Norris Cole

Magic, a fit Boydy for the Rangers

... the last time Rangers went 13 months without a European match?

Good. The Premiership is a tedious, out-of-control circus.

VfB Stuttgart 1 - 1 Rangers (Miller)

Would love to have seen his face when McGregor saved the penalty. He must've been sick.

See what happens when you stand up to the bheasts and their agendas? GIRUY ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Uefa has overturned its decision to ban Arsenal striker Eduardo for two Champions League games for diving. The Croatian was suspended after being found guilty of diving to win a penalty in the Champions League qualifier against Celtic on 26 August. But on Monday, Uefa accepted Arsenal's appeal and he will now be eligible to play in their opening two Group H ties. A Gunners statement read: "We are grateful the right decision has been reached in this case." It continued: "We were able to show there was contact between the keeper and Eduardo and that the decision should be annulled. "We fully support the drive for fair play in football and believe it is important that Uefa provides clear and comprehensive standards that will be consistently enforced going forward. "We are glad to put this incident behind us and concentrate on the games ahead." Arsenal had called the initial decision by Uefa "deeply flawed". A Uefa statement on Monday said: "Following examination of all the evidence, notably the declarations of both the referee and the referees' assessor, as well as the various video footage, it was not established to our satisfaction that the referee had been deceived in taking his decision on the penalty." Arsenal begin their Champions League group stage campaign with a trip to the Maurice Dufrasne Stadium to face Standard on Wednesday. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/8236689.stm

Who said Germans don't have a sense of humour.

I was asked if I wanted to go down the pub to watch this game. Pass me the Head & Shoulders. But may I say, come on you Falkirk.

That just takes me back to Huistra and Nisbet that tune, back when the CL was a level playing field.

Many of these officials Rangers fans call corrupt aren't, they're merely incompetent. Tom Murphy, however, is/was corrupt.

So have I

With Tom Murphy running the line presumably.

The mhedia black-out begins. It's a painful week for them. I have a feeling the Europa League will take on an inflated significance this season.

Keane to Celtic, that is absolutely laughable. Why do people buy these papers?

Burley in 'blame Rangers' shocker.

Why it's merely part of the game :devil: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss_7WGYa9nQ]YouTube - Neil Lennon heinously headbutts Alan Shearer's foot[/ame]

And it would be Rangers fans' fault.

His celebration was worth it for the Arsenal fans' reaction alone. Feckin' priceless

I think we had the better of the weekend, however it's way too early in the season to talk of "dent"s to title challenges IMO. I always think you get a good idea of what's happening after, say, 15 games.

Agreed 100%. "If they threaten sanctions against the club they will in the process open the door to a sustainable form of the song." - This is the point I have been trying to get across. Big Spliff - Again I understand what you are saying but, as MF says, I and many other Rangers fans like me are sick and tired of lying down. In my opinion, the "Rangers haters" you speak of are absolutely shit-scared of a level playing field on the TBB issue. They've had their hatchet jobs and kangaroo committees - let's see them defeat us in the real world.

Err, that's about the sum of it. My point re. "fines and sanctions" is simple. We've been singing TBB for months now - where are the "fines and sanctions"? I understand what you're saying, but I simply refer you to the point I made in a previous post. Forget this pseudo-directive nonsense, if the authorities want us to stop singing it quit fannying about and put it through the courts. If they were successful in banning the song by court of law it would never be heard again. But as I've said a hundred times before, banning TBB wouldn't stand up in a court of law. And don't the "Rangers-haters" know it.

1-1. Where's the 'wry smile' smiley?

Knew that was coming. Perhaps it's the only way this'll get properly thrashed out. Because I don't think anyone's happy with the dubious nature of this UEFA "directive", "ban", whatever you want to call it. And who's to assume "fines & sanctions" aren't a price worth paying to get our club back? If we've "been warned of fines & sanctions", what happened to those at all the games TBB was belted out last season?

Ref needs to get his finger out

Loud and proud at Fir Park today, top effort Bears