Barclaybred 0 Posted July 2, 2012 Research into various forums going back to pages from 2008 to last year,It seems he had a shakey start but steadily got better,though he still had doubters who seemed to be the same posters who never forgave him for that shakey start..I particularly like the comments from last year (at bottom) Player Rater - Rangers 2 - Hearts 2 #1 Canadaready Administrator Group: Admin Topics: 6,161 Posts: 75,974 Rep:27 Joined: 15-December 06 Gender:Male Location:Canada Posted 21 March 2009 - 05:46 PM Crap yet again. 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Googlebot register to remove me Group:Loyal BluenosePosts:1,872Rep:0Joined:14-August 08 Posted Today, 04:21 PM I''m the googlebot, only guests see me. Register to remove me. 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #2 papaguy51 Lionel Nessi Group: Moderator Topics: 1,650 Posts: 57,142 Rep:378 Joined: 17-December 06 Gender:Male Location:North Lanarkshire Posted 21 March 2009 - 05:48 PM Is there a ''minus'' option for Boyd? 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #3 simplythebest Jim Baxter Group: True Blue Topics: 236 Posts: 13,934 Rep:173 Joined: 02-August 07 Gender:Male Location:Glasgow Posted 21 March 2009 - 05:48 PM McGregor - 6Whittaker - 7Daily - 4McCulloch - 4Papac - 6Davis - 6Mendes - 5Ferguson - 5Beasley - 6Lafferty - 6Boyd - 1Team selection - 5Tactics - 1Subs - 2 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #4 Stuart_RFC The cry was No Surrender Group: True Blue Topics: 245 Posts: 12,685 Rep:3 Joined: 18-January 07 Gender:Male Posted 21 March 2009 - 05:49 PM Boyd shouldnt be in it, he isn''t a player #######################################################################################How much in total can selling make us this summer? #1 simplythebestest Andy Goram Group: True Blue Topics: 31 Posts: 1,448 Rep:55 Joined: 20-December 08 Gender:Male Location:Glasgow West End Posted 29 March 2009 - 06:40 PM How much in total can selling players make us this summer? And who would you keep or sell? Then, who would you bring in with it?I can imagine something like this being possibleIf we sold this lot for roughly this much;McGregor - 4milBroadfoot - 500kFerguson - 2milMiller - 1.5milNovo - 1milMcCulloch - 500kAdam - 500kHemdani - 500kVelicka - 300kDailly - 0=10.8milWe''d still have this very strong starting 11 & 6 or so decent subsAlexanderWhittaker Tonel(1.5mil) Bougherra PapacDavis Thomson Mendes BeasleyBoyd LaffertyA very strong defence with whittaker and papac the strong foundation and adding tonel is the cherry on top.Boyd is showing us again what he is about with lafferty at last showing consistancySubs:New GK from SPL (500k?)WeirEduAaronFleckMisc:WilsonEfremShinnie FurmanVelickaPromising Youth:WyldeBagci& couple morewith maybe 4 or 5 million left to spend on a couple of strong players with a couple of decent bosmans after paying 4million back towards debts with a smaller squad size to lower wages also.####################################################Since we sold Hutton many people have regarded the right back spot as a major weakness in our team. However it appears that the void left by Hutton is slowly being filled by Steven Whittaker, a player who is growing into the role week in, week out.Having been (unfairly) junted from pillar to post by the management team he was finally (albeit through another players misfortune) given a chance to show what he can do in his "preffered" position and he really hasn''t looked back since.He attacks with so much more vigour and purpose than Broadfoot does and ultimately it''s helping us get results with his fantastic goal, and excellent through ball to Velicka the other day being testiment to that.If I want to be negative I would say that yes, he is a bit weak defensively, but I''m trying to stay positive here so all I will say is that there are plenty of posters on here talking about how we should be making the other team think about how to combat us, and Whittaker certainly does that.It''s well known that Broadfoot is liked by our management team, but if he wants his shirt back he is really going to have to work for it as Whittaker has been our best player over the past six weeks.Let''s hope it continues. 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Googlebot register to remove me Group:Loyal BluenosePosts:1,872Rep:0Joined:14-August 08 Posted Today, 04:21 PM I''m the googlebot, only guests see me. Register to remove me. 