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Merry Christmas everyone!

Oh no! Sorry I didn't mean to tread on any toes

Morning Everyone! I've set up a wee fantasy Premier League for anyone like me who fancies ruining their weekends. It's free to join and myself and David from the pod will be taking part (Colin was going to join but was too intimidated. He does do walking away. Click on the link below to join, and if you need a code it's cuorlw https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/cuorlw

How does he still have energy to run about the pitch??

Very kind Buster, but at the end of the day all we are doing is talking Rangers, it's an absolute pleasure

I'm with Forlan's Sister here. The gents on our board are known to be lifelong fans who have invested cash, time and expertise, and importantly seem to have a good working dynamic right now. Allowing folk to "buy" a seat on the board is going to open it up to blazer chasers and could easily upset the apple cart.

According to Wikipedia he played for us 83 times, 83!! More than Jelavic and Cuellar combined Edit: sorry just seen der Berliners much more comprehensive post above.

This is such a key point, because all four of our ties required serious game management in the second leg, and the way all ties were managed shows the intellect of our management team

How quickly after FT is the full game uploaded to RTV? Could I avoid the result until after work and watch the 90 minutes "as live"??

Sorry for the slow reply. I think I'm right in saying the white bear has closed down. The Green Man in Islington is the meeting place of the London RSC so would be a good shout. Best bet is to contact the Surrey True Blues, they watch most televised games at Dice Bar in Croydon, 15 min train from Victoria and a good fun crowd. Contact the RSCs first because not all games get shown.

Nice wee namecheck for the pod there!

Only been here four weeks but I'm loving it so far, lived in London for the last 20 years so it's a hell of a change but very impressed with the place so far. Managed to hook up with the Luxembourg True Blues who have been absolutely superb.

If it is Luxembourg everyone can stay round my gaff, I'll get the sofa bed out for you Pete, but you'll have to share with Big Jaws

They certainly look like models to me

Rangers fan filmed himself racially abusing child immigrants in Skopje (called them "mistakes" and used a horrible 4 letter word) before saying "white power" and put it on his social media, someone took it from there and it's all over the internet, another stick to beat us with because of the actions of one disgusting piece of filth. Deserves everything he has coming to him, and I'm glad it appears rangers are being proactive, folk have identified the guy so rangers should inform the cops and ensure he can never get to another game

Absolutely horrible situation, really feel for the poor family who must be a wreck. Hopefully he's waking up somewhere with a monster hangover trying to figure out how to get home, but with every passing hour it looks more bleak. Hope he gets home safe

Just touched down in Glasgow. Feel like a kid again. Let's go

It's a fair point about length, I think we are trying to find that balance between not rambling on for hours, but making sure every major talking point from the week is given suitable discussion. There were still loads of questions that we planned to discuss but dropped during the record for time reasons (e.g. Wes being told he can leave). This club never leaves us short of things to talk about!

Maybe not a goal that means a great deal in our history, but the best goal I've seen us score in the flesh is tav in the petrofac final v peterhead. The technique, power and placement were sublime

Rumour going around about PSFs: Wigan and Bury at Ibrox, july 6 and 8th respectively. If true, not the most inspiring and probably won't tempt me to make the trip, but I suppose we need minutes before Europa League qualifiers, and top teams won't be back for pre season at that point. Hard to see both actually taking place at ibrox within two days of each other. Wigan maybe but Bury seems perhaps more suited to behind closed doors

An easy PR win for the board if nothing else. Whats funny is watching people who thought hibs cutting our allocation was a great move now try and sell this as a terrible decision

Slightly controversial opinion, but a lot of people are saying this isn't the time to roll the dice. I completely disagree. We are very much running out of time to stop their ten in a row, and it's time to gamble and hope it pays off. We've been without a proper manager for a long long time, so Allen must have a very good knowledge of who is on the market and interested in the job. Chances are, that's McLaren and Pardew etc. The fact that we've not got a FdB suggests that they don't want the job (as Pete mentioned on this week's podcast) so I imagine we're left with a list of "established experienced names", none of whom are the required quality to win 55. Under these circumstances, I agree with taking a gamble. Yes, he's never managed before, but he has been managed by top coaches into captaining a side to a Champions League win. He'll have seen how a team needs to be coached, and I imagine will still.have Houlier, Benitez et al available for advice and guidance. Time is running out to stop them. If the established names in the frame arent of sufficient quality, then let's gamble.

Is it not the case that this particular stand only has one way in and out? Happy to be corrected on that but if so I bet the police are delighted

Lovely goal.

Never saw the fuss with him. Not the required quality to win us 55. Clearly the club didn't fancy paying him what he felt he was worth, and that's fine by me. Hope to see a big defensive shake up this summer anyway. That said, hell of a move for the lad and it's great to see a young scottish player putting himself out his comfort zone.