CammyF

Having watched some highlights from yesterday, I am wondering why the Aberdeen goal was allowed to stand? Lopes clearly dives to try and get a penalty, but ref waves play on and Aberdeen score. Game should have been stopped, Lopes booked and Rangers awarded a free-kick. Highlights also showed how good our forward play was, especially at the goals. Also, what a tackle from King on Lopes (on halfway line) when he tried to breakaway.

Didn't Gio say replacing Davies was more of a precaution? We'll see on Tuesday I suppose. Yilmaz look good for the short time he was on the pitch, but I thought Borna played well when he replaced Yilmaz.

We have a winner.....

All about opinions.

We do and they showed it today. Like Hearts away many Rangers fans were predicting a heavy defeat. Sands, Davies, King, Lundstrum, Colak, Tillman, Fashion and Kent all played well today. But for a few blocks and goal-lime clearances, we'd have scored 7 or 8 today.

When you are so, so desperate to create a rivalry that just hasn't existed since the late 80s (if it ever had).

As well as Michael Beale being at the game today, John Flecks kids were the Rangers mascot!

Far better performance and only gripe is we only scored 4! Abderdeen opened up as they believed they had a chance (must have been reading this forum 😉), and we exploited the space and played a very fast tempo. One of best performances of the season.

Their goal apart we've played well

Side Note - Michael Beale is at Ibrox today, guy from our bus just got his photo with him....

Rangers 3 v 0 Abderdeen Colak FGS

Roofe injured and in other news, water is wet. Roofe when fit is an asset, but with his continual injuries, he's becoming a drain.

He done well at Burnley but tends to prefer the "lump up the park" style of football. He'd certainly get the players fit, but fitness only gets you so far, players need skill, self belief, bravery which can't be coached, either have it or you don't. He wouldn't be my 1st choice, but give our current situation, I van see why some want him.

Yeah valid points but would be interested to see how our figures / injured players relates to other teams as might help us identify where the problems lie (,buying injured players, incorrect training regimes, bad luck etc)

Is it just our club who have this amount of long-term injured players?

I'm biased, I liked No1 Fanzine but read and enjoyed all Rangers fanzines as they offered something different. Outwith Rangers, Meadowbank, Hibs had great fanzines and The Chelsea independent was also a good read.

Think it started around the Fanzines which were a great platform for fans to get their thoughts out to fellow fans.

Blatantly untrue. I went for Tillman

The RSA could be the conduit, they represent Supporters Clubs and their members so a significant number of fans who travel home and away to follow Rangers. The SLA could also be whats required, but not how its currently structured. Frankfurt have a full department dedicated to fan liason, we have one guy. No mater who it was, they would be labeled "blazer chaser" by some, "puppets" by others and demonised by some. The majority of middle ground fans would probably accept and support this, but the lunatic fringe (which we can't deny we have, I'm probably part of it 😀) wouldn't. Thats why I say it's not possible. How many attempts have we had? They've all failed for one reason or another.

See PSV beat Arsenal 2-0 tonight, does that make us better than Arsenal 🤷‍♂️😁

Isn't that RSA and the fans liason officer?

The board may not have an obligation to engage with the fans, but it makes sense to keep the fans as "onside" as possible, and engagement is the best way to achieve this. The board were recently shamed / embarrassed into commencing engagement with fans and make a pigs ear out of it. Firstly putting the interviews on RTV (behind paywall, before releasing them free to air), then pulling further planned interviews due to the negative reactions to the initial interviews. Since then, the board have retreated into their shell's and are back to stay silent and ignoring the fans. Maybe Club1872 are trying to embarrass the board into speaking to their members and hats off to them, they've put the board in a no win situation. That's not Club1872s fault, it's the boards fault. I had a healthy disrespect for David Murray but have to say, that anytime I wrote to him, he had the curtesy to reply (usually blowing smoke up my arse), or forwarded my letter to the person at Ibrox who was best placed to respond (they would typically ignore me). There will never be one organisation who will speak for the majority of Rangers fans, its impossible due to the size of our fanbase. There will always been fractions in a support of our size, but think the badt majority all want the same thing, and I'll borrow a phrase from Mr Robertson, Rangers to be best in class in all "pillars" of the club. Best in class does not ignore their fans, it does not mislead its fans and it shouldn't take the fans everlasting loyalty for granted.

Yeah and no credible voice for fans (unless the RSA step up).

They have put the board in a no win situation, but the board are also responsible to engage with fans. As for being dishonest with their members, same could be said about the Rangers board. Its up to Club1872 members to decide if they want to continue to contribute- its easy to leave Club1872. Not so easy to stop becoming a Rangers supporter.