Popular Post .Williamson. 82,178 Posted January 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2019 Ibrox legend has heaped praise on Steven Gerrard and reckons standards have finally been raised at the club The temptation is to allow yourself to get a bit carried away. Bluenoses up and down the country will know exactly what I mean by that after the signings of Steven Davis and Jermain Defoe But let me start by paying Steven Gerrardthe ultimate compliment by saying Rangers suddenly feels like Rangers again. For the first time in almost eight years. Listen, let’s get this straight. I’m not going to say my old club are going to win the league this season on the back of two January arrivals. But what I will say is it feels as if they genuinely could. And that’s the biggest step forward there’s been at Ibrox since Walter Smith won the league title at Rugby Park in May 2011. When Gerrard came to the club I knew there would be big changes in terms of raising the standards of professionalism. That was an absolute certainty given the mess the previous manager had made of things behind the scenes having been so clearly out of his depth. But even so, when the new campaign kicked off I was crossing my fingers and toes in the hope Gerrard might be able to make a decent fist of this fight. That Rangers could at least put up a respectable challenge by cutting into the gap at the top. That was it. No more, no less. Now though the whole game has just been changed. I look at Davis and Defoe joining the camp in Tenerife and I think, ‘Here we go!’ Overnight a team that went into the shutdown with a chance of taking celtic all the way now looks like one that truly believes it will. Like a proper Rangers team should. There’s only one man to thank for that and it’s Steven Gerrard. All that said the first thing to realise is celtic will not just roll over from here on in. I watched an interview with Brendan Rodgers the other day and it seemed clear to me he is nowhere near finished with his January business. I’d be very surprised if he’s not got something very big up his sleeve between now and the end of the month and that’s why Rangers fans shouldn’t get ahead of themselves just yet. celtic are a wounded animal right now and they will be desperate to bite back. Timothy Weah and Vakoun Issouf Bayo look like a couple of excellent young prospects and they could be very exciting additions if they can hit the ground running alongside Odsonne Edouard. But will Rodgers allow himself to go into the second half of this season with three strikers who are pretty wet behind the ears? I’m not buying that for a second. Not when Rangers have just upped the ante by bringing in a proven goalscorer of Defoe’s quality and standing in the game A lot of people have said to me this guy is 36 and coming towards the end of his carer which is all true. But I don’t see him as someone who has been looking for a final contract. This guy is still fit as a fiddle and as good a striker as I’ve come up against. His CV speaks for itself – he scores goals at the very highest level. He has everything a top striker needs and, after being starved of football this season, he’ll be hungry to prove he’s still the player he always has been. On top of all that he’ll excite the rest of that dressing room and set standards for young boys like Alfredo Morelos, Ryan Jack, Ross McCrorie and Glenn Middleton. They all have big ambitions to get to the top and now they can see with their own eyes every single day exactly how hard they will have to work if they are to achieve it. It reminds me of the lessons I learned as a youngster when people like Ronald de Boer and Arthur Numan walked into the dressing room. Put it this way, if you can’t learn from top-level professionals like Defoe and Davis then you are in the wrong game. What will be fascinating is to see how the team lines up in the second half of the season. Defoe and Davis have not come up here to sit on a bench so the question for Gerrard now is how does he accommodate them into his starting 11? Davis is straightforward enough. As far as I’m concerned, even at 34, he’ll be the best midfielder at Ibrox and very possibly the whole of the league. And, having played with him in a Rangers shirt, I feel reasonably qualified to make that assessment. This guy is an absolute dream to play beside with an incredible work ethic and desire to win. So he walks straight into that side. Up front though Gerrard now has some serious options and decisions to make. With Morelos, Defoe and Kyle Lafferty to pick from what a wonderful headache he’s given himself. You can forget about Morelos being sold unless some ridiculous offer comes in for him. And even then Gerrard would be dead against it. So I’m really excited about the prospect of seeing Morelos and Defoe in the same side and I’m intrigued as to how the manager will go about it. I’m sure that’s what he’ll have been working on all this week in Tenerife. The most exciting bit of it all for me is that Gerrard has just put another two born winners into the mix. Two guys with experience who will know how to handle the run-in and lead from the front. Since Walter won that title in May 2011, standards have been allowed to slip. A culture of accepting second best has crept in. That’s never been the Rangers I know. But it’s all starting to look a lot more familiar