Rangers Rumours Archive July 31 2012
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31 Jul 2012 20:31:16
all these rumours on here about signing fortune or jones or even sissoko should be dubbed nonsence.rangers startin in D3 is perfect for us to bring youth into the team but as usual the sum sections of the support would rather we gave an average forgeiner a chance rather than a good scottish prospect.bring youth in its our perfect chance.
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We can give youngsters a chance but we need experience to get us back into the top flight
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I agree this transfer embargo just might be a blessing in disgise.
If I were a under 18 player Rangers were interested in I would hope that instead of keeping the bench warm I would now get a chance to show my worth.
Also then if we having to sell to make ends meet we are not trying to punt on old timers with no future.
We could have got a fair price for McCabe if things were diffrent.
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Aye but we've no even got enough players to fill the bench ally needs to bring in some experince u tube or we will only have a squad of 16 all season and that will come in handy with injury and suspensions!
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Im a celtic fan but i believe rangers need seasoned campaigners to get back to the top as quickly as possible. to go with youth as many of you are suggesting would never work as they would be bullied in the lower divisions.what do others think.
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31 Jul 2012 19:30:51
Are we playing Beith tonight?
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3 - 0 win for the gers
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Last night! won 3-0
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Who scored the goals
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Whos beith ? {Ed039's Note - Ayrshire)
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3-0 woohoo were world beaters again..
W. a. t. p championeez . The airport bear
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31 Jul 2012 18:46:50
Is this greek midfielder any good?
Sheilds in, good signing will rip the third div up, black not to sure about was rank against brechin
anyone know of any other potentials?
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Hes a amazing passer and will set up loads of goals he's also the only ever outfeild player to play in the number 1 shirt
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He set up littles 1st goal
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Sheils may not be happy u dont know his name
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Lmao the club goes to the wall and most our players leave. But alexander is thinking here's ma chance Rangers number one here I come! Nope sorry mate some Greek midfielders taken that right aff ee...
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Must remember Black has just came back from an operation on his groin (I think) & hasn't had a pre season
when assessing him & beattie a week or so ago - black was only doing light running
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Im sure Ossie Airdiles played in the number 1 shirt for Argentina in the 82 World Cup.
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From a greek fan he was a good player 10 years ago. But he will look good in div 3. Would have rather we were able to keep mccabe and ness but thats short sightedness on their part.
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Well done to the greeks gubbing motherwell 2 back stabbing teams down 2 more to follow w.a.t.p
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Black hasn't played football all summer (either have the other players), but he's also just had an operation - are you going to start booing him?
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He is just back from hernia op
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Was he in Greece when he set up Little's 1st goal? If so, he definitely is an amazing passer!
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He is recovering from two hernia operationgive him time.
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Black will come good, lack of matches was the whole teams struggle at the weekend...a few more games and they will be up to speed
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Mcculloch set up little for his goal did he not?
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For goodness sake give the guy a chance, (black) he's only had 1 weeks training, no pre-season typical Rangers fan, looking for instant success, get behind the team, All Season, then you can say who had a bad or good season.
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To 3rd reply, his name is Shiels....
My surname is spelled Sheils and people get it wrong all the time...
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Black was class first 50 mins then looked tiredness just kicked everyone, recovering from injury tho
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31 Jul 2012 18:37:25
Just a thought. Wat about Robbie Fowler. Surely he'd do a job in the 3rd
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Fck sake get ally to get his boots on as well wonder what souness is up to
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What about david Beckham ? he would do a job in the 3rd ?? oh my mate works in the cleny empties bins and he DOES do a job in the 3rd
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You on mars mate?
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And what does he gain to playing 3rd division football? Apart from a few bruises maybe.
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No chance ! surely we can attract, some young blood ( on loan ) from down south that would be a better option . BIG BILL...
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Well he is a gers fan
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The guy is using the forum correctly and making a comment. If, as everyone expect, Sevco progress back to SPL in consecutive seasons and then qualify for CL...what a story to be part of! Some of these guys like Owen etc. might just be interested as they don't really need the money. I am sure that the Sevco management are looking at acashing-in on this type of tv/film deal. (If they are good businessmen they will be)
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I just wish we could attract talent like peter van vossen, ahh those were the days ...
