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85' Tessel Middag sends a curling effort but hits the cross bar. Heading into the final stages of the game at Foundation Park. Dundee United 0 - 9 Rangers 90' Tessel Middag A perfect strike from the edge of the box which finds the back of the net. Dundee United 0 - 10 Rangers

52' Rangers are awarded a free kick on the edge of the Dundee United box following the foul on Katie Lizzie Arnot delivers to the back post to find Laura Berry but the effort goes just wide. Dundee United 0 - 7 Rangers 57' Change for Rangers ON: Rio Hardy OFF: Katie Wilkinson Dundee United 0 - 7 Rangers 60' Tess sends a powerful effort from the edge of the box but it was well saved by Rennie. Dundee United 0 - 7 Rangers 65' Rio Hardy Brogan Hay sends a perfect deliver into Rio who is able to tap it into the back of Rennie's goal. Dundee United 0 - 8 Rangers 71' Change for Rangers ON: Camille Lafaix OFF: Lizzie Arnot Dundee United 0 - 8 Rangers 75' A lovely through ball from Rio Hardy to Laura Berry. Berry quickly turns and sends a powerful strike but Rennie is able to hold. Dundee United 0 - 8 Rangers 79' Laura Berry - Go on Laura!! Eilidh Austin sends a great ball into Dundee United's box to find Laura Berry waiting at the back post and fires the strike into the bottom corner. Dundee United 0 - 9 Rangers

1' What a start at Foundation Park Laura Berry does well to advance down the right flank before finding Katie Wilkinson who awaits in Dundee United's box and smashes it into Rennie's net. Dundee United 0 - 1 Rangers 6' Another goal at Foundation Park. An own-goal from the visitors. Dundee United 0 - 2 Rangers 15' Mia McAulay sent a dangerous ball across Dundee United's goal and looked to connect with Laura Berry but Dundee's defence was able to hold. 16' Kirsty Howat - what a goal! Kirsty Howat powerful finish from within the box to further strengthen our lead. Dundee United 0 - 3 Rangers 23' Go on Laura! A lovely delivery from Mia McAulay to pick out Laura Berry who waits in the box and her powerful effort lands in the back of Rennie's net. Dundee United 0 - 4 Rangers 28' BERRY! A fantastic long-range effort from Lizzie Arnot finds Laura Berry and sends a powerful strike into Rennie who initially tips the ball away but falls into Dundee United's net. Dundee United 0 - 5 Rangers 37' Wilkinson A lovely ball through the middle of the park from Laura Berry who picks out the advancing Katie Wilkinson. She takes a touch to compose then fires the strike low beyond the keeper. Dundee United 0 - 6 Rangers 41' A third hat-trick for Wilkinson Kirsty Howat sends a great ball into Katie Wilkinson who awaits in Dundee United box. Her powerful strike fires the beyond Rennie. Dundee United 0 - 7 Rangers Half-Time at Foundation Park. A great first half in Dundee Dundee United 0 - 7 Rangers

Looks like the link to the Rangers Women twitter blew the board. So once again, have "fun" today, I won't indulge in any sado-masochistics from the Scumhut, much like last season. The Ladies' game against the Arabs is up and running here. 2-0 up after

Your voice will lead to the saint you need To escape a tragic fate Hoist up those sales that you can count the days Until our ship sails home, me boys ...

I know about as much of Bundesliga players or teams as your average Gersnetter. Jan Schöppner (i.e. Schoeppner for those lacking a good keyboard) - TM stats ... looks like a decent CM/DM, who got promoted with Heidenheim a year or so ago. The only good thing that I know of him (and that's about anything I know about him) is that they beat St. Pauli in their den last week. Nothing in the German news just yet. Sidenote: he supposedly earns Euro 480k per year at Heidenheim Sidenote 2: his contract is up next summer ...

A few interesting names still on the freebie lists for forwards / centre-forwards, and attacking midfielders. That is, people we can still sign after tomorrow.

... which does not exactly exclude us. He left us in August under Beale, Clement arrived in October. But hey, nothing against a cool, if unwanted saga.

Can someone wind this week forward to next Monday please? Maybe I'll watch the highlights of the Scumhut-game, if it wasn't a disaster. The last OFs alone have been brutal to watch, for one reason or another, but this week seems to put the icing on the cake ...

Last season, same time, Hagi and Lowry away on loan, Cantwell wrecked by Maeda. This season, all three effectively not there either. Very strange stuff.

