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Following Bill Leckie's outrageous and xenophobic attack on Alfredo Morelos article in today's Sun newspaper, we have decided enough is enough. It is proposed that all references to the Sun and any of its articles are now banned on Gersnet. We will not give oxygen to this Rangers hating, racist rag, and I'd call on all Gersnet members to support this. We would add our support to the voices calling for the club to ban the paper and its journalists from Ibrox and for the few remaining Rangers supporters who buy it or read it to boycott it with immediate effect. Some more detail on this issue for posterity here: https://gersnet.co.uk/index.php/news-category/current-affairs/1123-dinosaur-journalist-left-in-the-past-as-gersnet-bans-tabloid-content

Yep, just to echo what BD said: please do not post content, links or social media posts from The Sun or Daily Record on the forum. As much as our club will and should suffer from suitable criticism from time to time, both these newspapers have gone too far in recent times and the deplorable attention placed on our striker in particular means we cannot feature their content in good conscience. Sure certain stories they break may mean we have to discuss them now and again but such circumstances will be few and far between. For example, it's not often @Stevie - 4lads Blog doesn't have the news first or other alternative sources such as Chris Jack at the Evening Times.

As a rule I'm generally against banning the media. If you don't like something don't read it. Don't buy it, don't click it, don't share it. I've not read the article in question and don't think I've ever bought the Sun so this doesn't really affect me much. Bill Leckie was never a writer I thought had much to say and from what I hear that's not changed. I've felt for a while Morelos is treated differently from other players by the media. I think race does play a part in this. The fact his English isn't great and he's South American has certainly led to some very lazy stereotyping, and there's an almost Fawltyesque default with a depressingly high number of people in this country when it comes to 'foreigners', our local media aren't immune to this. When that's added to him playing for Rangers then you've got the perfect storm for some. Morelos clearly irks opposition supporters. You get players like that, beloved by their own and hated by everyone else, Morelos is one of those. The Aberdeen supporter's bringing in a banner was crass and an embarrassment to their club who should have removed it and banned those involved. But was it worse than the song we (I) sang to Frank McGarvey many moons ago? I've never met the said Mrs McGarvey but I apologise to her now, I wonder if she reads Gersnet... Likewise I cheered along with almost everyone else in the old Rangers end at Parkhead when a particularly distasteful banner was unfurled in the rafters under the roof about the recently deceased Celtic director Demond White. The Celtic support, most of who could read it clearly, were very unhappy, whilst we cheered and laughed and Strathclyde's finest sought a sharpshooter as there was no other way to get the lads who climbed up with it down. Again, not my finest moment. In my defence I was only a teenager, I'm not the brightest now but I was particularly stupid then. Everyone else was doing it so I joined in, I gave no thought whatsoever to the actual people involved. In part I think that's because I didn't see them as 'real' people. They were people I only read about in the papers or saw on TV, they were basically celebrities, and so treated differently from everyone else. A couple of years ago I walked from Sloans in Argyle Arcade to the taxi rank at Central late on a Saturday night in the company of a minor local celebrity and his wife. It must have taken us 30 minutes to cover the distance, a normal walk of around 5 minutes. Every drunk wanted a selfie, or to shake his hand or to tell him he was great. But some wanted to tell him he was a dick, almost all completely ignored his wife and the rest of our party, we were invisible, our desire to get a taxi home was inconsequential to their right for a new profile pic and a dull anecdote over lunch the next day, 'you'll never guess who I seen last night in Buchanan Street...'. He smiled, obliged, did the voice and played his part. I'd have hooked the first guy that pushed past my wife for a better angle on their Samsung, I'd have ignored every friendly 'hello big man' and would have almost certainly reacted very badly to anyone who called me a dick in front of friends and family (even if they might have been correct!). My realisation that local celebrities have to live very different lives from you and me was stark. I wouldn't have swapped his life for mine for any amount of money. Morelos is a celebrity in our wee corner of the globe. He operates to different rules from the rest of us, that's why warmers like Leckie write about him. I suspect there's more than a hint of politics to this too. I imagine the Scottish Sun is finding Rangers something of a cold house currently. Gerrard won't be doing exclusives or feeding them tit-bits, I'm certain of that. Gerrard is Scouse, he knows how much the paper is hated in his home town and he knows the consequences for anyone who doesn't follow that code. There's a reason why Souness, one of Liverpool's greatest ever players, doesn't get many invites back to Anfield and that reason is the Sun. I suspect all of our backroom team follow a similar code too, they're all ex-Liverpool and might harbour ambitions to return there one day. It's also obvious that Morelos isn't a fan of the limelight off the pitch. He seems to be a quiet living guy, he's not a regular at the dancing, he's yet to be photographed barely conscious outside a kebab shop and he's not really playing the media game. There are a noticeable lack of interviews with him, no daft photos of him with a sombrero on, or beside some Tennent's girls or whatever their modern equivalent is. Morelos doesn't seem to be much interested in that side of celebrity, he just likes playing football and scoring goals. Add to that the rise of the club's internal channels, places like this, wall-to-wall Sky/BT Sport and the rest and there's a fair degree of choice now for me to get my Rangers fix. Anything the Sun has as an exclusive will be all over social media within minutes of breaking. The media has changed immeasurably in recent years, I don't think Bill Leckie has. Gersnet is independent, Frankie and the people behind it have always struck me as reasonable and fair. As such they can ban whoever they want, it's their site. What I'd say is you need to go some to get a ban from here. Simply having a contrary opinion isn't enough, I can testify to that. I wonder if anyone at the Sun cares. They should, sport, and football in particular, is what's kept them going for years in this part of the world, footballers are our celebrities. If we're no longer interested in what they've got to say on that then the Sun has a problem that it's running out of time to fix.

