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I always worry about our goal threat without Roofe in the team, even when he’s not on form. An injury to Roofe is still a massive risk to our season. I won’t go over old ground on Morelos, but we’ve missed our chance to sell him at peak value. We are sleepwalking into disaster at the moment. One of the weakest Celtic sides in recent memory have been in the disarray and are within touching distance of us. Bear in mind we have had more favourable fixtures than them to date. We haven’t even been to Parkhead, Tynecastle or Easter Road yet.

The Hearts’ goal had been coming for about twenty minutes. Rangers’ defenders need a tackling and clearance coach. The last part of every match has the team struggling to hold a lead. The Hearts’ goal wouldn’t have mattered if Rangers had scored from three chances in the same period - Roofe unlucky, Morelos wasteful.

I've been liking Lundstram's work, not just the goal, which was a topper

Yeah, DAFC in League Cup. Decent enough 1st half and playing well. How has Hearts 14 not been booked yet?

Very frustrating day. First half was excellent but we just didn't turn up in the second half. Looked like we were going to see it out luckily. Not going to blame McGregor because he had a couple of good saves. We still aren't firing on all cylinders. I actually think Europe is just a distraction this year. I would rather go out and concentrate on winning the league with the CL place as a bonus at the end

Yet again we find it hard to score goals (not goal, singular). We were lucky on a couple of occasions too, or we could have lost that game. Morelos, why does he think he can go to a top5 league? He's just not performing, good strikers do not miss as many chances as he does. The one that Roofe put on a plate for him, I thought was easier to miss. We need to to some business in January if Morelos doesn't sort himself out sharpish. And yes, I wish we had let him go for 16M when we had a chance, just think what we could get even if half of that money is recycled. On a positive note, Bacuna impressed when he came on and was creating good chances, I think he should get a run in the side.

You have Sakala and Roofe on the bench, watch Morelos firing blanks and bring on Bacuna for Wright and Roofe for Hagi, our most potent attacker. As long as we keep our one-striker-philosophy and don`t sub people when they are off the boil, as well as hoping that our defense holds tight, this season will be much like the last ones ... unnecessarily tight games. It remains utterly disappointing that we simply do not progress ... BTW, that Halkett guy could have had half a handful of yellows today.

Only ourselves to blame. We can't afford to pass up so many chances.

Oh yes he did, first league goal

What a goal! It was so good it blasted my connection offline!

I can't believe the goal Salah has just scored. I've watched it several times, but I still can't believe it. Inexplicable.

Tom Devine is a vile, bitter old man who deeply despises Rangers football club and its supporters. And he thinks he can justify this hatred as an academic who thinks this makes him immune from any sort of accusation. His bigotry is acceptable, so he thinks. And his tactics are almost always the same: accuse the other side. The art of denial & deflection . Throughout my life(I’m in my mid fifties now) I’ve watched the likes of Devine and his ethnicity with much curiosity. I refer to them as ‘tartan Irish’ who claim to be Scots but antagonise their Irish ancestry to get a reaction which they often get. Then the accusations begin. Ive always believed these people want to turn Scotland into a ROI MK II, an anti-British state and now seem to have teamed up with our own homegrown SNP. But there are plenty who oppose it his & many within the Rangers support which seems to tip Devine and others over the edge periodically

