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Strange take on it!. NP signing for Everton is exactly the reason the academy is there! like Gilmour before him. To get into the 1st team they have to be better than the current player in his position, right now Tav is a better player and that is why he can't get more game time. I would rather see Patterson stay, however totally understand why he will sign for Everton, it's the best thing for him and the club at this time. NP is a cracking player and I wish him all the best, I'm certain he will have a great career, a player Rangers produced.

"Celtic have recently signed four Japanese players and sadly such provocative behaviour is both deliberate and not uncommon. The Drama Channels decision to begin transmission of all three series of Tenko today is anti-catholic and anti-Irish". Cathcart MSP, James Dornan expressed outrage at the Drama Channel's attempt to subjugate the peoples of Ireland. Today, Sky's Drama channel is beginning to broadcast all three series of the Japanese controlled internment camp drama set in Singapore during world war two. Civilian wives and children were separated from their Fathers and interned in a jungle camp where they faced appalling conditions including malnutrition, disease, violence and, death. The Imperial Japanese Army characters, Major Yamauchi, Captain Sato, Sgt Shinya and, Corporal Kasaki were characterised as, "a separate entity" by Kabuki Theatre spokesperson, Hitori no Otoko(One Guy). Tenko begins on Drama Channel today at 14.15 hrs. Celtic have been so far unavailable for comment but a Drama Channel spokesperson, Sum Cnut said, "Banzai".

If this transfer happens and at the fees and terms quoted, it's a major success for Wilson and the Academy. The reason the Academy was set up was for this purpose. Hopefully Gio will see some of the cash come his way and given the speed and efficiency of Wilson replacing SG with Gio (and his team) I'm sure we have a replacement identified.

I hope this actually happens. We've let too many transfer windows go past without doing what we absolutely know we must ... raise money by selling players at significant value. To do this with someone who isn't a regular first team player is as impressive as the good news that we are no longer using the Martin Bain valuation guide.

First Footers and, "Jim fcuking Brogan". Our Ne'erday'72, first footers were the Maryhill Magyars, the Plastic Whistle, the Harry Wraggs, the ............... the Cuddly Toy of Scottish football, Partick Thistle. Half a century past, the Jags still had a working class support and the team could bite. They had defeated us 3-2 in the League's opening fixture at Firhill back on the first Saturday in September. As Davie McParland handed over the black bun and a dram at the foot of the marble staircase, he told Wullie Waddell they were in compensation for transfer of League Cup from our to their Trophy Room several weeks before. Forty thousand stood on the Stadium terraces awaiting the teams. My mates and I travelled to Ibrox that first of the first on the Tannochside RSC bus. The club was regarded in those days as, 'a Church Club'. Singing on the bus was confined to hymns, trips to Dundee and Aberdeen included a pre-match purvey where Grace was said and, the Committee wielded a big disciplinary stick. Ne'erday on the bus was different, the vast majority of members got on in a state of dehydration and sat down to pass the Ne'erday bottle. By the time the wheels reached Hamilton Road, the membership was largely inebriated again. The Bus Convenor interrupted the quiet revere by announcing any members identified as being on the Easter Road pitch on Christmas Day would be in front of the Committee. Thankfully, I had attended the Hibs game with my Old Man, two of the mates who gone on to the playing surface to celebrate Colin Stein's last minute winner; knew exuberance was NOT an acceptable excuse. Any type of exuberance on the Saviour's Day was not acceptable in Tannochside. Anyways, that was next Saturday's worry as the teams left the tunnel. Rangers - McCloy, Jardine, Denny, Greig, Jackson, Smith, McLean, Johnson, Stein, A MacDonald and, I McDonald. Partick Thistle - Rough, Hansen, Forsyth, Glavin, Campbell, Strachan, McQuade, Gibson, Coulson, Rae and, Lawrie. Rangers began well, the young injury ravaged winger, McDonald was providing penetration. Thistle ended the half better and deservedly scored on the stroke of half time through Denis McQuade, a wonderful top corner header. The Subway Loyal was alive and kicking back in the day too, and I doubt half the 40,000 attendance was still in place when Rangers both equalised and grabbed another injury time winner? John Greig brought us level on the 85th minute, and substitute, Derek Johnstone nodded home at the back stick to make it 2-1. An excited bus on the way home burst into song, we were ready to meet Spaniards by the score and the chorus at the Olde Club(Tannochside Miners Welfare) was, 'Bring on the Celtic'. We were two days away from visiting Parkhead. My Old Man secured two Main Stand tickets for the game on the 3rd, I was the fifth squeezed into Dad's mate, Campbell's Austin Maxi. I was fifteen but considered a boay among four adults. The forward area of the Stand was mixed and the row immediately to our front had two middle aged couples, both men wore the favours of our separated brethren, the wives were staunch. The teams lined up, Celtic - Connaghan, Hay, Brogan, Dalglish, McNeill, Connelly, Johnstone, Lennox, Deans, Callaghan and, Hood. Rangers - McCloy, Jardine, Mathieson, Greig, Jackson, Smith, McLean, Johnstone, Stein, MacDonald and, Johnston. The attendance was given as 70,0000 but these were the days of the biscuit tin, who can say? The game was typically frantic, surging from end to end. We looked comfortable until Harry Hood took control of the ball wide left of our penalty box, his ranging cross evaded everyone apart from the diminutive Jinky, who had to stoop to nod in at the back post on the 35th minute. The second half belonged to Rangers, we pushed them back and controlled the game. We had to wait until the 81st minute for Colin Stein's equaliser. The Lone Rangers latched on to a through ball, rode a tackle to get the shot away. Connaghan got a hand to the drive but the ball found the net. We were on to a third straight injury time winner, the remaining ten minutes were played in Celtic's box. In the first minute of time added on, McNeill took a free kick just outside his own box and found Harry Hood. As players ran past, Hood turned and curled a ball across our box, a late running Jim Brogan flicked his head and Karma had bitten us on the bum, again. In over 200 appearances, left back, Jim Brogan scored six goals, only one with his napper. The drama was immediately to our front, three of the four were in drunken slumber; however one of the females woke amid the eruption to ask, "who scored"? The awake chap punched the air screaming, "Jim Brogan". She replied, "Jim fcuking Brogan"? He lamped her as her mate awoke to remove her shoe and banjo him in turn with the heel. All four were removed by Glasgow's finest. We had played Celtic on four occasions in four months and lost all four. The following Friday brought news that ran interference with such an unpalatable fact, UEFA had drawn the ECWC quarter-finals. The eight teams remaining in the tournament were Rangers, Bayern Munich, Moscow Dynamo, Torino, Red Star Belgrade, Steau Bucharest, Dynamo Berlin and, Atvidabergs. The final club were the Swedish cup winners and clearly the weakest of the eight; however, they had knocked out the then current holders of the trophy, Chelsea in the last round. We drew Torino, daunting because a decade prior they had signed both Dennis Law and Joe Baker. We had eight weeks to prepare.

