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Right, before people start to argue over their handbags full of sarcasm, the statement from our captain is clear. Taking the knee in this situation is anti-racism and anti-racism only so please don't equate it with anything else. FWIW, perhaps an alternative method could be used to avoid the BLM comparisons but it is what it is so let's avoid the name-calling, sanctimony and anything else for a few secs each match-day...

You wait months to get back to Ibrox only to moan about your seat. Some people...

Seems we're not only team setting records today. Hats of to Ange and Celtic, earning their 1st opening day defeat in 24 years. Also, they've not won away from home since defeating St Johnstone on Valentine's Day.

Cracking first Saturday of the season. However, given SG's record in Gorgie, I'm not going to get too excited about Paedo FC losing there.

davis was about the only one i would give pass marks to.

Good 1st 20/30 minutes then we dropped off until we scored the 2nd then we came back onto a game and finished the match well. Another record achieved by this squad today. 3-0 is a good a start to the season.

I thought Gerrard summed the game up quite well. We started strongly, then the mentality changed and we kept taking too many touches, slowing and over-complicating the game. Then ended strongly. It's just that middle part where we need to find the easier solutions.

He was the only one who anticipated and moved for it. Gets his reward.

Like I said above: Wright has been our most lively player. He didn't start the game, but he's done well after being called up.

Very strong well balanced team , amazingly strong bench , this squad must be up with the strongest in our history , and best balanced .

What nonsense are you talking about? Kelly is better than Busquets and Kante combined.

Bit like Indyref 2 ?

The Full Anguish. It's been a thing these last 30 years, you get down the local Bistro, Brasserie, Cafe, ... salivating at the thought of the full Scottish. South of the border, it becomes the full English and, in the Province it is presented as the Ulster Fry. Pretty much, it's the same thing. A mixture of eggs, bacon, sausage, black pudding, ...... etc; accompanied by buttered bread rolls and strong tea. There are variations and options, mushrooms, tomatoes, baked beans, hash browns, haggis, fruit pudding and, kidneys. I am tolerant of all bar the parboiled white beans. I believe a Gentleman should reserve baked beans for supper, preferably at the Ritz Grill. If we accept a Gentleman does not eat baked beans for breakfast/brunch, I feel it's a short stretch to examine the part played by soda bread in an Ulster Fry. I was Battalion Adjutant some 35 years past and we had just completed one of those monotonous mobilisation exercises, ending up in Fallingbostel for four/five days post exercise reorganisation. Being a Cavalry Depot, the host Regiment was the Inniskillen Dragoon Guards. They made us most welcome, extending an invitation to attend their Mess Sunday brunch for an Ulster Fry. Waiters placed plates, each containing a tower of thick sliced soda bread, an equal sized slice of pigs liver and, topped with two poached eggs. Putting one's knife through the construction ensured yolk and blood flowed, absorbed by the soda bread. An accompanying goblet of chilled sherry was served thankfully, most necessary in pushing 'the Skins' take on their local cuisine, over the thorax. When my opposite number informed me they had slaughtered the pig and as tradition dictates, served the liver to special guests(us), it became a race as to which would burst forth first, my conscience or bile. On Wednesday evening, something was rotten in the state of Denmark. The national broadcaster was bilious, Tom English articulated the bile. Liam McLeod has just finished over two hours of commentary, finally opining, "It's finished three-two on aggregate in favour of the Danes, Celtic supporters are more used to glorious European nights". One Dandy handed back to another Don, Big Dick sighed heavily before allowing Tom to take centre stage in the Gang Hut. He began with a blustered volley, "If Bomber Brown had been placed in charge of Celtic as an undercover agent, he couldn't have made it worse than Celtic have themselves". Clearly, the thought of Rangers had began Tom's unsettled state. Earlier that day, BBC Scotland's website had put up a multi-paragraphed piece by the Limerick lad, stating anything less than a Treble and Champions League group stage football, was a Rangers failure in the coming season. Setting the bar so high that standing on one's tippy toes, stretching to touch with your finger tips, is not good for the abdominal muscles. The cramps must have been severe because Tom announced, "Rangers have two teams, their reserve team could win the league comfortably". Tom owned the pain with, "Rangers are ready for a gunfight, Celtic are armed with a pea-shooter". Tom's bile bubbled for several minutes, realising he had over used Rangers as leverage he became more soothing. He likes Big Ange', he's a straight talker. Celtic played well, "they were the better side in both games". Ange' is not to blame and Dermot must have loomed large because his next statement was, "Desmond is a very successful business man". Obviously perspiring and experiencing light headedness he recovered, "there's lots of money swishing around the club". Seriously, I don't know what's worse, Tom deliberately setting Rangers a high bar or utilising us to increase leverage on his beloved Bhoys? The Bomber Brown reference is particularly strange, maybe his playing for Rangers in an effective Champions League semi-final against Marseille gives Tom further dyspepsia? This time last year Tom wrote, "Celtic are overwhelming favourites to clinch a tenth straight Scottish title at the end of Neil Lennon's long journey. There will be no hiding place for Rangers fans". I suggest Tom leaves off the fried soda bread and baked beans, all those hardened sharp edges and fibrous pulses are hard to handle on the way back up.

