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NeoGeo7

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  1. As the man himself said, win games.

    I expect us to have a much tougher team physically and mentally and I expect us to be winning our home games.

    Whether that takes us close to the summit or not I think that’s what we can expect in the first season.

  2. 22 minutes ago, backup said:

    The budget no matter who was negotiating clearly did not stretch to Skrtel, which begs the question, who approached Skrtel knowing he was outwith our means.

    Did we know it was out with our means though. Did we perhaps think that with Gerrard as manager that his former teammates/friends would take a hefty pay cut to be here? Does Gerrard think he’s got those kind of funds available on wages and fees?

    Lots of questions but we’ll never get any answer other than when we actually sign players (even then we can only speculate what the fee was and the wages are)

  3. 14 minutes ago, GT66 said:

    Knew someone would mention that lol.

    He actually looked not bad in centre mid, but as a defender was clumsy as fuck

     

    Always remember the home match against dundee Utd (ain’t karma a bitch) with him and Scott Wilson at centre back and it was horrendous, lost 2-0 and konterman was at fault for both. Let Steven Thompson ahead of him for a header then did some crazy karate kid type clearance attempt, missed and they scored the second (also remember that game well for fabrice Fernandez crashing one off the bar)

  4. 40 minutes ago, Leeds_Bear said:

    You’re a mad fuck aren’t you?

    He’s not even spoken to Gerrard, or have you?

    Have they ever even played against each other?

    Direct quote from Gerrard:

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     “I am delighted to confirm Allan as my second signing this summer as we continue preparations for next season.

    “He is vastly experienced goalkeeper who we feel can add to the options available to us currently. He has won lots of silverware for this club, and has shone at the highest level in Europe.

    I have played against Allan a number of times in my own career and I know just how fierce a competitor he can be.

    “He is a Rangers supporter who rose through the ranks here, so having someone with such a depth of feeling towards the club is another great asset to the squad.”

     

  5. 8 minutes ago, BlueEdu said:

    I’m totally level headed about it and you’re right in what you say, but then I think about someone like Mculloch and what he did for us and I can’t help but resent McGregor. Like I say I’d love to see him win us all over but it’s a tall order

    But look how it ended for McCulloch.

    People ended up resenting him because he just couldn’t cut it anymore and started playing in centre back (McCoists fault for still playing him). Wallace definitely regressed as a result of sticking with us and although he’s not up to it anymore (in my eyes) it’s a shame that it’s going to end on a sour note for him too. These guys didn’t volunteer as they still got paid well but at the same time they could have refused to TUPE and get a move elsewhere.

    Mcculloch was older and not likely to be in the Scotland squad bu Wallace could have been.

    Whittaker, Naismith, mcGregor and Lafferty were all in their nations national squad at the time IIRC therefore it’s perhaps easier to understand but at the same time still unforgivable.

    The press conference really is what sets Whittaker and Naismith apart from McGregor, Lafferty and Davis but it doesn’t mean we welcome them with open arms.

    He’ll need to earn our trust and respect and those are hard to earn and easy to piss away as they all did in 2012.

  6. 1 minute ago, BlueEdu said:

    Can’t wait to hear his interview, I wonder if he talks about abandoning the club. Would love for this to give Wes a kick up the arse and “shagger” can warm the bench for two years

    He’s very excited to be back, once he learned we were interested it was a, wait for it, no-brainer.

    He made no mention of the circumstances when leaving nor was asked about it since it’s an RTV interview.

    The one thing he said that stuck out was that he wants to help out the club I a]no any way he can. For me that implies he wants to make amends without actually saying it.

    As I said he could have stayed with Hull, where he just won player of the year,  and no doubt be paid more than being here or gone to Leeds and have the same sort of money but he chose to come home.

    He’ll have to work hard to win anyone over but that bodes well for us and I can see it being one of those difficult decisions to make that is done for the greater good.

