pete

I am going to jump the gun here and say we will get the one point needed to be group winner. In that case the 3rd placed teams who have finished in the pool are: Feynoord (NL) Zulte Waregem (Belg) Hapoel tel Aviv (Isr) Fenerbahce (turk) I will go for Waregem.

I think the wind just took his legs away. It can happen if the wind just hits the the bottom of your buttocks. I think they call it a windass.

Le Guen has targeted two young centre-halves from Europe - one of which is believed to be Young Boys of Berne's 6ft 2in Ivory Cost stopper Steve Gohouri

RANGERS chairman David Murray has ruled out a January transfer window swoop for Wigan defender Andy Webster. The former Hearts stopper has again been mentioned as a possible solution to the centre-back problems at Ibrox. He was the target of a �£1m bid by Alex McLeish 18 months ago, but Murray says he is not on Paul Le Guen's target list - for the moment. It is also believed Fifa red tape would prevent Webster moving back to Scotland just months after he became the first player to invoke their new employment rule. Webster served notice on Hearts he would be leaving after completing three years on a four-year contract. That allowed him to move for a nominal fee, set by a Fifa tribunal, to new employers outwith Scotland. The 24-year-old was snapped up by Wigan and, after a long process with Fifa because this was a ground-breaking case, he finally made his debut in October. But the Scotland star has played just three games and is said to be unsettled, sparking speculation Rangers were ready to move. "I know we were interested in him in the past, but not at the moment," Murray said. "How could we when we have no idea what the fee would be?" Murray also refused to comment on whether Rangers were interested in former Hearts captain Steven Pressley, who is also being tracked by Celtic, Newcastle, Southampton and Derby. It is believed Elvis is on Le Guen's list of possible January targets, and an interest has been posted with his agent Blair Morgan, but he is not the first choice. Le Guen has targeted two young centre-halves from Europe - one of which is believed to be Young Boys of Berne's 6ft 2in Ivory Cost stopper Steve Gohouri - a player the Gers boss has now watched twice recently. He could be available for around �£1m, but is also being monitored by a host of mid-table Premiership sides. Le Guen's funds for a centre-half are likely to be boosted by the departure of Julien Rodriguez. The former Monaco man knows he is no longer first choice and could be shipped back to France with Rennes, Nantes and Nice all interested. The likes of Lionel Letizi, Gavin Rae, Phil Bardsley and Lee Martin are all likely to leave in January as Le Guen frees up money for three quality signings. Meantime, young Romanian sensation Marius Alexi could be on his way to Ibrox in a �£250,000 deal. The 16-year-old plays with Dinamo Bucharest and is already a first- team player. Chelsea, Man United and Liverpool are all said to be looking at the midfielder, who will arrive in Glasgow shortly for a week's trial at Murray Park. A Dinamo spokesam said: "He is an exceptional player Rangers are very keen to sign." Bad news for us i think. Le Guen being interested in young Boys. I hope he now knows the type of CH you need to play in Scotland.

I guess you can link this with the Scotsport thread. Seems the tims have swarmed all over the media. And they used to talk about the masons passing on jobs.

Was that not said before the Falkirk game after the young guy, is it Stokes, was suspended.

I must admit i watch it every week as it is my biggest link to Scottish football(exept all you great guys'n'gals on the Gersnet). I call it timsport though as it is all tims talking about tims and gloating on Rangers demise. The only one i think talks any sense is as is said above John Colqhoun. He tries to be a little bit unbiased but the rest are well, yeh just gloating tims looking to ridicule us at every step. As the old saying goes: better an enemy you know as an enemy you don't know.

Going to take over at Galatasaray.(for sure) Teaming up with Dean Saunders again seemingly. Another boost to his pension fund i would think.

I like the guy and if you look at his career then he is the keeper everyone wanted to replace but couldn't. PSV tried it often but he kept fighting off all his opposition. He came short term to Rangers and fought off even our legend Klos so he must have something. PSV have now replaced him with imo the best keeper in the world at the moment Heurelho da Silva Gomes the Brazilian keeper is really exellent and is worth many points to PSV. Who said a Brazilian can't be a good keeper-Eat your words.

I only turned MOTD 2 on for a few minutes as i watched the Chelsea game live but i caught the Laurel and Hardy bit with Lehman and Drogba. Said it all really. Slapstick comedy.

Made his debut for AZ against Ajax today. For a keeper coming in without match practice did extremely well. He has signed for AZ until 31 december to fill in as they have a keeper crisus. He wants to end his carreer in America and when asked if he would consider staying on at AZ he said if America falls through he will retire on January the 1st. Whether you like him or not football will lose a great character when he retires.

Drogba and Lehman were like two big girls blouses. If they look back on that they will be ashamed of themselves.

He can't play for anyone until the window opens in January. I guess he could sign a pre- contract.

I'll bet it is your wife that say's it.:admin: A late reply but i never look in here normally

:D That was my first thought as well.

Music to the ears or eyes in this case.

If he does i hope he bangs a few in to get his confidence up. If not: I wonder if he can play centre-half???

Yep just saw that great to see some honesty from a manager.

Agree with that guys seems almost strange we are talking about the same players that played Hibs off the park today.

I don't see why we can't he has been rank rotten since he came back from Blackburn. Yes at the moment he is playing well and maybe be above criticism although last week he had gone awol. If he keeps up the form he has been showing recently then he will be an important player for us. Three games in three years is not good enough though.

The full draw is as follows: Celtic v Dumbarton St Johnstone v Ayr Utd Ross County v Partick Thistle Dundee v Queen of the South Morton v Kilmarnock Aberdeen v Hibernian Clyde v Gretna Stirling v Inverness CT Airdrie Utd v Motherwell Dundee Utd v St Mirren Stranraer v Hearts Hamilton v Livingston Dunfermline v RANGERS Berwick v Falkirk Deveronvale v Elgin City Cowdenbeath v Brechin City Ties will take place on the weekend of 6th January 2007.

Dunfermline away. A replay of the league cup but i hope we don't get st Johnstone in the next round.

Statement over Pressley on the Hearts website at 6.00pm. I guess he will be leaving then.

Prso and Sionko seem to be having great games.

Just a wee word that won't help us but is maybe relivent to the thread. The feyenoord supporters club managed to oust chairman Jorien van den Herik and now hope a new board is brought in where the supporters clubs also have a role in the running of the club. I guess this is the situation the Rangers fans are crying out for but only time will tell if it works and exactly how much say the fans get. The one negative thing is den Herik could not set a foot in Rotterdam without fear of his life,and that is a thing i would hate to see attached to Rangers.