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Well played Rangers - lots of positives to be taken from tonight's performance. On to Saturday now.

A disagreement on Covid shouldn't lead to you leaving the site. You said a few incendiary things which I reacted to and also attempted to dispute the arguments that you put forward as I strongly disagree with you on Covid-19, although not necessarily the implications of it on other areas, which I haven't commented on. We disagree. It happens. We should just put it behind us and move on.

Whilst not agreeing with everything in Gaffers posts in this thread I do find plenty of merit in them as despite the best efforts of the left as far as I'm aware it's not yet illegal to hold a contrarian view. I've spent 13 of the last 14 weeks in hospital due to infections the last week in the infectious diseases ward. I almost died because of this Covid 19 and yet I've never had it. I was misdiagnosed over the phone by NHS 24 at the onset of the outbreak here as having Covid 19 and told to isolate for a fortnight and take paracetamol to control my temperature. After a week the paracetamol ceased to work and my temperature was over 40 degrees, finally a nurse practitioner came out to see me and sent me straight to hospital where they diagnosed sepsis and 3 different bacterial infections which resulted in over 280 iv antibiotic infusions plus 2 single antibiotic infusions that cost over £1600 each. Got home for a week only to be rushed back in with a different infection and yet more iv antibiotics and now face a minimum 6 month course of antibiotic pills and at least 6 months probably 9 of complete bed rest, basically robbing me of a whole year of the few I have left. Nearly killed by the hysteria over Covid 19, I suspect there will be many thousands with similar tales with many no longer here to tell them. One of the doctors who initially treated had had Covid 19 and in his case he said that he'd had worse "normal flus". He said the policy of clearing hospital beds had probably killed and will continue to kill for many years far more people than it saved, he pointed out the hysteria over ventilators and said he was unaware of a single Covid 19 death caused by a lack of ventilators in the UK. He was equally critical of both UK and Scottish Governments and said despite the rhetoric there wasn't a fag paper between the policies of both, said a mass fully functional test and trace system would have been of far more assistance in controlling the disease that the hot potch that transpired. Interestingly he said to watch out for the long term results from the Swedish model over the next few years compared to elsewhere he thought the Swedes would come out of it better longer term. Without a vaccine he says it has to be herd immunity (blames the panic that causes on an ignorant media propagating misconceptions) or the virus dies out naturally. Don't get me wrong Covid 19 is real, very real but the consequences caused by the virus will prove more far more dangerous and long lasting than the virus itself. Little comfort to those of you who have lost family or friends to it I know. There hasn't been any recorded cases in Grampian in a month but as I was waiting to be discharged on Monday they were preparing 2 rooms for 2 suspected cases.

Sure I heard on commentary that Lyon had played some pre-season games.

Edmondson was man of match by a country....team played well....good to see the famous live again.

Kings of Lyon. Two games on the Rhone Savage, scored five, conceded nil.

Very pleasing to see young Mayo & Paterson get some game time and doing excellent, loved watching Rangers playing again. @CammyF we are now going onto win the EL and? Scottish treble

Sine die for bringing the Scottish game into disrepute.

Shouldn't joke about that! every chance they would try it?

Oh I know.... but they’re still the only one that’s entered admin since COVID halted seasons. There are massive questions need answered in the Wigan situation.

We sing of Rangers, The Rangers, Glasgow Rangers, The Famous Glasgow Rangers etc. All the same to me, never understood people getting their knickers in a twist over it.

As much as the machinations of Brexit and the approach to Covid-19 are inexorably linked in terms of the key political actors and the absolute shit show with which both are being managed, the criticism of the government's approach is not because of Brexit. A classic case of playing the man/woman rather than the ball.

Whatever happened to the idea that season ticket holders would be able to view pre season friendlies via Rangers TV?

The first book reference Rangers was penned by John Allan. The title was, 'The story of the Rangers - the first fifty years'. John Allan was more of a statistician than a historian, He told a tale of derring-do. He did not finish the tome until 1923 and to continue the title he decided Rangers were founded in 1873. All the annuals of Scottish football tell that Rangers were founded in the first week of February in 1872. We should recognise that John Allan did not portray a true history of the foundation of our club.

I'm not getting carried away - but bring on Leverkusen

Looked a decent workout. Are Lyon at the same point in pre-season as us? That is usually a good gauge of the standard of opponent. I assume we are being paid a lot of money to play this game, but as a marker for what we need to prepare for, it is entirely worthless as no Scottish opponent will be set up this way to attack and have quality players like they have. Just like preseason the last 2 years we look great, we close down very well and we play out from the back with confidence and composure so while beautiful to watch it matters not unless we start the league campaign with several successive wins. Kent absolutely deserved his red card and should be fined the maximum, with the money going into a legal fund to sue his blind barber! WTF was that at the back of his head? Can you imagine what Struth or Wallace would have thought of such appallingly bad hair? Jones’s beard is equally ridiculous looking and was no doubt fully responsible for that sitter when Barker showed some electric pace for the second time. With a draw in the other game we are top of the league, so just lockdown now and award us the title as we clearly have earned it and deserve it.

Although it was scarey at times, I like that we opted for playing out from the goalie instead of going long. Gerrard's been watching a lot of Liverpool vids I presume...

What chance the SFA slap a 10 match ban on Kent for violent conduct ??

In olden days, this being a friendly, the ref would have booked him, and told the bench to sub him at ht. Common sense. The incident was barely handbags. French ref, I assume.

Soft, especially given the assault on Jack, but srupidly raised his hands so it's technically a red. However, Rangers in Europe with 10 men (or less) is a common occurrence ?

