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The obsession with other clubs and what they do is what's got us into this situation. We had got rid of the offending songs for a while (and the atmosphere didn't suffer because of it and we didn't have to resort to Kum Ba Yah, believe it or not) but they crept back in because some fans could see that Celtic were given free reign. We need to decide ourselves what is and isn't acceptable and not base our standards on what other sub-standard clubs deem is acceptable. Likewise Fare. If it hadn't been them, it would have been someone else. Yes, they're biased but the bigger issue is that we're guilty. Clean up our act and THEN we can concentrate on others.

The UB statement is exactly what I expected from them. No remorse far less an apology from a group who think their the most important thing on match days. One other point if it s correct, the club have never spoken to them about the song sheet. That’s a dereliction of duty by our board.

Who, apart from BEARGER, is bothered by that?

Hubris and arrogance that'll do the trick eh? Don't be surprised if we reach the group stages to be playing behind closed doors.

And none of us give a shit which really annoys them ?

Never seen a team defend so deep. Absolute joke

This would be a win win....

I thought Barasic had a solid game throughout, given he was left on his own out on the left for the whole game with nobody helping him. For some reason, obviously tactical from SG, Jones was tucked inside to where there was absolutely no space, and was wholly ineffective. I was crying out for him to go wide (or the anonymous Kamara) and help Barasic all game the same way Arfield & Aribo went out to help Tav on the right. Very strange tactics. in a game devoid of creativity, the free kick was a piece of pure class and deserving of MOTM on its own. MOTM is usually given to the player who ensured the win, either through goals or outstanding play. Barasic nailed the former and nobody nailed the latter. Jack had a good game again, but given how deep Saints sat, he had 60 yards to carry the ball unopposed every time but couldn’t find that one telling pass to open them up. Was never going to be a game for Jones so his inclusion surprised me ahead of Stewart,Hastie & Ojo (didn’t know he had a knock), and I thought we were about to try Morelos and Defoe together before we got the goal. Maybe not! overall delighted with the 3 points, and we go into the first OF game level and with home advantage, which is exactly what we all wanted when the fixtures came out.

On another point , this is exactly the type of game NOT to play JJ in , no space at all , but the management team knows best .

If we win next week the points total will be wrong.

The club should monitor that part of the ground and if these songs are confirmed to come from there then close that part of the ground for 4 games. If it continues, rescind all STs and replace from the waiting list. Some innocent people will suffer, so what. Big picture time.

The club have continually stressed the issue about sectarian singing over the past 10 years. Are they trying to suggest that they weren't aware of this or will they only listen if it's addressed to them personally? Either way, it's not an excuse.

Our supporters were 5 star today, no reason why we can’t create an incredible atmosphere on Thursday, without the other stuff.

The media obsession with Rangers and catholics is a bit pathetic. They're so out of date. Catholics in Scotland no longer bring thoughts of dissident terrorists in Ireland. Similarly, orange strips are just that - orange - and only generate thoughts of protestantism in the heads of media people. These days, catholicism is more usually associated with child abuse, sexual deviancy and political corruption. If only our media could bring themselves up to date on that.

It annoys my old man.. “Whit’s that Connor Goldstein dain crossin himself, I thought he was Jewish” he said after the Kilmarnock game ?

St Mirren tactics very effective but man, how brutal was that to watch. They had 11 behind the ball until the final 10 minutes.. and yet, strangely, had a couple of half chances. These are the games we struggle in so to get 3 points is all that matters to us. The performance was fine, looked in little danger... but it’s very, very difficult to create chances against a 10 man wall. What we would give for an Albertz right now

I personally have nothing against St Mirren, and I'm sure they will be ok this season , however surely to god there must be a small amount of desire to do more , hoping your still in the game with 10 mins to go then coming out is brutal .

That's a foul on Helander.

The only answer is for Rangers to stop accepting ANY tickets for away games.

Agreed, it is our own fans that are damaging the club and need to wake up or we will see the corrupt SFA start docking points from us. Ref Kumbaya, just a wee bit of light hearted bit of humour?. As for other clubs, Separate Entity FC, I think the facts should always be highlighted, no obsession from me, just double standards that should be kept alive, IMO.

Good to see Helander getting a start. Naturally it was Katic who made way for him .... Goldson is a god after all ?

This could be the last stand for Borna Barisic. If he turns in another display of passing backwards and hiding on the touchline then he needs to go.

Even if they did visit the Piggery you can bet that their hearing would be very selective. These people want nothing more than us to be thrown out of European competition and hamstrung so that we are nothing more than a cash cow to Scottish football but never able to compete for honours. Their agenda is twisted but the sad thing is that some of our fans are complicit in giving them exactly what they want. We have to be smarter than we have been. This is a sea-change moment, as important as the day Souness signed Mo Johnstone in terms of how our club is going to be perceived. None of us can envisage going back to what the club did with regard to signings in the 1980's because we have seen where that change has taken us and the fnatastic players we have had (who just happened to have been catholic but who totally bought into the spirit of Rangers) since then. Dropping TBB and others from the the songbook and focusing on supporting the team properly leads us forward and will actually piss off FARE, the Green Brigade and the BBC a whole lot more than if we just sit in our bunker and continue to hand them the ammunition to really hurt us.