looks like we are getting 12million rising potentially to 16 million with a sell on clause. Ridiculous given we have a better RB in place already.

In select sellik circles -those poor souls addicted to deludamol and mutual masturbation- the actual fee for Nathan P is revealed as £1M, with up to £2M in add-ons. Apparently the Club has accepted this fee in order that it may keep the lights on. I am almost convinced, me.

It’s a good deal for us, selling Patterson, but I do wonder if Everton are the right club for him to be going to at the moment Hopefully we won’t need to sell anyone else but I’d be amazed if we didn’t get enquiries for others.

Skov Olsen rumour refuses to disappear. Lad wants to play, and to play as RW, and not RWB, apparently. Have we had any success with Danish wingers in the past....?

Getting £10m+ for someone who isn't starting matches is terrific business for Rangers. Good luck to Patterson. I'm sure we'd all love to see young Rangers fans play for the first team but the club needs to be making these sorts of sales on a regular basis, for financial reasons.

And unlike Joan of Arc, the French collaborator is on her side.

Great comeback by Chelsea scoring 2 fantastic goals. However the only winners yesterday were Man City 😀

It’s a no brainer, well done to Wilson for negotiating the deal. Excited to see what we can do in this window now.

Players come, players go. Few ever leave as big a hole as some fans think they will. Players have to be pragmatic about their careers, managers have to be pragmatic about the performance and evolution of their team. There's little room for sentimentality, only fans have that luxury.

Who elected Jason Leitch?

Adam Devine Weston Mayo king Kelly Kennedy Mcpake. Take your pick. You have to wonder if its worthwhile form any of these kids to hang about. If Patterson couldnt get a game with his talent then the writing must be on the wall for the rest of them.

Selling Patterson is a great move. It will have minimal impact on the quality of the squad as he wasn't playing very often anyway. If he stayed we would risk the possibility that he didn't develop as expected due to lack of matches.

One tweet I saw from a Celtic fan / blog had us £117M in debt. Wasn't worried about the state of our finances until I read that 🤷‍♂️😀

Patrick Caskie @patrickcaskie Danilho Doekhi has been linked for what must be the third time with Rangers, now more pertinent than ever given his contractual status. Only 23, evidently talented, and the current Vitesse captain, an apt replacement for Goldson. I've supported this idea since August.

Their obsession with our finances never fails to amaze me. When they buy or sell a player, a flippant comment is about as much as I can muster.

On her back, I heard

Big discussion on it on this thread...

I was thinking the same!.

St Nicola, our very own Joan of arc ? 😋

I just hope that whoever has done this transfer deal has put in a good sell on clause because if he's a success at Everton they wont be able to hold on to him .

https://fourladshadadream.blog/2022/01/02/rangers-hit-financial-jackpot-and-look-to-freshen-squad-for-title-charge/

Given this fee and the money for the management team, I'm going to guess that will give Gio some money to spend this window. I still think Gerrard (or another EPL team) will come in for Aribo or Kamara though but I hope nothing happens until the summer.

Been to a few and from what I've seen Lowry blows hot and cold but does seem to have something. Whenever I've seen the B Team the full backs (McKinnon, Divine and McClelland?) have impressed me along with McCann and Weston.

My old man's been to a couple of the B team games and has been impressed with Lowry.

That’s a great bit of business for us and I wish him all the best in his future career. What are the chances of someone as good as him coming through the ranks at the same time as we have someone like Tav established in the team?

Never stopped the Daily Record.

Why Id there a full programme of Scottish football today for every team except the premier lot do the wee teams not get this pointless winter break

Am I missing something here? Surely, given it's 1968, the TEAM is valued at £1m, not the individuals in it? I fully take your point on better Welsh players of that era, Hennessy was a donkey. Not so sure (Scottish) readers weren't so touchy. It was only a year earlier a Scottish Club won the EC, and remind me who were the first side to beat the World Cup winners that same year? 😁