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The Hivs are quite right to be optimistic/confident, however the way we are playing I am very confident of humping them on Sunday

Disagree, what a load of shite...............only joking

agreed agreed

Agreed. If we can continue to play as we have been recently then we will blow away anyone in the SPL,long may our form continue

Borrowed from another forum: Gers Cash Boost Rangers, the financially struggling champions of the Scottish Premier League, received more than €30 million from participation in this season's Champions League, despite exiting the competition after the group stage. Rangers, who benefited from the fact that rivals Celtic failed to qualify for the competition's group round, received €7.9 million in prize money for group stage matches - despite failing to win a single match. Rangers recorded just two draws in the group, and suffered a humiliating loss against Unirea Urziceni at Ibrox. The team secured a point in the return fixture, as well as away in Stuttgart, but did not win a single one of their three matches in Glasgow. The €7.9 million is far from the only financial gain Rangers will receive from the competition. According to a study commissioned by MasterCard, Uefa will make additional payments to group stage teams dependent on the commercial success of the tournament, which the report suggests could amount to approximately €12 million per club. The study also suggests ticket revenues have generated an average of €8.55 million in income from the group stage, with commercial and marketing revenues accounting for a further €6 million on average. All told, Rangers have collected well over €30 million from participation in the competition. That money could prove vital to the club's future, after a season so far dominated by headlines of financial woe. Rangers are far from alone in the Scottish top flight in facing such problems - the collapse of Irish broadcaster Setanta last summer left a huge hole in the league's revenues - but their dificulties have been more publicised than most. Manager Walter Smith will work without a contract from next month as the club's majority shareholder, Sir David Murray, tries to sell his stake in the club.

I'm not saying I am right SA, maybe our resident accountants can clear it up ,step forward Craig & BD

we made ââ??¬7.9m from the games, about ââ??¬10m from TV for Scotland, and about ââ??¬3m for the 3 homes games. So that takes you to about ââ??¬21m ?, bad maths from me ??

So according to this Rangers earned about €21m ?.

A team that competed in the UEFA Champions League group stage this season is likely to receive a minimum amount of €7.1m according to the revenue distribution system in place for the 2009/10 campaign. Group-stage dividends Each of the 32 clubs in the group stage will receive a participation bonus of €3.8m plus a match bonus of €550,000 per group game played. On top of this, performance bonuses will be paid: €800,000 for every win and €400,000 for every draw in the group stage. Knockout rewards From there, the 16 teams that reached the first knockout round will each collect €3m, the eight quarter-finalists €3.3m apiece, and the four semi-finalists €4m each. The winners of the final in Madrid on 22 May will pocket €9m and the runners-up €5.2m. It follows, then, that any side winning all six group-stage games would be entitled to €11.9m, a figure that would rise immediately to €14.9m because that side would be qualified for the last 16. Distribution model This season a fixed amount of €413.1m has been destined for clubs in the UEFA Champions League from the group stage onwards and in the UEFA Super Cup. FC Barcelona, as winners of the 2009 UEFA Super Cup, picked up €2.5m and runners-up FC Shakhtar Donetsk €2m. UEFA's distribution system is based on a projected figure for the gross commercial revenue created by the 2009/10 UEFA Champions League and the 2009 UEFA Super Club. UEFA encourages all clubs to adopt a prudent approach in budgeting anticipated income. Solidarity payments Some €55m has been allocated exclusively to the UEFA Champions League play-off round, meaning each of the 20 clubs participating in the play-offs could expect a fixed amount of €2.1m. As in the 2006-09 cycle, €10.3m will also have been reserved for solidarity payments to teams eliminated in the qualifying phase of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. Media and commercial Seventy-five per cent of the total revenue from media rights and commercial contracts concluded by UEFA, up to a maximum of €530m, will go to the clubs. The remaining 25 per cent will be reserved for European football and remain with UEFA to cover organisational and administrative costs and solidarity payments to associations, clubs and leagues. Sharing of additional revenue Eighty-two per cent of any revenue in excess of €530m will go to the clubs, with the remaining 18 per cent benefiting UEFA and European football as explained above. Furthermore, 6.5 per cent will be deducted from the gross share of participating clubs for distribution to clubs not participating in the UEFA Champions League or UEFA Europa League but from leagues with one representative or more in the UEFA Champions League play-offs or group stage. Market pool The estimated available amount for the television market pool – €337.8m – will be distributed according to the proportional value of each TV market represented by the clubs taking part from the group stage onwards. A given national association's share will be split between its participating clubs according to these clubs' performances in the previous domestic league season and also in proportion to the number of matches that each of the teams plays in the 2009/10 UEFA Champions League. Ã?©uefa.com 1998-2009. All rights reserved. http://www.uefa.com/uefa/keytopics/kind=16384/newsid=935017.html OOPS!, this is in the wrong place !!

