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John Souttar: Positive Mood Inside The Dressing Room JOHN SOUTTAR insists the mood is positive inside the Rangers dressing room and that the side’s full focus is on tomorrow’s Scottish Premiership clash against Hibernian at Ibrox. The Light Blues resumed domestic duties with a last-gasp victory over Dundee at Dens Park last time out where they were forced to fight back from 3-1 down. Speaking to the media ahead of tomorrow’s clash against Hibernian, the Scotland international commented: “Everyone is feeling positive. We’ve had a good few weeks off the back of the European win, the Old Firm and Dundee. “We’re all feeling positive, but there’s that underlying thing that no-one wants to give up chances like we did the other night. “We shouldn’t need to do as much as we did to win the game. It’s something we’ve looked at this week and everyone is on it for the weekend. “We didn’t start the game well. We were probably too deep, and we didn’t keep the ball. “We gave them a chance to get on top of us and didn’t have any control of the game, and that led to them getting chances and scoring. “It’s something that can’t happen whether we’re at home or away; we can’t give teams the start that we did. “A lot of them were basic errors, so it’s something we need to eradicate from the game. “But as I said, we can’t let them score two goals early on and give ourselves a mountain to climb. “You don’t want to concede goals, especially as a defender or goalkeeper, as you pride yourself on keeping the ball away from the goal. “It’s something we need to change because it’s not been good enough.” Barry Ferguson’s side will square off against a Hibernian side unbeaten in their last 15 league outings. Indeed, the clash precedes a highly-anticipated UEFA Europa League quarter-final first leg clash against Athletic Club at Ibrox next Thursday, but Souttar insists the side’s full focus is on tomorrow’s fixture first and foremost. He added: “No-one has really mentioned it, and everyone has been fully focussed on the weekend." “I think everyone is playing for their place on Thursday and everyone has to perform to do that. Everyone is fully focussed on this weekend." “Hibs have had a really good run of form. I’ve watched quite a few of their games and they’ve looked good. It will be a tough one this weekend." https://www.rangers.co.uk/Article/john-souttar-positive-mood-inside-the-dressing-room/A35n5shfqd8m0XMBrTBi2

That's impressive tbh. But I hear you.

That the media etc are suddenly going to lump on against the tims? Not a chance 😂 We got hounded more for tax evasion using a legal loophole, make it make sense.

UB have said they'd be willing to pay towards fines incurred by pyro, displays etc for years. The club never wanted to agree to the offer because it'd be seen as encouraging the pyro and TIFOs. Now in their war against Rangers supporters they're going to put it on the table? Cool.

4-2 Igamane FGS.

Be as well getting Muscat. Won't cost as much or eat as much.

Mate, I don't care enough about other football anymore to even know who's good out there and who isn't. Fair play to anybody that still loves football enough to keep tabs on everything else. I only care about us these days.

I reckon they will have a shortlist, including Director of Football etc. Don't imagine much being left the way it is, although I think they will have an eye on BF, if he gets us through Bilbao, he'd need to be a contender tbh. I'm anticipating us being much better run than we have been of late, so a shortlist already being drawn up fits that professionalism I'm expecting.

Celebrating your own traditions and cultures, is not inherently bigoted mate. Your point is moot. The added on nonsense of behaving and not offending anyone else is incredibly vague, anybody can be offended by anything. Suck it up. If you think it's bigoted of me to sing The Sash for example, because you consider it anti-catholic. I say you're intolerant and it's pro-Protestant.

Most things in the world are pro something and anti something else. Every nation, is built and revered on stories of past glories, which in almost every case was to the detriment or expense of another country. Your perfect world seems to be a world that has no patriotism, no nation flags, no defining borders, just one big happy shitshow, where everyone accepts and understands each others beliefs and ideologies, while not actually knowing what their own beliefs are, case they be labeled a bigot. News flash, you live in the real world. I'm proud of my Protestant beliefs, I'm proud to be British, and I proudly support our Royal Family. So while you live in your bubble of imagination... Alexa! Play The Sash 🖕🏻🍻

You implied people can't behave. I simply said it's not bigotry to want your own traditions and beliefs catered to. You've added on all the drivel and what ifs. You seem intolerant mate. Sort yourself out.