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Whats he now, 50? get real! steviebear
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The guy just made a SUGGESTION. No need to be snide to the fellah!
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'Wat' about Robbie Fowler? 'Wat' about people that can't even spell sharing awful Football Manager based theories on here? In a short answer: NO. IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN
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Stop calling it Sevco. We are Rangers!
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Oh my luck this is fantastic. Sell the rights to Hollywood surely it will be THE GREATEST STORY EVER STROLLED, featuring the Govan Strollers.
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You people have learned nothing omg it was signing overpriced, over the hill and over paid players that got you into this mess in the first place , and fowler fits into every catagory ,fab1
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31 Jul 2012 17:32:46
Anyone think Rob Jones (ex Hibs and Sheffield Wednesday) would be a good shout on a free? Big solid centre back and dominant in the air. Exactly the type of player needed in D3.
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He signed for huddersfeild yesterday
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Hes just signed 2 year contract with doncaster
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Rob jones just signed a contract with doncaster rovers today. please keep up
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Keep this nonsense up and in 6 months it will be LIQUIDATION FOR THE NEWCO,SOME FUDS NEVER LEARN................
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He signed for Doncaster.
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Signed for Doncaster
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Good big player. He would come defo, we are still paying the 2nd highest wages in the country by a mile.
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@4. I think its you thats the fud. I would call you far worse but I doubt the ed will post it. Although as you appear to be ignorant in the extreme I very much doubt you would understand what it meant anyway. It was a suggestion and only a suggestion.
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31 Jul 2012 17:24:46
Rangers interested in bringing in Quintin Fortune on a season long deal.
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Eh he retired in 2010 and is working on getting hi coaching badges at United mate
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Hes about 90
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31 Jul 2012 14:19:04
What do people think about the new name " the rangers football club" I'm not sure myself.
could we not have changed to "Glasgow Rangers football club" since we were only ofiicaily "Rangers football club"???
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You are incorrect about the old name.
The new name is "The Rangers Football Club Limited".
The old name was "The Rangers Football Club PLC".
The only thing that has changed is "PLC" to "Limited".
"The" has always been in the title.
Incidentally, the old club name "The Rangers Football Club PLC" has now been changed to RFC 2012 PLC.
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I would rather all of us just call it Rangers Football Club. "The Rangers" is only our company name. We are still Rangers, we still have 140 years of history, and by referring to our team by these new names just insults the history
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This is just the holding company? We used to be owned by a company called "The Rangers Football Club PLC" or something similar. The club is, and always will be, Rangers FC. People are just emphasising the "The" at the start of the name now to make us look like a new/ distinct club. Someone posted on here last week with the names of all the holding companies of SPL clubs. None of them are known as simply [name] FC. Most were, e.g, "The Celtic Football Club" or whatever. Everyone should just get over these silly names - we are Rangers, no matter what!
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We were always the rangers football club, we have aquired the name the 'oldco' got rid off so we could have it.
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Looks like FTT is due for release, as date of hearing which were withheld - now announced. 5 days notice given the defendants, so would appear we in the 5 day countdown.
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These are the names of the company that owns/used to own the club - they're irrelevant.
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Why do rangers need a new name ??fab1
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Its only the company name thats changed not the club name ya rocket
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To the guy saying it is the holding company, that is not correct.
The Rangers Football Club Limited is the football club.
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BDO the liquidators need to agree to all of this, it was only D&P on behalf of the oldco agreeing to it today. In business terms in means nothing until the liquidation process is complete.
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In fact, to take the point on holding companies further, "The Rangers Football Club PLC" was the name of the previous football club, it was not a holding company either. However, the holding company of the football club was The Rangers Group Limited (formerly Wavetower) which in turn had 100% of it's share capital owned by Craig Whyte through another company called Liberty Capital, registered in the British Virgin Islands.
At present there is no holding company of "The Rangers Football Club Limited".
