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Listed below are comments made by Fuera_De_Juego between Monday, 25th August 2008 and Tuesday, 14th October 2008.

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Baffled by tactics and Boyd's omission 1:03pm on 14 Oct 2008 There is a fair amount of revisionism going on here.

If Boyd had played on Saturday, we would have thumped Norway and the Ducth would be quaking in their boots????

I am not a fan of Burley but the criticism he is taking for not picking Boyd is unbelievable. Boyd has a great scoring record against small teams but not in more important matches. Walter Smith picks Miller, Velicka, Darcheville and even Cousin (a guy he was about to flog) ahead of Boyd yet Burley is lampooned whilst Walter is praised as some sort of tactical guru.

Boyd contributes nothing outside of the box. We do not have enough good players to compensate for being 1 man down for most of the game in the hope that Boyd scores. We require our forwards to track back and work. Boyd does not do that.

If Boyd is so good, where is the queue of teams waiting to sign a Rangers fringe player? The list starts and ends with Cardiff City.

There are also constant rumours about Boyd's personal life and his attitude towards training.

Boyd does not appear to be making the most of his talent whereas you have someone like Broadfoot who his limited but gives his all in every game and sometimes that effort can cover his lack of talent.
Brazil require style re-think 7:49pm on 25 Aug 2008 A couple of points have been made about winning being everything and nobody remembering the losers.

That is not always the case as Holland in 1974 and 1978 prove.

A decent footballer once said that there is no greater prize than being acclaimed for your style.

I think that for truly exceptional teams who fall short at the final hurdle, that still holds true.

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