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And then those fucking arseholes (I'm not apologizing for the tone either) such as Sutton, Hartson and Michael Stewart will sit on their high horse and say this shouldn't happen. Those same cretins who effectively encourage it with their racist, xenophobic bile on a constant basis.

Come on. Let's calm down for goodness sake. If we are relying on Morelos to enable us to beat Ross County at home then we may as well say adios to our league chances. Defoe is a top class striker. Just make sure what's happening behind him facilitates his talents as the service to him over the last few games has been criminal. To me, that's a bigger concern than whether Defoe or Morelos are starting.

It's a bit of an over-reaction to suggest that the team has a mental problem. We've played 21 league games and lost twice and drawn twice and are sill in Europe. That league form was only matched once during the 9IAR run (in 96-97). We had poorer league form in the other 8 seasons. Are you suggesting that the teams in these other 8 seasons also had mental problems? Bad performances happen every season. We lose the odd game unexpectedly. It happens every year. It doesn't reflect on the mentality of a team.

I felt we needed another striker anyway. Defoe’s injury guarantees we need to make something happen now

Her, yes Kenny Miller, not so much

Tav has been our most consistent performer from the first day he played for Rangers! but as you say each to their own!.

Catalytic converter more like.

No chance. Not in this window.

An indication of how important Tavernier is to the overall play?

Aw FFS. If he's injured and going to be out we have a real problem.

Scott Allan rumours still going strong on H&H podcast

Very saddened but not surprised by this.

I'm not surprised. This is not unbelievable. It is very sad though.

I've lived in Glasgow most of my life and I'm stunned by this. If this is true and it doesn't turn out to be some sort theft or petty vandalism then we've really turned a corner into a very dark place. I genuinely hope it turns out to be someone trying to steal his car because the alternative I'm struggling to comprehend.

From what's been posted on twitter, it appears that Elite can pay us the cash due for this season. I'm not sure if impacts anything in the future, but only limited pages have been tweeted.

Agreed. Lets hope its a false alarm.

I would separate that mindset of being disappointed with the prospect of Morelos being out with how we deal with playing Ross County. Absolutely we have the players to beat County even without several other first picks. But that doesn't detract from the way we have played in the last 3 games and why many will see the return of Alfy as a way to spark a bit of form.

Good performance from Polster. He looks keen to take his chance. Probably a better backup for Tav given that both look to get forward as often as possible.

Agree with what you say Ian. I hope he returns ASAP. No worries in the right back position with Polster though.

Disagree. When Tav doesn’t play teams double and treble up on the left hand side but leave the right hand side open. Polster played well but he was under little pressure. If Tavernier is in there, no way do County give that much space, which then stretches them on both sides. JFK is sport on in my opinion. It’s a sign of what we miss without Tavernier

Anyone else slightly concerned with our performances since the break? we seem to have lost all the exciting element to our play!!.

Surprised to see Aribo drop to the bench

It's now being reported on SSN.

Wondering if there's any connection between his calf injury and this incident ?

Unbelievable. I would echo @craig's sentiments in that case.

Apparently a Rangers spokesman has said "We believe there was an incident but we can’t say any more as it’s now subject to a police investigation."

It was SG who stated it.

You might be right, I hope you are. I agree every side will drop points, my concern has been the manner of them. We didn't lose them to sides who are better than us (even on the day), we lost them to sides that worked harder and dug in and fought for the ball. I do see that as a mentality issue. When our short, slick passing style is working we're a joy to watch, even in the cup final when we lost I can accept that it was just one of those things, the ball simply wouldn't go in. But against Aberdeen and Hearts, having been leading, we should have seen both games out. We didn't seem able to match their physicality and desire. I believe our players are as fit as theirs and are man for man better footballers. All that's left is mental strength. We bounced back from the Aberdeen draw fairly well, hopefully the Hearts defeat will prove to be a catalyst for a similar bounce. But there's a fragility to Rangers just now, and I'd argue that includes our support as well as our players. We've lost our last 3 domestic cup finals, it's nine years since we won something of consequence, it's inevitable that has some affect on the club.

We can now deal with Elite, is the jist of it (I think).

It will be a straight swap with Arfield and Kamara will definitely retain his place alongside Davis. Edmundson would have been more suited to Tynecastle than Ross County at Ibrox.