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It was a made-up thing when the mhedia wanted it some time ago from us, and now it is still a made-up story. Haven`t read any decent article thus far saying that it virtually never ever happened at an Old Firm game before, nor why it should happen now. Only the well known trolls from their side made an issue of it. Let`s see what the German TV chap will whip up come Sunday regarding this, as he fully fell for the mhedia clamour last time around, spouting some rubbish "that the Protestant Rangers would never ever give a GoH to Catholic Celtic". You wonder how they made it this far in the job ...

Absolutely not, IMHO.

Wee remark on Roofe`s red card. The pics I`ve seen seem to show that Roofe went in there kung-fu style. The pics we saw of Kent boxing Brown on the chin were equally deceptive, since Kent never touched Brown. Here, as you can see in the moving picture (2.30 onwards), Roofe attempts to get the long ball from Goldson down and only watches the ball right to the last moment. Likewise, the goalie seemingly doesn`t know whether to stick or twist and ends up in a heap. Roofe went in there, hit the player and as such, a red card is a valid option for the ref. Had the goalie stood back, no-one would argue at Roofe`s attempt of getting the ball down with his foot. Just saying. Generally, once I saw the line-up yesterday, my gut feeling told me that this wasn`t going to be our night. I was away at work, but going from last weeks game, keeping up (again) with Plan A was not getting us anywhere with this lot. They have quality and know how to play the game, unsportingly or not. This should have been a night to hit them at their only weakness, their defence. We decided to remove the threat of Hagi`s quick passing skills and creativity, and likewise hoping that Aribo would provide those goods. Whiel Arfield, who has been at best a good impact player for these last few months, was meant to ... well, fill the gap between the striker and the midfield? I don`t know. If it was me, I`d thrown on Kent, Hagi and Wright (whom no European opponent have yet seen) in behind Morelos, or Roofe from the off. As it stood, we handed all the initiative to Slavia from the off and never really got going (again). It might also quite well be the case that some of the relentlessness and spark went with 55, even though players and staff might argue with that. IMHO, since snatching 55, over the 2 legs, we probably only played like we use to do for some 20-30 mins in Prague. Let`s hope we can rally the troops for Sunday. https://streamable.com/ak0nwf

Slavia tweet about Glasgow

Out of my head I can only remember one or two Guards of Honour, handed to us be teams of the lower divisvions after we gained promotion early. I haven`t seen that many games of days gone by, but there sure never was a single Old Firm GoH for a clinched title win AFAIK. Even if they manage that feat on Sunday, it would be a token gesture and pandering to the mhedia who laid into us in days gone by, while antagonizing their hooped horrors outside the ground. If it wasn`t so pathetic, you could almost laugh at the clamour.

Isn`t it some 10 day period to check out any increases in numbers? And people were throwing up stuff like the above after just a few days or so?

Taking a step back and thinking pragmatically, imagine some of the players decide "enough is enough" and stop taking the knee. I can fully envisage anything from strange looks to being downright ostracized from team members, fans and not least, the media looking for a story to blow up. That is where this stuff become "edgy".

Ha!

You see, this is not whataboutery. It was/is mass murder committed on both sides on more or less innocent people/civilians and lauding someone ordering it is sure nothing that needs debated. I fully understand the point you make and also the tactic Harris and Co. used, but that doesn`t make it any better.

("Record breaking" NIAR champions?)

It should be rather clear. Anyone de facto ordering the mass murder of thousands civilians need not be lauded for exactly that.

And rightly so.

Some thread necromancy this! But well deserved!

Get well soon! The iconic Rangers manager of my lifetime.

I didn`t. But since we have seen quite a few this campaign, I drew my comparisons.

A night later, I am still rather unimpressed by Slavia. Enough antics to make a Spanish team proud and and for a team running away with the Czech league, less potent in attack then Willem II or Antwerp. Just my humble opinion. Once we started to play our game, we looked comfortable enough - given the low key perfomance levels of quite a few of our players. Still not that impressed by our substitutions, Arfield was okay, yet Wright should have been on to keep them occupied in their half, why Aribo was hooked for Roofe I don`t know, as he just got into his normal stride while Kent was "too sussed out" by Slavia. Let`s hope everyone is back to full duty come next Thursday.

I have no idea about football, but for the love of the game I cannot understand some of our substitutions. This was a perfect game for Wright to show his pace and trickery (where Kent "failed"), but we went ever more defensively and had to rely on McGregor for getting the draw. 2nd half much better, if you press them better and attack with purpose, they will shed goals. Despite some neat football, hardly the best side we faced this season.

Wonder how those fans got in the stadium, given that the Czechs are hardly a frontrunner in Covid-19 stats.

"Feared" that quite a few might not have their heads fully in the here and now today, and so it seems. Slavia looks dangerous, but IMHO by far not the best side we have come up against this season. That goal was a peach, wonder how many more of that quality he scores regularly. That said, Patterson badly left alone on that flank. We didn`t press them hard enough during the first 30 mins, once we do, their back is bound for errors. Morelos just slit past the ball when they messed up that clearance. Our transition is not up to speed just yet, Hagi looks the livliest, and got his reward with the assist. Hope a wee kick up the back at HT will give us a better 2nd half.

That being said, methinks the narrative from their whole lot has been toxic throughout .. and I doubt solely because of Scrote and being partizan with him. Trail by Sportscene and all that.

TO mark International Women’s Day 2021, Rangers Football Club have launched the ‘Ready To Own It’ campaign to help inspire the next generation of women footballers.

THE JOURNEY CONTINUES .. touching words from the club.

77 in 6.30 ... and hopefully more to follow.

IMHO, a clear attempt of deflecting from their own shortcomings and faults. What happens outside Ibrox and Auchenhowie happens outside of Rangers` direct influence. Whatever we had said wouldn`t have stopped what happend on Sunday. But rest assured, had the police cordoned off St. Georges Square or other public places in advance of the Scum game ... and the Scum had won, the SNP and their lackeys would have slammed the police for overreacting, probably even laughing at them. That said, the comments of the Chief Constable seem somewhat over the top ... anyone knows his football allegiances?

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