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I'm posting this because I think it's funny. I usually just call them Tims....hope no one is offended....

I prefer the Swiftian term, 'Yahoo'.

I’m with you on Windass. A wee boy in a mans game, nae heart. Miller should not be in the team before Morelos and Cumming, just hope that Murty does not have Miller in his favourites list like Windass.

I'm less worried about dropping points than the tactical direction of the team. Saturday was crying out for a change after 20 minutes, but Murty waited until 70 minutes, and not for the first time. The team is being hamstrung by the directions and formation from the sidelines.

Think Gribz reply was a general one and not personally aimed at you,hope I am not wrong and the use of the word you is like the Royal we.

Born in the city, and indeed died in the city. Jonathan Swift observed the Yahoos all his life. At the age of seven, my perfect attendance at the Band of Hope(I signed the pledge) was rewarded with a copy of Swift's, 'Gulliver's Travels', still a favourite. The Tufty Club, my time as a Wolf Cub Sixer, and the Band of Hope have combined to produce the man I am today. A gin soaked squirrel slayer.

Puddle drinking sewer dwellers is mine!

Inevitable we'll be linked and he'd certainly be a better option than Hodson. However, I'd be looking for a younger player. PS: I'm going to close this thread now - feel free to open new ones for indivudual rumours until the summer.

Apart from being a contradiction in terms, American football has to be the most over-hyped borefest on the planet. Or there's Nascar.

Guys, You should all know by know that crap about fenians, taigs, tarriers and papes isn't welcome here. Plenty of less contentious terms for Celtic fans.

Run the length of a pitch, attack a Rangers player, punch a male Rangers fan, hit a female Rangers fan with a seat - no jail. Throw an incendiary device into a pub full of Rangers supporters including children - no jail. Sign “The Billy Boys” - jail. Can someone spot the difference?

As I say we all see what we want to see and I will say that for me there is enough doubt to suspect the linesman called it good.

Unrelated but Tam Forsyth walked past me in Bar72 on Saturday. Definitely the highlight of the day.

If Dodoo was at HJK Helsinki for the same length of time asMorelos then I think he'd have scored a few there as well. Dodoo was at Leicester with little or no chance of game time in the first team prior to joining Rangers. I really don't think you can compare their records to date because of their different backgrounds in their careers so far

I'd prefer a first eleven with Miller and Windass nowhere near it.

Its very marginal but you can understand offside being given.

I prefer it when we win and sbs is nowhere to be seen.

Certainly not in that pic

I hope he gets fit quick and starts playing outstandingly well.....................

From today's Good Morning Scotland. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05x51m5 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05x51r0

Not for me. Time to move on.

Several Bears around me were shouting for changes before half-time. Waiting until 70 minutes to make substitutions was useless. Docherty and Cummings should've been given a good 1/2 hour, at least.

The Yahoos, followers of Sodom and Begorrah Football Club.

Opposing teams invariably (Celtic aside) play a form of 4-5-1 against us when they come to Ibrox. So the need for 4 defenders isn't there (though some could say that Tav plays further forward in the 4 anyway - however, he is still part of a back 4 and when he gets forward that leaves a lack of balance at the back). Playing 3-5-2 allows you to play 3 proper defenders, 3 proper CM's and 2 wingers and 2 up top. The good thing about the 3-5-2 with out current personnel is that both Murphy & Candeias happily help out defensively so rather than the back 3 being exposed, with those two helping out defensively you, at times, have a back 5 (only when and if needed) but more importantly, you don't get over-run in midfield. As well as that, you also have 2 strikers on the pitch. One thing we know.... at Ibrox something needs to change because whatever we are using just now clearly isn't working...

We really need to go 3-5-2 at Ibrox which allows us to continue to use wingers, but with 3 proper CM's in there too.

I will admit to shouting at the screen that Collum was a cheating bar-steward until I settled down and had a good look again.

Agreed pete. I think what both Rab and dB are missing is that even though that still suggests Morelos MIGHT be onside.... the ball still hasn't been struck. The still looks, to me at least, that Morelos is breaking forwards whilst the Hibs defenders who MAY be playing him onside will be moving laterally at best - and as an attacker you would expect Morelos to be quicker at breaking. Looks offside to me.

I think our home results, alone, justify wanting a new man in the manager's seat come the start of next season. Not good enough.

Morelos is a year younger than Dodoo and has scored 65 goals so far in his career. Dodoo has a grand total of 12. Morelos is clearly in another league and hopefully us signing him wasn't just blind luck. We should already have his replacement in mind. If Dodoo was any good I doubt he'd have come back from his loan with third tier Charlton having only scored one league goal.

After the behavior of the Spoonburners on Saturday, i would make that whole away corner suitable for our disabled brethren, raised platforms. disabled facilities, the works. Aways supporters i would give them the Albion car park with a big screen and a beamback lol.

Not blaming the referee for our defeat, however another shocking performance from another ref, every week now, yet they never seem to get pulled for poor performances!. This must be the worst standard of refereeing ever in Scotland! a total disgrace.

Hard to tell if Morelos had gone too early - linesman had a better view than any of us. It was a definite penalty - stupidity from Tav which he later conceded on social media.

I look forward to the next article detailing Ronnie Diela’s loss.

Feynoord invalid area.

