26th of foot

I have just seen the Aberdeen team, it's 3-5-2, with Cosgrove and Main starting up front. I suspect McInnes has been impressed with Lennon's same formation with Griffiths and Edouard applying the high press? The Dandies will be shelling it long from all over the pitch, stand up to it Rangers.

Late in the day, I know. If it's okay, I would not mind doing Sunday's visit to Pittodrie.

Nicola demanding SFA Peter investigates Sellik Peter? Just another everyday farce in new, modern Scotland.

I suspect considerable application needed on our part to overcome Peter's Petulance?

When Gerrard arrived, he was met by two Tweets : Humza laughed and stated, "Rangers supporters can forget about Gerrard, that will not happen". Spiers was more accepting and elaborate, "Gerrard will be quietly terrified". Humza deleted the above and 'liked' the Spiers Tweet. Thus, celebrating any Rangers victory will be deemed a hate crime by Humza, the state of being quietly terrified is our place.

Blinded by the Light? Sitting in a Uni' Union bar in the mid-seventies was often a depressing experience. Listening to a serious minded plooky youth pontificate upon capitalism, listening to a Juke Box that played 'Smoke on the Water' every other record, and listening to the pleading of the bar staff to avail yourself of the last opportunity to purchase the Tofu Curry. In between another subsidised pint, you noticed the smallest of changes. The Wurlitzer in the corner was increasingly playing 'Blinded by the Light' by the Manfred Mann Earth Band. The South African organist was a dozen year chancer, he had an ear for someone else's tune, and promptly recorded it. Still, he brought the likes of Paul Jones, Mike D'Abo, and Jack Bruce to prominence. The Earth Band's effort was an interpretation of the then emerging over enthusiast, Bruce Springsteen. The epiphany is a well covered topic for a song. It seems every lyricist has taken a cerebral donner along the road to Damascus? Initially, I thought Bruce had been heavily influenced by Bowie's cut-out method of lyricism. Now, I don't know, don't care. The ear worm was the line, "the Calliope crashed to the ground". I knew a Springsteen devotee, he had the Asbury album and the lyrics were printed on the back. I got the spelling and went to the dictionary. Listening to the PQ Gang Hut every week is depressing, they are all going down to Montreux to put fire in the sky. They will do anything other than provide the service Rangers supporters pay them to provide. Yesterday's commentary from a monitor in a PQ studio was the usual five year old riff. Liam McLeod had us, "pilfering three points again" and was adamant, "Ajer was covering Bitton"? Michael Stewart wanted to see the incident of Bitton/Morelos again but, "ah don't think it's a red card". Tom Anguish anguished and concluded, "the red card is harsh". It seems to me, objectivity seems to be the hardest word in the Gang Hut? By the time Sportscene was being broadcast at 22.20hrs last evening, Michael had seen the incident again and ran a ton of interference on ra Sellik's pressing and not allowing Rangers to play a ball over the top. However, he declared the red was a deserved red because of Bitton's stupidity. Blinded by the light. The epiphany continues, it's a collective deal. Tom has penned a snide piece for today's BBC Scotland's website, including EIGHT paragraphs on the Israeli's ordering off. Tavernier's curling out to in pass up the line is described by tom as, "he thumped a hopeful ball downfield, that simple punt sparked a crisis". Tom accepts Morelos would have got a shot off but, "scoring from that angle would have been a trick only pre-eminent goal scorers would have been capable of pulling off". The final line of the piece shows Tom continues to pull himself off, "Gerrard more than anybody, knows how ruinous late slip-ups can prove". Blinded by the Blarney, putting Slippy-G in his place. It is concerning, two out of three of the Gang Hut changing their views overnight without setting a foot on the Damascan road. Liam as yet, will not change, his team play Rangers next weekend at Pittodrie and he knows the value of continuity. A Calliope is a musical instrument that produces sound by sending steam through large whistles. Typically, very loud without any way of varying sound or tone. A Calliope, the collective noun for the Gang Hut.

I am sure Soulgio will be back after he's picked the piranha bones from his teeth?

