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Ally McCoist's former assistant has been put in temporary charge of the team after the manager was put on garden leave. With the club facing an £8.3million shortfall, the 51-year-old is unlikely to be given the resources to bring in fresh blood next month. But new first-team coach Gordon Durie - who swaps roles with the demoted Ian Durrant - said McDowall may now recall some of the eight Rangers youngsters who have been farmed out to other clubs this season. Winger Barrie McKay has been sent to Raith Rovers, while midfielders Robbie Crawford and Calum Gallagher are at Greenock Morton and Cowdenbeath respectively. Canadian defender Luca Gasparotto is playing with Airdrieonians, Craig Halkett for Clyde and Tom Walsh is at Stenhousemuir. Stranraer have taken Danny Stoney while Kyle McAusland is at Brechin City. Rangers play Hibernian at Easter Road on Saturday, and Durie said: "We have got boys out on loan and as a staff we will sit down and decide whether we are going to bring anyone back or not. "There have been a few boys who have come though in the last few years but obviously it is a big step for these lads to make. "We thought at the start of the season that it would be beneficial if we sent a few of them out on loan. They had a great season with the under-20s last year and the reports that we have had back have been very positive. "So hopefully they will come back ready to battle for a place in the first team." David Somers told Monday's stormy AGM that Rangers are determined to bridge the "chasm" that existed between the club's youth set-up and the first team. Durie warned that would not be as easy as the chairman made it sound, but he hopes the young players' loan stints will help them make the grade. Durie said: "It's never easy for young boys to play at the Old Firm. "But we thought it would be better for them to go out and play against boys of a higher level than they have played against before. "It would toughen them up, as they say, and then hopefully make them better players when they come back. We've been out watching them and they are doing well so hopefully that will benefit them in the long run."

