Tannochsidebear

Rangers 5 Thistle 0 fgs Colak

Borna for me, a smashing game from him and the winning goal as well. Not a great team performance, back to the drivel we have become used to after the heights of Tynecastle. But its another win so happy enough, got to be patient! I thought Cantwell was decent, Tillman too and Ben Davies stock continues to rise, another good performance from him.

Rangers 5 county 0 fgs Morelos

Hearts 1 Rangers 2 Fgs Tillman

Cheers BD, I am planning to be there about 6, not sure if its going to be mobbed or empty, havent been to an away game at Ibrox like this for years!

I’m pretty sure the Bar 72 option is open to all supporters, I hope so as I’m intending going along. Match tickets are scarce so not making it through to Tynecastle and don’t want to just watch at home so this is a great option for me.

No real standout in this game, i've gone for Tillman who worked hard, had a great first half hour, and nobody else done any better. The game as a whole is to be quickly consigned to the history books, we move on to a massive game on Wednesday.

Happy enough with the 3 points but that was yet another god-awful watch. I blame myself partly as after 25 minutes I remarked that this was probably the best start we have made to a game under MB and it could be a big turnaround and a big score, and from almost that moment on it fell away and was turgid. Jack was extremely stupid, and very lucky, and had to be taken off as he wouldnt have got away with another tackle. I thought the penalty was harsh as it hit him from no distance at all from where I was (admittedly at the other end of the ground so wasnt a great view of it). I thought Collum was off his meds with the 3 big decisions in the game as it is definitely not like him to give that penalty and not red card Jack after being forced by VAR to red card an opponent he wasn't even going to book just a minute or so earlier. Cantwell had a decent id f unspectacular debut. He looked very similar to Lowry to me, same sort of style and vision. It seems to be a position we are well off for. MB in his programme notes clearly agrees and says he now has SEVEN players for that position. He says "Todd is someone who connects the midfield and the forwards, similar to Kent, Hagi, Tillman, Lawrence, Wright and Lowry. We have a number of these players who can receive the ball and can create chances and score goals." I suppose in this system he plays usually three or sometimes two of these players so having a bit of choice is desirable. That is now 10 games under MB and we havent lost any, winning 9 out of 10 (should have been 10!) but still most fans leaving the game yesterday were mumbling about how poor the football on show is. An absolutely massive test coming up on Wednesday against a Hearts team who are flying and when they are flying they are a very hard side to beat at Tynecastle. We have won every away game under MB to date, so hopefully this continues this week. I dont care about the performance on Wednesday, if we can somehow get the 3 points I will be absolutely delighted.

I went inside both the retail shop/cafe from one queue and then the fanzone in the other. Both are lovely and should be a good addition for fans who turn up early for games. Going into the shop/cafe, you enter the ground floor where it is all retail dotted about, but you can go upstairs where there is even more retail covering about half the upstairs space, with a small corner showing some stuff showcasing the upcoming museum, and a cafe with some seating areas surrounding it. A DJ is playing non-Rangers music, didnt quite see the point of that. Either Rangers songs with the DJ or just background music that could be played from recordings, no need for a DJ in my opinion but it was a good space. Concrete floors could do with a carpet or better flooring, perhaps that is still to come and they didnt quite have time for it in their rush to get open. I then left there and joined the bigger queue to get into the fanzone around 2.15pm yesterday. My mate had been in for about 30 minutes by this time and heard interviews with Helander, Matondo & Henderson as well as Jane Ross. Standing room only, with some high tables dotted about and a bar at either end, one a full bar and one just for pints. £4.95 a pint and cashless. It all comes to a halt about 2.30 when the bar shuts. All in all I really enjoyed the experience and will definitely make this part of my pre-game routine, much better than sitting in the bookies!

Rangers 4 st Johnstone 0 fgs Morelos

What’s negative about saying he is probably using a good tax strategy instead of a bad one? Strange interpretation.

Fair enough @Gonzo79 you are probably spot on. Or perhaps more accurately it is a tax write-off for PMG that means Donald Park doesnt need to take more money out his company to put his own money into us.

