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Not the point, either him or the player tackling should have been shown at least a yellow depending on who the ref seen as being guilty of the foul. rules are rules.

Rangers fan: 'I'd like to get Cummings through the door; good player' *plays 15 minutes* Rangers fan: 'He's f*ckin' sh*te!'

Again, written as a License Fee Paying Rangers supporter. Last evening, the entire AberTic team were at Dens Park, providing commentary on the Dundee-Hibs game. Thus Richard Gordon, Liam McLeod, Wullie Miller, and Chris McLaughlin indulged in faux excitement at Neil Lennon's approach to total football. The game of the night at Ibrox was covered by Rob McLean in front of a TV inside PQ. Martin Dowden(proclaimed a good Sellik man by Annie McGuire) was at New Douglas Park, promising an interview with Acas Chairman, Ronnie McDonald. Listening whilst driving, Rangers were mentioned after ten minutes when Big Dick introduced Martin Dowden and spoke matters Acas. We were told speculation reference Docherty should be resolved at 19.30hrs with Martin's interview. Crystal Palace had inquired that morning and may provide a twist? Wishful thinking was dismissed a few minutes later when Big Dick informed the listenership that Rangers have signed Greg Docherty for a fee believed to be in the region of 600k. However, according to their sources, nowhere near that figure has been handed over at the moment. Perhaps more will emerge in the next few days? The next tool to be used by Big Dick was Derek Ferguson, "you've raved about Greg Docherty for the last few seasons". The former Ranger eulogises the player and Big Dick springs, "ah know Acas staff have been amazed at his lack of recognition from those selecting Scotland's under 21s, maybe that will change now"? Derek takes the barb and laments that how it was in his day, and it's probably the same now. Big Dick ends with, "we'll see". I was attending the game, thus cannot report on their coverage. I heard the half-time report on my radio and it was a few lines from Rob McLean, obviously events at Ibrox could not compete with excitement at Dens. After the game, both walking back to my vehicle and driving back to deepest, darkest Lanarkshire, I listened intently for the opposition's manager's post-match interview with Big Dick. These last several weeks, BBC Radio Scotland has improved their coverage of games at Ibrox by calling the opposition manager for thoughts on the game, or to reinforce Big Dick's whims. I have heard both Martin Canning and Tommy Wright deliver deserved praise to their sides, and Owen Coyle complain bitterly about a refused last minute penalty. I sat in my drive way for the last few minutes of the show waiting on Derek McInnes. It was a no show, thus I must wonder if this new facet of coverage is on;y for victorious managers or those with a grievance? Big Dick's main concern post-match, was the well being of Dons Keeper, Joe Lewis. Several updates on his leg injury, although no mention on whether he should have been yellow/red carded. Remember, this from a genial host reduced to broadcasting a list of incidents involving Rangers players(well, mainly Ryan Jack) that might interest the Compliance Officer. At the game, those Dandy Dons remaining in attendance saw their Keeper injured and a penalty awarded, then immediately sang, 'nice one Simmie'. Reminds me of Big Dick several years past, "people forget, there were two victims of that tackle". I suspect Big Dick is as confused as his fellow Dandies at the Loving Cup ceremony? Booing Broxy Bear is one thing, but chorusing ridicule on an eighty-odd year ceremony commemorating a colliery disaster! At least they are consistent, something Pacific Quay are not.

Somebody on Twitter was less aggressive than you and only asked for 16.90 million

That was a great quip from Peter Crouch. When asked what he'd be if he wasn't a professional footballer, he replied "a virgin".

He needs to stop missing sitters.

Willie and Jim Baxter were my favourite players. Great entertainment.

Should have been a red

Wes in goal. If that was a CL Final he'd easily be portrayed as the best keeper in the world, so he'll just have to accept for now, at least, he's the best keeper in the SPL. A stunning display by the big man.

