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Any chance of a Gattuso type from these clubs?

I could throw a name into the ring right here but I think at least one of our fellow posters would go off on a rant again. :devil:

" MARK WARBURTON and his backroom team at Rangers are in the process of visiting a number of the most powerful sides in the Barclays Premier League to sell their club as the perfect destination for loan players for next season.

The Ibrox manager has already brought Dominic Ball from Tottenham Hotspur and Gedion Zelalem from Arsenal on temporary arrangements and was back touching base with both clubs earlier this week over a range of matters as he addresses the issue of strengthening his squad.

Warburton has revealed that his head of recruitment, Frank McParland, and assistant manager, David Weir, are also talking to other prominent sides including Manchester City in an attempt to forge relationships that will be mutually beneficial should Rangers win promotion to the Ladbrokes Premiership.

“Frank does it from his recruitment point of view and through his contact base, which is really extensive,” explained Warburton.

“David and I will go into Everton, Liverpool or Manchester City. We know the guys at City really well.

“If I’m back home, I go into to Tottenham or Arsenal. They are tremendous clubs and we can learn so much from them.

“If we can strengthen those relationships, we will be in a good place.

“I was at Spurs this week and speaking with Arsenal. They know what is expected up here. "

http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/14348771.Rangers_manager_Mark_Warburton_kicks_off_summer_talent_hunt_with_visits_to_several_top_English_clubs/?

Of course that is the case...and why I want Rangers not performing any u-turns. The game up here gets treated with contempt by the English BEEB anyway...add the Scottish BEEB having an agenda against the most popular club in the country and the bastards can reap what they sow. Tell the BEEB to sling their hook and see what ITV have to offer. Sunday night highlights are a joke too having w@nkers in drainpipe troosers with hands in pockets complimented with jumper and suit jacket while looking at a 60" screen with pause and play buttons to explain to us the obvious using magnifying technology to try see the foot touching the leg of an opponent. An excruciating programme.

I couldn't agree more mate. The highlight programmes are so bad I gave up on them months if not years ago and catch what I need online. But what has to be remembered is, despite the possibility nay probability that the BBC are not working to the conditions of their charter, do we really want them anywhere near Ibrox until there is a total clearout of the scumbags at Pacific Quay ? We can't have it both ways. But certainly Gollum should be told that he will quite simply not be allowed near our club. Never mind withdrawing press privileges. Use right of admission regulations and ban him completely.

The product is being damaged mate, so yes I think it is a Rangers and as a whole, a Scottish football problem.

I'll predict the outcome of that line too mate - "The BBC are not there to promote or advetise private companies."

It's sad, but that's their position and there is nobody, believe me, nobody with influence willing to take them on.

I hear what you are saying mate,however I'm not sure I would want the club chasing BBC Scotland up on this as I believe every license payer are being denied a product they are paying for and we as license paying customers have the right to demand answers and we should be challenging them more,is it really Rangers FC problem?,I'm not convinced mate.

As a licence fee payer who went through all of what you are doing a few years ago with others I'll predict the outcome - "Rangers are attempting to interfere in the operating procedures of the BBC and this cannot be permitted in any way, shape or form. " That's as far as we got.

Firstly...a 'big' well done to Ian for taking the time to push through his complaint on behalf of all true football fans.

 

Surely the the football authorities in charge should be bringing this thing to the attention of London bosses and insist it must be resolved immediately, can Rangers not order them to take this issue on? If not then the club must act themselves. Rangers fans who pay the licence fee and cannot attend games for various reasons are being shamefully ignored. Utter disgrace! Stinks of bigotry and sectarianism undercover.

 

I've said it before...Rangers FC must dig their heels in on this matter and stand by the McLaughlin decision as a final without any u-turn whatsoever!

I think we would all agree what SHOULD happen Bearman. Unfortunately I fully expect our board to cave in to a limited apology from Gollum and he'll be back spreading his poison. If I'm wrong then I'll be the first to applaud the board for doing what the fans want.

