Thinker

It's one thing to disagree with the politics that have attached themselves to BLM; it's another to vociferously object to your own players making what they see as a non-poiitical gesture (no matter how ineffectual) right before kick off. If we were allowed into Ibrox this season is there a fan amongst us who could overlook all the joy that Tav, Goldson, Aribo, Bassey et al have given us and boo them? I hope not. Taking the knee has to stop eventually, and It's right that BLM should be questioned - sensibly, calmly and in a reasoned way. Well thought-out posts like Bill's and stewarty's add good points to the debate. Haranguing football players, either verbally at a match or on social media, just exacerbates the issue and turns the debate into a slagging match.

Arfield for me - though I accidentally clicked on Barasic...

I'm embarrassed to admit it, but at 2-1 I was hoping Septic would sneak an equaliser - A very weird feeling, but I really, really want the Lennon shit-show to continue, and 4-1 has surely got to spell the end for him.

There's no asterisk too large for that lot.

Back when the pipedream involved Portugal, Netherlands and Belgium it was at least exciting. But playing against teams from Ireland, Norway, Denmark and Sweden? Torpedo away!

True. I grew up 10 minutes from Ardrossan, and can verify that naecunt fae Ayrshire swears.

Yeah, if they keep that liability of a vanity-signing defender on the bench they might well claw some of the deficit back.

? Typical Rangers. Foot off the gas.

Disappointed I managed to get to the bog and back without missing a goal!

Woo-hoo! I want to go full Ajax here.

And another. Let's rack up a big score this time.

Yaas!

Maybe we should organise a candle-lit vigil for him?

Well, that certainly helps take the sting out.

https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Jones Turns out you're 100% correct!

As mentioned, Jones has a history of this kind of stuff, but I'm disappointed and surprised at Edmundson - he always seemed to have his head screwed on better than this.

The original tweet is from a fake account (ClydeSS8) - so no, it's not real.

Hopefully Itten and Arfield will liven this up.

TIME TO CAPITALIZE!

Maybe not...

The more I reflect on it, the more I'm inclined to believe that it would actually be for the best if the likes of Man U, Bayern and Juve etc. fucked off out of the Champions/Europa Leagues. If they did, UEFA wouldn't have to kowtow to their unreasonable, money-grabbing demands and the whole thing could be made more of a level playing field. We could have a tighter, 4 group, Champions only Champions league (Imagine that!) And if the winners of Serie A or La Liga decline the offer to take part, that's fine - the champions of some other nation would be happy to take their spot. Similarly with the Europa League - we could have 3 teams per nation across the board and less pauchling of the qualification process. Again, if Barca, Inter or Man U don't want to particpate, all well and good -pass the place down their table to whoever's next in line (I'd much prefer to watch Villareal, Fiorentina or Everton).

Going by the following article, the proposal doesn't involve clubs leaving their domestic leagues. The plan is to ditch the Champions League for a stitched-up, invitation only, big money, midweek league: https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12109353/european-premier-league-what-we-know-about-fifa-backed-plans-for-cross-continental-super-tournament The so-called "Champions" League is already a joke. (4th place teams getting an automatic place?). UEFA thought they'd appeased the greedy bastards who own the "elite clubs" by practically guaranteeing group stage participation, but no. Rather than the European Premier League, they should just have done with and brand it the Rich C*nts Who Don't Really Get What Football Is About League. I expect even the "European" aspect of it would be negotiable if it became lucrative to have a team from say, New York or Dubai, take part.

You could also argue that calling the league after matchday 22 would be legitimate; every team having played every other team home and away once (like they do in proper foootball leagues...)