The Northern Lights of Old Aberdeen mean ......................... false memory syndrome. I schooled with a lad named Peter, we played football for the same Boys' Clubs and indeed our school. He had the sweetest left foot and reveled in our three years at Fir Park Boys Club. He loved the claret and amber, the mighty 'Well, to the extent he believed Jumbo Muir was the future football, in the same way Bruce Springsteen was the future rock'n'roll. We were beneficiaries of being coached by Northern Irish internationalist, Billy Campbell and future manager of Falkirk, Alloa, Partick Thistle, .. etc, Billy Lamont. We watched the sublime Bobby Graham doing extra training, all ball work, and received complimentary tickets for the Enclosure when 'Well took on a succession of top flight English clubs in the Texaco Cup. We are all badly advised at seventeen, tertiary education demanded I study Economics; Peter determined upon unfettered parental control by heading 160 miles north to Aberdeen. English Literature was his poison. Academia paled in our first year, season '74/'75 was seminal for Bears, there was a light at the end of the tunnel. We were sustaining a league challenge, and for the first time in a decade, would culminate in Colin Stein's equalising bullet header at Easter Road. Pomagne corks were popping. Motherwell was bathed in sunshine too, Wullie Pettigrew prompted by Bobby Graham sustained a top four place, and bettered us in the cups. We had an opportunity to meet up with Peter at the end of January'75, the Scottish Cup third round draw paired us with the Dandy Dons. Three of us traveled on the Tannochside RSC Bus, had the purvey at Stonehaven, met the 'Well man at Aberdeen Uni Union. Like all other trips then to Aberdeen, a relaxed affair. The weather was foul, standing atop the open terrace at Pittodrie in those days was an exercise in endurance. Our entertainment arrived in the then manager of Arbroath, Albert Henderson and his brother. They clung to a stanchion for dear life whilst cheering the Rangers. Ally Scott scored the opener after the hour mark, The Dons new wonder kid at Centre forward, Wullie Miller equalised with two minutes remaining on the clock. The replay on the Monday night, saw Rangers run out at the floodlit Ibrox in an all white strip, in front of 55,000. They scored in the first minute, we drew level through Bobby McKean, and the game went into extra-time. Another late goal from Davidson saw the Dons progress. The quarter-finals took the 'Well to Pittodrie and Peter's Dad offered two of us a lift. We sat in sunshine in the Main Stand, and watched Motherwell control the game for a deserved 0-1 victory. We retired to the Uni Union and it began. Peter's auld man, Peter senior was assumed to have a Glaswegian accent, and received a number of faux concerned inquiries as to life in a Glasgow slum? Peter senior spent several minutes confirming their prejudice and then parried with, "what was it like to live in a quarantined city"? A decade before, Aberdeen had suffered an outbreak of Typhoid, in excess of 500 hospitalised because of a rogue tin of Fray Bentos corned beef. The retorts were angry, tinged with denial, and lot's of assertions of being Europe's oil capital. Peter junior being more literate, quoted Lewis Grassic Gibbon's(Aberdeenshire born author of a Scots Quair) comparison of both cities women. A glaswegian women was beyond personification whereas an Aberdonian was a thin lipped peasant who had borne eleven and buried nine, leaving a pinched demeanor. We left the Union to a chorus of, 'in your Glasgow slums'. It was the first time I was aware of their anger and the next season saw their newly appointed manager, Ally McLeod tap into it. It was February and the Rangers treble bandwagon was rolling. The fourth round of the Scottish Cup had paired us with Aberdeen. It was a double header, because the Dandies were due at Ibrox on league business the week before. McLeod had left Ayr United and was determined to install a sense of superiority into the dull Dons left by departing Jimmy Bonthrone. Ally mainlined, the league game would be business as usual, but the Cup would see the Reds represent Europe's oil capital, they would fly first class to Glasgow and new tactics would derail the treble bandwagon. The 7th of the month arrived, 35,000 attended, Rangers quickly notched a couple through Martin Henderson and wee Doddie. Aberdeen scored a late consolation. Valentine's Day was going to be a massacre, ten thousand Dandies were descending, some of the oil oligarchs were accompanying the team on the flight, replete in sheepskins and stetsons. Sixty thousand trapped, and half ra Sellik end was covered in red and white. Ally's new tactics were evident at Kick-off, they took centre and eight of the team crowded the left side of the centre line, poised to sprint forward, ready to crowd the punt. The ball drifted out for a throw-in. Much like their performance, one big drift. Rangers battered them, DJ scored in the fifth minute, Doddie added just after half time, they scored late on, stimulating Rangers to add another couple through Parlane and Henderson. Aberdeen drifted off to catch their flight home. Later, that summer we did what under graduates did in those days, we headed to Greece. A group approaching a dozen agreed to meet up in Paxos for a few days. the conversation came around to angry Dons, and Peter having spent two years among the heavenly dancers contributed most. The Union had banned both halves of the old firm supporters buses from Glasgow Uni'. Apparently, due to our separated brethren wrecking it on a previous visit. The City Police were determined to not allow supporters buses overnight stays. A newly found confidence was abroad. McLeod tapped into it and SAF gave it a particular focus. Numerous incidents down the years on both sides have exacerbated the situation, but my memory is clear when things began to change. Back to the Northern Lights, the lyrics to the song were penned by Mary Webb, born in Leamington Spa, she had never visited Aberdeen. The melody emanates from James S Kerr, a Glaswegian from Berkeley Street, born 1870. Since one of our dreaming four lads, Peter Campbell came from the same street, I like to think James S Kerr was heavily influence by Peter's whistling? Thus, thos Northern Lights mean false memory syndrome. Tomorrow evening, we will be light in the midfield, I suspect Holt and Goss to be the central two. Windass, Murphy, and Candias in front of those two, and behind Morelos. The back four will be Tav', Wilson, Bates, and John. Fod' between the sticks. They have a lot of pace and drive in the wide areas, and I suspect McInnes will play the full width of the pitch. The first goal will be everything, I take us to get it and go on to secure a 2-1 victory.

Why was this moved into the transfer rumours thread?, it is now not a rumour!

