craig

What a catch-22 situation. Chuck the games and get Kennedy in full-time, which I am sure none of us would complain about..... or go for that invincible season ? I would give them all the ball in the two OF's, tons of possession, but draw 0-0 - and hope that Kennedy gets it full time

Yes, but the difference is that Brendan is an actual manager and coach. Lennon isn't. There were already signs that Gerrard was catching Brendan's team with the 1-0 at Ibrox with the Jack goal. And to be fair to Rodgers, Celtic were always going to be downsizing due to European failures and a bloated wage bill. So I think you are right. My point was more that it would have been a fairly close contest. Right now, and for the last two years, have you honestly went into an OF game worried ? Nervous, yes, but I haven't been worried because I think Gerrard & Beale are tactically far superior to Lennon - and we have a far better squad.

One has to assume he was paid up - it was a rolling 12 month contract he was on and I heard yesterday he was on 30k a week - wow !

I highly doubt they will get Benitez - he was taking a break from the game and would undoubtedly get offers in England should he be ready to return. They are talking about Eddie Howe too - I thought he did a good job with Bournemouth but not sure he would worry me. I guess we wait and see not only who they replace Lennon with but also what kind of transfer budget they get - they have a massive rebuild on their hands when all these loan players leave and then players who don't want to be there and players who are past it....

He also inherited Brendan Rodgers team/squad. One of the best things to happen to us in the last decade was Leicester stealing Rodgers. Would have been fascinating to see this Gerrard-led Rangers team go up against Brendan's team, though I am absolutely delighted we went up against Lennon's version instead

Possibility that there will be a job swap between Lennon and Clarke

It's a Gribz thread mate - confusion reigns, but it is usually when he is on the sauce, not sober

Klos gets in ahead of Niemi every day of the week mate.

I would be surprised if any of us could say we haven't broken lockdown rules in some way, shape or form. I do, though, understand these guys are in a different situation

It IS a nonsense. However, the press vilified us for supposedly not giving them one, we were called classless..... by their current manager.... So whilst it is a nonsense, I would have no hesitation in reminding them how we were treated when they were in the same position.

Yeah, and less should we not be defeated in either of the OF games that tally drops by 2...…. In all honesty, it is highly likely we already have enough points to win the league - they are dross

Derek Rae is an excellent commentator, one of the best, if not the best, out there right now.

That Porto v Juventus score shows just how far we have come as a team ourselves

I hope you are getting a cut from these sales Frankie as it is costing me a fortune !

Jones & Edmundson only sent on loan. so only short term. As fans it is easy for us to take the moral high ground and demand they be dismissed. As a corporation it is a little different as these are financial assets too (particularly Patterson), and we need every penny we can get. I am a believer in second chances so would be OK with them being suspended and fined internally (on top of their fixed penalties). Though I can see why people would want them sacked I don't necessarily agree with such draconian actions. I would be more concerned at Patterson's family deploying a cover-up story. What if the club took an "innocent until proven guilty" approach and allowed him to train and travel with the first team given what he and his family were saying ? That particular situation could have completely derailed our season. If he and his family are lying and covering up his whereabouts then the club should punish him to the fullest extent possible - which, I guess, would be sacking him - and in contradiction to what I said above. But lying like this, and potentially putting first team squad at risk of social distancing could have been catastrophic.

Absolutely no chance Zungu was going to be challenging Jack for his position. His loan deal wouldn't have been extended, covid breaches or not. He hasn't done enough to warrant a permanent deal unfortunately

Dapo, Kinnear, Patterson and Bassey were the rumoured 4

Who was the 5th ? Testing negative is fine - but they shouldnt have done it regardless. To be fair to them, plenty of people will be ignoring lockdown rules just now - but they should know they will be scrutinised to the nth degree

Lets also not forget that Speirs also famously defended a Catholic priest guilty of child abuse as "a decent man". And did he not also defend the Hearts player (can't remember his name) who was sacked for being inappropriate with an underage girl ? Speirs and his moral compass can GTF.

You are wrong, bud. No journalist is barred AFAIK - folks like McLaughlin have had their press privileges revoked, but they still aren't barred

So if that is the case, why has nobody brought up Lennon visiting his players to check in on them ? That surely also would be against covid regulations ?

This is a good listen - but if you are tuning in for a lot of chat on Rangers then don't bother - the majority is about Liverpool and his playing career - still a really good listen. He says that for him to be as good a coach as Michael Beale would take him 15-20 years. I like the way he says he has a very strong coaching staff and he lets the others do what they are experts at whilst he does what he is good at.

If all 10 were Rangers players would they be breaching the sporting bubble ? serious question. They may have breached general Covid regulations but if every person at said party were Rangers players they technically are still in the elite sportsmen’s bubble, right ? hypothetical obviously

Allegedly Bassey, Patterson, Mebude and Brian Kinnear

Merely tit-for-tat given they managed to get Boyd removed from Sky for their games.