What we need is a supporters organisation worthy of the name, not some quasi-corporate equity platform.

The UB statement is typically childlike and shallow. They wallow in self-pity and blame everyone except themselves. The clear implication seems to be "we're special, why is no one rushing to say so?" My view is that if this is how they approach this issue we'd be better off without them. I won't miss them or their songs.

From the Sun KON-TACTS Rangers ‘bid’ €10million for Amiens striker Moussa Konate Gary Taylor 25 Aug 2019, 20:34 Updated: 25 Aug 2019, 20:39 RANGERS have bid €10million for Amiens striker Moussa Konate, according to reports. Gers have been linked with a move for the powerful striker as they prepare to face bids for Alfredo Morelos. 1 Konate in action for SenegalCredit: Reuters Steven Gerrard has admitted he would be ‘powerless’ to stop the sale of the goal scoring Colombian. And French newspaper L'Equipe claim the Light Blues have sent an offer of just over £9m for Konate. The 26-year-old striker is under contract with the Ligue 1 side until 2021. But Amiens will have their mettle tested by a significant offer from the Ibrox side. The Senegalese forward was the subject of interest from English Premier League sides West Ham and Burnley last summer with both teams linked with an £8million move. And more recently, West Brom have been reportedly interested in signing the striker to bolster their attacking options. Meanwhile the Union Bears has hit out at the club for the stadium ban at Ibrox for Thursday night's Legia Warsaw clash.

I couldn’t care less what religion the players are. However, is singing about the pope & the vatican a good way to motivate a team with more roman catholic players than protestants??

Goldson did play well but we weren't really challenged defensively to be honest. His build up play has certainly improved. MOTM was again Ryan Jack for me.

That’s what they said in their statement - and yes although the club shouldn’t necessarily have to address the songbook with them personally - it might have made a difference if they had. (For the avoidance of any doubt whatsoever)

I was actually wondering why Borna Barisic was still on the park and then he did that. Great goal but his overall contribution today was pretty poor. It wasn't our best performance but I thought Tav continued to improve and Helander did well, while Scott Arfield showed good invention around the penalty area. However, at the risk of sounding like a stuck needle on a broken record, the best player on the park yet again was ... Ryan Jack.

Borna showed the one bit of class in the game.

I thought St Mirren would come out when we scored. But didn't. From where I was sitting. I got the impression Gerrard wanted Kamara or Jack to overload the centre and have Barasic and Tavernier overlap on the wings. We didn't do that in the first half possibly because of the sun as Helander seemed to have difficulty with high balls he had to attack. But when we did it at the start of the second half it led to the goal.

What a result for us. Anyone else think this might be huge for our season?

Referee wouldn't have seen it, but the linesman should have.

DId the commentator just say that's only the second goal St Mirren have conceded this season? No wonder, if true.

What a gaol

You're not missing much. I've never been so bored watching a Rangers team dominate.

Need quicker passing. We take too many touches to find a way through this defence.

What's wrong with Kumbaya anyway?

The away support was - IMHO - the main "offenders", as throughout our way back, it was them who brought to unwanted songs back ... until they became acceptable at Ibrox again. It could become quite a problem "controlling" these chaps and their agenda. Fan-stewards and supporters clubs only might be a start.

We need the whole squad this season, so players coming in need to take their opportunity which has to be good for us this season

More needs to be done about FARE and their accountability. Who decides games they attend & is this with the consent of UEFA ? Who are the people they send to games & their backgrounds? Do UEFA validate any reports they send after games? Who is funding FARE? FARE are a secretive organisation with agendas against selected clubs. They are cowards who will not reveal the identity of their ‘match reporters’. There is no place in the 21st century for KGB-type spying organisations in football or any other sport . Discipline must come from UEFA only in order to be seen as impartial

If the manager is actually predicting a late bid for one of our prized assets as the above article suggests I would hazard a guess that he knows something we don’t. And ahead of time is letting the fans know it’s out of my hands and I’m not happy with it.

I think many folk have said that any decent lawyer would tear this stuff apart. The problem is nobody out with the club seems willing to do it? The club can have no part in it, due to UEFA own regulations. We would be thrown out while we challenge their jaundiced findings. So, it would need to be an independent party.

Sorry GS but Taylor is way below the standard that we need , plus he’s far too small for the top level and Europe , I really hope they waste serious money on him .

Does that really matter ? The “what about them” excuse is childish. We have words being sung that we know aren’t allowed - yet we have fans acting like 5 yr olds, pointing their fingers everywhere else instead of at themselves. FARE aren’t impartial, we know that. But give them nothing to report us for and we then can make that complaint from a position of strength. Make the complaint now and it’s from a position of weakness. So tiring listening to some of our support being stupidly defiant. Defiance is great but in this instance it’s misplaced because the ONLY thing it will do is have the stadium closed in its entirety and see the club lose at least £1 million. Those same fans will complain when we can’t afford to spend £1 million on a player and lack all sense of self awareness that it would have been their fault.

Always better to leave people wanting more than outstaying your welcome...