rangersforever73
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When 55 is declared, the world's press are going to descend on Scotland, with everything being Rangers and Gerrard. The Scottish press must be sh*tting themselves as they will be on the outside looking in.
And every one of them is ugly.More faces than a town clock !
This. I couldn't care less that he is 'Celtic minded'. If he was good at his job, then fair enough. It's the fact that he rarely writes about football. I have never seen him write an article on tactics, youth football, signing strategy etc. It's all about getting digs in, usually at our expense, to get a reaction on twitter. The Times should be ashamed of themselves. Paying someone to write articles that have the depth, insight and value of a fan based opinion piece - embarrassing. Moreover, he's the worst type of journalist - he has an agenda.A so-called Sports reporter who knows fùck all about the sports he is paid to report on.
When he did report, it was a commentary, no insight about players or tactics.
He then reverted to 'opinion pieces' which were bigoted at best.
He led the witch hunt against our songs.
He was at the Toytown Parliament with FF MD, he actually stated that 'some thoughts' should be illegal ffs.
A Proven liar, exposed on TV.
Ignored by Sir Walter.
A wearer of Corduroy.
What i trying to say - He's basically a tw*t full stop.
Long may it continue.Still not got an interview with the biggest name ever to grace Scottish football. Let that sink in.
At which he’s a brown nose, 12th dan.He has no knowledge of that either.
Think all he knows is pandering to timmy.
Never EVER let him through the door.Too little a decade too late from that jump the dyke 19th Century Terrorist parasite. The sniveling prick should never be granted press privileges for Ibrox again considering his biased attempts to damage RFC over the years. A pretentious bigotted buffoon.
It’s never been fair play with Rangers, when it comes to Spiers.As annoying as Spiers is, I think it is an adequate apology for some of the things he has written about Gerrard and his team. Fair play to him.
Not hard in the cesspit of Scotland mate, just be a Rangers hater and the cheque is in the post.Baffling how a complete non-entity like stinky can make a living spewing out tripe.
Is he still a thing ?Can't post his article from The Times today but it is almost an apology and is full of praise for our manager . Took a while but he got there eventually .
Really .I hope there was a good hand full of sharp tacs in said pie.He s a prickCan't post his article from The Times today but it is almost an apology and is full of praise for our manager . Took a while but he got there eventually .
Lol! Years since I heard that one.Snottery wee bastard
That article is fine, but I bet he was vomiting typing it.If you can be bothered reading:
This Celtic carnage should not obscure the outstanding fact of this football season in Scotland: which is that Steven Gerrard and Rangers have brought an excellence to their work that even a properly-functioning Celtic would struggle to keep pace with.
This deserves to be said, especially in this column where, more than once, I expressed my doubts about Rangers appointing a rookie manager like Gerrard in the first place. It was a huge risk back in 2018 — I think even most Rangers fans admitted it was — but it finally appears to be paying off.
I doubt even Celtic playing with their buoyancy of recent seasons would have been able to stop Rangers claiming the title this season. This team of Gerrard, Michael Beale and Gary McAllister has looked so ruthless, so menacing and unforgiving, that it would have required a herculean Celtic effort just to go stride for stride with the Ibrox side.
Rangers are currently 21 points ahead and have no sign of weakness about them. Even more, when not playing well, they have dug out results. There is the complete making of champions about them.
On top of on-field form, one other key policy area appears to separate the Old Firm. While Gerrard and Rangers have finally got their recruitment right, Celtic have got theirs all wrong. In goalkeeper Vasilis Barkas, central defender Shane Duffy and striker Albian Ajeti — the three key areas of the team’s spine — Celtic have made mistakes.
Gerrard, once tipped to be “eaten up by the job” (that one wasn’t from me) has grown in the position impressively. Calm, measured and carrying authority, he has eyed up the Ibrox storm he entered and imposed his beliefs. It has taken time — and there is no doubt that the halt to football last March spared him a crisis amid dire Rangers form — but he has come good.
