CammyF

Ah, chasing the Blue Pound and the prices 🙈 nevermind, ensures that the team will be backed by a fantastic travelling support and be more akin to a home game.

Well if those are the level of our targets, domestic domination and European progression are definitely within out grasp......

Walter Smith at his best. Sickness ravaged squad and some how pieced together a team to beat them.

Well it worked with Eric Bo Anderson..... who then went on to have a decent run.

All of the above, including drums 😉

Can either of them play center mid?

R.I.P Pele - Simply The Best

How would you define "atmosphere" in a football stadium?

This saying is usually used by the underdog as a rallying call and by the favourites to ward of complacency. As you say, there will be examples when the underdogs have triumphed but football is normally predictable and the favourites normally win. Unless form does go out the window or Celtic squad gets ravaged by Covid / illness / injury or Beale suddenly manages to emulate SG and find a method of beating them consistently, Celtic are more than likely to win. I always feel nervous before OF games no matter who's in form or how the league looks. Regarding Monday, I'm a currently "non-plussed" as can't see us winning (other than the scenarios above) and even if we do win, it won't mean much other than the usual OF "bragging rights". Like it or not, currently, Celtic don't look like losing domestically. They have scraped a few results, but win nonetheless. I'll go to Ibrox on Monday as nervous as usual and will go in hope rather than expectation. If we win I'll enjoy the spoils of victory, but like you, I'm not expecting much from Mondays game

But that doesn't explain why the atmosphere was terrible during 9-in-a-row (for the most part), or when we were winning leagues, cups and in some cases trebles under DA, Eck and Sir Walters 2nd period in charge. We played some fantastic football under DA and Eck yet the atmosphere was flat (with the exception of The Blue Order).

Plumped for Borna for his 2 assists. Thought a few players played well in patches (Goldson, Lundstram, Tillman, Kent etc) with exception of Tav, Jack and Lowry who all IMO never really got into the game.

I agree with most of that - been going for 40+ years and it is now "habit" more than enjoyment (unless I have one or both my twins with me). The disconnect from the club in my case goes way back to SDM time and I have never gotten it back and dare say I never will. Thanks to the events during and after SMD reign, I now have an unhealthy mistrust of our board(s). As for players, I really don't and never have "slated" them during games as I (maybe naively) think they try their best. They don't pick themselves. Personally, I've been threatening to "Jack it" for over two decades but habit kicks in and I renew year after year. However given one of my twins is getting seriously into Rangers I may give up my season and take him as and when tickets are available.

That's fair and fine, but for a crowd of circa 49,000 every week, at times you can hear a pin drop. The atmosphere at times can be toxic towards our own players (around me anyway), with all players, sh1t, sh1tbags, not interested, needing dropped etc I do wonder the motivation of some of our fans. It seems to me that they need us to play bad (or lose) for some reason.

It may be a rhetorical question, but why do some Rangers fans go to games? The atmosphere tonight was abysmal (it alway is apart from European games) and around me (BF4), fans on players backs from very early into game. Then to top it all, 2 guys behind me lasted an entire 6mins before declaring how sh1t the game was and promptly buggered off to The Louden.

Some Rangers fans have short memories (or define "last good while"). Guys confidence is rock bottom and its gonna stay there as long as we continue to ridicule him. Played in Germany and Belgium so he obviously has something to offer. We had a discussion on way through to game on our RSC regarding how we continuely talk our players down whilst the talk theirs up (no matter how bad they are).

Beale not happy in his post-match interview. Like the way he speaks. Happy with 3 points and clean sheet but not much else! Says Alfie has a tight hamstring.

Quality dropped in 2nd half when we made a raft of changes. Hope Alfies injury isn't serious. 3 good goals, great finish from Tillman who came onto a game in 2nd half. Want Lowrys night tonight but hope he gets more opportunities.

He hasn't - done more than Tillman and Lowry combined.

Decent enough 1st half - two great crosses from Borna and two great headers. Tillman and Lowry struggling to get into the game, Kent fleeting in and out, Alfie looks a bit sharper. Just shows what happens when you have someone who can deliver a bit of quality into the box.

Rangers 3 v 1 Motherwell Kent FGS

No Roofe or Colak surprised at that.

Newcastle look seriously contenders - another victory today. Cracking game thus far at Villa Park - Liverpool just shading it currently.

Anyone else get St Mirren at 6/4 to defeat The Sheep today? I know, I know - few minutes to go so not counting ma chickens (our pound coins) just yet.

Lundstram for his goal and overall performance.