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A special mention for / to RTV tonight. Brilliantly presented by Emma Dodds, analysis from Walter, Souness and Neil McCann and commentary from CT and Super Ally. Setting a standard that national broadcasters could only dream of matching.

Souness,eh? On the pitch: a rare mixture of class and aggression. Off the pitch: about the same. Mellowed somewhat, these days.

Magnificent result. Cannot describe how pleased I am. We never underestimated Galatasaray which was vital as they’re still a decent side with a very good coach in Terim. A great evening just a pity we couldn’t be there to enjoy it.

That’s an absolutely fantastic result. Heroes punching above our weight again.

Thankfully, we'll never know! He never hides has colours, always speaks well of the club, not something we are used to in the media.

Listening to Souness, unashamed to say I have a tear in my eye. God I miss these games ?

Ok, I am going to open the boards again. I will keep an eye on this for the next day or two. Had some proper bother repairing the tables and it's not normal to crash again after I only fixed it this morning, but hopefully we are good to go. really sorry to have closed the boards on a match day but the double posts/cache problem would just have got worse and crashed it completely eventually.

To take that argument to the extreme, then we might as well focus on finding a core of suitable loan players who can win us trophies now and forget about promoting from within. Personally I want us to win with a nucleus of players that we have developed and who have some affinity with the club. I am so glad that we haven't the glut of loanees which we had 2 seasons back.

Maybe they now have a manager whose mindset is not just to finish mid table and try for success.

It really is top class and what we deserve, instead of the sectarian bias we have to put up with in the Scottish gutter press

Like us all I'm sure, I'm just so fucking damn proud and buzzing. Sure we all seen a few Turks on SM giving it the big "We're coming". Well, now you're going...home empty handed! Superb performance with 2 great goals that command respect for any neutral looking. I think anyone who aims unfair criticism at Tav going forward really should take a step back and remember. A fantastic performance again by the skipper who I think is hitting his peak. Yes, he is going to fuck up but his positives FAR outweigh the negatives and I'm delighted for him as much as any. Scotty Arfield, what can I say except I was wrong to think he was done. A class above at times. Playing with smarts, guile, confidence and swagger. Well done lads, you've made my Friday here in Melbourne absolutely brilliant and it's only 7.30am with me still having to do a hard day's graft at work. Don't care though, cause we are the people!

Tav was just exceptional tonight, not just for his forward play, the contribution to the first goal and his goal, but defensively he was solid as a rock. MOTM for me. Shout out to Goldson, Helander, Kamala, Davis Arfield and Hagi who were all superb. No failures, even Alfredo played his part despite not have the best of nights in front of goal. Proud bear tonight!

I'd imagine there will be interest in a few of our players but there's no doubt we need another central midfielder. That has to be a big priority even with Jack available again and others such as Davis, Kamara and Arfield playing so well.

Hopefully spend and not sell.

These wins are crucial for recruitment too. When you beat teams like Porto, Feyenoord, Spartak and Galatasaray you earn respect on the international stage.

Tav again for me, every player was excellent, although I thought Morelos was poor. Tav's scoring and assist stats are absolutely outstanding since he signed for Rangers, and yet the amount of abuse he receives from Rangers fans is embarrassing, he has done this since he signed for Rangers!!! It has to be mentioned how well Arfield has been since fighting his way back into the team, what a player he is

I thought that was our best European performance, we managed the match excellently and score two cracking goals

Voted Tav but could easily have voted for Goldson, Helander, Davis, Kamara, Hagi or Arfield. Not really a failure in team, Borna got caught a few times, Alfie not at his best, but overall an other brilliant European performance and result. Gala are a big scalp for us and not many teams will look forward to drawing us as 4th seeds.

Made a very good side look pretty ordinary. Excellent performance

Why? Surely we have beaten higher rated teams than them?

It would be easy to pick either Tav or Scottie but i've gone for Kamara who i thought was superb all night.

That's the only negative from tonight; some of his lay-offs were good, most were careless. Seems to have lost his shooting boots. Still think we are a better team with him in it.

Hagi for me. He seems to be made for the European stage.

Loads of players played well. Kamara the best midfielder for me and Hagi the best of the forward three. Helander was very good and both full backs were a real threat. And Arfield did what he does. He had some hairy moments but he brings that threat from midfield that others don’t bring, he had other moments when he made great runs forward too. Loads to be positive about. It’s hard to believe we have two of our best players to come back in Aribo and Roofe.

Another superb Euro result. First half was scrappy but second period really was first class at times, typified by two excellent goals. Late consolation was frustrating but team reacted well and were comfortable as Gala went direct for last few mins. Gerrard, his staff and the players really deserve a lot of praise for qualifying three years in a row.

What a relief. We deserved it but that was a nervous ending.

And breathe

Aye, very even game, both teams have not looked like losing a goal, however we still have another gear to go up and we need to start testing the keeper, final 3rd from us is not at it so far

It's a positive message to put out obviously but the footage is now a bit stale and needs a rework. The ventriloquist fella is very good though. Glad we welcome talented showbusiness people of all types to Ibrox; Souness even has a magician's scarf on in that photo Ian posted above.

Very even first half, two evenly matched teams trying to find the right balance of attack and defence. It has felt very nervous, a bit squeaky bum time from about 20 mins in. That’s going to make for a very long night! It looks like it will come down to a bit of brilliance or a mistake to find a winner here, or perhaps a set piece. We are well in this, but need to up the tempo a bit and try to force the issue, force them back a bit, and get some shots in. On a separate note, am I the only one who cringes when watching the everyone anyone advert? I’ve got to the stage now I have to mute it.

I think the standard of the opposition has some thing to do with that

A tough match ahead but we're more than capable of winning this. As always, if we play well at the back and maintain our good attacking play of late, then we'll be in the group stages tomorrow.

All football clubs would have been out of business a long time ago if they were run only for profits. How many clubs anywhere continually show positive balance sheets?

Everton’s standards are falling, though. They only scored 4.

Yep. Another one. Not the only one either. There are a number at the club from what I am led to believe.

The departure of Mebude, Minor, clearly one of our most talented youths, given the identity of the acquiring franchise, has to be disappointing. However, our Club consoles us: "This summer we have recruited Tony Weston from Blackpool, who was much sought-after in the EPL having made his Blackpool debut in the FA Cup at only 16; we have recruited James Graham from Ross County who has been involved with the national team and, like Charlie Lindsay who joined us from Glentoran, had many options. “The combined spend to recruit these three exciting talents was less than the fee we will receive from Manchester City which is significantly greater than mandatory compensation figures." Frankly this is just making a virtue out of necessity. File along with "MacBumfarty's return from injury is like gaining a new player."