Devil's advocaat

19 hours ago, compo said:

I think every manager has his shelf life

I always believed this too, but Moyes has completely bucked that trend. Mourinho looked like he was doing the same, but has rather predictably turned into an arse again.

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It always impresses me how a new manager can transform the same squad of players

Me too, but it also annoys the shit out of me how players down tools when a guy is under pressure.

19 hours ago, Captain_Buns said:

Fantastic news.  The guy is in the form of his life and I hope it continues even beyond 2022.

Aye, agree wholeheartedly. I wouldn't be surprised if he has another 2 or 3 years at the top level, he's incredibly focused and trains so intensely that he'll keep going as long as he wants. I reckon he's one of these guys that'll decide himself when it's time though.

One thing I do believe is that international football isn't actually very good to watch any more, I can't think of a national side that has been scintillating to watch for quite a few years now, most countries seem to just rely on big players performing, there's not much in the way of cohesion, movement and tactics that we've had the fortune to see at Ibrox this season.

Haaland is one player I loook out for though, the guy has everything, he must be horrendous to play against.

Even big Jack Charlton must cringe when he watches international rugby these days, these guys don't even need the fabled grandparent.

Embarrassing.

I'm with John, couldn't care less who's playing for Scotland, although admittedly I loved watching Goram, Gough, McCall, Mojo and Ally form the spine of the team when I was a teenager. Those guys played with McStay, Collins et al no probs, so I've never seen why supporters would be any different.

F### supporting an EPL eleven.

I'm with Bill on this, there's no way racism is worse than it's ever been, but what I do take, and agree, from Connor Goldsons comments is that it's been steadily getting worse online over the last wee while.

I recall being at a game against Parma, one of our greatest European nights at a rocking Ibrox, and at a break in play some wee f'in ned a few rows on front gives the monkey stuff to the a man who was possibly one of the best defenders in world football at the time. I wanted to choke the wee bastard, Thuram should have gone away with the sound of Ibrox bursting with joy in his ears, not that shite.

I think we've come a long way since even that short time ago.

No one has to kneel, plenty of rugbyists never took the knee and it never caused any issues, it's entirely down to personal choice. It was a powerful message at first, at least in American football, but the issue is that it just becomes something we do, and as such is potentially rather ineffective.

I have no issue with our players doing it or not doing it, much like one of our players showing any political or religious message, we are a broad, welcoming kirk.

I don't think they'd risk Martindale, Goodwin a more likely candidate, he's done well at St Mirren.

Big Dick was stuck between a rock and a hard place today.

Couldn't wait to bring up the scenes at Ibrox, but instead of his usual gang of miscreants, Ferguson, McCall and Dodds were his buddies, all agreeing that 'you canny really blame these fans, after the years they've had'.

He even agreed, but you could hear him choking back the bile.

Up ye ya c###

45 minutes ago, RANGERRAB said:

He looks good from what we’ve seen so far. Now though he’ll need to learn how to play for Rangers. Big difference from playing for Aberdeen 

He's got a very good teacher in Mr Jack, a perfect example of that path.

He definitely has some very good attributes, once he's been doctored in our team ethos, we'll see the best of him. I reckon him and Kent swapping wings, counter attacking at pace will be a huge asset for us for the next few years. 

Welcome to The Rangers, Scott.

Absolutely, our conditioning has been the launch platform for everything we've done this year. 

2 hours ago, alexscottislegend said:

Add Kane to that list and maybe Grealish

I've not seen much of Grealish, but I don't consider Kane to be someone that would scare me as a defender, aye he can finish, but he doesn't have frightening pace or the ability to bully either. 

Aye, I'd agree re our defence, we've never really struggled for centre halves in the past as bad as we have now.

I see a hell of a lot of 'talent' that is possibly over hyped due to the league they ply their trade in, and very few names that would genuinely worry me, apart from Sancho, Foden and Sterling. 

1 hour ago, onevision said:

Mr Hartsons unfortunate operation and condition does carry risk of side affects.

He's currently auditioning for a remake of the Goonies, the similarities between him Sloth are quite incredible. Sloth does speak a little more eloquently of course.

Arsenal next for me ??

Aye, brilliant. Stevie G standing by his players, the way it should be. ??

A 'well informed' idiot at work was telling anyone who listened yesterday that Martinez and Maloney will be in place after the summer. Made me smile.

We are all Keith Lemon.

JJ did more for us in Europe than Negri ever did IMHO.

Is this players who played for us in europe, or european players who played for us (I think not with the inclusion of Moore and Reyna, but then Negri wasn't here long enough to have a big impact in european games) Prso scored a few in europe, but his play was measured in a lot more than his goals.

Klos over Niemi every time.

Predictions due to probability require to be taken across as broad a data field as practical, so points per game is a better data form rather than visits to individual grounds, But aye, we've no really done well there, granted!. 

Just now, Gonzo79 said:

I think there's as much chance of us dropping points before we arrive at the Piggery, as there is them.

That can only be based on the tea leaves, or the thoughts of a born pessimist! ?