I do remain intrigued by one aspect which seems to be benefiting Rangers. Is it true, as some suspect, that they play better without their supporters? A number of people, including some former Rangers players, have made the claim this season. “I do think Rangers fans not being there, particularly at home games, is having a positive impact on the side,” Neil McCann said.
It is pretty insulting to any die-hard fan of any team to be told that the club is better off without you, but Gerrard’s team does seem to have a freedom of mind and lack of anxiety which some doubt would come in front of a full Ibrox. At least two players — Connor Goldson and James Tavernier — appear to be flourishing in the empty arenas.
We might only know more of the truth of this once fans are restored to our football. And Rangers are certainly not alone in having a critical, sometimes onerous fan base.
While Celtic implode — in suits and in boots — Rangers strode purposefully through this season. When the title flag finally comes their way it will be richly deserved and no deflecting about Celtic’s demise should take away from that fact.
Gerrard deserves every plaudit coming his way. The question now is: can he rack up trophies, as Graeme Souness invited him to do? Or will this be his best season in Glasgow
● Lewis Stevenson was on the verge of going to Dundee University to study politics when, in the summer of 2004, Hibs unexpectedly offered him a full-time contract. This thoroughly likeable 33-year-old finally clocked up his 500th appearance for his club this week, which is quite a milestone. Hearty applause all round for an exemplary footballer who donated a stash of his testimonial money to charity.
● Peter Lawwell and Celtic finally managed to apologise for Dubai. It was the least they could do.
I totally accept that, in one way, Celtic were caught out by the timeline of events. They had actually just touched down in Dubai when, on January 4, Nicola Sturgeon announced a fresh Covid lockdown, which suddenly made Celtic’s trip look a whole lot worse.
But, with the pandemic already overheating over Christmas, why pack players onto a plane for a seven-hour flight in the first place? It looked like a total misreading of the Covid landscape. This was a damaging blunder from Lawwell and Celtic. They are paying for it.
No need to declare season null and void What I didn’t envisage — but should have — was that this would be viewed by some as a cunning plan to put Null and Void on the agenda. I shouldn’t need reminding: a Scottish football columnist is never more than inches away from the conspiracy theorists.
For the record: I’d hate to see football stopped. I adore and lap up the game north and south of the border. The thought of football being halted actually fills me with dread. But this Covid blight, it seems to me, upstages everything.
Null and void, too, would be totally unfair on Rangers this season, just as it would have been unfair on Celtic last season. If the top flight is interrupted, it must be a delay, not a cancellation.
The Premier League in England managed to suspend, resume and conclude its 2019-20 season. I’m sure we could manage the same in Scotland.
Can anyone lip read what was said there.
We have been in the dark for a long time, out the way and in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Since Gerrards arrival we have witnessed season on season progress which is being witnessed with a 20point gap at the top of the league table and looking forward to our European tie with Antwerp. The media are now clambering to be there when we successfully clinch the league championship for the 55th time. Like snakes crawling from under the rocks slowly they are all making an entrance with positive views on our club. We hold all the aces in a game of cards, we should always remember their involvement in putting the boot firmly into us when we were in a weakened position.Can't post his article from The Times today but it is almost an apology and is full of praise for our manager . Took a while but he got there eventually .
Spiers; "Hey Walter?"Can anyone lip read what was said there.
Something smells, every time he appears.
Thats nowhere near the apology he should be making for the smug tripe he was writing when Stevie G arrived.
He tries to excuse himself by dragging the fans in and trying to make out we didn't want him.Its all weasel words and he is nothing more than a snake in the grass.
Graeme don't try and cosy up with Rangers you are much better suited staying with the mhanks,you know the same ones that welcomed you when you stumbled in to their end with your Rangers scarf.
There are enough rats deserting that sinking ship we don't need or want you and your types.
Liar fantasist and anti Rangers he has absolutely no journalists qualities