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #2 disgruntled_bear Bill Struth Group: True Blue Topics: 1,156 Posts: 41,751 Rep:96 Joined: 17-December 06 Gender:Male Location:The Establishment Posted 22 April 2009 - 08:40 PM I''m just glad Whittaker has had a run of games at RB and he hasn''t disappointed.Long may it continue 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #3 papaguy51 Lionel Nessi Group: Moderator Topics: 1,650 Posts: 57,142 Rep:378 Joined: 17-December 06 Gender:Male Location:North Lanarkshire Posted 22 April 2009 - 08:40 PM People looked at the Hibs game and have him pelters for not closing his man down quickly enough for the goal, but they conveniently forgot his absolutely brilliant goal-saving tackle about ten minutes after that.In all fairness, Whitty at right-back is something that the fans have been asking for now for such a long time. I think we''ve been proven correct on this one 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #4 Jadams Bill Struth Group: Admin Topics: 2,765 Posts: 70,489 Rep:103 Joined: 15-December 06 Gender:Male Location:London Posted 22 April 2009 - 09:01 PM There are still some flaws defensively, but going forward he is doing really well. Offers us something different, willing to take on a man, growing in confidence each week.The last couple of months he''s been excellent, he was our best player for those two disastrous results vs. ICT and Hearts. ####################################################################Arthur Numan Group: Rangers Fan Topics: 9 Posts: 364 Rep:0 Joined: 27-August 07 Gender:Male Location:linwood Posted 04 May 2009 - 08:23 PM " a bombscare! McGeady will run him ragged " ? Give me a break. He may not be the best defensively but not even close to those descriptions. He plays with more grit and determination than anyone else on our team and that will do me just fine on Saturday thank you very much. And if he pops up with one of his wonder goals, I will be elated. One of our better and consistant players in the past six weeks. I keep hearing how fast Dailly is but I''ll take Whittaker at right back anyday##############################################################Richard Gough Group: True Blue Topics: 43 Posts: 2,102 Rep:0 Joined: 17-December 06 Posted 04 May 2009 - 08:26 PM WTF? Am I the only person who thinks he''s been playing very well recently? ############################################################Rangers Football Club Season Ticket Holder Group: True Blue Topics: 1,237 Posts: 32,569 Rep:104 Joined: 11-March 07 Gender:Male Location:Edinburgh, Scotland Posted 04 May 2009 - 08:21 PM Hes the best RB we have, attacking and defensively #############################################################Whittaker Do I hear no faint praise for him? #1 papaguy51 Lionel Nessi Group: Moderator Topics: 1,650 Posts: 57,145 Rep:378 Joined: 17-December 06 Gender:Male Location:North Lanarkshire Posted 28 February 2010 - 11:21 PM For the second game in a row, Wiggy has performed well defensively and offensively against attack-minded teams. 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Posted 28 February 2010 - 11:22 PM Was excellent today, as was the whole of the back 4 0 ########################################### gordo7 Richard Gough Group: True Blue Topics: 1 Posts: 2,816 Rep:0 Joined: 03-August 09 Gender:Male Location:Renfrew Posted 26 September 2010 - 02:15 PM markybear, on 26 September 2010 - 02:14 PM, said: I thought broadfoot really sorted out the defense today when he came on. We where all over the place up until then. Whitty might find he''s given a midfield role on wed if Davis is out Seriously??? 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #12 markybear Bear for Life Group: True Blue Topics: 224 Posts: 6,813 Rep:91 Joined: 27-May 09 Gender:Male Location:glasgow Posted 26 September 2010 - 02:17 PM gordo7, on 26 September 2010 - 02:15 PM, said: Seriously??? Deadly serious mate 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #13 Goianegra ★★★★★ Group: True Blue Topics: 127 Posts: 10,009 Rep:98 Joined: 28-September 08 Gender:Male Location:Scotland Posted 26 September 2010 - 02:22 PM Personally, I''d play the both. 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #14 MasterD Ally McCoist Group: True Blue Topics: 23 Posts: 11,284 Rep:113 Joined: 04-July 09 Gender:Male Location:Glasgow Posted 26 September 2010 - 02:26 PM Broadfoot for me 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #15 adam2102 Terry Butcher Group: True Blue Topics: 52 Posts: 4,165 Rep:97 Joined: 29-July 08 Gender:Male Location:Edinburgh Posted 26 September 2010 - 02:36 PM whittaker. broadfoot has poor judgement and very poor ball skills. at least whittaker can put in a cross. lets just hope to fuck foster tunrs into alan hutton over night 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #16 Bazza WATP Group: Admin Topics: 934 Posts: 16,378 Rep:15 Joined: 16-December 06 Gender:Male Location:Lockerbie Posted 26 September 2010 - 03:03 PM Has to be Whittaker if he''s fit. Broadfoot an able deputy but no more. #############################################ThePeopleWeAre