The Stewards did their job as did the Police. Each ticket number was checked off as each ticket was proffered and once the capacity was reached the gate was closed. Now there's a valid argument that the tickets should have had greater security features and been harder to forge and I certainly agree with that because once the tickets were released it was clear there was going to a problem with forgeries but the fault with that lays with the football authorities who approved the tickets. The SPFL on several occasions on our journey through the Leagues organised the printing of tickets from Clubs particularly after the Elgin debacle. However it boils down to the fact it was Bears who knowingly f*&ked over other Bears it wasn't Fraserburgh FC, the Stewards or the Police who did that. I have the utmost sympathy for every valid ticket holder who was unable to get into the Bellslea that night.

This was on the first visit to Dingwall earlier this season. Obviously the reaction to this photo did some good. This time round before kick off I spoke to one of the higher ranking Policemen and asked if us in wheelchairs could go in front of the hoardings and he said yes and he had absolutely no problems or concerns in accommodating such a request. Although you can't work it quite from the above photo this made a massive difference to the view for us wheelchair users. After about 15 minutes a Steward came down and told us all to go back behind the hoardings citing their favourite catch all "Health and Safety", we declined his request citing the Police response, he came back 5 minutes later and asked if the carers would go behind the hoardings a request we acceded to. A wee bit of common sense by all parties which made a huge difference to our view and enjoyment of the game. This lasted till Cummings goal and the invasion of the Neds then the Stewards came en masse and lined up like in the photo above though there was nobody where the 4 Police are grouped in that photo. I just hope the Neds haven't ruined it for any subsequent visit to Victoria Park for us wheelchair users. Tuesday sees us visit Partick Thistle who are moving us out of the front of the Main Stand which I quite liked as it was slightly elevated, sheltered and afforded clear unobstructed views and into the Jackie Husband Stand with the rest of the Rangers fans. It looks to be a decent area and if we can see over those standing up in front of the platform (it's hard to tell from certain from the photos but looks promising) it will a very welcome addition indeed and one like the new St Mirren area puts larger Club's to shame. St Mirren's recent addition in their Main Stand. Nice to see at least some sections of Scottish football taking the matter seriously and showing it's more a case of a willing mind than a fat wallet. News reaches me that UEFA have now started the process of moving the recommendations of the Access For All report http://www.cafefootball.eu/sites/default/files/contentfiles/pdfs/UEFAandCAFEGoodPracticeGuideENG.pdf from being merely guidelines and becoming regulation. I doubt this will be an overnight implementation but it's a most welcome development and can't come round soon enough. Meanwhile the SFA announce that after 2020 all Scotland games, semi-finals and finals will be played at either Hampden or Murrayfield probably the worst to grounds in the country for wheelchair fans. Makes you proud to be Scottish eh?

Social media is oddly (given it's name) detrimental to society.

A Broch insider told me yesterday that the attitude of Rangers players and management had been excellent and much appreciated by Fraserburgh. He reckoned Rangers win was comfortable. This guy is a comparitively rare creature - a native non RC north easter who supports celtic. Footballing reasons only. Having said that, I know another one. Both decent blokes

If we get rid of everyone who won't go on to be a Rangers great, we may as well pack it all in now. We wouldn't have a single player left.

I don't understand the logic: some seem to be saying, 'he's not going to be a complete player, so let him go'. Forgetting for a moment that every player can improve and progress, a less than complete player can still be a very good squad player; every team needs them.

We've been crying out for a big defender who is commanding in the air, he won most of his challenges yesterday and most of the time keeps it simple and safety first. I think the more games he gets, and hopefully with Martin helping him on his game, he will improve. He's only 21, Scottish and doing very well IMO considering the big jump up from where he has been playing, he deserves a new contract for me.

I have intimated previously that BBC Scotland are now in the habit of telephoning the opposition manager post match. We must welcome this, as license fee paying Rangers supporters, we receive greater coverage of events unfolding at Ibrox. Further, why should supporters of the opposition be denied coverage also, just because that Saturday's fixture list pairs them with BBC Scotland's least favourite team. Thus, since the end of November, we are the beneficiaries of post match interviews with Tommy Wright, Martin Canning, and Owen Coyle. The first two rightfully lionised their teams for deserved wins at Ibrox. Owen utilised the opportunity to complain about a non penalty than only he witnessed. Richard Gordon allowed him full vent. Then, Big Dick's Dandy Dons were battered again, and there was NO post match interview with Derek McInnes. A shame, I would have liked to hear Derek's take on his third consecutive failure this season. However, today the first post match managerial interview on BBC Radio Scotland today(apart from the 12.30 kick-off) was Neil Lennon. A smug Richard allowed Neil to state today's Hibs victory was up there with ra Sellik's CL defeat of Barca in his managerial feats. Sure, it was a sniggerfest for Big Dick and he enjoyed it enormously. It's such a shame he could NOT bring Derek to the phone. There you have it, at best BBC Scotland's post match managerial interviews are triumphalistic, and at least a grievance line. When it gets personally tough, Richard doesn't bother.

Not sure I share your enthusiasm Ian? Dodoo has nowhere near the heart or desire as Morelos. He certainly won’t take a chance on getting hurt. I put Dodoo in the same bracket as Windass although Windass is starting to dish out the humble pie to many of us.