SteveC

No, me neither. Not one in fact. Yet here it says "It caused fury". Then, again, it continues by saying "on social media" and, let's face it, what doesn't?

It's a nice sentiment but they are far and way the favourites for the tie. Which doesn't mean we can't win but if we do, it'll be as underdogs. We were exceptional v Dundee in all senses of the word. it is not how we have regularly played or scored. We may turn up in that form or we may turn up in the sort of form that has seen as struggle to put away teams who'd be the whipping boys of Conference football. We have a paper thin squad especially as King and O'Hallaron are cup-tied. We don't know who will be available in a month's time. In many games we've played well and totally dominated but struggled to convert one out of over a dozen good chances, and that is us as much, if not more, than the us who rattled in 4 while imperiously swatting away Dundee. Our defence and keeper will be in for a bombardment of crosses that they are unused to and for longer periods of being put under pressure than they have yet faced. We'll also have officials terrified to give any decision against them.

Question re semi final Harry - polite noises but we take it one game at a time Question re semi final Question re semi final Question re semi final Question re semi final Jeezo

And the Fighting Fund should be kept until it is either needed to defend us against this charge or that this danger has passed. Anyone thinking that it is all over now as not been paying attention to the last couple of decades (at least)

oddly enough the answer to both is "no".

double post.................

I'd missed that bit. I was reading on the phone in the middle of the night

We can indeed and the rule change in September had killed us in this

Yes, but two are cup-tied

It's an age thing. I've always been a worrier and I am "glass half-empty" by nature but the older I've got the worse it gets. Specific reasons would be that they have a squad which would sell for multiple times what ours would, physically they look stronger and will be given carte blanche to kick us off the field, our defence and keeper will be under a constant barrage of crosses in a way that they have hitherto not experienced. We will have team with little OF experience. On the other hand, they won't have faced a team like us, perhaps that lack of OF experience will be liberating, the underdog can have his day and they'll be revolting in more than their normal sense if we win. But stand back for a minute and take it all in = we are the underdogs, we'll be long odds underdogs at that. Yes, we can win, but I don't see how we can be expected to do so. I will be thinking completely different come kick off, obviously!

I'm not sure if they will, but they certainly should! I was taken to hospital one Easter, down here in England, with Chicken Pox (suspected meningitis at first which made it more exciting) and was asked at admittance if there were any religious reasons why I should not be kept in hospital. "Aye, it's Rangers v Celtic on Sunday" was my reply. They wrote it down but kept me in. Thankfully the isolation-contagion rooms, unlike all the other wards, had a signal so I could follow follow via text. The penalty and save incident via text was quite an experience.

It's a very big ask and I feel that physically it will be very hard for us given that no referee will be brave enough to punish thuggery. I still remember Stokes putting Papac out the game (and nearly in a wheelchair) in the opening minute of a game and not getting a red. their constant talk of conspiracies against them and persecutions of the refs do them wonderful favours on the pitch and we aren't the most robust of sides or so it seems to me from a distance. I've never seen us live all season. Every time I make arrangements to travel up our games are moved. It's a nightmare as getting the time away from work isn't easy and then to do so and not see a game is infuriating.

I missed that. I read in the build-up that he was injured though that was just on a fan forum so I don't know where the info came from. You seem certain that Warburton preferred those players on the bench, I am not. When he spoke in interview he implied that he had no choice. I'm afraid "it was on the website on Friday night" (can you provide a link, btw) is far from evidence I'd base an assertion like yours on. I could also add Warburton extended GZ's loan deal, "surely that tells its own story." - but all that aside, my point was not on the rights or wrongs of your opinion, rather it was on the obsessive, relentless nature with which you parrot it .

Reported where and by whom? Your eagerness to put him down never falters. Even the word "behind" where "ahead" would seem to be your meaning. What is it like to so hate a Rangers' player? I reserve such feelings for those in hoops. Your post history on this young man, along with Gunslinger's on Vukic make me despair at there relentless hounding. They closely mirror things I remember from being an Ibrox regular. An old guy (younger than I am now no doubt but seemed old then) spitting endless fury at Tommy McLean. Game in, game out without fail - obsessive negativity poured on one of our own. It's not enough, apparently, to harbour private misgivings or to make the occasional negative comment. It has to be continual and it has to be personal. There's a goldmine for psychiatric studies here: "the fans who hate their players; the supporters who continually undermine". EDIT: Just to be clear I am not saying players should never be criticised nor fans are not allowed to say that they had a bad game or even that, in their opinion, a certain player never can have. I am talking about the relentless denigration at every opportunity whether real, or as has been the case as recently as last week with you and GZ, invented.

