RabiDuck

One has to wonder how Nir Britton feels about all the Palestinian flags...

Just checked on Bet365, they'v got us 1/3 to win on Saturday. Even better, HalfTime\FullTime has us almost evens! Money for the taking!

Controversially, but I can see a justification in this. I don't agree and think it will be an OF 1/2 as usual. However, this is first time for the "new look rangers" in the SPL and we're going to have to find our feet. A lot of new signings that will take some time to fully gel. It's fair to assume we might not be on our game straight out of the blocks (although the cup games so far don't really support the view) and our defensive frailties from last season haven't really been addressed. I do think we'll make top 2 and threaten for the championship, but I can see an argument that we may well find ourselves outside the top 2 this season.

So.... have we signed RVP yet?

That's good to hear, presumably means there wasn't any as it would be reported heavily if there was!

Controversial thought (for some at least) but if we, as a support, give them nothing to focus on regarding the singing, then they wont have anywhere else to look when it comes to these matters. Yes, throwing of objects into the field of play, aimed at visiting players is obviously a bigger concern than singing, at least to any right minded person. But if we're not singing things we shouldn't be (whether you agree or not, that's what has been determined) then they can't focus on us. If we can clean up our act as a support then we can force the attention elsewhere as we need to!

I assume I'm missing something. How are we aware this is a rangers fan?

Hmm, Celtic shares trading at about 73p currently (according to Google). How many shares would it take to have an impact and what could an organised Rangers Support do with such a holding?

You have to love the vagaries of language. "The cost to the UK taxpayer could be up to £94M" is technically an accurate statement so difficult to challenge. On the other hand, "The cost to the UK taxpayer could exceed £1.49" is equally accurate but doesn't have quite the same impact!

Shocking that there's still no official word on anything. Maybe we need to organise our own pitch invasion at the start of next season, threaten and assault opposition fans, players and staff. At least that way we can have a benchmark set for how quickly clubs are punished for such actions!

D'Art, I wasn't aware of the social media projected intention of invasion, that certainly should have been picked up on. All in all I agree that the response and actions were woefully under prepared, my only thought was, given there were only a couple of minutes between goal and full time, the police were probably still responding given that there wasn't likely to be an invasion due to the expectation of extra time. They didn't react quick enough.

Pretty sure any songs glorifying the IRA wouldn't be very welcome in either Manchester or London in particular!

The involvement of the match officials lends another angle to this. One assumes that given they felt such action was necessary, it will form part of the match report submitted to the SFA? Surely at that point action will be required? Would also be interesting to see the match delegate's report...

If those in authority (notably the SFA and Hibs) continue to deny or (worse) excuse the violent behavior towards our players and staff, then we should surely be considering legal action through the courts for failure to adhere to the duty of care that these organisations have towards member clubs\opposition. Put the facts before a judge and jury (although finding an impartial jury may be difficult!) and let them see what they make of the facts and the excuses! I really can't believe some of the comment I've seen made.

At least there are some pictures out there showing this kind of thing, makes it so much harder to sweep under the carpet.

I believe Sky have already handed over relevant footage. I see no reason that they wouldn't have done so, it's not like they're BBC Scotland!

Celtic fans? No, surely they were all Rangers fans in the Hibs end?

The Sky angle is interesting. I watched the match on Sky and was really impressed with the vision of their commentators as things were kicking off, it didn't take long for them to make mention of rangers fans starting fights during the pitch invasion, I could only see a sea of green myself!

Just a thought, but is there any video of our players and staff getting assaulted? As incontrovertible proof goes it doesn't get better than that. As we're talking about actual physical assault, there's surely an argument for action to be taken through the courts, this wasn't a sporting incident after all. Hibs as a club have a duty of care in respect to the actions of their fans (aren't we always getting told this in reference to a minority singing?) so should be able to be chased there if there's no action from our esteemed authorities? I don't have much faith in relying on Liewell and Petrie to resolve this in their SFA roles!

Bet365 offering 13/5 on Rangers win BTTS and 2/1 on over 3.5. Can't be combined as an acca as they're contingent bets (bets have an impact on each other). To lay that specific bet you'd have to contact the bookie and see what they'd offer. If they could be combined straight, you'd be looking at about 10/1, so might get it offered about about 15/2 or so, give or take a few points.

From a bookies point of view, there's a few interesting options I think. I'm expecting an open match with lots of chances. Money to be made off the BTTS and over 2.5 goal markets, goal in first half is a good bet too. Could be in some profit here!

Benitez wants to reunite with McParland, is he maybe trying to angle for a job up here? DoF perhaps? Everyone wants to join the Rangers!

Many in Scottish football have been quite vocal in not wanting us. Give them what they want! I'm a Rangers fan living in the Leeds area so the chance to see my team playing at Elland Road, Oakwell, Keepmoat, Vaqlley Parade or the KC stadium etc seems good to me! I like the idea of the B team in the Scottish league playing alternate weeks (more or less) at Ibrox and away, though there's an impact on the playing surface from such heavy usage potentially...

Interestingly, only 3 teams represented in the team (no real surprise). We have 5, 3 each for Falkirk and Hibs.