Interesting is the reply ... M.R. Leiser (Mark) @MLeiser 28 Min. Buying shares from existing owners = £0 investment in the club; it's just a change of ownership to people who sound like they have zero historical, family, social, or religious ties to the club. Their valuation means nothing.

While they may not be ideal people, my understanding is that all current major stakeholder in our club are actually supporters, right? And one of the guidelines they set for our future is that no hazardous affairs shall taint our well-being?

Maybe, but I wouldn't put too much emphasis on this. What is super-obvious to us (as we deal with it 24/7) is not necessarily obvious to outsiders. What they do is just clever business ... and truth be told, we have done similar and would do similar as well.

Butland Sterling - Souttar - Pröpper Tavernier - Diomande - Barron - Jefte Cerny - Dessers - Matondo They will try to overrun us and will probably have much possession too. We need a solid defense, a cleaner in Barron, and a creative-cleaner in Diomande. Those three at the back give Tav and Jefte the opportunity to hit on the counter, when we have possession of the ball. Lawrence will most likely play, but he's that sort of Rolls Royce in midfield that can do neat things with the ball, but in the high-intensity of an Old Firm, I doubt he gets the time and space that he requires.

The problem with Hagi and Cantwell is that people know our stance and their stance. They can just sit out this week and make a last ditch super-low-key bid that we might be willing or simply have to accept. The whole transfer business has turned ugly over the last decade, and we have been on the receiving end of some of the worst scenarios of it.

He has said that he doesn't want to go to Romania.

I never even noticed that they played a tournament with men ... ... yet, as expected, we suddenly get a name mentioned and linked from outside of nowhere. As frustrating as the long wait in between is.

... like Sima!

I'd rather asked who wrote Jefte's birth certificate. This lad doesn't look like 20.

That is essentially also the line-up in terms of fitness ... we are one injury away to field the Brazilian who got knocked out twice last season, and two away from fielding a Moroccan who's apparently not fit enough for 5 mins. I would prefer some back up, before we end up playing Tavernier through the centre, or, dare I say it, Wright. So someone like Abu Kamara might still fit in.

Hannibal goes to mighty Burnley ... Big incomings for the Clarets today! Hannibal Mejbri, Jeremy Sarmiento and Jaiden Anthony are all at Turf today for medical tests in order to complete their move to the #SkyChampionship club. #mercato #twitterclarets — Sacha Tavolieri (@sachatavolieri) August 26, 2024 So that project chap ain't coming.

"Interesting" week ahead. 9 new signings, yet some serious gut feeling that we are still lacking in certain areas. That said, sometimes it might be the order of the day to take a step back and look at things more calmly. Hysteria won't help anyone. What is becoming quite obvious is the amount of influence the headline makers - click baiters or "professionals" - have achieved, after descending into quite a pit of sensationalism. There seemingly is nothing between total euphoria and abject doom. And it is hard not to get infected. So, one would expect a few people leaving, namely Hagi and Cantwell, one way or another, but not much more. I can't see Dessers leaving (but thought the same about Colak), not least as he seemingly likes it here, and we have de facto no other striker ready to take his place. The one other price-asset might be Butland, yet I would assume that the money has to be significant. Same with Matondo, who did his shop-window presentation no harm at all on Saturday. We sure need a couple more attackers before anyone leaves, preferably those who are primarily strikers. ... and, of course, one may cast a glance beyond the Clyde to see how the English et al raid the Scumhut ahead of next Sunday's game.

... I want Sakala back.

That's how it should be done. And it all the more frustrating when you see this, and then we produce dire garbage the other week. Alas, maybe we saw a glimpse of the future and forget the past. This defensive trio worked well, and was fully enough against this lot. Barron looked quite comfortable, Diomande well in control of much of the build-up play. While the Stags weren't that great, the link-up play of our attackers looked good, you wonder whether a more mobile player than Lawrence would have supported the striker better (though Lawrence took his goals well, far too often, Dessers was alone up there and missing people running into empty slots near him). Let's see how all shapes up till next weekend, with an ounce of luck, the Scumhut's coffers will be full of gold, but their strikers are elsewhere.

Should be 4 or 5, with Matondo especially wasteful. What was it, his 5th attempt? Lawrence after his assist anonymous again, he sure does not get paid for miles run and challenges made. Our theme for the last ... 5 to 8 season remains in full swing: we sign players, 90-100 kilos of muscle and sinew, yet breaking down with injury and problems once they touch the Scottish pitches. You just hope all-action Cerny doesn't pick up an injury before next weekend.