I hope ra Sellik splash the cash for both Tom Anguish and Michael Stewart to accompany the team to Dubai. During commentary, Michael wanted to see the incident again, but was sure it was NOT a red card. Tom anguished, then concluded, "the red card is harsh". By the time Sportscene is broadcast, Michael will be certain that Morelos should have been red carded and demanding the Compliance Officer takes action. Further, despite the ball being a curving ball, Morelos ahead of Bitton not having to break stride, and Bitton having both arms around the Columbian; Michael will provide conclusive geometry, proving the Referee was biased in his decision making. Ooooh ah, ra desert and ra camels, the cod liver oil and the orange juice Loyal RSC.

Rangers 2 Sellik 1 FGS : Morelos.

That's fair.

Cosgrove is a man for purity. He doesn't like Anglo-Scots, "ah cannae stand the accent". Warren Cummings, Oli McBurnie, Bruce Rioch, Bob Wilson, ............ etc. Cosgrove is akin to Farage, he hates everything European and yet marries a German wife. Cosgrove spends thirty years being educated in Hull and working in London, but hates fellow Scots who have done similar and lost a bit of their accents by speaking slower and rounding vowels. Cosgrove owns a couple of flats in London, it's a growing property portfolio. Quite a recovery for a Bankrupt? Yep, DrStu shared a production company(A Big Star in a small picture) with Sellik supporter, Don Coutts. Often, I think it's why Cosgrove was such an effective poster on the Rangers Tax Case Blog, he had experienced bankruptcy himself. I wonder if his production company owed any face painters?

The initial post was penned a month past, it seems a lot longer. A game every three days is a hard schedule, something had to give and the defeat was 3-2 by St Mirren in the League Cup. Another opportunity for silverware gone. The three remaining Europa Cup games played out as a home draw against Benfica, a home win over Standard Liege, and finally an away victory in Poznan. We won our Europa Cup group without losing a game. Royal Antwerp await in the last 32. The six league games were all victories, a couple of squeaky bum moments at Tannadice and home against the Hibs. Eighteen points achieved, scored 15 and conceded two. January is easier in that we have only five league fixtures and one Scottish Cup tie to be negotiated. A game every five days is to be welcomed, considering we have picked up a few injuries. The league games are deciding, Sellik(home), Aberdeen(away), Motherwell(away), Ross County(home), and Hibs(away). One game at a time?

He punched BBC Radio Scotland's John Barnes.

St Mirren 1 Rangers 3 FGS : Hagi.

Jim Goodwin was provided with a script.

I watched BBC Scotland's Disclosure documentary on the Ibrox Disaster last evening, it was a hard watch. I think it was a fair representation of events, principally they utilised the memories of three Celtic supporters from Markinch, Fife. They grew up on the same streets as the five barely teenage lads that perished on stairway 13. Their supporters bus returned complete, whereas RSC bus returned minus those lads and others injured. The dichotomy was startling, but treated sensitively with compassion. I know we will want to discuss events 50 years past, but I ask respectively, we keep it off the BBC Scotland pages. Perhaps, after tomorrow afternoon's game at St Mirren, I will post my memories. My old man and I descended Stairway 13 five minutes before tragedy struck on the 2nd January'71.

I note former English Premiership and Sellik supporting Referee, Dermot Gallagher has decreed the Hagi/Newell incident, no penalty. Further, given Newell's clutch of his face whilst throwing himself to the ground and clearly no contact, Gallagher suggests a caution to Newell. Again, the Bully Michael Stewart shouting, "that's a penalty all day' twice on Sportscene, needs to be readdressed.

Back in the day in deepest, darkest Lanarkshire, there were moderately priced Butchers that eeked out their square sausage with gristle, fat, and floor sweepings. They were known as, 'Pink Lint Butchers'. Evolution stepped in, and some Butchers added red vegetable dye; these became known as, 'Rid Skwerr Butchers'. I suspect a 'Slice of Rid Skwerr Life' would set the palpitations going in the PQ Gang Hut? Anything square has Masonic connotations. Who would play Saint Basil?

