SteveJ 743 Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 Published Date: 20 March 2011By Tom EnglishGregg Wylde, a week away from his 20th birthday, might be just a matter of hours away from the biggest game of his young life. Wylde, with his searing pace up the left side of the pitch, was a stand-out performer on Thursday night when Rangers played PSV in the Europa League.Should he make an appearance against Celtic in the Co-operative Insurance Cup final this afternoon it will, no doubt, be a strange experience for the midfielder who has a unique back story.Though a Rangers fan since childhood, Wylde was a Celtic player from the age of seven to the age of 14, at which point he departed the east end of the city and fetched up at Ibrox. He has, therefore, spent more time playing in green and white than in blue. Strange, but true.He might be a little sheepish about that these days, but his commitment to the Rangers cause betrays the confidence of youth."I've played at Hampden twice in Youth Cup finals - once against Hibs, once against somebody else! And I lost them both." The somebody else was, of course, Celtic."It's a wide, wide park and, if I play, I'd love to get the ball out there and do something with it. I thought I did well enough against PSV. I never really did anything wrong to be honest so, hopefully, it's enough for the gaffer to go with me again. If you look at the Motherwell game when they beat Celtic, they played wingers up against their full-backs and (Mark] Wilson and (Emilio] Izaguirre didn't get forward as much. But they're good full-backs who have done well for them this season."Whether Wylde plays from the start or not is a moot point but Walter Smith and Ally McCoist must be tempted to go with him in the starting XI.Surely Rangers have to come up with something new given Celtic's dominance in recent games?"There's certainly an argument for that," said McCoist on Friday. "We need to put them under more pressure and ask more questions of them. We have absolutely got to do that, we didn't do that at all in the last game. There's maybe one or two reasons. I think the personnel maybe limited us a little bit and tied our hands behind our back slightly. That's not an excuse, it's maybe just a wee reason."But I think we have to ask far more questions this Sunday and we will, I don't think there is any doubt we will."Gregg is figuring in my thoughts, but I haven't had a good chat with the manager. I thought he was terrific against PSV and we all loved it. He's still got a long way to go but it was encouraging. He's done well when he's come on but like a lot of young ones he's erratic, but he didn't look like that at Ibrox. I thought his delivery was first class."I think he is probably just about the fastest but don't quote me on that or (Vladimir] Weiss will not be speaking to me."Whatever about Weiss, is the time now right for Rangers to go Wylde?Source: Scotsman Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcbear 10,913 Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 The guy will be champing at the bit to cut loose against them, never try and second guess old poker face Wattie though, lets hope he gets more than the last twenty when were chasing the game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trfc/ger 3 Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 hope the lad plays looked great on thursday, direct, good skills and gets plenty of crosses in the box Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinnymate1690 624 Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 I have a wylde suggestion (see what I did there ) play both Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Sasac 164 Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 Lafferty will get played ahead of him I reckon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
konamtb 0 Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 hope wylde starts, will definately put celtic on the back foot, lets more for a more attacking game today, theyre there for the taking at the back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillete 1,338 Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 Wylde on left , Weiss on the rightLet them tear them apart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Govan Front Antz 15 Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 Wylde on left , Weiss on the rightLet them tear them apartYes and yes. Diouf and Jelavic upfront Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BolloBollo 36 Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 Yes and yes. Diouf and Jelavic upfrontIf only, if only! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlippinEck 3,705 Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 could you imagine wylde and weiss on both wings? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BolloBollo 36 Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 could you imagine wylde and weiss on both wings? Really when you think about it any manager would be playing them EVERY SINGLE FUCKING GAME!!!It makes me so sad thinking we don't play to our strength! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat1873 8 Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 Doubt it , lets hope though wlyde and weiss on each side . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlippinEck 3,705 Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 Really when you think about it any manager would be playing them EVERY SINGLE FUCKING GAME!!!It makes me so sad thinking we don't play to our strength!We only need to go back to that spell last season when we played Beasley and Novo on the wings and ran riot, not even proper out n out wingers like weiss and wylde aswell but the system still worked Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibroxgers25 18 Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 the kid got some pace on him would love him to start Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear_Necessities 41 Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 Yes and yes. Diouf and Jelavic upfrontDiouf & Jelavic up top with wylde and weiss on the wings would be outstanding but i'd like to see naismith fitted in somewhere too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarcheVinny 1,003 Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 wylde starting every game is a no brainer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozblue 4,331 Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 A midfield of Weiss---Naismith---Davis---Wylde would rip those fuckers to bits.I'm not holding my breath on us getting it though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronniemca 479 Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 could you imagine wylde and weiss on both wings? can imagine them waiting for a pass, while the arse is getting ripped out our midfield pair.we need an extra player in the middle or the tims will run all over us again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Govan Front Antz 15 Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 Diouf & Jelavic up top with wylde and weiss on the wings would be outstanding but i'd like to see naismith fitted in somewhere toonaismith and davis in the middle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan72 12 Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 Weiss Davis Hutton WyldeNaismith JelavicAlthough it doesn't really matter it's good to see he's a Rangers fan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmytto 220 Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 Hope he plays today, I thought that he was excellent against PSV.Wylde and Weiss on the wings would be amazing, but I can't see it happening sadly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adoniram 1,919 Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 If Weiss is fit i would play him on the right with Wylde on the left and Hutton and Davis in the centre. No place for Diouf as all he does is wind them up to raise their game.For me it would be Naismith and Jelavic up top with the back four picking itself.WE HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.E.C. 18,769 Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 could you imagine wylde and weiss on both wings? I remember I said this way back in September. It would be great if they 2 played as our wingers in the 4-4-2 until the end of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz52 11,837 Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 He MUST start, simple as that really. Our best player n Thursday by a clear mile Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant_1986 73 Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 I can't see us starting with both Weiss and Wylde, we'll be lucky if one of them gets the nod!Also, I'd love Edu to score a 30 yard screamer today..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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