RHM

[john e]

This is ridiculous, if he was that good, contract or no contract, Bruce would have played him!

He has potential at this point in time, that is all!

so the fact that he is playing Gabby means he's good then

[KevinGage]

His stock isn't high. Rangers fans hate him because they're nowhere near Celtic in the league.

Yes, they were really going to push Celtic close in their first season back, weren't they.

Most rational people (ie not Huns) might see 2nd in the top flight as progress, considering the shit state in which he found them.

[Toronto Villa]

He needs to ask himself why if he is so good in his own mind at 18 is the only interest in his services coming from a club that had to reinvent itself in Scotland.

[KevinGage]

This is ridiculous, if he was that good, contract or no contract, Bruce would have played him!

He has potential at this point in time, that is all!

He has potential as well. But his actual contribution this season when he came on against Newcastle trumps anything Gabby has done over the past few games.

But then George Weah's 'cousin' who blagged a game for Southampton more than 10 years ago would offer more nuisance value than that useless bloater.

[cdbearsfan]

His stock isn't high. Rangers fans hate him because they're nowhere near Celtic in the league.

Yes, they were really going to push Celtic close in their first season back, weren't they.

Most rational people (ie not Huns) might see 2nd in the top flight as progress, considering the shit state in which he found them.

Fair enough. I'm basing his stock on the (unrealistic) opinions of Rangers fans. It's possible that outsiders might see what he's done there and think he's a decent manager.

[SoccerHQ]

His stock isn't high. Rangers fans hate him because they're nowhere near Celtic in the league.

Have they missed the last 5 years or something?

Any Rangers fan who thought they could seriously challenge Celtic this season is very deluded....hardly any of the Rangers players would get in the Celtic team.

Them finishing above Aberdeen would be a good season.

[cdbearsfan]

I never claimed that they're not deluded.

[The_ads]

Two things to say on this.

Firstly Petrov is beginning to get right on my tits whether it's through social media, or talk sport,or the Mail. Seems to have an opinion on all things Aston Villa, and I genuinely laughed out loud when the mail labelled him a 'legend' - this bloke is bitter about not getting a contract. Misquoted or not, what the fuck has it got to do with him? 

Secondly, I won't lose a seconds sleep about this kid going to piss his career up the wall playing Hamilton away and playing second fiddle to Celtic forever.  Let him go, who cares. Sick of these players dictating, and at eighteen years old with zero starts who the fuck does he think he is? See ya

[robbo1874]

I still have a mental image of him coming on to make his debut and looking as if he was about to shit himself with nerves.

Surely someone can post the video of it on here?

i think it was away at Newcastle- he was shaking like a shitting dog. Came on for the last few minutes to waste a bit of time.

[PeterWithesShin]

Newcastle at home, the glorious 0-0! Which I wasn't at so no idea how he looked as I was at a Bromsgrove match.

[pauliewalnuts]

I honestly couldn't give a fuck - if he thinks he's better off elsewhere, then he should try his luck.

As for Petrov, as others have said, this isn't the first time we've heard stuff that we'd rather not hear from him.

This club has done lots of things really badly the last five or six years, but one thing they got absolutely right was how they handled Stan's illness. For him to start to act as he has since getting turned down for a contract would be really, really disappointing.

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

I still have a mental image of him coming on to make his debut and looking as if he was about to shit himself with nerves.

Surely someone can post the video of it on here?

i think it was away at Newcastle- he was shaking like a shitting dog. Came on for the last few minutes to waste a bit of time.

His debut was against Sunderland, the season before last.  I think we were 4-0 up, and Sherwood brought him on for Benteke.

I think it's the last game Agbonlahor turned up for too.

[robbo1874]

I think we should back off getting at Petrov. It's all ifs buts and maybes. He was our captain and a big character at a time when we had few on the pitch. He's entitled to comment on things if asked and we don't know what was genuinely said and what was taken out of context. Let's not become a Facebook type lynchmob.

[passport1]

". Let's not become a Facebook type lynchmob. "

Regrettably that horse has bolted.

[supertom]

Journos ask Stan the questions, and he answers. Granted at his age he should be wily enough to know he'll get misquoted but I don't think Stan loiters outside the offices of the mail waiting for someone to come out and ask his opinion on something. He was asked because of his connection to Scotland. I'm getting fed up of hearing from him too to be honest, but when you're an ex footballer the last thing you want to do is to start avoiding the media. You take any given opportunity you can to stay within the footballing public eye and pray to the Sky gods that you'll get the odd punditry spot.
I genuinely hope he's not bitter about being turned down in the summer. He worked bloody hard but he must have known the chances were incredibly slim. At his age and after what he's gone through he'll do well to play sunday league every week, let alone the Championship.