Marky_RFC

At no stage did I say anything about abandoning the club, I love rangers and have done my entire life and will continue until the day u die! However at the end of the day we want success as a club and more importantly after how we battled to win a title, to lose it in these circumstances is heartbreaking especially to that horrible little cretin! I don't know what will happen now but it has been a struggle affording the season ticket for a while and I want to know where we are going before committing! On a side note just because I've not posted alot on here does that make me less of a fan? Your the same idiots posting on here during a game saying ally must go when some of us are there supporting the team!!!

I don't know the ins and outs of all this administration stuff, is it a good move long term? Does whyte have our best interests at heart....I just don't know. All I am is a supporter of the greatest club in the world and after the blood sweat and tears of the past 3 years to win that title, it kills me we are just giving it to them. Ally must be absolutely gutted! With no cup football we've really nothing to play for this season. I now have a big decision re my season ticket for next year.. I've had it for 18 years in a row but until such times as I know where we are going under whyte I'm really not in a financial position to renew it to watch us challenge for 2nd place.

Didnt think i'd be saying this again but thought Mcculloch was excellent today! Held the ball up well, won flick on's and really suprisingly showed some great touches....oh and what a strike! 5-1 to score at any time was great odds, glad I stuck a tenner on. I know it was Dunfermline but thought in patches we played pretty well and showed alot of character after our poor start. Only slight negatives for me are the insistence on playing Papac at LM where he doesnt look comfortable and Bartley in general. I know he is not a RB and just filling in but for a guy to come through at Arsenal under Wenger, I cant believe how bad he is at passing and he needs 3 touches before deciding what to do with the ball.

On his day he was excellent. Really just depends on his attitude and fitness as to how hel do this time round! Either way it's an improvement on what wev got! On a positive note, I remember a phase when we played cousin up front with Naismith and Burke either side and we played some great stuff! I'd hope with aluko and mervan there could be a similar effect?

Love the positivity mate and I really hope your right but I just dont know if we can do it this time. Would be a big lift going onto Saturday if Hearts take something tomorrow.

I want to make it clear I am not in the get Ally out brigade and want nothing more than to see him bring us success but since the Utd game i've been thinking about the signings we have made under Mccoist. Alot of the boys on the bus were saying it's Whyte's fault, he's not given Ally enough money etc....But is that right? We signed 8 players in the summer, none of which with the exception of Aluko has improved our team from last year or presents an asset we could make a profit off from selling on. Money was there in the Summer, we just dint spend it well enough. It may have been a wages thing but if you look at some other SPL teams it shows there is much better value for money out there...... Celtic signed Wanyama for about the same we spent on Ortiz, if they were to sell him in the summer they would easily get 5 million+ and to be fair he is the kind of player we lack. They also got Mathews on a free who again is a very sellable asset and is a decent right back. Aberdeen brought in Arnesen on a free and he would net them a big profit. Motherwell signed Ojamma for fuck all and guaranteed in a year he will be playing in the championship and net well a tidy profit. None of our players would net us a profit at the moment. My point is...Yes money's tight and its far from ideal but we have still spent more money than the rest of the SPL and had we not lost in Europe I believe we would have spent more. Everyone says we wrent ready for Europe etc we should have brought players in, Whittaker getting sent off cost us etc. Fact is we were playing against two teams who's entire wage bill is less than Steven Davis's and over 2 legs we have no excuse for losing. I am not saying Whyte has done everything right but Mccoist made these signings and there is much better value out there. . I can't remember the last player Rangers signed that very few had heard of that turned out to be a value for money signing. Our scouting system is pish and has been for a long while. So your Craig Whyte....what do you do? Throw money at Mccoist and hope he brings in a good enough quality of player or face the remainder of this season with our current squad, get the tax case out of the way and then regroup for next year? I would hate to see that wee rat win a treble but i'm bracing myself for that being a reality, although I still believe we have enough about us to win the league and I think it will be the making of Ally as a manager if he can get the players believing that and playing with fight and charatcer for the rest of the season.

The problem I have is IF Celtic were going out and paying 4/5 million for top players and they were running away with the league, you would have to say fair enough but they havn't spent much at all over the past few seasons. They are brininging in guys like Wanyama and Izagurie on the cheap who are turning out to be players, whereas under Mcoist we spent money on Bedoya, Ortiz and Mckay who aint getting a game. It might be a wages thing, I don't know but surely if they can uncover these types of player so can we and thats nothing to do with our current circumstances. We have still got a better squad (on paper) than the rest of the SPL but probably play the worst football at the moment, so yes Mccoist has had a difficult time of it and all the board room stuff probably has had an effect on the players but we still should be doing better with the money we do have and the players we've got, and that buck ultimatly stops with Coisty.

