ShaneRalfRoss 301 Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 lineBy DEREK McGREGORPublished: TodayAdd a comment Add a comment (0)RSS Share it Email PrintKYLE LAFFERTY has admitted his future at Rangers is up in the air.The hitman's red card at Easter Road on Sunday was another nightmare moment in a troubled two-year stint at Ibrox.Gers won't appeal against the decsion and Laff's one-match ban leaves him facing a fight with new boys Vladimir Weiss, James Beattie and Nikica Jelavic to get back in the side.Boss Walter Smith has warned the Northern Ireland ace his discipline must improve after he saw red for the clash with Kevin McBride.Lafferty said: "I don't want to leave this club. It meant everything for me to join Rangers."But I realise the only way I can make sure I stay at Ibrox is to perform well on a regular basis."If my discipline isn't right, though, then I put all of my hopes at risk."SunSport can reveal Smith had a private pep-talk yesterday with Lafferty after his warning.Lafferty added: "I've ended up getting stupidly sent off and I could have lost the game for the team."I'm really disappointed with the first red card of my Rangers career."Now I'm just going to have to accept my ban and move on."It's a massive season for everybody here and with three new signings the competition for places up front is intense. Vladimir, James and Nikica are quality signings and I've got my work cut out to get my place back."I've got to work even harder to make sure I stay in the manager's plans."Lafferty reckons the red card from ref Iain Brines was harsh. He went on: "I thought it should've just been a yellow card each, but the referee seemed to make up his mind early on."I know my initial tackle looked bad. But having watched TV replays I think the red was harsh."I did go over the top of Liam Miller, but that was because I pulled out the tackle as I was going in."I admit I reacted badly after being hit with the ball by McBride, but I think in that situation most players would have done the same."http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/sport/spl/3108692/My-Gers-careers-on-the-line.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombaybadboy08 15,660 Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 I panicked with the thread title i didn't know he had a carer It's over for him anyway he would need to have a HUGE season to avoid being shown the door at the end of the season,i do like the boy and hope it works out for him but i really can't see it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
West-Enclosure-Bear 0 Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 I don't want to see any Rangers fan failing in what they have wanted to do alll there life and thats to play for us.but thank fuck,he's shite,and that's the only polite way i can put it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
West-Enclosure-Bear 0 Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 I panicked with the thread title i didn't know he had a carer It's over for him anyway he would need to have a HUGE season to avoid being shown the door at the end of the season,i do like the boy and hope it works out for him but i really can't see it.how long has he got on his contract.??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-A-N-G-E-R-S_FC 0 Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 i hope that he can turn it around i think he can if he stops saying wat he can do and stop putting the hard man act on the pitch and just gets his head down and plays like he does for norn iron Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombaybadboy08 15,660 Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 how long has he got on his contract.???3 years left as far as i know,if it doesn't work out this season i can't see us keeping him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinnymate1690 613 Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 i was raging at him yesterday but have calmed down about it a bit now but i have heard this kind of interview from him before after mulgrew and other occasions and i want to believe him but sadly i think his time is up with us , if he moves either now if anyone wants him or at the end of the season then i would wish him luck but i cant see him cutting it here Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulRFC1 115 Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 He has showed quality but all he needs to do is show it consistently.Come on big man, never wanted a player to make it with us so badly.Show your worth big man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlippinEck 3,680 Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 If those are word for word quotes, Id be a wee bit worried that he is maybe looking at the fact we have signed 2 strikers and hes thinking im not going to get a game... and if he keeps getting sent off and lets other people get a chance at LW and they impress he will struggle to get back into the team, he knows this and I just hope that he doesnt give up easily, hes fought hard for the last 2 years and I cant see him giving up yet but you never know, 2 years on and he still hasnt settled, he might just have an eye on the door and if we can get any kind of decent fee for him id take the money and run and invest it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cr1993 0 Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Get him to Fuck!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNuts 552 Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 hope he does not play again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddsyRFC 1 Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Come on big Kyle prove all the doubters wrong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilstonloyal 186 Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 his interview is spot on thereif someone rattles a ball of off you u arnt just going to walk away (well a wouldnt) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombaybadboy08 15,660 Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 his interview is spot on thereif someone rattles a ball of off you u arnt just going to walk away (well a wouldnt)Of course you would be pissed off but when you play for a club our size you have to learn to turn the other cheek. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilstonloyal 186 Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Of course you would be pissed off but when you play for a club our size you have to learn to turn the other cheek.[/qyeah ano that but a still dont think it was a red card it just looked bad Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_glasgow 2 Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Never worth £3.5 Million but it is not his fault we paid but if maybe if he buckled down in training and tried to make himself better he may have made. But IMO he thinks he has made it. End of the day he isn't good enough and showed be shown the door. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fog 289 Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 What makes me laugh is that if this had happened in the O.F. and he went to start on them, in fact if anyone from the team (as he would still get abuse) did the same to a celtic player most on here would class them as a 'hero' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstamomusa 3,809 Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Never worth £3.5 Million but it is not his fault we paid but if maybe if he buckled down in training and tried to make himself better he may have made. But IMO he thinks he has made it. End of the day he isn't good enough and showed be shown the door.I am surprised that the club and coaching staff don't seem to be overly bothered about discipline and ensuring players are told what is expected on and off the pitch. I find it sad that he seemed to be turning things around and now this has happened. I have a nice image of him a few weeks ago at one of the games, where he was not a starter, signing autographs and chatting away to the fans. I also noticed during the world cup there is so much more of this play acting and trying to get opposing players sent off, to me that's a disgrace. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fog 289 Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Football on a whole is changing though, e.g today, the Liverpool vs Man City game, City get a penalty yet the players go and tell the ref to give the player a card to get him sent off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooper1989 0 Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Well not over.. but his RANGERS career is hanging in the balance. Surely Walter has had enough? Shagger -- as disgusting as his display was... At least can perform on the pitch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas_91 0 Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 only way he'll be a Rangers player next season is if he scores 15-20 goals this season, or contributes more than he has since he joined. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstamomusa 3,809 Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Football on a whole is changing though, e.g today, the Liverpool vs Man City game, City get a penalty yet the players go and tell the ref to give the player a card to get him sent off.I think the refs need to take more control of the games. The number of players who walk away shrugging their shoulders when the ref is about to caution them is atrocious. If players that mob him and don't disperse after the he tells them a number of times to, I think he should book them. The Ref on Sunday did not have good control of the game, as soon as I saw him give Sol Bamba the free kick for climbing on Miller I knew there would be questionable decisions Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwrfc 32 Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 What makes me laugh is that if this had happened in the O.F. and he went to start on them, in fact if anyone from the team (as he would still get abuse) did the same to a celtic player most on here would class them as a 'hero'OF games are ALWAYS important, I reckon most people would be alot more pissed off if he got stupidly sent off in one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
walneytrueblue 0 Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 As much as i like Lafferty i don't see why he has to keep saying things like this in the press. He should just take on board what Walter says to him and get on with it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
archangel gabriel amato 240 Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 In my eyes he has this season to sort himself out as there is only one person that can sort his "problems" out and that is Walter the way he carrys on reminds me a bit of Ferguson when he was younger would bleed blue but goes about it the wrong way, hopefully Walter can sort it out before he goes as the boy has showen that he has the ability! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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