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I don't see how we can be targeting anyone without a manager. Not sure Samson would be the way to go.

Assistant under AVB at Porto. Took over and won 2 league titles. Just won the Greek Superliga with Olympiakos. Seems very unlikely!

Rangers have held discussions with former Brentford boss Mark Warburton about the manager's job at Ibrox. Warburton, 52, is believed to be one of a number of candidates being considered along with current boss Stuart McCall. Former Rangers captain David Weir, who assisted Warburton at Brentford, has also been spoken to. The Ibrox side will be in the Scottish Championship next season after losing the Premiership play-off final against Motherwell. McCall's side lost 6-1 over two legs against his former club, allowing the Fir Park outfit to preserve their Premiership status. The 50-year-old former Rangers player returned to Ibrox as manager in March, taking over from Kenny McDowall, and guided the side through the play-off quarter-final and semi-final after they finished third in the Championship. He has stated his desire to stay in the job. Former Enfield and Boreham Wood defender Warburton joined Brentford as first-team coach in 2011 and took over as manager following Uwe Rosler's departure in late 2013. Mark Warburton Mark Warburton left Brentford after their play-off semi-final defeat Rangers have held discussions with former Brentford boss Mark Warburton about the manager's job at Ibrox. Warburton, 52, is believed to be one of a number of candidates being considered along with current boss Stuart McCall. Former Rangers captain David Weir, who assisted Warburton at Brentford, has also been spoken to. The Ibrox side will be in the Scottish Championship next season after losing the Premiership play-off final against Motherwell. McCall's side lost 6-1 over two legs against his former club, allowing the Fir Park outfit to preserve their Premiership status. The 50-year-old former Rangers player returned to Ibrox as manager in March, taking over from Kenny McDowall, and guided the side through the play-off quarter-final and semi-final after they finished third in the Championship. He has stated his desire to stay in the job. Former Enfield and Boreham Wood defender Warburton joined Brentford as first-team coach in 2011 and took over as manager following Uwe Rosler's departure in late 2013. Rangers manager Stuart McCall McCall is keen to stay with Rangers Promotion from League One to the Championship followed at the end of season 2013-14. However, the Bees announced in February that Warburton would depart at the end of the season. Dutchman Marinus Dijkhuizen was appointed Brentford's new head coach on Monday. Speaking about Rangers on Monday, Warburton said: "From my point of view they are a massive club. "I have huge respect for the size of the club and the fan base at Rangers. Who wouldn't? "I am well aware of the tradition and history of the club so I would never be anything other than absolutely respectful of a club of that stature."

Mark McGhee said that aswell....

Felt he would have been a good signing last summer. Didn't impress me in the games we played them though.

No, however I'll wait to here the full story before judging him for it. That said, I'll not be starting threads calling him names regardless.

It's a crime to get paid when you've been offered a contract? I'm not arguing he's been great but it's not acceptable to abuse him in my opinion.

In what way is he not one of our own?

Aird was always just pace though. Walsh actually has ability to play at a higher level.

Not had one since Green took over. Will buy one and long as personal finances dictate.

Maybe because threads abusing one of our own is mhank behaviour? The guy was offered a contract. The guy put up with a lot of shite. The guy was handsomely paid for that. The guy did his best. The guy wasn't very good. We don't currently know the full circumstances behind his current gardening leave. So to start a thread to abuse him is pish.

In what way?

It's like Kerryfail Street on here. By all means critisize players who have been poor, like him, but making up nicknames is pish.

He's triggered his extra year. He's quoted as saying he wants to stay regardless of what decision. He's not one of the worst by a long way and his experience will help new signings.

After Thursday we have nothing to lose, most people have Motherwell staying up. Let's do this Rangers.

Yes I did.

He's a decent enough player and a Rangers man. Scored v Chelsea when they beat them at the Bridge but not seen a lot of him.

