ian1964

And we would all be laughing at him:boogie:

The best/only way to shut this wee BHEAST up is for Rangers to go and hump them,simples

It's not the first time the team with ten men play better

Is that not what developing as player constitutes?.

Three scum games played this season,won one,drew one and lost one

http://leggoland2.blogspot.com/2011/02/strange-reporting.html

The SFA will have been told to wait until Lennons' lawyer has his defence ready

HE could have gone to Liverpool and he could have gone to Tottenham, but here he was in Renfrewshire. If either of those Barclays Premier League heavyweights had got their way last week Charlie Adam would currently be one of the most expensive players in Scottish football history, carrying a price tag of just under Ã?£7m. For the time being heââ?¬â?¢s still at struggling Blackpool and no-oneââ?¬â?¢s ever paid more than Ã?£500,000 for him, but yesterday Adam could walk the corridors of the Scotland squad hotel knowing that heââ?¬â?¢s been the talk of the steamie. Itââ?¬â?¢s only a week since Sky Sports News spent transfer deadline day hyperventilating over three main moves: Fernando Torres to Chelsea for Ã?£50m, Andy Carroll to Liverpool for Ã?£35m and Adam to Merseyside or London. Only one of those was not completed but it was still a January window which redrew Adamââ?¬â?¢s profile. For a day or two he was one of the most talked about footballers in Britain. Who would have thought it? There were times when Adam was cast out to Ross County and St Mirren on loan. Heââ?¬â?¢s been jeered and an easy target as a Rangers player and was allowed to leave for buttons. The reinvention from footballing ugly duckling to swan seems to have been made with no feathers ruffled. He was the same likeable, vaguely bashful individual yesterday that he has always been. ââ?¬Å?It is like any other window,ââ?¬Â he said. ââ?¬Å?Everybody goes mental; Sky Sports goes mental. But it is like any other day in a footballerââ?¬â?¢s life. There is always speculation. Thatââ?¬â?¢s what happens. It is crazy but it has gone. The speculation has not affected me. Iââ?¬â?¢ve just gotten on with it. Iââ?¬â?¢ve dealt with it.ââ?¬Â Adamââ?¬â?¢s remarkable improvement reached the point where Liverpool and Kenny Dalglish made two unsuccessful bids, the second worth Ã?£6.8m. Spurs claimed they made an 11th hour offer for the same sum which was accepted by Blackpool but the paperwork could not be signed off in time. In the middle of it all Adam himself made a transfer request, which was rejected. He was less than chuffed about being denied the chance to leave. It was a dizzying episode for the 25-year-old. Even if he hasnââ?¬â?¢t switched clubs he still has the baggage of being rated at a supposed Ã?£14m by Blackpool manager Ian Holloway. ââ?¬Å?How can you value someone nowadays? At the end of the day people will pay what they want to pay. It is important to me that I just keep doing what I can for Blackpool. You know that there is a lot of money in the Premier League and you cannot help what people want to pay. ââ?¬Å?Iââ?¬â?¢m fortunate, I played for one the Old Firm and I learned a lot of hard lessons there. I played a lot of big games and you have to be able to deal with it. So I think that stood me in good stead. Since leaving Rangers my career has just gone on leaps and bounds and that is what happens when you are playing regularly. Iââ?¬â?¢m getting enjoyment from playing in a good team, with good team-mates and a good manager. They should get the credit, too. If it wasnââ?¬â?¢t for them I wouldnââ?¬â?¢t be in the situation I am in. ââ?¬Å?You never know what will happen. Iââ?¬â?¢ll still have a year left on my contract when the summer comes and for me the focus is all on Blackpool. Iââ?¬â?¢m fortunate enough, I have played at Rangers, it is a massive club, and now I am playing in one of the best leagues in the world so how can I complain? It is nice to be complimented but you cannot be too excited or get ahead of yourself or it will be gone as quick as it has come.ââ?¬Â There must be embarrassment around Rangers about Adam. The club were shrewd enough to insert a sell-on clause which will give them 10% of any transfer fee above Ã?£500,000. Still, many will wonder why a player who was peripheral at Ibrox, and often a focal point for criticism from supporters, has blossomed so dramatically in a grander football environment. Did he feel he had proved people wrong since leaving Ibrox in 2009? ââ?¬Å?Yes, I do. There are certain people that I have proved wrong. I can have a smile on my face when I see certain people, knowing that inside they are hurting. You are always out to prove people wrong in this game. You canââ?¬â?¢t please everybody. When I step out on to the pitch Iââ?¬â?¢m there to prove and to show to people that I am good enough to play at this level.ââ?¬Â Like who? ââ?¬Å?I cannot name names, but there were people in football. You are always trying to prove people wrong.ââ?¬Â Did he mean the manager who sold him 18 months ago? ââ?¬Å?It is nothing to do with Walter Smith. I have got a lot of respect for Walter, for what he has achieved and for what he did for me. He gave me the opportunity to go to Blackpool and get regular football. I do not have any bad words to say about Walter. He is a terrific man and a great manager. ââ?¬Å?I never thought I was the whipping boy at Rangers. I got a bit of stick for my performances but you have to take it on the chin and get on with it. It was difficult but the most difficult thing for me was not playing. I would play one week and then not play for another four or five weeks. That was the hard thing. Fortunately now I am playing regularly in a top league and hopefully my performances have justified where I am. ââ?¬Å?I had periods of playing regularly under Paul Le Guen and Walter Smith but when you come through the ranks [at Rangers] it is more difficult to get in the side because the club spent money on players and the chairman wants to know why they are not in the team.ââ?¬Â He could afford to be diplomatic about his current club. His dad, also Charlie, probably revealed the familyââ?¬â?¢s feelings last week when he described Blackpool as ââ?¬Å?cheap-skatesââ?¬Â for wanting even more money for his boy. He claimed any transfer was blocked out of spite because Charlie recently took them to a tribunal over an unpaid bonus payment. No-one has enjoyed the flowering of Charlie Adam more than his father, who had reached a point where he found it too upsetting to come to Ibrox and witness his lad being jeered. ââ?¬Å?I have just bought a new house so he is down every week. He loves coming to watch and who wouldnââ?¬â?¢t when you are playing the likes of Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham? It was difficult for him to watch at Ibrox but that is the way it goes at the Old Firm. Someone has got to get the stick but I am enjoying the way I am playing and he is enjoying watching it.ââ?¬Â The same goes for non-relatives. The blossoming of Charlie Adam has been one of the most uplifting stories of the season. http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/more-scottish-football/i-can-have-a-smile-on-my-face-when-i-see-certain-people-1.1083899