Step Up and Play. Group: True Blue Topics: 38 Posts: 4,692 Rep:116 Joined: 22-May 09 Gender:Male Location:Prestwick, Scotland Posted 25 February 2011 - 04:43 PM Aye, the over protection of Weir is costing us big time! Bartley did well at centre back so I''d like to see him be given more of a chance. Whittaker is also pish at mo,was looking a 6 mill player recently now seems to be going through the motions with poor clearances to boot. Muff Fight & No Surrender Group: Rangers Fan Topics: 2,058 Posts: 64,694 Rep:242 Joined: 17-December 06 Gender:Male Location:Under a Union Jack Posted 25 February 2011 - 06:30 PM Weir is a year older, Whittaker has gone backwards, Bougherra hasn''t been anywhere near as good as he can be. Papac has been p poor. ##########################################Steven Whittaker #1 ScottVirginTadger Davie Cooper Group: True Blue Topics: 262 Posts: 8,964 Rep:430 Joined: 18-May 09 Gender:Male Location:Glasgow, Castlemilk Posted 20 March 2011 - 06:11 PM He has his critics, and more often than not he deserves the stick he gets, but my god, WHAT A PERFORMANCE! At Right back he hardly put a foot wrong, and if it wasn''t for a lucky deflection Ledley wouldn''t have gotten his goal. At Centre Back, he was a rock. We didn''t miss Bougherra when he went off, and Whittaker was even on hand to cover for Edu (who was brilliant going by his recent standards). Steven never looked out of place today, not once. Izaguirre? Shite. Commons? Who!? We need to do this more often. The whole team put in a shift, and Davis probably just edged MOTM over Whittaker, but the big man was a mountain today. More of the same please! 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Googlebot register to remove me Group:Loyal BluenosePosts:1,872Rep:0Joined:14-August 08 Posted Today, 04:21 PM I''m the googlebot, only guests see me. Register to remove me. 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #2 Zappa6995 Richard Gough Group: True Blue Topics: 2 Posts: 1,724 Rep:29 Joined: 28-August 10 Gender:Male Location:Glasgow G52 Posted 20 March 2011 - 06:15 PM Whittaker had a cracking game. We might just have found a new Centre Back 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #3 Jamie1807 It''s the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. Group: Banned Topics: 292 Posts: 31,226 Rep:143 Joined: 01-August 08 Gender:Male Location:Near, far, wherever you are. Posted 20 March 2011 - 06:16 PM Whittaker was fucking brilliant 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #4 rfc_no1fan Ally McCoist Group: True Blue Topics: 296 Posts: 11,686 Rep:9 Joined: 16-December 06 Gender:Male Posted 20 March 2011 - 06:18 PM What do you mean he deserves the critisism he gets? He has been one of our best players this season. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
York Canary 27 Posted July 2, 2012 Sounds quite positive. Obviously some a*sehole posters on there just like on here bashing players and trying to ruin their confidence, but he seems to have won many people over towards the end. Hopefully he does well for us and proves to be a valuable addition. Welcome aboard! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jacko 0 Posted July 2, 2012 A full back who moves into the centre half position and looks very classy? Shades of Russell Martin perhaps? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lambo 0 Posted July 2, 2012 One could argue Whittaker is better than Cafu seeing as they compete for the same role in the Scotland side... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sussexyellow 55 Posted July 2, 2012 I was underwhelmed when this signing was announced but I am beginning to warm to it. Clearly he is a full back that likes to get forward. Now Brighton have an attcking full back, Calderon, and my Brighton supporting friends tells me that he was able to get forward because one Elliot Bennett was extremely effective at dropping to right back to cover him when he did. So Whittaker and Elliot could prove to be an effective combination. Too much negativity over this signing. We should be positive until we have evidence in a NCFC shirt to the contrary. COYY Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rustyboy 2 Posted July 2, 2012 [quote user="Barclaybred"] Research into various forums going back to pages from 2008 to last year,It seems he had a shakey start but steadily got better,though he still had doubters who seemed to be the same posters who never forgave him for that shakey start..I particularly like the comments from last year (at bottom) Player Rater - Rangers 2 - Hearts 2 #1 Canadaready Administrator Group: Admin Topics: 6,161 Posts: 75,974 Rep:27 Joined: 15-December 06 Gender:Male Location:Canada Posted 21 March 2009 - 05:46 PM Crap yet again. 