ClemensKrauss

Which is more likely to happen first? 1. He reaches double figures in goals. 2. He resorts to bitching, moaning and generally leaking stories to his journo pets, as he did the first time at Ibrox and, indeed, the last time he played in Scotland.

What's the reported fee as given in the Snooze?

Please, whatever you do, don't give a penny to the Rathouse that is the Stadium Bar. Closest pub to the Ibrox Underground (literally across the street) but a slophouse, filled with some of the most bitter and twisted Celtic fans at all other times save match day.

In fairness, the original post made no mention of boozing.

Pedro is over here a lot. He was in a car dealership in Maxwell Avenue, Bearsden, a few weeks ago buying his lady a new automobile.

Campus is a student/young persons pub, yes? I wouldn't have them all locked up all week, but I'd have hoped he could find his way to somewhere a little more becoming of a Rangers professional player. With all due respect to the Campus young team out looking for impressionable and enthusiastic young ladies.

He's got a hard job. After all, how often do we turn out in some odd mixture of socks, shorts and the like. It's a wonder we can get eleven blue shirts to match.

Thank you very much.

I rarely buy a 'paper these days, but it would normally be at the weekend. Sunday Times, Observer, something with plenty of pull-out sections and material to keep you going through the week. During the working week it is easy to keep up-to-date with the online sections of the newspapers, and nobody need buy a 'paper for the same reasons they did even ten years ago.

"Fuck the Tims and the SPL" instead?! Even though (if?) this is not serious, it is something we should take seriously. I've never been comfortable with giving the oxygen of publicity to deadbeats, social misfits and evil organisations - hence the references to Sands, the Provos and others in our songs leave me feeling we're missing the point. The SPL and Lawell conspired against us late last season and no-one would have enjoyed the anal plundering. Some caustic or pointed reference to that would be good. Why do we as a fan group always play into the hands of those who want us to aim below the lowest common denominator and continue to put "No-one like us, so I'll just do what I like" above a sensible approach?

This is the real reason that ye olde football was better. Most of them were pig-ugly bastards who would not have got a ride at Blackpool Pleasure Beach during the Glasgow fair. Rangers feed stories and exclusives to the sister paper of the Sunday Mail, the Record, so why we would be surprised is a...um....surprise.

I think if you buy the Daily Record and listen to his show on Talksport then there's something wrong with you. There's certainly much about him that any sensible person would find abhorrent, but there's a whiff of travelling to be offended syndrome here. If you absolutely must buy the Record, for the Bingo or the free stickers or whatever the hell it is people use as an excuse, then be sure to complain to his Editor if Gorgeous George goes over the top.

Where does he fit in if we intend to play Lafferty wide and have to accommodate Lee McCulloch? Okay, half-joking aside, DMB offers something quite different from most of our other attacking options and, hold your breath, would actually be comfortable playing wide as that is his best position.

Patrick Kevin Francis Michael Nevin, Gerry Collins and Peter Cormack were the independent Mizuno Golf Clubs panel. He has (had?) four caps, two of which as sub. Edu has more caps. I'd imagine if it does go to an independent panel a clear precedent has been set.

Penalties don't count; goals against X and Y don't count; blah, blah, blah. There are at least three different ways of using the Telegraph stats, and they are all explained on this thread. Thus the idea of a myth is, erm, exactly that.

Shameless bump, lest anyone is interested in the Rangers record in these games.

You can sensibly base your answer only on his track record. And by doing that you can answer only NO.

I'm glad the players and staff are professional enough to deal with it. It's a pity they were so complacent during the tie. As a fan, it will take ever so slightly longer to get over that embarrassment.

Some Rangers and Scotland facts and figures in games against Northern Ireland. Scotland's record against Northern Ireland is as follows - Played 59 Won 34 Lost 13 Drew 12 In Scotland (all games in Glasgow bar two Pre WWII at Tynecastle and Pittodrie) - Played 34 Won 20 Lost 5 Drew 9 Scotland won the first seven games between the countries. Big wins for Scotland include - 7-3 (1929) 8-2 (1949) 6-1 (1950) 6-1 (1961) 5-1 (1962) Northern Ireland have only had two wins by two clear goals (2-0 in 1947 and 1983), all the rest being single goal victories. NI has only once won two successive fixtures (1973 and 1974). However, since three successive mid-1970s 3-0 wins, Scotland has won only two of the last ten matches. Ten Rangers players have captained Scotland against Northern Ireland, in 25 of the fixtures. (9) George Young (3) Eric Caldow and Jimmy Simpson (2) Davie Meiklejohn, John Greig and Sandy Jardine (1) Andy Cunningham, Tommy Muirhead, Jock Shaw and Alan Morton On nine occasions, including the first game between the teams in 1921, there have been NO Bears in the Scotland side. Goalscorers in the games. Andy Cunningham scored the first goal for Scotland by a Ranger in these games in 1924. Bob McPhail scored in three successive matches (1931-1933). Alex Scott and Ralph Brand(2) both scored on their Scotland debuts in games against NI. Scott notched the only hat-trick by a Ranger, in a 1961 game where all six Scotland goals were netted by Bears (two more for Brand and one for Davie Wilson). Ex-Ger Ian McColl managed that side. Two Scotland and Rangers greats, Eric Caldow and John Greig, have scored own goals in this fixture. Willie Waddell and Eric Caldow have scored penalties for Scotland. Full list of Rangers scoring for Scotland in these games. (4) McPhail/Scott/Brand (3) Wilson (2) Cunningham/Morton/Waddell (1) Meiklejohn/Jimmy Smith/Caldow/Willie Henderson/Colin Stein/Derek Parlane/Derek Johnstone/Ally McCoist. The last game between Scotland and Northern Ireland was won by a single goal from the boot of Super Ally (1992).

Maryland - for cookies only. Mizuno got a work permit, so only a corrupt and partial system will deny Edu the same courtesy. Ahem.

Might be helpful to make sure people are clued up on the Laws of the Game, especially Law 12 judging by some comments. http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_footb...m?curpageid=674

Velicka's 2007/08 stats are good, but he played a good deal less than any of the others. If you look at Goals per game, or even games for every goal scored, they rank like this. Velicka Boyd JCD Cousin Novo If you look only at the periods for which they have information (2006/07, 2007/08 and the beginning of 2008/09) Boyd's percentage of shots on target, the number of goals scored per shot, and the number of goals per game puts him above both Velicka and (comfortably above) Novo. His GPS and GPG in season 2006/07 are both better than anything managed last season by any of our strikers. His average goals per game for the period is nearly .200 above the mark set for one season by Cousin, and over .150 above the average for Velicka.

He knows next to nothing about the game. Read any of his match reports, for any of the newspapers daft enough to employ him, and you will see a man with no feel for, or knowledge of, the sport he is paid to cover.

That's at least two of us.

Hartley pulled out the squad I think. Nothing trivial I hope.