Book of Ruth

What do we do when there is a colour clash?

Thank the Lord for that.

Jesus. What the hell is that?

I like Freemasonry.

Super Ally's mum would like it. That, and some other stuff.

I attended a Referee's Annual Dinner and talked to a few refs, some of whom you have mentioned. This was around the time before they withdrew their labour. They were all beeling with the filth, and wanted action taken against them. Some, like Willie Collum, made it plain that they would rather give up refereeing than bow to tarrier pressure, and would continue to give decisions how they saw them. The mood was not friendly towards timothy.

:mervan: An unidentified noise? I think he was close enough to identify the noise. In any case, as stated before, he had no grounds for booking Aluko if he couldn't see the incident...although Brines has previous for making up incidents in his head, like the lead-up to Diamond's goal against the filth a few years ago.

Yes it was. McCoist said he heard the contact even before he'd had the benefit of watching it again. Brines must have heard it. Even if he didn't see enough to give the penalty, the sound of the tackle should have stopped him booking Aluko. I also read elsewhere that the BBC commentators heard the contact in the press area.

They are intimidating certain refs, but certainly not all of them. There are refs who will not bow down to this shite, no matter how hard they try.

Brines will take a hammering from the assessor for that performance.

There are players in our team with balls the size of melons, and they would have won the title again. We've disagreed on another thread about ability of certain players, but we have guys who reach into their souls to win against the odds. Rangers would have been champions without being deducted points.

If the thread is about Lafferty's comments, then what relevance does all that have?

I'm just disputing that he is pish.

I liken him to someone like Alex Miller, who was never quite good enough for Rangers, but tried his heart out to contribute when called on.

When you don't rate a player who year after year helps his team to win trophies, maybe it's time to wonder how much you really know about the game. I don't mean that as an insult, but sometimes people can't appreciate what some players are contributing. Pish players don't have medals galore in their display cabinet.

My mother used to attend OES meetings with Ally McCoist's mum.

Why don't they employ their own staff to work there?

The Tin Man was a bit like that yet is very fondly remembered.

Are the Megastore staff employees of JJB?

I realise that. Willie Mathieson won a European medal, so medals certainly aren't the be all and end all of measuring a player's ability. However, to call a player like Whittaker who has a hatful of medals pish, when he clearly contributed plenty to the victories (depsite his faults, as I've already said) is nonsense.

Did they get the money for the red and black scarves?

Will O'Shea be remembered as being pish by Man Utd fans, just because he isn't Martin Buchan?

The point is, you can call Whittaker pish all you like, but he's helped Rangers to win as many trophies as a lot of legends. I could name more of them if you want. He also helped us to get millions in European money just when we needed it, albeit he blotted his copybook in that regard at the start of this season. Whittaker has been a good player for Rangers despite his faults, and has often popped up with goals (like yesterday) and assists, just when we needed them.

Gazza...3 years at Rangers...2 League titles, 1 Scottish Cup, 1 League Cup. Brian Laudrup...4 years at Rangers...3 League titles, 1 Scottish Cups, 1 League Cups. Michael Mols...5 years at Rangers...3 League titles, 3 Scottish Cups, 2 League Cups. Jorg Albertz...5 years at Rangers...3 League titles, 2 Scottish Cups, 2 League Cups. Whittaker...5 years at Rangers, playing under the pressures of all the financial constraints...3 League titles, 2 Scottish Cups, 3 League Cups, and a European final.

I know.