Well, it's been a while, a few things have happened to our great club since I disappeared, but I'm back. Hello to all who remember me and hello to all those who don't ? Bad news, I'll try and be active on here again (I can hear the groans). Cammy F

I've never felt comfortable having alcohol or gambling promoted on Rangers shirts. I understand the money makes it hard to exclude these but I'd like to see Rangers make every effort to find an alternative.

Buying the Sun Buying the Record Listening to BBC Sportsound Listening to Off the Ball Voting for SNP All things that decent Rangers supporters should abstain from.

Then create sensationalist headlines from off the cuff remarks.

During the Founders Trail we have a half-time food and refreshment break, we had our pie and a pint last Sunday at Crawford Street Orange Hall in Partick. At the end of our break the lodge donated £70 to the Restoration of Rangers Graves Project from the days takings. We’d like to sincerely thank District No.15 Partick for their overwhelming generosity. You are the people. ?

I would prefer it if we didn't do any business with Dundee United. In Morelos, Defoe and Stewart, we have three strikers and that's enough for our current playing formation.

I would say I was looking forward to one of your legendary rants Cammy. They certainly spiced up Gersnet in the old days. But I'm rather hoping we keep playing in a way that no ranting is required. Here's to 55 and hopefully this year.

1876 would be 144 years ago @26th of foot. We did play them in the FA cup in 1887 but I don't think even you're old enough to remember that one. ??

Worst experience on a Supporters Bus. It occurred 44 years ago. Rangers had arranged a friendly against Aston Villa in 1876, probably because both clubs were already out of respective cup competitions? We were desperate to go but could not book the self drive Uni' mini-bus. One of the lads knew the Bus Convenor of the Bristol Bar RSC and he booked six seats. Leaving at midnight on the Friday for a three O'Clock kick-off in Birmingham, two buses were traveling, a double decker and a coach. We had a few pints and took our seats on the double-decker. The back seat had two five gallon drums, both for necessary urination. A large funnel was placed in the small aperture of the first drum. The first three-four hours were quite raucous, songs were being sung and absolute love of Rangers proclaimed. The bus was awash with booze, heavy cargoes. The bus quietened between four and five in the morning, the vast majority in drunken slumbers. I woke before six, desperate for a slash, staggered my way to the back of the bus to find some cnut had crapped in the funnel.

Breaking yous in gently ?

Reference Spiers. This is important, when his press credentials were removed, he shrugged because he has no intention of ever returning to Ibrox. He has decided to give both his sons the same experiences he had growing up. He attended Ibrox with his Baptist Minister Dad. Spiers and both his sons are all season ticket holders at Sellik Park, apparently his eldest son is a massive Yahoo. Now, given the reams of stories and Diary entries published by Spiers reference his years attending Ibrox, and they were all derogatory(with the occasional BIG LIE), he never references his fortnightly visits to ra Stade de Gadd. Further, his journo mates do not out his season ticket status. Back in the nineties, ra Sellik View used to run an end of season of season poll under the auspices of columnist, Matt M'Glone. The several seasons it ran, the winner of the category, 'Journalist most objective when discussing matters Celtic' was Graham Spiers. He has been on a journey, and he arrived at his destination three seasons past.

More evidence of old compo’s elite status. Well played, sir.

I only buy the racing post and the Telegraph

Best and most appropriate description of that twat I have heard, spot on

Hear hear. How anyone can buy/read this vile pamphlet of pish is beyond me

Davie Edgar's thoughts on Leckie for those who haven't heard them. NSFW. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ej544i0e63c55fr/ambl.mp3?dl=0

Doc, 55 is coming, of that there is no doubt ? and as you say hopefully this season!

Sounds like a bad idea to me.

Terrible if you ask me! the way Morelos was attacked in that article alone should have been enough for them to respond! hopefully we are not still on a bridge building mission!

Liverpool have a few banana skins on the near horizon. Man Utd (h), Wolves (a) and West ham (a). If they get through those with 6/7 points then I can't see City catching them

Good to have you back Cammy. You were a voice of sanity in the days past and I look forward to your future postings.

Full enough but I think there are probably others you could add, not the least of which might be the twin evils of the SFA and SPFL, both of whom seem to dance exclusively to the Celtic tune. Certainly I would never entertain the thought of attending Hampden unless Rangers are playing.

And now you've accurately predicted my prediction. Me too!

Didn't realise this lad is ex-Permier League striker Kevin Campbells son

For the most part, RangersTV conduct player/staff interviews and the media grab the content from there. Clearly though the club still have at least one press conference a week and will occasional grant access to individual platforms/newspapers to players. Currently one BBC Scotland sports reporter and freelancer/Times columnist Graham Spiers have had their press privileges revoked.

The prodigal son returns. Welcome back, Sir!

Nice to see you, to see you nice mate!

He’s confessed - if that’s an ok word here - to being a gooner.

More than happy to apply the sentiment of the OP to that rag to

Welcome back Cammy, been a long time

Looks that way. Their holy grail is the title which is much like Rangers right now. I suspect they would prefer the title over being CL winners in consecutive seasons. Luckily for them the title looks to be already in the bag. I feel Klopp may want to win that title in consecutive seasons plus add another CL trophy before deciding maybe my job is done here.

Shankland is 10 times the player of Nicky Clark, working with Defoe everyday could make him great.

We would be mad to sell anyone like Barisic or Kamara just now when they have a Euros coming up in the summer. There is potential there based on performances to add value to their asking prices.