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"So yes, the money we thought we'd spend on transfers and wages will be increased if necessary. We all recognise the importance of being part of the Champions League so players will be arriving, I'm certain of that. "It might be all the ones we want won't be in for the start of the league season but they'll be here by the close of the transfer window." Craig Whyte said that on the 17th of July. Has it been increased? Doesn't look like it. Are all the players we want in? Nope and we have lost out on a fair few of them. These statements from Rangers of deals nearly done are doing my tits in as well. Just keep it quiet until they are fully signed. Its like these statements are coming across as "Hey! Look we're trying! Wooo". Its now time to step up and back the words he has said with actions. Not more press statements of "DONE DEAL....nearly".

Whyte said there would be money to spend on new players. We haven't saw much evidence of it. And when we have we have started offering paltry amounts then eventually losing out on said player. "He had initially committed to £5m of funding for new players this summer, with that figure doubled after complaints from the Rangers board" - On Craig Whyte. So far we have spent about £3m aye? Plus we got money for Bougherra. So we might have a net spend of over just £1m so far. Not what everyone was hoping for.

Dear Ally, Please don't play Edu & McCulloch together in the centre of midfield. We can all see it doesn't work but you seem to persist with it. Play Davis through the middle as when he's out in the wing, he isn't as effective. And on the left, how about giving Wylde a chance? He came in last season done pretty fuckin' good. Ortiz can't seem to beat a man on the left and doesn't have the pace of Wylde. Also think about dropping Whittiker (even if he misses out tomorrow thru injury) as it seems his head his up his arse. Let him know that he still can be dropped. Hopefully this will force him to be better in training and in games. He cost us in Malmo and he shouldn't be allowed to forget that just now by waltzing straight in the team. Yours hopefully Me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_m0hzvmdT4 Ridiculous. But with the World Cup coming up soon, I expect more great tries coming up. But that try was utterly superb.

Another centre back and maybe a right back. Attacking centre mid and right midfielder Striker. 4/5 signings still needed overall. Bartley is a good signing as he'll be able to play in def and in def mid.

Also, a big indication that Bougie is offski.

Good news. But we still need more, Mr Whyte. Attacking options now please.

Agree with pretty much all you have said. We really need some bodies in. Attacking minded ones at that.

Its Mr Whyte who should be getting behind him. We are in dire need of players. We have limited attacking options. I am behind Ally but he will be the one that will takes the majority of the blame off the fans. And Whyte knows this.

This has been coming before this. I've not mentioned tonight until towards the end there. These problems have been going on through out. Tonights the first time all these mistakes have really cost us.

Its quite clear that we have a lot of problems at Rangers just now. Edu/McCulloch in centre midfield does not work and it will never work. What is it going to take for Ally to figure this out? And what does Wylde have to do to get a chance? Another criticism of Ally is...subs. Ally doesn't seem to want to make any and when he does, they seem to be after 80 minutes. C'mon Ally sort it out, get some fresh legs on in games. We don't have many options but we do have Wlyde. We do have Healy. We do have some others who can come in and be better than a player that is blowing out his arse. The dealings in the transfer market have been terrible. Seem to keep spouting their mouths off then offering pennies. The failure to get Goodwillie (a player you could see Ally wanted) has been embarrassing. And so have the other failed deals. Whyte came out and said "at the end of the transfer window, we will have signed all of our targets". Embarrassing. This talking to the press every fucking day it seems, needs to be stopped. Fuck the press! You only have to look at our bench to see that we need another 4/5 players. And not just players like Murray Davidson for fuck sake. I think Whittiker has believed the hype about him and his head is up his arse. He's a good squad player but seriously. He's nothing special and has been torture so far this season. Drop him and let him fight for his place and make him prove he is worth it. He was unacceptable tonight and if he plays at the weekend/next league game, it'll be a sign that McCoist will tolerate that kind of stuff. Cut him down a peg or two. Whyte, you said you would support McCoist in the transfer market. You talk the talk but don't walk the walk. Put yer money where yer mouth is. Now having said that, we'll have no CL money this year which is a blow. This will surely affect our transfer budget now. Which is bad news. So far, little has went right this pre season/season. The only good points are signing Davis, McGregor long term. Wallace to an extent too as he has looked pretty decent. We need to change the way we have been playing, the way we've been talking to the press every day, the way we've been in the transfer market and a lot more.

Subs now Ally. FFS.

I said this at HT. Knew it was coming. We might even get another player sent off.

Fuck this, we're 1 nil up. Lets all go to the gym.

Happy with our performance so far. Apart from Whittiker, what a fuckin idiot. Bursaspor - stick another bid in eh? We will get another player sent off. How many we got on yellows? 5?

Fuckin hell.

I'd be pretty unhappy if I was him. Came in last season and down really well for us. Took his opportunity with both hands and made the left wing spot his. Now he's not even getting a chance. Poor.

Not happy with that line up at all. Is it going to take us to get papped out for Ally to see that Edu & McCulloch don't work as a centre mid partnership? Fucksake.

Just no McCulloch & Edu in the centre of mid please Ally. Doesn't work and it never will. Davis in the centre with McCulloch. Wylde on the left, Naismith and Jela up top. Whit, Bougherra, Papac/Goian, Wallace at the back. Not sure who I would have on the right. Don't really rate Ortiz as he can't seem to beat a man and has not much pace. Maybe stick Naismith on the right and put Healy or Fleck up top with Jela. EDIT - Just saw the team, FFS Ally. McCulloch & Edu in the same team again. This is going to be a struggle. What a balls line up.

Whats the song played after the first song? Not heard that in yonks now its stuck in my head! And aye what a day that was. I remember waking up at 6am that day and I couldn't get back to sleep cause I was bouncing off the walls with nerves and excitement. 7 mins into the game I was sitting about thinking "well what the fuck do I do now? sit about for 80 odd minutes before the real party starts".

I feel as if this is gonna be one of those things we'll look back and go "Fuck, if only....". I reckon Goodwillie could end up at one of the big teams in the EPL in a few years. We need at least another 3/4 players. Was having a look at our squad and our midfield is threadbare. Quite worrying actually. And I agree about the way we seem to be conducting ourselves in the transfer market just now. Its baffling.

I just hope we don't go with the Edu/McCulloch centre midfield partnership. Even Stevie Wonder can see that it doesn't fucking work. And the quicker Ally drops that, the better. If we go with those two in centre mid, we won't go through. Davis needs to be played in the middle of midfield, its not rocket science. Get Wylde on the left to add some pace. Not sure about the right wing, Ortiz is slow as fuck and can't beat a man. McGregor Whittiker Bougherra Papac Wallace ????? Davis McCulloch Wylde Naismith Jelavic We really need a few players to bolster our midfield up. Some more attacking options would be good.

I think Goodwillie would be a great player for us. He's been banging in the goals for Dundee Utd the last few years. 18 last season and 13 the season before that. I'd love him to join us. Gutted that it won't happen now. If he were to come here he would get more chances, which he would finish off. He would score 20+ for us a season. Thing that bugs me is Whyte came out and said more or less "we will sign all our transfer targets by the end of the window". We clearly won't. Ally obviously wants Goodwillie here otherwise we wouldn't have made the amount of bids we have. The way we have been approaching players and bidding has been a shambles. Clearly needs to be looked at.

He'll sign for Blackburn. He was just on SSN signing a Blackburn top. Pish the way we have went about this. If we would have just stumped up some cash I am sure we would have got him. He'll do well in the EPL I think.

88-6. Oh dear its all going wrong. Haha. England will be lucky to get 120 here.