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It'll be interesting to see what these players wages will be!!,we couldn't afford Gudjohnsn or Eagles

If we sign Beattie,Smith & Jelavic as well as having Miller maybe we should just play four up front:)

Ah well,looks like it's on

According to the Rangers site,maybe I should add Beattie for a goal:)

I hope your right mate,Miller has become too valuable to our team

The thing is with WS trying to sign Jelavic,Beattie and maybe Smith, it does worry me that Miller will leave

It's back:) The Champions 3 - Miller2,davis Killie 0 :spl:

You holding back to see if you have to include Jelavic & or Beattie?

Get some in the fridge for Saturday mate;)

I'll bet the TRANNY ARMY were glad he was playing last night:whistle:

Carefull now,that won't go down too well with some on here:)

Glad you know what I'm talking about, I don't:)

No mate,I'm just showing my ignorance of the rules:), I was just asking because he is here for 2-3 weeks on trial

I meant as a trialist though johnny?

Out of interest,is Barazite available for the league opener on Saturday?.

Is it not quite common for work permits to be initially rejected?, and in any case I wouldn't put too much faith in the truth of this.The BHEASTS seem to have no trouble aquiring work permits for their Mexican,Korean etc signings

How much is Velicka on compared to what we would be paying Beattie?

Have to agree Frankie,it doesn't fill me with excitement

The thing about being linked to these type of players is that you would think the likes of Blackpool,Wolves etc would be interested in signing them if they could still do a job?,you would think they have more money than us?.

ARTHUR NUMAN reckons Holland Under-21 star Nacer Barazite will be a revelation at Rangers. The Arsenal front man is on trial at Gers with a view to a loan deal at Ibrox if he impresses. Barazite played in the second-string's 2-1 defeat to Glentoran on Tuesday night and did enough to catch the eye of coach Ian Durrant. Former Gers defender Numan - now Dutch Under-21 assistant boss - believes Barazite can do his old club a turn. Numan told SunSport: "Nacer is such a promising youngster and Rangers have seen the quality he has in the friendly against Glentoran. "We have promising players with the Holland Under-21s and they all play every week, which is what Nacer needs. "He needs to play every week to become stronger and gain more experience so I think a move to Rangers would be ideal." Numan knows all about Barazite's capabilities having watched him several times last season for the Gunners' reserves. Numan said: "I know him from the Holland Under-21s as he was in the squad for a couple of games. I have also seen him play a number of times for Arsenal reserves. "We have a number of players in England and sometimes I will go over and see them. "He was in the Under-21 squad for six game but he then picked up a shoulder injury. "He had to have an operation and was out for three or four months so hopefully he will be playing soon for a club. "He is someone who can play in a number of positions on the left, right or through the middle. "As a coach, you have different options with him which is quite an advantage. "He is a strong and tall - and he has experience at the highest level with Holland and Arsenal. "He is 20 and at the stage where he wants to play every week. He doesn't want to be playing every Monday in the reserves. He will want to prove himself at the highest level. "I think that's one of the reasons he has gone to Rangers to try to get a move there." Read more: http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/sport/spl/3091631/Roll-out-the-Bara.html#ixzz0wN2LSQJ8

THE worry was the Tartan Army were going to boo him. But after last night, the Scotland fans should be CHEERING Allan McGregor. In his first game in 16 months since Bevvygate, McGregor was supposed to be facing the firing squad. Thing is, the Rangers No1 thought he'd be shot down by his own punters, not Sweden's strikers. But as disappointing as that first half was for Craig Levein's boys, it was a massive 45 minutes for the Ibrox keeper. In my eyes, despite conceding two goals, once again he proved his class between the sticks. Without him, Scotland would have been FOUR down. His first touch was supposed to attract a chorus of catcalls. If the Tartan Army were booing him, you couldn't hear it for the Sweden fans celebrating as McGregor's first job back as Scotland keeper was picking the ball out of his own net. He was helpless for that goal, done in by the defenders in front of him. They were marking space but space doesn't score goals, guys like Zlatan Ibrahimovic do. But you know what, conceding that goal might just have been the BEST thing that happened to McGregor. If the jeers didn't come three minutes into his first game back and a goal down, they never will. Not unless a capacity Hampden crowd decide to get on his back first time he plays there. If I'm brutally honest though, there's no point. I used to go to Parkhead and get dog's abuse. It never bothered me. Gazza used to get booed, Coisty used to get booed. It was water off a duck's back. The reason's simple. Great players don't bother their a*** when they get booed. Bad players can't bother because they KNOW they get pelters for being s***. I'm sure McGregor didn't fancy the idea of getting booed by his own. But he IS a great player so that sort of thing wouldn't have seen him have too many sleepless nights. In any case, he's proved 100 per cent Scotland need him. Advertisement Quantcast There's every justification for him being No1. Craig Gordon is world class but if Gregsy got the nod he couldn't complain. His saves last night proved that. Levein will be delighted with the way he played. He won't be too chuffed with the rest of the team right enough. You're only as good as the players in front of you - and the boys in front of him weren't very good at all. The midfielders never tracked runs and it all led to a lot of pressure put on the keeper. People might criticise him for spilling that shot in the first half from Ola Toivonen. But the way he reacted to save the follow up from Johan Elmander was different class. He had the reactions you expect from a top class keeper and I thought he deserved credit. His save before Bajrami hit the second was a classic. Again, he was let down by his team-mates to gift the boy so much space in the first place, but it was a brilliant reaction save. It was just the same in the second half and McGregor saved his mates from a real humiliation. He made two brilliant saves, the first from Elmander, the second from Christian Wilhelmsen. It could have been eight or nine, I defy anyone to say he wasn't our man of the match. Tell me anyone else in that Scotland side you could give that award to? Levein was a rugged, no-nonsense defender. He MUST see that performance wasn't good enough and be willing to do something about it. I think he'll also see he's got a top keeper on his hands who will make sure Gordon's NOT guaranteed his place back. The thing that pleases me about last night was it didn't surprise me. Maybe other people were taken aback by the level of his performance, but I know what he's all about. I just hope this has nailed the notion of McGregor being a Scotland villain. He's done the crime but he's also done the time. All the boys involved in that whole mess knew they were out of order. Sometimes I just wonder if McGregor gets a rougher ride as he's the so called bad-boy. Whatever's gone on in his life, I think he's proved he's back to his best. Walter Smith is the best in the business at using adversity to get the most out of his players. McGregor finished last season strong and he's started this campaign in the same way. Once the sting of defeat fades from the Sweden game, I think he'll see last night in Stockholm closed the book on Bevvygate. Read more: http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/sport/3091849/Get-the-cheers-in-for-Allan.html#ixzz0wMwn7glL

