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Please allow me to extend Festive Felicitations to all Gersnetters. On the Feast of Stephen, we should all be mindful of Shagger's secret to maintaining clean sheets, "no letting in any goals" and keep uppermost in our minds the essence of Scottish football, "Sporting Integrity". Wishing you all lot's of pudding and pie.

As much as this has East End fingerprints all over it, c'mon ffs. We are Rangers. We are the champions. Just go out and do your talking on the park. If games are rescheduled so be it. If we keep winning, we win the league no matter what happens in 2022.

The Establishment Club. The SPFL Board aka Peter's Place Men decided upon the voting options available to the clubs in lieu of the onset of Covid variant, omicron. Neil Doncaster, Rod McKenzie and, Murdoch MacLennan provided the required analysis, the preferred options and, the get out of Jail free card(Dundee's John Nelm's spam folder) to the SPFL Board and assured Peter that ra Selllik's growing injury crisis was a most manageable problem. They were pursuing the common sense approach and were confident of the outcome. Sellik have cultivated a raft of politicos these last three - four decades, at one point the two Boards running the club contained a former Vice Governor of the Bank of England and three Cabinet Ministers. The Kerrydale Soup Kitchens were serving Vichyssoise and Bouillabaisse. Pottage dripping from his chops, Billy Bunter aka Ian Blackford furthered his Humble Crofter credentials, "the proposal to bring forward the footballing winter break is a sensible proposal". John Swinney was bad cop to Blackford's PC Murdoch, "the League Cup final may have been a super spreader and I urge football supporters to refrain from attending festive season fixtures". Look closely, the seemingly mixed message is the same message. The compliant Scotttish media was on message, the consensus among SPFL clubs was to utilise the winter break as a circuit breaker. Bringing it forward by a week was good sense, the only dissenting voice was as ever, Rangers. Of course, it was important last night's fixtures were completed and Boxing Day's matches be played in front of a maximum of 500 spectators at each game. Sellik could handle a Covid hamstrung St Mirren and bottom of the table St Johnstone, couldn't they? Pat Bonner explained on Sportsound, "every team will have played the same amount of games, no one will have an advantage". Last night's Sportsound was hosted by Big Dick; he was joined by Wullie Miller, Pat Bonner, Michael Stewart and, Alan Preston. Mikey thought the SPLFL decision was, "the sensible approach". Preston approved, "common sense has been applied" and, Wullie was comfortable being part of the majority, "it's only Rangers that see it another way". We were not informed of the other way but found out concurrently Aberdeen Chair, Dave Cormack was e-mailing Nicola appealing for a significant rise is allowed Boxing Day attendances. St Mirren Boss, Jim Goodwin was tasked with leading his lambs to ra Sellik slaughter and he was definitely off message. Strange, he had been photographed at Hampden on Sunday sitting in ra Sellik end with his son replete in green'n'grey scarf. Jim told us the SPFL had broken their own rules, bent over backwards to ensure the fixture went ahead, "I have been allowed to recall four teenagers from loan spells at Lowland League clubs but not the three more experienced loanees at League one and two clubs". He went on, "I have a bench with no Premier League experience whatsoever, there are several players in my dressing room meeting each other for the first time". After the match, when Karma prevailed the atmosphere on Sportsound was best described as 'choking'. Goodwin received some deserved plaudits but mostly there was an atmosphere of every shoulder being applied but Ange could not oblige. Big Dick left it to the end, "the League table looks like this, Rangers are six points ahead. Hibs move into the top six, Aberdeen drop out and St Johnstone are anchored at the foot". Everyone agreed the SPFL took the sensible approach but we never did find out what the other way entailed? As a BBC License Fee paying Rangers supporter, perhaps I can articulate : The Imminent Scottish Football Shutdown. Due to a new Covid strain called Omnibollocks which is unique to footballers, the SPFL look again to give into Sellik's demands and postpone all football until Sellik are happy. Symptoms of this new strain are pulled hamstrings from over exuberant goal celebrations against lesser opponents. Apparently playing AngeBall heightens risk of infection. Boffins claim this new strain first appeared at Sellik Park in 2008 after the club's post season tour of Japan. It may be an offshoot of Sportingintegrititus prevalent in ra Stade de Gadd at this time. It is not believed there is any connection to SeparateEntititus which has surfaced in connection with former employees spending time at Her Majesty's pleasure. Further, Sellik have proposed a contingency plan to the SPFL in case the league cannot be completed. Apparently, the true test of Champions is the ability to pass the ball more and it is accepted that points accrued is sectarian and anti-Irish. If Sellik's proposals are not endorsed completely, the club will make application to play in Palestine. Just saying like.

I think that term brings yahoos out in a rash.

There is simply no justification for these draconian actions , no science , no increase in hospitilisations no increase in deaths , this is wholly about being different from Westminster , we live in dark dark times im afraid , and the increasinginglyaggressive tone towards those who have made the choice not to get vaxed or take the 3rd jag ( I for the recored am jagged but do not believe I have the right to tell someone else what to do with their body/health etc) is becoming increasingly worrying and aggressive in tone .

Merry Christmas to you all.

Seasons greetings to all! Already on my 2nd bottle of bubbles. Have a good one when it all happens. 🎅

Have a good Christmas and above all - don't let the b.... get you down.

May all Gersnetters & their families a very Happy Xmas and a prosperous New Year, have a great time despite Nazi Nic!!!

Happy Christmas to all Gersnetters.

Pheasants, and peasants, both.

Guy seems to be struggling a bit! hope he gets his head cleared.

Horrible place to be (from experience) but he's already taken the hardest step. I got wonderful support from GP who also arranged sessions with a councillor. He he gets himself better.

The current fixtures list is scrapped. The rhandom computer is churning out a new list of conventional fixtures for eleven clubs. Every one of the eleven has to write to the twelfth to ask when it can play. And for how long.

Football supremo Neil Doncaster says there is no room for further postponements and the league might be curtailed, whats the betting if Celtic gain a one point advantage or better goal difference ,

it's also nonsense there are loads of free midweeks unless we make the EL final ffs. If he was genuine about this then this nonsense yesterday should not have happened.

Aye, he does know we are based in Scotland? Seen snow in Harthill in July....

Has anyone informed the weather gods about this? 🤣

trying to make sure we miss players for future games.

A most enjoyable result in Paisley last night. Overall 'winter break' situation frustrating but it is what it is so three points on Saturday against St Mirren a must. Then we have an opportunity for us to reset, absorb more of the manager's ideas and be ready for a mid-January restart at Pittodrie. As much as recent events leave a bad taste in the mouth and once again highlight Rangers' lack of 'political' clout, we can use the opportunity to get Helander, Roofe and Jack all fit as well as look at recalling one or two loan players or even make a signing. We can benefit too! It's very hard to sit back and simply accept Celtic's off-field machinations but it's always going to be the long game in terms of changing things there and, as always, money talks even if the science and common-sense suggests crowds will not be back any time soon next month.

Ha f**king ha. Truth to be told, I didn't even know they were playing tonight. What a nice wee surprise before hitting the hay.