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Glasgow to Dingwall is just over a four-hundred-mile round trip and it has a population that is under six thousand. While there you can take in the Dingwall museum, Pefferside park and the Hector McDonald Monument to name but a few of its attractions. The main attraction for all those bears traveling north this Sunday with be Victoria Park, now known as the Global Energy Check Stadium. This is the home of Ross County who entered the highland league in 1929 and were then admitted to the third division of Scottish football in 1994. Nicknamed “The Staggies” which is taken from their badge which bears a stag’s head. This signifies the Seaforth Highlanders regimental badge which many of the inhabitants had fought in the great war with. Over the years we have enjoyed battles of a different kind with Ross County on the football pitch. We met only a few weeks ago at Ibrox where we ran out 2-1 winners with goals from Morelos and Wilson cancelling an early tenth minute strike from the Staggies. I had missed this match due to being “festive” for a few days however i remember being very relieved when watching the Saturday results come in. I had been informed that the first half display did nothing to assist in warming those at Ibrox up in what was a bitterly cold December day. It was one of those days where we were simply glad to take three points and move on. It will be a reasonably early start this Sunday for all bears traveling north with a 2pm kick off time. The capacity of 6,541 will be mostly filled with the away support as we continue to follow in tremendous numbers wherever we go. Owen Coyle who is the new County manager would love nothing more than a victory over Rangers. Being a well know supporter of one of Glasgow’s other teams will add extra motivation for him. However, with their current league position anchored at the bottom and three points adrift of Partick Thistle in the play-off position, I fancy that a draw would suit him fine. In light of this I suspect we will have a tough ninety mints where we will have to be solid both physically and mentally. Of course, playing for Rangers requires these attributes in every match and with our new arrivals in the window they will be made aware of these high expectations. The acquisition of Russell Martin, Jamie Murphy, Jason Cummings, Greg Docherty and Sean Goss all look to be very good business from Graeme Murty and Mark Allen. With the exception of Docherty, who has only just signed yesterday, we had a glimpse of Cummings and much more of a look at Goss, Martin and Murphy on Wednesday night where we outplayed Aberdeen again. It was a great way to start back after the winter shutdown which is just horrible. There is nothing worse with being stuck in the middle of January with no football for three weeks. However, the clubs and players seem to enjoy it and we can’t argue as the side looked rejuvenated, rested and hungry to get back into action. The first half seemed anyone’s for first ten minutes but then we took hold of the game and deservedly took the lead through Morelos. Alfredo does miss his fair amount of chances but he never lets it get to him. He doesn’t hide and as all great strikers do he goes looking for the next chance. All and every striker misses easy chances, Morelos has the mental strength to put this aside and move on to the next one with no baggage. He is one heck of a prospect and the recent £10 million price tag put on him by media sources, and being mentioned by others seems very good value. In all honesty his value and potential are showing abilities that would command a higher fee than £10m should anyone come calling in the summer? It was a great performance all round on Wednesday and not one player performed badly. After we scored number two in the second half through a Tavernier penalty Aberdeen did come back into the match but found incredible defending from Bates and Tavernier in particular. Wes was in outstanding form too and he is looking like a top-class goalkeeper again. So, we take our momentum and good form and onto this Sunday. Will see any changes from the team the performed so well on Wednesday? Perhaps but I suspect not as the 4-2-3-1 formation is serving us well and we will hope Murphy and Candeias can unlock them down the flanks. Goss looked comfortable beside Holt which allowed Windass to get forward to support Morelos. The back four remain the same with Tav, Martin, Bates and John with Wes in goal. This leaves us options on the bench which is pleasing as we can see some creativity not only on the pitch but waiting in the wings if needed. There is an upbeat mood around the club at the moment. Good business done so far and the side look comfortable on the park. Either the jerseys seem to have shrunk to fit or more probably our side have grown and realised that they have the belief confidence and ability to be a Ranger. I predict a tough match on Sunday and it will be physical. Rangers to win by two goals to one for me with that man Morelos on the scoresheet again. C’mon eh Bears!

Thanks for the replies guys , I,m new here and don’t do social media or read the papers etc , just looking to follow the gers with fellow bears ???⚪️???

not sure how putting ones family first has anything to do with lack of ambition. If your ambition is seeing your family lose out then your self centered. If i had an american wife and had kids with her i would take a job in america over Scotland any day of the week. Hes never going to be a superstar, its not like hes giving up on champions league finals etc Playing near amateur level football in a pretty poor country to live in nowadays, I doubt is the height of his ambition or worth seeing his family miss out on a better life for. Good luck to the boy

To be brutally honest, it's none of our business what personal priorities a player sets for himself and his family, whether it's money, location or whatever. Lack of ambition? Get real.

Wilson was promising for us....we got £millions from Liverpool for him. He was good for Hearts in the Championship and average for us except these last few months when he's put in good performances if he can get a better deal elsewhere good luck to him

Yeah, I'm not sure leaving the SPFL for the MLS can be described as showing a lack of ambition these days, indeed arguably it's the opposite. Wilson showed ambition when he left us for Liverpool, it didn't work out. Maybe he's realistic about what he can achieve in his career and playing abroad might be one of his ambitions. It's frustrating he's going but he can be replaced, indeed he already has been. Good luck to him.

These are the kind of games we need to start winning and doing so convincingly. We did so earlier in the season up there so no reason we can't again tomorrow.

The jury is always out on all new players until they perform. However, the lad is highly rated and Acas have a good record of doing a good job with younger players. McCarthur and McCarthy are just two good examples of this.

Did he elbow himself in the face ?

