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I kind of wish I was heading to Tranent now. I know Frankie and Ian are real but 26th of foot has an ethereal, fictitious character air about him.

I watched Katic v Arsenal the other night and whilst he was OK, it reminded me of why he wasn't good enough for Rangers. Big decent, honest professional but not the required quality we need. His injury spelt the end of his Rangers career unfortunately. Good luck to him but not what / who we require.

The Rangers support can be accused of many things, but patience isn't one of them.

I am enjoying a childhood favourite, a weekend at Eyemouth. The sea is a calm turquoise and the harbour buzzes with dormant strength. I lunched at DR Collins cobbled pen, they have their own boats and the produce arrives on one's plate courtesy of a crested wave. The fruits de mer was £35 for two, consisting of a Lobster, Crab, prawns and, half-a-dozen Lindisfarne oysters. A bottle of white Burgundy to accompany and you have a pig in the proverbial situation. I note Rangers B are due to play a Lowland League fixture tomorrow at Foresters Park against Tranent, some thirty-odd miles up the A1. I am looking forward immensely to a lazy Autumnal drive to the bountiful East Lothian. Finding a Chef-Patron Brasserie for lunch, a table d'hote menu offering local rustica - Lappin au Moutarde, Pol au Pot or, Cassoulet? I wonder does East Lothian with it's coastal boundary offer red wines similar to the Languedoc, mostly cabernet with a hint of merlot sweetner? The main course is Rangers Colts up against a side locally known as, 'the Belters'. I have no doubt the beef will be rare, the heart gently bleeding. The denizens refer to the town as, 'the BIG T' and are known to celebrate the burning of the traitor's effigy, Guido Fawkes with considerable relish. Is there value in bringing one's pre-prepared marinade, add a sizzle to the Big T Barbecue. Being Autumn, I hope the locals have been foraging with their truffle pigs and hounds in the local woodland. A half time treat of Tarte Flambee aux champignons is a favourite. A trencherman's match report tomorrow evening.

Don’t think it’s quite as simple as that.

I'm sure Katic would get a game currently as we have 1 fully fit centre-half. He'd get nowhere near the team if all our centre-halves were fit.

He’s a whole bloody Regiment.

The % of our aimless crosses that have no outcome must be huge, suggesting that you’re right about our attacking configuration ... or that incessantly looking for crosses with the current configuration is a complete waste of time.

Perhaps that level a bit beyond Katic but could easily handle the SPFL week in week out which is what we need right now

I’d wait and see if Ben Davies can play a full season first before saying that. Missing too many games already for my liking

I can't believe the mockery around a wee stat simply because it doesn't align with your opinion. I'm the same; I think Kent is rubbish. Kent can create lots of chances and still be rubbish, though. To me, it suggests the chances he's creating are of very poor quality. The fact that he's been involved in 39 chances but only has 4 assists is testament to that. He has scored 1 from an xG of 1.5. An xG of 1.5 for a winger is truly poor, and he's still under-performing that!

If you mean I think words are specific rather than general then I’m guilty as charged.

The players have a lot to play for IMO, if they want a move then they have to start showing potential clubs they are worth buying! as you said the pressure of the CL is off so hopefully they just knuckle down as there is still a lot to play for!.

This demonstrates the true brilliance of our players. They can appear to be completely rubbish while, in fact, being completely brilliant. I'm going to stop watching the matches and just start reading statistics instead.

"Stats are like miniskirts - they give you good ideas but hide the most important parts.". Ebbe Skovdahl.

The current situation is unacceptable and the ongoing silence emanating from the Blue Room compounds. Ra Sellik won the Premiership last season. Their automatic qualification for the Champions League group stages was facilitated by the national coefficient, largely established by Rangers efforts in the prevailing four seasons. We qualified for the group stages by playing four qualifying games, winning two, drawing and losing one apiece. I believe we have contributed 6.5 points to the coefficient this season, more than any other Scottish club? I drove to last night's game and heard BBC Radio Scotland's build up, they played a full ten minutes of commentary of all goals conceded by us in this season's CL group stages, interceded by clips of GVB saying, "we will learn", "we are in development" and, "we cannot compete". Big Dick introduced and Liam McLeod screamed with satisfaction. Truly, we are chastened. Currently, we hold the record for the worst performance ever in CL group stages. I am not looking for a sacrifice, I am not looking for pointless reaction that raises the whole tone of the campaign. Certainly, I am not looking for a repeat of November'69 - I stood as a 12 year old schoolboy with my Old Man in Edmiston Drive with 12,000 other Bears. We had just lost 1-3 to Gornik in the ECWC, a trophy we were favourites to win. Lubanski's goal would have won any cup buy Man City beat the unfancied Poles in the final. The Rangers Manager, Davie White was sacked that evening. I do NOT want a repeat. I want the Board to come out and accept responsibility and tell us the way ahead. I want leadership. Without leadership, others are allowed to seize the narrative.