now. Blumhoilann, LiverpoolBlue, corkinator and 2 others 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BridgeIsBlue 66,606 Posted January 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2019 1 hour ago, .Williamson. said: All that said the first thing to realise is celtic will not just roll over from here on in. I watched an interview with Brendan Rodgers the other day and it seemed clear to me he is nowhere near finished with his January business. I’d be very surprised if he’s not got something very big up his sleeve between now and the end of the month and that’s why Rangers fans shouldn’t get ahead of themselves just yet. celtic are a wounded animal right now and they will be desperate to bite back. Timothy Weah and Vakoun Issouf Bayo look like a couple of excellent young prospects and they could be very exciting additions if they can hit the ground running alongside Odsonne Edouard. This is utter shite, they've signed "exciting" prospects every window for the last few years and they've amounted to the tune of fuck all, Weah and Bayo will be no different. Put it this is way if both squads remain in their current state come the 1st of February we have every right to get ahead of ourselves as we're looking the strongest. The fear factor of playing them is gone, if we play the same way at the piggery as we did at Ibrox we'll murder them. Bobby Hume, bmurray9, BlueKnight87 and 9 others 12 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WATP-FOREVER 5,231 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 1 minute ago, BridgeIsBlue said: This is utter shite, they've signed "exciting" prospects every window for the last few years and they've amounted to the tune of fuck all, Weah and Bayo will be no different. Put it this is way if both squads remain in their current state come the 1st of February we have every right to get ahead of ourselves as we're looking the strongest. The fear factor of playing them is gone, if we play the same way at the piggery as we did at Ibrox we'll murder them. The last 2 weeks have changed the tables and I expected the jacobites to retaliate with a top signing, which doesn't seem to be happening. Maybe top signings will not be needed in the lower divisions as well as combining that with saving money for a possible fine. Penn State II is in the horizon. North Antrim Loyal, Bobby Hume, BlueKnight87 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyalfollower 1,543 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 If the squads stayed as they are I’d be quietly confident of pipping the taigs. They have griffiths to return which should be like a new signing for them. we just have to take 4 points more than them from the remainder of our games and we’ll be champs. Certainly do able Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BridgeIsBlue 66,606 Posted January 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2019 4 minutes ago, loyalfollower said: If the squads stayed as they are I’d be quietly confident of pipping the taigs. They have griffiths to return which should be like a new signing for them. we just have to take 4 points more than them from the remainder of our games and we’ll be champs. Certainly do able orange&blue92, murzo, Bobby Hume and 22 others 25 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM1872 3,708 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 24 minutes ago, loyalfollower said: If the squads stayed as they are I’d be quietly confident of pipping the taigs. They have griffiths to return which should be like a new signing for them. we just have to take 4 points more than them from the remainder of our games and we’ll be champs. Certainly do able We have dropped some down right ridiculous points this season ourselves. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misteral 2,932 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Bring it on..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomatasauce 1,253 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 The tarriers have to make a signing to appease their fans a decent one people have heard of before not a kid who’s dad was good once upon a time motherwell have a better player in McCormack than they have, and I including edouard (however you spell the dumplings name) Liewell must be getting tears all over his balance sheet😆 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post North Antrim Loyal 191 Posted January 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2019 If we cut out the dropping of points in games where we had complete control and the lead then the title will be ours for the taking! jintybear, big blue Fin, Bobby Hume and 2 others 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
big blue Fin 3,724 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 3 hours ago, BridgeIsBlue said: This is utter shite, they've signed "exciting" prospects every window for the last few years and they've amounted to the tune of fuck all, Weah and Bayo will be no different. Put it this is way if both squads remain in their current state come the 1st of February we have every right to get ahead of ourselves as we're looking the strongest. The fear factor of playing them is gone, if we play the same way at the piggery as we did at Ibrox we'll murder them. Barry is at least trying to show a degree of impartiality which shows how much of a class he is when compared to the likes of sutton, hartson and other scum who have worn the hoops. I hope we arrive at the piggery in March with our tails up and then rip into them at 100 miles an hour and leave them tattered, torn and bleeding as we head home with three points. That happens and broonaldo will be on the first available flight to Australia where hopefully he'll get bitten by a redback, an Eastern Brown and then stung by a Box before being savaged by a Bull Shark. corkinator, North Antrim Loyal, Bobby Hume and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
