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They are making it up as they go now. When did they have different rules for attackers & defenders?? VAR is meaning that different rules are being applied at different levels of the game. It needs scrapped!

Sorry but I’m not comfortable with our current manager playing against any Rangers team. Also think £15 is about a fiver too dear for a ticket..

I see they have moved this fixture  back again, from Saturday 12th to Tuesday 29th October, just like they moved the Ballymena game to midweek. I’d have thought a few hundred Gers fans would have made this trip at least, on the original date of the international weekend. Does anybody know why our Challenge Cup fixtures keep getting moved??

22 hours ago, RANGERRAB said:

UEFA and FIFA have always resisted government interference in football saying football ball can police itself. 

 

Well it can’t. The evidence is there for all to see.

 

We can see UEFA consider words in songs/chants to be a more serious offence than idiots setting off pyrotechnics which could potentially  kill others. This is madness. Is it going to take another heysel type disaster for UEFA to be forced to change their priorities?

 

 

Only problem here is, every western government would agree with Fifa. Every modern liberal democracy punishes offensive verbal abuse more severely than actual physical assaults. Indeed UEFA only brought in these sanctions to satisfy the media/government establishment, and indeed they are still under pressure as the media say the sanctions against racism aren’t severe enough.

Good read, to see a foreigner’s view of us. What country does the internet suffix ‘ae’ relate to?

Do Feyenoord get fined for this guy’s antics last night?? Do Rangers??? Genuine question..

RIP Fernando. His bravery while fighting this terrifying disease for 6 years will be his legacy, even with his trophy laden football career. MND is one of the few diseases left which mankind has developed no cure or treatment for. It’s time that changed!

3 hours ago, onevision said:

Lovenkrands sure did score a few massive goals for us.

Still our all-time top scorer in the Champions League!

On 15/09/2019 at 00:51, RANGERRAB said:

Did we under-estimate livi? They’re about fourth best team in Scotland at the moment IMO. Better than hertz & hibz.

Underestimated their manager, maybe. In fact he might be a good shout for either of those teams’ manager’s jobs, if they come up..

Defoe seems to have been assigned as his mentor. What a great role model, even growing up in Colombia he must have been a fan of the England star!

Its almost like they are deliberately trying to injure him..

Of course, if part of his remit was to sell players then he didn’t do so well. Or maybe he would have got a cut of any fees for eg Morelos, & wasn’t happy we never sold him. Its all pointless speculation, but be interesting to see where he goes next..

When you think about it, its incredible he knocked that back to play for us in the Europa league. He must love it up here!

I understand why we are pursuing this, however the best way to deal with these idiots is and always has been to ignore them. They are attention seekers. Guaranteed there will be loads more neds copying this now. And personally I would just rather not see these retweets on my timeline. It certainly wouldn’t do Fernando any favours if he sees this.

Not all his signings were great, but overall this is a blow. The statement seems to confirm there are no ill wishes. Still, there was a time when managers used to sign players themselves..

2 hours ago, les186 said:

I believe there are elements within the SNP who do not like Rangers as there are in all strands of Scottish society, however I do not accept that there is a concerted effort to conspire against Rangers. 

We see continually that public bodies are no longer interested in appearing impartial. These institutions now let (usually left wing) political bias affect their decision making at every level. This is not a conspiracy, it is happening today at every level across all UK public bodies. 

12 hours ago, JohnMc said:

I watched the 2nd half of the NI v Germany match last night. In the half I saw Germany were the better side, they played some lovely football and could have scored more. I believe NI could have scored in the 1st half though I didn't see that. What was striking though was that Northern Ireland really gave them a game. NI should have scored themselves in the 2nd half and they didn't stop pushing and attacking until the very end. Now Germany had the better players and, in my opinion, deserved their victory, but they knew they'd been in a match and had NI got an equaliser you wouldn't have put scoring a winner past them because they had some momentum and were very clearly 'up for it'. 

