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Leaders of the Gang. Come on, come on - do you wanna be in my gang, I'm the Leader, the leader of the gang I am. An exercise in taking a steaming turd and rolling it in Glitter. Let me explain. That was the Euros that was particularly for the Scottish national team. There appears to have been a deliberate coordinated move to provide leadership to the collection of Brigadoon refugees we all know and love as, 'the Tartan Army'. Senior PQ Producers and Gang Hut Leaders-Aff, Claire Kelly and Eamon Donoghue started with Chris McLaughlin on his four day recce to Germany, telling the foot soldiers what to expect in Munich, Cologne and, Stuttgart. To ensure the tartan terrors remained Sellik minded, each of the ten nights PQ broadcast, 'Late Night at the Euros with Martin Compston'. Singalong with Martin had Susie McCabe on as a guest twice, it is ra Sellik Way. The reason I say coordinated is because of the article penned by Herald Journo and current favoured recipient of Peter Relief, Graeme McGarry. Now, the latest incumbent of convenient useful idiocy is a claret and amber diehard but, is often chosen to initially present tricky Sellik minded thoughts. The article was entitled, 'Is Politics turning Rangers fans off the National Team'? This appeared a few days before the Germany game, it noted the declining presence of Rangers supporters within the Tartan Army. Reasons given were the SNP politicisation of the TA and the booing of three-four Rangers players representing their country in the last dozen years. Of course, simplistic nonsense but, it is true in that the Rangers support has become more disinterested in the fortunes of the national team. We can all add our tuppence worth and the two mentioned are part of the problem; however, reference politicisation there was a poll published in Nutmeg I think in the immediate aftermath of the 2014 independence referendum. It surveyed all 42 Scots football clubs and found the club with the single biggest Yes vote among it's support at 41% was Rangers. I was not surprised because providing leadership to the Rangers support is more difficult than herding cats. Rangers supporters think for themselves. The article was lazy but Sellik nature hates a vacuum and there was a rush to provide the necessary. BBC Five Live provided Connie McLaughlin, Pat Nevin, Chris Iwelumo and, Shebahn Aherne. The Herald gave us Gabriel McKay and PLZ Soccer nominated Hugh MacDonald. The Record has remained consistent with it's much warranted comedic credentials by presenting Michael Gannon as Commander of the Home Battalion of the Tartan Army, ............ The collective balaclava has been discarded and an ill fitting cock feathered adorned Tam-O-Shanter has been squeezed on to ra Yahoo beelin' heids, we will be hearing more renditions of, 'Lizzies in a box'. The responsibility of reporting on the team became more difficult when ra core of the team ie Andy Robertson, Kieran Tierney, Scott McTominey, Callum McGregor, James Forrest, Tony Ralston, John McGinn, ............ suffered injury, lost form, disappeared and, played wayward passes. Truth hurts and the roaring arse of a Yahoo Daftie, James Dornan MSP comes out swinging. He blames BBC Scotland for uber criticism of Sellik players particularly singling out Neil McCann. Apparently Neil was raging every time Tony Ralston touched the ball. The one Dornan utterance we can all agree on is, "Liam McLeod is an absolute disgrace". I urge the national broadcaster to give Martin Compston the microphone for a much longer time, Singalong with Martin has legs. Come, come on ........

Rangers winger Scott Wright is a target for Sheffield Wednesday, with the Championship club registering an interest in the 26-year-old who has a year left of his Ibrox contract. (Sunday Mail) Brighton & Hove Albion have reduced the £8m price tag placed on Abdallah Sima, but new head coach Fabian Hurzeler has yet to assess the 23-year-old forward who was on loan to Rangers. (Sussex Express via Glasgow Times) Rapid Bucharest striker Albion Rrahmani, the 23-year-old who has been linked with Rangers, is close to a £2.5m transfer to Slavia Prague. (Pro Sport via Sunday Mail) ... the Sima story is an excellent example of modern day "journalism". Sussey Express via Glasgow Times via Rangers Review ... and the latter states: However, the Sussex Express states that this is set to decrease with the winger, 23, into the final 12 months of his contract at the Premier League outfit. ... which leads to a BBC quote saying: Brighton & Hove Albion have reduced the £8m price tag placed on Abdallah Sima ...

