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Not matter what happens in the remainder of the game, what a wonderful European adventure we've had with some real highs Not forgetting the much needed income it has generated. Refocus and go again this season

It's for the SPFL ,..for all the wonderful work they've done recently .

Nah, definitely not Cammy. That was a fantastic ball and a perfectly timed run. Sometimes you have to simply hold your hands up and accept an expertly executed goal. That was one of them.

Goldson MOTM tonight, he has been excellent

I was looking to avoid extra time, to save the legs for Inter Milan...

How good has Goldson played! outstanding from the big man

They are head and shoulders above us in every department

97 Pollockshaws Road is immediately across the street from the Brazen Head pub, the premises is the old Railway workers social club. Haughey bought the building twenty years past. Any broadcast company containing Paul Cooney is long term careful hate towards Rangers and Rangers supporters. Conney is a former Sellik PRO. He attended Langbank Seminary, trained for the priesthood. Sir Jimmy Gordon, Paul Cuddihy, and other old Aloysiusians made application to the Home Office for a broadcast license in 1973(Radio Clyde), they persuaded Cooney to leave the Seminary and join as a teenage runner. Cooney left Clyde to become Sellik PRO, returned after two years because the family dynasties did not listen. He became Chief Executive and Managing Director at Snyde, all under Gordon't tutelage. He left when Bauer Media bought the controlling interest. If Richard Gordon is involved, then it's classic Cooney, think Big DJ as Cooney's useful idiot for two decades. Rangers should move to end any association soonest.

5 Things to Know About the Exciting Swiss Striker 1. He Had a Standout Season With St. Gallen Itten just had his best season for St. Gallen, and in fact the best of his career so far. He scored 20 goals in 36 appearances across all competitions, helping Die Espen finish second behind BSC Young Boys - their best league finish since 2001, and their best ever Super League season. Itten scored 19 times and got seven assists in the Super League, a truly prolific campaign up front. He finished as the league’s second top scorer behind Jean-Pierre Nsame, with the best goal tally for a Swiss player since Alexander Frei, Switzerland's all-time leading goalscorer, in 2012. The numbers do not lie for Itten, whose contributions have made up a third of all of St. Gallen’s goals this season. He will be a huge loss at the kybunpark after a dazzling season in Switzerland, but St. Gallen’s loss is undoubtedly Rangers' win. 2. He Scored Six Minutes Into His Switzerland Debut Itten earned his first call-up to the Switzerland national team last November, picked for the Schweizer Nati’s Euro 2020 qualifiers. Vladimir Petković's side needed two wins from two to qualify, in their final games against Georgia in St. Gallen and away to Gibraltar. He was a substitute against Georgia, but as the game stood goalless with 20 minutes to go, Itten replaced Albian Ajeti. Six minutes after his introduction to the game, he headed home brilliantly from Denis Zakaria's cross, securing a vital 1-0 win. Itten deservedly started the next game against Gibraltar, scoring a brace as the Nati ran out 6-1 winners and qualified for the now-delayed tournament. His return of three goals in two games was the perfect start to life with the national team, as he hopes to make the final squad for the tournament next summer. 3. He's Excellent in the Air If you have to choose one of Itten’s traits as his best, it is his heading. Every great striker is a marksman with their head, and the Basel-born man is no exception. Two of his three Switzerland goals were with his head, and he scored five headers this season alone for St. Gallen. Standing tall at 6'2, it is no surprise that Itten is clinical in the air. He rarely wastes chances crossed into him, and is exactly the type of player you would want on the end of a tantalising cross. Signing for a team who play with a lot of crossing is the perfect style for him, and it will certainly suit him well when he steps onto the pitch for the first time. 4. He Is a Product of FC Basel's Famed Academy While Itten joins Rangers from St. Gallen, it all started at Swiss giants FC Basel. A Basel boy himself, Itten arrived at the club's academy in 2007 aged 10, with the RotBlau's youth setup renowned and admired across Switzerland. During his time at St. Jakob-Park, Itten played alongside a number of current Swiss internationals. To name a few, he played with the likes of Borussia Dortmund's Manuel Akanji, Borussia Mönchengladbach's Breel Embolo and West Ham's Albian Ajeti. Although Itten only managed four goals in 26 games for FC Basel, he has since flourished after loan spells at FC Luzern and St. Gallen. His record of 0.57 goals per game for the latter is a promising figure, one which earned him the move away to Scotland. 5. Itten Is The Perfect Target Man Itten is the classic striker: always in the right place at the right time. His aerial prowess means he is effectively deployed as a target man, alongside his strength as a poacher. Whether he is playing as the lone striker or with a partner - such as Ermedin Demirović at St. Gallen - he can be relied on to find the net. His positioning and awareness in the box is a crucial trait, always working his way into the box and in between the defenders. Itten’s simple yet intelligent runs cause many problems, as defences lose track of him and allow him in to bare in on goal. Any team needs their striker to be expertly positioned, and that is something Itten has done since his early days at FC Basel. As long as he is getting quality service in the final third, he will have no trouble finishing off team moves and scoring goals. https://www.90min.com/posts/cedric-itten-5-things-to-know-about-rangers-exciting-swiss-striker

