Tannochsidebear

Disappointing capitulation but absolutely not a surprise. Must take those chances in first half hour which I thought we were playing quite well up till then. When Sakala goes through one on one I didn’t even get up or get excited, he is so poor in those situations it was inevitable he would hit the keeper. What was sadly more interesting was the utter lack of fight in the last half hour, from the manager right throughout the side. I know the league has been done for weeks but that’s defeats now at the piggery, Hampden and pittodrie where it’s a big mental battle on top of the physical one. Im not a fan of Mr talkalotbutdeliverlittle aka Mick Beale and I’ve said from day 1 of his reign I expect it to be shorter than Gio’s but I’m clutching onto 2 good additions he made in January (he stated he expected 4 but only got 2) and hoping this summer window is productive. I’m more interested in leavers than incoming as we can’t move forward until we get rid of a large number of players and get their wages off our payroll. One meaningful game left this season, one last chance for most.

It's a no from me. They have not come anywhere near close to impartiality in recent times, just read 26th's regular updates for what goes on with that broadcaster. They dont get to slaughter us at every point, then reach out the odd time so they can claim to tick the "balanced" box. I would be informing them that up until now there has been no degree of impartiality, but if they showed over coming weeks and months a bit of balance then perhaps a future appearance would be considered.

When everyone has paid for next season of course!

I only want players who are fit and available to play on demand, not having to be managed due to age. If you need to pay an experienced internationalist like Arfield a full time wage, then you should be expecting him able to cope with playing as often as we play. If he cant, then replace with someone who can who may not have the experience, but is available and of similar qualities on the park. I really like Arfield as a player, but these type of players have not worked out well for us in recent years, and I do not believe we have got value for them, and as a result have also stifled youth development into the first team.

I think we are going to be paying the price for our summer 22 transactions for a long time. Giving the 3 auld yins another year was bad enough, giving Goldson a double your dough contract was insane, not getting rid of the always injured (Helander, Roofe, Jack, Oforboh) and not selling or renewing the two with resale value (Morelos Kent) and bringing in Matondo, Davies (decent but not at that price) Souttar (injury prone) Ridvan (v.expensive backup & injury prone) and no doubt others i've managed to block out already. This was the main reason I doubted Wilson's ability. This is his main remit, to manage the squad numbers, contracts etc and where necessary to overrule the manager and say you cant give those 4-5 whose contracts expired another deal if you also want to bring in 5-6 new players and only sell 2. Just look at our CL campaign where we had no CH's and had to play a midfielder and a teenager due to the dreadful management of the squad through the summer window. So for this summer, we are not going to be able to right all of these wrongs at once so I will be happy to let those out of contract leave to bring the squad number down, get rid of the ones who are not available often enough or where we have enough cover (so bye bye Kamara Lundstrum Jack from that one position) and try to free up enough wages to bring in a couple of players who instantly improve our first 11 line-up. A new goalkeeper with McCrorie as backup and McGregor (sadly but necessary)& bottle-merchant McLaughlin both away is an essential first step, and then it is just a case of do what we can in this window to try to create a good first 11. I dont expect massive numbers in, but I do expect massive numbers out.

Dont see what being 34 has to do with it. Messi is 35, would you not use him every week?

How feckin dare they. If a bear wants to buy a ST , giving a huge amount of cash to Rangers and then doesn’t go to any games, surely that is their right to do so. What if I buy a ST, don’t like what I see and refuse to go back until XYZ happens, how do I effect my protest if the club then take my ticket off me and sell it for the second time to someone else?

I’m satisfied with that line-up. It’s now up to the tactics and desire and fight from the players. If we get that right, we win. Let’s do this!

