SteveC

When I was growing up my dad used to take me to all the away games. Then I went with my pals for many a year thereafter. That's something I think would be a big loss. In the last decade, when I've made very few games to be fair, the away ones have been by far the best - albeit the first sight of Ibrox after an absence always takes my breath away.

Yes, I had a similar vision. I heard the Killie version quite a few times. It was at a certain volume. Later there was a version at a much louder volume. A volume only approached by the Bears in other songs around the same passage of play. I was not there and I am not saying that this is conclusive but I will say that it did not seem at all difficult to tell which support was singing at any given time when I was watching it on TV. Perhaps it was more difficult than I assumed, however.

So disappointing. We've yet to play anything but bottom 6 material and haven't looked impressive at all.

This is nerve wracking and then some. A win is necessary!

That was an attempted leg breaker

Unlucky Kenny

Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!

Garner so far has jumped dangerously late into one of them and dived embarrassingly for a penalty. Still, with Hill in the team he's not the signing that will be (most) questioned...............

Given that folk who deliberately almost killed our club swan around at will, I guess he'll say whatever he wants. We've been punching bags for years, the Sunday Liam even had a piece saying that (as we lay dying) no-one could ever tire of punching us in the face. A point not lost on Motherwell and Hibs fans. Baffles me given I was a teenage fan in the 70s when everyone was our target (I'm NOT saying that was correct, btw) ....but now we are everyone's favourite patsies and of course if we react 1% to 100% provocation it becomes 50-50 in MSM land.

"Way better than normal" questions at the press conference.

"Recall Correctly" - you wrote "IIRC" ion the post I was answering....

Do you mean that's why he was aware of them or are you suggesting something untoward in MW's recruitment process (whether morally, legally or football-wise)? If the latter, please confirm if you did indeed "RC", or not................

Yes, you are all correct re speed and I would add positional sense. A friend was commentating on a game last year with Trevor Steven.... in the India Premier League I think it was...as his co-commentator and Trevor's man of the first half never touched the ball in the whole half (I'm not making this up, honest) - but his covering movement meant that no attacks came down the flank he was on. I implied I only meant brutality and fouling but I didn't just mean that. I meant good, firm tackles, like the slide tackles I used to love avoiding. Hurdling was part of my game! However, when cleaned out by one without being fouled one could admire the defender's timing. I also meant run of the mill defenders not world class like Caldow and Thuram (my Beckenbaur comment was meant to make that point.....)

I don't know what age you are, good sir, but is it also possible that changes in the laws have had an effect. I played on the wing and the full back's job was to put me out the game anyway he could. Nowadays defenders are hardly allowed near the player they are "marking" (or not as it is no longer allowed). I sometimes watch a last defender being made to look stupid and then when I watch the replay I realise that he didn't do anything constructive because he'd have given away a penalty/risked a red card if he had tried any of the ways that used to be routine defending approaches. I'm often not sure what defenders who cannot read the game like a Beckenbauer are actually supposed to do much of the time, in other words.

The logic as I read it is that this is what we were told (and we were, repeatedly) would happen so why act surprised/expect anything different. MW keeps saying there is no plan B. In Scotland we should whack most teams though I suspect we'll get some nasty shocks here and there as anyone who gives it a go is likely to score and we won't outscore all of them always, even minnows. As for the good-in-Scottish-terms teams then we may well ship quite a few goals in some of those games (even when we were completely outplaying the poorest scum team in years, they thankfully contrived to miss an open goal) and would probably often need a deadly strike-force to outscore them. As for Europe, well that'd be just as you state above. That's not something we have to worry about yet and however painful it is not to be there, it may be a blessing in disguise. The 'logic' is to expect what MW has always given and has said he always will give and enjoy it for what it is, I suspect anyway - apologies if I have interpreted wrongly.

Apt though, given it is the SFA's team. Hard to think of any orc more fitting.

Andy Walker agrees with him, AW saying Dons will be second to timz. Perhaps we should worry...... then again: http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11787/10240174/celtic-justifiably-big-favourites-to-beat-rangers-says-andy-walker

paddy Day celebrations, doubtless

We have two away games at Tynecastle, Shittodire and the Piggery pre this season's split. So yes, it certainly has been removed. No questioning whose hands are on the tiller.

http://rangers.co.uk/news/rangers-tv/video-manager-preview-5/ manager preview

You'll not be seeing him in action for us now....off on loan to St boo

RANGERS: Foderingham, Tavernier, Kiernan, Wilson, Wallace, Barton, Halliday, Kranjcar, McKay, Waghorn, Forrester. SUBS: Gilks, Hodson, Hill, O’Halloran, Miller, Rossiter, Dodoo

I think the stern words are not because he missed the date due to the course but that he didn't tell them in advance.

yes, it is..........not at all surprising