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Exclusive: Rangers ready to swoop for St Mirren’s Vaclav Hladky and complete Ianis Hagi deal by Danny Stewart May 24, 2020, 9:00 am Rangers are looking to sign a back-up to Allan McGregor, and a move for St Mirren’s Vaclav Hladky is likely this week. With Wes Foderingham and Jak Alnwick both being freed by the club, the Light Blues are searching for cover for former Scotland internationalist McGregor. Robby McCrorie will return from a loan stint with Livingston, but Steven Gerrard wants an experienced keeper for the domestic and European campaigns that lie ahead. And while Saints boss Jim Goodwin has pledged to do everything he can to hold on to Hladky – whose contract with the Buddies is about to expire – the 29-year-old Czech is very much the obvious option. His form – an impressive 10 clean sheets in 30 Premiership games in the 2019-20 campaign – coupled with his imminent availability, has drawn attention from both sides of the border. Before the last transfer window, he himself spoke of interest from Rangers, while Celtic are also known to be admirers. Sunderland and, somewhat more exotically, MLS side Houston Dynamo, are others who have been linked. It is the possibility of the switch to Ibrox, though, which would be likely to hold most appeal. As much as McGregor is very much the dominant No. 1, at 38 years old he is approaching the end of his playing career. Wages would not be likely to present a problem, with Goodwin having been frank enough to admit there would not be much they could do about it if someone was to come in with a bigger or better offer. Signing a player with proven ability in the Scottish top flight would also fit in with Rangers new recruitment strategy, with Aberdeen’s Lewis Ferguson and Livingston’s Lyndon Dykes other summer targets. Meanwhile, Lazio are not ready to give up on their hopes of landing Ianis Hagi. Rangers have first option to buy the 21-year-old Romanian under the terms of the loan deal struck with parent club Genk in January. They look set to try to exercise it too, with reports in Hagi’s homeland stating a £4-million fee has been agreed between the clubs. However, Lazio – whose manager Simone Inzaghi and sporting director Igil Tare are big admirers of the midfielder – are not convinced all is lost. So much so, in fact, that even if Rangers take up their option to buy the son of 124-cap Romanian legend, Gheorghe, they would not rule out trying to land him by offering an instant seven-figure profit on their purchase. Buying a player then selling him straight on would potentially fall foul of FIFA. But the coronavirus crisis is liable to lead to a huge shake up of the regulations concerning this summer’s transfer windows, with many countries in a very different place in terms of their domestic campaigns. Lazio would have the alternative, too, of hanging fire until January and going back in then to Rangers with an offer. Adrian Mutu, the Romania Under-21s coach, knows all about Hagi, and believes an eventual switch to the Italian capital would be beneficial for his development. “I like Hagi Junior. At his age, it is normal to have ups and downs,” he said. “He played some good games in Scotland, and I think that showed he is well on his way to growing. “I think he could do very well with Lazio. Inzaghi likes to play with a lot of pace and strike from deep, and for me that is a style of football Hagi Junior could adapt to very well.” Genk paid Vittorul Constanta £4m for Hagi when he was just 19. However, while he has impressed as a player of genuine potential, he was unable to hold down a regular first team place with the Belgians so is being allowed to move on. https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/exclusive-rangers-ready-to-swoop-for-st-mirrens-vaclav-hladky-and-complete-ianis-hagi-deal/

OOPS! just seen this thread! I have posted it in the Rangers chat, sorry

Football is "likely" to be played in Scotland in August, says Scottish FA chief executive Ian Maxwell. Non-contact outdoor sports are set to be allowed next week in phase one of the Scottish government's restrictions easing, with football in phase two. National clinical director Professor Jason Leitch warned there are "no guarantees" that will be in mid-June as predicted but Maxwell said playing in August is "definitely achievable". "I'm sure we can do that," he said. "We're seeing it in countries across Europe, whether they're finishing league programmes or starting new ones. "We have to make sure that we're giving the government comfort and that we can do it in a manner that keeps everyone involved in the game safe." Speaking to BBC Scotland, Maxwell also said: There's a "real desire" to meet the "challenge" of maintaining 42 senior clubs It is "right" that the Scottish FA should help fund testing around training and matches Football will be "different" and the sport must be "adaptable and creative" The Scottish game will find out at the end of June if they can get financial help from Fifa It's important that the Scottish FA work out how to get the grassroots game back 'It could be three weeks, it could be six weeks' Maxwell also echoed the initial suggestion players would need "touching six weeks" to be ready to play. And, with that in mind, the SPFL is to ask the Scottish government if football clubs can resume training from 10 June. "We're working through a three-stage plan," Maxwell said. "It will start with a return to training, then it will move on to a return to matches, then obviously on to spectators being allowed back in to stadiums at some point." It had been estimated that 18 June would be when phase two kicks in and players are allowed to return to training, but that depends on strict criteria being met. Golf, tennis & bowls set to be allowed Read the lockdown easing roadmap "There are no dates attached to phases two and three," Professor Leitch said. "They may be be three weeks apart if everything goes well, but they might be six weeks apart, or it might be five-and-a-half weeks. "There is no guarantee when they will happen. It might go backwards a bit or some of the things we said might happen, might not." However, Professor Leitch told BBC Scotland's Off the Ball that matches could be played behind closed doors in phase three and that the country's major sports will be able to begin preparing for that. "We've been in conversation with each of them - in particular rugby and football," he said. "They have five or six-step plans and we would expect that process to begin in phase two. "That's when you would begin to think about - in phase three - could you have an event behind closed doors or with a small, socially-distant crowd? We'll have to answer those questions as and when we reach those moments."