EUGENE — Penelope James Chinander arrived healthy and happy last August, one week after she was supposed to and two days before kickoff, smack dab in the middle of the two dates her parents watched anxiously all summer. For Erik Chinander and wife Megan, their daughter's birth marked the merger of personal and pigskin, the day their lives changed forever followed by the most unforgettable season in Ducks football history. And to ask even a simple question is to be shown how tightly the twin, and often competing, ideals of family and football are intertwined in a coaching household. Her birthday, Megan said, is Aug. 28. "South Dakota week," Erik reminded. It's an unshakeable habit in football coaching to remember each fall week by the opponent on the schedule, a custom Chinander himself, UO's first-year outside linebackers coach, learned early as the son of a high school football coach in Allison, Iowa. Even Penelope won't break that — but that doesn't mean she hasn't altered, at just four months old, how this and [CENSORED]ure seasons will be defined forever for the Chinanders, whose reference points for fall 2014 will include big victories against Stanford and Arizona and when Penelope began to recognize her parents' faces and learned to roll over onto her stomach. "That was big," Megan said, her smile wide as she looked into her wriggling daughter's eyes. The Chinanders are certainly not the first to learn how to juggle the equally high-stakes joys and stresses of coaching and parenthood, of managing often 100-hour work weeks alongside the desire to spend time together. But what is unique, those at Oregon say, is the environment in the football offices — passed down from head coaches Mike Bellotti, to Chip Kelly and now Mark Helfrich — that prioritizes winning football games and being an attentive parent. It's a philosophy that believes a coach can be just as prepared for both Penelope's birth and Oregon's Jan. 1 College Football Playoff semifinal berth. "Mark has two kids of his own and they're both young, he's going through the same thing that a lot of us did," said UO tight ends and special teams coach Tom Osborne, who worked under all three head coaches at Oregon. "You'll see him walking down the hallway from one meeting to the next talking to his kids. It's not just, 'Hey, give them time' — he walks the walk." On Christmas Day, the Chinanders and the rest of the Ducks will travel to Los Angeles, where the Rose Bowl festivities begin. If their holiday celebration seems curbed, they aren't troubled. This year, along with being given advice, presents and numerous challenges, they say the most important thing they've received is perspective. *** For the first time in his 11-year career Chinander, 35, kept a phone on him at all times, in practices and meetings, in late August, as Penelope's due date came and went. If Megan went into labor, he had the green light to leave immediately and be by his wife's side. And sometimes Megan did call. It just wasn't "the call." "It was me not even thinking a few times," Megan said. "Just being like, 'Oh, I went to the doctor today (for a check-up).' He'd say, 'Oh, no baby? All right, well, we'll talk to you later.'" Despite all his vigilance, Chinander nearly missed the birth because of a cup of coffee. The morning of Aug. 28, he was told that Megan's labor wouldn't begin for 90 minutes, and that he was free to get some coffee to keep him awake after spending all evening bedside. Erik left to take the doctor up on the offer. And left his phone in the room, too. "It went from like an hour and a half to 15 minutes," he said. "When I came back she was on the table, he was like, "She's ready to go, you gotta get in here!'" Penelope was born at 9:05 a.m. Soon thereafter, Chinander's outside linebackers all received text messages announcing the newest Duck, complete with a photo. It is telling that an ill-timed coffee run nearly caused him to miss the birth, not work. Ever since he was hired from Kelly's Philadelphia Eagles staff in January, he and Helfrich — whose son, Max, and daughter Maggie, are both under the age of 8 — knew a birth would cut it close to the season opener, Aug. 30 against South Dakota. An unspoken agreement was formed, one which wasn't taken for granted. "He was going to say, 'Go' whenever the call came," Erik said. "I think the majority is guys, head coaches, they think that (football) is more important than anything else and I don't think Mark thinks that way. Obviously there's work that has to be done but your family is only going to get one time. He's had little kids and he goes through it. But you hear all kinds of stories like hey, my wife's being induced Tuesday at 9 a.m. and the head coach says, 'Well can't you move it to 7?' And if you can't, you can't miss practice. There are all kinds of horror stories out there." Said Helfrich: "We want to make it as family-friendly an atmosphere as there can be in this profession." Instead of a horror story Tom Osborne, Oregon's longtime tight ends coach, tells a different kind of tale to crystallize the attitudes of UO's head coaches about the balance of family and football. In 2011, Sheldon High School and Lake Oswego met in the Oregon big-school state title game, at Portland's Jeld-Wen Field. It would be the final high school game for his son, Tyler, one of the dozens of coaches' kids allowed to roam the sidelines of UO practices as children. Kickoff would be 1 p.m. on a December Saturday, however, right in the middle of Oregon's Rose Bowl preparation for Wisconsin. Osborne walked into Kelly's office, ready to bargain with the head coach; he'd stay for practice, but could he leave immediately after, in order to catch Sheldon's second half? "Chip goes, 'It's his last game? Just forget it. Just cancel the special team meetings.' Which we did," Osborne said. "I drove up there and got to see the whole entire game. I'll never, ever forget that as long as I live." Tyler Osborne is now back on Oregon's sideline, a junior at UO who serves on the team's support staff, a every-day reminder of