Okay. You will find all the usual bash-the-GDR tours and trips in each Berlin Tourist guide. They will lead you to any stereotyped trash the modern day Westerner "needs" to see. Not that you need this, since you know it all anyway 😝 On your way to the Alte Försterei, you will drive through a large part of former East Berlin. 90 % of the houses and buildings you will spot there are from those days, some feature a new facade. A large chunk of the East and South East is made up of one-family houses, indeed this part north of Köpenick has the largest area of one-family houses in all of Germany. And that was the case before the re-unification. On the map in the link, the area to the east of No. 6, stretching beyond the city limits. Not that interesting for a short-term visit, though. I will give you a few of links below, one from the local city service (the English version does not feature the sight-seeing). It features a number of places that might be of interest. https://sbahn.berlin/was-hast-du-vor/neues-entdecken/artikel/ddr-in-berlin-7-orte-an-denen-die-mauer-nie-gefallen-scheint/ If you want to get the hardcore DDR treatment, try the Ostel (i.e. Ost + Hotel = East + Hotel) to stay in a sort of GDR hotel. It is No. 1 https://www.ostel.eu/en/rooms Much of the rest there is standard fare, but No. 4 would give you an impression of the first (and last) big GDR parade street, i.e. the Stalin Allee (in the mid 1950s), nowadays the Frankfurter Allee. Have a walk from the Strausberger Platz to the Frankfurter Tor. The U5 subway goes right beneath it, leading back to the city centre and to the government's HQ. The cinema Kosmos is nearby too. (all on the map) Last, or first, would be the Alexanderplatz, where many buildings are still old GDR ones (new facade), aside from a few easily recognizable shopping centres. Top of the list is the TV tower, GDR build. If you go up there, you'd get a fine view over much of former East Berlin and a few bits and pieces of the western "island of freedom". Do pre-order tickets, or you end up in a pretty long queue with these irritating tourists! https://tv-turm.de/en/tickets-and-bundles/ I hope this helps.

Isn’t it cool or something though for those who have eyes to see? They look like losers to the rest of us.

That advertisement pic is just uninspiring and depressing.

Since yesterday, I've decided to call these VAR clowns VAJ - Video Assistant Jokes. It was hardly visible from those hasty replays (on German TV) of the Danish goal which was VARed that there really was a toe in an offside position (when the graphic game a few minutes later, I simply assumed that they extended the foot for an inch to make it plausible) and the ref didn't go to the screen either to watch it again. Afterwards, the thumb of the Danish defender made contact with the ball on a molecular level, barely changed anything, yet off he went to watch it again. Anyone has the name of the near-side linesman? That fool let German players run half the length of the field, score a goal or miss-cue the shot, before raising his flag. When it was obviously clear that the player was offside. Had he run e.g. into Schmeichel and either of them got an injury, who pays for this foolishness? And then the German dumplings had three free runs at goal, miss two and have one ruled out by VAJ ... when my 3-0 Joker score was on the line. If only Scott Wright was German!

Not as noteworthy ?..surely you mean not even noteworthy.

Just having a nice Sunday dinner and that happens,still my glass's of wine will help numb things.😒

I think I now know why Gary Neville was a dud manager his countries a goal down and his solution is bringing on another full back Trent and playing the other full back out of position

To be fair, the pic isn't aimed at the likes of me (or you) because I'm not going to buy a football top. It would be more interesting to see the thoughts of younger Rangers supporters. That said, IMO (I am a photographer with an idea of marketing) it is not very good for various different reasons.

May I thank my esteemed colleague and apologise for a most egregious oversight.

The hi-ties were abysmal

Germany have played at a number of different venues during this tournament. Quite right too, they are the national team and it is wrong for one ground to be designated as a home ground, the advantages this would give are obvious. In 1966, 1996 and 2021 England played all their England based matches at Wembley. In 1966 the semi-final was changed to Wembley at the last minute. At euro 96, at least one England game was supposed to be held at Villa Park, but surprise, surprise, this never happened. The same thing will happen in future. I'm English myself and find this attachment to Wembley frustrating and embarrassing. I wish they could try to be like the Germans.

Between this suspension and an American woman explaining the rules, I'm really wondering what's happened to the sport I grew up with.

Disagree. They’ve been rank bad.

He comes across as very mature, well spoken and down to earth. Future captain material whether that be at Rangers or elsewhere. Good luck to Connor, I hope he's very successful with us.

Both clubs are strong contenders but with Turkish giant already in agreement with the Munich. #Transfer #BJK #RFC Rangers in agreement with player Besiktas has agreements Bayern https://t.co/5KDKymASmJ — All Transfer (@Allfcbtransfer) June 28, 2024 ... gut feeling says that we should not bother that much. If the player wants to come, fine. We already have one Matondo though.

That presser was brutal to watch. Football journalism, and sport journalism in general in this country is sub standard. To put it mildly.

"going forward"....a phrase that is thankfully dying out. Bye Ryan, best of luck with your international career.

Could be better, but could be a lot worse is my view Swap the red piping for white and change the collar from blue to white and you've got a winner

The red piping looks a bit rubbish.

I think it looks even worse. The players look defeated before a ball is even kicked.

It's only your age that saves you.

Don't think supporters are taking anything for granted, given the general situation. The main thing is the relevant people are getting it sorted (not having faith in that would be understandable). I would suggest flipping any home league fixtures to away venues (if opponents agree) and finding a suitable venue for CL qualifiers (Murrayfield seems the best option, if it's possible) would be the way to go (similar to what Hearts did a few years ago).

We are taking it for granted that we will be playing in Murrayfield what if the good people of that district and nearby Corstorphine don’t wish a visit from some of the bad and stupid elements that follow follow and raise an objection with the council. An alternative venue should have been in place by now .