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Googlebot register to remove me Group:Loyal BluenosePosts:1,872Rep:0Joined:14-August 08 Posted Today, 04:21 PM I''m the googlebot, only guests see me. Register to remove me. 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #2 papaguy51 Lionel NessiGroup: Moderator Topics: 1,650 Posts: 57,142 Rep:378 Joined: 17-December 06 Gender:Male Location:North Lanarkshire Posted 21 March 2009 - 05:48 PM Is there a ''minus'' option for Boyd? 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #3 simplythebest Jim BaxterGroup: True Blue Topics: 236 Posts: 13,934 Rep:173 Joined: 02-August 07 Gender:Male Location:Glasgow Posted 21 March 2009 - 05:48 PM McGregor - 6Whittaker - 7Daily - 4McCulloch - 4Papac - 6Davis - 6Mendes - 5Ferguson - 5Beasley - 6Lafferty - 6Boyd - 1Team selection - 5Tactics - 1Subs - 2 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #4 Stuart_RFC The cry was No Surrender Group: True Blue Topics: 245 Posts: 12,685 Rep:3 Joined: 18-January 07 Gender:Male Posted 21 March 2009 - 05:49 PM Boyd shouldnt be in it, he isn''t a player #######################################################################################How much in total can selling make us this summer? #1 simplythebestest Andy GoramGroup: True Blue Topics: 31 Posts: 1,448 Rep:55 Joined: 20-December 08 Gender:Male Location:Glasgow West End Posted 29 March 2009 - 06:40 PM How much in total can selling players make us this summer? And who would you keep or sell? Then, who would you bring in with it?I can imagine something like this being possibleIf we sold this lot for roughly this much;McGregor - 4milBroadfoot - 500kFerguson - 2milMiller - 1.5milNovo - 1milMcCulloch - 500kAdam - 500kHemdani - 500kVelicka - 300kDailly - 0=10.8milWe''d still have this very strong starting 11 & 6 or so decent subsAlexanderWhittaker Tonel(1.5mil) Bougherra PapacDavis Thomson Mendes BeasleyBoyd LaffertyA very strong defence with whittaker and papac the strong foundation and adding tonel is the cherry on top.Boyd is showing us again what he is about with lafferty at last showing consistancySubs:New GK from SPL (500k?)WeirEduAaronFleckMisc:WilsonEfremShinnie FurmanVelickaPromising Youth:WyldeBagci& couple morewith maybe 4 or 5 million left to spend on a couple of strong players with a couple of decent bosmans after paying 4million back towards debts with a smaller squad size to lower wages also.####################################################Since we sold Hutton many people have regarded the right back spot as a major weakness in our team. However it appears that the void left by Hutton is slowly being filled by Steven Whittaker, a player who is growing into the role week in, week out.Having been (unfairly) junted from pillar to post by the management team he was finally (albeit through another players misfortune) given a chance to show what he can do in his "preffered" position and he really hasn''t looked back since.He attacks with so much more vigour and purpose than Broadfoot does and ultimately it''s helping us get results with his fantastic goal, and excellent through ball to Velicka the other day being testiment to that.If I want to be negative I would say that yes, he is a bit weak defensively, but I''m trying to stay positive here so all I will say is that there are plenty of posters on here talking about how we should be making the other team think about how to combat us, and Whittaker certainly does that.It''s well known that Broadfoot is liked by our management team, but if he wants his shirt back he is really going to have to work for it as Whittaker has been our best player over the past six weeks.Let''s hope it continues. 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Googlebot register to remove me Group:Loyal BluenosePosts:1,872Rep:0Joined:14-August 08 Posted Today, 04:21 PM I''m the googlebot, only guests see me. 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I think we''ve been proven correct on this one 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #4 Jadams Bill Struth Group: Admin Topics: 2,765 Posts: 70,489 Rep:103 Joined: 15-December 06 Gender:Male Location:London Posted 22 April 2009 - 09:01 PM There are still some flaws defensively, but going forward he is doing really well. Offers us something different, willing to take on a man, growing in confidence each week.The last couple of months he''s been excellent, he was our best player for those two disastrous results vs. ICT and Hearts. ####################################################################Arthur NumanGroup: Rangers Fan Topics: 9 Posts: 364 Rep:0 Joined: 27-August 07 Gender:Male Location:linwood Posted 04 May 2009 - 08:23 PM " a bombscare! McGeady will run him ragged " ? Give me a break. He may not be the