BlueEdu

I don't think i've ever agreed more with a post

I cannot think of another man of such integrity and class - except perhaps captain davie weir and neil alexander. And fuckin thommo. Who do the tims have? Nae cunt

Great post OP , some very valid points. In the same way that non-religious fans deserve to be spared of elitist views and treatment from religious ones, it works the other way round too. Why anyone would want to ignore our past or what made us the club we are today is bizarre. For me personally - as is definetly true for a large portion of rangers fans - i was raised protestant by my father, whos father raised him the same way. And while at times i do consider myself religious and protestant, i'm also guilty of being very sceptical of many points of the faith. When i do see things like an orange march though, where people exercise their religious views, i feel aw'ed at their passion and belief. I think its a very proud faith and i'm certainly glad it is associated with rangers football club. I think people need to remember that you can support rangers both for it's past and what it may or may not be becoming

I could see this rumour of Herthas interest being true, but Boyd won't go. He won't want to. He might even fly over to Germany because Rangers agree, but he won't let him and Hertha agree personal terms and will stay, just like the Birmingham move i believe. Boyd's staying put and i personally couldn't be happier

I think its shameful how Alexander has been treated. Comes across as a hardworker and certainly a man of class, and just when it seems like hes getting the shot he deserves, shagger comes in and makes a big blunder - although his later save was brilliant. If it was me, it would be Alexander number one. Hes earned it and hopefully would spur macgregor on to get back into form

Big Lee's challenge was maybe a bit rough but it wasn't malicious or intentional. Hes always played in this way

I thought stevie looked very comfortable today and his movement turned the game for us. Was a good game for him. Big Lee had a roaster too

Just heard from a mate, i think i'm sorted for a ticket, so two or three of us from ruggy

Novo When was the last time Ferguson had done something important or legendary for us? Of all time though, i'd maybe be more inclined to say fergie, but now it's novo

Considering we just axed a lot of our youth players, it's probably not the best time. But i agree, develop at m.well and keep tabs on him. He would give his all for us though no doubt. Seconded.

Yeah it was BlueEdu. Singing 10 german bombers and it just got louder after portsmouth scored couldnt even hear them celebrate their goal. The Billy Boys after every follow follow the bouncy at least 5 times I seen a few right wankers throughout portsmouth but most were superb. and the ones that were wankers didnt seem like real pompey fans tbh. Smithys was the best and worst (absolute dive) pub ive ever been in Aye Smiffys was the best for all the wrong reasons

The funniest bit was when the Bears were belting out 10 German bombers and Pompey scored at about the 6th bomber. The bears just completely ignored the goal and carried on singing. Funny as feck Lol i know man, the pompey fans must have been confused lol

Best away day ever for me. Glorious weather, Portsmouth was a great place + all the pompey fans were excellent. The match singing was simply epic - a full 90 mins, and even when the goals were conceded we simply got louder. Then both sets of fans applauding each other after the game. A great day and i was very surprised to hear that a few pompey youngsters were starting a fight afterwards

Best away day ever for me. Glorious weather, Portsmouth was a great place + all the pompey fans were excellent. The match singing was simply epic - a full 90 mins, and even when the goals were conceded we simply got louder. Then both sets of fans applauding each other after the game. A great day and i was very surprised to hear that a few pompey youngsters were starting a fight afterwards

When Bellamy was warming up, 4 of us were givin' it "your just a man city reject" everytime, n eventually he was just smilin' and laughing at it. Seems to have got to him, lol

When Bellamy was warming up, 4 of us were givin' it "your just a man city reject" everytime, n eventually he was just smilin' and laughing at it. Seems to have got to him, lol

Exactly mate. If you love the team and the football that's all that matters. It's a football team. I grew up in the 90's being a rangers fan during the Advocat era, so i guess i would be considered a glory hunter too

My fingers are crossed

Great stuff. Pride of Britain

So these people, they admittedly follow the club. Then how are they imposters? Half of them only buy season tickets so they can brag to their pals that they have a season ticket for Ibrox. Some come in watch the game for 10 minutes then get up and go for a pie or cup of tea. They then come back and repeat the same just before half time, they are then late for start of second half and then go for a snooze or talk about where they are going on holiday or their house needs painted. then with 20 minutes left even if the game is close up they get and away they go, and dont give Rangers another thought until next week, they just use the club as a hobby. Then they don't follow the club, simple as!

So these people, they admittedly follow the club. Then how are they imposters?

The only position i would say i'm personally worried about is Weir - no offence to his obvious fitness but i don't see him being able to hack it this whole season with europe competition etc. Apart from that yeh it would be nice to bring in some players and strengthen a little. However, it is true that with thomson making a comeback, naismith looking on form and up for it at this very early stage, and with young players including fleck and aaron supposedly being brought into the side we DO have some variety in positions other than CB. Celtic lost 3 regular starters and their new players have yet to play SPL (except Fox i think?). We have a settled team who know each other and can play well with each other. It ain't all doom and gloom!

What a rasper!

Whoa.... hold on there Zappy Chappy. Its not my fault that the newspaper in question does not have an online version ! Had it done so I would have been happy to provide you with a link. It's no problem at all. As I said, I just wanted to read the comments in the context of the full article she wrote. Been looking for the article, but can't find it via google, so I'd guess the only place to get it would be the Mitchel Library or something like that. Anyway, I've been doing a little digging myself to try and get a better picture of what this so called journalist, Anna Smith is all about & frankly I'm not particularly impressed. To me, she comes across as the journalistic equivalent of a 'jack of all trades, master of none' who writes somewhat antagonistic 'popular news' articles aimed at people who read every snippet of garbage printed in the rag they happen to be wasting their time reading. On www.journalisted.com where there's links to 87 of her 'articles', you can get a fairly good impression of her *cough* rather broad range of gutter press subject matter, which includes everything from celebrity smut & tongue and cheek humor, to moralistic righteousness & uneducated dabbling in the popular political subjects of the week or month. My impression is of a crass journalist who writes crass articles for a crass tabloid newspaper & that as AMMS has suggested several times in this thread, she really shouldn't be taken seriously at all. Having said the above, I did however find an article from 21/09/2008 which clearly does show her biased opinion, outright disgust at Rangers & a very defensive pro-Irish & Irish oppression based point of view. Here's a few stand out remarks from her article "The Irish don't deserve our shameless bigotry":- HERE'S THE FULL ARTICLE As you can see, this is an opinionated woman. Should she be publishing these sort of articles? Well, who am I to say, but I've never bought the Mirror & never plan to, so it's not really my business to suggest what they should or shouldn't print in their rag. Is she part of a bigger agenda? I think not. She's inadvertently contributing to something bigger, but from reading her opinions on a range of subjects, I'd say that if she is directly involved, then it would have been a case of one of her superiors telling her to write this article, which would mean that it's actually someone higher up in the Mirror who has the real connections with any organized agenda. That's just my own personal opinion of course & I could be completely wrong. This cow is indeed a part of a bigger agenda, she was part of the troops out movement, make no excuses for this ira camp follower. She works for the NOTW now but her bile is just the same. She is now billeted in dear old oirland with her fellow trash ! This is because other cultures integrate with ours! Many of the celtic support have not and will not, e.g. apartheid schooling in 2009. Shambles

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