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Brilliant. Thanks. Rangers had nine pretty good players, a mercurial bloke and a decent tradesmen. How come they struggled in the league? Dundee’s Philip was a player. Beckenbauer-on-Tay.

Herrorrascorrs. Arsenal 2-0 Newcastle Palace 2-1 Villa Liverpool 6-0 So’ton (or 1-2) Canaries 1-2 Wolves BHA 2-2 Leeds Brentford 0-1 Everton Burnley 1-2 ‘Spurs Leicester 3-0 Watford City 3-1 Hammers Chelsea 3-0 United

The poor conversion rate has to be sorted. The first goal was brilliant in creation and execution. The second, my granny could have scored and she wasn’t great with headers. Credit to Alfredo, though. His anticipation is uncanny. He knew what the defender was going to do. There should have been more. I’m away to girn somewhere else now.

Oh, yes.

Rangers had momentum as a result of scoring just before half time. That should have sown the seeds of doubt in the minds of the opposition.

From another place. (Let’s be fair. It’s FF) Arthur Numan admits he was astonished by Connor Goldson's post-match comments after Rangers crashed out of the Premier Sports Cup on Sunday. He said: “To lose a semi-final in that way was unacceptable. I can't believe the manner of the defeat. I was then even more surprised by Connor Goldson's comments in his interview on television at full-time. “For a Rangers player to say the game was over at half-time when the team are 3-1 down was an astonishing admission. “To also say that the team has lost a bit if hunger was equally alarming. How can you have lost a bit of hunger when you have won one trophy in three seasons? “Yes, I get that the trophy was one of the most important in the club's history and Steven Gerrard and the players will always be remembered for it. “But you need to go and win again. And again. And again. And again. Rangers is about winning silverware on a regular basis. If you don't have the hunger and desire to do that then you should be asked to leave or be sold on.”

I don’t favour Chelsea but they’re a rattling good side.

Steerpike in yesterday Spectator Online is staunch in his ridicule of this representative of the people (but what people?) ”It’s been some months since Mr S last reported on the antics of James Dornan, the SNP MSP and amateur Hate-Finder General. The gaffe-prone Glaswegian managed, in the space of just one week, to get himself embroiled in multiple minor scandals after accusing an Edinburgh bus company had stopped services on St Patrick's Day because of 'anti-Irish racism’ (an untrue claim for which he had no evidence) and then for refusing to apologise for claiming Rangers’ players had sung a sectarian tune (another untrue claim based on poorly-doctored footage). Three weeks later he also told the Catholic leader of the Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg: ‘If your God exists you will undoubtedly rot in hell.’ Nice! Undaunted by past controversies, the amateur sleuth is back on the detective trail again. The Sherlock Holmes of Holyrood has deduced that the perpetrators of an attack on his office – in which a sign was taken down and allegedly urinated upon – were none other than... Gers fans. Steerpike is no fan of such stunts but is there any evidence that 'Rangers supporters' taking 'out their anger and hatred' were responsible for this act? More than 24 hours after naming and blaming the Ibrox club, Dornan is yet to corroborate his claims. He has posted screenshots from a Rangers website in which anonymous users express their hopes that supporters were responsible – but crucially, nothing to show that they were in fact responsible. In light of Dornan's habit of throwing around allegations without evidence, it seems only fair to ask: does he have any proof to back up his accusations? As mentioned previously, it’s not the first time Dornan – the poor man’s Mike Russell – has had run-ins with Rangers. In March 2019, the Celtic-mad MSP was forced to apologise to Rangers fan group Club 1872 after complaining they ‘abuse him regularly’ on their website and that moderators fail to monitor their user content. Amusingly, this is the same MSP who subsequently penned an article for the Times titled: 'Keep politics out of football and we'll all be winners.' A member of Scotland's governing party using his position to repeatedly demonise one of his city’s biggest clubs? Even Poirot wouldn't have trouble solving this one.” That bit should have been his city’s biggest club of course but top marks otherwise.

Do they ever come back? Abrahams did but does he get a game now?

Jack and Lundstram will be in each other's way. Jack, as the more reliable would have to step back to a sweeper position. See one vision above. He would be the ideal foil for compo’s wild animal centre half also above.

Would that it were, old bean, would that it were.

Lifebuoy soap might be useful for my managerial candidate.

I don’t favour United so I’m sorry to see him go. Now, Lenny. Now’s your time. Step up, bhoy.

If I want to bolster my defence, I wouldn’t be looking at Barisic.

Dundee was an ideal opportunity for McCann. He didn’t have to win anything, just get them to first or second in the bottom six which shouldn’t have been too difficult for a good manager. I reckon Dick Campbell could have done it.

Has any of them performed at a high level elsewhere? Not Plymouth or Hull or the like. I can’t think of a player let go who has caused me bitter regret that Rangers had lost a diamond.

Well done Wolves and a trouncing at Anfield for the Gunners. I had a thought they would win this one. Idiot.

Two three all draw at unlikely venues and United swamped at Watford. Watford, for God’s sake. He can’t survive this, can he?

Nor have I. Of course, Hibs don’t get there very often. My only Rangers v Hibs match at Hampden was the notorious SC semi-final replay 1957/58 when referee Davidson ruled out Maxie Murray’s last minute equaliser.

It won’t be as bad as that, will it? What’s the Wolves score?

Without recent form to guide me some of these might not be completely accurate. Leicester 1-2 Chelsea Villa 1-2 BHA Burnley 1-0 Palace Newcastle 1-1 Brentford Norwich 0-1 So’ton Watford 1-2 United Wolves 2-2 Hammers Liverpool 1-2 Arsenal City 2-0 compo’s XI ’Spurs. 2-0 Leeds

“Michael Beale @MichaelBeale Congratulations and good luck to Gio, @The_real_Gio the staff and the players - excited to see the team play & develop under his leadership” Despite his departure Beale seems to get it. Perhaps investing for the future?

Let’s be fair. It’s quite an achievement for a club to be simultaneously rancid and comical.

Playing to his audience to make sure he walks out unaided and not on a stretcher.

Nothing on Kelty’s website.