best defensively but not even close to those descriptions. He plays with more grit and determination than anyone else on our team and that will do me just fine on Saturday thank you very much. And if he pops up with one of his wonder goals, I will be elated. One of our better and consistant players in the past six weeks. I keep hearing how fast Dailly is but I''ll take Whittaker at right back anyday##############################################################Richard GoughGroup: True Blue Topics: 43 Posts: 2,102 Rep:0 Joined: 17-December 06 Posted 04 May 2009 - 08:26 PM WTF? Am I the only person who thinks he''s been playing very well recently? ############################################################Rangers Football Club Season Ticket HolderGroup: True Blue Topics: 1,237 Posts: 32,569 Rep:104 Joined: 11-March 07 Gender:Male Location:Edinburgh, Scotland Posted 04 May 2009 - 08:21 PM Hes the best RB we have, attacking and defensively #############################################################Whittaker Do I hear no faint praise for him? #1 papaguy51 Lionel NessiGroup: Moderator Topics: 1,650 Posts: 57,145 Rep:378 Joined: 17-December 06 Gender:Male Location:North Lanarkshire Posted 28 February 2010 - 11:21 PM For the second game in a row, Wiggy has performed well defensively and offensively against attack-minded teams. 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Posted 28 February 2010 - 11:22 PM Was excellent today, as was the whole of the back 4 0 ########################################### gordo7 Richard GoughGroup: True Blue Topics: 1 Posts: 2,816 Rep:0 Joined: 03-August 09 Gender:Male Location:Renfrew Posted 26 September 2010 - 02:15 PM markybear, on 26 September 2010 - 02:14 PM, said: I thought broadfoot really sorted out the defense today when he came on. We where all over the place up until then. Whitty might find he''s given a midfield role on wed if Davis is out Seriously??? 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #12 markybear Bear for LifeGroup: True Blue Topics: 224 Posts: 6,813 Rep:91 Joined: 27-May 09 Gender:Male Location:glasgow Posted 26 September 2010 - 02:17 PM gordo7, on 26 September 2010 - 02:15 PM, said: Seriously??? Deadly serious mate 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #13 Goianegra ★★★★★Group: True Blue Topics: 127 Posts: 10,009 Rep:98 Joined: 28-September 08 Gender:Male Location:Scotland Posted 26 September 2010 - 02:22 PM Personally, I''d play the both. 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #14 MasterD Ally McCoistGroup: True Blue Topics: 23 Posts: 11,284 Rep:113 Joined: 04-July 09 Gender:Male Location:Glasgow Posted 26 September 2010 - 02:26 PM Broadfoot for me 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #15 adam2102 Terry ButcherGroup: True Blue Topics: 52 Posts: 4,165 Rep:97 Joined: 29-July 08 Gender:Male Location:Edinburgh Posted 26 September 2010 - 02:36 PM whittaker. broadfoot has poor judgement and very poor ball skills. at least whittaker can put in a cross. lets just hope to fuck foster tunrs into alan hutton over night 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #16 Bazza WATPGroup: Admin Topics: 934 Posts: 16,378 Rep:15 Joined: 16-December 06 Gender:Male Location:Lockerbie Posted 26 September 2010 - 03:03 PM Has to be Whittaker if he''s fit. Broadfoot an able deputy but no more. #############################################ThePeopleWeAre Step Up and Play. Group: True Blue Topics: 38 Posts: 4,692 Rep:116 Joined: 22-May 09 Gender:Male Location:Prestwick, Scotland Posted 25 February 2011 - 04:43 PM Aye, the over protection of Weir is costing us big time! Bartley did well at centre back so I''d like to see him be given more of a chance. Whittaker is also pish at mo,was looking a 6 mill player recently now seems to be going through the motions with poor clearances to boot. Muff Fight & No SurrenderGroup: Rangers Fan Topics: 2,058 Posts: 64,694 Rep:242 Joined: 17-December 06 Gender:Male Location:Under a Union Jack Posted 25 February 2011 - 06:30 PM Weir is a year older, Whittaker has gone backwards, Bougherra hasn''t been anywhere near as good as he can be. Papac has been p poor. ##########################################Steven Whittaker #1 ScottVirginTadger Davie CooperGroup: True Blue Topics: 262 Posts: 8,964 Rep:430 Joined: 18-May 09 Gender:Male Location:Glasgow, Castlemilk Posted 20 March 2011 - 06:11 PM He has his critics, and more often than not he deserves the stick he gets, but my god, WHAT A PERFORMANCE! At Right back he hardly put a foot wrong, and if it wasn''t for a lucky deflection Ledley wouldn''t have gotten his goal. At Centre Back, he was a rock. We didn''t miss Bougherra when he went off, and Whittaker was even on hand to cover for Edu (who was brilliant going by his recent standards). Steven never looked out of place today, not once. Izaguirre? Shite. Commons? Who!? We need to do this more often. The whole team put in a shift, and Davis probably just edged MOTM over Whittaker, but the big man was a mountain today. 