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It didn't take long. Two mhanks on the radio this morning talking about how Brenda wasn't nice to them at a Celtic Foundation Dinner. It's not "the Celtic Way", whatever the hell that is?

3 minutes ago, ian1964 said:

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Oh dear John

Just now, Gonzo79 said:

We should concentrate on ourselves.  Our downfall this season has been dropping daft points, home and away - nothing to do with Separate Entity FC.

Agree 100%. It is a major blow to them IMO but unless we keep winning it's all pointless tbh. I just hope it disrupts them in the short term. So much so that we can back within touching distance. A few draws for them would be welcome. Draws are as good as defeats in a tight league race.

They mhanks seems keen on Clarke rather than Lennon. Would Clarke take the job after what he's said over the last week?

As much as I'm not surprised that he is leaving Celtic, I'm pretty shocked by the timing. Rodgers always paints himself as a man of loyalty etc. and to walk at this time of the season could damage his reputation amongst the East End hordes. He was regarded as Saint Brendan with them and if the timing has an adverse effect on their season/treble treble/10 in a row, I genuinely think they would never forgive him. Saying that, from the chat that I've heard this morning, their ire seems to be directed more at Liewell than Rodgers.

Now their talking about Lenny as an interim manager with Broonie as his assistant

I think the Watford is a tricky game for Liverpool. Watford are on a decent run of form and Liverpool seem to be blowing hot and cold at the moment

I would be truly amazed if he leaves. Imagine the implosion!

8 minutes ago, Scott7 said:

I think Chelsea will be fishing in a bigger pond but, I agree, he might be looking for something with a bigger name. Newcastle, Everton, even Villa are bigger clubs than Leicester. So is celtic if I’m honest but Leicester play in a much bigger league.

Villa maybe a big club but as it stands that is derived only from their long history. Recent history suggests they will struggle to get out of the Championship for the foreseeable and in England, if you are not in the EPL you are not a "big club" IMO. 

To add to the self image thing, I genuinely believe he thinks he's destined for a bigger team than Leicester. Maybe Chelsea? Sarri-ball seems to be imploding?

Really can't see him walking out mid season. He is big on his own self image and leaving now would upset a lot of Tims, regardless of what he has won for them. 

13 minutes ago, barca72 said:

He's already said, in a bigoted fashion, that since it is from the VBs he wont be interested.

In what way was his response in a "bigoted fashion"? 

19 minutes ago, Bluedell said:

Not interested in a demo but very interested in a petition. Both are looking to protect Rangers' interests but only one involves the SNP. Not a surprise why he's doing his utmost to discredit the petition. SNP before Rangers yet again. 

Is Bearger not just asking about the details involved with the petition? If the details are vague, surely it's only common sense to ask questions prior to making a decision to support it?

1 hour ago, MacK1950 said:

700 people signing a petition that theoretically doesn't exist jeez man wait till the mhedia get a whiff of this.

Not exactly boxing clever in the fight against out detractors, is it? 

3 minutes ago, craig said:

Of course it could.  Clean up your own house and then when they simply cannot control their own songbook you subtly place comment in the media.

 

One thing is for sure - we continue with our own songbook and it will never be shone on them - and only partially to do with their media placemen, but just as much, if not moreso, because we don't know how to box clever.

Agree 100%.

8 minutes ago, BEARGER said:

Refreshingly honest words there from Rice. Good to hear

5 hours ago, Gonzo79 said:

Any Bear who continues to focus on our songs is struggling to see the wider issue.

 

We are hated.  No matter what we sing or do they will come after us.  By focusing on our songs you are effectively doing the bidding of Lawwell.

 

Carry on and make yourselves known.

I would suggest it's the people singing these songs that are the ones doing Lawwell's bidding. The fact that our manager has to comment about this again is embarrassing.

Just stop singing these songs for goodness sake. 

9 minutes ago, ian1964 said:

 

Great idea but I hope certain individuals leave the ski masks at home. 

1 minute ago, Rousseau said:

We're on fire!

 

I think Jack and Kamara have strolled it; their positioning, ability to receive the ball and keep it, recycle possession and play the pass has given a platform for Kent to rip them to shreds. 

 

 

I definitely think this is why Kamara has been drafted in. 

Strange decision at this time of the season. Not unless they are laying the foundations for Brendan Rogers

Strong team. No excuses. 3pts on a shitty pitch. Nothing else matters

11 minutes ago, Bluedell said:

Can people be in the OO never having been in a church in their lives? 

No idea but the original article highlights the membership being part of the reformed faith. I presumed members of religious organisations required attendance at a place of worship? 

Maybe they can recall the 984 players they have on loan? 

2 hours ago, ian1964 said:

Cheer Up Stevie Clarke!

 

It comes as no surprise to the members of Vanguardbears that the usual suspects have reared their ugly heads to have a go at Rangers Football Club and our fans, after all it’s what they live for and they couldn’t stick the knife in quick enough. We all know who they are!

Personally, I don’t think Stevie Clark is a ****** and I don’t know the marital status of his parents when he was born, but let’s be honest being called a ****** must be one of the worse insults ever directed at anyone; a group of murdering cowards who slaughtered innocent men, woman, children and race horses. They also selected their victims based on their nationality and religion so I suppose they could also be labelled as sectarian and racist.  No wonder Stevie was beeling.

Let’s cut to the chase though; ****** isn’t a religion and it never will be. The word ****** isn’t sectarian.

•  They have no Sabbath or religious festivals.

•  They have no Deity, saints or prophets.

•  They have no place of worship unless you consider singing PIRA songs at Parkhead.

•  They have no scriptures.

•  They have no head of their church.

•  Other than their support for the murder of British people it’s hard to understand what it is exactly they worship.

If we go into more detail it quickly becomes apparent that ******s aren’t exclusively Protestant or Roman Catholic. Some of the most prominent ******s were Protestant.  Is that why Stevie was raging?

On the other hand, the Orange Order is a Charitable Christian organisation which is exclusively populated by members of the Reformed faith, therefore “Orange Bastard” is extremely sectarian and intolerant of someone’s faith, and though Kris Boyd might not be a member of the organisation I can only assume the Celtic fans’ intolerance towards his religion was their motivation.  In fact a stream of recent Rangers managers have been subjected to the “Orange Bastard” chant - strangely none of the usual suspects thought it worthy of a mention.

Cheer up Stevie Clarke; we know you’re not a ****** so stop acting like one.

 

https://www.vanguardbears.co.uk/article.php?i=249&a=cheer-up-stevie-clark

"On the other hand, the Orange Order is a Charitable Christian organisation which is exclusively populated by members of the Reformed faith"

Just based on personal experience but anyone I've ever encountered from OO couldn't tell you the first thing about their reformed faith and have never been in a church in their lives. 

Honestly, this stuff is bewildering. Stop trying to argue around the semantics of the words. The abuse is horrible and needs to stop. Just concentrate on football ffs. No wonder I encourage my wee boy into anything but football. 

2 minutes ago, cooponthewing said:

You made a decent point untill you spouted the biblical nonsense. On the one hand you don’t want religion in football (rightly so) but then you quote it? Deary me?

 

I agree with you re Union bears and as soon as we heard the 30 second chant I knew it was trouble. You seem happy to not defend our treatment over the last 10 years despite countless outside hostile forces intent on attaching our fans and club though?

 

We know the UB shouldn’t have sung that however, they will argue that as they see thousands abusing Boyd and his Protestant background without reprimand, that they felt their behaviour was justified. Personally, I won’t be holding my breath for parity and have watched attacks on us for years. There is no mediation with this lot. We have 50k sing this to SG at the piggery: nothing said v 100 sing at Ibrox: Meltdown. That’s where we are at.

If we know all this then it's time to play a cannier game IMO. The Tim's abusing Boyd shouldn't be a green light to excuse our own abuse. If nothing was said on Wednesday the focus should have been on THEM. Ok the media will not run with it in the same way but if we keep our own house in check they will eventually be exposed. 

PS. As much as the passage was from the Bible, it's not overtly religious is it? Sounds more like common sense

Is anyone else utterly scunnered with this prehistoric garbage? We should be talking about a 5-0 cup win. 4 goals for Alfie. The midfields hunger to work in packs to retain possession. The next round v Aberdeen. Oh no. Rangers fans don't get that luxury afforded to most football fans. We get a few days of the club being dragged through the myre thanks to this cringeworthy own goal by some of our fans. It's getting tiresome tbh. Just concentrate on football ffs. Leave all your own baggage at your own door. You are doing the club you profess to love, no favours whatsoever