the place of family. *** The Chinanders met in 2009 at the house of a mutual friend. He was a former Iowa Hawkeyes lineman turned coach at Northern Iowa, she a student at Wartburg College 17 miles away visiting her twin sister at UNI. They grew up separated by a 10-year age gap and 8 miles between their tiny Iowa hometowns of Allison and Bristow, rural communities whose combined po[CENSORED]tions would barely fill one section in Oregon's Autzen Stadium. Since their first meeting, their lives have been reshaped time and again: an engagement and her mother's passing in 2010, a wedding in July 2011 and Penelope in 2014. They've moved from Iowa to Eugene to Philadelphia and back to Eugene, a place they echo as ideal to raise a family in. In some ways, their daughter — given the initials P.J., to match those of Megan's late mother, Pamela Jean — is the biggest change of them all. Yet the challenge of spending time together as a family hasn't gotten easier. The shortest day of Chinander's work week during the football season, from August till February, is Sunday. He typically arrives by 11 a.m. and leaves 10 hours later. On Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, he'll wake up with Penelope at about 5 a.m. and spend an hour together before getting to work. He's back home at their southeast Eugene home by 10 p.m. those nights. In a normal fall week, it's not uncommon for coaches to work 80 hours or more, Sunday through Friday -- and then comes the game, an all-day affair. "There are days where I'll be like, please be 10 o'clock, but not very often," said Megan, whose sisters, father and in-laws have all arrived throughout the fall as backup. A yoga and pilates class is her mental break. "I guess I don't mind it, maybe just because I'm so used to the schedule and this is just what fall is like," she said. "But we really look forward to when he has a day here or there to spend." Said Erik: "My wife, she's been awesome. She's basically a single parent." To take advantage of their rare moments together, when everyone is awake, anyway, they've put into action advice received from other coaches and wives. Penelope stays up later, past 10 p.m., so that Erik can catch a few minutes with her after work. In the mornings, mother, daughter and the family's 3 ½-year-old shih tzu, Percy, walk the paths of Alton Baker Park that are just a Marcus Mariota spiral away from the football offices, stopping by Chinander's office afterward for lunch or a "five-minute hello." Crying and dirty diapers aren't annoyances anymore. Still ... football is always there, and pulling himself away is a constant battle. Asked about whether Penelope has helped Erik see the bigger picture, Megan is first to answer. "If you ever say you stop thinking about football," she said, a smile spreading at her husband's contemplation, "you're lying." "Yeah, I don't think it ever stops," Erik said. "But it makes it easier. ... It used to be like, eh, maybe Meg's waiting for me. It was like, oh it's cool, she'll understand. If somebody wants on Thursday night when we get out of here early, hey let's stop by The Cooler and have a beer. Meg will probably understand. Now it's like, guys I gotta go home, I have a kid. It's non-negotiable anymore. She just wants to see you." They might not even be hitting the busiest time of year yet. Chinander calls January and May his most difficult months because he will be on the road almost the entire time recruiting. Their evaluation of how they've done so far is unvarnished: It's not easy. Especially since Penelope stopped her typical sleeping schedule from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. -- "that was amazing!" Megan said -- and now awakens somewhere between 2 a.m. and 4:30 a.m. most mornings. Those around the couple, however, say they appeared as happy and healthy as their girl. "He's a great person, first and foremost," Helfrich said. "The qualities he has that make him an excellent coach also make him an excellent husband and father. It's been fun watching him balance the challenges beautifully." More than that, they say, he's kept the promise he tells recruits: If you come to Oregon, you're about to join a family. *** After home games this fall, the same sixth-floor lounge that the Chinanders are sitting in on a recent December day is turned into a banquet hall where recruits are feted, and fed. But the 17- and 18-year-old star recruits are not the youngest at the table. That would be Penelope. If there was ever an example to drive home the program's perception that team is the same as family, a baby might be the perfect pitch. And a genuine one. "He gets deeper than football with us," said senior outside linebacker Tony Washington. "We share our life stories and what we're going through. I don't know how he juggles it. It's really draining dealing with us all day and then you gotta go home to your crying baby and be there for their needs," Washington said. "But he's always giving. I'm sure he's doing a great job, because he's still married." It's too early to know whether his coaching style will translate to his parenting but some parallels exist. Another early Christmas gift, for example, was patience. "It's like a family," Erik said. "Some days we're going to like them a lot. Some days we're not going to like them at all. But you have to love them every day. It's just like her." Back in the lounge, Penelope spent an hour tired and hungry and bereft of attention as her parents discussed her. Yet she cried just once and was calm throughout. It's a quality that Megan, an admitted worrier, says has already rubbed off on her. Then the parents saw what was holding their daughter's attention for so long. Splayed across four television sets on a far wall was a bowl game broadcast. Football's movement and colors catch her like nothing else, though "Wheel of Fortune" is a close second. Football, it appears, will continue to define much about the young family. But not everything. In three days, it will officially be Rose Bowl week. But for now, this is the Chinanders' time.

