing. As the title says, supporting Rangers at the moment is like groundhog day. The above failings aren’t new; they have been evident and unresolved for nearly a decade now. We are staring down the barrel of losing 4 consecutive SPL titles and barring two dramatic, welcome and enjoyable last day triumphs, we’d be staring down the barrel of going almost 8 seasons without winning the title. Those two dramatic, welcome and enjoyable last day triumphs, like the UEFA Cup Final (and run to said final) last season have been nothing more than false dawns. It has been debated before, but it is worth reiterating, if we continue to buy run of the mill SPL players, we’ll continue to witness run of the mill SPL performances which will ensure that we gain run of the mill SPL results. We have nothing special within our ranks at the moment (not that we are witnessing anyway) and we have lost that aura that a great team appears to have. No SPL club are frightened of playing Rangers anymore, why should they be, we aren’t a great team and haven’t laden with great players. For those within our support who believe SDM’s lies and false promises and believe that football is cyclical, I’m sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but it isn’t. Celtc broke our dominance due to hard work on the pitch and by finally getting a board that matched the ambitions of their fans. Say what you like about the MOPES and their board, but they have worked as a team, have deflected all the media attention on to us and have overtaken us both on and off the pitch. They are so far ahead, they are in danger of disappearing over the horizon. We’ll continue to be 2nd best until we change those who are in charge, or change the mindset of those currently in control. However, and again, this is groundhog day territory, we won’t ever invoke change as the vast majority still believe (unbelievably) that the current regime are the best way forward for Rangers. SDM and his lapdogs have cleverly pulled the wool over sections of our supporters eyes. They have managed to make the majority of us believe that protesting isn’t the ‘Rangers way’. They have convinced us that protesting is some how ‘The Celtc Way’. Well Bears, that couldn’t be further from the truth. Just ask Davie White and John Greig if protesting isn’t the ‘Rangers Way’. We invoked the biggest revolution in Scottish Football for Gods Sake. It was Rangers fans voicing concern of the direction of the club under the Marlborough’s and by demonstrating against the legendary John Greig and Jock Wallaces (2nd stint) managerial disasters. Lastly on this subject and the most ironic part, the vast majority of our support like to impart their Presbyterian believes to all comers, yet believe that protesting isn’t the ‘protestant way’…… In conclusion, if we don’t invoke the necessary changes in the leadership (sic) of our club, we’ll be sitting here writing (and reading) about the same deficiencies for the foreseeable future whilst our club continues its fall from grace and struggles to keep abreast with its bitter rivals. We’ll continue to witness players who are average at best and we’ll continue to struggle to win the SPL title. How long are you willing to wait until you force change? Will 4-in-a-row be your nadir? Or are you willing to wait a few years, give the current custodian more time to ruin this club? For this Bear, I’ll continue to fight for change at the top level in the club. I’ll continue to try and convince other fans that the time is right for change (a decade on their shadow should be enough for all of us). However, I fear more and more groundhog days ahead. Cammy F

Walter Smith must also answer as to why he paid over a million for Velicka and doesn't play him. Why he paid �£3.5M for a centre who he deploys as a winger and why he paid over �£2M for a defensive midfield player who again isnt given a chance to play. All very important questions especially when you consider WS would rather play 6 playes out of position rathar than play the likes of Edu, Aaaron, McMillan et al. Cammy F

3 pages directing ire at players who are or arent performing and no one as yet has mentioned our excuse for a goalkeeper. Maybe McGregor should keep his cock in his pants for a few weeks and concentrate on his footballing ability. A truely aweful excuse for a keeper at the moment. Cammy F

Instead of slating players who are being played out of position, lets make a noval idea to our manager. Play players where they are comfortable, where they have experience and where we can exploit their positives. No more centre-halves playing full back No more midfield players playing centre-back No more forwards playing wide midfield Nah, that'll never take off Cammy F

NBM was founded for the correct reasons but was hijacked but certain people with a clear and defined agenda - highlight Rangers fans as the bigots whilst excusing bigoted and sectarian behaviour by Celtc fans as part of their 'complex history'. Good ridence to bad rubbish. Cammy F

Sad news - thoughts and prayers with the Davis family. Cammy F

Yeah, I know he wasn't a 'good guy' - but the arguement remains that why fly the flag of a 'social activist / warrior' and celebrate others misfortune - irony at its best Cammy F