What on earth does "Presenting Partner" even mean? I have read the article and am still absolutely none the wiser. I am hoping we got more than just free use of their buses in return for such a prestigious deal. Given what Parks charge Supporters Clubs to go to games these days, it is easy to see where they got the money to "invest" in a deal to be presenting partner of EH.

We were supposed to have 2 or 3 players in the starting line-up this Saturday. Given we are now at Thursday and only signed one of our managers targets, while leaks of continual under-bidding for other players the manager wants in, and our team badly needs in, are abound with no conclusion, and nobody of any note leaving the club either to provide the spaces and finances, just WTF is our so beloved DoF doing? 5 days left now? To me it now doesnt matter if we now signs Messi & Ronaldo, this DoF (or Chairman if rumours of his refusal to spend are true) has got to go. Shambolic window yet again, scrabbling about in the last few days when the manager has been on record for about 3 weeks now that his work in identifying and speaking to targets was done. If we were playing well with a fully fit squad I would understand it, but the only saving grace is that we have been winning while running on empty.

We got the even crappier Saturday evening 5.30pm slot in the last round which the tims have this time round. I dont know why Viaplay decide to put our games on at such poor times when they have nothing else worth showing on their crap channels. Why not go for the tried and tested lunchtime Saturday or even a 2/3pm Sunday kick off? Although at least these games are on at the weekend, the two games the BBC have picked are on Friday night and Monday night. Fans are as usual a complete afterthought.

Fair enough I hadnt considered that, but in the main for league tickets or away cup ties not at Hampden it is a good policy to wait a while.

Just went on to buy my cup final ticket, under 2 minutes later it’s all done. Easy peasy! The whole process is dreadfully laid out with so many layers that surely could be done so much better but once you’ve negotiated it a few times it gets easier. I do always leave it for several hours after the emails are out until it quietens down a bit though. I do find it nonsensical that there is a button for the site to remember my card details which I tick every time and still need to enter my card details every time. It does need (another) complete overhaul, I wonder how much we paid whatever incompetent organisation created that system, and we really need to rip it up and start again.

St Johnstone 1 Rangers 3 FGS Morelos

Fair enough, it’s a question I posed, not a statement. However with our squad racked with injuries, 9 behind our rivals, a new manager who came in with a list of players he gave to Wilson/the board to try to get in, I am sure most of us were hoping that we done our work early and had the new players already settled in and playing by now, hence the question. Our rivals had 3 lined up and ready for the window opening to add to their already massive squad, indeed one played against us only 2 days into the window opening. To my mind that’s where we should have been, so I was asking what the general feeling was for why everything seems to taking sooooo long?

Killie 0 Rangers 2 FGS Sakala

18 days in and nobody new in, and nobody out either. Why not? Wilson not doing his job? Park not backing the manager?

Agreed, I think Kent has been revitalised under Beale in the 10 slot, with the freedom to roam and pick up the ball in areas he can attack going both ways instead of being stuck on the wing where he is pretty predictable to defend against. I also see Sakala playing mostly under Beale as a twin striker. Sometimes we look like a 4-2-2-2 with Jack & Lundstrum as the 2 sitting, then Tillman & Kent trying to find the spaces in between the opponents packed defence and midfield and operating in behind Alfie & Sakala. We have looked quite narrow at times. Sometimes this works, sometimes not so well, but it is certainly the way it looks from the stands where you get a much better view of our formations than from tv.

Kent for me too. Although most would struggle to get pass marks in the first half I thought Sakala was our best for the first 45, with Kent shading it overall as he really upped it in the second half. Brain fart at the goal aside (and not as culpable as others) I thought Davies was very good as well, certainly our best defender, and is getting better each game. I am starting to be impressed with this guy and hope he can stay fit and push on as he will be a good addition for us.

Rangers 3 Dolly 0 fgs Tillman

I laughed at that one, and I certainly dont disagree. I'm assuming the proceeds are going to the Rangers Charity Foundation, so all in a good cause for those with more money than sense!