Norris Cole

See these Bears who back up Ashley and the Easdales, do they ever give their rationale i.e. what good they are doing for Rangers? Genuine question. As regards why a billionaire would bother with this, in my experience multi-millionaires and billionaires (I wouldn't even know how to spend a billion in a lifetime), no matter how rich, are always on the look out for that next million. It's like an addiction. I saw an advert for David Beckham's H&M clothing range the other day and my first thought was, 'why does he even bother, with all the millions he's already got in the bank?' It's not like he'll ever need the cash.

That was Monaco mate.

And centre back, don't forget

I can do Hamilton.

How we never got past Dortmund in that tie I'll never know. We made them look like a pub team at Ibrox. How does that sound in 2016?

Apropos the Kasper Dolberg thread. Just posting this so I can bump it in a couple of years and feel pleased with myself. This young lad turned 17 a couple of weeks ago. Broke into the AIK team here in Sweden at the start of this season, bossing games and scoring against all comers. Think a 1990s Michael Owen. He is going to be the next big thing to come out of Sweden, and we'll all have heard of him fairly soon. The only question is how far he can go.

The commentary from that goal has never left me. "Hateley with the first time shot...goooooaaaaal for Rangers! Mark Hateley has scored for Rangers!" Truly wonderful days.

Who are "the Lads" and why?

How much is Mark Hateley worth on today's market. 25m? Truly the rich man's Chris Sutton.

Having not watched them since 2012, it could have been a case of them having an off-day, but Aberdeen were junk when we played them this season. Aimless hoofs up the park and very little else.

I'd be surprised if Michael Watt ever left the psychiatrist's couch.

I'm not sure I've seen a Rangers striker who could absolutely monster centre halfs in the way Hateley did. The only one who even reminded me of his style was Cousin, though he didn't have the big man's sheer physique.

No worries, cheers.

When do you want the Plastic Whistle preview up?

The rest of Scotland: "Hun! Hun! Hun!"

I don't particularly dislike Strachan, but I've said it before, the guy is stuck in 1996. I think we should put Vogts down to bad luck and have a look at a foreign appointment again. I really think we missed a trick with Lars Lagerbäck.

A thoughtfully picked panel would destroy Chris Sutton's career for good. The poor guy has an IQ of about 75. I give him two more years on TV before he's sent to the glue factory.

Mad Vlad. The first half of that 2005/06 season I thought Scottish football would never be the same again. Think they won their first 10 games or something. That project fairly died on its arse. I still think a 'rich person wanting a bit of fun' would choose ourselves or Celtic to play with. I just can't see Hamilton Accies in a Champions League semi v Barcelona.

Teflon is apposite. The guy is a criminal, if you or I tried to pull off half the shit he has we'd be behind bars. You wonder how he does it.

Entertainment-wise it's a great league, but I guess there's a reason it's home to most of the Scotland squad.

Is he? God, seemed like a lifetime ago he was with us.

I suddenly feel rather old. I've barely heard of some of these names. It's a bit like when you could put Championship Manager on 'random' mode where all players had fake names.

Anthony Stokes is lucky not to be a binman.

Totally agree. With that season with Burnley under his belt, he seemed well worth a punt. I've said before that the signing of Gascoigne could have had a similar conclusion. You win some, you lose some. The club appears to have acted impeccably throughout and you have to say Barton has shown a fair bit of dignity himself. I just can't help thinking that he'll have difficulty finding a club after this. I wonder if he's just fed up with football and set to jack it in.

You just wonder what the hell went on there. Will we ever know? Just a bizarre episode.