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Posted 20 March 2011 - 06:16 PM Whittaker was fucking brilliant 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #4 rfc_no1fan Ally McCoistGroup: True Blue Topics: 296 Posts: 11,686 Rep:9 Joined: 16-December 06 Gender:Male Posted 20 March 2011 - 06:18 PM What do you mean he deserves the critisism he gets? He has been one of our best players this season. 0 Wow, that was one of the longest posts I have seen on this Forum. Hang on, this must be now, sorry for wasting five minutes of you life Wiz.[/quote] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shyster 0 Posted July 2, 2012 [quote user="Barclaybred"]Research into various forums going back to pages from 2008 to last year,It seems he had a shakey start but steadily got better,though he still had doubters who seemed to be the same posters who never forgave him for that shakey start..I particularly like the comments from last year (at bottom) Player Rater - Rangers 2 - Hearts 2 #1 Canadaready Administrator Group: Admin Topics: 6,161 Posts: 75,974 Rep:27 Joined: 15-December 06 Gender:Male Location:Canada Posted 21 March 2009 - 05:46 PM Crap yet again. 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Googlebot register to remove me Group:Loyal BluenosePosts:1,872Rep:0Joined:14-August 08 Posted Today, 04:21 PM I''m the googlebot, only guests see me. Register to remove me. 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #2 papaguy51 Lionel Nessi Group: Moderator Topics: 1,650 Posts: 57,142 Rep:378 Joined: 17-December 06 Gender:Male Location:North Lanarkshire Posted 21 March 2009 - 05:48 PM Is there a ''minus'' option for Boyd? 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #3 simplythebest Jim Baxter Group: True Blue Topics: 236 Posts: 13,934 Rep:173 Joined: 02-August 07 Gender:Male Location:Glasgow Posted 21 March 2009 - 05:48 PM McGregor - 6Whittaker - 7Daily - 4McCulloch - 4Papac - 6Davis - 6Mendes - 5Ferguson - 5Beasley - 6Lafferty - 6Boyd - 1Team selection - 5Tactics - 1Subs - 2 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #4 Stuart_RFC The cry was No Surrender Group: True Blue Topics: 245 Posts: 12,685 Rep:3 Joined: 18-January 07 Gender:Male Posted 21 March 2009 - 05:49 PM Boyd shouldnt be in it, he isn''t a player #######################################################################################How much in total can selling make us this summer? #1 simplythebestest Andy Goram Group: True Blue Topics: 31 Posts: 1,448 Rep:55 Joined: 20-December 08 Gender:Male Location:Glasgow West End Posted 29 March 2009 - 06:40 PM How much in total can selling players make us this summer? And who would you keep or sell? Then, who would you bring in with it?I can imagine something like this being possibleIf we sold this lot for roughly this much;McGregor - 4milBroadfoot - 500kFerguson - 2milMiller - 1.5milNovo - 1milMcCulloch - 500kAdam - 500kHemdani - 500kVelicka - 300kDailly - 0=10.8milWe''d still have this very strong starting 11 & 6 or so decent subsAlexanderWhittaker Tonel(1.5mil) Bougherra PapacDavis Thomson Mendes BeasleyBoyd LaffertyA very strong defence with whittaker and papac the strong foundation and adding tonel is the cherry on top.Boyd is showing us again what he is about with lafferty at last showing consistancySubs:New GK from SPL (500k?)WeirEduAaronFleckMisc:WilsonEfremShinnie FurmanVelickaPromising Youth:WyldeBagci& couple morewith maybe 4 or 5 million left to spend on a couple of strong players with a couple of decent bosmans after paying 4million back towards debts with a smaller squad size to lower wages also.####################################################Since we sold Hutton many people have regarded the right back spot as a major weakness in our team. However it appears that the void left by Hutton is slowly being filled by Steven Whittaker, a player who is growing into the role week in, week out.Having been (unfairly) junted from pillar to post by the management team he was finally (albeit through another players misfortune) given a chance to show what he can do in his "preffered" position and he really hasn''t looked back since.He attacks with so much more vigour and purpose than Broadfoot does and ultimately it''s helping us get results with his fantastic goal, and excellent through ball to Velicka the other day being testiment to that.If I want to be negative I would say that yes, he is a bit weak defensively, but I''m trying to stay positive here so all I will say is that there are plenty of posters on here talking about how we should be making the other team think about how to combat us, and Whittaker certainly does that.It''s well known that Broadfoot is liked by our management team, but if he wants his shirt back he is really going to have to work for it as Whittaker has been our best player over the past six weeks.Let''s hope it continues. 