Fifty nine: After 59 minutes on the 20/02/2020 we were 0-2, v Braga in Hummel chevrons familiar to us but with change shorts removing their usual colour scheme from confusion with Arsenal. They looked relatable but unique, neither too different nor too ordinary. Their opening goal, pinged in from a distance almost as long as the Brazilian scorer’s full name, may have stemmed from a Rangers mistake but, in execution, looked so much like one of Ryan Jack’s brace at Ross County earlier in the season. In short, my admiration for the visitors was matching my sadness for us hosts. These guys were slick, cool and classy. If it had to be anyone I was glad it was them. In Europe, Stevie G’s Gers don’t do Hearts- and Hamilton-style humiliations. We beat who we should beat and only lose after epic struggles. Braga did induce some boos at this point. They were taking so long to celebrate the goal which had surely won the tie. But most of us were quite happy for them to take their time. This was a team who hadn’t lost their previous 13 European ties. They’d done super rich Wolves at Molineux. The BT clock hits 60:02 before Ruiz is back in his own half and Ryan Kent can finally restart the game. Sixty minutes. I spent much of the next five minutes worrying we might get skelped. We don’t embarrass anyone in Europe under Gerrard but we don’t get embarrassed. Then it hit off the back of number 60 and into the Copland net and within a heartbeat we’re winning 3-2 and, six days later, amid unseasonal sun and Iberian balm, precisely as the clock hit 60:00, Connor Goldson made the interception which led to the only goal of the night – the killer pass played by Ianis Hagi, the man who’d really won the tie, who was born on 22 October 1998, the night we beat Bayer in Leverkusen in the UEFA Cup. I wondered who we’d draw in the next round... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To misquote a German born ten months before Bayer Leverkusen, to write poetry in the middle of a global pandemic is barbaric. But Theodor Adorno was an accomplished composer as well as a renowned philosopher, and he wouldn’t fail to see the lyrical symbolism of Steven Gerrard’s two European campaigns as Rangers manager. Gerrard’s first competitive game in charge of our club was a Europa League qualifier first leg, won comfortably at Ibrox on, of all 2018 dates, the 12th of July. The last game his Rangers played before we entered those four Covid-afflicted months without our club – when over 46,000 Rangers fans last breathed the same air as our team - was a Europa League Round of 16 first leg. Between times he led us through two epic qualifying round campaigns and two exhaustingly tight group stages. Rangers produced the most thrilling of all their performances to triumph over Braga in the 2019-20 round of 32 but “easy” is a rare concept in these unrelenting European runs. It’s fitting we’ve had to wait five months to play our 32nd UEFA competition game under Stevie G. It’s trite to say even Covid-19 couldn’t put this side out of Europe. But one year before Gerrard’s arrival, our all-time most humiliating European result came, like a tacky limerick, against a club called Progres. From March to August 2020, while the SPFL divisional titles were called early and we pondered another domestic silverware blank, there was something almost inevitable about each leg of this tie straddling lockdown like a heroic couplet. A second leg providing another 3-1 win for the away team would complete the most beautiful rhyme imaginable but, if I’m honest, this Thursday I just want to see us make a game of it - maybe even a tie. Live Podcast this Sunday This Sunday at 9.30pm we'll have another Gersnet Podcast live on Youtube. Don't miss it and remember you can take part via the chat facility! VISIT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL Leverkusen aren’t as match fit as ourselves, their last competitive game being the German Cup final of one month ago. They’re a side who missed out on the 2020-21 Champions League thanks to occasional, massive glitches in form, losing by the kind of score-line which would indeed put us into the 2019-20 Europa League quarter-finals. But their usual form is sublime. They can still easily qualify