The sort-of-new Scottish Football thread pt 2 and a half

this china captain had better be good

At least no-one seems to be getting their knickers in a twist about the fact that Pressley used to play for Rangers.

On reflection... Pressley = fucking dud. Seriously. Wins less headers than he used to, can't run, continually pulls jerseys in the box.

I'd rather have Bobo hopping.

(I'm out with my dad for a drink tomorrow so I won't be meeting you for teh game btw)

Not much of a centre half though :-P

Anthony Stokes has scored a fair few goals (one against us that took Falkirk to penalties against us in the CIS Cup), and got Neil Lennon sent off last week. Don't suppose he's endearing himself to the Celtic support much. He looks a pretty good player. Then again, so did Derek Riordan, so again, I'm not convinced Celtic need him or that he'll be great if he gets there.

xpost!

(Onimo, no bother, just if you were around - I'll see you on Tuesday)

(Scotstvo seems not to think it's a bad idea, so I don't think you can classify "actual Celtic supporters" as some sort of hivemind)

I'm an actual Celtic supporter in the haven't-actually-been-to-a-match-since-the-late-nineties mould, so I don't know if I'd include myself in that :D.

Are you on crack?

Also, how shite must Alan Thompson be to not get on that bench today?

Apparently as I don't have Celtic TV and missed Friday's press conference I'm not a Celtic fan.

I'm not a real Celtic fan either, apparently. The £400 I spend on my season ticket, £84 (and counting) on Champs League tickets plus sundry other expenses (not to mention being one of only about 20,000 sad enough to pay £12 to watch a half-arsed attempt at not getting knocked out of the CIS Cup by Falkirk on the coldest Tuesday night ever), etc etc, means nothing when you realise that I only heard about this little outburst from a Hibs fan.

Maybe not the best-advised comment he's ever made, but this was after having told the interviewer twice that he wasn't prepared to talk about anything other than the game. It was a total throwaway line that's been blown out of proportion.

Sycophancy aside, I'm in no way related to GS (otherwise you'd be seeing me up front against Kilmarnock). Just thought I'd add a different opinion on it.

Still, managing to INCREASE our lead after that display at least managed to shut Shug et al up.

The interview is linked from here ^^

I stand by "bawbag"

I'm no fan of Ferguson but this really isn't a million miles away from what happened to Pressley, and most people think he was treated unfairly.

Murray must be wondering whether his club captain and arguably his best player is more valuable to Rangers than a failing faltering manager who puts absolutely no value on captaining Rangers.

This is it, isn't it? 'Barry Ferguson won't play for Rangers again under the current manager' is what they're saying all over the press, but you get the feeling that perhaps the current manager's the variable factor in that.

If Murray decides that holding onto arguably the only player he has that's worth a bit of dosh (though only Ferguson's agent seems to be convinced of this) is more important than holding onto his manager - a view that the Radio Clyde panel seem to hold - then what sort of precedent does that set? One player actually *is* capable of holding the club to ransom? Pressley tried it and got booted (though his more valuable partners-in-crime seem to have got away with it), so why should Ferguson be any different?

I really REALLY wish someone had asked Gavin Rae if he feels he's stabbed Barry Ferguson in the back by accepting the captaincy after contributing bugger all to Rangers.

arguably the only player he has that's worth a bit of dosh (though only Ferguson's agent seems to be convinced of this)

Ferguson, *if* he goes, will go to a struggling Premiership team or a Championship team with ambitions. He's not a bad player, but he's pretty much found his level, having already scuttled back from the Premiership with his tail between his legs. Someone like a Cardiff or a WBA or a Wolves would take him, I'm sure.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42407000/jpg/_42407077_leguenferguson203.jpg

http://ilx.wh3rd.net/thread.php?msgid=7488118#unread

Also, I heart Lee Naylor. I want that on record here too.