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When did we become such a good side that we can put in a 5/10 performance in a European group match and win the game and don’t allow our opponent a shot on target? I was in Luxembourg just 3 years ago, watching the worst result in our entire history, under the worst manager in our history, and I could only dream of nights like tonight. Thanks Rangers, any win in a European group stage will never be undervalued by this bear.

Statement of the night , well said and seconded

On the 29th October 1855 our Founder Moses McNeil was born. image upload Moses was from the east side of the Gareloch ,his father John was from Comrie in Perthshire and mother Jane Bain from Downpatrick in Ulster. He was a natural athlete Powerful and of stocky build,it was said that was known for his pace and he had stamina too. In the Ibrox trophy room is a cup won by Moses for a half-mile race at the Garelochead Athletic Sports on 1 January, 1876 and it’s the oldest Trophy that the Club has. image upload Moses played for the club he helped form for ten years, playing in the 1877 and 1879 Scottish Cup Finals. He was also a member of the first Rangers side to lift a trophy, the Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup in 1879. He actually left Rangers to join his brother Harry at Queen’s Park for a few months at the end of 1875 but quickly returned to his club. He was the first Ranger to play for his country, in a 4-0 victory over Wales at Hamilton Crescent Partick in 1876 and was capped again,when Scotland defeated England 5-4 at First Hampden Park in 1880. For a great deal of his playing career, he formed the Rangers’ left wing with his old friend and fellow Pioneer,Peter Campbell. Although being a member of committee during his playing days, he had little involvement after his football career was over.He did feature, though, on a number of occasions with his old pals in the Rangers “Ancients” team who played many exhibition and charitable matches. Moses led a nomadic lifestyle mainly due to his 20 year employment with the company Langs whose name was synonymous with the famous brand of whisky.Their premises which Moses worked from was on Union Street in Glasgow. During his time in Glasgow Moses lived at 169 Berkeley Street and 333 Dumbarton Road.These locations are among many others that we visit during the Founders Trail. During research for the Gallant Pioneers book an elderly lady was interviewed who until her recent passing still lived next door to Moses old house at Clynder on the shores of the Gareloch . As a little girl back in the early 1930’s she could recall him being known around the village as “The Rangers man’’, and that he was always very dapper in his suit and bowler hat. It was said that Moses would travel to Glasgow once a month to collect his pension, most likely from the Club, and then return later in the day with a spring in his step and a slur on his speech! image upload He spent the last few years of his life living with his sister, Isabella, in Clynder at Craig Cottage. She died in 1935, to be followed by her brother, the last of the siblings, in 1938. They lie together with their sister Elizabeth and Isabella’s husband, Duncan Gray, in the lovely churchyard at Rosneath. But sadly for the man who gave Rangers their name his own wasn’t inscribed on the family headstone. This was due to Moses being the last of the family in the area and there wouldn’t have been anyone around to add his name to the stone. The late,great Sandy Jardine was a great supporter of the Founders project. We knew that Sandy had been working on having a plaque with Moses name on it placed at the churchyard at Rosneath.On Sunday 28th June 2015 as part of the Rangers Graves Restoration Project a plaque bearing the name of Moses McNeil was unveiled at Rosneath Cemtery at a dedication ceremony conducted by Parish Minister Christine Murdoch. A memorial is now in place for a lad who fought so hard to establish the Rangers during those turbulent early years. image upload image upload Moses McNeil packed a bag in 1871, left Rosneath, and headed to industrial Glasgow seeking employment.What he actually did was help form a football club that was to become the world’s most successful and would affect the lives of millions worldwide for generations to come….that continues to this day. Today we remember Moses McNeil.

Maybe we're becoming spoiled by some recent performances but I didn't think we were too bad tonight The first half was all broken play and frustrating but the second half showed that greatest of sporting qualities - resilience - and we left the field with another European scalp. We've come a long long way in the last two years.

This however is not a good thing as any points won by Rangers or Celtic now get divided by 5 instead of 4 , given the 3 other teams will by and large contribute next to nothing going forward it only makes it harder to stay in the top 12 positions .Again the MSM miss the point as the show their usual ignorance towards the whole coefficient issue .