I think footballers should stand against other criminal acts at the start of matches, in order to lead the way for society. Maybe a wave to stand against tax evasion (Messi, Ronaldo) and a bow to stand against child grooming (Adam Johnson and Leigh Griffiths). Fans should face prison sentences for booing these acts, undoubtedly. How dare paying customers question anything. As Tavernier says, the players aren't interested in political organisations - ignorance is strength.

A bit like last season , could have given it to 3 or 4 imho , first games are notorious and especially against a team with no interest in attacking .

Apparently Mr Gordon had a couple of great saves. To think they could do with a goalie too

That new boy they signed, Starfelt, looked genuinely awful.

You clearly haven't heard him commentate of a rugby match then.

Deal.

Eh... oops! My fault. Bassey added.

Kamara needs to go cost me total points for today?

Scott Wright scoring is a big positive for me from today. Similar to Kent from a couple of seasons ago in that he could do with adding some numbers to his game to gain some confidence and build on it. Scoring a goal like that in the opening game could be a big confidence boost. Over to you Andy Halliday.

Also voted for Wright but thought Hagi was playing very well before going off injured.

FT 3-0. Good start, poor for most of it, although it was controlled. Picked up 2 late goals.

Is that not a Red? He's just kicked Bassey on the ground.

Yes - 3-0 - time to declare Rangers

Get him off pens and free kicks ?

A little sloppiness creeping into our game. Need some changes IMO.

There we go: Sakala picking it up wide and running at defenders, creating problems.

It's certainly not his primary position. I suspect he's just getting minutes ahead of the CL games.

Lovely finish from Hagi! It squirms out to him, he shows composure to cut inside and smash it into the top near corner.

How many of you know that this is World Ranger Day? https://cites.org/eng/World_Ranger_Day_2021#:~:text=31 July 2021&text=Whether it's in tropical forests,other forms of wildlife crime. Nice touch from Livi to form a guard of honour. (Certain other team take note.)

Leon B, Roofe and Kamara banned from CL qualifier so might explain their participation today. SG did say after Real game that he had some huge decisions to make for today. Not a good start for me on RTV - kicked out twice so far ?

What do you mean "too clever for his own good"? It's our standard team, with a new signing playing up top. It's a strong team.

I’d have started with Itten before Sakala

This is the third time in my life as a Rangers supporter that a long barren period has finally come to an end and we start a new campaign in the slightly unfamiliar role of champions. The older I get, the more I understand how important it is to relish these moments and, given a decade of destruction and recovery since administration, this one is going to be beyond special.

Congratulations, you've described the "booers" to a "t" there. And still no constructive arguement as to why it's OK to boo our players who are simply showing their support to our players who have been racially abused. An honest question did you even bother to read Tavs letter? Did you read the part where he says everyone of our BAME players suffered racial abuse last season. Nothing to do with cancel culture or any other buzz words you want to throw about, all to do with supporting players who have received racial abuse. How can anyone justify booing players who are "kneeling against racism"?

But our players haven't been victim of tax evasion or child grooming as far as I am aware, they have however been victims of racial abuse. Reducing their stance against racism to sarcasm is trivalising (at best) the abuse they have and no doubt will continue to receive. Still no constructive arguement of why it is correct to boo them, just off the cuff sarcasm (lowest form of wit). My last words on this subject; taking the knee as a protest pre-dates BLM by almost half a century and if you can't / fail to understand Tavs letter or support our players (Or keep your trap shut for 5-10 seconds), take your support elsewhere.

It already has happened at the Brighton and Real Madrid friendlies - a very vocal minority. Who in their right mind gets back to Ibrox after 499 days and the 1st thing they do is boo our Championship Winning Team for an anti-racist gesture? Can fans not see how utterly mental that is? Did you read Tavs letter? Ever one of our BAME players was racially abused last season and their own fan boo them for sending out an.anti-racist message.

The issue for me isn’t booing (because that’s just not going to happen), the issue is a certain kind of fan who exudes sanctimony and takes it upon himself to go out hunting with a sharpened race card. Surely that’s a far bigger threat to unity than anyone who might feel inclined to boo.

What reason would any normal person have to boo our own players for making an anti-racism gesture? As far as I can tell, only someone who supports racism.

I’m fully behind the captain, and anything that can be done to kick racism and racists out of football, and indeed out of society in general, will get my support. I’m disgusted with what I’ve read tonight on Twitter in response to the release of this letter. There are some with tickets for tomorrow who are intent on booing our players making an anti-racism gesture. Frankly they are no more Rangers fans, or human beings for that matter, than Nicola Sturgeon or Neil Lennon. I heard a handful of boos at the Real Madrid game in the Govan Rear but I couldn’t see anyone doing it. The captain couldn’t have been clearer. It’s not politically motivated, it’s to try to get racism out of football and society. Nothing to do with BLM, just a message from our players that they kneel together against racism, which every true Rangers fan should fully support. Life bans for any racists booing our players anti-racism gesture. No room for racists at Ibrox, go and support all our players or don’t go at all.

A shame he felt he needed to write it but it's clear so hopefully those that have an issue take their boos elsewhere tomorrow.