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Fookin quality,timmy are non to pleased with this,no doubt it will be highlighted with another poor attempt to get one over on us........WATP :moon:

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WALTER SMITH has praised his fantastic players after Rangers progressed through to the semi-final stage of a European competition for the first-time in 36 years against Sporting Lisbon tonight. Kirk Broadfoot celebrates with DarchevilleTerrific second-half strikes from Jean-Claude Darcheville and Steven Whittaker secured a hugely memorable victory in the Portuguese capital. The Light Blues thoroughly deserved their win and the gaffer was understandably beaming with pride after the final whistle in the Jose Alvalade Stadium. He said: "It is a terrific achievement for us to be in the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup. "I thought we played extremely well tonight, especially in the second-half. "In the first we were a bit disappointed as our final ball let us down a few times which was a bit frustrating. "But I was delighted with the way we performed after half-time and the goals were terrific. "The first was a great move involving Jean-Claude and Steven (Davis) and the second was excellent work from Steven Whittaker. Walter Smith instructs his team in Lisbon "When he picked the ball up it looked as though he was going to feed in Daniel but he kept going and showed brilliant composure to score. "That was a bit of icing on the cake for us and I am so proud of the players. "They have worked ever so hard and when you consider that after the Fiorentina games we will have played 18 games in Europe, that underlines the effort they have put in. "They are a great bunch of boys and it is a pleasure to be working with them." Serie A giants Fiorentina now lie in wait for the Gers in the semis and the club's Chief Scout Ewan Chester watched the club's opponents tonight against PSV. He said: "Ewan was in Eindhoven to watch Fiorentina in action so we will get the full run down from him. "We don't know a great deal about them but we will get the full run down by David Moyes at Everton. "At the end of the day we are just delighted to be in the semi-final as it raises the profile of our club. "It is the first time we have been in this position for a long time and we are just delighted to be there."

EURO goal hero Jean-Claude Darcheville insists Rangers can now go all the way to the UEFA Cup Final after a stunning 2-0 victory over Sporting tonight. Jean Claude DarchevilleDarcheville grabbed the vital first goal in the fantastic triumph over the Portuguese men and he firmly believes Fiorentina can be beaten in the semi-finals. It was a night of sheer joy for Rangers and the fans and Darche lapped it up as the travelling Bears chanted his name. He said: "This was a very important night for us and I am delighted that we are in the semi-finals. "It was a very good performance by the team and now we go through to play Fiorentina and although I know they are a very good team, we can beat them. "I was delighted to get the goal and it was a good piece of play from Steve Davis to set me up and then I put the ball in the net.Kirk Broadfoot celebrates with Darcheville "I feel I am getting stronger now and I believe I can have a very strong finish to the season. "I am playing more like the striker I know I am and I think the fans can see the real Darcheville next season. "However, we have many big matches to play and I want to be involved in all of them. "I came to Rangers to win trophies and we are still playing for three more."

They all did thier job last night,superb,can we no just give it to them all ?,Cuellar

One thing that was annoying me about Carlos last.......................I think Jim Beglin is on a % for selling the big man

Just shows the depth of our squad mate :cheers:

As i said mate,i'm not having a go at him,or any of our heros tonight :cheers:

Craig,it's deffo tongue in cheek and total sarcasm from me with this anti football pish,i'm with you on the formation and it's a great formation,with the right players to play it..........WATP

Silly booking..................but who gives a flying fook......they were all heros tonight,and for the season so far.........WATP

Aye,but it's the unbiased,no agenda and the genuine excitement from them that wins it for me

Fookin brilliant :cheers:

I actually thought Hemdani was our worst performer,but i'm not one for being negative and slagging off players, as for me it's a team game...........and what a team we have,so let's all enjoy our wonderfull season,so far,and get behind the GERS for the rest of the season and sing them home

I fookin love our anti football style...............................anti football my arse...................we play a very good form of modern day football,and i'm glad I watched it on ITV4 as the lads on there were as happy as every other GERS fan

Never been happier to lose money...........WATP

Absolutely fantastic result,one we deserved considering the anti football we play,I was very confidnt of going through,but the way we performed was like a top class european side,timmy will be spewing,and although i'm confident we can get past Fiorentina,not easy,I still don't think we are good enough to win it,but hey............what do I know,if you're in the final then you have as much chance as the other team................WATP

Oh ye of little faith brother

Zenit game on now

Just stuck �£20 on 1-1 @11/2,and another �£20 on 2-2 @14/1.........c'mon the GERS !!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok then,we're one goal away from getting ko'd from the quarter final of a european tournament.............

Win lose or draw...............I CANNY FOOKIN WAIT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fook me guys !!!!!!!!!!!!!,possibly one goal away from a european semi final............................................I thought the forum would be buzzing,ya dancer mon the GERS !!!!!!!!!!!!!.WATP

