> Angof wrote:
>>> Angof wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> McGregor, Hutton, Cuellar, McManus, Naylor, Nakamura, Ferguson,
>>>>> Thomson, McGeady, Boyd, McDonald
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ferguson...that's a joke right?
>>>
>>> Ferguson could ballet dance through the Celtic team, play keepy up for 5
>>> minutes then fire an overhead kick into the postage stamp and you would
>>> still hate the guy for his part in Le Guen's departure.
>>
>> A bit over stated, I don't hate him for a start. True I wanted him
>> sacked but I realise I'm in a minority and there's little point harking
>> back to that all the time. It is not what I'm judging his current
>> performances on. I have praised and criticised him before and after the
>> PLG thing.
>>
>
> Judging by some of your posts on the subject of BF over the last couple of
> years I would argue that to the contrary. Your statement that you wanted
> him sacked sums things up quite well.
Again you are showing ignorance of my position. Wanting him sacked had
nothing to do with his abilites as a footballer.
>
>>> By the way, how is Le Guen doing at PSG?
>>
>> Nothing special from what I know. Avoided relegation but I don't know
>> his circumstances there. You are showing that you have no understanding
>> of the situation. I don't care about PLG's qualities as a manager, or
>> for Ferguson's as a player, when it comes to a situation like that. If a
>> player refuses to follow the instructions of the manager of Rangers FC, I
>> will come down on the side of the manager...didn't matter that it was
>> PLG. As it happens I suspect Ferguson did worse than that but there's
>> little point raking it up all the time.
>
> Do you think the Captain of a club is obliged to keep his mouth shut if
> the current manager is obviously making a complete and utter mess of
> things?
He should not ignore the manager's, instructions that's for sure (and I
think he went much further than that). If he has issues he could take them
to the chairman I suppose, certainly not go running to the press. Do you
think Davie Mieklejohn would have been within his rights to take action
against William Struth when he presided over our worst ever season?
>>>
>>> Ferguson when he plays well and is not carrying injuries is the best
>>> Scottish midfielder bar none.
>>
>>
>> Even if that were true, and I'd be surprised if those days return, he in
>> no way deserves to be picked for the OF team of the year on this years
>> overall performance. In fact if he were judged like other members of the
>> squad, his automatic inclusion in the Rangers side would be questioned.
>
> What utter tosh. As was proven in the few games he didn't play in this
> season, we struggled badly without him.
He has had an average season at best and does not deserve a place in any
team of the year....nothing was 'proven' by the games he missed IMO.
Funny though that a 'Barry' man will always come out with that yet often
slag PLG's record. Did you know that the Frenchman's league record at
Rangers without Ferguson's 'contribution' was: P7 W5 D2 L 0 F13 A4 ?
>
> Who would you have played before him? Davis, Thompson, Hemdani or one of
> our other forward thinking midfielders?
> was one of our better supporters. He struggled towards the end of the
> season while carrying a well publicised injury and before that was one of
> our better performers. He wasn't the only one who struggled towards the
> end of the season. Even the normally composed Cuellar struggled with the
> number of games but yet again you chose to single out Ferguson again.
>
So there are reasons (excuses) for his poor performances...so what? Doesn't
alter the fact that he has been generally poor and does not warrant a place
in the OF team of the year. I don't agree that it has only been the end of
this season either. He has been on a steady decline since he returned from
Blackburn. Of course he has had some very good performances (which you
could say about just about every player actually) but overall he has been
average by his previous standard. If he were judged as others would be as a
ВЈ6 million signing, instead of with fawning sycophancy, he'd be getting
pelters.