You've skipped over the bulk of everything else there pal. Our club encouraged a very staunch supporter based, Unionism, Loyalists, Monarchists. The very essence of the Union Flag is offensive to some people. Sometimes you just need to say tough. Our culture is our culture and if people don't like it or feel it's anti their beliefs, I think they're being intolerant bigots tbqfhwy. Cool game this.

People are always going to find something to be offended by. For example, Britishness, Unionism, Monarchism etc, we fly Union Flags, have a picture of the Monarch in the dressing room, toast them every new year. However, anti-royalists, Scottish nationalists - would find that very anti their beliefs for example, and perhaps stay away. The club already encourages certain aspects, and is now trying to shun supporters for wanting to maintain their culture and traditions. We bred this culture mate.

Was the same for the UEL final just recently, Frankfurt were chilling. We'd been through an absolute gauntlet of games. SFA didn't move any fixtures to accommodate.

Because we got cash, Souness, Walter etc, and absolutely fucking romped the lot. That's what kept the status quo, no us signing Mojo 😂 Btw it doesn't make you a bigot to want your own culture/religion catered to as well.

Give it time 👍🏻 people already say that the Union Flag is a symbol of racism.

Doesn't at all boil my pish bud, I'm not entirely arsed either way, but the club has made a point of trying to keep religious stuff away from the club, for obvious reasons. But now cherry picks which religions to embrace and which not too, I've merely made the distinction that if they're not going to have events for all and make such a fuss every time, then it's not exactly everyone anyone is it. Open a can of worms by doing this. Protestants, Catholics, all entitled to be embraced by the club, and nothing saying they shouldn't be after this precedent has been set. I dunno how you take someone saying, do it all, or none at all, as being raging 🤔😂

Only really helps us if it were for the latter stages of the Europa League 🤭 100% this is to ensure those cunts don't fall on their faces and miss out on UCL.

Again, haven't said anything of the sort in all my posts on here - I've stated my problems with foreign ideologies trying to be brought into the West. I don't think I've even mentioned the iftar at Ibrox? 🤔 But if you want my opinion on it, they embrace all aspects of our supporters and players' religions, including any Protestant and Catholic players, or don't bother. That's my opinion. Everyone anyone, surely?

Exactly mate. They've encouraged it and joined in with it for years, allowing vote no displays etc in 2014, UK OK stickers on the official team bus, loyalist bands on the park in matches against Linfield etc, suddenly they're going to try and bin that off? Don't want it anymore? After all our loyalty and money spent? Watch this space, turn us away, the club will rot on its arse.

Rangers have set out their stall of some religious things are to be embraced, as I've said in other places, the day Rangers come out and embrace Protestantism and orange culture, Ross MacAusland in his band outfit, flute in hand, a day in the life of a Protestant footballer video to go with it. Then I'll gladly shut up about the clubs double standards 👍🏻 I've supported us all my life, the hardcore element through absolute thick and thin, our fanbase hasn't changed, Loyalist Unionist, they can't expect to fuck us all off and get a new hardcore fan base.

First cousin marriages, is still incest, and although in the UK there are no laws explicitly stating that these marriages can't take place, the marriages act of 1949 prohibits close relations from marriage. So not sure what your point was pal 👍🏻 lounge isn't open to me. But I'll not carry on this discussion in here, that's no worries.

To me it shouldn't be. We used to prioritise killing animals humanely, and ensuring they were well looked after etc. That should remain the case, from a food safety and hygiene standpoint as well - I don't know if you've ever seen meat transported to Halal businesses, vans that aren't refrigerated, meat just stacked on top of each other, no hanging for separation. We made a big change, specifically in the UK decades ago to bring about changes for food practises.

You mean non-stun slaughter? It's cruel pal 👍🏻