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I agree Ryan is not a great leader , he can play a bit part for United , at his age there is not much left in the tank. I remember him playing for United as a seventeen year old, and with the exception of Duncan Edwards or maybe George Best the best 17 year old to grace Old Trafford. Like Paul Macca he is well passed his sell by date, and should get well out of it I think he was a waste of an over age player. I think a good solid centre back, in (Chamoionship Manager game parlence) with lots of Influence would have been a far better choice. Someone like Taylor of Newcastle would have sorted out that woeful back four. I think Stuart Pearce is not a good coach and should not have got the job Just whilst I have the floor, I think I remember, and this is going back deep into an old man's memory bank that GB put a team into the Olympics , years ago, but in my life time, which comprised of the whole of the Queens Park team. Apparently all the players in those days had to be ameteur. I might be wrong but the Scottish FA stopped it occuring again ?

The term rebellious Scots just referred to those Scots who rebelled , The majority of Scots did not rebel and would endorse the verse It could just as easily have referred to rebelious English and Welsh who followed Monmouth I'm sure it didn't include the many thousands of Scots in Wade's or Cumberland's armies.

Is the Flag of St George Flying at Wembly ? I think not . Maybe flying at Lords though? As it is the flag and HQ of the English cricket team, also the venue for the archery. I don't remember seeing the state flag of Georgia flying at the Atlanta Olympics

I noticed Naismith was booed at Motherwell was this because a) He left Rangers in their hour of need b) They were booing his Rangers connection c) Something else Naismith like most of us has bils to pay, how can he be blamed for the carry on at Rangers?

Wasit over one hundred million pounds they stole? More than scraps

Many thanks

Well done Braders well done GB sport

Called panicking in an effort to have your cake and eat it.....because the SFA/SPL/SFL, like Governments, don't do proactive but are solely reactive. They are between the rock of integrity and the hard place of greed.....and struggling to find some way to get integrity in there and still let the clubs live in the manner to which they have become accustomed. Not sure the Oldco to Newco contracts problem was anything other than complete ignorance/arrogance on the part of both the administrators and Green's lot, thinking the players were part of the fixtures and fittings, tbh. The terms and conditions of the employees who transfer in any sale are preserved, even after insolvency, unless permitted variations are agreed in writing by the Oldco, the Newco and the employees/ representatives of the employees. Even if Newco were able to match, or come to an agreement about wages, they could not guarantee SPL Football...and that would be a big ask of the players...and a breach of the contract they signed on joining the club. Don't get the impression anyway that Oldco informed and consulted the employees/appropriate representatives of those employees affected by the transfer in the first place. What draconian rule is this...and what else is Newco bar a new applicant to the league? I wan't complaining , just pointing out that , sometimes it's Newco, and sometimes it's Oldco The rule I feel is a draconian was the one that a totally new club has to fill when joining the leadue, ( something about 3 years ) the way they got round it was to say there is a connection with the old set up. This gives the SFA carte blanche to punish the new club for the sins of the old club. I feel you can't punish a new organisation for a ruling on transfer awarded to the old club? Remember in England Chelsea when formed as a new club entered the league having never kicked a ball outside it I quoted Douglas Bader before and I will quote him again " Rules were made for fools and the guidance of wise men".

Teams may be doing their best to get relegated from Div one to Div two In the hope they will play Rangers next season

On the one hand they say " New Club ", Rangers can't keep old contracts for players On the other hand they say " Old Club ". Rangers must accept transfer ban inflicted on the old regime, because of some old draconian rule meant for new applicants to the league. Beyond me, They ( SFA ) then say you can't jioin if you don't accept transfer ban Does SFA - Stand "for Sweet Fanny Adams" ? Quote from Len Shackleton's book - Clown Prince of Soccer -

I think the ST Mirren v Celtic matches both home and away will be full of Rangers fans, turning the game into a make shift old firm match

Ever since Preston supporters rioted on the Bury ground I have not been able to stand them.. I remember some clown suporting Preston had a whisle he kept blowing it at criucial moments The ref took the players off The Preston lot charged onto the pitch

Celtic Hearts Dundee United Motherwell St Mirren Kilmarnock Aberdeen ICT Ross County St Johnstone Hibernian Dundee My Guesstimate I think St. Mirren will benifit from extra support from fringe Rangers fans wanting SPL football , I think Partick Thisle will too in the Div 1

I suspect that a good few loyal and long time fans are losing their zeal for the club It's a shame really, as a newcomer to the area I really tried to get involved. I took my daughter to a game her first game in Scotland, she was very disapointed not just with the standard of play, but with the quiteness of the supporters. The St Mirren fans sang " when the Saits" throughout the whole match, and totally drowned the home support. On leaving the ground, a normally quiet girl said at the top of her voice "a waste of £25 ". Anyway I have decided to buy a ticket whether I will use it , is another thing. I have always supported the local side wherever I have lived. Just get the fans singing.

At least they didn't pick 5th placed club as they did in England in 1919. Extract from Wikipedia History of Arsenal The club controversially rejoined the First Division in 1919,[17][18] despite only finishing sixth in 1914–15, the last season of competitive football before the First World War had intervened — although an error in the calculation of goal average meant Arsenal had actually finished fifth,[19] an error which was corrected by the Football League in 1975.[20] The First Division was being expanded from 20 teams to 22, and the two new entrants were elected at an AGM of the Football League. One of the extra places was given to Chelsea, who had finished 19th in the First Division and thus had been already relegated. The other spot could have gone to 20th-placed Tottenham Hotspur (also relegated), or to Barnsley or Wolves, who had finished third and fourth in the Second Division respectively.

I don't think this is the case because: 1. If New Rangers are a continuation of old Rangers then they would enter the comp in Round 4 because they finished 2nd in the SPL/ 2. If they are a new club, then they are ineligible for the competition because they were not SFA members at the time of the draw and it is unlikey they will be full members of the SFA in time for the commencement of the competition. What's the bet the Appeals Tribunal determines the penalty as suspension or explusion from the Cup. A competition they would not be eligible for anyway. For goodness sake throw the dam rule book in the bin Course Rangers or whatever they are called will have to be in the cup As Douglas Bader said or similar “Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.”

Totally agree. The Board seriously need to up their game, not sure if they can and I have said this on previous threads before. Too many people on the board for the wrong reasons. Are not people on the board because they invested in the club. Many many years ago I was told it cost at least £100,000 to join the board at Burnley.

Throwing money at football teams dosn't always work

One ring to rule them all and one ring to find them In the land of ******** where the shadows lie We are living in the Shire folks

I don;t think we should be so pessimistic I still think there are a lot of genuine people in the game. I know a lot of distgusting things happen, but we should not let it get us down The media don't help boosting up situations True we all like to see our team at the top , but hell of a lot of spectators never see that but they turn up to cheer their local teams week in week out,

In American Football they have a wage cap That includes every body at the club, from the chief Exec down to the tea ladies A rule very strongly enforced by league auditors I know under EEC rules individual caping is not allowed, but total capping is. ( I think)

I have lost track of the County ground situation I was led to believe that Victoria Park was not up to SPL standards , and they would be playing at our gaff What is the situation?

Gears or Gers ?

" Why? Dunfermline were absolute pap last season and were deservedly relegated." That's the very reason I want them in Less chance of Inverness going down next year,