Yngwie

England, rather than bleat on about how heartbreaking and unlucky it is to go out on penalties, why not try playing a bit of football in the 90/120 minutes and at least go out with a fight?

What makes you think that?

Link?

D is right, there is currently no TV deal in place for next season.

Germany v Greece should make for an interesting evening in the Windsor household.

Go To France?! Perhaps like Tade he wants to be closer to home and so will sign for St Johnstone. He certainly won't be back at ICT, his actions have made that pretty clear. Libero has hit the nail on the head regarding the Scottish players Malpas talks about. It's all about supply and demand, and these players earn what they currently earn because a club was willing to pay that, and they were more than happy to accept.

Was linked with Hibs the other day. Good player if he can avoid injury.

Wouldn't he have been at Ipswich the same time as our Terry? Send us some players please!

http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/sport/spl/4385538/Greens-plot-to-buy-Bury.html This supposed plan by Greene to buy Bury FC and relocate them to Ibrox is a complete non-starter and a non-story................but I do like the sound of "Bury Rangers".

What was he buying, engine oil?

If an athlete or cyclist found to be a drug cheat has retired, their records should still be erased.

So what you're saying is if a team cheats its way to titles, it gets to keep them provided it goes down the newco route? There's no reason why the SPL shouldn't sort out the current predicament AND take appropriate action to rectify the injustices of the past.

No clash with Celtic home fixtures, unsurprisingly. But Club 12 does clash with Dundee Utd's home games, which coulod turn out to be a problem. Eh? Both Celtic and Club 12 have home fixtures on the 2nd week, Saturday 11th August. Celtic game postponed in advance to let them have a lucrative friendly.

No clash with Celtic home fixtures, unsurprisingly. But Club 12 does clash with Dundee Utd's home games, which coulod turn out to be a problem.

We are away to Paisley on first day.

The SPL fixtures come out tomorrow, which is always a good sign that the start of the season isn't too far away. Any preference for our first fixture? I would love to see us get off to a winning start, so a winnable home fixture would be good. Although we are better away from home, so maybe not. Ach who cares, we have to play everyone at some point. Apparently Rangers will not appear in the fixtures, but an unnamed 12th club will be there instead, who may or may not turn out to be the Rangers Newco once the vote is taken.

After the dismal football in the last World Cup, this tournament has been really good so far, the best for a long time. The Spain side of recent years has been the best football team the world has ever known. With Villa (their all time top scorer) out injured they have lost a bit upfront, which gives other teams a slight chance. Still favourites in my book, but I really like the look of Germany too.

He did, and also played against us when on loan at Dundee. He was invited for a trial with us and played in some pre-season friendlies before signing.

I'd have thought that U19s who aren't good enough for SPL sides would only really be of interest to SFL teams.

If you want information on who we are going to sign, then in descending order of reliability: 1. football-rumours.co.uk 2. IHE

Correct.

As part of the transistion to Newco "Glasgow Rangers FC" will become "The Rangers FC" "Ahm gan tae see The Rangers at The Big Hoose wi' The Peepul"

Interestingly Ross County have gone for a very similar, low key pre-season : Brora, Turriff, Raith, Clach, Nairn, Elgin. Both sides looking to keep travel costs down and avoid loss-making home games, I would suggest.

If Rangers were in Div 3 it is highly likely that there would be a TV deal with the SFL to show their games - but that doesn't mean they would drop the SPL altogether. However, the amount TV companies would pay to an SPL without Rangers would be slashed, no doubt about it.

The SPL was founded on the principle of greed, so it's hardly surprising that each club votes with self-interest at heart. And I'm not actually criticising anyone for doing that, it's natural.