Dundee Courier again: http://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/football/dundee-fc/dundee-boss-paul-hartley-extremely-disappointed-by-side-s-showing-in-thrashing-by-rangers-1.927534 Dundee boss Paul Hartley says his side only have themselves to blame after they were dumped out of the Scottish Cup by Rangers. The Light Blues were rampant as they recorded an impressive 4-0 win. Harry Forrester blasted Gers ahead inside 13 seconds and three second-half strikes from Jason Holt, Andy Halliday and Lee Wallace put the seal on Dundee's demise. Dark Blues boss Hartley was left distraught by his side's sloppy start to both halves. "I'm extremely disappointed with the manner of the start," he said. "The last thing we said to them before we went out was make sure you have a good start to the game. "We were a goal down after 13 seconds and what does to the home team, it just gives them a massive lift. "We have got to be honest with ourselves and say Rangers totally deserved to win today and we didn't perform." Rangers boss Mark Warburton watched his side put on the best display of his Ibrox reign - but still does not reckon it was enough to have their potential semi-final opponents running scared. Warburton's side will discover late on Sunday afternoon who they will face in the last four of the competition, with Dundee United — winners over Ross County in the day's second quarter-final — one possible opponent. But despite the emphatic nature of his side's victory, the Englishman does not believe it will have intimidated their eventual Hampden adversaries. "I don't think anyone fears anyone," he said. "If you're in the semi-final of a trophy, who are you going to fear? "Our job, whoever we face, is to do well. Don't forget, it's only seven and a half months since this team came together. All credit to them for the way they have applied themselves and they deserved today's result. "But they are a young side and teams in the semi-finals won't fear anyone I'm sure."

http://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/football/dundee-fc/rangers-4-dundee-0-dark-blues-dumped-out-of-scottish-cup-at-ibrox-1.927522 Dundee Courier's take = Dundee’s dreams of Scottish Cup glory are over for another season after they were unceremoniously dumped out of the competition by Rangers at Ibrox. More than a few pundits had tipped Paul Hartley’s Premiership side to overcome the Championship table-toppers in this quarter-final. However, it was Mark Warburton’s side who simply blew the Dark Blues away with a performance of pace, power and precision. Dundee got off to the worst possible start with Rangers opening the scoring with just 13 seconds on the clock as Harry Forrester sent a ferocious angled drive past the helpless Dark Blues keeper Scott Bain. Paul Hartley’s side were stunned and they came close to conceding a second in the eighth minute when James Tavernier produced a crisp shot but this time Bain saved at his near post. The woodwork then came to the rescue when a defensive Kevin Holt header clipped his own post. Rangers’ Public Enemy No.1 Gary Harkins then had a chance of his own but he dragged his shot wide of Wes Foderingham’s goal. Bain had to come to the rescue once again in the 26th minute, pulling off a stunning acrobatic stop from a long-range Tavernier free-kick. As the teams ran down the tunnel at half-time, the Dundee players were no doubt relieved that they were just one goal in arrears considering Rangers’ overall dominance. However, just two minutes after the restart, the Dark Blues conceded again with the impressive Kenny Miller teeing up Jason Holt for the simplest of headers to net from close range. Rangers then made it three in the 55th minute, when Andy Halliday curled a free-kick from 20 yards around the wall and past Bain to send Ibrox rocking. Dundee huffed and puffed in search of consolation goal but instead they conceded a fourth in the 84th minute. Rangers skipper Lee Wallace jinked past a couple of Dark Blues’ defenders before calmly slotting the ball past Bain to well and truly put the icing on the cake for the home side.

Another couple of smiles: http://lionofviennasuite.sbnation.com/2016/3/5/11165978/immediate-reaction-leeds-united-2-1-bolton-wanderers? A fine time to play Leeds, you'd think. No. Not this Bolton Wanderers. This Bolton Wanderers side is the most spineless, gutless and least talented Bolton Wanderers that I have ever seen, and maybe the worst in the history of the club. I've never cared as less for the club as I do right now. Even the impending takeover won't change anything. The only change that can help is that we get rid of Neil Lennon. It's too late for this season, but Phil Brown's arrival cannot come quickly enough. Will he be the right man? No idea, but he's better than the one we've got. This season has been one of absolute embarrassment. ---------- Anti-McClaren chants and angry boos echoed around St James' Park at the end of another pitiful display by the home side. Former England boss McClaren cut a beleaguered figure on the touchline, having arrived for the game amid speculation that defeat would spell the end of his tenure, which only began in the summer. It is now five defeats in the six matches for Newcastle - who spent about £100m in the past two transfer windows but again find themselves labouring at the wrong end of the table.

Ian got there first

Me, too, but you can never tell from TV pictures as you get used to seeing games and then hearing the official figures and as these rarely match the actual attendance you have no bearing on how to properly judge. Put it this way, I've seen sparser crowds on TV with 40,000+ given as the attendance. I've also seen games where it looked totally packed and the attendance was far from being what it looked. All very unreliable!

I'm nearly greeting with pleasure here. This is effing superb

2nd goal just about watchable!

Yessssssssssssssssssssssssss 3

Took ages this half but eventually we got one:yesrfc:

Ta = It didn't look that way from the replays but I suppose he must've. Wish we'd get a second, as I'm getting nervous.

Why was Forrester booked? Was it for scoring for Rangers and then smiling? Actually was he really booked? Crocker said so but there's no mention on text commentaries.