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Calm down mate -- there's no need to quote the big guns.

Good news. Even though he's went through a dry spell recently, he's performed excellently for us. I think his influence on the other players, particularly Morelos, should not be underestimated, with regards to fitness and professionalism.

Were we not linked with Amiens' Guirassy? West Ham are now in talks to sign him on loan.

Hearts 1 - 2 Rangers FGS Aribo Morelos back yet?

Clean sheet for McCrorie on his Livingston debut last night.

We have a new leader! Everyone who entered gained 1 point for the Correct Result. Weebluedevil gained 1 point for the Correct Number of Rangers Goals. BEARGER, BD, Les, MoodyBlue, 26th, weebluedevil, r_s, TB and T-1000 gained 2 points for Defoe as FGS. Weebluedevil gained 3 points for the Correct Score. Weebluedevil gets a maximum! Latest Standings:

Rangers 2 - 0 St Mirren FGS Aribo

Interesting. From watching a couple of videos, he looks quite quick (relatively speaking -- not sure how that translates to our league), likes to play on the shoulder, has a good eye for space, and likes the back post. I question the quality of the League, although it does look competitive (a few big names in there, for what that's worth). Rodez have just been promoted from the third tier, and Bonnet looks to have coped with the step up well; scoring 9 goals this season already (tied 4th top scorer in the League). £4.5M for a player from that level seems expensive. At 26 he's perhaps just coming into his prime? Interesting.

I was expecting a score of 1s for everyone, but we do have two players who gained more points. Everyone who entered gained 1 point for the Correct Result. No one had the Correct Number of Rangers Goals. BEARGER and WB91 gained 2 points for Arfield as FGS. No one had the Correct Score. It's very tight at the top! Latest Standings:

I've got an image of BD begrudgingly turning up to the Amo, Bert and Numan night, but when Bert speaks he's...

Touche.

Can he play Right-back?

I would much prefer to see Patterson get a start. By all accounts he played well recently. Flanagan's not very good, generally -- although he's dependable in certain, defensive, situations. Polster, maybe, but I'd prefer the youngster.

I might pop in later.

Valverde sacked; Quique Setién appointed new manager. Barcelona will be entertaining again! Quique Setién had Las Palmas and Real Betis playing some really attractive stuff.

May as well get an early start on this. I'll go for a Gaffer special: Rangers 5 - 0 Stranraer Kent to score all five.

Elliott is a special case. Liverpool just bought Elliott at the start of this season from Fulham, after he made a few appearances last season for them.

Yes - he was mentioned in the transfer thread no too long ago (Liverpool sniffing about, I think?).

I want a % of any sell-on fee and a buy-back clause -- we should do the latter more often, like European clubs.

Liverpool were almost forced to play youngsters -- it's not because they are good enough to play consistently. They've got a heavy schedule over Christmas, with League, League Cup, FA Cup and Club World Cup. Klopp played youngsters in the League Cup, where they were smashed by Villa 4-0, and then against Everton, where for the most part they should have been smashed, if not for some poor finishing and good saves. Klopp wanted the CWC, so played his first team -- which is unusual for European sides, I think -- which they won. Obviously, he wants the League more than anything -- I've not seen any youngsters get game time in the League. I think you're putting too much spin on this.

Do I need to install Podbean to listen to it?

Yeah, I quite enjoyed it. I was somewhat -- concerned is the wrong word -- struck, when he suggested he doesn't see himself being a manager for the next 30 years. It seems like it's a ladder for him; whereby the Manager's job at Liverpool is the endgame. It's like everything is geared towards that goal; not necessarily to 'be' a manager, like these managers that go from job to job. (I can't quite describe it.) He's obviously very driven, and that endgame suits us anyway; if he gets there, it means he's been a success with us. I saw him on Gary Neville's Soccerbox (?). I was really impressed with his desire to learn; I lost count of the number of times he questions why things were done in-game by his managers in the past, and in games he watches now. In the above podcast he mentions asking Klopp why he does certain things. He's an impressive man.