Tannochsidebear

3.2 shots per game and 34 games means over 100 shots and 13 goals doesn’t seem a very good return. Perhaps the stattos amongst us can compare this against other strikers? £6M for a 13 goal striker in a poor league seems excessive but that’s what happens when we only seem to look in the most overpriced market in world football.

Rangers 4 Raith 0 fgs Colak

Jack for me, a quite sublime performance. And Beale went for Kamara and Lundstrum ahead of him for the final, insanity. Sakala was very good but makes bad choices far too often, same for Kent. Raskin & Cantwell continue to impress.

Still no word from the club about an agreement with Hibs to show at EH? I seem to recall for the Hearts game it was fairly short notice to show it at Bar72 (before EH opened of course) so I am still hopeful of some late news. If anyone hears anything, can they post here please?

I've gone for the blond Lowry like most others. He had a smashing game, and hope this is the lower end of the standard we can expect for our outlay. Raskin next in line but he looked jaded in the second half when Killie changed to a pressing game and he didnt have the freedom of the pitch to operate in. Raskin does look like a proper midfield player though and it makes it a sackable offence for Beale to select Lundstrum over him last week. I'm not getting over that any time soon. The worrying aspect was that while we put in only our third decent first half performance in 16 games under Sir Talkalot, in two of those 3 games we have not turned up for the second half. In the other 13 games we havent turned up for the first half and played better in the second half. Only Tynecastle did we put in a complete performance. One good game in 16. Somehow 14 wins have been miraculously achieved in that run, which is certainly papering over the cracks which are pretty wide if you peek under the paper. Onto Easter Road and another tough fixture at a difficult venue. Hopefully our last visit to Edinburgh inspires us.

Rangers 3 Kilmarnock 0 fgs Morelos

It seems Sky can’t be arsed with our games anymore, is this now the 3rd away game in 4 that hasn’t been shown? I watched the Hearts game in Club72 and it was a pretty good setup. Does anyone know if the club is planning to repeat this, or even to show it in EH? Not sure I can be bothered going through to Easter Rd in freezing temperatures and not getting home till midnight with a 5.30am start, but prefer to watch alongside fellow bears instead of the wife!

Raskin for me, looks a class apart from the other dross on show on Sunday. Mcgregor only had one save I can remember (have i blocked most of this game from my memory already!), but certainly had no blame at either goal so would be up there by default. Of the rest the subs were the best on show, which says it all about the team selection.

Let’s do this Rangers. Battle fever on! These games usually are won by the hungrier team, or a moment of brilliance/stupidity. Would really love to put that pompous arrogant Ange back in his cage today.

Rangers 2 tims 1 fgs Kent

And so they continue to ramp up the pressure on the officials. Why say nothing about huge celtic fans Frank Connor (plenty of previous of cheating against us) and Kevin Clancy who are also part of the officials and are so so much worse than Beaton & (celtic supporting) Walsh. I would like to think that these officials all take themselves off social media and dont read papers and listen to phone-ins for the week leading up to a big final like this as only then can they truly believe they can go out and do their job as well as they are able to (which usually isnt great anyway). Sadly I think they will all be lapping it up and looking forward to being the ones in the spotlight. We really have to be 3 goals better than them to get a draw.

The 1987 Skol Cup Final v Dolly was my first Rangers cup final. Since then I have been to an additional 15 league cup finals with us winning 13 and losing 3. My record in LCF v Timmy is 3-2 in our favour. Memorable ones include Ally's overhead kick v Hibs, The Pigeon cup final v St Mirren and the 4-3 Hearts game.

Godrup himself, the best player I have ever seen live in our colours. All hail Brian, as he is the messiah!

That was the year I gave up caring about the HoF. Ricksen especially, half of one good season (when chasing a new deal) in about 5-6 years does not make a HoF candidate IMO. While McCulloch was an extremely limited player, his commitment in our hour of darkness is more admirable than others and Wallace being overlooked seems to be for shall we say non-sporting reasons. I agree with others, if we were to do a HoF right, and we certainly should have, then the criteria had to be strict and definitely has to be for only players whose last game for the club was at least 5 years hence. I dont care what number are inducted if the criteria is so high as we only get legends going in there. If that means a couple of years without inductees, then I am fine with that. Of course that then means no fancy dinner as an earner for the club, which is what it seems to be more about than any sporting merit.

no real standouts for me so went for 2 goal Tav. Best of the rest Borna, Raskin & Kamara. Says it all when the best 4 were all deep lying players who seen more of the ball (and did more with it) than our attacking threats. Missed Tillman, hope he is fit for Sunday.

Ultras groups are generally just the modern name for hooligans, and have no place in the game. After their ridiculous banner today having a public go at our manager the week before an OF final their popularity continues to decline amongst match-going bears.

I’ve been critical of most of the performances under Beale and while today wasn’t free-flowing total football I think today was about as good as it can get at that venue. That pitch and style of the home team makes good football impossible so I’m always happy enough to get the 3 points, no injuries and up the road.

Have to disagree with some responses there. As a supporter who goes to games to watch and support the team, and having had the misfortune of being in and around theUB at several away games over last few years, it is safe to say I’m not a fan. From close quarters many of them spend the match watching what others in the UB are doing rather than what’s happening on the pitch, and the big flags being constantly waved do nothing but block fellow fans view of the game. I also do not support the view that they are responsible for creating the atmosphere at Ibrox. Good performances on the pitch create good atmosphere in the stands. Always have done, always will do. The constant banging of the drum doesn’t turn a dull match into a good one. Then there are the fines the club has received from UEFA purely from the self-serving look at us actions from them with their flares and other nonsense. Why would the club endorse a fan group that takes money directly out of the club?

Livingston 0 Rangers 2 fgs Morelos

Nailed it @Bill on both posts. It seems everything UB do is in relation to GB. They clearly admire their work. I’m totally against safe standing at Ibrox, they already stand throughout the game anyway, this just seems a way to be able to hide from cctv, I don’t see it brings anything positive to proceedings for a massive cost when we have so many areas needing this investment, like better facilities for our disabled fans for starters.

Tillman in the second half was almost Laudrup-esque. I can pay the young man no higher compliment.

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