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timmy tim........bet you dont let this in Ed....but its true.... {Ed001's Note - it won't get posted because you couldn't post it in any way that wasn't just foul and abusive. Next time I will just block you.}
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Its only the financial organization that every club uses to register that went bust. The CLUB is still the same old lovely club! It's just that all clubs now must have a financial part to them which is registered as a company at the stock exchange blah blah. And we now have a new comany (newco) for the club!
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Unless BDO ignore the Insolvency Act,we won't be Rangers anything!
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I'd rather you paid back your £100million+ of debt before you every use that name in any context. It's misleading to everyone to use the name of a liquidated club.
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The only thing in the name that is different is Ltd rather than Plc. Stop listening to the tims, they are al full of sh*t
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The only difference in the name is its been transferred from one football club to another
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31 Jul 2012 13:53:15
Rangers clinch signing of Dean Shiels
Rangers have signed former Hibernian and Kilmarnock midfielder Dean Shiels on a four-year contract.
The 27-year-old Northern Ireland international moves to Ibrox as a free agent following an excellent season at Rugby Park.
He won the League Cup with the Ayrshire side and made the four-man, short-list for Scotland's player of the year.
Rangers, who are preparing for life in Division Three, hope to register the player officially on Friday.
Shiels had rejected the offer of new terms at Killie, while he had been linked with a return to Hibs, where he played for nearly five years before switching to Doncaster in January 2009.
Meanwhile, club owners Sevco Scotland Limited is changing its name to The Rangers Football Club Limited.
An extraordinary general meeting of 'oldco' shareholders took place at Ibrox, where procedures were approved to enable the name change.
Charles Green's Sevco consortium completed the purchase of the business and assets of Rangers in June after the club was consigned to liquidation following failure to secure a Company Voluntary Arrangement in order to exit administration.
Rangers were granted conditional Scottish Football Association membership on Friday night, which will be completed when the formal transfer of 'oldco' Rangers' Scottish Premier League share to Dundee takes place later this week.
"The process that took place today is the penultimate piece of the jigsaw that will see The Rangers Football Club move forward, with the transfer of SFA membership being the final piece," Green told the club website.
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31 Jul 2012 13:52:43
Dean Shiels signs a four year contract with Rangers.
Also, Rangers granted permission to name the club The Rangers Football Club, transferring all rights to the name to the new structure. This means we keep our history OFFICIALLY. We are the people.
Source: Rangers FC official page, BBC sport.
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I am afraid it doesn't mean that at all. It si unlikely that Sevco can change the name as suggested without the permission of BDO. It is a new club because the club and the company were incorporated and liquidated together
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Woooohooo!!
now we just wait for the big tax case:D....cos, if you look like old rangers, smell like old rangers, then you must be old rangers......and HMRC won't be slow in pointing that out lol!
liquidation part deux
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Do they sevco keep there history! History never dies but it's the start of a new club and history for them. Cmac
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Oh my god just leave it Rangers as was will shortly be liquidated, Charles Green formed a Newco to be known as The Rangers , let's worry about getting the right players in as we'll have them til Jan 2014
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You get to keep your 1 game history against Brechin.
Rangers 140yrs history died when Rangers liquidated.
im a Rangers fan lets get behind Green & the new company.
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We cannot keep a name near to us as the rangers football club looks more likely to be the Glasgow rangers football club
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Good! Your history will be tarnished when they remove the titles you won through financial doping. Without the dual contracts your team would have went out of business by 2006 if you had put the wages through officially and paid tax on them.
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Actually bbc reported you will have all sorts of problems changing any name and there is at least 5 names registered with a similar name and it can take over a yr to change BDO can also refuse unless i,ve been reading a different website.Fairy season begins again.
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What about the titles celtic won when Rangers were using The EBT Scheme then? Any complaints about cheating? Was always 11v11 on the pitch
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Rangers 2012 sounds new distance itself from rangers fc the old co the name cannot be to close
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Celtic used EBT's, however Celtic did it legally, Rangers didn't. Hence the side contracts. Do keep up!
