TheMotor

We've lacked a good back-up striker, not been brave enough in some games (which I reckon has been down to fear caused by some of the bad refereeing decisions early in the season when we pressed hard) and had a horrendous run of injuries. Looking at how Gerrard has done overall as a rookie manager inheriting a shite squad, it's interesting to compare his performance to other managers who have come in in the past and been successful in their first season: After 20 league games (when this thread started): Souness: 39 points, 6 Euro games before Christmas, won league in first full season Smith: 42 points, 2 Euro games before Christmas, won league in first full season Advocaat: 43 points, 10 Euro games before Christmas, won league in first full season, £30 million net transfer spend McLeish: 51 points, 2 Euro games before Christmas, won league in first full season, inherited Advocaat's team Gerrard: 39 points, 14 Euro games before Christmas, Will win the league in first full season

There's nothing wrong with Alfredo's temperament, just his angles. He needs to learn to be a wee bit shadier. Get his jabs in unseen like the sleekit wee cunts who are always greeting about him.

You could all save yourselves a lot of anguish by just supporting the jersey.

Aye, the "I'm a poor wee victim" pish was busted in his own first tweet: So someone told you it was off and you hung around all day like a sad wee cunt, hoping to try and stitch up the Rangers manager when you should have been across town asking why the beasts were sheltering a known child-molester.

I read a comment from some ITK type fella on a Liverpool forum a month or so back saying Kent was not expected to make it into the LFC first team squad and they expected him to be sold on for about £4 million. They mentioned we were the likely buyers. If he is as ITK as our local story-tellers, it probably means he's off to Sunderland for £6 million...........

Aye. I was meaning Oduwa-style disrespect. Style and ability all in one.

The man loves a hat-trick. Would disrespect funerals for fun up here.

Maybe name the politics and current affairs forum for Manticore. That was his favoured hunting ground, I think.

Leipzig -1 at evens makes for a nice wee double with the Gers at 5/4. Think I'll have a bit of that and then maybe a wee coupon with AC Milan and FC Copenhagen to round it out. I generally fail at EL, so I hope it's one of the last two that fucks me this time.

Seems realistic. Hes has to catch the dug, shave the dug, glue shavings to napper and hold in place.

From the first quote, it looks like she was worthy of a full round of applause, not just the clap. Looks like the husband welcomes the distraction too. Must have his own sideline to keep busy with..........

Always enjoy reading the youth reports. Proper, old-school sports reporting: the story of the game told well. Keep up the good work. Looking forward to the next ten year's worth

Just thinking, actually. It couldn't just have been us having a shite time back then as far as crowds went. We used to go to all of the away games independently and I only ever remember having to have tickets for the beasts and the sheep. Could be old age fucking with the memory though.

And believe it or not, we still had a Subway Loyal fucking off after 75 minutes. I used to love the mid-week games back then because it was the only time me and my friends could get a block of seats together in the Copland Rear. We would be in the CF for Saturday games. Ground always seemed to fill as CR, then CF, then Enclosures. Govan and Main Stand frequently seemed to be well under half full.

Well, you set me up on a blinder tonight. Cheers.Top tip. Got on pre-match at 4/6, Tranmere and less than 2.5 goals at 3/1 and another cheeky wee number in-play at 6/4. A few tokens on their way to Erskine off the back of that unexpected windfall and the rest on the Gers against Spartak. Then a nice £10 on Austria, Greece and Finland returned another £57.

I'm going to take this one up but it's got car-crash written all over it. New manager, about to match a record, history of tight games and Tranmere losing at home........ But just too tempting at those odds. I'll blame you or thank you either way.

No disrespect to Hamburg or David Bates, but Rangers are a bigger club with a better team, which is how it should be. I wouldn't be trading our Centre Backs for theirs this season. Not even close. Saying that, I hope they go up and I hope young Mr Bates has a fine career. Neither of them have done anything wrong. Just seems some of our support can only ever look backwards.

Tonight's game was played on a football pitch.

Same look I get every time I get the wee man out with an audience.

That spelling error makes for a very profound statement. Very deep.

They'll all be back in the next match thread when the line-up is posted.

Good thread and good idea. Hope the OP and others keep it going and on track. Interesting reading.

None of the big sportswear or fashion players run their own production facilities for non-footwear. Country of origin will likely be based on fabric and weave type. Nearly all are based in the Far East. The only real exceptions are Italy and Turkey for high quality denim, Romania and Portugal for tailored suits. Portugal for high quality leather foot-wear. This has been a public-interest broadcast from the bored-as-fuck-waiting-for-the-game corporation.

Which would be fair enough, since that is what their league is called.

I can't stop watching our second. Pure fucking sex.