Apr 10 2008 By Alan Carson QUICK-THINKING Rangers fans helped revive Chelsea star Paulo Ferreira after he collapsed in an airport terminal. Stunned supporters were having their picture taken with the �£13million defender yesterday when he slumped unconscious. One fan told how he quickly gave him emergency first-aid he had learned in the Boys' Brigade decades ago. The fan said: "He came round after a couple of minutes and said he hadn't eaten anything since the day before. "He also said he had been feeling light-headed when he came off the plane. "At least those BB first aid lessons from 30 years ago finally came in handy. All in all, it was an eventful start to our trip." The drama happened as thousands of Rangers supporters were flying out to Portugal for the Ibrox side's crunch UEFA cup tie against Sporting Lisbon. A group of fans had spotted Ferreira, 29, boarding their flight at Heathrow - wearing a red, white and blue jumper. They caught up with him after the plane touched down at Lisbon airport and asked for a photo. But as the talented right-back posed for snaps, he suddenly lost consciousness. The fan said: "Paulo was on our flight, resplendent in a Union-Jack jumper. "We were behind him in the queue for passport control and when we got through to the other side, decided to ask him for a photo. "I had taken a pic of my mate and him and was going to ask if I could get one with me in it. "But as I turned to shake his hand and congratulate him on the previous night's result, he was slumped over a chair. "I got him off the chair and down on to the floor in the recovery position. I then made sure his airway was clear, while my mate went off to get help." Within minutes, dazed Ferreira came round and admitted he had been feeling poorly throughout the flight. The fan added: "I think he was quite embarrassed about it and didn't want any fuss. "We walked out with him to the exit to make sure he was ok. "He was met by a woman I presume was his wife and a boy." On Tuesday night, Ferreira, who did not play, watched Chelsea beat Turkish outfit Fenerbahce 2-0 to clinch a Champions League semi-final tie against Liverpool. He was spotted out on the town in London later that night as he and his teammates celebrated the victory until 3am. Ferreira joined Chelsea in 2004 in a �£13.2million transfer from Porto. He signed a lucrative new five-year deal in January. After a 0-0 draw at Ibrox last week, Rangers face Sporting Lisbon tonight in the second leg of their UEFA Cup quarter-final.

I like the idea of the likes of Ally and Durrant being at the club,ex players,but right now I can't see Ally being manager,maybe in the future !!!

I will keep knocking back buy-out bids unless they make the club stronger Sir David Murray by Darrell King RANGERS owner Sir David Murray today revealed how he almost sold the club last summer. But the Ibrox supremo did not feel that the interested suitor was right in terms of taking the club forward. The Edinburgh-based millionaire is approaching his 20th anniversary as chairman, and has said on a few occasions in the past year or so that he would sell up to the right person. But Murray - who again insisted major plans to revamp Ibrox and the surrounding area WILL be unveiled soon - remained at the helm despite the in-depth talks over buying his controlling shares. advertisementMurray said in an interview on RTV: "I repeat this again, I will not sell the club to anybody who I don't believe is in the best interests of Rangers. "I could have sold the club last summer when we had an opportunity to do a deal. But when I examined it, I genuinely did not believe it was in the best interests of the club. "Yes, eventually, I will go. All I can say is that when I do move on, I will hopefully leave the club in good shape and leave it to the right people to take Rangers forward. "As I come up to my 20th year, I have won 13 titles and 28 trophies overall. I have been reasonably successful, I have enjoyed the highs and gone with the pain of the lows - that is part of being chairman of a big club like Rangers. "If you haven't got the broad shoulders, then don't take it on and leave. But I am happy to take on the responsibility, it goes with the ticket. "We won the CIS Cup recently and that was very satisfying for all Rangers fans, including myself, and I would love to win more this season, that is what we are striving for. "I have always tried to be honest and treat everyone correctly. You can't keep everyone happy, everyone has an opinion, but I think throughout my stewardship I have always tried to have an integrity, and hopefully I will be judged that way when I finally leave." Rangers' plans for Ibrox have been met with raised eyebrows given the overall figures of �£750m that have been bandied around. Three options are being looked at, one of which would see the stadium rebuilt to a 70,000-capacity based on the Sapporo Dome in Japan, and Murray is adamant all will be revealed. He rapped: "There has been a lot of cynicism about this, but that is the way of things here in Scotland. But I had further meetings last week with councils and developers. "As soon as it is possible, and all legals are drawn up, we will make an announcement. "There is a wonderful opportunity to regenerate the whole of the area, the stadium, the areas across the road and the whole Hinshlewood area of Govan. "I hope our supporters will be pleasantly surprised when we make an announcement as soon as we can." Fans are more interested, as always, on what will happen on the pitch. Murray has vowed to back manager Walter Smith in the transfer market this summer, with a fund of �£10m said to be available. There was, of course, the �£9m sale of Alan Hutton to Spurs which offset just about all of the net spend last summer on 12 players. The chairman revealed that Smith wants to buy "three or four" first team picks instead of squad bulk like last summer. Murray explained: "The fact is we can only spend the income we have got. If we make a profit, then I'll spend it, if we don't make a profit we can't spend it. "People can moan and groan all they want, but we must balance the books as a football club. I have read people saying: Are Rangers a selling club?' We will only sell if the figure is seen to be one that you can't turn down, as with Alan Hutton. "That was a figure that we, as a board, could not turn down. We did not want to lose Alan, and initially he didn't want to go. "But he came round to the idea that it would be in his best interests, and give his family the security of a wage structure that was so much higher than he could ever get in Scotland. "I don't mind spending money on players who are young and who have their best years ahead of them. What we must not do is spend a lot of money on 30-year-olds when there is no residual value. "If you spend and invest on Steven Naismith and Steven Whittaker, players of that ilk, then it's good sound business. "But where we perhaps got it wrong was buying players at the wrong end of their careers as we strove to get European success - that backfired on us. "Financially, this club is in good shape. We have funds to spend, we showed good interim profits for six months and we will make a profit for the year net of all costs