On a slightly separate note, the skidmarks are wetting themselves over some announcement during the budget today -

"The Chancellor announced at Budget 2016 that the government will take action to ensure those who have used disguised remuneration tax avoidance schemes pay their fair share of tax and National Insurance contributions (NICs). This follows an earlier announcement about these schemes at Autumn Statement 2015."

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tackling-disguised-remuneration-avoidance-schemes-overview-of-changes-and-technical-note/technical-note

I've no idea whether this affects our guys or not or whether the big tax case result would cover it all as far as liability resting with Murrays companies or personally with those who used the EBT's. No doubt Ill Phil and his cabal of tax experts will blog soon.

Sent an e-mail to St. Mirren they will issue Gers tickets to supporters clubs first and any surplus will be given to Rangers for allocation.

I got offered a freebie, meal, drinks, etc via an ex St Mirren player. I thanked him but turned him down.

I await the skidmarks demanding that the match delegate be identified to save the integrity of the game.

so what action does he face then if he doesn't turn up? What punishment do you get for contempt of parliament?

From wiki - MPs accused of Contempt of Parliament may be suspended or expelled.[17] They may also be committed to the clock tower under Big Ben,[17] although this practice hasn't been used since Charles Bradlaugh was detained in 1880. Strangers (those who are not members of the House) may be committed to prison during the life of the Parliament. The House of Lords has the power to fine as well as to order imprisonment for a term of years.

But there will be thousands who will attend no matter what!

And good luck to those bears Ian. But I made a decision and will never go back on it. Not another penny.

Give St Midden sweet FA. They were one of the ten who voted us out the SPL 4 years ago

They'll never receive another penny from me Rab.

He played for C*****. One game though. Decent Defensive-Midfielder/Centre-back. I think we have other options there though.

Yeh. I was reading up on the guy there. He was born in Australia and went to the skidmarks. He then got loaned out to a couple of clubs. Won a cap for Scotland before playing for Australia.

As said mate, I've only caught him in the highlights of one match and the last few minutes of another. He seems to be willing to charge up and down the park, the way our guys do it. I've seen worse - some of them wearing the Rangers jersey too.

This can't be right!,Hibs are the best team in Scotland,they are having a fantastic season,they have the best players in Scotland and the best manager in Scotland.........all according to BBC Scotland

I heard some tosser [ Nevin ?? ] say before the game that he'd spoken to plenty of Everton fans who want Stubbs as their next manager.

Aye right .

Just turned over from the egg chasing to the cup final. The fella I was on about is the guy Irvine with Ross County. I know nothing about him but he seems a reasonable player.

Jackson Irvine. He just won man of the match.

Get it up ye hiveeees.

I saw a player last weekend I thought might be an asset. Tall lanky guy with his hair in a bun. Was he maybe playing for Ross County or Inverness ?

Just turned over from the egg chasing to the cup final. The fella I was on about is the guy Irvine with Ross County. I know nothing about him but he seems a reasonable player.

"Gordon Parks: The stench of failure surrounding Gordon Strachan is now so strong it can’t be washed away .OUR sportswriter doesn’t miss the Scotland boss as he delivers damning verdict.

FORGET Brexit and Project Fear. Having already masterminded Scotland’s European exit, the signs are Gordon Strachan is already plotting our absence from another World Cup.

Thursday’s Hampden squad announcements had all the hallmarks of the US electoral campaign. Maybe not quite Donald Trump but it was enough to give you the hump.

There was comedy yet also embarrassment and downright terror as Strachan defended his picks ahead of Russia 2018.

It started with shock and very little awe. Asked what was required to become a Scotland player, with a straight face he said: “You have to be able to pass the ball and control it.”

Typically condescending or something more damning? Is he deliberately dumbing down responses in a belief that when it comes to the game’s intricacies we’re all ignorant simpletons?

The hefty wedge he picks up from the SFA should’ve ensured he laid out a positive vision for the future.

