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All the sh*t surrounding this fixture has me teetering on the edge of jacking in football for good. TBH, due to a combination of various things I was already losing interest in the game I've loved since I was a nipper but the weekends nonsense maybe the final straw. I genuinely cannot be arsed with all this nonsense that has nowt to do with football,

Said it on another thread but I would not lose sleep if Rangers never took another allocation of tickets again for that horrible and vile place

I wouldn't exactly say we were given a footballing lesson yesterday. I would say that the most influential players in Celtic's victory were in blue and not green/white. We made a hard game harder by the way we played and ultimately were the architects of our own downfall

I was on board with Barton as I thought he was the experienced player MW was looking for to sit in front of the back 4. I presumed that was the plan? Let's not forgot he chased that guy Eustace for a whole season, so he obviously had this role in mind?

The hands tied behind the back say a lot to me

I'm not surprised about this tbh. I'm not one for boycotts but I genuinely could not care less if we never take another ticket allocation to that sh*thole.

I do agree we have a long way to go but looking at things in the short term there does seem to be a change in the way we play. I can't put my finger on it but from the Scottish Cup up semi on, we haven't kicked a ball and have looked sluggish, predictable and very one dimensional.

I was led to believe the Green Brigade and Co. was dispersed around the stadium a few years back after various "problems" so how have they magically appeared in the same wee corner with all their bile?

Call me cynical but even the story that highlights the hanging effigies still manages to somehow shine a "positive" light on Celtic fans by finding a few Celtic voices that disapprove. If this was Rangers fans doing this, I feel we would not be afforded the chance to show how our normal fans would disapprove. It would be printed with every effort to tar every Rangers fan with the same horrible brush. On the same topic, I did notice a few articles in the Herald leading up to the game that lead with a main image of Rangers and Celtic fans in the same picture. At first glance both pics seem to be showing both fans, segregated in a stadium but if you gave the images closer inspection, they had the Celtic fans in the foreground, slightly out of focus and Gers fans in the background in full focus so you could see every detail. IMO this was a deliberate attempt to draw the reader to the Rangers fans thus giving an impression that they were focus of the article. Or maybe I'm just paranoid?

Of course they did. That's a no brainer but that doesn't answer my initial question

Just watched the full game as I could only see part of the 2nd half so here's my tuppence worth Before going into this game my biggest fear wasn't the potency of Celtic but how we were playing and after watching the game all my fears came to fruition. Celtic won the game easily 5-1 without having to do much for their victory IMO. Granted, they were more aggressive but I genuinely feel we were the architects of our own downfall. A combination of horror defending and shocking passing from us made the game easy for Celtic and that for me is a worry. I also don't think the line-up helped to be honest. When I saw the line up I thought we look lightweight in midfield and that's were we lost it. Our weak midfield showing only heaped more pressure on our already struggling back line and we could never control the game. Oh well. Onwards and upwards

Did people seriously think we were going to win the league this season?

They certainly do not. These silly billys are determined to drag our club back to the dark ages and I for one wish they would f**k off. I didn't think I could get more angry and pissed off after the result today but this tops anything on the pitch. Ok we lost a match but we will be back. We can change that and hopefully turn it around soon but I genuinely fear this nonsense will plague us forever and in turn we are going to lose generations of kids and potential new fans thanks to the actions of these f**kwits.

We were the architects of our own downfall from what I've seen. Terrible defending and slack passing. Still would have started with Forrester, O'Halloran and Halliday. Oh well. Much to do for MW

Hope that starting XI doesn't leave us light in midfield as well as lacking in pace. Would like to have seen O'Halloran or Forrester in for Garner/Miller. Does this mean Miller will come in off the flanks? Garner won't deviate much from the middle IMO

I hear you Ian but I feel that MOH has been unlucky as many of the games we play don't really let his attributes shine through. I agree wholeheartedly about competition dude. I just feel that he might be something Celtic won't expect tomorrow

Are we not going to give Garner a chance?

Shouldn't these muppets be asking Liewell why they are paying more to watch their team play a 4 year old "new club" than to watch them play Barca?

If O'Halloran can't get a start in game like this, what was the point of signing him? An outball to a player of his pace could really be vital tomorrow as their defence seems as suspect as ours

6-2 flattered them IMO. We had a good goal chalked off for offside and played most of the football that day. They had about 7/8 shots and scored 6. When does that ever happen? Let's not forget that their first/second goal was also miles offside. Our own 5-1 victory in the next game was far more convincing

Agree with regards to Nico coming on later in the game but for me O'Halloran is a must to start this game. This will be the first game in a long time were the opposition will come at us in numbers and for me an outball and a player with pace could be crucial. If O'Halloran can't find a start in this game, I would start to wonder about the reasons for signing him.

Post of the day mate. Bravo

Not recognising that high ball after high ball was not the answer has nothing to do with luck

I agree wholeheartedly. We as Rangers fans need to box clever with this issue but I fear there is large section of our support who are so dogmatic that they can't see the bigger picture

I still think 3-5-2/5-3-2 is a good shout in the long run. Wallace and Tav are more effective going forward IMO