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PLG did expose something and now its emerging for all to see

yes he did that he was usless as our manager, remember the position that we were in.

Maybe that was because of Barry.

Give us fucking peace your getting as bad as muff :craphead:

Because I dislike Barry Ferguson as Muff does too.

So I'm no' gawnae gie yese peace :pipe:

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we won't miss Barry

I hope people like you don't have egg on there face sunday night...i really do......

We were playing better when KT and Mendes were playing together before Fergie came back from injury.

But KT isn't back...

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we won't miss Barry

I hope people like you don't have egg on there face sunday night...i really do......

We were playing better when KT and Mendes were playing together before Fergie came back from injury.

and that means what concerning Sundays game ?

I know many will celebrate this decision but in the end all i care about is what is best for the club and it's premature to say this move is best for the club...lets see how we do without Ferguson and Mcgregor befroe we declare this a good decision

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BARRY FERGUSON'S Rangers future was today in doubt after he was sent home from training today along with goalkeeper Allan McGregor.

Manager Walter Smith ordered the pair home after their antics on Scotland duty saw them axed from the starting line-up to face Iceland.

The Rangers captain was already considering his international future after being dropped to the bench for Wednesday's World Cup qualifier by boss George Burley alongside club-mate McGregor after a near eight-hour drinking session at the team's Loch Lomond hotel base on Sunday morning.

It is believed Alan Hutton, Scott Brown, Gary Teale and Steven Whittaker were the others involved, but that quartet had departed the scene before coach Steven Pressley was called to the bar by a member of the hotel management to be informed that Ferguson and McGregor were still there at around noon.

Pressley then advised Burley of what had happened - and the Scotland manager told both players they would have to go for a breach of discipline.

However, a delegation of players - including Celtic skipper Stephen McManus and Darren Fletcher - along with the others who were involved in the drinking session went to Burley and asked for him to reconsider axing the Gers duo.

Burley feared mutiny if he banished Ferguson and McGregor, well aware others would have followed in support of the Rangers pair amidst complaints they were carrying the can' and being singled out for doing not much more than the others.

McManus and Fletcher also asked Burley to reconsider on the grounds the scandal and upheaval would have caused by hitting the public domain ahead of the Iceland game.

Burley then changed his mind and both players remained and were eventually benched - but, despite a statement from SFA chief executive Gordon Smith last night that the matter is closed, that is certainly not the case.

SFA president George Peat wants another probe and wants all the facts of what went on ready for him to put to the SFA international board next Thursday.

There have been claims today that Ferguson may well be axed as skipper as a result of that meeting - but SportTimes understands the 31-year-old who has earned 45 caps in the last 11 years is now seriously considering retiring from the international set-up.

Ferguson knows his conduct was out of order by going on a drinking session after the team arrived back from Amsterdam at 4am.

But sources close to him say he has been "hung out to dry" by the SFA and Burley as he did nothing different to the other players, and is being made a scapegoat along with McGregor.

Burley, according to sources close to the manager, is unlikely to pick either player again while he remains at the helm, with the next Scotland duty not until August when we face Norway in Oslo, despite the fact he stated after the game that neither Ferguson nor McGregor's careers were over under him.

But while McGregor has not intimated what the future holds for him, Ferguson is very much down that road and he may well walk.

Peat, meantime, does not appear content with Burley and Smith's investigation.

He said today: "I want a full detailed explanation. Who gave the players permission to have drinks and why?

"I want to know what the behaviour of the players involved was like, and if there were complaints made to the hotel by guests who may have been upset by what they saw or heard.

"I want to know everything and I also want to know why those two players made the gestures which were all over the newspapers yesterday morning. I want to know who those gestures were aimed at.

"It will be up to either the manager or chief executive to bring that information to the table. When the full report is ready it will go before the full board."

Smith had emerged from a meeting with Burley yesterday to announce that a new code of conduct' would be put in place for future international gatherings.