for that Champions League by winning this Europa League outright. The total lack of fans in the Bay Arena this Thursday may have freaked them out slightly more than us if it hadn’t been for the fact they acclimatised to it when the Bundesliga restarted and completed 2019-20, from May to July. Most of that was live on BT Sport and Leverkusen, as the last team I’d seen win in the flesh, were of particular interest in this first few weeks of football back on the telly. They were as worryingly impressive from my sofa as they were from my seat in the Main Stand. Wunderkind Kai Havertz may be off soon. However, even if he departed for pastures Chelsea before Thursday, Leverkusen have quality all over the park and seem to produce child prodigies faster than oor Alfie gains fat in the off-season. Florian Wirtz became, at one month over 17, the Bundesliga’s youngest ever scorer back in June with a consolation against Bayern bloody Munich. Our own main hope is that Mr Morelos does like Daniel Cousin at Parkhead in August 2008 and advertises himself to the continent’s big spenders by putting in his finest performance yet. But even if, come kick-off, Alfie’s disinterested, 'unavailable' or even sold, it’s when you have the phrase “we’re up against it” on your lips, but can’t quite spit it out, that you realise exactly what Gerrard’s done for us. Villarreal effectively beaten on away goals in two group stage draws with a Liga side; Rapid Vienna, Legia Warsaw, Porto and Feyenoord beaten at home – the last three all unable to beat us on their own patches; Braga beaten home and away when we suspected they may be a step too far and then looked like a side on a different level for one sobering Ibrox hour. For me it’s easy to imagine Gerrard communicates to his side what he experienced as a player: Being expected to win, especially domestically, can be a burden – up against it, usually in Europe, invariably produces magic. For every domestic embarrassment under Stevie there is a nine men in Ufa, a one down after mere seconds at El Madrigal and a heading for extra time knowing one slip against Legia Warsaw denies us the group stages. We’ve only conceded four goals once under Stevie G and that was during a crazy Muscovite night which saw us winning 3-2 and have a perfectly good fourth disallowed. He may have won more European trophies as a player than Rangers have in their entire history but we’re a club that should always worry Leverkusen. Surviving in Europe, in terms of pure time, longer than any other Scottish club in any one season is another strange boast to add to our historic continental collection. As well as becoming the first side ever barred from defending a European trophy (1972), we enjoyed Europe’s biggest ever quarter-final win (1960-61) the season after we suffered the biggest ever European semi-final loss (1959-60) – both against German clubs. As a player Gerrard won the previous version of the competition, also in North Rhine-Westphalia, in nearby Dortmund. He scored in that final (along with his current assistant Gary McAllister), just as he did in Istanbul when things seemed impossible for his side in his first Champions League final. After he hit the net in Istanbul Liverpool still trailed 3-1, just as Rangers do going into Thursday’s game. My ambition is always for us to win the tie. If we do, watch out world. But what I need at the very least is our result against Leverkusen, the only side to score three at Ibrox against Stevie G, to make a respectable closing line for these two epic European runs. Everyone involved deserves a standing ovation, even if it is from our sofas. Reflecting on our most recent Europa League campaigns, our support must understand they’re more than the equivalent of lifting either domestic cup – that, in terms of marking our progress under Gerrard, they have been sheer poetry. 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simply beaten by a much better team . The next part of the rebuilding must be the midfield , saying that that Bayer team are class . On another note I really hope the Morelos transfer goes through , if it doesn't and the fans turn against him we will end up with a player that we wont get a bean from , either on or off the park .

