Bill

What the WC needs above all else is a new winner. The monopoly of the same handful of nations only serves to undermine the credibility of the event as a genuine competition.

Indeed. You might even say it's reprehensible hypocrisy. I predict that in ten years time gambling will be in the sin bin alongside tobacco.

Thanks - I didn't realise that was still the case but I still don't think it's entirely fair to go around advertising things that have ruined the lives of many Rangers fans.

The TOP is either being bloody minded or bloody stupid. They're hounding King to complete an entirely pointless process and he's quite right to resist to the maximum extent possible. However I wouldn't be surprised if his delaying tactic has been linked to possible new investors, allowing him to divest himself of sufficient shares to render the TOP demands redundant.

Meaning ... there's no point preaching to the converted on here, why not take your message where it might do some good.

You're right, sometimes having principles does cost money. It's not something I expect to happen, only a personal preference not to have our children running around advertising things they're not actually allowed to participate in because ... well it's obvious isn't it.

No problem! Just as soon as you sign yourself into a political rehabilitation centre and give up this SNP psychosis. ?

There are two basic flaws in the point you're trying to make. Firstly, I'm not a tory. Secondly, if Rangers supporters who vote SNP were to seek appropriate therapy, there wouldn't be any.

Impressed - Uruguay Disappointed - Brazil

It's not the name that matters, it's the football team they support. I'd rather have a drink with a Rangers supporting Declan O'Flannery than a Celtic supporting Jack Glass.

I may be a fashion philistine but I'm damned if I can see what's wrong with any of the strips. They've got the RFC badge on them so makes them OK.

Money will always talk and we’re in no position to turn money away but I’d like to see us refuse sonsprships that advertise addiction products - alcohol, tobacco or gambling

Fuxxake guys we're a football club, not a Paris fashion house. The new strips are just ..... football strips. The only issue I have is whether they bring in loads of money for the football club and if an orange strip does that then more power to whoever made the decision.

It's only going to get worse as we start to compete again.

I don't think there is any undue pessimism. When you think what we've endured these last few years I think it's entirely reasonable to temper hope with caution. There's only so many times you can build up hope only to see it evaporate in embarrassing failure. I certainly hope we're on the right path now but I sure as hell don't think we're anywhere near having a title-winning team yet. Personally, I'll get more positive when there's something to get more positive about.

France 2-3 Uruguay Russia 1-2 Croatia Sweden 0-2 England Brazil 1-2 Belgium

Japan stole the hearts of football fans around the world with their remarkably dignified response to being dumped out of the World Cup. The Samurai Blue let slip a two-goal lead as Belgium scored three second-half goals to reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup. West Brom's Nacer Chadli scored the winning goal with the last kick of the game to leave Japan's players crestfallen. It was the third time Japan has failed to make the last eight in the World Cup. The disappointment was obvious, with some of the players falling on their knees in despair after the final whistle, while others were reduced to tears . Japan head coach Akira Nishino said his players were so devastated by the defeat they just stood around doing nothing in the locker room after the match. "I told them to take a shower," said Nishino. Despite suffering the heartbreak of such a cruel defeat, Japan players took the time to clean their dressing-room, leaving the Rostov changing area in immaculate condition. They even left a small note reading "Thank you" in Russian on a table in the middle of the room. There were similarly touching scenes in the stands where despondent Japan supporters stayed behind in Rostov to clean the stadium, just minutes after watching their side's devastating defeat. "We started off very well, but at the end, right at the end, to have conceded a goal like that, it was not expected," Nishino told reporters. "We were leading and we were going to win, but I didn't expect this reversal of the result. It was the World Cup, and we were faced with the depth and the strength of Belgium. That's how I felt at the end of the game." "It might have been a very small difference, but I felt there wasn't anything between (separating) us. The players throughout this tournament were very positive, better than in the past. "Even against the likes of Belgium, they were confident.But that little difference has to be filled going forward," he said. "(At the end) I was questioning myself, whether I had control of the game. We were 2-0 up, and still the score was reversed. It wasn't the players. Maybe it was me who lost control of the game. When the (Belgium's third) goal was conceded, I blamed myself, and I questioned my tactics." https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-cup/2018/07/03/japan-steal-world-cup-hearts-dignified-response-cruel-exit/#Echobox=1530605890

That'll teach the bastards for the Burma Road!

Amazing predictions for today's games . What a pity you got both scores correct but in the wrong games ... ahahahahahahaha

It was straight from the Rivaldo drama school.

Be honest, no saw this coming? ??????

I was at Headingley a month ago and the ground was awash with beer in a mixed crowd - no problems at all. I go to Murrayfield and routinely see hip flasks shared around between opposing fans. I go to football matches and regularly see pissed-up aggression from morons who think that's how people normally behave towards one another It's not good. Football definitely has issues.

My bastards list is longer than yours.

It wasn't the best goal I've seen scored but the Alex McDonald header in the 1978 cup final has always stuck with me. We completed another treble and were seemingly unstoppable. Little did we think that day at Hampden it would be so many years before we sniffed it again. Another Alex McDonald goal that stays with me was his winner against Torino in our Barcelona year. It was such a tense game and the relief when he netted was explosive. As was the brick that came through the window of our supporters bus that night from marauding Celtic fans after their game with Inter. I was bloody terrified, the rest of the bus was donning warpaint..

Slight digression ..... Since joining Gersnet I've often made use of the results database, which provides a real trip down memory lane but doesn't show goalscorers. Does anyone know of another source of historical data that does include the names of who scored? Thanks.