SCOTT BROWN last night lifted the lid on his on-field war of words with El Hadji Diouf during Sunday's explosive Old Firm derby. And the Celtic skipper admitted the yellow card he picked up for celebrating in the face of the Rangers new boy was the best booking of his career. Brown spoke out exclusively to Record Sport yesterday to shoot down Diouf's claims he had deliberately set out to get the Senegalese striker sent off by ref Calum Murray. Instead, the Celtic captain has given his own blow-by-blow account of the trash talking that escalated into a full-scale feud between the pair - culminating in Brown's provocative reaction to his stunning late equaliser. Diouf has infuriated Brown by suggesting the Scotland man was "out to make a name for himself " by getting the bad boy into bother in his first Old Firm derby. But Brown insists it was Diouf who started hurling insults in the Ibrox cauldron and claims the former African Player of the Year is now a jealous spent force. Brown - speaking yesterday at Craig Levein's international HQ in Bishopton - said: "He has said I was trying to make a name for myself. How ridiculous is that? "Did he not see the armband I was wearing? I am captain of Celtic, I play for Scotland. I think I have made my name by now. "I think it's more about him trying to make a name for himself again. Let's face it, he only came to this league because he couldn't get a game in England. No one would touch him with a bargepole. "So he's come up to Scotland to try to make the most of what is left of his career, which isn't much. Good luck to the lad. I look forward to seeing how it all works out for him." Brown's account of the flare-ups begins in the opening minutes of the Ibrox clash when Diouf appealed in vain for a free-kick after the pair had clashed in front of the main stand. He said: "It started early in the game when Diouf didn't get a free kick for a challenge I made on him near the corner flag. "He started moaning about that and trying to be the big man. He started trying to trash talk me - saying how much money he has and how I'm skint. "To be fair I couldn't really grumble too much - the lad does have a bit of cash! "So I didn't mind it too much but when I gave him a wee bit back he didn't like it. If you're going to start giving it out you have to expect to get a bit back but he just couldn't take it. "I said something about his diamond tooth and he didn't seem to appreciate it very much. He said I couldn't afford one of my own and maybe he's right. "Fair play to the guy but if he wants to learn about scoring goals he should nip over to watch us train at Lennoxtown one afternoon and I'll show him a thing or two about finishing. "What has he scored? Three goals in three seasons in the Premiership? That's decent eh? "Look, I know I'm hardly the most prolific goalscorer in the world but I'd fancy myself to get more than that down there." Brown admits the exchanges became more and more vile as the match thundered on. He said: "It became very personal between us very quickly. I was actually quite surprised by just how personal he got and the kind of things he was saying about my family. "But I'm a big boy. If he wants to go down that road then I'm happy enough to go there too. I'll always give as good as I get. "He wanted to drag me into a battle and I was quite happy to oblige him. I think I came out of it on top and he knows it. "I don't want to go into detail about what he said about my family. It was crude and it was vulgar but that's up to him. Yes, I did respond to him but what did he expect? "He just picked on the wrong guy." Brown insists he landed the knockout blow when he rifled home the stunning second-half goal that took the fifth-round tie to a replay - and guaranteed this pair must go head to head another FOUR times before the season ends. A beaming Brown was cautioned by ref Murray for turning to gloat at Diouf after the ball had hit the back of Allan McGregor's net. Brown said: "The celebration was brilliant and I don't regret it in the slightest. It was the best booking I've had in my life. "If I'm honest I'm not sure why I was booked because I didn't move and didn't say a word. I just turned round and there he was right by my side. "I'm not sure what I was thinking at the time. I was probably in a bit of shock at scoring with my left peg! "I was delighted with the goal - maybe I just wanted to share the moment with him! "I wasn't trying to make him snap or get him sent off. I didn't think he would spit in my face either because he's been in enough trouble over stuff like that in the past. "It was all just a bit of banter as far as I was concerned. I've been wound up by loads of people on the park and I've done it to more than my fair share of opponents as well. It's part of the game." Now the hot-headed rivals are set to slug it out in four more Old Firm matches this term and Brown insists he can't wait. He said: "I enjoyed the battle. And I'm looking forward to more. "But I'm surprised he went running to a newspaper as soon as he was off the park to complain about me. What's that all about? "What happens on the pitch should stay on the pitch but I'm not going to stand quietly back and let him say these things about me without challenging it. If he wants to make this personal then I'm good with that too."