Microsoft requested to restart my computer for updates, so I did, and everything is back to normal now

You can be certain if Separate Entity FC were out of the Scottish Cup it would not be getting finished!!!

Cheers Bill, don't know what the problem is then? as long as the tweet is visible to others, it just shows as text for me, as do tweets that others post!.

Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link insteadis what I get when I post a tweet, it normally just embeds no problem? the tweet I have posted above is just text to me!. Does everyone see text or is the tweet visible to everyone?

I've never changed the way I post tweets! I'll have a few posts/tweets in here to see if I can fix it

Frankie, even when you/someone quotes my post it reads as text

Edit: Removed because that image was giving me the boke. @der Berliner has posted the direct link below.

Lifted from FF: Denmark is set to reopen its premier football league in late May as COVID-19 restrictions ease in the country. The Danish 3F Super League will start on May 28 with a postponed match, the organizers said in a statement on the website on Monday.Called Superliga in Danish, it stated that the 2019-2020 season will get underway when Aarhus GF will take on Randers.The games in Denmark will be held behind closed doors for health reasons and the regular season is expected to finish on July 26.Following the regular round, the Superliga will conclude with the playoff final for UEFA Europa League campaign on July 29.The Superliga was suspended in March to stem the spread of coronavirus. The Polish league starts back next weekend and is live on Premier Sports.Behind closed doors.

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Public Consultation Albion Housing, Edmiston Drive/Broomloan Road, Ibrox Glasgow Welcome Thank you for taking time to view our online public exhibition in relation to the proposed development of the Albion Car Park at the junction of Broomloan Road and Edmiston Drive Ibrox. A Proposal of Application Notice was submitted Glasgow City Council on 17th March 2020 outlining the intentions of Merchant Homes Partnerships Limited to develop the site. The description of the development is as follows: - Erection of residential development consisting of 160 flatted units and associated works. Glasgow City Council have allocated the Proposal of Application Notice reference 20/00870/PAN. Information about the Proposed Development Information about the proposed development can be viewed and downloaded by clicking here. We want your views We would like to receive your views on the proposed development. This will help us to inform the final proposal to be submitted to Glasgow City Council. Please fill in and submit the online Feedback Form with your comments. The Feedback form can be found by clicking here. You can also let us have your comments by :- Writing to us at Merchant House, 365 Govan Road, Glasgow, G51 2SE E-mailing us at public-consultation@merchanthomes.co.uk Calling us on 0141 420 2026 All comments must be received by us no later than Thursday 11th June 2020. Public Consultation Event 29th May 2020 As a result of restrictions on public gatherings imposed by Government during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic we cannot hold the Public Event which was to be held in Ibrox Parish Church on 26th May 2020. As an alternative, we will be hosting a live Question & Answer session on Friday 29th May 2020 between 1pm and 4pm. You can join this event on this page. You can also submit any questions that you have regarding the development to the email or postal addresses provided from Friday 29th May 2020 until Saturday 6th June 2020. We will endeavour to answer any questions within two working days and will allow 48 hours for you to give final comment on our answer. Please note that any comments made to us are not representations to the Planning Authority. If we submit a Planning Application there will be an opportunity to make representations to on that application to the Planning Authority. Privacy We will hold and process any personal data you provide us with in accordance with our Privacy Policy details of which can be found on our website. If completing the Feedback Form you do not require to leave your personal details. We will only contact you if you require an answer to a question you have submitted to us. https://merchanthomes.co.uk/public-consultation

I've never really seen the point in slagging players too much, aye the odd shout or so, but it's not the players who pick themselves to play! the manager should get any criticism for selecting the players.

TBH, if Scottish football just lets this go then I fear we will never get another title any time soon!. The corrupt cabal/SPFL are getting away with total corruption all to please one club, accepting the whole voting fiasco has damaged Scottish football for good, allowing clubs to be relegated with 8 matches to still to play fucking stinks, legal action to bring the cabal down is the only way to at least start on a level playing field, if not and they are allowed to continue then what is the point?.