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Older Gersnetters will remember those wonderful annuals edited by Ken Gallacher, 'Playing for Rangers'? Every year for nearly thirty years, your Christmas stocking contained wonderful tales of derring-do and unbridled optimism for the remainder of the season. All the insight on new signings, cup ties won and lost, and an interview or two with unsung members of the back room staff. A shattering defeat in a Euro tie during early Autumn nights, was guaranteed to be revised. The conclusion was always along the lines of, "but for a couple of unfortunate peripheral factors ie baking heat in Spain, dodgy foreign food, and flight hold-ups, the result could have been reversed". My patience evaporated on a rain soaked night in Cologne. Leading 2-1 from the first leg, myself and five thousand other Bears were encouraged by manager, John Greig assuring us that he had a plan for Pierre Littbarski. The then young blond German was a true mercurial talent. We believe the plan was for Gregor Stevens to man mark Pierre, five minutes after half time, the big mark was Cologne 5 Rangers 0. Littbarski had scored one and made another couple. It was a hard night for Gregor, he didn't even get booked. Playing for Rangers review suggested the rain had made the surface unplayable. I wish someone had told Littbarski? These last ten weeks, I have been hugely impressed with Hollicom's game plan. Every Yahoo that ever kicked a baw and possessed a tongue was mobilised. Whether it was print or broadcast media, a prepared script was available, reinforcing the given briefing. Votes came and went, and again ahead of the developing curve, Rangers haters were brought to the conflict. Declaring ra Sellik worthy winners was the task, it didn't matter that Chris Sutton supported the Hollicom point, whilst at the same time providing reasoning why Liverpool should not be crowned English champions. Principles did not matter, proven by Cosgrove and Stewart being determined to deliver the provided sound bites. Reconstruction has come and gone too, and Neil, Rod, and Shifty McGifty have escaped without a glove being laid. Hearts are taking the legal road, a new Hollicom campaign will be unleashed, Budge had better be prepared. Scotland has no satirical outlets these days, the fawning cult of Nicola dominates. Her halo cannot be burnished. I suggest we acknowledge those regularly turning out for Hollicom, they should receive appropriate recognition. Now, in the British Isles, we award caps; I note in Holland, the players receive a small ceramic rabbit on international debut. I suggest if the chapters of Playing for Hollicom contain a Sutton, a Cosgrove, a Stewart, a David Low, ...... etc, they are most deserving of a Fresh Jobby in a Box. Of course, we must have a donor(s) with the constant ability to provide the necessary supply of Mr Whippys, curled on the cardboard, winking at you category. Those only capable of tapered at both ends category need not apply, it's an aesthetic thing. Let's open nominations and give the first eleven and five substitutes their Fresh Jobby in a Box.

Overnight, two substitutes have come off the bench for Hollicom. Herald Journo, James Morgan and NUS(Scotland) President elect, Matt Crilly. Morgan is a schemer, a dog whistling blind side passer. Matt is more direct, oh the exuberance and certainty of youth? Today's main football piece in the Herald is about Linfield's soon to be released away strip. It's a purple top with a diagonal orange stripe. It is evocative of the 1912 UVF flag . James Morgan pens a proclamation -"Rangers should take note of Linfield UVF style outrage". Rangers are not issuing this strip, Rangers have this week, released a couple of Castore training tops. James Morgan chooses to ignore this, he prefers, "Rangers have long traded on colour schemes that appeal to the lowest common denominator". There you go, James has a fantasy, expresses it, and achieves ejaculation with that last quote. James knows you know, a man in the know. A worthy successor to the Glasgow Observer's, Charles Quin. James hail hails from Lurgan and is a Spurs supporter. A man in his mid-forties, fantasy articles are his game. Last month, it was an improbable tale of Lisbon Lions in disguise, dyed hair and attached beards travelling to Donegal in the summer to secure an amateur trophy on behalf of the Carfin Emeralds. Such was the motivation, they defended it too. James says that everyone who hears the story, wants a film to be commissioned. Any Spurs fans from Lurgan can contact James for script details. Matt Crilly looks like a Hobbit, combs his hair with a toffee apple, and is desperate to plant his big halfling feet in the establishment side of the debate. Currently, President of the Strathclyde University Union SRC, he has been elected President of NUS Scotland. Matt will represent all under and post graduate students equally. Last night's statement from Matt proves this : "If we are to confront facism in Scotland, politicians need to be brave enough to talk about the role Rangers FC plays in perpetuating facist and racist policies. decent Rangers fans need to seriously overhaul what the club stands for". Let's hope Matt's devotion to the Green Brigade allows him time to tackle undergraduate debt, exploitative slum landlords, and apartheid education? Matt has closed his social media feeds. Don't worry, he'll be on a quest to claim his feeds were hacked. I have contacted the Alma Mater and asked them to remove me from the Alumni donations list I pointed out reference fascism, one sports ground in the UK was closed by government order for sustained Nazi chanting, Celtic Park for a month.

Here's hoping. Lots of suffering and misery surely isn't too much to ask for...

personally i think this is going to get really funny.

Klos Porrini Amoruso Moore Numan Kanchelskis Ferguson GVB Albertz Mols Wallace

Only one real duffer in that list and he played well enough for Dundee.

Random post alert but I was trawling through some old Rangers footage on You Tube and ended up going down a bit of a Dick Advocaat era rabbit hole. Over 20 years on and I consider this the best Rangers team I have seen. With the benefit of You Tube, it's easy to see why but at the same time it's easy to forget how bloody strong our squad was back then. The roster for those two seasons was frightening. Goalkeepers Charbonier Klos Neimi Defenders Amaruso Hendry Porrini Moore Vidmar Numan Adamczuk Midfielders Albertz Ferguson B. Reyna Van Bronkhurst Tugay McCann Kanchelskis Forwards Wallace Amato Mols Guivarche Dodds Johansson Rozenthal My memory is ropey at the best of times so can anyone remember why Numan played so few games in the 98-99 season? I do seem to recall one injury?

Caution: Banter Alert. But not if they chose Strathclyde.

Training it's more like the Peggy Spencer formation dancing troupe get them over to Gullane for a bit of conditioning sort out the wheat from the chaff.

I was just thinking this week what I'd give to have Tugay in our current team.

2 injuries. Sept-mid Oct and mid Dec-end of the season

People on Twitter are talking about £150K for Kamberi. That's a great price. Especially given his form for us. If we don't take him at that price then we must be looking at some really good alternatives.

We must pray for him to move down South. Maybe then we can stop talking about him and get back to chasing former Rangers players.

Of course Les Gray would say that... his team is second bottom and he’s desperate to start the season so nothing more can be done !

I won't be satisfied until Bergerac is on the case.

I thought their ex-chairman Leslie Deans(a lawyer) outlined why they’d win in court. Which probably is explains why Doncaster has been running around like a headless chicken these past few weeks pushing reconstruction to avoid court

I watch some highlights from their (Partizan Belgrade) matches and he has something about him - very unpredictable and clumsy but when it comes off, it's quite good. I suspect he didn't fit in at Ibrox, for whatever reason and the LCSF against Aberdeen was the end of his career here.

Not sure what your religion has to do with anything, particularly when Craig hasn't mentioned it. BTW Tim=Celtic fan.