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Getting ready for the sweet smell of success no doubt.???

That's the kind of result we get from articles like Leckie's... Morelos is often dehumanised and certainly the victim of various crimes, often because of the way the media stereotype him.

Flanagan doesn't offer the same attacking option as Tav or Patterson. Our style of play has changed slightly since we last started with Flanagan, with the wide forwards being moved inside more and therefore having an attacking full back is extremely important to us. Polster would offer a more attacking option than Flanagan but probably not as much as Patterson. However given he has been told he can leave, I doubt he'll be picked. It's worth remembering that our only league defeat was with Flanagan in the team, and his lack of attacking was one of the major deficiencies of the team that day,

Up until a few years back I worked as a freelance illustrator/graphic designer and back in the 80's I used to do portrait commissions of football greats as gifts for people. One portrait that always stands out in my memory is one I completed of Bobby Brown. I was converting a black and white image to colour and really loved capturing the iconic yellow goalie jersey. IMO it's something that should be as iconic as our red and black socks and blue jerseys. RIP Mr Brown. Jerry Dawson and Billy Ritchie are waiting with a pint

No need, I'm used to his sanctimonious posts now!

Here here. We really have had some amazing goalies over the years

Good. Because despite plenty of our fans not being Tav supporters, I think he offers such an attacking threat down that side which helps pin opposing teams back. Nobody else on the right would give us that, leaving everything for the overlap on Barisic down the left

Talk about mixed messages. The SFA are proposing to ban the heading of a ball by youngsters in response to the high incidence of dementia in later life among footballers - but they sit on their arses when it comes to decades of child sexual abuse at their favourite club.

Going by what I seen at Wreham game the right back position was weakened when Paterson went off injured and Flanagan moved over. granted he might be the answer for the cup game given the opposition but not league games as I feel he would be targeted as a weakness.

At the end of the day it is up to the manager & his staff, whom I think we all trust, so best we leave it to the people who no better than us

He sure can, but so too can I. I would suspect that neither of us is of the required standard. We do have Flanagan and Polster though. (NB: That's sarcastic mode, BTW.)

Character building

I get what you're saying but I still don't think this sends out the right message. If Flanagan and Pollster have been working hard in training, and if they're the better players, they should play. And that's also the right message to be sent to Patterson and the others. The young boys have done well, but they've got to improve much more before they get to take a first team spot ahead of better players. I'll be really disappointed in Gerrard if he does anything different.

Apart from the fear in that awful split second when you realised that not only were you going to head the ball but the laces were going to rake your forehead. And the dull clunk when you misjudged the fall of a high ball and it landed on the top of your head just forward of the back of the skull.

The right back will be effectively playing as a winger against Stranraer, it will be all about breaking them down and providing energy and creativity. It's probably a case of horses for courses and I think Gerrard will see Patterson as the strongest right back for this game. League games it may be different. We go to Tynecastle a week Sunday and I think it's unlikely Patterson will be seen as the strongest right back for that game.

I would play Patterson, I'm sure we will beat Stranraer regardless of who is playing RB, it would be fantastic to let the young guy make his home debut tomorrow and I think he will handle the occasion, also Polster will not be here next season, possibly Flannagan as well. If it was a league game, or better quality opponents I may tend to agree with you.

Are we talking about a different game? We lost 2-0, and the team were crap for the whole game. I'm not singling him out per se but it was one of bad team selections that Gerrard made that day. It wasn't the only one but we suffered due to a lack of attacking options, and it was an area that Celtic targeted. In the one opportunity I've had to compare Flanagan and Patterson was against Wrexham. Patterson was the best player on the park when he was on, and then when Flanagan over to right back he was relatively anonymous. I'm not sure why "deserve" comes into it. We complain that youths don't get a chance in the first team and there's no path for them to progress, but when we have the opportunity to blood a youngster with huge prospects, we don't want to take it? If the likes of Leon King see Patterson get the opportunity then it might persuade him to sign a contract.

Dunno what people do NOT see in Flanagan and Polster here? IMHO, neitherhas been given much of a chance and when Flanagan was asked to play (left back), it was in games where his priorities were defending rather than playing wing-back. Sometimes you get the idea that the more Tav and Borna are being talked up, the more the abilities of Flanagan and Polsterare being talked down. SG bought Polster for a reason and he knew him quite well. IMHO, it is not the management`s team to throw in youngsters. Granted, Stranraer might be a good game for Patterson, as they probably won`t offer that great a threat. In league business, it will be somewhat different.

