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Reply | Field the world, lets them know it’s Rangers’ time – Report
at 11:02 13 Dec 2024
LOLs aplenty, thank you, brightened up a grey morning.
I'm not normally one for 'must win' or 'season defining' games, but prior to Stoke, I looked at the upcoming 7 pre-Xmas fixtures and thought, if we're going to get out of this mess, this is as good an opportunity as we'll get to start.
That we have 11 points from the first 5 has definitely exceeded expectations, I thought 8 or 9 would be a decent return. [Post edited 13 Dec 16:54]
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Reply | Team for Cardiff
at 22:48 26 Nov 2024
I reckon Lloyd wil start, Celar benched. |
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Reply | Varane
at 14:51 24 Nov 2024
Yep it was a classic Field foul...tho one he maybe thought he'd get away with as Ward had let similar ones go from both teams prior to that.
Most annoying was the pull back on Saito after about 90 seconds, where the non-existent but oft used "can't book 'em that early" law was clearly applied. |
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Reply | San Mamés, Bilbao
at 14:14 22 Nov 2024
Did the same game 6 or 7 years ago. Great day, great city.
There's a street full of bars near the ground where fans from both teams drink together - can't remember the name, but any local will point you in the right direction. |
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Reply | 1973/74 Season
at 10:51 20 Nov 2024
I saw my first game.
Home vs Derby. March 31st.
0-0. Very 0-0. Sorry, but I suspect it's not one you'll have any footage of. |
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Reply | Mark Warburton interview
at 10:29 16 Nov 2024
“a half-arsed Chris Willock is a more effective Championship team player than Ilias Chair will ever be as he has end product.”
Let’s look at that end product…
Willock
143 games
20 goals
22 assists
Chair
224 games
34 goals
34 assists
…so Willock’s goal involvements = around one every 3.4 games, Chair’s around one every 3.3.
However, Chair’s figures are remarkably consistent. In his 5 seasons as a regular, his goal involvements have been: 10-12-14-14-15 – with the last season, in a relegation struggle, being his highest figure.
In contrast, Willock had 18 in 35 in season 2021-22 (1 in 2), then dropped to 8 in 28 (22-23) and 8 in 39 (1 in 5) last season.
One signed a contract extension option shortly after Bright & Manning refused to do so and made a pointed comment about how much he owed the club. The other ran his contract down and left on a free for a club at the same level as us.
I know who I’d rather have in the trenches. |
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Reply | David Coote
at 16:36 11 Nov 2024
Gotta be finished completely, surely? |
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Reply | Positive thread alert: Posters you appreciate
at 12:59 11 Nov 2024
Just came on to put a shout out for nix - and there you were right on cue.
You save me a lot of posting time, as literally 99% of what you write could be me speaking (eg here). Verges on spooky, I sometimes wonder if I unknowingly registered a second account and have also been posting as nix whilst in some otherworldly state. [Post edited 11 Nov 13:18]
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Reply | He drinks Estrella …
at 12:41 11 Nov 2024
It's gonna be a Willock 96th minute winner that pushes him over the edge, isn't it... |
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Reply | London Clubs and those nearby in the last decade on the up !!
at 09:45 8 Nov 2024
As someone who started supporting Rangers in the 70s, I always thought of Arsenal & Spurs as London's 'Big 2.' I grudgingly accepted that Chelsea and WHU were next in line - but they never felt that far ahead of us. Palace I thought of as just behind us. The rest I saw as also rans.
As has been well documented, we fell off the gravy train at just the wrong time, as the big money poured in - then fkd up big time when we finally got another bite of the cherry.
We may not like it, but it can't be denied that Chelsea have barged their way onto top table in characteristically classless style; so that makes it a Big 3.
Clearly WHU are now fourth - but as they have shown they can still flirt with relegation, if I was a Hammer, I wouldn't take that as a given.
However, much as others have overtaken us for now, the likes of Fulham, Brentford and Palace are only one bad season / dodgy managerial appointment / key player sale away from relegation - and even with parachute money, none are guaranteed an instant return. Much bigger clubs have dropped into League One.
So I do retain hope that in my lifetime I may again see us swap places with Fulham & Brentford - but equally am aware that just now, swapping with Charlton is more likely.
For what it's worth...worries about 'losing a generation of fans' seem unfounded. Home crowds are ridiculously good all things considered, as is the away following - and in both cases, regularly surpass the figures we had in way more successful eras. The age range is also very encouraging too - not just a bunch of boomers. |
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Reply | MC has got to go
at 13:26 6 Nov 2024
A lot of talk about how Marti "looks fed up", "can't have been involved in the signings", is "giving messages to the board with his subs bench" etc etc
Yet he and Calm signed contract extensions only a few weeks ago.
Are we really in such cynical times as to think they solely did that to ensure a higher pay out when it goes to $hit? Do they really have no belief in the (ahem) "project"?
Just my rhetorical questions / idle pondering tbh... |
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