STOKE striker James Beattie will arrive in to Glasgow today for talks with Rangers and is set to seal a �£1.5m switch to the SPL champions. But the Ibrox club's bid to sign Rapid Vienna hitman Nikica Jelavic is all but dead as the Croat's cash wrangle with the Austrian side remained unresolved. However, the news that Beattie is on his way to Glasgow will excite Rangers fans who have endured a two-year transfer drought. Record Sport revealed in July that Beattie was on Walter Smith's radar and he will arrive at Murray Park today for signing talks. Beattie's current �£35k-a-week salary will be a stumbling block but Rangers are hopeful of clinching a deal for the 32-year old. The Premiership club yesterday shelled out a club record �£8million for Sunderland's Kenwyne Jones and want Beattie off the wage bill. The move for Beattie comes as Jelavic's proposed switch reached breaking point. Record Sport can reveal Ibrox chief executive Martin Bain contacted the Austrian club yesterday to demand a final answer on his �£4m offer for the 24-year-old striker. He set a 24-hour deadline for Rapid and Jelavic to come to an agreement on how much the player will receive from the transfer fee - and said the offer will be withdrawn if no deal has been struck by this afternoon. Rangers boss Walter Smith had hoped that the capture of his top summer transfer target would have been secured but is now assessing alternatives. Blackburn striker Jason Roberts is one of the names on Smith's radar along with Beattie. Smith and Bain are also still waiting for an answer from Portsmouth after lodging a �£1.5m bid for winger Tommy Smith. Record Sport understands the SPL champs made their move for the 30-year-old a month ago but were told to back off while Pompey fought a battle with the tax man. They won their case last week and indicated that they would be willing to accept an Ibrox offer. Bain met their demands but has yet to get permission by the administrators to open talks with the player. In addition, the Ibrox club's hopes of signing Georgie Welcome have been hit by red tape after they failed to secure a work permit for the 25-year-old Honduran hitman. Rangers will now look to appeal but Record Sport understands that will fall on deaf ears and their attempts to sign the World Cup star will end in disappointment. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/football/spl/2010/08/12/premiership-hitman-james-beattie-jets-into-glasgow-for-rangers-move-talks-86908-22482116/

Oh dear...............!!!, piss poor

I find it hard to accept your reasoning regarding Boyd,I was a Boyd fan for his goal scoring acheivements which is really unarguable,however WS never trusted him in the big games because of his inability to contribute in other parts of his game,which is what split the Rangers fans with him.WS was happy to let him go and is convinced he will sign a player who will fit into his system better than Boyd would, and I suspect Boyd knew that and that is why he left,IMO. The proof is in the pudding,lets wait and see if Walter is correct,he has been so far!!. I think Walter knows what he is doing by replacing Boyd for the benefit of the team. Trust in Walter. Boyd could have gone to Birmingham and made Rangers some money, but he said he wanted to stay if he earned what Miller earned, which I agree with,then he said he wanted to wait and see if WS was staying before deciding,WS said he was staying then Boyd left eraning the Rangers zero. Boyd has gone,move on and let's see what the new guy has to offer.

Agreed mate, but it is the TRANNY ARMY we are talking about here,I also don't think the players would walk away for that.