Instead, what we were served up was two squads packed with perennial failures, same old faces and the reward of a cap for a new batch of the mediocre.

It was the late, great Tommy Burns who said Berti Vogts handed out caps like sweeties. But this pick-and-mix is a gob-stopper beyond anything the German came up with.

Nine uncapped players have been chosen for the friendly double-header against the Czech Republic and Denmark, though it comes with a warning: he’s more than happy to go with “these guys have done a fantastic job for us” in recent campaigns.

Maybe it’s confusing living south of the border but would somebody – perhaps his boss Stewart Regan – remind him that the stench of failure surrounding his reign is now so strong that no amount of deluded superlatives could wash it away. Once again, who’s he kidding?

It’s never easy to fillet a boyhood hero but the hard truth is that Strachan has only delivered on one of the promises made on the day he was appointed. He said then that “the fans are more famous than the team at the moment and we have to try to get up there and together be as famous as them”.

Well, he certainly got his wish. The rest of us cringed as he took a selfie with his squad alongside the Tartan Army after the France 2016 dead-rubber in Gibraltar.

It’s time for accountability. He’s paid to build a side from the best players at his disposal, end of story. Dishing out caps to all and sundry only serves to devalue the honour of wearing the dark blue.

He needs to stop the psychobabble, bin the rubbish and start delivering results.

It’s already looking like a World Cup campaign of more Strachan own goals.

Maybe he’d be better off just building a wall. "

Read more at http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/gordon-parks-stench-failure-surrounding-7544800#z5h8IqQUyO7AJ63L.99

It's quite simple Kyle - you weren't good enough first time around. You embarassed the club with your theatrics against Abersheep. No thanks. You couldn't make the centre for a doughnut son.

" While Warburton’s team have been playing at Peterhead and Alloa, Celtic have been gaining European experience by getting consistently horsed by everybody they've played against "

Tavernier for me. Although 2 or 3 run him close.

I hardly think calling bears who stay to the end to applaud the team off and support for 90mns "Brain dead morons" is necessary??? its a diffrence of opinion ffs??

Maybe you should re-read what I wrote ? " The full time whistle also saw some drunken bawheids pushing and shoving when the crowd came to a standstill at the top of the terracing and stairs leading out of the ground. My dads thinking was there was no need to stay behind and also have to put up with the actions of those braindead morons. "

Drunken bawheids = braindead morons = the guys who got so smashed they were a danger to everyone around them .

Nothing to do with the supporters who stayed on to the end mate.

Is it a one horse race anymore though? That's how bad they've got.

It certainly SHOULD be a one-horse race Rab. The only reason it isn't is because of the complete diddy they have as a manager. They should be heading to 5 trebles by now.

Cheers - was it so noticeable, though - were there such large numbers doing it? I seem to remember (not that I can trust this) standing to the end with no=one round abuot me leaving, certainly not the majority having left with 5 minutes still to go.

You have to remember that the crowd were mostly standing back then. 3 or 4 guys squeezing through a load of fans standing up did not cause the commotion and was not so noticeable. Many thousands could leave without bother and would only become apparent when spaces were seen around the terracing,

The full time whistle also saw some drunken bawheids pushing and shoving when the crowd came to a standstill at the top of the terracing and stairs leading out of the ground. My dads thinking was there was no need to stay behind and also have to put up with the actions of those braindead morons.

I appreciate people have different views on this, I know some people have work commitments, problems parking etc. And as I said in OP some folk have kids and mobility issues so have to leave early. My view is that if you can get in on time and stay to the end you should. We are there to support the Bears for 90 mins.

When the difference is getting home by the back of 5 in time to get a wash, something to eat and make arrangements take her indoors out for the evening or not getting home to half 6 having spent an hour at a bus stop or stuck in a traffic jam then I'd think that paying your money and supporting for 80 minutes is just fine. Some are married to female mafia assassins who like to get out now and then having been stuck in the house every other Saturday..