He said: "I have met with George and we have spoken about the events. I fully support George's decision, which was obviously taken with the best interests of the team and the country in mind.

"What is clear, though, is that this type of incident must not be allowed to happen again. George, like any other manager, relies on his players to act in a responsible manner when representing their country.

"We will be issuing players with a code of conduct and will be tightening up arrangements within the team hotel. Where any player does not meet the standards required of a Scotland international, they will be dealt with swiftly and effectively. We now consider this matter to be closed."

To be honest this tells us nothing, we don't know if it was just the drinking antics that has caused Walter Smith to send both of them home, once again a journalist is putting 2+2 together to =5. There may have been other reasons for this.

A bit off topic but George Peat is fcking arse like! His comments recently are just asking for a hiding!

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we won't miss Barry

I hope people like you don't have egg on there face sunday night...i really do......

We were playing better when KT and Mendes were playing together before Fergie came back from injury.

But KT isn't back...

Stick Davis in the centre where he should be playing and have either Aaron or Beasley playing on the wing where they should be playing!

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And theirs the decision that will win us the league

so is it down to our keeper and barry that we are not leading the table.

Not to McGregor, but he misbehaved as well and this can not be allowed.

Barry's useless and holds up the game every time he plays. Remember the games without Barry ? The ones where we were overcome with joy about Mendes ?

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Good! About time Walter showed some backbone where these clowns are concerned. Now hoof Boyd and McCulloch and we might just see a light at the end of the tunnel.

If there's truth to them both being listed my respect for Smith has increased a vast amount. Especially in the case of Ferguson.

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something else over the past week has went on, nobody gets the armband taken off them and transfer listed.

That's what I'm thinking too. There must be more to this story than we are being told. Who's to say there wasn't a seperate incident at training?

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we won't miss Barry

I hope people like you don't have egg on there face sunday night...i really do......

We were playing better when KT and Mendes were playing together before Fergie came back from injury.

But KT isn't back...

Exactly! The problem is KT missing, NOT Ferguson IN

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we won't miss Barry

I hope people like you don't have egg on there face sunday night...i really do......

We were playing better when KT and Mendes were playing together before Fergie came back from injury.

and that means what concerning Sundays game ?

I know many will celebrate this decision but in the end all i care about is what is best for the club and it's premature to say this move is best for the club...lets see how we do without Ferguson and Mcgregor befroe we declare this a good decision

Well Fergie should have been dropped a while ago, he hasn't been performing on the pitch and still tries to bullies other players and blame them for any mistakes he makes.

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we won't miss Barry

I hope people like you don't have egg on there face sunday night...i really do......

We were playing better when KT and Mendes were playing together before Fergie came back from injury.

But KT isn't back...

Exactly! The problem is KT missing, NOT Ferguson IN

Aye right, because he was such a good replacement For KT :anguish:

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Good! About time Walter showed some backbone where these clowns are concerned. Now hoof Boyd and McCulloch and we might just see a light at the end of the tunnel.

If there's truth to them both being listed my respect for Smith has increased a vast amount. Especially in the case of Ferguson.

Agreed.

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Well Fergie should have been dropped a while ago, he hasn't been performing on the pitch and still tries to bullies other players and blame them for any mistakes he makes.

In your opinion...lets see how this bully free team get on in the title run in then i'll comment

I am not sticking up or damning ferguson here, i will bide my time and hope the manager, who i do trust, has got this one right.

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we won't miss Barry

I hope people like you don't have egg on there face sunday night...i really do......

We were playing better when KT and Mendes were playing together before Fergie came back from injury.

But KT isn't back...

Exactly! The problem is KT missing, NOT Ferguson IN

Aye right, because he was such a good replacement For KT :anguish:

:clap: well done on totally missing the point haha

Didnt matter who came in, KT was/is a huge loss, and, has been the most important part of our team, his loss is what is felt

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