Disgraceful

Fairly well organised defensively but apart from a 5min spell before the water break, we've not laid a glove on them. Our use of the ball is poor, our touch is poor, our decision-making poor and our press also lacks cohesion. Leverkusen are a very good side but I feel we're offering them just a bit too much respect at times.

I'm kind of hoping this is Morelos' last match - he's looking so poor. (Wish him all the best, of course -- loved the wee man --, but maybe it's time...)

Before anyone asks, Barisic, Helander, and Jack are on 2 yellows each and have to be careful regarding the quarter final.

97 pollockshaws road Practically next door to the infamous Brazen Head pub nice place for a pub lunch

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Rasellik, when it has felt the need to comment at all, has parroted the separate entity line under legal advisement. This defence, as far as I can see, is that de iure -technically legally- they were distinct organisations. That is probably a valid, if strictly formal, argument. The victims position is that de facto, by practice, by habit, by repute, and through informal quasi-contractual and financial arrangements, they were not. Those peddling rasellik view are most likely to be held responsible solely in the court of public opinion, more's the pity. (Unless, of course, they engage in perjury, or otherwise attempt to defeat the ends of justice; or have other criminal charges laid against them. )

Made me wonder as well. So much so, after reading the club's partnership announcement I thought I would download the Go Radio app. There is a nightly 90 min Go Radio football show. I missed tonight's, but thought I'd have a listen to last night's offering. Nearly fell off my chair. A phone-in format, hosted by none other than Shortbread's Big Dick Gordon, with BT Sport's Stephen Craigen riding shotgun! There is also a female presenter but she appears to do little more than thank people for calling. The hot news was Rangers had just confirmed the signing of Roofe. Dick, through gritted teeth asked Craigen to list the qualities he would bring. Stephen duly obliged via a brief synopsis of his previous clubs. We then had ONE Gers fan on the line to give his views. Apparently this fan was with us through the dark days, so an ideal opportunity for both to mention days out to outposts Brechin, Stranraer et al. Excruciating stuff! Dick then informed us, of another possible deal breaking for Cedric Itten. He pronounced his name with some weird Allo' Allo' accent that left the lady presenter impressed by his French Oral skills. Craigen pronounced categorically Rangers would not have 4 strikers. Quickly the subject move on to the "Are Bournmouth a bigger club than Rangers? debate and I gave it up! I would have thought a new innovative Glasgow Radio Station would have been able to ditch the old Scottish hacks that plague PQ, BT, Premier etc. Clearly not. A Partnership? Makes one wonder...??

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At a club level, Rangers have amassed 18.0 coefficient points, Celtic have chipped in 16.5, Aberdeen 3.5 and Kilmarnock 1, giving Scottish club an average coefficient of 9.750. To put the achievements of Scottish clubs into context, Liverpool amassed 18 coefficient points with Real Madrid contributing 17. https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/sport/18622952.remarkable-coefficient-stat-no-one-talking/

Even when one of those games they have to play with EIGHT players out is Celtic at Parkhead ? You won’t be saying that if we lose the league by a couple of goals on goal difference and the Tims have pumped Aberdeen 7-0 in that same game !

I don't know how many of that 8 are first picks but 6 of them started on Saturday and they also have Considine suspended. I would be livid if our players had put themselves at that kind of risk in an already injury and suspension depleted squad.

Bet celtc don't have to play if it happens to them.

The same pre-season that saw him dumped into the development team training sessions instead of the first team ?

Defending Rangers from the likes of Sutton and Hartson ?

Disappointing to see some of the posts about Morelos. He’s hit a barren spell at the moment. All strikers go through this. It’s in our best interests to have him in the team scoring goals again whatever happens.

Disappointed to lose tonight but the tie was over after the first leg.

For the NHS, I presume, and the German equivalent; the medical professionals.

You know what? Morelos should be hooked. What's the opposite of a black hole? It's just bouncing off him.

Not much wrong with that goal. great pass, Tav simply outpaced, great touch and finish

On a more positive note, our best centre back, Helander, has been fantastic.

I was thinking of most recent games as opposed to just tonight. He surrenders possession too easily for me

Hagi, Jones or Stewart would do. Kent can go on the last man if need be. Morelos has been awful.

They're actually letting us come out a little, which is catching us by surprise, I think. We're therefore not as compact as we should be - to allow for those counters to develop. We've lacked a bit of quality in the final third. There were a couple of promising openings. They're a tidy side.

I wouldn't trade Morelos for either Roofe or Itten or both together. We need all three plus Defoe as extra back up.

I thought the same about Chris Sutton.... and was right.

Here's Barker for a hat-trick then ....

In some ways, the current board are doing a great job. In other ways, they're f*cking useless.

Don't even want to take part in this one. Might jinx a historic comeback.

If we had lost 2-1 at Ibrox, I'd have said we have a very slim chance. As it stands, there's no chance (in my opinion).

Interestingly enough, when mentioning the 11 and a winger's shirt ... my first thought was of McCann (though he wore the 8 more often than not (?)) and Laudrup. But that all comes from an age where the 10 was a striker's shirt ...

Sometimes I think Youtube compilations can be very good. You could tell from Aribo's one that he was a very good player with huge potential. I think number 9s are harder because Youtube shows you they can score strikers goals, but the best strikers aren't distinguished by the type of goals they score but how often they can do it.