Frank Jnr and Snr were at the UEFA Cup Final, 100%

Newcastle owner Mike Ashley runs the club "from another planet", according to former manager Kevin Keegan. In a critique of the Sports Direct billionaire's tenure since 2007, Keegan said fans of the Premier League club had been treated with "disrespect". "It is almost as if Mike Ashley has said, 'what is the worst I can do?" the ex-Liverpool striker told Sportsweek. The Magpies play West Ham on Sunday and must match Hull's result against Manchester United to avoid the drop. Speaking before the final game of the season - which manager John Carver has called "the biggest in six years" - Keegan said Ashley treats the club as "just a commodity" and there is "all sorts wrong with the club". In March, the club announced a record annual profit of £18.7m for 2013-14, the fourth consecutive financial year they have made money - although debt remains at £129m, which the club say is an interest-free loan from Ashley. He said back in September that he "would not sell the club at any price" at least until the end of the 2015-16 season. Keegan, 64, adopted an attacking brand of football during his first spell as Newcastle manager from 1992-97, and he side were pipped to the Premier League title by Manchester United in 1996. He resigned from his second spell in charge of Newcastle shortly after the transfer window closed in September 2008, saying clubs should not "impose" unwanted players on a manager. "It is not a great time to be a Newcastle fan. I just hope and pray they get the result [against West Ham] and then something good happens to that club, with Mike Ashley selling it or getting out of there because he doesn't understand the club," added Keegan. Ashleyout.com group are planning to occupy St James' Park after the final whistle on Sunday following other protests against the owner in recent weeks, which included a fans boycott of the home game against Tottenham in April. But Keegan said the club needed to recapture the "emotional attachment" to the fans. "It is not difficult to work out unless you come from another planet and I think Mike Ashley runs that club from another planet," said Keegan. "Fans are being treated with such disrespect. Fans don't want to go to games, they want to protest. Norman Watson, chairman of the Newcastle United Supporters' Trust: "None of this profit is being reflected on the pitch. The club went nearly 18 months without signing a full-time professional player on a permanent deal. "Fans want to see money invested in the playing staff - the squad is extremely thin on the ground." "I don't think the answer is to boycott the game, but to get through the season, hopefully stay up, and then hope and pray someone with lot of money who cares about Newcastle comes along and says, 'that's for me'. "They need to sit down with sensible people, not some of those people that Mike Ashley put around him in the past - I had the misfortune to work with some of them - and say 'what is this club about and how do we change it for the better?'. It is not a difficult solution. "It is not just me that would urge him to go, everybody connected with that football club, even some of the people employed there. It is time for a change."

He's a good manager but not what we are looking for at this time.

Talk is cheap.

We need a different direction regardless of what division we are in. I don't think the board ever wanted to appoint McCall but they saw how bad things were getting and decided they had to change it. I'm sure it was made clear to McCall that it would be until the end of the season and there would be no guarantee he would be there at the start of next season.

Saturday May 9, 2015 Premiership play-off quarter-final, 1st leg - Live BT Sport, kick-off 5.30pm 4th in Championship v 3rd in Championship Queen of the South v Rangers Sunday May 17, 2015 Premiership play-off quarter-final, 2nd leg - Live BT Sport, kick-off 3.30pm 3rd in Championship v 4th in Championship Rangers v Queen of the South Wednesday May 20, 2015 Premiership play-off semi-final, 1st leg - Live BT Sport, kick-off 7.45pm 3rd or 4th in Championship v 2nd in Championship Saturday May 23, 2015 Premiership play-off semi-final, 2nd leg - Live BT Sport, kick-off 12 noon 2nd in Championship v 3rd or 4th in Championship Thursday May 28, 2015 Premiership play-off final, 1st leg - Live BT Sport, kick-off 7.45pm 2nd or 3rd or 4th in Championship v 11th in Premiership Sunday May 31, 2015 Premiership play-off final, 2nd leg - Live BT Sport, kick-off 3.00pm 11th in Premiership v 2nd or 3rd or 4th in Championship

Let's lay down a marker of how we'll perform away from home in the playoffs. Come on the teddy bears.

I reckon you've missed part of the point of the statement. It's not just about the rule.