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Although Benteke's return has not directly influenced the Villans results up to now, the presence of a major goal threat will come as a sigh of relief for the West Midlands club who, in the Belgian forward, have a player who most defenders will see as their worst nightmare. Big, strong, powerful, good in the air and with a fair amount of pace, Benteke is able to lead the line with natural confidence and is not shy to demand the ball. His performance against Manchester United on Saturday was reminiscent of what we saw two years ago, and it appears he could well be back to his best. Villa will certainly hope so, he could well be the difference between relegation or at least near relegation and a comfortable middle table finish.

Of course, not every club is completely reliant on a star man upfront, but many become so, or if not based purely on reliance, then at least as a platform to elevate them to bigger and better things. A top goalscorer, at least in a statistical sense will often make a marginal difference to how results pan out. Christian Benteke is one such footballer. His debut season in 2012-13 saw him claim 19 goals in 34 for league games for Villa. Wriggled with injuries last year, his achievements in 2013-2014 consisted of 10 goals in 26 league games, with Villa looking a different team in his absence. They started the 2014-15 campaign in the same vein, and at one point had scored just two goals in six games. There had been murmurings of a relegation fight and potential sacking of manager Paul Lambert.

If one thing has always been certain in football, if we have learnt anything, is that you simply need goals. As obvious as this sounds, there have been countless examples over the years of sides who have lacked the potent attacking force going forward which has significantly cost them over the course of a season. We only have to look at where Liverpool were last year, with Luis Suarez still at the club and Daniel Sturridge free from injury in comparison to their current position. In Rickie Lambert and Mario Balotelli, they brought in two strikers who managed a combined tally of 32 during 2013-2014. That's not a bad effort at all, yet both have been misfiring in Daniel Sturridge's absence. The importance of having a top quality and consistent striker can make a major difference in the outcome of a club's performances. Would Newcastle have been able to sustain European football and top half finishes without Alan Shearer? Would Manchester City have been crowned Premier League champions instead of United in 2013 if Robin Van Persie had chosen blue over red? Would even Charlton Athletic have spent so many seasons in England's top flight without the goals of Darren Bent?

It is the season to be jolly at the moment, but judging by this video no-one seems to have told Aston Villa’s players that. A host of players including Shay Given, Joe Cole and Gabriel Agbonlahor appear on camera to wish their fans a happy Christmas, with their glad tidings ranging from ‘hope you have a nice day’, to ‘thanks for all your support in 2014′. While Fabian Delph, Ron Vlaar and Christian Benteke do their best to get into some sort of festive spirit, most of the players fail to avoid looking like they’re just reading off an autocue, and the less said about Aly Cissokho’s message the better. Presumably, the only explanation for the downcast nature of the video is that Villa got Roy Keane back in to be it’s creative director. Probably.

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"I think he is fabulous", Pardew was quoted as saying by ITV. "I watched him on Sunday and when you have got an English striker who can do 13km at pace and have the quality and technical ability in the box, Roy Hodgson should count himself very lucky." Kane has so far played ten matches for the England Under-21 team, having scored eight goals. The 21-year-old is expected to take to the field against Pardew's side in tonight's League Cup quarter-final at White Hart Lane.

"We have not achieved anything yet, but the road ahead is still very long. We certainly have what it takes in this side to obtain a run of results and become a more consistent team." The 32-year-old reflected on the match against Genoa, which he felt his team should have won, but also believes that they did well to bounce back against Napoli. "We will prepare throughout the week for this match. We can look back at the match at Genoa which was a tough defeat to take because we felt it was a match we should not have lost. "It was important for us to bounce back at home against Napoli, for ourselves and also for the fans. Napoli are a side that are battling for third place too so it was a good sign for us when we won. "We have to keep going like this and we will head to Rome with the right desire to get a positive result." Don't bet on football until you've visited Inside Bet! Interesting markets, top tips, betting facts – get all the info before you bet.

