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....and unlikely to regain his mojo @Ibrox, I suspect.

In my view, Whyte acquired Rangers with the sole view of driving it onto the rocks. Any interest he had in 'saving Rangers' was related solely to how much money he could make. A more responsible owner may -would- not have been able to deal with the BTC, but the processes resulting from that level of debt would have been handled better, more transparently, and the Club, and the assets, tangible and intangible, in all likelihood would not have ended up in the hands of the whores, rogues, and comic singers they did, thanks to Whyte's initial acquisition.

They would be struggling under somebody like Moyes........Oh, wait..

Irrespective of rights, wrongs, or bald economic pragmatism, it is my fear that the clubs will undertake a plebiscite, as they did re: expulsion from the Prem Lge, and that a few thousand -if that- cretinous bigots will determine that honours won on the pitch are removed from the record.

"Like a dug oan a beetroot", as they say in the coarser parts of the realm.

Selling Lukaku to ManU for £75Mill, apparently.

The real villains? Since the inception of the BTC, there was a school of thought which asserted that EBTs were an established method of tax avoidance, and that the case against Murray Group (incl Rangers) was due to its maladministration of its schemes. It appears now, unless I am misreading the situation, that the EBT strategy employed by Murray, under advisement, was completely flawed in principle, irrespective of how it was put into practice. If that is correct, the real villains were, presumably, the architects of an unsound, defective mechanism to avoid Income Tax. Murray, of course, would have to be criticised for seizing upon it with such gusto, so he too would be among the black hats. Quite what the implications are is beyond me.

H's been watching the British Lions; actually, it's quite easy to confuse them with a part time football club from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Two things concern me. 1. Fitness. In the two competitive games so far, the team has looked off the pace, lacking sharpness, physically, and, I am afraid, mentally. I know it is early in PC's tenure, and in the season, but it has to be addressed; pdq. 2. PC is a technical coach, with ideas about how a team should play. I wonder, however, about his qualities as a man manager, and motivator. Again it is early, but the performances against part timers from Luxembourg have lacked drive, dynamism, direction, and appeared tentative which I fear is indicative of a lack of confidence. I think these two concerns are related.

I can only give the players 9 points each: 1 pt for not wearing green boots 1 pt for turning up 1 pt for having their tops tucked into their shorts 1 pt for playing the match at walking pace to enable the opposition to compete 1 pt for doing their utmost not to embarrass the opposition by any demonstration of skill whatsoever 1 pt for saving supporters money by reducing the no of games to be played and paid for this season 1 pt for, thoughtfully, removing those who played against Berwick, Chesterfield, and other ignominious defeats, from the dunces' corner 1 pt for exiting European competition before the Glasgow Fair, surely a record Bonus: 1 pt for giving the rest of football a right good laugh I give the Manager 10 points, for orchestrating this travesty of a performance.

Advocaat was 0 - 3 down to Shelbourne, of Dublin, at HT, in a game played at Tranmere, in what I think was his 1st competitive match. However, his team won 3 - 5, and went on to qualify.

Relax, Vukic is with FC Twente, following release by Newcastle, as far as I know.

I watched this on TV, and I cannot think of a worse performance, not even Berwick. We have reached a new nadir. Defence, if we may call it that, was chaotic almost each and every time it was pressurised. Midfield, was one paced, that of a pedestrian, and predictable. Attack was not good enough to trouble a team of part timers with a substitute keeper. Overall, the team failed in basic matters of skill, particularly passing, which was poor, and pressing, which seemed non existent. As for drive, direction and determination, don't make me laugh.

Deserved nothing; got nothing. Possibly Rangers' worst ever result.

You really will need to drop these sectarian slogans, old boy.

Who is Barrie McKay?

You are quite correct. Unfortunately, the public sees Boris Johnson, Donald Trump with a classical education, and wonders about the benefits of such study.

That story about WS was actually reported in the Glasgow Herald, Diary column, if memory serves. It was seen as a humorous anecdote. Nowadays, he would probably be charged with some heinous sectarian crime, his remarks being construed as offensive both to Turks, and to our thin skinned friends from the slophouses of the Gallowgate. The Mandelson story I heard was that it was in a chip shop in his constituency of Hartlepool, and that he pointed at the mushy peas and asked for guacamole (which is, substantially, avocado of course). I reckon it is true, whatever he asked for.

I think Shankly said that the all red kit made his players look bigger, to demoralising effect on the opposition.

Do you think that she talks to the animals, or is it more likely that she grunts, squeaks, and squawks to the animals?

There was a story about Walter Smith, when he first became Manager. Apparently, during the close season, some part of Ibrox, a gym or a treatment room or somewhere that was used by/for the players, was being freshened up. WS walking past, looked in on the work. "What colour is that you're painting the walls?", he asked "It's turquoise, Mr Smith", replied the painters. "Turquoise?", said WS,"It's fuckin' green -get it changed." And, of course, it was changed.

I've always regarded British Racing Green as acceptable.

I wish that they would go, and not come back.

New girlfriend? What has he done with his old one? (I'm asking for a friend.)

Rangers Observer enters the fray: https://www.rangersobserver.com/views/2017/6/28/fare-to-target-rangers-again