Norris Cole

Perhaps I saw a slightly better performance last night than others, but different opinions are the beauty of forums like these. Yes, it was 2-1 away to Hamilton, but in my opinion that was our best performance of the season. Against Aberdeen and Hearts we were very good, yet still seemed to make things a little more laborious than they should have been. Albeit last night wasn't a full 90-minute performance, but there were long periods in that second half where I just sat there and thought, 'this team is clicking'. The passing, movement, and speed of play were a joy to watch at times - I found myself thinking back to the McCoist era and contemplating how far we've come. You just knew when Hamilton resorted to hideous lunges all over the park that we were on to something. We have depth on the bench now for the first time in what seems like ages, particularly up front. I've said previously that Waggy doesn't have the quality for this level. He does. Areas for improvement: Finishing and defensive concentration. The fans were just sensational. And if we're going to criticise refs when they're pisspoor, then it's only fair to point out that Alan Muir had a great game last night. Very un-Scottish in the way he let the game flow, and I can't recall him getting a decision wrong all night. More like him please.

Have Hamilton touched the ball this half?

2-0, Waghorn double. Dare I say it, we're looking good.

On Rangers TV they did a wee HT thing on the players and management's visit to the sick kids hospital. Have to say our players and the gaffer come across as thoroughly decent human beings with the way they spoke.

Guess we'll just have to make more noise...

Oh they do. I missed the goal

Expat Bears - is it just me, or does the quality of Rangers TV vary from game to game? I mean image quality and the amount of buffering.

Yeah, I can't say I quite understand having two centre halfs on the bench.

Had a shitty week so Friday night with the Rangers is most welcome. If we get beat, something's getting broken.

Not sure about that, but it's at least more believable than Van Persie.

Did you not read the other thread? Celtic are a "humorous" club.

I don't really understand that. What is the difference between Queen's Park and any other amateur club? The players all have employment elsewhere -they're playing football for enjoyment.

Maybe it's just me, but it's being unfashionable that is one of things that draws me towards being a Rangers supporter. I certainly have no need for us to be loved by anyone other than Rangers fans.

Sounds like a valuable member of society. Thank god I don't pay tax in the UK anymore.

Thing is though, the SFA are terrified, and I mean terrified, of lateral thinking.

"We're a humorous brand" Indeed, as witnessed by your reaction to all forms of banter from other fans. "Effectively we're a global club" Just

A serious point: could anyone imagine reading a piece like this on Rangers?

That actually says quite a bit about Hill's form of late.

I only became a fan of summer football after moving to Sweden, so I'm aware this could be seen as hypocritical, but really, summer football is the only way to go and the traditionalists (as I was not too long ago) will just have to suck it up. Look at what it did to the Irish League - it is no coincidence they still have a team in Europe in December.

Agreed. They would have been as well binning the UEFA Cup along with the CWC instead of letting it die its current slow death. It's hugely frustrating the way money has ruined European football, because they actually had the perfect formula in place: European Cup for champions, CWC for cup Winners, and UEFA Cup for 2nd/3rd/4th. Take the example of Chelsea. When they won the Europa League it was so convoluted - dropping out of the Champions League, playing their second string to focus on the PL, and then by the time they won it they'd become such a financially bloated club that nobody really cared. Compare that to when they won the CWC in 1998 (or even Arsenal a few years previous) - an appropriate number of games against some weird and wonderful teams (remember them getting beat in Tromso, 350km into the Arctic Circle, with Chelsea fans being interviewed and asked their opinions on how the 'reindeer sticks' tasted, as the snow blew sideways) and some top class teams. And then when they won it it was a huge thing - memories of Johnny Vaughan on Big Breakfast the day after, just back from the game and still drunk.

That, and roll off the hundreds of Scottish players who have left too early in search of the limelight. Danny Wilson going to Liverpool being the first to come to mind.

Remember the national uproar over how "racist" the famine song was. And here we have the SFA handing a genuine racist a top job. And they wonder why we are still a footballing minnow. I have to laugh every time I see the Tennent's 'This Time' adverts.

You mean a record like their official statistics, which include goals scored during WWII, but not goals conceded?

The game that gave us this woman:

Of course we can, if we're up for it.