EL HADJI DIOUF last night claimed Celtic manager Neil Lennon launched a furious verbal attack on him in the Ibrox tunnel at halftime in Sunday's Old Firm derby. Diouf has criticised the pumped-up Parkhead boss for stepping out of line by deliberately targeting him throughout Sunday's Scottish Cup cracker. The 30-year-old says he was shocked to be confronted by a raging Lennon as tempers boiled over. Diouf said: "It's true. Lennon did come at me in the tunnel. He was just trying to wind me up and get me into trouble. Everyone was trying to wind me up. That must have been Lennon's plan. "I heard him talking about me before the game and it's obvious what he was trying to get his players to do. "Then at half-time he came towards me in the tunnel, shouting at me. I can't even remember what he was saying. I think he told me to 'shut up' but I wasn't paying him much attention. "I couldn't believe a manager was behaving in this way. How can any manager have the time to wait in the tunnel for an opposing player at half-time in such a big game? Shouldn't he be in his own dressing room, waiting for his own players? "You wouldn't see a man like Walter Smith behave like that." Diouf has another four Old Firm clashes to come before his loan deal from Blackburn is up at the end of the season. First up is an SPL game a week on Sunday when Diouf returns to Celtic Park for the first time since he was caught spitting on a fan during a UEFA Cup tie with Liverpool eight years ago. But he insists he is being singled out for provocation by the Parkhead club. He said: "I don't have a problem with Lennon. I live in Glasgow now so I'm sure I will see him about, in a restaurant or something like that. If he wants to talk to me there then that's fine - we can speak man to man. "I don't have a problem with Celtic - all I want to do is enjoy playing my football. But they seem to have a problem with me. "Even at the weekend I saw John Hartson having a go at me in the paper. I have big respect for what John Hartson did as a player and I'm very sorry he has been ill with cancer. "But why does he need to pick on me? When you finish playing football sometimes it's better to stop talking and concentrate on doing other things. "But if Celtic think they can wind me up they have made a big mistake. Maybe that would have worked five years ago but I am not a kid any more. "For me, that game is over, Lennon won't wind me up. "We have another four games to come against Celtic and I can't wait to help Rangers win them."

Aye,I know that Craig,but nothing is won at this time of year,if they are so good why didn't they hump us?,we live to fight another day mate.They are whooping it up for drawing with '' a shit Rangers team '':boogie:

BLAH!BLAH!BLAH!,how many times have we heard the BHEAST players talk the talk,only for the Rangers players to walk the walk

I was shouting for EHD to take the penalty right in front of the BHEASTS,after them showering him with coins when he took a corner they would have lost the plot if he had scored

