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It happened. Guys who were there have confirmed it. We got lucky this time. We may not next time and it needs to be sorted.

He’s a very good player by all accounts, trust the folk that tell me he is the next Alan Hutton Very impressive

"Stuart Cosgrove is an intellectual colossus". The above quote was broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland last week by Dr Eamonn O'Neill, DrStu's fellow contributor on the weekly Media Review. Mutual support is necessary to maintain their 'quite important' status. BBC Scotland decided to celebrate DrStu's 'quite important' credentials by allowing Edi Stark to present a 30 minute biography on the intellectual colossus as he enters his sixty-eighth year. Sycophancy is most important whilst clinging to 'quite importance', especially when you have a trilogy of books to shift. DrStu' has morphed into one of those hackneyed, old, Radio One DJs from forty-odd years past, banging on in self promotional ways ie supermarket openings, night club appearances, and opinions on nationalism. DrStu' will be appearing at a Book Festival/Book Shop signing/School fund raiser near you soonest, and he will shamelessly utilise the exposure awarded to him by the national broadcaster to do so. Research is the thing, DrStu' tells Edi he loves it, always has done. Each rung on the ladder has been climbed by thorough research, DrStu' has achieved the lofty heights of quite importance by putting in the hard graft. The rewards are deserving, the big House in Dennistoun with access to private gardens, the Big House in Sri Lanka with infinity pool, and the flats in London; all might explain his obsession with Big Houses in London/Hampshire owned by Alex McLeish and Gordon Strachan, and why such properties should preclude both from being awarded the national manager's job. Of course, the current recipient of the post, Steve Clarke also has a Big House in southern England, but DrStu' has not told us so, nor has he held it against Stevie; we can only assume DrStu' is continuing with the necessary research? Ah mean, an intellectual colossus committed to thorough research would surely arrive at a more appropriate conclusion to Rangers winning the ECWC in 1972 than this piece of preferred prejudice, "Rangers supporters ransacked Barcelona cathedral". A Scots club, Rangers goes to Barcelona in 1972, the 33rd year of Generalissimo Franco's fascist regime to play Moscow Dynamo, the KGB's preferred team. The currents and eddies of nationalism swirled on all sides, the Soviets had backed the Spanish national Government and Franco sent the Blue Division to support Hitler's invasion of Russia. Such evidence is not persuasive, Rangers are, "H-u-ns and typical orange wan-kers". Last Thursday's Media Review lasted 45 minutes and DrStu' spent 43 minutes shooting the messenger. Oh, Dr Eamonn O'Neill joined in too, like fellow Journo, Lyra McKee; Andrew Neil was caught in the crossfire. The message conveyed by Neil was simple, our First Minister could not stand up to relentless questioning based on relentless research. Nicola took a pummeling, the next evening, Jeremy Corbyn suffered similarly. It is to BoJo's shame that so far he cannot drive his exploding clown car into Neil's studio. Anyways, the Scots media overwhelmingly chose to ignore Sturgeon's poor performance, but it really irked the intellectual colossus. Apparently, Andrew Neil is a bully, he asks questions with no intention of allowing an answer. Dr Eamonn provided support, "it's like viewing a wrestling match, your champion is being hammered but you know the bout is a fix". We know DrStu' is kept awake at night by injustice, and anxiously intervenes, "Andrew Neil is very good at his job, probably the best". He then attacks Neil for a working life associated with the right wing press. DrStu' is correct reference Neil's working life. Both Neil and Sturgeon are fellow Alumni of Glasgow University, Neil also graduated from the hard knocks required participating in the Uni' debating society of his era, the likes of Donald Dewar, Ming Campbell, John Smith, Derry Irvine, ...etc. Nicola graduated with a Law Degree, spent 3-4 weeks in the Drumchapel Law Centre, then entered party HQ. It was a mismatch, not because it was a fix, but because Neil predicates his questions on thorough research. We heard all this several years past, when DrStu' jumped from presenting the petty and ill informed Off the Ball, on to James Traynor's phone-in show. All that research gathered on the Rangers Tax Case Blog was on his hip as he spent several weeks shooting down Rangers supporting callers before they got their questions out of their mouths. The rank hypocrisy is that on three occasions in the last year, DrStu' has uttered, "Rangers supporters should forget all about the RTC Blog". I suspect the BBC Radio Scotland audience will NOT be allowed to forget about Andrew Neil? Still, it's comforting to all that our Witchfinder General is an intellectual colossus.

