Ferguson and McGregor

[JohnnyH]

Now sent home by Rangers also. Why is Walter Smith punishing players for indiscipline on International duty? He's stripped Ferguson of the Rangers Captaincy because he got jarred before a Scotland game. Very strange to drag this Internationaal issue into the club.

[Guest RafaIsRafa]

Probably just using it as an excuse to get Ferguson out, he's awful now.

[rondeco]

he's meant to have been doing the 'I've an itchy face and I'm scratching it with my 2 fingers while looking at you' routine to the cameras the other night while on the bench. Laughable really.

[Scott_M]

Idiots:

 

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[JohnnyH]

he's meant to have been doing the 'I've an itchy face and I'm scratching it with my 2 fingers while looking at you' routine to the cameras the other night while on the bench. Laughable really.

 

I saw that. The two of them were very clearly at it. However, it was on International duty. I can't understand why Rangers are punishing them though.

[El Rojo]

Barry Ferguson's a fucking awful footballer.

 

Remember his spell at Blackburn? Laughable stuff, he couldn't even stand out there.

[Ian Sea]

I saw that. The two of them were very clearly at it. However, it was on International duty. I can't understand why Rangers are punishing them though.

 

Because he represents Rangers while away on international duty. I can't belive they'd be so stupid, especially when they were in the wrong in the first instance.

 

I'm glad Rangers have taken the stance they have, footballers think they can do whatever they want these days. Most clubs would let them get away with this because they're important players.

[sir roger]

Agree with Johnny H here .

 

If Steven Gerrard was messing around with England , would anybody here want Rafa to axe him from our captaincy.

[Dicko]

Agree with Johnny H here .

 

If Steven Gerrard was messing around with England , would anybody here want Rafa to axe him from our captaincy.

 

I'd give him a fucking big pay rise.

[sir roger]

I'd give him a fucking big pay rise.

 

I love Steven like , but he's already had one big pay rise today.

 

Now , if he jibbed England.

[Ian Sea]

Agree with Johnny H here .

 

If Steven Gerrard was messing around with England , would anybody here want Rafa to axe him from our captaincy.

 

Put it another way, would you want the captain of Liverpool staying up drinking until God knows what time on international duty and then sitting there flicking the V's when he's been caught out? I know I wouldn't, regardless of who the captain or the country was.

 

If Ferguson and McGregor would have held their hands up and said sorry it would have been forgotten about. They haven't though, they don't think they've done anything wrong and have acted like a couple of pricks.

[JohnnyH]

Put it another way, would you want the captain of Liverpool staying up drinking until God knows what time on international duty and then sitting there flicking the V's when he's been caught out? I know I wouldn't, regardless of who the captain or the country was.

 

If Ferguson and McGregor would have held their hands up and said sorry it would have been forgotten about. They haven't though, they don't think they've done anything wrong and have acted like a couple of pricks.

 

No, I wouldn't want Stevie doing that. However, if he did, I expect England to discipline him, but not Liverpool. In fact I'd be very fucked off if Rafa did.

[sir roger]

No, I wouldn't want Stevie doing that. However, if he did, I expect England to discipline him, but not Liverpool. In fact I'd be very fucked off if Rafa did.

 

Exactly

[Ian Sea]

No, I wouldn't want Stevie doing that. However, if he did, I expect England to discipline him, but not Liverpool. In fact I'd be very fucked off if Rafa did.

 

Scotland disciplined him for the first thing but there's not much more they can do for the second. They can't fine him (as they don't pay his wages) and if they drop them for the next game then it's dragging on and could well hinder their qualification chances.

 

The players have embarrassed their club and I applaud the club for taking a stand. I didn't expect them to but fair play to them I say. It's not as if they've sacked them, just punished them in a way that they think reflect their actions. Ferguson's behaviour wasn't an act befitting the captain of Rangers, so he's no longer the captain of Rangers. Seems fair enough to me.

[Skidfingers McGonical]

I'm with Ian Sea all the way on this one.

[JohnnyH]

I'm with Ian Sea all the way on this one.

 

So if Stevie did that on Internation duty you'd want him striped of the Liverpool Captaincy?

[Guest RafaIsRafa]

I just see the V signs on SSN, fucking hell how childish can you get? In trouble already so start flicking sly v signs at the camera, they could of at least done it properly! Le Guen was right afterall.

[SpeedyG]

They obviously needed taking down a rung or two.

[t1971]

Fair play to Rangers. What they do on International duty also reflects on their club, especially as one is the captain. Nice to see Rangers have the balls to do something about it too.

[23_Carra_Gold]

Did Jamie not tell of a story in his book where him and a few others went out on the piss and got axed from the U21's? SELL HIM!

[sparta7]

Put it another way, would you want the captain of Liverpool staying up drinking until God knows what time on international duty and then sitting there flicking the V's when he's been caught out? I know I wouldn't, regardless of who the captain or the country was.

 

If Ferguson and McGregor would have held their hands up and said sorry it would have been forgotten about. They haven't though, they don't think they've done anything wrong and have acted like a couple of pricks.

 

I wouldnt give a fuck, given the shit that he personally, and Liverpool players generally, have had to put up with over the years.

 

I honestly wouldnt give a flying fuck.

[Hermes]

Scotland disciplined him for the first thing but there's not much more they can do for the second. They can't fine him (as they don't pay his wages) and if they drop them for the next game then it's dragging on and could well hinder their qualification chances.

 

The players have embarrassed their club and I applaud the club for taking a stand. I didn't expect them to but fair play to them I say. It's not as if they've sacked them, just punished them in a way that they think reflect their actions. Ferguson's behaviour wasn't an act befitting the captain of Rangers, so he's no longer the captain of Rangers. Seems fair enough to me.

 

Too right, they've disgraced themselves and their clubs. If a Liverpool player did that I certainly wouldn't want to see them playing for Liverpool again never mind their national side.

[robslappa]

I saw that. The two of them were very clearly at it. However, it was on International duty. I can't understand why Rangers are punishing them though.

 

Walter Smith apparently spoke to both of them before the game on Wednesday and the reason that he's been stripped of the captainacy is the petulance he and McGregor shown by sticking two fingers up to the cameras. The pair of them are a disgrace. Walter Smith was right to do what he did.

[TommyW]

jocks on the piss? who'd have thunk it?

[robslappa]

The SFA have said Ferguson and McGregor will no longer be selected for Scotland as well.