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We need a forward. We can't only have Dessers playing in that position for 90 minutes every week. We can't rely on McCausland every week so having someone else on the right would also be good. We may need a midfielder depending on how long Raskin is out for.

Santa with the cup

Was Roofe definitely injured? Looked tactical. 🤷‍♂️

2-0 Sima

I don't recall McCausland playing on the left for the first team. If it's a physical game then I'd have thought we'd want to have Sima in there. If we were to rest him, I'd expect Matondo to come in for him rather than switching Wright.

Clement isn't going to move away from his 4-2-3-1 that's been successful for him so far. Are you suggesting we play with 2 right wingers? Would Wright and McCausland not get in the way of each other?

It's not rocket science for the committee to conclude that a reasonable allocation would be the same allocation that every other team receives, and the same as we got the last time we got tickets there. To not reach that conclusion means you have an agenda and that you set out determined not to rule against celtic. There is no fair outcome to this other than to keep out opposing fans. The 800 solution is unfair as Rangers fans have a restricted view and are stuck out the way of the TV cameras, but it's the one that our club could live with, but it seems that Celtic will not accept this under any circumstances, probably because they know that this is the least advantageous to their club. The European allocation still has the issues that the 800 solution has, results in a lot of unused seats and has potential segregation problems. It's forced on the club for some European games but it's not one that the police would be happy with. It also means a lot of Gers fans being moved from their seats. It's also been suggested that Celtic wouldn't accept this anyway, so no point in proposing it and weakening our position. The full stand solution is a non starter. We sell too many season tickets and why would the club sacrifice our fans and much needed income upfront to be Celtic's bitches and accommodate them? Again this solution favours celtic given the relative positions of the support in the grounds. I know some fans are willing to bend over and give celtic everything they want so that they have a chance of attending Parkhead but our club and our season ticket holders would suffer more and I don't think we should entertain the idea. I accept it's an emotive subject and I probably wouldn't go to the games so I'm not losing out if there's no away tickets. I wonder what my view would be in the 90s when I went to every game we had at Parkhead, including that unforgettable evening in 99. I really don't know but as things stand I've got no issues with not hearing their sectarian bile at Ibrox.

We seem to have learned how to win when we're not at our best, which is a major step forward.

The John Lundstram MOTM award goes to John Lundstram.

The draw for the last 16 isn't made until after the play-off round in Feb.

Rangers 2 - 1 Aberdeen FGS Tav

Very proud of the team. Finishing top of the group and making the last 16 is a tremendous feat.

I see that FF has filtered "Bring him home" so that if you type that, it appears as "I have a large collection of butt-plugs" 😂

Yeah, what he's worth to us and what he's worth to them are 2 different amounts, plus I'm not sure if we would be able to afford more. We'll probably have to look at the loan market or the out of contract market

There's no way they'd accept that.

You'd have thought that he would be told in advance that he should find a new club and not have the freezing-out as a surprise, which appears to be what happened.

With anyone else, you may think that there was a bit of spin on it, but Sakala comes across as a genuine and truthful guy, and it's damning on Beale.

Fashion Sakala reveals lack of Rangers 'respect' from Michael Beale as teammates stunned by brutal Ibrox axe The Zambian left Glasgow in the summer and has revealed the frosty nature of his exit from Auchenhowie. Fashion Sakala has revealed his heartbreak over his Rangers exit - with Michael Beale giving him the cold shoulder without an explanation. The striker moved to the Saudi Pro League with Al-Fayha during the Londoner's summer rebuild. After moving to Glasgow from Oostende in 2021, the forward became well-liked within the support and was part of the side that reached the Europa League final. He also won a Scottish Cup while at Ibrox, and the boss who ended his Scottish spell was sacked by October. Speaking to the Herald, the 26-year-old has revealed how his relationship with Beale crumbled, and how he wished to have had a higher amount of respect than what he was offered through moves like not allowing him into the Rangers training ground. Beale had described their relationship as "really close" and "maybe even stronger than with anyone else in the group." Sakala said: "I went back to pre-season in Germany and it was a big surprise because my pictures were not taken. I was scoring beautiful goals and my goals were not published. I could see my friends celebrating goals. "When we had a team meeting, my answers were not allowed to be published. People started asking if I was there in pre-season. I was there from the beginning to the end. It was a hard one to take for me. "Even if there was a club that wanted to buy me, I could have at least been respected a little bit and leave the club in a good way. Rangers was a club that I felt was like my home and receiving that treatment was so hard for me." On his deteriorating relationship with Beale and Rangers exit overall, Sakala added: "That was the hard one. When I was coming back for the new season, I thought the coach would trust me. and want me there for the new season. He didn't talk to me about anything or any transfers. "He clearly showed me that I wasn't part of his plans without telling me anything. The time I received a call from Mick Beale was when he told me not to come to the training ground anymore. That was hard to take for me because I didn't do anything. Players leave clubs but they are not told not to go to the training ground, not told not to be part of the team. "I stayed without training with the club for almost two weeks. I think I deserved much better, I deserved to be respected at least. I understand you want to sell me to get money to buy new players, that is fine. "But let me just be part of the team, let me say goodbye nicely to my team-mates. When I received a call that I shouldn’t go to the training ground anymore, I didn’t see any of my team-mates anymore. It was hard to say goodbye in such a bad way to people who looked after me so well – Tavernier, Goldson – I had to talk to them on phones when it was time to leave. "It was hard for them to believe that I wasn’t allowed to go to the training ground anymore. It was sad the way I said goodbye to Rangers, it is very sad. I know the fans didn’t understand the role they were playing with me, but they really helped me a lot. “The favour I wasn’t getting from the managers, I was getting it from the fans, I was getting it from the players. I was pushing myself every day and working hard every day to do it for them because when I do it, I knew they would be very proud of me and would be singing my song and pushing me. "They played a bigger role for me there than some of the coaches I worked with at Rangers to be honest. “For me, the fans were more important than some of the coaches there. Except Gerrard, he was special.” I think this may be from the Record but copied from FF

Real Betis 3 Rangers 1 FGS Tav

I believe that there's a bit more to it than that but I'm going to leave it there.

Are the police clamping down on them because they're football fans or for other reasons?

It's there every week. Comes across as childish, as does the chant. Perhaps some of their complaints as highlighted by Gonzo are valid, but it's not as if they're all angels. They can't get up to some of the stuff that they do and not expect an increased examination. I'm sure there's faults on both sides.

But also take into account the cash they could make from European qualification if they keep him. That may value us out of it.

I'm going for Dessers. Got the important first goal and generally played well until he tired.

Think he was knackered at that point.