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I think so, he has been getting a bit of grief on twitter and other social media but I cant understand why, he had a much better game than Goldson. He looks much better at centre back than he does in midfield.

Incredible. It was Colaks best game for us yet.

Colak for me, special mention for Lundstram and Sands. Sands seems to be getting a bit of criticism after the game. Cant think of anything specific he did wrong and dealt well with de Jong when he had to, although it looks like de Jong played off Goldson. McLaughlin pulled off a couple of good saves and played the ball about well at the back.

Goldson hasn’t started season well

Injured

Not a great performance to be honest. Looked shakey at the back for the latter part of the game. Looked constantly vulnerable from corners which is not acceptable. didn’t create much going forward. Kent and Lawrence ineffective going forward. Tillman quiet and looked off the pace. great football for our first goal and thereafter. Don’t think we created anything of substance in the second half. Colak forced a save from a half chance out wide and the keeper gifted us a goal. All to play for in Holland.

Bit light on centre back cover from the bench with only King available. Good team. Let’s go.

That's true, I'm more thinking from the perspective of we have punched above our weight in Europe last few years and underachieved domestically. This season i wouldn't be disappointed with domestic success over Europe this season, but longer term and in general i agree fully with you on that.

In all honesty, I'd be delighted if we had 6 games against the likes of Real Madrid, Liverpool and Inter then focused on the domestic trophies this year if we didn't qualify.

Benfica, Porto, Villareal have all managed it and we have more than matched them recently. No reason why not.

de Jong would be a good striker for us. Excellent in the air. Would be great attcking crosses v the park the bus mob. We need to watch him closely. Especially at set pieces.

We always have a chance. We have beaten better sides.

PSV 2 Rangers 2 fgs Kent

Kent not involved today mate

Here is another interesting example of a TV deal that hasn’t been negotiated by a couple of Peter Lawwells poodles

Rangers are a good side. The first 3 are big clubs but Braga are not. Average attendance is around 12k after a quick google. Yes, Portugal is a bigger country. Yes it has 3 'big' clubs instead of 2. But look at the disparity between our deal and what they reportedly receive. Its absolutely massive. I'm not sure how La Liga does it, although they seem to have a centralised 'La Liga TV' channel that they package up and sell to the US/Middle East. Comes with complete pre match/post match/highlights etc.

Yup - interesting. Right? And look at the value of the deal (wiki can be inaccurate i concede). A country with a population of 10 million. Has a TV deal worth a reported 180 Million Euro. Incredible. Even if it was only half of that.

Like i say its complex. But, for example i subscribed to Now TV for Sky sports last year. Only for watching Rangers. But while i had the subscription i watched the odd EPL game. On a Sunday afternoon I would watch Rangers, then I would have an EPL game on after while i do something around the house. The put on Monday night EPL/EFL game to kill some time will I am on my exercise bike. The data they would get for my account is that I watched 2 English games and 1 Scottish game. But I wouldn't have subscribed without them showing that 1 SPL game, and as such wouldn't have watched the two English games. But they dont show very many SPL games. So the data doesn't always tell the whole story (IMO).

I don't think there is a comparable league that shares a TV market with another, bigger league.. The fact we as Scottish and English football fans subscribe to Sky/BT/Premier Sports UK which presents English and Scottish league football is unique as far as I'm aware. There is no way for Sky to know who in the UK subscribes for SPFL content and who subscribes for EPL/EFL content. They just have UK subscribers. Its probably a bit more complex than i am able to articulate right now. but what I am thinking is there may be a large chunk of subscribers from Scotland who Sky assume pay the subscription to watch Brighton v Palace on a Monday night. When they actually only subscribe to watch rangers away games. There is an interesting list available on Wikipedia here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_domestic_football_league_broadcast_deals_by_country Note the TV deal for Portugal (population double of Scotland) and the TV deal type.

Interestingly he looks like he will be a training ground coach, I see his previous roles at City and the previous club (i forgot) were more strategical and youth academy director type roles.

It’s almost chicken and egg though. These teams need more investment to improve. With a pathetic TV deal like this it won’t happen. Do we even know how the SPFL gauge this as a competitive bid? Have they done any DD with other potential suppliers? We will never know. But you can bet your bottom dollar a former Celtic chief exec is still pulling strings somewhere. And they drag us down with them.

I watched the first half and that was nothing short of pathetic. Goalkeeper scared of the ball. Charlie Mulgrew is absolutely woeful. Jack Ross emulating his mentor Brendan Rodgers in Europe. United clearly not as compact and organised as they were under courts.

3-0 FGS Lawrence not starting so changing to Colak

He seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth. Not even posting any of his usual rehab or car videos on Instagram. Given he spends most of his time down in the midlands its probably best he moves back down there, I prefer players/staff to fully commit.

I fully expect the likes of Katic, Sakala, Kelly, Roofe to be moved on. No guarantee a bid doesn't come in from somewhere for Morelos or Kent either.