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/9359756.stm

Congratulations Cammy

By ANDREW SMITH THE Rangers support last night delivered an emphatic verdict on the signing of El Hadji Diouf. If you've spat on a Celtic fan then you are alright by us, is the only way to interpret the reception they gave to the Satanised Senegalese striker. The roar as he replaced the injured Lee McCulloch after 20 minutes, which was accompanied by low cries of "Diouf, Diouf, Diouf", represented the sort of garlanded welcome no-one had anticipated. It was all so cordial. Indeed, as he had warmed up earlier, a small group of fans chanted "he's blue, he's white, he gobs on green and white, El Hadji Diouf". Maybe the Ibrox faithful were so happy to see the 30-year-old in the flesh because they could then be relieved that he doesn't have horns and a tail. He showed in a sparky run-out that his combustibility could be channelled elsewhere than spitting on fans and spitting venom in the most foul terms imaginable at a stricken opponent, the main items on a lengthy charge sheet. For all his crimes and misdemeanours, the press Diouf has attracted in recent days has proved as over-the-top as his most despicable activities. Yes, he is a reprehensible character. In that he is hardly alone among the football fraternity. Indeed, reprehensible characters are to be found in all walks of life. Even, indeed, in reprehensible newspapers where such people will happily become tu'penny ha'penny moralisers on subjects such as, eh, the conduct of Diouf. And let's face it, when it comes to the many, many bampots that have (dis)graced Scottish football, Diouf appears a minor horror. His notoriety almost exclusively centres on what has issued from his mouth, in terms of phlegm and words. He is a toytown bully boy, then. At Ibrox alone in recent times they have held faith with former heroes who have consorted with terrorists and beaten their wives. Subjectivity can always make for standards that seem to double themselves over. More pertinent for Walter Smith will be the sort of player, not the person, he has recruited from Blackburn. The signing, which the Rangers manager discovered was a possibility at 5pm on Monday, was a no-brainer. Freeing up the wages paid to James Beattie, by packing the Englishman off on loan to Blackpool, allowed it to happen. And swapping Diouf for Beattie, whatever the attendant condemnatory publicity, is good football business. From his first moments, Diouf looked more with it, more likely to be the originator of attacking menace, than Beattie did across his whole ten goalless appearances. Not that the Senegalese man might find scoring any easier as it is now ten months since he has found the target. In his defence - and you don't often hear that phrase when the career of the former Lens, Liverpool, Sunderland, Bolton man is under discussion - he tends to play wide, Steven Davis moved inside to allow him to be deployed on the right of a five-man midfield. Diouf was immediately into the thick of it, Marius Zaliukas booked for taking him out unceremoniously. The forward then demonstrated a flair for the dramatic by tumbling spectacularly under another innocuous challenge from the Lithuanian - who, moments later, Diouf cut down in an act of retribution that referee Brian Winter decided to let go unpunished. A marked man in the media, it seemed a similar story with those in maroon jerseys, since before the half was out Ian Black had also had his name taken for cementing the Senegalese man. Mind you, Black dishes out the treatment irrespective of reputation. The half ended with Diouf, who demonstrated his fiery nature by going berserk at a couple of daft decisions, seeking out Winter and calmly questioning the official about some of the treatment meted out to him. The new man was presented with the perfect opportunity to end his goal drought midway through the second period when a poor passback put him in on goal. But Diouf dithered and the chance went abegging. He continued to make a nuisance of himself - in the right way - and in the closing minutes Ryan Stevenson became the third player to be cautioned for a crude tackle on him. It doesn't make for such great copy but the truth is that last night Diouf was more victimised than vicious. http://www.scotsman.com/rangersfc/Diouf-gets-warm-welcome-from.6709726.jp?articlepage=2

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xgv61e_rangers-v-hearts-fulltime-show-february-2nd-2011_sport

I'll go with happy,although I'd say reasonably happy,I do think we have came out of the transfer window better than I expected,by that I mean happy that we only lost Miller,Webster & Beattie don't count,and still have the backbone of our league winning team to which we have strengthened with the 3 new signings

It is going to be interesting,WS knew what he was buying:sneaky:

Our destiny is in our own hands my friend,keep the faith as we drive towards 3 in a row:robbo:

It's all about picking up points from now on,not about performances,but we are due the Hertz a humping and send a message to the BHEASTS that we are the champions. So I fancy a good win tonight. The Champions 4 - Naismith 2,Whittaker,Diouf Hertz 0

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1348068/Soccer-player-spat-at-trainee-lawyer.html

It's really funny how the BHEASTS are taking the morale high ground on his signing!!!!,I just did a google search on Celtic players spitting............some interesting reading:smile: http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&xhr=t&q=Celtic+players+spitting&cp=23&pf=p&sclient=psy&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=Celtic+players+spitting&pbx=1&fp=5083440815b601b8 Not forgetting Viduka He was also embarrassed after being involved in an incident at Dunfermline when he spat at the Parsâ�� Marc Millar, an action that resulted in him being hammered with a �£20,000 fine by Celtic. http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/editor-s-picks/strikes-spits-and-spats-of-enigma-mark-viduka-1.1039307

http://www.brfcs.co.uk/mb/index.php/topic/24046-diouf/

Both:),he's a CH but can also play RB I believe