Correct and I will be annoyed if they were!. The club simply has to back the players & fans over this continuous onslaught from the Scottish gutter press, however I have my doubts, and there is no point saying anything in private behind closed doors as that simply doesn't work!.

Stranraer is surely the perfect opportunity to give him a chance to prove himself. He is regarded by some as the number 1 prospect coming through the ranks and it's being said he is being groomed to be Tavernier's backup next season. The system we play requires the full backs to provide an attacking threat and that suits Patterson much more than it does Flanagan and Polster.

It's a real slap in the face to Morelos and the general support by the directors/management.

https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/rangers-boss-steven-gerrard-praises-medical-team-for-quick-response-to-james-tavernier-appendix-issue/ Too bad that it needs this to see how Polster or Flanagan can cope and play on the right side of defence. I would assume that the youngster will not be thrown in straight away.

After speculation yesterday, the manager has confirmed Tav will miss the next few weeks through injury. Helander still out for at least the next month too...

Only when I'm dancing mate!

The club article refers to him as Mr Brown throughout. Seems a bit old fashioned, is this due to his age and the times when he played and managed?

Didn't see much Lacrosse in Toronto however it is huge in South Bend, Indiana, the home of Notre Dame University ? Got to see the Notre Dame (American) football stadium - circa 80,000 capacity for college football - only the 4th or 5th largest as well. Believe Michigan is largest with capacity of over 109,000 ? Weirdly, saw the West Indies Legends cricket team (including Chris Gayle) in Toronto which now had a thriving cricket scene especially in the Bangladesh community.

Sad. Last of the Iron Curtain.

https://rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/bobby-brown-1923-2020/ 15 January 2020, 19:30 by Rangers Football Club EVERYONE at Rangers FC is in mourning today after learning that club legend and former Scotland goalkeeper and manager Bobby Brown has sadly passed away at the age of 96. Mr Brown, from Dunipace, joined Bill Struth’s Light Blues from Queen’s Park in 1946 and in his decade long spell at Ibrox he made 296 appearances, keeping 109 clean sheets. For six years – between 10 August 1946 and 16 April 1952 – he never missed a league game, playing in an astonishing run of 179 matches. Prior to that, in January 1946, he was handed the first of his five Scotland caps, making his debut in a 2-2 draw against Belgium at Hampden Park. Tall, blond and agile, Mr Brown was the last line in a famous Rangers defence which became known as the Iron Curtain and also featured George Young, Jock Shaw, Ian McColl, Willie Woodburn and Sammy Cox. He played as a part-timer throughout his Gers career, combining football with life as a schoolmaster. He also had what was then the unusual habit of making sure he turned out with a new pair of white laces in his boots for every game he played in. After succeeding Jerry Dawson between the posts, one of Rangers’ finest goalkeepers who had been at the club since 1929, Mr Brown was to win three League Championships (1946/47, 1948/49 and 1949/50), three Scottish Cups (1948, 1949 and 1950) and two League Cups (1946/47 and 1948/49). Indeed, he was an ever-present during the historic 1948/49 season when Rangers became the first team to win the treble. In May 1956, Mr Brown was transferred to Falkirk for £2,200 but within a year he had retired from playing and later became manager of St Johnstone, guiding them into the top division. In February 1967 he was appointed manager of Scotland, a position he held until July 1971. Although the national team failed to qualify for the 1970 World Cup, Mr Brown had the satisfaction of a famous 3-2 victory over reigning world champions England in a European Championship qualifier at Wembley. He was inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame in 2015 having previously been inducted into the Rangers Hall of Fame in 2002. Mr Brown, who lived in Helensburgh, was a regular guest at Rangers games in recent years and everyone at the club sends their condolences to his family at this difficult time. Rangers Chairman Dave King said: “All of us connected with Rangers are deeply saddened to hear that Mr Brown, a genuine Rangers and Scotland legend, has passed away. Our thoughts are with Mr. Brown’s family at this time. “He was a wonderful servant of our club and we will remember him with great fondness. He was a gentleman of the game and set standards which typify what Rangers is about.”