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A special mention for / to RTV tonight. Brilliantly presented by Emma Dodds, analysis from Walter, Souness and Neil McCann and commentary from CT and Super Ally. Setting a standard that national broadcasters could only dream of matching.

Souness,eh? On the pitch: a rare mixture of class and aggression. Off the pitch: about the same. Mellowed somewhat, these days.

Magnificent result. Cannot describe how pleased I am. We never underestimated Galatasaray which was vital as they’re still a decent side with a very good coach in Terim. A great evening just a pity we couldn’t be there to enjoy it.

That’s an absolutely fantastic result. Heroes punching above our weight again.

Thankfully, we'll never know! He never hides has colours, always speaks well of the club, not something we are used to in the media.

Listening to Souness, unashamed to say I have a tear in my eye. God I miss these games ?

Ok, I am going to open the boards again. I will keep an eye on this for the next day or two. Had some proper bother repairing the tables and it's not normal to crash again after I only fixed it this morning, but hopefully we are good to go. really sorry to have closed the boards on a match day but the double posts/cache problem would just have got worse and crashed it completely eventually.

To take that argument to the extreme, then we might as well focus on finding a core of suitable loan players who can win us trophies now and forget about promoting from within. Personally I want us to win with a nucleus of players that we have developed and who have some affinity with the club. I am so glad that we haven't the glut of loanees which we had 2 seasons back.

Maybe they now have a manager whose mindset is not just to finish mid table and try for success.

It really is top class and what we deserve, instead of the sectarian bias we have to put up with in the Scottish gutter press

Like us all I'm sure, I'm just so fucking damn proud and buzzing. Sure we all seen a few Turks on SM giving it the big "We're coming". Well, now you're going...home empty handed! Superb performance with 2 great goals that command respect for any neutral looking. I think anyone who aims unfair criticism at Tav going forward really should take a step back and remember. A fantastic performance again by the skipper who I think is hitting his peak. Yes, he is going to fuck up but his positives FAR outweigh the negatives and I'm delighted for him as much as any. Scotty Arfield, what can I say except I was wrong to think he was done. A class above at times. Playing with smarts, guile, confidence and swagger. Well done lads, you've made my Friday here in Melbourne absolutely brilliant and it's only 7.30am with me still having to do a hard day's graft at work. Don't care though, cause we are the people!

Tav was just exceptional tonight, not just for his forward play, the contribution to the first goal and his goal, but defensively he was solid as a rock. MOTM for me. Shout out to Goldson, Helander, Kamala, Davis Arfield and Hagi who were all superb. No failures, even Alfredo played his part despite not have the best of nights in front of goal. Proud bear tonight!

I'd imagine there will be interest in a few of our players but there's no doubt we need another central midfielder. That has to be a big priority even with Jack available again and others such as Davis, Kamara and Arfield playing so well.

Hopefully spend and not sell.

Tav again for me, every player was excellent, although I thought Morelos was poor. Tav's scoring and assist stats are absolutely outstanding since he signed for Rangers, and yet the amount of abuse he receives from Rangers fans is embarrassing, he has done this since he signed for Rangers!!! It has to be mentioned how well Arfield has been since fighting his way back into the team, what a player he is

I thought that was our best European performance, we managed the match excellently and score two cracking goals

Why? Surely we have beaten higher rated teams than them?

That's the only negative from tonight; some of his lay-offs were good, most were careless. Seems to have lost his shooting boots. Still think we are a better team with him in it.

All about the team performance again tonight, as has been the case but several players can really be proud of their displays. The captain led from the front (literally for the 2nd goal) but the defence and midfield were very good after galf-time. Davis and Kamara were top class as usual and Goldson imperious late on. Loads of positives to take from this!

That is a fantastic win, no doubt about it, I thought we were very professional tonight without being brilliant. Great win, well done Rangers

brilliant result - group stages again

What a relief. We deserved it but that was a nervous ending.

And breathe

Ryan Babel off. Gutted, 33 years old but played like he’s 43.

Aye, very even game, both teams have not looked like losing a goal, however we still have another gear to go up and we need to start testing the keeper, final 3rd from us is not at it so far

It's a positive message to put out obviously but the footage is now a bit stale and needs a rework. The ventriloquist fella is very good though. Glad we welcome talented showbusiness people of all types to Ibrox; Souness even has a magician's scarf on in that photo Ian posted above.

Very even first half, two evenly matched teams trying to find the right balance of attack and defence. It has felt very nervous, a bit squeaky bum time from about 20 mins in. That’s going to make for a very long night! It looks like it will come down to a bit of brilliance or a mistake to find a winner here, or perhaps a set piece. We are well in this, but need to up the tempo a bit and try to force the issue, force them back a bit, and get some shots in. On a separate note, am I the only one who cringes when watching the everyone anyone advert? I’ve got to the stage now I have to mute it.

All football clubs would have been out of business a long time ago if they were run only for profits. How many clubs anywhere continually show positive balance sheets?