Mrs Brown's Bhoys. As yet, I have not seen a second of the Pacific Quay produced 'Mrs Brown's Boys'. In new, modern Scotland, our public service broadcaster is determined to provide us with, "a slice of life". Particularly, a slice of Irish life. Mrs Brown's Boys has been around for quarter of a century, played regular three week spells in the Pavillion Theatre for a decade before PQ stepped in and decided Brendan O'Carroll's drag act was the very dab. In many ways, it's the perfect metaphor for BBC Scotland. A well honed production built most carefully on patronage. The vast majority of parts on and off screen are either O'Carroll or Gibney family members. Brendan is married to fellow show star, Jennifer Gibney. In the last two-three years, there has been unrest and law suits surrounding the show, emanating entirely from the minority(non family) members of the show. Recently, Scots Actor, Gary Hollywood best encapsulates this concern. He is suing O'Carroll on grounds of workplace discrimination and constructive dismissal. Gary does not have patronage protection and feels sliced out of Brendan's Florida based slice of life. Of course, as Rangers supporters we recognise Gary's dilemma. Let's say you are Michael Stewart and your job most weeks is to go on Sportscene/Sportsound and in the most unequivocating manner, state Rangers are the beneficiaries of Refereeing decisions. Sportscene has an Irish Producer and Sportsound's Editor is Claire Kelly(former Sellik Chair, Kevin Kelly's daughter); a proverbial ton of patronage back up. Michael is untouchable, already he has had several spills with Rangers and is allowed to carry on. Saturday Sportscene had him totally ignore the laws of the game and declare twice, "Hagi's high boot into the face of Joe Newell is a penalty all day". Rawking his big white sannies for confidence, he ignored a high boot in the box with no contact is an indirect free kick and talked over Neil McCann's opposing view. Further, imbued with patronage, he ignored Newell's deliberate simulation, going down holding his face whilst Hagi's boot is at least a foot away from contact. Even when Michael assumes his natural inclination as a Bully, ie makes a complete cnut of it, he can rely on other patronage recipients to ride to the rescue. Former Sellik View cub reporter, Alison McConnell is in today's Herald interviewing Newell, and Joe is harbouring a sense of injustice. Is there an old firm game this week? I have asked and asked again, but I do not think we will get an answer as to why Michael left Sellik TV after a dozen weeks. Surely, the natural conclusion to all this patronage? I suspect Michael has higher ambitions. Why should Michael appeal for action against Rangers from the Compliance Officer, when he could just get on with the process of draconian punishment, if he was appointed(anointed) Compliance Officer. All four previous Compliance Officers have been Sellik season ticket holders, surely Peter's patronage can swing it for Michael on the basis of three months on Sellik TV? Gone yourself Michael, get over to Florida and have a word with Brendan on how to stitch it up completely. Bring us back a slice of life.

Crosses. Since Standard Liege, the number of crosses into our box has been increasing. We lost two goals to Liege crosses, lost a goal at Tannadice to a cross, two at Love Street, one against Motherwell, and yesterday? Well, none but Hibs had seven corners, four or five free kicks, and the same number from open play, beginning in the fifth minute. Fifteen balls into our mixer per game is a test of the law of averages. Stop the crosses, at the very least reduce the number.

The analogy, 'Fishing with Grenades' was obviously a bit complicated, I apologise. Let's make it easier, take a gun and shoot yourself in a foot, then shoot yourself in the head. After completion, you find yourself able to hop back to the keyboard, then type in, 'KERRYDALE ....'. I suspect you will find the comfort you desire, and you never know, might find yourself invited to a one legged man's arse kicking party?

Ensure Boyle plays with his back to our goal, wherever he is on the park.

Pick any other Hibs supporting celebrity other than Irvine Welsh. Some forty-odd years past, when he was working in London as a Civil Servant; he founded a punk band called, 'Stairway 13'. He was lead vocalisat, lead guitarist, and lead song writer. They lasted a couple of years, I saw a review that damned them with faint praise, their opening number was, 'Orange Crush'. If Welsh ever returns to Scotland from his numerous homes in Dublin, Chicago, New York, .... etc - his price of entry should be a gig with his band in Markinch. He is beyond the pale.

Rangers 3 Hibs 1 FGS : Roofe.

Acceptable. Sportscene that evening showed the usual five minute highlight package, followed by 3-4 minutes discussion. Michael Stewart spent three and a half minutes lionising the Allen pass for Hibs goal. It was August and it was deemed 'pass of the season'.