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Boxing might be in bother then. Running wrecks your legs, so that should be looked at. The dangers faced in extreme sports, like mountain climbing...etc. I think taking heading out of youth football might be an idea. Once you become an adult (that's a debate for another day) you should be able to decide whether you want to header the ball. Calvin Bassey seemed to be ahead of the curve last night and has decided to opt out of headers before any rulings are made.

Its actually frightening to think some of our fans actually vote that way too

Not in my case I got what others have voted for.

You get what you vote for. In Scotland's case, it's a bunch of incompetent, authoritarian chancers.

Come, come; credit where credit is due. They 'won' the first ten minutes of each half (according to BBC Scotland last night), and that is a glorious, brave, whole two-ninths of a match.

My report on tonight's U18 game. https://rfcyouths.wordpress.com/2021/10/01/under-18s-defeat-league-leaders/

After further engagement with the Scottish government, we can confirm that although we are being encouraged to use this game as a “test event”, no supporter will be refused entry. "Kinda Funny now though" YUP

absolute shambles.

Should that happen then I foresee many many fans being lost to the game.

I'm slightly disappointed that the lunacy of this SNP nonsense won't now be exposed on Sunday. I still think it will never be fully implemented.

And now it seems we have indeed followed suit and there will be no requirement for Covid passports for Sunday.

I see Aberdeen have stuck both fingers up at Scotgov and told them that due to their utter incompetence they are not going to bother with Covid passport checks at Sunday’s game v bheasts. Cant do the imbedding article stuff but i came across it on Twitter and it linked to dolly’s website. A very powerful statement. I wonder if our club will follow suit?

Gerrard’s tetchy response to in the pre-match presser on Wednesday, when asked about this season’s form compared to last, I think was an indicator of his own frustration. Big game v Hibs on Sunday it has to be said. Games where we flatter to deceive in both boxes will catch up with us soon. Perhaps the international break comes at a good time on this occasion?

not counting the 2 he totally missed.

Yeah agree. Bassey cant head the ball which is strange for a big fella. He had two attempts at one point last night and the ball travelled about 5 yards in total!!

A performance perhaps best described as 'wet': feeble, inept, pussillanimous, timorous, soft, spineless, and wimpish. The team displayed no drive, no power, no aggression, no coherence, and there was no leadership. These failings have been evident, to greater or lesser degree, in most matches this season. Result trumps performance, I am told, consistently, and persistently, to which I respond that a team cannot continually play badly , and continually get away with it. The abject outcome of Europa games, so far, results matching performances, illustrates the point. Gawd help these lambs on Sunday against a vigorous opponent, which smells blood. (Is all that a bit strong?)

We seen the best of aribo in a forward position last night and then moved back into the midfield when hagi came on. Id have left aribo where he was and put hagi in the central midfield position where i think he belongs.

If Goldson doesn't make it he will be a big miss as going by last nights performance Bassey is not a make shift centre back.

While injuries, Covid, etc have certainly inhibited his options, I think the challenge for Gerrard is to replace the 2 or 3 players whose poor current form is compromising team performance, even though those players might have been at the heart of our success last season. For example, it's inconceivable to me that Nathan Patterson and Scott Wright are sitting on the bench and that Scott Arfield can't get a game while our midfield misfires game after game.

Nah, he's already shown he's far better than O'Halloran.

If I were a hibby I’d be optimistic.

Yes, that was my point.

So had many others past and present but when defense/midfield can't give the necessary service speed is a waste of time.

Who gives a toss what they say the hooped horrors are as bad as us right now fucking clueless.

Imagine the headline if that was us. Rangers outclassed by ruthless Germans or something along those lines

It's a new world, we live amongst the worst generation ever to walk the planet!

Correct. The forward players are isolated and toothless because the midfield is pedestrian and one or both fullbacks have been misfiring for weeks.

That's what I'm saying mate, we carry no attacking threat, none!

We did it for whole halves (sometimes more) last season. This season, we struggle to make it last for 15 minutes. It's very frustrating.

Never a red card but we cannot keep approaching games with such a passive, pedestrian mentality. The disconnect and obvious gap between our midfield and attack seems to get bigger with every game. We literally have next to nothing to offer in terms of creativity if Tav or Barisic (as has been the case for too long now) are not on their game. I had hoped by now the management team would have an alternative strategy in mind if Plan A isn't working but, I guess, even they can't perform miracles with so many players well off form.

