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Yorkie Bear

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  1. Wright for me. Good all round play.
  2. When VAR has been used at our European games, the reaction of the fans is interesting, particularly when the VAR decision goes against us. Take the disallowed Roofe goal against Braga. We were ecstatic when the goal went in. Then it dawned on us that it was being questioned, Then the ref went to the touchline and we knew it would be ruled out. Then it was ruled out. It didn't take that long for all this to happen and the change in emotions was stark, but the decision was accepted by the crowd and the game moved on. Maybe the reason for this is that there is a greater willingness to accept referees decisions in Europe. While referees do not always get things right, the level of competence is seen as greater than domestically and the question of bias is non existent. Would this be the same in a domestic game? Time will tell, but the accusations of bias by referees in Scotland will not be overcome by VAR. It may help in blatant offsides being identified, but I suspect that the majority of penalties will go the way the referee sees it. VAR does not overrule referees judgement so dodgy penalties will continue. There will be much scrutiny of the VAR referees and I see that very quickly we will be saying "What's the point of VAR?" when decisions are scrutinised at length and found wanting.
  3. I think you are letting your distaste of what Club 1872 stand for - the collective ownership of shares- colour your judgment. Full disclosure - I'm a member of Club 1872, having first been with Rangers First. I also see nothing wrong with collective action to further a cause. I'm a member of many organisations and while not agreeing with everything they do, my shared belief In their aims are enough for me. Anyone who is a member of a political party goes through this all the time. I don't know if it is easy to buy Rangers shares as I thought they were not on a trading platform. Happy to be corrected if I'm wrong.
  4. Lundstram. Total commitment - exemplified towards the end when he was roasting Sakala to get up the park.
  5. There's a lesson there for us all- courage, convictions.🙂
  6. I didn't manage together a programme at the Dortmund game so I ordered one from the rangers site. Some weeks later I still had not received it so I emailed them. After about a week I got a reply to say because of demand they had to send for a reprint and it would be sent out. A couple of weeks later, I still had not received it so I emailed again. No reply, but a week or so later I received 2 programmes, in different envelopes!
  7. And there was I thinking that it was a selfless act on your part to let us all catch up a bit and make the rest of the season more interesting.
  8. When Morelos was suspended in the past, or away on International duty, we coped. There was even a time when Gerrard dropped him (after he came back late, I think) We may be weaker without him, but we have no option but to adjust. Playing another in the same role as Morelos does not seem to work, so hopefully a tactical switch will use the players we have more productively. I'm hopeful (or maybe deluded!) Half glass full loyal.
  9. I feel that the negative reaction to the Old Firm thing comes about from the game played out. Before the game I thought it was just having a laugh at Celtic's expense. Had the result gone our way, we would now be on a high and little attention would be being paid to this. As it turned out, we're all feeling low and many are looking for someone to blame, both on and off the pitch. I can understand why this was done. High exposure on TV. Everyone sees Old Firm. Celtic fans annoyed. Just part of the pre match pantomime that this game attracts. Side shows like this become associated with the result, so I'll be surprised if we see this again.
  10. No Morelos. No Kyogo. I might be tempted at 0 - 0 in the GPL☺️. Step up to the plate Kemar and show us what we've been missing.
  11. McGregor for me. Crucial saves, which kept us in the game in the first half.
  12. So maybe our Board have been working tirelessly to undermine this after all.
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