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Googlebot register to remove me Group:Loyal BluenosePosts:1,872Rep:0Joined:14-August 08 Posted Today, 04:21 PM I''m the googlebot, only guests see me. Register to remove me. 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #2 disgruntled_bear Bill Struth Group: True Blue Topics: 1,156 Posts: 41,751 Rep:96 Joined: 17-December 06 Gender:Male Location:The Establishment Posted 22 April 2009 - 08:40 PM I''m just glad Whittaker has had a run of games at RB and he hasn''t disappointed.Long may it continue 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #3 papaguy51 Lionel Nessi Group: Moderator Topics: 1,650 Posts: 57,142 Rep:378 Joined: 17-December 06 Gender:Male Location:North Lanarkshire Posted 22 April 2009 - 08:40 PM People looked at the Hibs game and have him pelters for not closing his man down quickly enough for the goal, but they conveniently forgot his absolutely brilliant goal-saving tackle about ten minutes after that.In all fairness, Whitty at right-back is something that the fans have been asking for now for such a long time. I think we''ve been proven correct on this one 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #4 Jadams Bill Struth Group: Admin Topics: 2,765 Posts: 70,489 Rep:103 Joined: 15-December 06 Gender:Male Location:London Posted 22 April 2009 - 09:01 PM There are still some flaws defensively, but going forward he is doing really well. Offers us something different, willing to take on a man, growing in confidence each week.The last couple of months he''s been excellent, he was our best player for those two disastrous results vs. ICT and Hearts. ####################################################################Arthur Numan Group: Rangers Fan Topics: 9 Posts: 364 Rep:0 Joined: 27-August 07 Gender:Male Location:linwood Posted 04 May 2009 - 08:23 PM " a bombscare! McGeady will run him ragged " ? Give me a break. He may not be the best defensively but not even close to those descriptions. He plays with more grit and determination than anyone else on our team and that will do me just fine on Saturday thank you very much. And if he pops up with one of his wonder goals, I will be elated. One of our better and consistant players in the past six weeks. I keep hearing how fast Dailly is but I''ll take Whittaker at right back anyday##############################################################Richard Gough Group: True Blue Topics: 43 Posts: 2,102 Rep:0 Joined: 17-December 06 Posted 04 May 2009 - 08:26 PM WTF? Am I the only person who thinks he''s been playing very well recently? ############################################################Rangers Football Club Season Ticket Holder Group: True Blue Topics: 1,237 Posts: 32,569 Rep:104 Joined: 11-March 07 Gender:Male Location:Edinburgh, Scotland Posted 04 May 2009 - 08:21 PM Hes the best RB we have, attacking and defensively #############################################################Whittaker Do I hear no faint praise for him? #1 papaguy51 Lionel Nessi Group: Moderator Topics: 1,650 Posts: 57,145 Rep:378 Joined: 17-December 06 Gender:Male Location:North Lanarkshire Posted 28 February 2010 - 11:21 PM For the second game in a row, Wiggy has performed well defensively and offensively against attack-minded teams. What did we think of his performance today? 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Googlebot register to remove me Group:Loyal BluenosePosts:1,872Rep:0Joined:14-August 08 Posted Today, 04:21 PM I''m the googlebot, only guests see me. Register to remove me. 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #2 Kev Sexiest Male ''04,''07,''08,''09,''11 Group: Admin Topics: 1,528 Posts: 64,437 Rep:488 Joined: 16-December 06 Gender:Male Location:East Kilbride Posted 28 February 2010 - 11:22 PM An improvement again, even if he wasn''t a stand out. 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #3 RoboProd Richard Gough Group: True Blue Topics: 248 Posts: 3,180 Rep:117 Joined: 16-November 09 Gender:Male Location:Govan Posted 28 February 2010 - 11:22 PM Think he plays well at right back when Davis is on the right wing - the pair have a good partnership in that position although I agree that ideally we would have Davis in the middle. 