MADJID BOUGHERRA collected the Algerian player of the year award last night ... then repeated his intention to see out the rest of the season at the Ibrox club, writes Thomas Jordan. The Rangers defender has been linked with a return to the Premiership during the January transfer window, but said he is ââ?¬Å?200 per centââ?¬Â committed to trying to help Rangers defend their SPL title this season. He said: ââ?¬Å?The Premier League is my objective. In terms of motivation and desire, I think I have the qualities to play there. ââ?¬Å?With which club, I donââ?¬â?¢t know. However, I feel I have the potential because I have already played there. ââ?¬Å?Now, if I leave Rangers, it would have to be to a club with ambitions. I have learned how to win trophies and titles and I want more. ââ?¬Å?I donââ?¬â?¢t think I could play for a club that has nothing to play for. It is clear that Iââ?¬â?¢ll finish the season. We will see what the future holds. But Iââ?¬â?¢m 200 per cent staying with Rangers for now.ââ?¬Â

And a MOPE

We'll be ok against the thuggish MOPES

I've already said he will come good,I am a fan

Not forgetting the incredible decision to give the POTY award to Clodwell over Bougherra

I don't think we should change our formation or personel,especially for the Hivs game,in fact for any of our games including the MOPES game,the way we are playing these teams will be shitting it from us,if we continue on this form our guys will RAPE the MOPES

STEVE CONROY will take charge of his first Old Firm clash when Celtic and Rangers go head-to-head at Parkhead on January 3. It will be 43-year-old Conroyââ?¬â?¢s first crack at handling an Old Firm clash ââ?¬â?? and the SFA are convinced he has what it takes to come through the biggest test in his refereeing career with flying colours. Conroy has taken charge of games involving both Celtic and Rangers in the past, but this is his first oppor-tunity to be the man in the middle when they are facing each other. The SFA aim to introduce a new batch of referees to the famous fixture. The only top-flight officials who have taken charge of an Old Firm clash are Craig Thomson, Dougie McDonald and Calum Murray as the recent retirements of Kenny Clark and Stuart Dougal have left the SFA short of referees with Old Firm experience. But Conroy is now believed to possess the credentials to cope with whatever the fixture might throw at him ââ?¬â?? and it is understood he has worked closely with refereesââ?¬â?¢ chief Hugh Dallas in recent times. He did, however, send Walter Smith to the stand earlier this season as Rangers dropped two points against Kilmarnock at Rugby Park. The whistler had earlier sent off Pedro Mendes in one of four red cards he has shown in 11 appearances this season. He has also issued 49 cautions in those matches. Conroy was also in charge when Celtic drew at home to Dundee United earlier in the season as well as in their recent victory over St Mirren.

I agree regarding Fleck,I firmly believe he will eventually come good as there is no doubt he has the talent.Little will get more game time as well and Wilson seems to have made the step into the first team with ease so he will play a big part this season

I didn't think he was much better than any of our own youth players,they are all good young potential but it's making the next step up where most seem to fail,for instance Fleck is full of potential but has yet to take that next step. All that aside I hope the lad goes onto make the grade.

So,if we win the bounce game these players will get their confidence back ?, even if they play shite ?.I think playing well is more important,which you can do and still lose,and is more likely to give you confidence. This is going nowhere :yawn:

There is the dream of Europe: Thousands of fans line the streets of Glasgow, Scotland, cheering wildly as the team bus makes its way to Ibrox Stadium. In the stands, 30,000 Rangers supporters are waiting, giddy with appreciation as the players make their triumphant stroll around the field. In the middle of it all, two American stars wave the U.S. flags that some folks in the crowd just handed to them, as if the Scottish Premier League championship they've just helped deliver were as important as the liberation of Paris. Then again, there is the reality of Europe: It's Christmastime, and Ibrox is filled for Rangers vs. Celtic, one of the fiercest rivalries in all of sports, so intense and profitable that it's known as the Old Firm. But the home team just lost, and those Rangers fans are angry. "Disgraceful," they're saying. "Absolute shite." As for the two Americans? They could do nothing about it. Because they're injured, or had been injured and lost their starting spot. Or they're not injured but aren't training well. Or they are training well, but ... who the hell knows? Bottom line, they're not playing. And the longer they don't play, the more they see that other dream -- the one about playing for the U.S. in the 2010 World Cup -- slowly slipping away. This, right now, is the world of DaMarcus Beasley and Maurice Edu and, at various times, of nearly every other American who has played soccer for a European club. Best of times. Worst of times. A tale of two continents. Full article : http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/story/_/id/4754688/ce/us/road-international-success-players-maurice-edu-damarcus-beasley-europe-good-team-usa?cc=5739&ver=global

No it's not,it's a bounce game, and our players are full of confidence

The result is not what is important

Were we not told by the high heid yins that there was a list of top quality managers that had applied for the job ?,right so we'll just appoint a manager that has won feck all in his entire managerial career,yip,sounds about right

Great to see him getting back to playing football,it can only benefit us as he will be looking to get motoring with the WC next year,as well as us looking a bit short of CM players

Steady now Craig :box: