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Ain't this acquisition of shares not similar to the buying of shares from Ashley & Co. a wee while back? While I see the whole point of putting money into the club, is safeguarding its future by acquiring shares (at a lower price too, as far as I understand it) not on a similar wavelength?

... be that as it may, should we snatch 55 and navigate our way to the CL group stages, we'll be on safer financial footing than probably ever before. For the share-buyer, it is a essentially some sort of win-win situation. Either you spent your money in safeguarding the club as such further, or buy shares to finance the club. I reckon quite a few people buy season tickets for the latter reason, and shares for the former. It remains to be seen what is the plan should Club 1872 not be able to buy the whole chunk of DK's shares. Early days ... and one can understand the "reservations" people have. EDIT ... "fan ownership" won't take place unless Club 1872 et al grab 50+ % of the shares. New Oasis Asset Limited, 66,672,893, 20.37% Club 1872, 16,202,838, 4.95% ... is somewhat off 50+ % going by my maths.

https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/sport/18913045.rangers-q-dave-king-share-sale-40million-ibrox-investment-bill-opportunity-club-1872-protect-club/ So this will push Club 1872 over 25 % and thus makes sure that no single shareholder can do what he wants with the club. It does not exactly mean "fan ownership" or the like, nor that anything at the top of the business end will or has to change, right?

The one positive I instantly see is that there will be no "one" owner / shareholder of the club pulling the strings, i.e. having ultimate power over the club. The main question point is how C1872 will tackle the governance ... if they actually want to. Is there any reason to assume that things at the top will dramatically change now, apart from one member of C1872 will be made a director et al? I would assume that the leadership will be very similar to what we have now, with business people doing the business stuff but not "owning" the club. Alas, some time to go if everything is being done here. Let´s hear how Dave King wants this to unfold.

... at least to UK residents. Wonder how many Britons of Indian descent will hare after RTV subscriptions now ... https://www.rangers.co.uk/article/rangers-to-broadcast-live-indian-super-league-matches-in-the-uk/RhUF2qSRf1XUN55GBFQnj The partnership will enable Rangers to live stream selected Hero ISL matches for free on its Facebook page to a UK audience in an exciting collaboration that strengthens Rangers’ growing relationship with the Indian football community. WATCH LIVE: ATK Mohun Bagan vs SC East Bengal HERE (2pm KO UK)

SUBS: McLaughlin, Ughelumba ( = Bassey), Helander, Hagi, Itten, Barker, Stewart, Barjonas, Dickson, King. Remarks .... Barjonas (21), Dickson (18) and King (16 sic!) were there because of the absence of Patterson (isolation), Jack and Aribo. Defoe's not in the EL squad, neither are Jones and Edmundson. Zungu might have been, but I would assume he's not yet that used to playing for us to throw him in straight away ... or we simply needed this home-grown quota. Our first team squad has some 28 players, and we have cover in every department, with right-back probably being the weakest, pending on the ability someone places on Patterson and/or Balogun. Bassey has shown signs that he's a player who can cover Barisic. As you say, we've been fortunate thus far on all negative departments, but likewise we've sure aquired enough playing staff to cover all areas for a time, unless desaster strikes. Today might have been an opportunity for Patterson, I do assume Bassey will be given a chance, as well as Itten, Hagi, Barker and even Stewart.

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Heart and Hand Postmatch Podcast by David Edgar Regarding subs, while I was thinking about it too, IMHO, the only players that SG would have thrown on if available would have been Aribo, Jack and probably Zungu. Stewart might have given us someone to hold the ball up field and spray a few passes, Hagi might have provided some spark too and Itten some power. We'll never know. As it is with some of our chances - for as opposed to Benfica, for all their good play, we should really have had a penalty to make it 3-0 while Alfredo was unlucky with that shot at 2-1. (In saying that though, I would not want to tempt fate, as we have had quite a few "lucky" episodes these last few weeks, e.g. the 2 deflections at the weekend that helped us to an otherwise still very much deserved win.)

As SG said, this was very much a group performance and as a group we played rather well in Europe. Three players stood out a little from that group, with Balogun doing ever so well in defence (and the thought that "a Berliner" is doing fine is obviously great), Kamara was working tirelessly all night and my MotM Roofe played a striker's role that we IMHO rarely have seen for a few years, tackling and chasing the opposition right to our area as well as providing a constant threat. Borna was fine too, Davis controlling our midfield ... all in all, as I said over on the German board, I really really like this group of players and how they apply themelves these days. No-one knows whether they can become even better, but if we keep this style of play and be consistent, this team has the ability to make us all quite happy.

To be honest, I was far too occupied with and interested in Rangers players in my life as a football supporter than to remember much of Maradona as a "football genius". What stuck to mind is that goal against England which I saw in a live broadcast on East German television. That's 34 years ago and if he was famous for his game-play, I saw too little of it to join those lauding him as "the greatest ever". Mind you, even now we have truly great players like Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo and people can't agree who is "better". So while this planet has been graced by many truly great footballers, I'll leave it to others to "evaluate" the likes of Pele, Maradona, Zico, Ronaldo (a few of that name), Messi et al, while e.g. swooning over Alfredo's Rangers goals or Roofe's stunners this season ... May the earth be light to him nonetheless.