He’s new Ian, cut him some slack

Enjoy watching RvP Pete

Rangers should make fans aware of fixture changes as soon as they are known. No assumption has been made, it's more about keeping fans informed of what might transpire

There are no guarantees with any signing but we've signed a highly rated 21 year old MF player with nearly 100 games under his belt in our top division. I'd rather we did that than spunk millions on players in their thirties who are past their best & mostly interested in topping up their pensions.

Anyone seen this before?

He is away, no big deal IMO, he isn't as good as he thinks, I am not a fan of him despite his recent good form, so good luck to him, but he won't be missed!.

Ive never seen a worse diver. Does it more often than anyone in history and is awful at it. Shameful

thank you for speaking up for the rest of us.....

remember we were good enough to get to European Cup winners cup final in 1967 same year Berwick Rangers knocked us out of the Scottish Cup we were better then obviously

Just about every time I go to a sportsman’s dinner the same thing happens. What gets me it’s not young boys who cannae hold their drink, but some older tosser.

Was sitting behind him. Total rocket.

At least the mhanks goalie got what he has been deserving of for a while,considering some of his outside the box.mid air tackles etc.

Craig jinxed it...

https://mobile.twitter.com/Gobbyjums/status/956817273481760784/photo/1

This is true , on reflection I should have maybe worded things a little better , I just thought there was a lot made of the boy and I hadn’t really noticed him to be honest. Fingers crossed he does the business for us in our ascendancy. Anyway looking forward to the chats and topics on here and I’ll try put them in the right place next time ?????

There's a valid opinion that staying in a rain sodden, bitter, divided midden like Scotland and playing football in a shite league that will soon be all but excluded from top European football, while putting up with atrocious refereeing, is showing a lack of ambition.

Hardie just scored for Livingstone to go 2-0 up

Yep, even sheep followers were being startled into commenting on how much they were getting away with even though pre match they were claiming the only way they could lose was referee bias. And all that while every pre match no matter who we play it's claimed that referees are bias in our favour. The disconnect from reality is mind boggling and you can expect that particular piece of nonsense to be cranked up to fever pitch when the hubz arrive to be drubbed. I so want to give them a real hiding. So much so that even though the sheep match was far more of a 6 pointer which raised us to second place that I would have been tempted to trade that win for a crushing of them.

He will need to get used to being assaulted in games and the refs allowing assaults

Someone's spotted something in him so we have to give the young man every chance .

My expectations for this season has been cranked up, I expect us to win every match to the end of the season!

Buffoons. but it’s ok for their own fans to eulogize an assault on Durrant which so very nearly ended his career. and those same Aberdeen fools moan at Tom Miller not being impartial ! should be in a cell for swearing - I’ve heard it all now :roflmao:

They have no legal authority to enter your residence. If any of them come to your door tell them to go pleasure themselves. Again, the psychological profile of people in this line of employment is not very complimentary. Then again that’s hardly surprising when dealing with what appears to be “legalised send the boys round”.

Is that not classed as tapping up players?

Welcome to the forum. Ok, now that you've been welcomed warmly with a sense of anticipation from your fellow forum members, maybe you could try the same with Docherty. Im really pleased with this signing. Why? Because he's young, great technical ability, pacey, strong, and someone who understands what is expected at our club. Of course he has yet to prove himself but there are many reasons to be excited about young and gifted players coming to our club. Again, welcome to the club Docherty, and welcome to forums Morry.

He'll enjoy a decent lifestyle out in Colorado. I can see the lure but his ambitions stink.

Docherty is a young, energetic, box to box midfielder, who is viewed as a player with much potential, who is rated highly by his erstwhile manager and coaches, who has a good reputation, who seems to have been properly brought up, and who, by signing for Rangers, has fulfilled an ambition. What's not to like? There are grounds for optimism, therefore, reinforced by what looks like an increased emphasis on coaching within the Club (Windass's, Tavenier's and others' games seem to have improved, lately), and by less of an inclination perhaps to play people out of their natural positions. Of course we will have to judge Docherty by his performances, and over more than the remainder of this season, as we do, have done, and will continue to do with any player. He now has the stage, let's hope that he delivers. (It does seem like somebody -or some thing- has pissed on somebody's potatoes.)

It is if you have a television.

That’s what 100% of their energy and money should be spent on, not spending on a vanity project for 50 so called Ultras.

There'll be hundreds of great badges. But the more old fashioned, simpler ones always tend to look good.

No excuses, Craig! ? I apologise for my error. Not good enough. The one that gets me these days is, "a lot"...everyone seems to write, "alot". Same with, "as well". You'd hope someone in charge of a football club's official social media would have a grasp of the basics though. Aren't Albion Rovers a bit left footed?

Wilson makes his career discisions based on money. He left us to go to Liverpool for the signing on fee and higher wages, it was not a football decision. He left Hearts to come down a division to play for us for more money. Not blaming him. If the figures being mentioned are true he has an overinflated idea of his worth. He’s played a couple of good games lately but not good eneough overall in my opinion..

Excellent thats the way it should be.

Looking at the table and results, it's a bit sickening that we're 11 points behind Celtic currently and have lost what should have been winning games against Killie, St J (at home!), Dundee and Hamilton (again at home!) in Nov\Dec. If we'd done the business against those teams (currently 7th-10th in the league) we'd be top of the table right now. We're behaving a little bit like the smaller clubs (no disrespect intended) in that we turn up for the big games (Aberdeen, Celtic etc) but throw away our opportunities against he smaller clubs. That needs to be resolved pronto!

22k a week ? I hope part of his medical isn't a drugs test !

As much as I like Kenny Miller i hope he doesn't play this weekend. We have far better options than him now.