Scum 1 Rangers 2 fgs Tillman

I see this as the major influence on the outcome tomorrow. He has twice messed up against the bheasts in his 2 matches against them this season. Poor game management and substitutions in the new year game, and a dreadful selection in the final. Has he learned from this or will we see another overly respectful pine-up which is selected to try to cope with our opponent while ignoring our own strengths and letting them worry about us. I think we will have a fair idea how this game is going to go about an hour before kick off tomorrow. I'll either be just as deflated and anxious as I was on the walk over from Shawlands to Hampden, or right up for it and looking forward to it. If we select the correct line-up and formation, and do not make early mistakes which gift them a goal, then we will be in the hunt for victory, and it may come down to the use of the bench. I really hope Beale has learned the painful lessons and even I will be right behind him if this happens.

Rangers 4 dirty Arabs 0 fgs Sakala

I thought I could sense timmery in all its ahem, glory, seeping through from the photo, thanks for the explanation 26th. Obviously with Peter Martin being involved I have never bothered to take any interest in such a program.

I recognised Rough, who is the other guy?

Motherwell 1 Rangers 2 fgs Cantwell

3.2 shots per game and 34 games means over 100 shots and 13 goals doesn’t seem a very good return. Perhaps the stattos amongst us can compare this against other strikers? £6M for a 13 goal striker in a poor league seems excessive but that’s what happens when we only seem to look in the most overpriced market in world football.

Rangers 4 Raith 0 fgs Colak

Jack for me, a quite sublime performance. And Beale went for Kamara and Lundstrum ahead of him for the final, insanity. Sakala was very good but makes bad choices far too often, same for Kent. Raskin & Cantwell continue to impress.

Still no word from the club about an agreement with Hibs to show at EH? I seem to recall for the Hearts game it was fairly short notice to show it at Bar72 (before EH opened of course) so I am still hopeful of some late news. If anyone hears anything, can they post here please?

I've gone for the blond Lowry like most others. He had a smashing game, and hope this is the lower end of the standard we can expect for our outlay. Raskin next in line but he looked jaded in the second half when Killie changed to a pressing game and he didnt have the freedom of the pitch to operate in. Raskin does look like a proper midfield player though and it makes it a sackable offence for Beale to select Lundstrum over him last week. I'm not getting over that any time soon. The worrying aspect was that while we put in only our third decent first half performance in 16 games under Sir Talkalot, in two of those 3 games we have not turned up for the second half. In the other 13 games we havent turned up for the first half and played better in the second half. Only Tynecastle did we put in a complete performance. One good game in 16. Somehow 14 wins have been miraculously achieved in that run, which is certainly papering over the cracks which are pretty wide if you peek under the paper. Onto Easter Road and another tough fixture at a difficult venue. Hopefully our last visit to Edinburgh inspires us.

Rangers 3 Kilmarnock 0 fgs Morelos

It seems Sky can’t be arsed with our games anymore, is this now the 3rd away game in 4 that hasn’t been shown? I watched the Hearts game in Club72 and it was a pretty good setup. Does anyone know if the club is planning to repeat this, or even to show it in EH? Not sure I can be bothered going through to Easter Rd in freezing temperatures and not getting home till midnight with a 5.30am start, but prefer to watch alongside fellow bears instead of the wife!

Raskin for me, looks a class apart from the other dross on show on Sunday. Mcgregor only had one save I can remember (have i blocked most of this game from my memory already!), but certainly had no blame at either goal so would be up there by default. Of the rest the subs were the best on show, which says it all about the team selection.

Let’s do this Rangers. Battle fever on! These games usually are won by the hungrier team, or a moment of brilliance/stupidity. Would really love to put that pompous arrogant Ange back in his cage today.

Rangers 2 tims 1 fgs Kent

And so they continue to ramp up the pressure on the officials. Why say nothing about huge celtic fans Frank Connor (plenty of previous of cheating against us) and Kevin Clancy who are also part of the officials and are so so much worse than Beaton & (celtic supporting) Walsh. I would like to think that these officials all take themselves off social media and dont read papers and listen to phone-ins for the week leading up to a big final like this as only then can they truly believe they can go out and do their job as well as they are able to (which usually isnt great anyway). Sadly I think they will all be lapping it up and looking forward to being the ones in the spotlight. We really have to be 3 goals better than them to get a draw.