  7. He had a good thing going for himself at Hull, he could have gone to Leeds and yet he has chosen to come back here even though he knows it won’t be universally accepted never mind endorsed. This shows he has one thing in abundance......character.

    We need leaders and winners on and off the park and whether you agree with what he chose back in 2012 and whether you forgive him or not he’ll add to the squad both in ability and character.

    He knows he’ll have to perform well to win anyone over and he obviously wants to redeem himself so let him and if he succeeds then we all win, if he doesn’t then it’s just like any other failed signing with the exception he has the history of 2012.

  8. I think there is an element of them being worried we are getting things in place and given they have seven and not nine titles in a row they know there’s a chance of their arses collapsing.

    However, this particular barrage is a well timed deflection tactic as many have already said.

    It sickens me that rather than be honest human beings (the irony) and putting their hands up and putting the offenders to shame they want to try and sweep it under the rug and then use their influence in the country to try and slur our club when we did what was right. He was sacked and police reported.

  9. 3 minutes ago, gers31 said:

    But even to bring this up now from the corrupt sfa when uefa already stated its too old a case and won't do anything its beyond a joke. And to come out and state we could be fined or banned from the cups when we already have been playing in the cups just shows how much they hate us. Now is the time to win this league next season and get it up every cunt 

    If we win the league they’ll probably try to get points deducted for something :lol:

  10. We need to adopt a siege mentality to win the league again.

    Being all pally with some cunt that tried to do one of us rather than sticking the nut on him during the game is exactly why we are fucked when we take on the scum before the first whistle goes.

    The sooner the posers are out of the club the better.

    If you want to be a real Ranger, a winner then welcome to the club if not the thanks but no thanks, there’s the door.

  11. 29 minutes ago, East Enclosure Row N said:

    Who gives a fuck. You don't own them 24/7 and it is fuck all of yours (or my) business

     

    I’ll reiterate so why post it to the whole fucking world if it’s not anyone else’s business?

    The whole issue with social media is people want to broadcast every fucking thing they do so they have to accept that at times they are going to take abuse from certain things and it’s up to them to understand the right time to share and the right time to keep it to yourself.

    if they want to be mates with a wee prick like Allan then that’s their decision and while I don’t agree with it especially after Sunday I can’t change it but they should have enough sense to know that this season has been a disaster and the last thing we want to see is players cavorting with someone that nearly broke our players leg a day before.

    I didn’t say I own them by the way so stop putting words in my mouth, it just takes a bit of decency and common sense on the players’ part to keep it to themselves.

  12. 5 minutes ago, DrLaudrup said:

    This thread made me think of what Rio Ferdinand said in his book. I just looked it up;

    “I don’t seem to be able to open up and be real pally with people I’m in direct competition with.

    “I felt the tension with England together. If Chelsea had won the league or beaten us in the Cup, I’d be sat with Frank Lampard or John Terry and thinking, ‘Are they fucking laughing at me?’

    “Perhaps it’s the dark side of being obsessed with winning – you don’t want to show any weakness.”

    That is the prime example of a winning mentality and the types of sacrifices players need to make to be at the top. 

    Spot on.

    Gerrard is in that mould and I have no doubt that he’ll be looking for players with the same characteristics and wanting to move on anyone that isn’t of that nature....Bye Josh

  13. 13 minutes ago, Courtyard Bear said:

    Allen will sign all the players that’s his job. 

    So you don’t expect Arfield to play much next season?? 

    I think his point is the signing was initiated by Allen and the scouting team (if rumours are believed to be true the it started in January window at which point Gerrard had nothing to do with us).

    Gerrard said in the first press conference that it’s about working together with Allen and Scoulding on potential signings.

    That means sometimes it’s Scoulding’s suggestion, sometimes it’s Gerrards and others Allen. Either way they discuss it and make a decision.

    So Arfield was already in the pipeline and Gerrard was announced before anything was signed therefore he was asked if he was ok with it. So scouting teams identified signing given the seal of approval by Gerrard

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