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Back in the day BBC Scotland was a real lifeline. I could pick it up here in NI and howled in delight at such commentaries as the 5-1 game v them (Ray Wilkins's screamer) and Aberdeen Skol Cup final amongst many others. Believe it or not I regularly bought the DR simply because the other papers here were printed on the mainland and had little or no Rangers coverage. Now there are local editions. Today i refuse to buy the DR rag or click on their website. I have also had to rely on match updates here for games i know the Pacific Quay clowns are covering. I refuse to tune in - 810 medium wave was always a saved station on my radio/s in the past. No longer and never again!! The bias now is about as subtle as a brick and is far too much to stomach .

The national team produced a less than inspiring performance, and a poor result on Friday night. The PQ gang hut talked all around the current national team situation and arrived at the conclusion, it could be all right when the spine of the team reverts to Sellik players. Further, it doesn't reflect well on the Scottish Leagues, that only one starting player currently plays in the Scottish Premiership. 'Anglos' are a grouping that we have always had problems in accepting. There is a belief that always finds oxygen, that Anglos are some what under-motivated, are condemned anyway for taking English silver, and are detached from national fervour. It's forty-five years since eligibility rules allowed those born outside Scotland but have Scottish parents, to pull on the cobalt blue. It's thirty-odd years since, 'the Granny rule' arrived and allowed those with a grandparent born in Scotland to be enthused by the Hampden Roar. There is a prominent member of the PQ gang hut, Stuart Cosgrove who always blames an Anglo for Scotland's misfortune. Surprising, given that Cosgrove has spent the majority of his professional life based in Engerland. Big Stu' is an uber nationalist, waves the Saltire with gusto. He believes utilising the granny rule shows desperation. He never misses an oportunity to rattle into such a player. The last campaign, it was Chris Martin; yesterday, it was Oli McBurnie. It was an audible vomit, a purge as Big Stu' informed us this was the guy that's scored six goals for Barnsley, he lead the line in the under 21s campaign last year and he was rank, and he is preventing those in the Scottish game having a go. I suspect Big Stu' wants a cleansing? Big Stu' as Kenneth Brannagh in, 'Conspiracy'? Surely, someone in the PQ gang hut should take him aside and tell him his time has past? Oh, and I am sure in the week where Oli McBurnie promoted his desire to maybe become a Rangers player one day, has not influenced Big Stu's latest rant.

Imagine you’re on the board of RFC. Would you invite a supporter to join you? I wouldn’t. Why would you want to complicate the board function and risk conflict or loss of confidentiality?

Deliberately, I eased off on matters PQ; knowing that it would run interference on the previews and reactions to the old firm match. As stated earlier, BBC Radio Scotland promised live commentary coverage of the then upcoming Falkirk and ra Sellik games at Ibrox. The Scottish Cup tie against the Bairns saw Rob McLean commentate from a studio inside PQ, whilst viewing Sky's broadcast. I thought it an interesting stat, that Hartley has brought three different clubs to Ibrox on Scottish Cup duty in the last five years and lost 7-0(Alloa), 4-0(Dundee), and 4-1(Falkirk). The type of thing Big Dick might offer up on the post match phone call to the opposition manager? Paul did not come to the phone. The week leading to the Yahoo's match was utilised to inform all of the impending live football commentary awaiting on Sunday. The Glasgow Derby has replaced the phrase, 'old firm' at the PQ gang hut. Sunday arrived, and live commentary was replaced during Big Dick's introduction, "we will be reporting events". He explained they were situated around a table inside a PQ studio, the dynamics being Big Dick, Wullie Miller, Pat Bonner, and Steven Thompson. The far end of the table had Liam McLeod as the commentator, watching Sky; accompanied by Chick Young on dug-out duty, notionally standing at the end of the tunnel. In reality, Chick was sitting next to Liam watching the same monitor. The broadcast itself highlighted a number of folks around the PQ table cheering ra Sellik scoring. In contrast, Liam's voice lowered when Rangers notched. St Mirren fan, Thommo dragging his EBT was slow to defend the Rangers corner, his fellow St Boo fan, Chiko was thrown under a bus on several occasions by Big Dick, reminding him of his real favourite's plight. The high pitched scream amid the studio cacophony at ra Sellik'd third goal belong's to the show's Producer, Clare. Big Dick informed us, she was just joining in on the excitement. Talking of which, Brendan(no surname) was happy to come to the phone and bat away Big Dick's dollies. Apparently, in PQ gang hut mentality, Rangers had made all the pre-match noise, are they still cheering? The describing of events concluded with Bid Dick telling us that Aberdeen's draw at Firhill had seen them go another point closer to Rangers.