I WONDER do Arsene Wenger or Jose Mourinho ever make the connection between their own day-to-day hypocrisy and the fact that some fans think it is acceptable to verbally abuse a football manager out on the street? ALSO IN THIS SECTION SSE Airtricity League fixtures 2015 Sean Maguire: I still want to make it with the Hammers Mario Balotelli left out of Liverpool squad for Bournemouth clash Créez un profil Facebook Retrouvez amis, famille et cama- rades de classe. Créez un profil! facebook.com GAA Football SAM 2014 DVD Get the GAA Football DVD for 2014 for €14.99 Worldwide delivery www.irishcountry.ie Ads by Google There is no possible reason to condone that kind of thing. It is not acceptable inside a stadium or outside and will never be but I expect more and more of it. Every time Wenger 'doesn't see' an incident which to the rest of us is black and white, does he not think that this economy with the truth and willingness to warp reality to suit himself or his players has an impact? Has it ever dawned on Wenger or Mourinho that selective condemnation of things that are bad in the game sets an example which some fans will follow? It most certainly does. Every dive, every pretence about an injury, every heated argument with the referee and all the other small or big examples of dishonesty or bad behaviour which afflict our game chip away at the foundations until Wenger finds himself in fear for his safety in a train station. I wrote a piece last week about Nigel Pearson and how he was verbally abused by a fan behind him in the stand and reacted. It looks like he could lose his job over it. Someone, presumably the individual who sparked the response, has brought the police into it and I am not a bit surprised that the man who was doing the shouting at Pearson has bought into football's double standard so wholeheartedly. Do unto him but don't do unto me or I'll sue or press charges. hat mentality has been encouraged and magnified by the way the game has developed in the last ten years. Fans who dish out harsh treatment to players and managers see the same people cheating, simulating and generally bringing the game into disrepute on a weekly basis. It all adds up. Eric Cantona aiming a kick into the crowd, Alex Ferguson's relentless defence of poor behaviour from his own players and the steady intimidation of referees. Wenger's willingness to ignore diving by Robert Pires, Thierry Henry and more recently, Theo Walcott, Nicolas Bendtner and Eduardo, Just last month, Santi Cazorla went over like he had been shot against West Brom. Remember, Wenger is the man who was moaning about Robben diving last March when Arsenal knocked out of the Champions League by Bayern Munich back in March and a few years back, suggested an automatic three game ban for anyone caught diving. He was right about Robben but lost the right to complain through his own hypocrisy down through the years. Mourinho was at again at the weekend when he was speaking about referee Chris Foy and his decision to book Diego Costa for diving against Hull. He has spoken several times about his mission to help rid the game of all the bad things I've mentioned above but when one of his own players is involved, his resolve becomes severely diluted. Costa dived and I've seen him dive before. At Chelsea, he is following in a grand tradition fostered by Didier Drogba and Robben, two men who could have had a career in acting. Don't for a second believe that the manager has nothing to do with this; that the diving is down to the player and player alone. Damien Duff is a great example. Mourinho changed him as a player while he was with Chelsea and he left Stamford Bridge a more defensively minded footballer than when he arrived. But I reckon he learned a few of the dark arts there too. He admitted himself this year that he "liked a little dive" when he was doing some television punditry and I don't believe that this came naturally to him. There was no more honest a player than Duff. Robben is still at it and I'm sure if Drogba was playing more often, he'd be doing it too. But Mourinho would never notice. Like Wenger, he never does. Wenger has claimed before that his players are roughed up by other teams and I believe that he communicates this on the training ground. He wants referees to know that his man has been fouled so he looks the other way when the evidence being supplied to the match officials is theatrical. For Wenger, the decline in standards off the pitch are particularly relevant given the pressure he is under at the moment. They are showing banners at matches now calling for him to go and that after he qualified for his 16th Champions League draw and has now steered them into the knock-out phase once again. You can debate his merit as a manager or even put up a critical banner but there is no place for what happened in that train station, even if Wenger carries some of the responsibility for it himself.

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