The body of the wall is overlaid with a life-size photograph of goalmouth action from

The body of the wall is overlaid with a life-size photograph of goalmouth action from the Premiership. The idea is that children can use the wall, which will have target boxes painted on it, to practice shooting, passing and heading, either on their own, or with friends.The wall will be paid for by advertising on the back and offered free to local authorities, schools and sports clubs. GLENN MOORE Bobby Charlton, showing the same sense of timing that distinguished his football career, yesterday launched a new initiative designed to improve youngsters' basic ball skills. As British interest in the European competitions was reduced to just Nottingham Forest, Charlton announced Footwall, a concept which, like all the best ideas, is so simple the only wonder is why no one had thought of it before.A Footwall is a concrete wall, 10 metres by three metres, which is embedded in the ground with angled corners, like a triptych. The Danish striker would perhaps fill the gap which has been left in the Rangers' front line since the departure of Mark Hateley to QPR.The problem is likely to require major surgery, and while purchasing players is no guarantee of success, Smith's best bet might be a long-term approach to bring quality young Scottish players through the ranks.Sadly, Rangers' European failure is an indictment of the whole of club football in Scotland at a time when, conversely, the national team and Under-21s have qualified for the latter stages of the European Championships.. In an attacking role, he showed against Steaua, Celtic and Hearts that he can score goals, the problem is filling the hole he leaves in the midfield, a gap exploited by Aberdeen in the Coca-Cola Cup semi-final and again in the league.Smith could buy again and indeed there are suggestions that he is interested in Mikel Beck of Fortuna Cologne. If that is indeed the case, Smith must decide where best to play the Englishman. For Rangers to progress, Walter Smith, the manager, requires players who are more sympathetic to the workings of the creators.Gascoigne has also shown he can create for Rangers, although Dumitriu felt that he cannot sustain his form over 90 minutes.

Against Steaua they were exposed several times by mobile and skilful opponents who had the awareness to drift in and out of different positions as required, while Rangers stuck to a more rigid formation.The suggestion of Dumitru Dumitriu, the Romanian coach, that Gascoigne and Brian Laudrup were European-style players was an accurate assessment, as those two took their skills where they were needed, but were constantly left frustrated as their Scottish colleagues failed to appreciate their work.Time and again Laudrup worked himself into a good position and found no help. The Scottish League title can be won by gathering indifferent victories, the European Cup cannot.Murray spent close to pounds 10m on players over the summer, including the pounds 4.3m which brought Paul Gascoigne from Lazio, yet the evidence of their European run would suggest they are no better placed to compete there than they were seven years ago. Hard work and character can achieve only limited success, and those Rangers supporters who roundly cheered John Brown for his crunching tackles against Juventus and Steaua clearly have not yet grasped the fundamental issues at work here.The big danger for Rangers is that those supporters and the players themselves become blinded by their determination to overtake Celtic's run of nine consecutive League wins, forsaking European ambitions. A draw against Steaua Bucharest at Ibrox on Wednesday killed off their hopes for another season, although they did have the consolation of reaching the Champions' League itself after coming through the preliminary round against Famagusta of Cyprus. In other seasons they have fallen at the first hurdle, although their appearance in the league sections this time merely highlighted inadequacies in the Rangers side which are seldom exposed in domestic football.

They have proved without question that they are at the top of the Scottish tree, but again have been found wanting in the European arena, the very area where David Murray, the chairman, craves success. It shows the uphill struggle that he has faced and still facesI'm back in Bondi now, but the whole experience has taught me a great deal Sport can do so much to improve those children's futures It all puts losing a World Cup into perspective.. Where do Rangers go from here? The Glasgow club have been champions of Scotland for the last seven years, but their failure to make an impression in the Champions' League has placed them firmly at a crossroads where they will have to decide in which direction their ambitions lie. He took us to his home, the two makeshift rooms where he lives with his mother. I've promised to write to him, but whether letters get delivered to places like this I somehow doubt.There were disappointments, like the way that the media failed to turn up for a session that was arranged to publicise the work Dave is doing.