An intriguing idea, but one which, perhaps, contains too many flaws for the Club to implement. 1. No lover of Rangers, he, or so I am told. 2. Does he have the ability to play for the Club, in the SPFL, and in Europe? 3. Does he have the temperament to handle representing a Big Club, on, and off, the park? 4. Most pertinently: do we wish to witness, should he sign, The Porteous Riots, redux, and the cobbles of Edinburgh run red with blood? I could live with that personally, perhaps, unless the player had actually signed. Note that the original Porteous met a very violent, very gory and very nasty end at the hands of the Embra mob, which displayed a savagery that Mr Irvine Welsh could only dream of. For those for whom The Porteous Riots represent a lacuna in their otherwise comprehensive grasp of Scottish history, here is a quick resume from Wkipedia: On 14 April 1736 three convicted smugglers, Andrew Wilson a "notorious smuggler", William Hall and George Robertson, were arrested, tried and condemned to death. Hall's sentence was commuted to exile, while Wilson and Robertson awaited their fate. A few days before the execution they made an escape attempt from the Tolbooth prison (next to St Giles Cathedral) . Wilson removed a bar from the window but became stuck in the window "being a very stout man" and blocked Robertson's escape. Andrew Wilson and Robertson were publicly hanged in the Grassmarket on 14 April 1736. The body of Wilson was cut down by a sailor who ran forward. Captain Porteous reacted to this by grabbing a musket and firing, killing a man in the crowd behind. He ordered his guards to fire on the justifiably angry crowd and a further five were killed. In the ensuing riot the hangman, Porteous and the guards sought refuge in the City Guardhouse on the Royal Mile As the situation worsened, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, for fear of an attempt to pull the killers out of the guardhouse, instructed Captain Porteous to call out the entire guard and to furnish them with powder and shot. Accounts of events are confused, but what is certain is that Captain Porteous instructed his men to fire above the heads of the crowd but, in so doing, they shot and wounded people in the windows of the high tenement buildings opposite. The crowd became increasingly violent and, as panic set in, Captain Porteous ordered the guard to shoot into the mob, which led to the deaths of six people in all. The trial and appeal Porteous was arrested the same afternoon and charged with murder. He was tried at the High Court of Justiciary on 5 July 1736, where a majority of witnesses testified that Porteous had personally fired into the crowd on 14 April, although sixteen others said they had not seen him do so. Feelings were running high in Edinburgh and the jury unanimously found Porteous guilty of murder. He was sentenced to death, the execution set to take place in the Grassmarket on 8 September 1736. Porteous was imprisoned in the same condemned cell in the Tolbooth as had earlier held Wilson and Robertson. Events in Scotland alarmed the government in London, and Sir Robert Walpole attempted to influence events by asking his representative in Edinburgh to become involved. But he had miscalculated, underestimating the depth of feeling in Scotland. A formal appeal was petitioned and the execution was deferred. Death of Porteous Public resentment at a reprieve granted by Queen Caroline was such that a plot to lynch Captain Porteous was hatched, and when the authorities heard of this it was decided to increase the guard at the Tolbooth prison. However, on the evening before this was due to happen, a large crowd of over four thousand gathered at Portsburgh, west of the city. Making their way across the Grassmarket to the Cowgate and up to the High Street, the mob converged on the Tolbooth, where they were eventually able to overpower the guards. Porteous was dragged from his cell up the Lawnmarket to the West Bow and down to the Grassmarket, where he was lynched from a dyer's pole, using a rope taken from a local draper's shop. After a short while he was dragged down and stripped of his nightgown and shirt, which was then wrapped around his head before he was hauled up again. However, the mob had not tied his hands and, as he struggled free, they broke his arm and shoulder, while another attempted to set light to his naked foot. He was taken down a further time and cruelly beaten before being hung up again, and died a short while later, just before midnight on 7 September 1736. He was buried in Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh, the following day. Note: The Porteous Riots figure in Scott's novel The Heart of Midlothian, so clearly Porteous wisnae a Hibby, and his brutal end is, thus, more easily understood.

Surely now that NI are no longer in contention for the 2022 World Cup, Davis can retire from international football and try to concentrate on the club that pays his wages. I thought it ridiculous that SG admitted he left Davis out our game v Hibs because he had 2 internationals and travelling coming up. Surely that is the wrong way round, and that Davis, having to be used sparingly at his age, should be giving his all for Rangers, and used sparingly for his country, even more so when they were playing effective dead rubbers with pretty much no hope of qualifying anyway? He owes NI nothing after giving fantastic service, he is still on big money with us and should be doing everything in his power to ensure he is available to play.