Yes your right that could have been an important point.

That made me smile. They seem extremely angry.

I have faith in Jason, he'll need a couple of games to get up and running.

I’ve went one better and split your Docherty thread back out. Tough crowd....

I certainly would if it wasn’t illegal.

Wtf is this? Operation Potato?

Looks like the safe standing is a given and Club1872 are paying for it. Totally against this while we are under 25% of share issue. One thing at a time, let’s get a representative on RIFC board. Bruce Taylor, Club 1872 Director said: “It is our role as directors to ensure that the support as a whole understands the potential impact Club 1872 can have on the future success of Rangers Football Club. With the size of the Rangers support, the opportunity is there to contribute millions of pounds a year directly to Rangers, both through share issues and potential fan driven projects like safe standing.

Aye nae bother, geez 25million and he's all yours.

Ratings:- Foderingham-8 Tavernier-8 Bates-7 Martin-7 John-7 Candeias-8 Goss-7 Holt-8 Windas-6 Murphy-6 Morelos-6 Subs:- Cummings-4 Halliday-4 Cardoso-4 I'm giving my MOTM to Candeias, just ahead of wee Holt and Tav

My Mom-Holt just shaded it. Ratings:- Foderingham-8 Tavernier-9 Bates-7 Martin-7 John-7 Candeias-8 Goss-8 Holt-9 Windas-6 Murphy-6 Morelos-7 Subs:- Cummings-6 Halliday-6 Cardoso-5

Good. I hope he’s disappointed he missed those chances and uses that as a drive to improve further.

Absolutely! They looked garbage because of how we were playing. They only got the chances after the second goal because Murty changed the midfield by bringing Halliday on and pushing Holt into Windass position. Halliday probably should have been put there instead because Holt and Goss work rate had the area completely locked down. Once Holt was moved into the 10 spot they brought on Dom Ball as a sitting midfielder to make their two a three and got more control of the ball mainly because Halliday simply cant play as a DMF leaving Goss to do all the leg work.

I actually thought he did OK when he came on. Linked up a couple of times and chased down a lot of things. I think he will turn out to be a great signing. This is coming from someone that seriously despised the guy in a Hibs strip too!

No he didn't. Could easily have been a red, but nothing was given.

The ref was absolutely shocking yet again!, we have players out injured because opposition players are allowed to assault our players!

The bottom line is that the huns just have better players than we do. They have proved that pretty emphatically the three times we have played them this season. They are not great players but they have proved they are better than what we have. They had a load of players out injured tonight (off the top of my head Dorrans, Jack, Alves, Miller, Wilson and Wallace)...yet they still routinely rolled us over. Their squad is stronger and deeper too. The cunts have had a very good January transfer window. I now fully expect them to finish second. They proved they have a bit of bottle when they bossed Celtic in the second half at Parkhead last month and came away with a deserved draw. I absolutely detest the cunts and it sticks in my throat to say it but unfortunately they are a better team than us.

A good performance but Morelos missing those sitters is niggling away at me. He needs to work on that before any club in the EPL comes in for him. Those 3 saves from Wes were dirty as fuck.

I was interested to note this, in Bearger's 'lift' from The Gherald: “Greg is now in the hands of Rangers,” Hamilton chairman Ronnie MacDonald had said earlier in the day. "The financial agreement has been signed by both clubs, so it's up to Rangers to contact him and arrange a medical. Rangers have acted really well on this. The finishing line has been far away at times, but we got there.” (My emphasis) Of course, it shouldn't have to be said, but , in the light of sellik minded managers -and sundry empty vessels, echoing each other, in the various mhedia- complaining to the contrary, it is refreshing.

Some better highlights. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaasJ8Vlr7Y

Pretty much agree aside from maybe they looked garbage because we were just too god for them? We had pace to burn in comparison to them which all on it's own made them look bad.

Aberdeen weren't in the game they had one chance in the first half which McKay-Steven hit straight at Fod and by the time we were 2-0 in the second half they had been reduced to shooting from long range. The last 10 mins Murty changed tactics to see the game out and also changed the personnel with Halliday the sitting midfielder thats what happened. As far as wasteful in front of goal is concerned Windass had one shot saved on the line, one shot tipped over the bar in an excellent save by the keeper, won a penalty then got subbed. Morelos scored one missed a couple that he should have buried in the second half and came off pretty annoyed that he hadn't done better. We didn't have many more clear cut chances than that. We had a few that looked like they could have turned into chances but the player on the ball was either forced wide, covered by a defender or last ditch lunges/clearances put the ball out for corners etc. McCoist would often miss four maybe five score one or two from nine, ten possible chances. I'm much more concerned when we're not creating chances to be honest. We played well controlled the game and should have been two nothing up at half time. That didn't happen obviously but we did win the game two nothing and it could have been much worse for them as we made them look ordinary, they were garbage.

Can we play the sheep every week?

Was it not on Rangers TV?

Another game with me wondering what Aberdeen have to do to get a player booked.