Bill

And I was being thick … sorry 😂

I've seen nothing from Diallo to suggest he could make a contribution. Nothing.

The really good thing about football is there's always another game. Even at this age I still get excited at the prospect of a Rangers game. It's only during and after the game that things sometimes go to crap. I hope we again confound our fears and roll over Braga in style.

I'm going out on a limb and taking the view that this is horseshit. He may be refusing a long term contract but, if so, it will be because in his opinion the offer is uncompetitive, not because it stops him going to England.

I can't see how signing a long term contract would prevent him moving to England. It hasn't stopped others in the past.

I think we've been through all this several times before.

Like much of the cyber world I guess it's a mystery

NordVPN is probably the best rated but Cyberghost is very good too - it's what I use. Out of interest, can you remember which country you used when you had the problem?

I've never heard of that happening ... at RTV or anywhere else. Nor can I see why RTV would've the slightest interest in limiting it's market by hounding its paying customers. I think you might have left a back door open to snoopers. Are you using a reputable VPN service?

If they could it would have been done long ago.

Somewhere along the line I think I mastered the art of leaving disappointment behind (more or less) fairly quickly after a defeat. It's not Sunday's game that concerns me, so much as fear of another poor result in Portugal. By all accounts Braga is doing well at the moment, while we .... are not. Hope springs eternal but I can't help feeling our season is about to come to an end on all fronts.

I get that I’m just saying maybe we shouldn’t shine a light on specific individuals like Ross Wilson without knowing those details.

I don't think any of that matters too much. I said I was disappointed, I didn't try to blame anyone. Wilson might be right or wrong, I don't know. Besides, people often say the wrong things for all the right reasons and words without context can be very dangerous. What would the effect have been if Wilson had said "we absolutely have to sell players or we're in real danger of being unable to sustain a winning team" and then (for whatever reason) hadn't been able to close an acceptable deal?

I'm amazed anyone knew this. Port Vale has long been the only other club I've held a candle for but are generally so obscure I thought they would be the last club anyone thought of. Except Yorkie Bear obviously. Battling for promotion this season after too many years just struggling to stay in the league. Fingers crossed.

It's a huge disappointment we haven't exploited these financial opportunities.

Absolutely right. I have no intention of funding Scottish football. Besides, as you imply, the era of group TV arrangements is over and digital media is well within the reach of any club that's likely to have enough subscribers to justify it. It would be just like the SPFL to bury its head in the past though.

It's Port Vale. @Yorkie is on top of his footy trivia.

I posted almost a year ago that the time for a clearout was after winning the league. If you fail to strengthen when you're winning then you're asking for stagnation.

The reason we spend so much time passing the ball around our defensive third is to allow the opposition time to organise fully to meet our occasional attacking moves. The reason we play a lone striker is to ensure most of those attacks are entirely futile. Our current scoring rate only proves how successful these twin tactics have been.

On the contrary, I am happy with the current arrangement. Rangers TV already caters for Rangers fans worldwide and I have zero interest in watching any game that doesn't involve Rangers. Watching RTV means paying a subscription fee, which I would much rather goes to Rangers than some broadcaster like Sky or Setanta who only ever cover a fraction of our games anyway.

Of course

What is the only club in the top 4 tiers in England that has beaten every other club currently in the same 4 divisions in competitive games?

That should be the last thing Rangers get involved with.

You're the only one talking about Weston being selected against Braga. All I said is no one is ever ready until they're given a chance.

Even if you predict Rangers won't score, you might be wrong, so always nominate a fgs.