Uilleam

Exactly.

Standards, and self discipline; both are essential for long term individual and collective success in modern professional sport, even in Scotland. We need only look, quickly, I add, across the city, at the guttersnipe outfit, run by guttersnipe, for guttersnipe, to see the truth of this.

How many went on to play for the ABs? I think that the NZ players instituted the rule effectively. Really, it's just an injunction to adhere to professional standards.

Some years ago, The NZ All Blacks -that is, the players- instituted a set of rules. The first rule was: No Dickheads. Simple to understand, it has done them no harm, whatsoever. For the avoidance of doubt, I am not saying that our own dickheads should be bagged, just that I am disappointed that Rangers' dressing room does not display the same rigour.

There's a statement from Messrs Gerrard and Wilson up on the official website: https://www.rangers.co.uk/article/supporter-update-1/4KcxScvSgLO4bSMkKEvQLw

I may be old school, but I would give them fuck all.

No.

Depends what times he takes his "Sundowners". Burra pegs, so rumour has it.

81/4 at TEA. Not lunch. So only a 20min break. Lunch will be called 'Dinner', and taken at Tea Time. Me, neither.

I assume that they have paid him off, up to the end of his contract. With a -significant- bonus on top for a Non Disclosure Agreement.

Everyone considered him the Coward of Ross County.....

He won the title after taking over from Brenda?

Never thought I would see the creature being canned, because he lost his bottle. While cowards flinch, and traitor's sneer, We'll keep the Blue Flag flying here. It must have been a long, long, journey from Dingwall, right enough. I wonder if he had a booze on the coach, which would be illegal, of course, and, possibly,therefore, a dismissable offence. As for his 'record' , it has been put to me : Lennon has won League titles as manager, when- Rangers were docked points Rangers were not in the League the title was awarded by zoom call cabalists. (I thought that he might have won one legitimately, myself, but I'm not sure, and can't be arsed checkng back.)

The only people I ever knew who drank Pomagne, came from Larkhall. They thought it was classy, and of course, it got them steaming. You can buy a bottle -unopened and 'collectable'- on eBay, for £49.95. (Postage free) https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1978-Sparkling-Pomagne-cider-not-opened-collectables/324312821486?hash=item4b828ceeee:g:sskAAOSwFcdfcmeJ

Pomagne was a brand of cider produced by Bulmers in the United Kingdom. It was first marketed in 1906 under the name "Cider De Luxe". In 1916, it was renamed Pomagne. It was originally produced by the méthode champenoise using only the juice from the first pressing. Bulmers marketed Pomagne as "champagne cider" until Bollinger took it to court over the use of the term "champagne" in 1974.[1] Bulmers won the case, but stopped using the méthode champenoise in 1975 and changed to making Pomagne by bulk fermentation in a 6,000-gallon tank. The drink was referenced in the BBC sitcom The Royle Family, along with the Snowball. Pomagne had been discontinued at some point prior to 2013, at which time Bulmers stated it was not planning to re-introduce the drink.[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomagne

