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Quote: he is an absolute carrot of the highest order Quote: the reporters must cream them self at the prospect of interviewing he and Samaras feeling down? had a crap weekend? wife being ploughtered by someone else? dont be down the pre match interview with the Celtic mouth pieces is on the horizon Quote: Get this clown out of the club. I'd rather see Paddy McCourt at centre half at Ipox than this bol'lox ever again in a Celtic shirt Quote: O'Dea goes on loan. Caldwell bumps his gums knowing he can't be dropped really. Tit. Quote: I hope Mowbray benches you tomorrow and you are gone in January. An average player who deserves an average wage. Quote: This feckin gombeen is on another planet. I'll carry him to his next club. Some Kerrydale quotes on him. Seems hes as popular there as he is here!

Glad you're not trying to defend them , there pain gives me so much pleasure :devil:

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1st, 48% now

The prolific centre-forward is at a crossroads in his career and may have to leave Ibrox to prove his worth Walter Smith's probable team selection for Rangers' Champions League group stage opening fixture in Stuttgart may have been a subject for pre-match debate but one thing was plain. Again, on the big occasion, there would be no place for Kris Boyd. And so it proved ââ?¬â?? the prolific marksman was left among the substitutes for the entire 90 minutes in the Mercedes-Benz Arena. It was folly to imagine Smith would alter his approach of deploying only one striker for European games but, in his defence, the midfield presence of JÃ?©rÃ?´me Rothen and Steven Naismith offered a more attacking edge than has been witnessed in the past. The manager was perfectly vindicated by a rousing second-half performance. The Glasgow club could even have won a match whose 1-1 result they would have gleefully accepted before a ball was kicked. So what of Boyd and, more pertinently, how many times will the striker accept being deployed as something of a specialist ââ?¬â?? utilised and apparently deemed reliable only in domestic matches? Even then, the former Kilmarnock striker is frequently left out of the side for Rangers' bigger Scottish Premier League matches. There is no doubt, however, that he will feature when Rangers visit Rugby Park tomorrow. Boyd has toyed with Kilmarnock since leaving in a Ã?£400,000 deal, averaging more than a goal a game against his former employers. To the untrained eye, this is a curious situation. Boyd's Rangers strike-rate is hugely impressive. In 93 league starts ââ?¬â?? and 23 appearances from the bench ââ?¬â?? he has scored 81 goals. He is equally prolific in domestic cup competitions. The devil, though, is in the detail. Why has the 26-year-old made fewer than 100 SPL starts since moving to Ibrox in January 2006? His limitations are clear, even if Boyd continues to produce what many argue is the most crucial commodity in football ââ?¬â?? goals. His movement and link-up play is poor, he is not particularly impressive in the air for someone who is 6ft 1in and he lacks the kind of pace which you would expect players at the top level to possess. Yet it would be harsh to suggest Boyd lacks a canny football brain. His knack of being in the right place at the right time proves the absurdity of that theory. In simple terms, if you merged the respective talents of Boyd and his club-mate Kenny Miller, you may come up with the finest striker Scotland has produced for years. But for all that Boyd's decision to exclude himself from international duty while George Burley remains in office is silly. The simple reason for this, after all, is that Boyd was not deemed a first choice for the starting XI. If he adopted the same stance at his club, presumably he would currently be on strike. Boyd is unlikely to start when Sevilla visit Glasgow in under a fortnight. With under a year left on his contract, there will come a time when the player must ask himself how he can realise his ambitions of playing at the top level. Boyd is a Rangers supporter, he showed no willingness to leave the club last month amid lucrative interest from Turkey. He was similarly dismissive of a move to Birmingham City in January. Rangers' financial troubles have been well publicised, yet their eagerness to accept offers for the centre-forward illustrates that they regard him as a disposable asset. The level of the teams which have come in for him ââ?¬â?? there has not exactly been vigorous interest ââ?¬â?? provides tacit admission of his failings. In January Boyd would be sensible from both a personal and financial point of view to rebuff any transfer opportunities. Rangers, conversely, will surely seek to cash in on him at the last available opportunity. There is, after all, no current suggestion at all that Boyd will be offered a new deal at Ibrox. Comparisons have been made between Boyd and two of his prolific predecessors in light blue. Jim Forrest, the only player to reach 50 Rangers goals quicker than Boyd, four decades ago, was basically drummed out of Ibrox after the infamous Scottish Cup defeat by Berwick Rangers. Forrest scored an amazing 57 goals in the 1964-65 season, but was dispatched to Preston North End almost entirely because of that Berwick debacle two years later. Another analogy, more crucially, is made with Ally McCoist. It is often forgotten that the club's record goalscorer also had his share of critics during his 15 years at Rangers because of his supposed lack of interest or ability outside the penalty area. Boyd, too, openly frustrates an element of his team's own support. His bad games are seriously bad and last Saturday at Motherwell was a prime example. McCoist and Boyd are inextricably linked now. McCoist is widely tipped to step up from his current position as assistant manager in the near future. Such a move will mean his assessment of Boyd is crucial to the player's future. As more nights such as Wednesday pass him by, it becomes more and more likely that his future will be away from Rangers. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2009/sep/18/kris-boyd-rangers

A CELTIC fan who waved an IRA flag at Ibrox was yesterday fined �£500 and banned from football for three years. Yob Aaron Laing, 21, committed the offence while he was dating a niece of then Hoops manager Gordon Strachan. Full story: http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/2643121/IRA-flag-Celtic-fan-hit-with-a-three-year-football-ban.html

I suspect there are many like us

Agreed, the Romanians won't be easy

It is a bit early for this, however although we put in a good second half performance against Stuttgart I'm still not that confident, right now I'd take a draw, no doubt as we get nearer to k-off I'll believe we will win though

Yip.............keep playing '' the celtic way ''

Hapoel boss Eli Guttman said: "I was confident because we were the better team on the field and were creating the better chances. This is a difficult group and there will still be a lot of tough games, but we have started well."

KDS is in meltdown, a massive TIMplosion

Aye,channel five, after the Everton game

Yip, I was meaning Rangers accepting a bid for him,not Bougherra wanting the cash

Agree with the part regarding Bougherra going to a top 5 EPL team,he's a good player but I don't think he's good enough to play for any of them. Although we must remember it's all about money, if a decent offer comes in does he have much choice ??

He is the SPL player of the year though !!!!!!

I would prefer he played at Ibrox, rather than away from home

Done..............I checked what one I was voting for :-]

Are you just chasing my comments ?? Fact is Mendes gets away with murder,when was the last time he played a decent game ?

And he's foreign

Yip, Naismith for me, the wee man was everywhere

Stuttgart manager Marcus Babble says if they don't go through to the next round of the CL, he won't blame it on the sunshine, he won't blame it on the moonlight, he won't blame it on the good times, he'll blame it on the BOUGGY!!!!!!

Been saying that for ages Pete,vastly overated IMO,BF would have been slaughtered for performing the way he does,continually

Respect to WS, and the players. We did deserve to win the game over 90 minutes IMO

Fraser, if I hear that saying again I think I will crack up, there can be no criticism towards Rangers for the way they went about their business tonight, AWAY FROM HOME. WATP.