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How depressing when we are looking at Dean Shields as a good signing he should be no were near our club
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There will always be a rangers no matter what
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I agree with the above poster the years rangers used ebt's and dual contracts and celtic won the league should result in rangers being stripped of prize money from the league position the european runs etc. etc. you want to pick and chose the history you take forward, it doesn't work like that {Ed039's Note - Where does it stop? Take the goalposts that were bought during that time? Get a grip guys)
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31 Jul 2012 11:52:43
Sevco Scotland Ltd has officially changed it's name to The Rangers Football Club Ltd, which will soon become a plc. This is the exact same name as Rangers have always been known as. Today the 'oldco' held an extraordinary general meeting where the 'oldco' name was changed to RFC 2012. So we are officially Rangers and Sevco is no longer a relevant term.
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I love it when folk disagree with a fact. Presumably a Sellick fan in denial. Reach for the comfort blanket.
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So this is where the problems start or should i say continue!
How can a liquidated club change it's name ? Surely that means its a new club? And if Sevco change it's name to Rangers does that mean its the old club that was liquidated ?
Confused.com!!
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I think BDO might object that that to be honest. Too much like a phoenix company for their liking.
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Officially The Rangers.
It's no the same; Smith, Green, Hately, Gorum, Naismith have all told us that!
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Aye but there's been a 2 month break in the history therefore we aren't what we used to be.
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Give it 12 months and you will be having another name....... Don't expect you will sell more than 12 -15,000 season tickets, and you won't have the crowds at Ibrox, should you win the 3rd division by a mile... your only hope is to make winning the 3rd division a season long event rather than doing it by winning every game.
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You'll still be known as Sevco. If you can call yourself "the people" the rest of Scottish football will call you Sevco. We won't let you forget what has happened. You can't brush it under the carpet.
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If you wear a deadmans clothes and stay in his home you are not that person they are dead. Rangers are liquidated and sevco Scotland bought their assets, sevco has now got permission to call themselves rangers so history can move but unfortunately it's sevco's history as they are the parent company
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Should have called it The MIGHTY Glasgow Rangers.
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To the fan in denial your club is dead,history and titles and how can you read the bbc story then blatantly lie about what it actually said!There hasn,t been any name change approved by anyone on earth except you and green so tell the real truth as anybody who does read the site will know you are a born liar.
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To the poster who says"we wont let you forget what has happened", isnt that "your" problem my bitter fiend :)
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The main asset sevco bought was the CLUB! Battered and bruised but we are alive and kicking in d3, with a new company shell! Rangers the club remain the same, it was the parent company(shell) that went bust.
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I follow Celtic mainly but I could not care what the new co is called. With all the problems facing Scottish football this should be the least of our worries.
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BOO HOO! The greeting sellik fans are raging that we still exist and are getting more worldwide attention than them. Enjoy your boring SPL this year, will it still be going on by Xmas? I think not. How are your season ticket sales coming along? Great to see your directors BEGGING folk to buy them. Hope youz get pumped in Europe too - as i no longer support the SFA or Scotland, the coefficient means nothing to me.
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We are called rangers fc nothing has changed lets get on with the football
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31 Jul 2012 11:52:39
Just an idea fellow bears, but don't you think McFadden would do a job for us? I know it would be a risk but in the leagues we are trying to get out of we will need a little bit quality to unlock a defence or do something special.we seem to have a hard working squad with good passers and quite physical too but when we've met these sort of teams in the past theres often been a wee touch of magic to put us through! Remember every games a cup final to them against us? Just a thought.
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There is absolutely no way mcfadden would sign. never going to drop down to division 3!
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The boy is a die hard celtic fan!
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Get McFadden,Kyle and Beattie and our new sponsors could be BUPA.
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I hear where your going but am not keen on that one,the guys a self confessed Celtic fan and I'm not to into that,plus I'm not sure he's what we really need,highly unlikely but what about Templeton from hearts got pace and ability and rumoured to have spoken to black and would be keen on a move.but as usual down to money.
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He's desperate to sign for us but we dont want him, quite happy for him to sign for the Shame though...
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Did you no think those young boys McLeod and Makay played well at the weekend? What do we want that perma-sicknote clogging things up for? He's got emergency plan z tim signing written all over him for when they get pumped oot Europe by the Finns and can't afford anything else.