There’s been a fragility to our defence with Goldson in it since the season began

The Return of Wullie. Margaret Thatcher achieved 'Milk Snatcher' status by decreeing children between the ages of seven and eleven were no longer eligible for their third of a pint of the white stuff after school morning break. Being young, being foolish and, being happy did not require a daily calcium injection. Talking of the Tams, the Atlanta four-piece harmony group took their name from their constant headwear, the Tam O'Shanter. Who knew Atlanta was in Ershur as 'Hey Girl don't Bother me' became Number One? The Rangers News middle double page spread declared, "One is Enough". Willie Waddell was utilising the new publication to manage fans' expectations. We were reminded of then recent forays in Europe had crumbled on fans demands for constant all out attack. Gornik Zabrze had epitomised the smart game a couple of years before. The Silesians had arrived at Ibrox after a home 3-1 victory and conceded early to a Jim Baxter goal. If Rangers had notched a second without conceding, they went through on away goals. Sixty thousand Bears demanded blood and thunder, Gornik grabbed three breakaway goals including a wonder strike from Lubanski. Manager Davie White was sacked after the match. Truthfully, the attitude and mentality of your average Rangers supporter had not changed. Forty thousand paying customers expected caution to be discarded, get on the front foot and, get steamed in for ninety minutes. As the teams emerged, there was one change from Saturday's 0-2 loss to the Dandies. Wullie Henderson had replaced Andy Penman. The teams were : McCloy, Jardine, Mathieson, Greig, McKinnon, Jackson, Henderson, Conn, Stein, MacDonald and, Johnston. The Bretons fielded : Aubour, Cosnard, Cardiet, Cedolin, Chlosta, Toublant, Terrier, Garcia, Keruzore, Betta and, Lenoir. An early ball into our box saw a determined Bomber Jackson go through Alfie Conn and Betta to effect a clearance. Commitment was the name of what transpired as a stop-start game. The crowd was restless with impatience, bugles were being blown but the charges were not happening. Keeping our shape and not allowing space for counter attacks were the focus. Henderson had a point to prove and he fashioned a sitter for Bud Johnston. The Keeper saved and a couple of minutes later dived at the feet of Wullie to keep the score all square. Rangers were in control, then on the half hour mark the heart stopping moment arrived. An intercepted pass and quick release, saw Lenoir in the clear. As Jim Parkinson of the Herald wrote, "he had all the time in the world to score but he wanted even more and the chance was lost". Those of us that remember Doddie playing, will remember his timing of late runs into the opposition box. Regularly, those runs bore fruit. Henderson stretched the Bretons and played in Johnston again. His shot was parried and MacDonald's run veered to the left to knock in the loose ball. Six minutes before the break but still the cry behind me in the Enclosure remained, "a quick second before half-time". The second never arrived before or after the break, Colin Stein rattled the bar and wee Wullie was denied a stonewaller in the dying minutes as Cosnard sent him flying. In between these two incidents there had been an episode of slow hand clapping. The game finished 1-0 Rangers and thus a 2-1 aggregate victory for the tie. Sandy Jardine declared, "it was a good one nil victory, we were the better team". The Bretons agreed, Rennes manager, Prouff was magnanimous, " Rangers played so much better tonight, Henderson and Johnston were the stars". The French press praised Wullie Henderson to the highest, Andre Mausson stated, "even if Rennes attack had functioned, what was the answer to Henderson"? A distinct contrast to the Scots fourth estate where Jim Blair at the Evening Times determined, "a lack of style and poise in the Rangers win". Further, he got after Waddell claiming, "modern football is about tactics but Rangers indulged in the big kick and boom-bang-a-bang". Returning from Ibrox on the Tannochside RSC bus, two arguments were on going. McCloy kept throwing the ball out to Jardine, he should have been kicking it(or rather BIG kicking it boom-bang-a-bang style). The other was a constant on the merit of Alex MacDonald's character; he was a true Ranger as opposed to a corner boy. One of the Committee was adamant Rangers had won through on away goals, he didn't recognise Doddies contribution. The same clown proposed the bus for Tynecastle on the following Saturday should leave at 11.30hrs. Thus, denying secondary schoolboys playing for the school the opportunity to follow follow. In terms of Scottish football it was quite a night. Rangers progressed as did Aberdeen, defeating Celta Vigo. St Johnstone won 3-0 against Hamburg and Dundee also progressed against a forgotten Danish outfit. Ra Sellik ran over Copenhagen 3-0, making it five Scots clubs qualifying for the second round of European competition. Many of you will know next up for Rangers in the ECWC was the Sporting Club de Portugal but, first another league crisis had to be tackled. We were marooned.