It's a good point. I have stated before, I am a license fee payer. My professional life was sixteen years in the Parachute Regiment. I relied on the BBC World Service to provide news, current affairs, sports, ..... etc. If I continue to pay my license fee, why should BBC Scotland get away with NOT providing a service? There are disabled Bears, sick Bears, Bears living in remote areas, Bears around the world working, ...... etc. Again, they deserve a service. The PQ gang hut mentality deserves to be exposed and ridiculed, at every turn.

50+1 Rule in Germany is a principled approach that has reaped dividends (no pun intended), but it requires a German Football League directive. It's a way of protecting the clubs from misrule, but limits their ability to tap into their commercial potential, outwith a few exceptions. https://www.bundesliga.com/en/news/Bundesliga/german-soccer-rules-50-1-fifty-plus-one-explained-466583.jsp

Any positivity about Whyte and Green (ugh) only lasted a few months into their respective stints. Ahmed and Llambias were both dodgy gits and I don't think the support afforded either of them the benefit of the doubt for long. The Easdales always were just placemen for Ashley. We got rid of all these chancers within a fairly short space of time, in relative terms. Of course, the support have to take some responsibility bit we have been limited in what we could do in many instances. Murray sold our club down the river and should never be forgiven for his part in our troubles. But this is why we need fan involvement - to ensure things like this don't happen again. I have Bear pals who think things like Club1872 are a total waste of time and I disagree completely. How many times do we have to turn a blind eye to nefarious shenanigans in the boardroom before we learn our bloody lesson!?!?

The media are already looking for big eck. The yahoos reckon if he loses on Tuesday he is already under pressure. It’s just a cavalcade of resentment towards him getting the job, no doubt a consequence of his background.

I have stopped listening to BBC radio Scotland. And the next one to go will be Talksport if they keep that bam Barton .

My favourite thread. There's a book title here lol

It would be best to arrange that soon then, or get them to start writing it down, because they're getting to an age where they'll start to forget stuff. ?????

There are lots of things we disagree on, but that's normal. It's never so bad if we all agree we want the same thing, but just disagree on how best to achieve it. I think that applies to every Rangers fan. We all want our team to e successful again, but we do disagree on the how. We disagree on managers, players, formations, tactics, board members, stadium improvements priorities, but there are some things I think we do agree on. I think we agree that the situation with the media needs to be addressed, and I think we agree that youth development is the future of our club. I think we also agree that it's important we protect our club from those that have ulterior motives to owning it, other than building a successful team again. Thats why for me, the fan group(s) have to stick to the objectives and priorities we can agree on, otherwise it won't work.

Maybe I'm wrong - since I haven't seen that many Scotland games these last few years - but I can't think of that many Rangers players who made the Scottish line-ups of since 2012. So who made up "the best of the rest"? A quick look at the actual stats will probably tell us that most of Scotland's recent failures to qualify for any tournament came when former Yahoo bosses picking loads of current and former Yahoo players who simply did what they usually do on the international stage. As I see it, McLeish now tests the water and what sort of cataclysmic waves it would send through the media world north of Hadrian's Wall if he actually qualifies with his first attempt ... Sidenote: What sort of "spine" could the Yahoos actually have provided for the last game? Most of their players' names don't strike me as Scottish?

Him & Cummings will be our strike force next season.....you heard it here first ?

I'd be surprised if he went for Moult. However I do think there's more than a possibility we'll go for Oli McBurnie whose contract at Swansea is up at the end of the season.

I see a memorial service was held for him today in Clydebank (Everton Heritage Society were involved). He had one cap for Scotland, was an Everton captain and also the first captain of Liverpool. He played for Renton and then WBA before moving to Merseyside. Quite an interesting story and it seems the Everton Heritage Society are not too dissimilar to our Founders Trail.

Oh no we don't!

Maybe because we struggle to agree on anything.

I believe the boards of most football clubs have a love-hate relationship with their supporters. They rely on the support for income and will always make the right noises when commenting on the importance of the fans to the future of their club. At the same time, chairmen and directors tend to be very vary of their fans and view them with suspicion. It's in the DNA of most club directors to want to keep fans at a respectable arms length and certainly out of the boardroom. I think it's no different at Rangers.

https://rangers.co.uk/talent/andrew-dallas/

Dundee utd fan is he?

I remember the Foinavon race. We listened to it on the car radio on our way to the caravan in Arbroath.

I don't think he is. Tierney is better....but not as good as Robertson.

The problem is that our true talent choose not go into politics, they work for international corporations. Very few aspire to become the next first minister.