The preview named 4, the above 8 players missing for Benfica. ?

Meanwhile .... https://www.followfollow.com/forum/threads/adel-taarabt-tests-positive-for-covid-19.141907/ Otamendi is suspended due to his red card. We will have to keep an eye on Pizzi though. I for one wouldn't mind a similar attack line as we had at the weekend, Roofe, Kent and Morelos can be devastating.

No no, not this season Motherwell vs Rangers 1-5 - 1st & 3rd goal Tav pen. Rangers vs Ross County 2-0 - 1st goal Tav pen. Killie vs Rangers 0-1 - Tav pen. Also got 1st goal pens. vs Willem II and Liege

Very solid, professionial and polished performance. Its been some time since I have enjoyed watching Rangers as much as I have done these last few months.

Game away against Forfar Farmington starts right now ... https://twitter.com/RangersWFC

... if only they would give the Yahoo's accounts a similar minute attention. As per usual, while this is "interesting", I leave the business stuff in the hands of the board (which is now no longer just in the hands of one person) and assume they know what they are doing. Let's hope we snatch 55 and navigate a passage to the CL-group stages, as that would essentially wipe out any financial difficulties for some time to come. Likewise, Alfredo's form of late won't be missed by his former suitors, nor any new ones.

Quite strange and "reeks" again of us showing too much respect for the idiots that run the game in Scotland. Apart from essentially agreeing to heinous statements from various mhedia trolls. It is one thing to penalize people for their actions, yet another to bow to the dictate of the corrupt SFA / SPFL cabal. This time it might have been peripheral players, but it also sets a precedent to what might very well follow in the future. And I for one do NOT think that players from other clubs doing the same or similar will face such bans in the future.

No matter how we valuate their actions, this is absolutely absurd by comparison to previous punishments to the players named above. Hope we challenge this.

One would readily assume that this may cover any curent income losses due to Covid-19, but what do we know ...

Regarding "Dynamo", it was some sort of "sports organisation in a number of Socialist countries, namely the Soviet Union and the G.D.R. (SC Dynamo), which was usually supplied by (sic!), made up of (sic!), used by (sic!) as well as supported by the police forces of the respective countries. It was not by default linked to any intervention or influence by the police forces, secret police, security services et al ... despite what is popularly claimed in "the West". The army in East Germany had a similar organisation, "ASK (army sports club) Vorwärts", to which ASK Vorwärts Berlin belonged, the one we played against in days gone by. That section was later switched to "Dynamo Berlin", while "Vorwärts " was moved to Frankfurt/Oder. Can`t say much about Dynamo Moscow, but much of what is made of the "Stasi`s influence" on Dynamo Berlin`s (i.e. BFC Dynamo) domination of late G.D.R. football - as it was the head of Stasi`s "favoured club" - has since been devaluated, being more like an Urban myth whipped up by other football supporters rather than fact. What is obviously fact is that a number of talented East German footballers were "delegated" to BFC Dynamo (being the most representative East German club in European competitions), but likewise, the Dynamo sports organisation developed large numbers of good sportsmen from very young age onwards. (And before people step in here, state-doping et al, so readily thrown into the fray nowadays as "a given", was no more or less common than in the Western world. The big difference to the West was, as noted above, a state-funded development from talented sportsmen from school level onwards, so by default, more talented people (on average) were found and developed.)

Full article here: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/54839305 The Rangers`part is - by comparison - quite short and somewhat "tainted" ... Rangers v Dynamo Moscow In Glasgow, such was the clamour to see the game that tickets worth 21 shillings were going for £10 - almost 10 times their original cost. Dynamo were awarded a free-kick 20 yards out after two minutes. With no wall to contend with, Kartsev stepped up and fired inside the keeper's right-hand post for 1-0. Dynamo continued to dominate, but Rangers forward Billy Williamson managed to win a dubious penalty, which Willie Waddell missed by smashing straight at Khomich. Then, Dynamo scored the goal of the tour. Bobrov, on the edge of the penalty area, drew in two defenders before passing across the box to Beskov. With his left foot, Beskov passed back to the right between retreating defenders, and the unmarked Kartsev smashed the ball low into the opposite corner. The Daily Telegraph said it was "as perfect a goal as has ever been scored at Ibrox". Five minutes before half-time, Rangers finally had some luck. A hooked ball was falling about eight yards from goal. When it dropped, Khomich jumped to catch it and clashed painfully with Jimmy Smith, the ball bouncing off Smith's midriff into the empty net. Despite intense effort in the second half, Rangers just could not make another opening. But then Williamson drove into the box on the left wing and, when he tried to get past the full-back, Rangers appealed for a penalty. The referee waved it away, but changed his mind after consulting his linesman. George Young stepped forward to take it. He hit the ball firmly to Khomich's left, with the keeper barely moving. The game finished 2-2.

IMHO, it was some sort of rebellious move by those left behind by UEFA and their "Champions" League cash grabbing exercises back in the day. Nowadays, its more like discontent murmurs ... and with Covid-19 around, as they said, nothing that will be pursued anytime soon.

Get Hugh Dallas back from UEFA ...

I was reading the comments on FF and only now checked the game report, so you are correct T-1000.