Making It Tick Rangers V Porto Rangers V Porto Football's Premier Competition Is Back, and with It the Expectations Hanging Over Rangers. With Brahim Hemdani Still Sidelined, Barry Ferguson May Have to Step Back Into a More Defensive Holding Role and Prove Himself at the Highest Level. Natasha Woods Reports

Sunday Herald › September 12, 2005

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LONG before Alex McLeish was installed at Ibrox and Barry Ferguson fulfilled his ambition of playing in the Premiership, the manager used to watch the midfielder with envious eyes.

"When Barry was younger I always thought he looked like he could become one of the best holding midfielders in Europe, " said the Rangers manager.

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Making It Tick Rangers V Porto Rangers V Porto Football's Premier Competition Is Back, and with It the Expectations Hanging Over Rangers. With Brahim Hemdani Still Sidelined, Barry Ferguson May Have to Step Back Into a More Defensive Holding Role and Prove Himself at the Highest Level. Natasha Woods Reports

If ever there was a moment when Rangers need that prophesy to come true it is now. Lying fifth in the SPL after yesterday's 1-1 draw at Falkirk, the Autumn dash for Champions League progress must be managed against a backdrop of growing fears that domestic slip- ups (usually excused on the grounds of tiredness) could prove fatal in...

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