Absolutely delighted we won tonight against a team I thought turned out to be a lot better than we expected them to be.

This is actually very unfair and a poor comparison , as Ally didnt get to play anywhere near as many group games and the knockout rounds were much more difficult back in his day

Another small point , this Poznan team had 19 shots on target against Benfica , albeit they were at home , tonight they had 1 .

Lost count of the number of times I shouted that tonight. Then Kent did hit it and I was like FFS. Frustrating night really but wins a win

There has been minimal fanfare preceding this fixture, which is a tad surprising but also understandable. I think most of us are expecting a win but games in Europe are rarely easy, so let's not take anything for granted. From what I've read, Lech Poznan might pose a different threat than we usually see, playing a high press and being fairly erratic in terms of outcome (if their gameplan works, it's great but if it doesn't, they tend to look amateurish). I'm hoping to see Roofe and Itten get some game time, a victory and no injuries.

You mean like the backlog of fixtures faced by Scotland's representative in the Europa league cup final in 2008? Now what would happen if some clubs could not accommodate the exigencies of league re-scheduling because they, say St. Mirren or Alloa, had previously booked a tour of Japan for their club? There again, I could ask you if you can see the buttons on the back of my head.

Celtic have lost more goals this week than we have lost all season , just saying.

They had 9 shots on target against Benfica and 0 tonight

Yeh I don’t like this stat. Most his games were against champions. He didn’t have the benefit of an annual gimme in Gibraltar.

Trolling

We wanted better after half-time and I think we got it. Yes, it was still scrappy in good positions with one or two touches too many but Morelos came on at the right time and one bit of magic from Barisic wins us the game. After that we sat a bit deeper, managed the game fairly well - other than one or two bad touches after we won it back - but we looked comfortable enough to credit to the defence for yet another clean sheet. It's getting a wee bit tricky for the manager now: does he rotate and make 3-5 changes for every game or does he risk asking too much of some players to maintain continuity? That's a headache for another day, let's enjoy another good win tonight ahead of the next very tough match!

3 points, clean sheet, Alfie on target, no shots on target from them. 1st half was poor, 2nd half was better once Alfie was brought on. On to another huge game on Sunday.

Really good result. 3 points was all that mattered and a number of players have been kept fresh for a huge game at Rugby Park on Sunday.

Lost our way a bit there at the end there, but is that 15 matches unbeaten? 6 points from 6 in the Europa League! Beat Celtic away in the first old firm match. Really incredible start to the season, couldn't ask for anything more! awesome is awesome.

On the bright side. Defence holding up as we've come to expect this season. Shots on target :: 0!

Put on a plate by Barisic

And yet another assists from Barisic

Someone just hit the f'in baw....

Very poor this first half

I may be in the minority but I don't think it's been a good start here - need to up the tempo and quality

Brilliant from Roofe. Hagi could have done better.

Lille missed a pen. I am told.

It's an easy mistake to make (just ask @compo ?).

They’re a hard team to judge from a look at their results. Had a look at their transfers and it looks to me like they’ve sold a few good players and, judging by their results, their replacements either aren’t up to it or haven’t settled yet. Last season their record was nearly identical to Legia who were a very tough nut to crack. But their record away in Europe has been very good. A 3-0 win in Sweden is impressive, and a 2-1 away win over a team ahead of Standard Liege in the league is impressive too. I think we will be too organised for them, but it will probably be a close game.

Win impact rating is a combination of loads of stats, defensive and offensive. Not sure how much I trust it personally, seems to favour attacking players who take a lot of a shots a bit too much. Interesting reading anyway. Not including our front 3, Arfield, Jack and Tavernier all showing up with very high numbers. I’d think Barisic should be here though.

A very low xG for a home game for us, shows how much we took our foot off the gas after getting early goals.

We have nowt to do with the current one which Ashley has his paws into.

Where's the other official shop?

Let's keep all content in this thread for Thursday's big game. In terms of a preview, there's a bonus Gersnet Podcast tonight at 8pm on our YouTube channel where @Govan Rear Bear and @rfb1872 discuss events surrounding the game.

Rangers 1 Lech Poznan 0 FGS - Morelos