Abuse victims deserve apology, minister tells Rangers Rangers telt!! (That'll play well with the demographic) Well, not quite: SNP Minister for Public Health and Sport, one Mairi Gougeon (no, me neither, but she represents Angus North and Mearns, has a Degree in History, from Aberdeen, and is married to a Frenchman), has said that, “Any clubs where young people suffered such abuse should apologise, and they should do so unreservedly. That is the least that the individuals and families who were impacted can expect.” The over-zealous sub-editor, again, eh? I used to think better of The Times.... I would have to speculate -hope- that the Club is acting under advisement. The obsession with apology, rather than punishment, is quite marked, and wide spread. Of course it's become a bandwagon, festooned with virtue signals, for head nodders like Spiers, and for others. My worry is that apology, no matter how anodyne, is seen, quite coldly, and calculatedly, as an end in itself, and an end to the matter: everybody has apologised, let's draw a line and move on, for the good of society, for the good of the game, for the good of Scotland. Actually, this is all part of the 'equivalence' narrative, which posits that all clubs were affected, so they are all the same, laying aside any matters of scale of abuse, timescale over which it occurred, and its concealment. I think that the victims have a right to know what happened, how it happened, how it was allowed to continue; I think also that the country has a similar right. It is a dark chapter in sport, but concealing it, and concealing the concealment of it, is not any way forward. A full independent inquiry is. Abuse victims deserve apology, minister tells Rangers Marc Horne Tuesday February 23 2021, 12.01am, The Times Rangers have yet to make an apology to survivors of child sex abuse at the club and have denied wrongdoing https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/abuse-victims-deserve-apology-minister-tells-rangers-n3t580rpv Scotland’s sports minister has warned Rangers and other football clubs that they cannot stay silent over the “abhorrent” sexual abuse that has scarred the national game. An independent report commissioned by the Scottish FA ordered clubs who had failed to protect young players to offer an “unequivocal and unreserved” public apology to survivors. The Scottish FA, Motherwell, Hibernian, Falkirk, Partick Thistle, the Highland league club Forres Mechanics and Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale, an Edinburgh youth team, released statements expressing contrition. Celtic, whose feeder clubs are embroiled in an abuse scandal spanning three decades, reiterated an apology from last year in which they said they were “very sorry” that such events took place. Rangers, however, have failed to make a public statement since the report was released this month. Mairi Gougeon, the minister for sport, said that clubs could not evade or ignore recommendations made by the Independent Review of Sexual Abuse in Scottish Football. “The abuse that those young people were subjected to was abhorrent,” she said. “I can only imagine the impact that it has had on them and on their families. “Any clubs where young people suffered such abuse should apologise, and they should do so unreservedly. That is the least that the individuals and families who were impacted can expect.” She said the government would work with the Scottish FA to ensure compliance, adding: “It is vital that those recommendations are implemented. I am sure that the individuals affected by this and their families would absolutely agree with that.” Gougeon was backed by Johann Lamont, the former Scottish Labour leader and co-convener of Holyrood’s crossparty group of adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. “Clubs must understand the scale of the harm done and they should apologise,” Lamont said. “The report makes shocking reading and it merits a very serious response. Survivors deserve nothing less.” Last week a former top-flight footballer told The Times that he had been repeatedly abused in a manager’s office while he was a youth player with Rangers. The retired professional alleged he had been indecently assaulted “five or six times” by Gordon Neely, the club’s head of youth development, in the late 1980s. “I’d dreamed of playing for Rangers since I was a child and was scared I’d be let go if I told anyone, so I said nothing,” he said. Neely was unmasked as a prolific paedophile in the report, which found he had sexually and physically assaulted at least three other youths at Ibrox before being sacked in 1991. He had molested other young players at Hibernian and Hutchison Vale. Rangers failed to respond to a request for comment. The club has strenuously denied any wrongdoing and insisted that Neely was immediately sacked and reported to the police when it became aware of concerns. An article appeared in the official club newspaper at the time of his resignation, saying that he was leaving to go into business and wishing him “every success”. Neely, who died in 2014, bought a large guest house in Perthshire and continued to abuse boys while working as a freelance coach. Independent investigators concluded that they had been “unable to confirm” whether the police had been informed at the time.

A Garda?

Boys' stuff.

SEVEN. A bagatelle, Jean-Jacques; fuxake, we've had that no of players done for breaching Covid protocols.

Let's not mention Freddy Adu......

Orange County midfielder Francis Jacobs set to join Rangers By Alani Adefunmiloye - 22 February, 2021 According to The Athletic, Scottish Premiership giants Rangers have completed a deal to sign Orange County teenage midfielder Francis Jacobs, and he is expected to move to Ibrox later this year. The 15-year-old became the youngest professional player in United States football history after turning professional in August 2019 at the age of 14 years, four months and 29 days. Rangers took Jacobs with them to Doha last year when the club’s under-16s went to play the Alkass International Cup, and he was one of three players to travel to Scotland for a training stint with the Light Blues in December 2019. USL Championship outfit Orange County are in a partnership with the Light Blues, and they will be hoping that their academy graduate can make the grade at Rangers. Jacobs stands at almost six feet tall, and he could be mistaken for an older player due to his impressive physicality. The midfielder has a UK passport and that has made the deal straightforward, and he has impressed Rangers coaches during his trials to warrant being given a contract. The deal is believed to include a sizeable sell-on clause for the USL club, and it will be interesting to see whether he can break into the first-team going forward. Sportslens View Adding another exciting prospect to their ever-growing list of talented teenagers in the academy is a great move on the part of Rangers, and they are definitely preparing for the future with some smart signings. Steven Gerrard’s side have dominated the Scottish Premiership this term following 26 wins and four draws in 30 games, and they are now seven points away from winning their first top-flight title in 10 years. Rangers will be keen to make more quality first-team signings this summer as they prepare to defend the title next term, and it will be interesting to see how things go in the coming months. https://sportslens.com/orange-county-midfielder-francis-jacobs-set-to-join-rangers/335176/

Sure it's not the Bantry bus? They would have been better served going there, it seems. I feel another Covid excuse coming -is that 19?- from Pickled Ginger: "It's bad for morale, 5 buses, it means we can't have a good sing song on the way to the match".

Don't want to, em, snipe, but it's a young, unfledged, pigeon.

Blowers was on TV the other day, regaling the audience with the tale of how he and others drove from Chelsea to Mumbai (Bombay, as it was then known) in a Rolls Royce. to cover the !st test against India. Sometime in the 70s, as far as I recall. No pigeons, but I think that they managed some game birds on the way....

Long bus trip from Dingwall......there could be trouble ahead