Referees like the one today are the reason Scottish players don't develop technically. They allow constant niggling and fouling to prevent football being played. If the game was played in England, Hearts would have had around 14 bookings and possibly 2 red cards. It's horrible to watch.

So now you're going with an assertion that we're all having a mass audio hallucination which bizarrely were all exactly the same hallucination. And partaking in some feeble tale of nothing being real unless you want it to be. Like believing objects jetting 1600 centigrade flames in the midst of a crowd isn't dangerous because well that's the alternate reality you like. And believing something heard by me and others on this forum doesn't exist because well that's the alternate reality you prefer. But your alternate reality is only valid in your head . Not in the real world and certainly not in the world of UEFA who will close the stadium costing the club millions if these learning disabled individuals continue to fail to learn. In the real world this happened and I invite the others who heard it to post here while watching your inane attempt at pretending it's not real.

I predict a Tim-plosion on social media tonight after the news we’re not getting a stadium closure next week...? Liewell will be looking for a replacement for Delaney

I really can't have you straying into my territory with that tone of post. Calm down and leave immediately.

Regarding the banned singing that's not made up. I heard it myself on the stream and so did others. We got away with it but it has to stop.

They got a tiny fine and not a single Pole was hurt or scared by the display. Can I recommended Nietzsche's 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra' to the Safe Space Loyal? ?

Just the two weeks after I posted the exact story online with 4lads

You are not the only one that is relieved. It is, perhaps, possible that you might now refrain from describing Rangers supporters as dogs. Of course, it is also possible that you will continue to do so with great zeal.

I wouldn’t be letting your carer make your tea anymore compo! Just do it yersel from now on and Fido will go back to normal.....

You been to many games this season, JFK? How are the Hearts and sheep forums looking this week?

I'll stick with evidence rather than the hearsay of Record journalists and their online accomplices.

Mate, you've accidentally typed in "garsping" instead of "grasping". Best to change it in case any unkind forum users come along and use it as an excuse to call you a grunting halfwit. I don't want to see that sort of thing on the forum so please change it as soon as you can.

You know i'm beginning to suspect you're a 100% bonafide nutcase on a greater than Trump level. Try very hard to comprehend this simple piece of information which has no relation whatsoever to the daily record. I heard it. Do you understand that? Is it clear enough? I can't make it any simpler. Others on this forum heard it. A participant on the latest gersnet podcast heard it. A forum member has posted about being told by people who were there that they heard it. Is all that sinking in? You garsping they didn't get it from the daily record? Need I repeat all that many times till it sinks in? These are real people who can remember events and even simple instructions without them being repeated countless times. Now run along and play with a non dangerous 1600 centigrade flame. I know that entertains you.

I'm happy in the company of people who actually attend football matches, know how to use commas and don't resort to abusing Rangers fans at every opportunity. There is no evidence Rangers fans sang the add-on, despite you and your buddies at The Daily Record suggesting otherwise.

Really?! But he pursued this with such relish! I have no idea of the truth of the matter but what would it mean if there was indeed no sectarian singing? How should we then describe him?

i seen him in a few games last year and he stood out as a really good player.

Not really? I can't figure out if you're even for real. An object that burns at up to 1600 centigrade in a crowd isn't dangerous in your fatntasy world? Since steel far less people or anything else for that matter melts at 1200 centigrade what sort of normally functioning adult wouldn't have the capacity to grasp the extreme danger in that? I'm really interested to know.

For goodness sake grow up,they are highly dangerous ,still maybe one of the idiots who use them will seriously harm themself and finally come to their senses.

Seen him v Wrexham in Tunnocks Cup,was very impressed and sad to see him go off injured.

That's a relief.

I’ll have to swot a bit after the weekend debacle. Wouldn’t mind going to Deepdale tonight, Preston North End v league leaders West Bromwich Albion. A reprise of the 1953/54 FA Cup Final. Centre forward and club legend Ronnie Allen scored twice for the Albion in their 3-2 victory over a side containing two minor Scottish internationalists, Willie Cunningham and some chap called Docherty. Preston also had the famous Tom Finney. Albion finished second in the league that season behind Wolves. Liverpool were relegated, finishing last!

That is encouraging. The natural pessimist wonders if our team will be out of puff after visits to the Hill'o'dung and Hampdem. Let's hope two victories has us riding a wave of confidence.

Normally the club would have heard by now if they were being reported, and they hadn't heard anything on Saturday.