Lol ... counter attack, Aribo to Barasic and his cross is met by Hagi, who`s shot is deflected in, 2-0 Gers!

Totally against the run of play, nice work at a corner, Kent races down the bye-line and Hagi (?) taps it home. 1-0 after 20 mins.

I maybe naively assumed that you knew the process. Seems there’s a fair bit about us “moving to England” that you aren’t knowledgeable about. I also thought it was fairly self-explanatory that we can’t just go “right, we fancy playing in England so we’ll see you next season”.... no, English clubs need to vote, they need to invite, we need to accept, they need UEFA approval.... self-explanatory. On what basis would they want us in now ? Only ONE club, as far as I’m aware, in England has gone into admin because of this, Wigan. Ypu still haven’t answered the question as to why they would want us and what we would bring that would increase revenues, remembering that income from fans isn’t that significant to revenue streams these days. You aren’t shedding light on anything. You’re actually pissing in the wind if you think the English leagues will want us anytime soon. You can sit and fantasize about playing in England all you like..... whilst the realists amongst us know that isn’t happening anytime in the foreseeable future.

As our defence is crap and the midfield not much better I would go one at the back and the rest up front and stand on the touchline roaring get *******into them

After watching some of the displays since the break I have called them a lot of names.

Nope! you just know that doesn't happen, it's either or!?

Not too many new faces, so it'll be the "tried and tested" from last season with a splattering of youths. Timely reminder, it's a pre-season friendly against top class opposition. Therefore a win doesn't signal a romping of the SPFL and Europa League and a defeat doesn't signal calls for heads to roll and a culling of the team. ??

I wanna see a lot of the our unknown commodities. I wanna see that third Williams sister, Big Calvin lined up at LB. That guy is built like a strong safety. I heard he has some wheels on him too. I would also like to see Mayo and Patterson get serious minutes.

Well now, this thread's taken an unexpected turn since I last visited. So if Covid 19 is a global hoax, who is behind it and why? I lost a friend to Covid 19, he didn't have any underlying health issues beforehand, his death was sudden and shocking. Three other family friends also died of it, they were older and did have underlying health issues. They all lived in the same small town, two in a care home, and the virus swept through taking the lives of a number of older people in a short space of time. I guess I'm struggling to accept it doesn't exist or is in fact just your normal winter flu. But I'm fascinated to see your workings on this @Gaffer and trying to remain open-minded. You're not stupid so you must understand why posts as incendiary as yours have created reactions ranging from disbelief to anger. No one likes being called a fool, and that's what you're inferring we all are. I'm fairly cynical and hold a high degree of scepticism towards politicians but even I'm struggling to accept Boris Johnson and his cabinet and advisors are covering up thousands of deaths, ruining the economy and upsetting millions of voters on purpose and that he's managed to get Nicola Sturgeon and the Irish Taoiseach in on it with him.

RS with the big questions.

You've provided un-sourced Flu numbers, but that's it, I think? I'm sorry you've been hit personally, but you're not alone, there. BD was clearly riled by your interpretation, but he can speak for himself. As far as I can see, the following are your main posts, which kind of merge into each other: According to WHO, there have been approximately 573,288 deaths from COVID-19 reported worldwide (as of July); and estimates that 290,000 to 650,000 people die of flu-related causes every year worldwide. The COVID-19 deaths cover 2-3 months. The Flu 'estimates' are based on 12 months. Even if COVID-19 deaths are 'hugely exaggerated', the figures suggest it is clearly much more dangerous than the Flu. Moreover, there are Flu vaccines, of which a large proportion of the population get every year. There is no COVID-19 vaccine. There’s a lot we don’t know about COVID-19 — how it spreads, how it infects people, how it causes damage in the body, how the immune system responds to it, etc. Flu, on the other hand, has been around for a long time, so scientists and doctors know a lot about it, including the best way to treat people. There was a source I saw that was as sceptical about the seriousness of COVID-19 as you are, which stated that around 21,000 died from flu every 'winter season' (5 months?), whereas around 9,000 had died from COVID-19 over around 2 months. These figures suggest it's quite comparable. However, I believe these figures only include hospital deaths from COVID-19, so we can assume it is much more, as those in care homes etc. are more at risk. Moreover, lockdown has curtailed the spread, whereas the Flu spreads unrestricted. I don't see how you can claim it's not more dangerous than previous strains - even if the numbers are grossly exaggerated. BD challenged your Actuaries data quite thoroughly. I can't comment on your claim that 'fairly senior NHS' staff are being threatened with suspension if they 'speak out', because it's just based on your word. I'm not an expert -- I've probably missed a lot -- but even a cursory look at the figures suggests your claims are spurious -- that sounds harsh, but at the very least you have a colourful interpretation. Someone more capable could do a better job at challenging your view, if you were willing.

I don't want to stray too much off topic but we've never distanced for any corona virus in the past so I've no idea why this one is any different. The rate of infection and death rate is hugely exaggerated as is being proven by NHS whistleblowers. I hope this scandal is exposed at some stage but by that stage the damage is already done. I expect history will show that lockdown and social distancing killed more people and ruined more lives than the so called virus will. And yet no one in the media is strong enough to challenge the obvious holes in this horrible 'hoax'. As it's the Rangers forum, my particular concern here is the effect it's having on our club, and yet I don't see anything being done to mitigate the risk of what will happen if the stadiums remain empty. I'm still very worried about what this is likely to do to the viability of our league and club. With Doncaster and co in charge of the wider league I've got even less confidence. I'd love someone to give me a reason to be hopeful.

You should probably read up on it then.