Business As Usual The Rangers v Aberdeen game at the weekend was business as usual on so many levels. Rangers continued their dominance against The Sheep at Ibrox, now over 17 years since Dolly has won at Ibrox, the Red Scum yet again were allowed to sing their vile and repugnant songs with impunity and the officials continued their corrupt like refusal to enforce the laws of the game. Firstly, weââ?¬â?¢ll address the Rangers performance for the weekend. Whilst the 2-0 win was convincing and welcome, the performance, especially the first 45 minutes was shocking. We were devoid of ideas and looked very sluggish. In saying that, Ferguson was unlucky with a header from distance, Boyd had a couple of opportunities and it was refreshing given Aberdeenââ?¬â?¢s record at Ibrox, witnessing the officials turning a blind eye to handballs in the Aberdeen penalty area (more of this later). We did improve in the 2nd half and once we got the opening goal, we appeared to settle and apart from Mendes clearing from his own goal-line we were relatively untroubled. Boydââ?¬â?¢s well taken 2nd goal killed the game off as a contest and we eventually ran out easy winners. Once again we left a Rangers game discussing the officials refusal to enforce the laws of the game and all the major decisions going against Rangers. Firstly, anyone who watched the Celtc game in the early kick-off would have witnessed Boracââ?¬â?¢s assault that (unsurprisingly) lead to a yellow card. Only a Celtc player would have escaped a red card for this offence, and yet again, more evidence that the officials in this country are bordering on the corrupt. Then we role up to Ibrox to witness more baffling decisions where we should have had 2 penalties (at least) and Diamond was allowed to elbow Lafferty with no action taken. It canââ?¬â?¢t be coincidence that the only people inside Ibrox on Saturday that didnââ?¬â?¢t see all three offences were the officials? Surely they canââ?¬â?¢t be that ineffectual that all three of them missed all three controversial incidents? Are they really ineffectual or are they corrupt? This serious question has to be addressed as at the moment, the evidence points to them being something other than ineffectual. Aberdeen Ultras and Irony Off the pitch, Kenny McCaskill was present to witness the vile and repugnant chants emanating from the visiting fans but he appeared to be nonplussed and in no mood to take any action against these fans. It appears that the authorities are only interested in what WE sing ââ?¬â?? all other fans are free to sing what they want. A quick question that Iââ?¬â?¢d like to ask the Aberdeen Ultras (and general fans) is what their adopted hero Che Guevara would have to say regarding there disgusting chants mocking the dead (Ibrox Disaster song), the socially unfortunate and poverty stricken (In Your Glasgow Slums), the disabled (their new David Murray song and booing of the disabled Olympians)? Personally, I think the great Socialist thinker Che Guevara would be spinning in his grave and would cringe in the fact that these reptiles were celebrating others misfortunes in his name. FCUK You Celtc Youââ?¬â?¢ll Never Win Away I canââ?¬â?¢t be the only Rangers fans who thinks that the above chant will be redundant after tonightââ?¬â?¢s Champions League games. Celtc travel to Aalborg knowing that a defeat will see them eliminated from Europe completely and need a victory to ensure that their European participation isnââ?¬â?¢t ended before the final group game. We all know that they have one of the, if not the worst away record in the CL, but tonight offers them their best chance of gaining 3 away points. Itââ?¬â?¢s heartening to read that our unbiased media have put this awful away record down to nothing more than a ââ?¬Ë?jinxââ?¬â?¢. Funny that, I thought it was all down to terrible performances, terrible team and tactic selections etc. Hopefully their ââ?¬Ë?jinxââ?¬â?¢ will strike again tonight, but as I said above, I believe that they will have too much for the Danes. In saying that, at least they canââ?¬â?¢t count on the assistance of the officials to get them out of sticky situations. Cammy F

The highlights didn't show the other definate hand-ball either. We should have had two penalties and Diamond should have been red carded for his deliberate and cowardly elbow on Lafferty. With all 3 decisions, the only 3 people in the stadium NOT to see them were the referee and his 2 assistants - coincidence? Cammy F

Fantastic article Frankie : Over the course of his tenureship, David Murray (and therefore, Rangers Football Club) have gone from successful visionaries to unsuccessful reactionaries. In my opinion, this is a direct result of the people that SDM has surrounded himself with. When SDM took over from David Holmes, Rangers were already going in the right direction. The fans were flooding back, there was a successful team on the pitch with a successful and outspoken manager at the helm. SDMââ?¬â?¢s biggest mistake was to surround himself with ââ?¬Ë?yes menââ?¬â?¢ and ââ?¬Ë?lap dogsââ?¬â?¢. In replacing men like Campbell Oglivie (helped create the Champions League remember) with ââ?¬Ë?cretinsââ?¬â?¢ like Martin Bain, SDM has shown that Rangers Football Club are no longer a club with vision, goals and ambition. We are now a selling club with a huge debt to service. The man to blame for this debt? SDM. The man to blame for us being second best in Scotland both on and off the pitch? SDM. The man to blame for allowing a club that was 30 seconds from extinction to now be better financed, better placed on and off the field and in danger of leaving us behind? SDM. Now SDM will use his usual spin to deflect all of the above, but we are seriously lacking both on and off the field. Celtc are on course for their 4th consecutive title and we have a long hard battle ahead to remain on their tales, never mind overtaking them. David Murray has been good for Rangers, but that stopped over a decade ago ââ?¬â?? he is now killing the club and appears to be happy with 2nd best in a two horse race. Until he sells, or rediscovers his passion for Rangers and for Rangers to be ââ?¬Ë?simply the bestââ?¬â?¢, we are going to vegetate at best, or at worst, rot awayââ?¬Â¦.. Cammy F

Loved the song TBO started as well : 'Dolly is lonely, why don't you go home' Cammy F

Charlie Adam isn't the worst player we have on our books at the moment - needs a decent / prolonged run of games in his natural position. Cammy F

If they, or anyone else for that matter, bid over �£5M then he'll be sold. Cammy F

Murray's dig at Reid can be heard here - http://www.zshare.net/audio/516095681a83c6e9/ Full Interview can be heard here - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/7740609.stm Cammy F

... read his Rangers related articles, this man is becoming a legend (like below)... http://www.jeffwinterentertainmentandmedia.co.uk/rangers/0809017.html Cammy F

http://www.jeffwinterentertainmentandmedia.co.uk/rangers/0809018.html Another fantatic artcile composed by our favourite ex-referee - keep them coming Jeff and you are a true bear. How come you ask? Well, he certainly knows how to rile the Tims and how to respond to their bigotry.... Cammy F - Jeff Winters Loyal RSC