I read UEFA aren't meeting until the day before the YB match, so any punishment is likely to occur after that fixture. I can't verify that though.

https://rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/rangers-partner-with-dcp-capital/ 2019, 13:00 by Rangers Football Club 1765 RANGERS are delighted to announce DCP Capital as the new Principal and Front-of-Shirt Partner of the club’s Women’s team. This new partnership sees DCP Capital become the first ever Principal Partner for the Women’s team from the start of the 2020 season, which begins in February. This is yet another landmark step for Rangers who recently announced the intention to turn the Women’s team professional for the 2019 season, following structural changes that allowed the first team and academy to be fully integrated within the club’s football department. Amy McDonald, Rangers Women’s and Girl’s Football Manager said: “We are delighted to welcome DCP Capital as our first Principal Partner ahead of what will be a very exciting season for the club. “This partnership will continue to develop the programme both on and off the pitch and will play an important part in allowing us to empower the players and staff within our elite football environment.” DCP Capital is an international private equity firm with offices in Beijing, New York and Hong Kong that focuses on opportunities in Asia. The leadership team of DCP Capital has been investing in the Greater China region since 1993 and has led a number of successful and innovative investments and nurtured numerous industry leaders over the past 26 years. Rangers Director Julian Wolhardt, who is also Chief Executive Officer of DCP Capital, is the driving force behind the new partnership. Julian Wolhardt said: “DCP Capital are delighted to become the new Principal Partner of the Rangers Women’s team at this very exciting time for women’s football internationally and at the club. “We are proud supporters of the work that Amy McDonald and all of her team are doing for our players and wish them good luck for the season ahead.” James Bisgrove, Rangers Director of Commercial and Marketing, said: “We’re thrilled to welcome DCP Capital to the club’s stable of Official Partners and to launch this landmark partnership at a time where the profile, audience and commercial interest in the Women’s game is experiencing unprecedented growth. Rangers finished the 2019 season in the fourth position in the Scottish Building Society Scottish Women’s Premier League, playing at the new stand at the Hummel Training Centre. Rangers are also committed to the longer-term future of the women’s game in the country, with the club making it easier for players at all age levels of the academy to play and train. As well as recruiting new players, the number of full-time staff members will also increase ahead of the 2020 season, which will yet again improve professionalism both on and off the pitch. https://rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/rangers-partner-with-dcp-capital/ For more information on Commercial Partnerships please email commercial@rangers.co.uk

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He was the same when he played for us. He's still getting called up for the national side, so retirement may be a while away. Terrific result yesterday but Wednesday night is where the real domestic tests start.

What a pathetic and predictable creature Naismith has become. It's so easy to see that all he has in mind when the ball is passed long at the 1:32 mark is going to ground as soon as anyone gets near him. And so he duly did.

I need to be honest Gonzo and agree with everyone else 100% on this, although I take your point re some fans don’t care, as it’s never been about the club for them. If they are guilty, and it’s our fans that have done this, then they should be held accountable by their peers, before the authorities get a hold of them. All the club can do is refuse away tickets, and that ensures this can’t happen because nobody can stop idiots in our support or idiots in other supports imitating us and using offensive singing.

Well personally like everyone else aside from you i'm going to consider and continue labelling them as grunting halfwits with according to you the memory span of a goldfish since they need to be repeatedly told the same thing over and over. Unable to master a new trick with just a couple of repetitions unlike a dog. Incidentally the average dog is estimated to have the mental abilities of a 2-year-old child. And unlike you I and seemingly the vast majority will support bans though since these wasters are apparently so limited in the iq department they wont retain that information very long either. The club has to do something and presumably they will when these knuckle draggers are costing them millions while striving to get into the black.

I’m amazed to see Helander being praised. I thought he had a nightmare first half. Beaten in the air numerous times by Naismith and just couldn't handle him.

The Gaffer should have made McGregor his first substitution as he was in danger of frostbite/hypothermia?

I agree, but I'd want more than £8M.

A dozen years past, Gordon penned an article where he said something akin to this, it's a paraphrase : 'Rangers are a club that inspires you to lift a brick and never stop hitting it on the face'. I am sure someone will trace the exact quote, if they can be bothered? Gordon has lost the protection of his brother, Bruce Waddell; who was then the Editor of the blatt. His latest piece is a plea to continue his employment, he is giving his master what he wants. He will improve once he admits Peter's cock in his mouth, is the obstruction.

Morelos comes across in his interviews as a very sensible and professional young man. He's also been well advised in his career; yielding a good contract in Finland before moving to Rangers and working hard on his game to earn at least two contract negotiations to become one of our best paid players (perhaps even the best paid). He also rarely gives interviews to domestic press which shows he's well aware of how duplicitous they have been towards him during his time in Scotland. More power to his elbow, foot, head etc...