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It's not going to happen, ever. Please pick another random footballer that will never join to add to the 'What about....' list and we'll shoot your suggestion down as quickly as possible. Thanks.
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31 Jul 2012 09:44:02
Shiels to sign today.Bedoya to leave for Sweden.
No news on Jennings,Beattie offered pay as you play deal because of his injury problems.
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Shiels signed a 4 year deal, great news. hope its true about sissoko. steviebear
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30 Jul 2012 23:54:58
Rangers to sign dean shiels and sissoko from killie
Dean on a free as he's a free agent and sissoko for 230 k
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Where is the 230K coming from?
I am angered by the short sightedness of the signings, all that money on Murray park and Ally is doing anything to get average SPL players in. Give youth a chance in these divisions!
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I agree with sheils signing its only a matter of time, but can't see ally getting 230k to spend on sissoko as nice as it would be! He will only be signing free's I'm afraid!
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Dean Shiels is a great signing. Sissoko is a very comfortable player and would do a good job for us if that one is true.
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Short sightedness?? We are in div 3, we need to get through the leagues ASAP! Youth wouldn't cut it getting kicked about div 3! A good mixture us required, stop moaning and get behind the team!!
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Sorry,but is Sissoko not only on loan from AC Milan?My mate's a Killie fan and that's what he says
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Ally has weeks to build a team to stay together for the next 14 months, top class players aren't going to come, but players like Shiels are fans who are here to be legends and for the journey we are about to go on, and the others know the chance to play for a team like Rangers doesnt come along often we need experience, youth, and most inportantly numbers, and quickly....let Ally do what he needs to and not slate players before they have even bedded in......Once a Ranger always a Ranger, through the good, the bad, and the suicidal times!
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He is on loan to Udinese not AC
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No, Sissoko is on loan from Udinese
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30 Jul 2012 22:59:31
Where is chris burke these days. On his game he could do a job for us out wide
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Think he is still at bham
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Burke is a star player for Birmingham. He doesn't need us and is far too good. Infact he should never have been sold. Never given a dece t run or chance.
No doubt the usual bashers will be on shouting nonsense. Blah blah blah.....
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He signed for birmingham last year. first team player. no chance of coming back. he will be on good money. i thought he was very inconsistant at rangers anyway.
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I think Burke would be a cracking signing for us...but there is no chance it would happen. The wee man is an integral part of the Birmingham set up and don't see him leaving to play in the Scottish 3rd.
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Loved chris Burke back in the day, great player but he's at Birmingham now I'm sure and playing regularly so doubt he'd come back up for div 3. Plus, he was a scelptic fan as well wasn't he?
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Burke is at birmingham and played most games 4 them
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Burke is at Birmingham City now and was voted Player of the Year last year after scoring 14 goals and 19 assists
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Doing well at Birmingham city
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Birmingham. I'm sure hel want to come back to play in the first division. Another young boy the fans gave a hard time
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Having a laugh chris Burke played a key role in the Birmingham team last year and won player of the year soo no chance of getting him do some research before coming on here talking crap ! And let's all be realistic
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Why do we insist on linking ourselves with s**t players who've previously been on our books . This is a new era for us lets move on forward and upward leaving the rest behind that includes the likes of Burke , novo , sebo .... These players played for us in testing times and would never have played for us otherwise !
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Is he not at Birmingham, I doubt he would come to us wages wise. Also he was treated pretty badly here and is from a Celtic family I think ... Was a great wee winger for us though.
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Just to confirm, same chris burke who has been liked to premiership teams in a two million pound move? pfft we need to get our heeds out the clouds bears!
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You let hm go for free to cardiff.because he wasnt good enough. he is now with birmingham earning wages you cant afford. WHY DONT YOU KNOW THIS STUFF.. shamrock
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Hes doing well at Bham and hes been linked with a move to Norwich...
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Have to disagree with those who say burke was never given a fair crack of the whip. i liked burke, i thought he was a good squad player and no more. he had plenty runs in the team but sadly his distribution wasnt consistent enough, distinct lack of goals and he was very very lightweight. also he was very injury prone, it was best for both parties to part company and burke has gone on to make a decent career at the moment for birmingham.
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