You can want all you like but the reality of experience is that it happens so seldom as to be a complete waste of resources. Any business that continues to invest in something that delivers as little return, for such a large cost, over such a long and sustained period, as youth development at Rangers should be changing its directors. Or do you think the future success of Rangers will be better served by your wishful thinking?

Everton’s standards are falling, though. They only scored 4.

Yep. Another one. Not the only one either. There are a number at the club from what I am led to believe.

The State of the Nation. I have waited since Saturday to see if any fall out evolved from a couple of broadcasting points. I suspect collective discipline has been restored, temporarily? We know the Scottish Government’s Clinical Director, Jason Leitch has been regularly appearing on BBC Radio Scotland’s ‘Off the Ball’. I think it’s quite an astute move, allowing Leitch and his message to reach a differing audience and demographic. Despite DrStu’s constant attempts at politicising the weekly 45 minute slot, I think Leitch has mostly played with a straight bat? Anyways, on Saturday, just after Leitch’ s contribution; Cosgrove went into a minor rant. He felt general discipline in the country was beginning to break down, and folks were mistaken if they thought the end of Covid was in sight. Then, he got after some PQ colleagues, “people I work with, people who’s views I respect and admire, someone I agree with politically, are spouting views not helpful to the country’s wellbeing”. Off the Ball finished at 2 O’Clock, and Sportsound began. Big Dick introduced Michael Stewart, Tom English, and Billy Dodds. Sellik TV’s Ginga Ninja was revealed as the show’s VAR expert. Mikey launched into an appeal for crowds to be back at football in Scotland, as usual he did not understand the risk of folks viewing the beautiful game in the open air? Billy Dodds agreed, and Big Dick thought it was a decent argument. I realised what DrStu’ was getting at, Stewart’s line was straight from Peter’s mouth. It’s a bit of a give a way, Cosgrove revealing he knew what Stewart was going to say, an hour before it occurred. Last weekend, Cosgrove specifically questioned Leitch on Lennon’s plea that week for the return of crowds. The Lugan Bigot cited Kansas City playing in front of 18,000 the evening before. Leitch shot both the point and Lennon down, “ah don’t think referencing the USA in this current pandemic, is a good reference”. The Yahoos have been consistent on this drive, for whatever reason, they are determined to be allowed to host an attendance. We can speculate on sponsorship, corporate, or redundant disco lighting being the motive? The Michael Stewart aspect is not surprising, I have been told by a decent source that ra Sellik were attempting to get Stewart placed on the Sky Sport staff, over the last couple of years. Indeed, his James Traynor rant was deliberate, burning his bridges before moving on. Sky did not bite, and after several weeks in the wilderness, he signed up for Sellik TV and came back to a position of prominence on BBC Scotland. It’s only ten- twelve weeks past that Michael was telling us how valuable an asset Neil Doncaster, Shifty McGifty, and Rod the Fraud were to Scottish football. Maybe, some of the a Gang Hut could remind Mikey that those three cost Scottish football in excess of three-quarters of a million quid per annum. Surely, they should be persuading government of the Scottish football case, and they could find a national and league sponsor while they are at it, and we know, they’re at it. It’s time for PQ to decide what’s most important, what Peter wants, or the National Health? Michael has made his decision, Cosgrove is telling us so.

It's going to be be increasingly difficult to hang onto our better kids. The money and facilities on offer down south plus the lack of young players establishing themselves in our first team will only lead to more of our 'in-demand' players leaving. Us attracting young players from Ross County and Glentoran is exactly the same, just on a lower level. All that said there still seems to be little correlation between being a fantastic prospect at 16 or 17 and becoming a top level professional, no matter what Scottish side you're at. Believe it or not, at one time the most sought after young player in Scotland was Michael Stewart, an outstanding youth player he was eventually wooed by Man Utd, at that time one of the best club sides in the world with a great record of developing talent, but he had his choice of clubs to sign for. 6 years later he's playing trial matches unsuccessfully trying to get a contract with us. I wish the lad Mebude well, but I don't blame him for leaving and I'm not sure it matters much anymore.

Rangers 1, Galafairydean 0 FGS Morelos

This is rather nice, hopefully it will remain vandalism free by those incensed by seeing our name. Walter Tull honoured on Glasgow post box

The departure of Mebude, Minor, clearly one of our most talented youths, given the identity of the acquiring franchise, has to be disappointing. However, our Club consoles us: "This summer we have recruited Tony Weston from Blackpool, who was much sought-after in the EPL having made his Blackpool debut in the FA Cup at only 16; we have recruited James Graham from Ross County who has been involved with the national team and, like Charlie Lindsay who joined us from Glentoran, had many options. “The combined spend to recruit these three exciting talents was less than the fee we will receive from Manchester City which is significantly greater than mandatory compensation figures." Frankly this is just making a virtue out of necessity. File along with "MacBumfarty's return from injury is like gaining a new player."