I genuinly wasn't meaning for this to turn into another thread about Matt Mckay but more to highlight the issue we have with scouting. As much as I hate to admit it, if you look at the players Celtic have brought in for the money they have spent there seems to be a massive difference in quality to what we are unearthing and that needs to change, especially with our finances so tight. As for the Mckay situation, ive only seen the guy play a grand total of about 180 minutes since he's been over here and I do think he looks like a player but then again I thought Mervan was gona be really good (hopefully still will) after coming on against Hibs, so what do I know. . I appreciate he may not have been the player Mccoist thought he was but Bartley and Papac have been played in CM before him this year which is a joke so I'm assuming there has been some sort of fall out. Whatever happens we need to change something because as someone said above, we are to often losing the midfield battle and with our current striking options playing a 4-5-1 may not be the worst idea and hopefully then we'll get a chance to see what MM can do.

I'm reading that line up as a 4-3-3, which is good but if that is the case it seems Papac has been chosen in a CM role which is a nonsense. Either way here's hoping for a positive reaction from the players and the fans today! 2-1 Gers WATP!!

Not sure what to make of Craig moores opinion on why McKay hasn't made an impact at the gers in the evening times today... He says mckays not the type of player ally thought he'd be and Im maybe wrong but Ortiz and bedoya seem to fit into that category aswell. I'm not saying its ally's fault, more our scouts but it's certainly far from ideal either way. From the outside looking in it seems ally has been looking for wide midfielders/wingers and none of them really fit that bill. Now for those so quick to judge us for bringing in trialists I for one would rather, we knew exactly what we were getting, especially now that money is so tight and we can't afford to make mistakes and have players picking up wages for nothing.

Just sums up how bad the journalisim in this country is that this is headline news....Two grown men go for a pint...so what if they are from opposite sides of the old firm. It amazes me people on here still believe every shit story thats printed about us or our players.

I think that's a fantastic shout mate. One of the big differences down south is the fact they are licensed to sell beer in the ground and alot of their stadiums are in and around lively parts of town with plenty bars etc. Which generates income and improves the atmosphere in and around the stadium. Would love to see us do something like this, get entertainment involved for pre/post match. Would also maybe make a difference to the subway loyal and not leave us with a half empty stadium for the last 10 minutes of games.

As much as any of you I was very disappointed yesterday we didnt replace Jelavic or for that matter sign anyone and to be perfectly honest with our current squad, especially in the forward areas it will be very difficult to win the league............BUT not impossible. The one bonus of this is it will force us to play the ball on the deck and when we have done that this season we have scored goals and played reasonably well. I'm hoping Mervan can build on his promising debut and I would urge Ally to sort out any differences he has with Mckay and give him a chance as I think the most effective way forward for us now is 4-3-3. A midfield 3 of Davis, Edu and Mckay(Ness if fit) with a front 3 of Aluko, Mervan and Healy(Lafferty). Provides a bit of pace and creativity from middle to front. As a fellow glass half full bear recently posted there is no point in getting down and giving up or getting on the players/managments backs when we are far from out of this title race. Hartson made a cunt of himself last year when Miller left saying the title was over and although this leaves us even shorter than then, it may galvanise the squad even more and just imagine how good it will feel if we do win it. Unless this Pole turns out to be a world beater, Celtic aint exactly anything to fear and although people say a manager wants a big squad, there may come a time when there is division amongst the Celtic squad as there is so many guys that are not gonna be playing regular and might be an advantage to us having a smaller squad or maybe thats clutching at straws. Either way as worrying as it is, I will be there on Sunday supporting the 11 players we do have on the pitch. No point worrying and getting upset about things we cant control. We are Rangers supporters and no matter how bleak it get at least we know we will always be better than them!!! No Surrender!!!!!

It's looking pretty unlikely that any signings are coming in before 11 but I remain hopeful we can use the jelavic money for some decent free transfers. Estonian guy, got this Cameroon guy on trial and who knows what else is about. Bleak times mind you and I fear we don't have the firepower to win this title now! Hope I'm wrong! ?

So you are basing this on a report from a site that half an hour earlier was listing the players we were after to replace Jelavic to then say we wont be signing anyone.....You must be a very nieve little man....It's transfer deadline day and things change all the time and these kind of stories wind up the weak minded such as yourself...We may not sign anyone as I said but until such times as something official is released or the window shuts forgive me if I dont share your happy go lucky attitude. Oh and "away and fuck off"???? -Great comeback mate, what are you like 12?