The Northern Ireland side has no real stars in it, I mean they don't have a Gareth Bale type player. Their second half subs were the guy McGennis who used to play for Aberdeen and Kilmarnock and a lad from Linfield. Yet they were still able to give Germany a proper match. Northern Ireland support might have left disappointed by the result last night but they won't have complained about the effort or desire on show. I had the misfortune of watching the Scotland v Russia match on Friday. The difference in style, attitude and application was stark. Indeed the difference in support too. The gradual demise of Scottish football is a thread all of it's own, but the inability of Scotland to put out a side that will at least compete and challenge a better side is a disgrace that nothing can excuse. 

That’s what a good manager & realistic expectations can lead to. Having said that, Scotland still have a much better chance of getting to the finals than NI..

It is becoming clear that ‘strict liability’ will only be applied to Rangers fans (maybe the occasional Hearts game as well so it doesn’t look too obvious). Pro terrorist chanting at other clubs will be excused as being ‘political’ and using the word Hun won’t count as it’s not officially racist.

The club must be pro-active this time, not flapping about at the last minute banning fan groups. When this comes in, we must be clear that Rangers FC will not take any tickets for any away league matches at all. Furthermore, away fans visiting Ibrox must be filmed & recorded to the extent that if any one of them so much as farts in the direction of a black player then this is made front page news on the Monday morning. It would be useful if the club employed decent lawyers for a change as well..

A new GK should be priority then, even if McGregor signs a new contract. Can’t see Fod wanting to continue as back up, albeit he is a top class back up.

16 hours ago, DMAA said:

Far from it Bill. The route to the groups isn’t that hard, barring a very unlucky draw. Look at Celic’s route the few times they made it in the past 6-7 years, best team they beat was an Astana or Rosenberg. And then look at the years they didn’t, teams who put them out were of a similar level and had smaller budgets than both Rangers and Celtic. UCL qualification is still very possible as things stand.  

They changed it 2 years ago, now only 4 national champions can get through the qualifiers - outside of the top 10 leagues. Celtic were knocked out by the Greek & Romanian champions, both are better leagues than the SPFL. And they were seeded, Rangers wouldn’t be. So we could have drawn Ajax in the last round. Maybe not impossible, but certainly 50/50 at best.

Europa League is a better competition, certainly at the group stage. Who really wants to pay £50 odd quid to watch their team against the likes of PSG & Barcelona, when its game over after 10 minutes?? CL is 100% only about the money now.

4 hours ago, DMAA said:

The biggest thing that affects this is Champions League Group qualification, the income from that is a game changer for Rangers and Celtic but we can't keep relying on them messing up. This is the biggest potential prize from winning our league at the moment. 

If either Rangers or celtic are relying on Champions League qualification these days, then they are in trouble. I think both target the Europa League groups. It is a better competition for the fans anyway.

Note they are shutting BR4 & BF4 for the Feyenoord game. There will just be a big gap between us & the Feyenoord fans. So the UBs are back in, then..

On current form my first XI would be: McGregor

Tavernier Katic Helander Barisic

Davis Jack Aribo

Ojo Morelos Kent

Second XI looks quite string too:

Foderingham

Flangn Goldson Edmson Halliday

Arfield King Kamara

Murphy Defoe Jones

People writing off Ojo - he was Candeias replacement, never a replacement for Kent. Ojo is strong physically & a better finisher than either.

Jones was probably replacement for Kent. Sunday proved we needed Kent, not just as the performance showed we needed someone to hold the ball in that position but also because of Jones injury. Jones has impressed me, his cross for Morelos last Thursday almost paid for Kent’s transfer fee alone! Arfield was playing in Kent’s position on Sunday..

It was also important for the board to back the manager, as they did Caixinha (though not Warburton). Nobody can blame the board now if it doesn’t work out for SG.

We only have one player on loan now, we had 3 last season & celtic have about 5 this year. Although these can be top players & the cheap option, it does mean you can’t sell them on. Our squad probably has a bigger net value than theirs now, and that probably counts for collateral with the likes of Close brothers. If needed, we could bring in about 50million from Tavernier, Kent, Morelos, Katic, Goldson, Aribo, Ryan Jack..

It seems odd considering neither us or celtic would pay £4.5million for John McGinn last year, however I actually think the Tierney transfer has raised the value (or perceived value) of both clubs players. People scoffed at the idea we had received an £8million bid from China for Morelos last year. Now the starting bid would be 3 times that amount. So it wasn’t a case of why sign Ryan Kent, the question was why not..?