Tannochsidebear

yes but we have been quite careful with him with rotation when we are playing weekend/midweek consecutively over his time with us, but it seems now as we are thin for cover there we cant really afford to rest him.

Yes big Soapy for me too. Commanding performance. Can he now play 3 full games in a week? Really good performances from most of the team last night, but Souttar, Propper, Dio, Bajrami the pick of the bunch for me.

Could it be purely down to the Scottish referees?

Malmo 1 Rangers 2 fgs Dessers

Comparing his goals to the wee diving Jap directly doesn’t tell you everything as they have several other players also chipping in goals. For example I’m fairly sure I seen that Forrest, who only played about 6 weeks at the end of the season, scored the same as Cantwell who played all season. Outside Dessers & Tav, Cantwell might well have been our 3rd top scorer. Forrest was probably 7th or 8th. Probably got these stats a bit skewed but the point is a more general one which I’m sure can be seen.

Watched the first half again on Monday night as Premier were showing a full replay of the game, and the amount of really good chances Dessers misses in the first half is ridiculous. Grateful he took his 2 goals well, but he really should have had 5 or 6. It is these misses, coupled with big misses in OF games, that make a lot of bears believe he is not good enough. All fair and well scoring 7 for the season already, but when he should be on about 15 including an opening goal in a big OF game, it isnt hard to see why he isnt being entirely lauded.

Jefte easily the best player for me. Dessers scored two, won a penalty and still missed another 4 or 5 good opportunities. I thought Barron had his best game to date, only one stupid mistake this week so hopefully he is learning to cut those out his game and concentrate on his better attributes. Liked Bajrami but think he is wasted out wide, get him in the 10 slot! Honourable mention for big Soapy, another stellar performance.

Motherwell in the semis, definitely happy with that.

United 0 Rangers 2 fgs Dessers

Bheasts goalless at HT at home to Jambos. Brave young referee gives an early booking to a bheasts for a poor tackle, and then a penalty to Hearts when Shanklands header from a corner hits the outstretched arm of Scales. A full 2 minutes of McGregor in his face, touching his arms, gesticulating, and clearly trying to influence the referee. When VAR does their usual and says in his ear “you don’t want the hassle mate, have another look” then this behaviour pays off as the referee goes to the monitor which is located right in amongst the bheasts fans who are all screaming at him, sees exactly what he seen when he gave the penalty, and bottles it and overturns the decision. I don’t think it’s paranoia to think that if this was at Ibrox, the penalty would stand because we would not spend that time trying to put doubt in the referees mind, and VAR may not see enough to suggest a review.

It depends who we are playing and where. Id have quite a different side for a home game v Bottom league side as opposed to an away game in Europe or piggery. Also need to see more of the newbies to see the quality they bring. At this stage all I know is what players I don’t want to see in any Rangers side, which sadly is still several. But I’m hoping by this time next year the squad will be unrecognisable from Beale’s bottlers.

Been out all day, has the fixture lists been released yet?

oh ffs that is the opposite of the kind of draw the bheasts got. Our luck just goes on and on and on....

No point waiting till the team is announced for this one, heart ruling head as i'd bite your hand off for a draw but lets go for a 2-1 win with Dessers finally not fluffing a big chance in an OF game.

The complexity of the draw means that it will be done mostly by computer and take about an hour to complete. If it was done by hand it would take 3-4 hours and require over 900 individual balls apparently. While we will know the teams we will play at some point tomorrow early afternoon, we will not know who we play on which matchdays, home or away, etc until sometime on Saturday as the Europa, Conference & Champions (sic) leagues all have to be put against each other to avoid logistical issues like two clubs in same city playing on same/consecutive days. So while the CL draw is later today, there will be no rush to the Ryanair website by teatime tonight as the actual matchdays wont be known for all 3 comps until Saturday. Not much point even watching it then!

Good old cheatin Beaton, the shitebag's shitebag.

I wonder if there is a deal to be done for Hagi to stay. If the issue is Clement can’t justify a £6k pw increase in his wages if he plays him, but Hagi wants to stay, I wonder if that clause could be replaced and a solution found that suits both parties, even short term?

Well when you put it like that..........................we are totally fecked!!

Rangers 3 County0 fgs Dessers

Another own goal by the Onion Bears. Just how ridiculous and embarrassing do you get than trying to nick a drum off the visiting dozen or so fans. I wonder what repercussions there will be for this? The individual surely given a lengthy ban is a no-brainer. The UB as a whole banned for a game, a month, a year, indefinitely? How many more times do they bring our name down before we act? And dont get me started on them murdering a beautiful Scottish song that would be better placed as our National anthem than the cringe-worthy FoS.

Jefte was good but i'm going for someone I never thought I would ever vote for and that is Matondo. He had the full back on toast in the first half and looked the only real threat. A couple of the subs made an impact but overall I give my first ever (and probably last) vote to the Welsh winger.

Should have just left it as it was!

Rangers 2 st j 0 fgs Danilo

I’m also a Rays fan since going to a game in 2007 and have been a few times but not for a few years now. They operate in a really tough league with the 2 biggest teams in baseball and have still managed to be competitive in recent years. interesting theory re the tanking but it is probably more accurate to say we are trying to correct the errors of the last 2 years and just get the budget back on track.

Yes we bottled it at the end of last season, but it could and should have ended better with only our late subs costing us a win at Tynecastle and then more cheating officials costing us a cup double. I am onboard with you on lack of an obvious shape or style, I was hoping to see that by now but again PC has said all throughout pre-season it will take time and the lack of new players is hampering this situation. Imagine what could have been done if we had (as I and others wanted) got rid of Beale at the end of the 22/23 season and brought in PC then with the amount of cash Beale spunked on absolute diddies being given to Clement. Most of Beale's signings were done early in the window as well which gave him a lot of pre-season to work with. This summer is the exact opposite of that, with no budget, only replacing one out one in, more injuries and players coming back from Euros, long injuries etc, and PC having to try to get something out of players he knows are not what he wants. He is not Guardiola, he cant just make this squad of diddies play total football, the squad at this stage is not his finished article of even close to it. It really is all about patience (not our strong point!) and not ramping up the pressure on the team, although the same cant be said for our board. I thought Bennett said a new CEO was going to be appointed within a week of his interview? Still nothing. No further update on the steel that was supposed to be landing in days, or any consolation that the timescale for the end of September is on track.