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Yeah, I didn't see the coverage as all that surprising really. We have to remember that all media platforms will look to manufacture some sort of controversy and, as Scotland's premier team, we'll bear the brunt of that. It's important to pick the right battles when complaining about this stuff or you just look desperate.

I get the impression some Rangers fans won't be content unless Sportscene focuses on every debatable decision that doesn't go our way.

Never mind all that, get stuck intae they Walloons, Rangers.

To think that a couple of hours ago we were fretting over Monaco or PSV 😆

Another summer and another great gesture from us, giving free Champions League money to another team. Dreadful, just utterly dreadful.

The game is on Premier Sports. You can watch it on RTV if you live overseas...wink, wink.

A player worth the admission money a great entertainer.

The Europa League is the better competition anyway...

Terrible ju-ju, buster. Rousseau sees this and you’re looking at a ban.

Look - why shouldn't we do to them what Malmo did to us? We've nothing to fear after Dortmund and Eintracht. We don't deserve it if we fail to beat Union though.

They'll be a decent side. Not world beaters but not walkovers either. We've beaten better but lost to worse.

if i ever hear anyone slagging kents contributions again......

Absolutely horrendous , to have players like Matondo , Colak not touching the ball or doing anything is incredulous

We have started worse than we played in the 1st half

Started well then ended the half lucky to be only one down. Over to Gio to change things, it ain't working. Have to be careful here or the tie could be more or less over before the second leg.

Midfield no existent - Jack and Kamara way off it. Up against it here unless we improve

It appears that they take the approach that if you're not on the board then you don't have significant control. King, for example, has been removed from it. I'd usually take it based on shareholders rather than directors, but I can understand the logic of them doing it this way.

I hope no one thinks they have to watch or listen to the BBC just because it happens to be broadcasting. Why would any Rangers fan be concerned whether or not the BBC sends people to Belgium?

Yeah let's get past USG and worry about it if we do. We have a chance and the loser of the next round gets 5 million as a consolation payment. That's a player.

My first Old Firm match at Parkhead, it was 1st January'66. The pitch was a sheet of ice, the trackside contained a couple of dozen hay bales. Davy Wilson notched in the first minute and the half time the score remained nil - one to the good guys. As stated, a couple of Sellik layers came out in the second half in trainers, John Hughes was wearing white baseball boots. He demolished us in the second period, they hit the net five times without reply.

I know an English lady who regularly travels to see this Belgian side. From what I gather, they have a similar appeal to that of St Pauli (trendy, with fans who have pictures of Che Guevara up in their bedsits). Get intae them Rangers!

Seems weird to be bricking it about this before we even get a look at USG could be huge as one side makes us decent favourites and the other big underdogs.

You mean the plucky little Belgians are going to stand fast and repel the invader? Always a first time, I suppose.

We looked like world beaters against Real Madrid but then Malmo, Dundee Utd and Malmo showed that not to be the case.

Proof tonight VAR won't solve any issues! never a penalty, imagine what it will be like in the SPFL?

I think the worst thing about it was the failure to make changes to formation, strategy and players. There was a failure to actually address what was happening. We were getting absolutely nowhere and perhaps that was because we had three defensive mids on the pitch. There was nowhere near enough movement.

Are we playing with 5 across the back?

If there are no more goals we have something to play for, however we can play so much better! but then we all know that!

They have done their homework and know how we can struggle against a low block. The difference here is that unlike SPFL diddy clubs, they have some quality to counter with and the minute you put pressure on our defence, it dithers and sometimes appears to crumble.

After a decent / comfortable start, we've fallen out the game.

I like the look of that side. Think McLaughlin is getting the nod because his playing out from the back suits GVB's philosophy.

Jack and Tillman starts Lawrence bench Interesting We'll get a good idea of what Tillman and Matondo offer tonight. Glad that we've not changed the keeper Important that we don't isolate Colak up front and that the ball sticks to the Croatian, so we can better get up the park.

Meh..get past these Belgian guys first...then we can worry about whoever. Nothin to it but to do it.

So far £5M. https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/18815531.amp/

There's been chat more times than I can remember about substantial Far East investment but I think that's all it is for the moment at least. We're lucky to have several investors from that area but I'm not so sure any sort of takeover is imminent. Perhaps if we were regularly reaching the CL but that's still to be proven.

Eyes on USG Get past them and we can bank at least an extra 7M Euros (5M if lose play off round plus a home gate).

Home first too which I dont think suits us

The Colak goal was discussed in the Sunday version of the show and they drew lines which appeared to show that he was offside. I'm not sure if the still used was exactly when the ball was crossed though, so who knows whether he was offside or not.

Again

I don't have a TV. 😜

Coming back to this a second.... IIRC the second leg at Ibrox saw us wilt visibly after about 30-35 minutes. We were all over them from the off with high energy, fast tempo football. We weren't precise in our passing or fluent in our play but the energy carried us along, we dominated and were a goal up. Then we hit a wall and Malmo just took over, could have scored a couple before HT. Did score a couple after HT, with 10 men.

Yes and no. I lost a sister at a similar age, to a long illness, whilst it's good in a way to no longer see your loved one suffer, the loss is still the same. Relief didn't really enter my head tbh.