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #4 EuanC Banned Group: Banned Topics: 123 Posts: 4,962 Rep:0 Joined: 05-February 09 Gender:Male Location:Leven, Fife. Posted 28 February 2010 - 11:22 PM Was excellent today, as was the whole of the back 4 0 ########################################### gordo7 Richard Gough Group: True Blue Topics: 1 Posts: 2,816 Rep:0 Joined: 03-August 09 Gender:Male Location:Renfrew Posted 26 September 2010 - 02:15 PM markybear, on 26 September 2010 - 02:14 PM, said: I thought broadfoot really sorted out the defense today when he came on. We where all over the place up until then. Whitty might find he''s given a midfield role on wed if Davis is out Seriously??? 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #12 markybear Bear for Life Group: True Blue Topics: 224 Posts: 6,813 Rep:91 Joined: 27-May 09 Gender:Male Location:glasgow Posted 26 September 2010 - 02:17 PM gordo7, on 26 September 2010 - 02:15 PM, said: Seriously??? Deadly serious mate 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #13 Goianegra ★★★★★ Group: True Blue Topics: 127 Posts: 10,009 Rep:98 Joined: 28-September 08 Gender:Male Location:Scotland Posted 26 September 2010 - 02:22 PM Personally, I''d play the both. 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #14 MasterD Ally McCoist Group: True Blue Topics: 23 Posts: 11,284 Rep:113 Joined: 04-July 09 Gender:Male Location:Glasgow Posted 26 September 2010 - 02:26 PM Broadfoot for me 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #15 adam2102 Terry Butcher Group: True Blue Topics: 52 Posts: 4,165 Rep:97 Joined: 29-July 08 Gender:Male Location:Edinburgh Posted 26 September 2010 - 02:36 PM whittaker. broadfoot has poor judgement and very poor ball skills. at least whittaker can put in a cross. lets just hope to fuck foster tunrs into alan hutton over night 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #16 Bazza WATP Group: Admin Topics: 934 Posts: 16,378 Rep:15 Joined: 16-December 06 Gender:Male Location:Lockerbie Posted 26 September 2010 - 03:03 PM Has to be Whittaker if he''s fit. Broadfoot an able deputy but no more. #############################################ThePeopleWeAre Step Up and Play. Group: True Blue Topics: 38 Posts: 4,692 Rep:116 Joined: 22-May 09 Gender:Male Location:Prestwick, Scotland Posted 25 February 2011 - 04:43 PM Aye, the over protection of Weir is costing us big time! Bartley did well at centre back so I''d like to see him be given more of a chance. Whittaker is also pish at mo,was looking a 6 mill player recently now seems to be going through the motions with poor clearances to boot. Muff Fight & No Surrender Group: Rangers Fan Topics: 2,058 Posts: 64,694 Rep:242 Joined: 17-December 06 Gender:Male Location:Under a Union Jack Posted 25 February 2011 - 06:30 PM Weir is a year older, Whittaker has gone backwards, Bougherra hasn''t been anywhere near as good as he can be. Papac has been p poor. ##########################################Steven Whittaker #1 ScottVirginTadger Davie Cooper Group: True Blue Topics: 262 Posts: 8,964 Rep:430 Joined: 18-May 09 Gender:Male Location:Glasgow, Castlemilk Posted 20 March 2011 - 06:11 PM He has his critics, and more often than not he deserves the stick he gets, but my god, WHAT A PERFORMANCE! At Right back he hardly put a foot wrong, and if it wasn''t for a lucky deflection Ledley wouldn''t have gotten his goal. At Centre Back, he was a rock. We didn''t miss Bougherra when he went off, and Whittaker was even on hand to cover for Edu (who was brilliant going by his recent standards). Steven never looked out of place today, not once. Izaguirre? Shite. Commons? Who!? We need to do this more often. The whole team put in a shift, and Davis probably just edged MOTM over Whittaker, but the big man was a mountain today. More of the same please! 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Googlebot register to remove me Group:Loyal BluenosePosts:1,872Rep:0Joined:14-August 08 Posted Today, 04:21 PM I''m the googlebot, only guests see me. Register to remove me. 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #2 Zappa6995 Richard Gough Group: True Blue Topics: 2 Posts: 1,724 Rep:29 Joined: 28-August 10 Gender:Male Location:Glasgow G52 Posted 20 March 2011 - 06:15 PM Whittaker had a cracking game. We might just have found a new Centre Back 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #3 Jamie1807 It''s the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. Group: Banned Topics: 292 Posts: 31,226 Rep:143 Joined: 01-August 08 Gender:Male Location:Near, far, wherever you are. Posted 20 March 2011 - 06:16 PM Whittaker was fucking brilliant 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #4 rfc_no1fan Ally McCoist Group: True Blue Topics: 296 Posts: 11,686 Rep:9 Joined: 16-December 06 Gender:Male Posted 20 March 2011 - 06:18 PM What do you mean he deserves the critisism he gets? He has been one of our best players this season. 0 [/quote] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