big blue Fin 3,724 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 3 hours ago, WATP-FOREVER said: Penn State II is in the horizon. It fucking should be, but in this leftist shitehole of a country? Blumhoilann 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BridgeIsBlue 66,606 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 3 minutes ago, big blue Fin said: Barry is at least trying to show a degree of impartiality which shows how much of a class he is when compared to the likes of sutton, hartson and other scum who have worn the hoops. He shouldn't be showing them any form of impartiality or whatever, that's been his problem for years. jintybear 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
big blue Fin 3,724 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 1 hour ago, BridgeIsBlue said: He shouldn't be showing them any form of impartiality or whatever, that's been his problem for years. If he's in the public eye then he should, otherwise he's no better than them, in fact all of us should. There is no crime in being two faced when you're dealing with filth who support paedophiles until you're in a position to laugh at them when karma bites their balls off. Spliffy 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Williamson. 82,178 Posted January 11, 2019 Author Share Posted January 11, 2019 I love Barry Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ritchieshearercaldow 22,137 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Barry’s thoughts might not suit everyone but he is talking sense. We cannot afford to get carried away, excited yes but be realistic, Defoe and Davis are great additions but it’s a team game and we need everyone to step up their game, no more If only. Dickie1963 and Blumhoilann 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyalfollower 1,543 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 5 hours ago, BridgeIsBlue said: Well we’ve seen him bang goals in for them before. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geronimoo 1,474 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 I tried not to get carried away, but, fuck it I'm enjoying it and will love every bit of it regardless of how much blind faith I need to put in. The dark days are over boys, let's start enjoying it. Dickie1963 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boybluesy 3,708 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 6 hours ago, loyalfollower said: If the squads stayed as they are I’d be quietly confident of pipping the taigs. They have griffiths to return which should be like a new signing for them. we just have to take 4 points more than them from the remainder of our games and we’ll be champs. Certainly do able Griffiths won't be returning any time soon. Maybe in a Hivs jersey jintybear 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BridgeIsBlue 66,606 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 33 minutes ago, loyalfollower said: Well we’ve seen him bang goals in for them before. Yes before, but not ever again cause he won't be playing football anymore. 1690tamRFC 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockwellGers 14,712 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 3 hours ago, big blue Fin said: broonaldo will be on the first available flight to Australia where hopefully he'll get bitten by a redback, an Eastern Brown and then stung by a Box before being savaged by a Bull Shark. 😂 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
esquire8 42,502 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Barry can get to fuck. Brilliant player for us but a fucking horrific columnist. If there's anyone that should be more biased towards us in the mhedia it's him but he panders to the unwashed everytime. BridgeIsBlue, gmcf and jintybear 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyalfollower 1,543 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 1 hour ago, BridgeIsBlue said: Yes before, but not ever again cause he won't be playing football anymore. Not according to sky sports. Apparently returning to action soon Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BridgeIsBlue 66,606 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 2 minutes ago, loyalfollower said: Not according to sky sports. Apparently returning to action soon Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulbrian11 432 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Barry can say what he likes. Treble winning captain and modern day legend. Dickie1963 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rum Ham 2,059 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 The more money that creepy bastard gets to spend, the better for us imo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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