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Any normal political party would have binned Yousaf by now 

Hope all goes well on the day bud & to a long and happy marriage 

41 minutes ago, the gunslinger said:

never forget the MP who called Wallace a grass. 

 

An elected mp attacking the victim of a crime. 

Who was it again?

Perhaps not surprising that the people trying to have a go at Rangers today were all silent 5 years ago to the day almost when Rangers players got attacked at the end of the SC final by hibz supporters who jumped barriers to invade the pitch & cause mayhem.

Exuberance it was called by someone who, unbelievably, is SFA president today. And that evening the FM tweeted how happy her hibz-supporting husband was. 

We live in a dangerous little country. We really do.

I’m more nervous today than I’ve been for a while before a Rangers game due to the possibility of going unbeaten in the league for a season & getting over 100 points for the first time ever ?

I genuinely wonder if the standard in this league is sufficient 

12 minutes ago, the gunslinger said:

i am not even convinced D&P sold to the highest bidder. 

Course they didn’t. Or even the best bidder.

Remember the 4 parties at the beginning after administration? The blue knights, Ng, Bill Miller and the one who caused blind panic to Whyte’s chosen administrators D&P, Brian Kennedy the businessman with the proven track record who should have owned Rangers there and then. But his bid got chucked out for being too low. Very suspicious. Who advised him I wonder ?

Quite how Bill Miller the US truck guy who(as I understood) had never been outside the USA in his life got preferred bidder status was laughable.

But as we know Miller withdrew his bid & Chuckles Green’s consortium rode into town to save the day....or so we thought after the CVA failed. 

Green was really in cahoots with Whyte who couldn’t be seen to own Rangers after he got banned sin die by the SFA. Green duped Whyte and instead of transferring the club & assets to Sevco 5088(in which Whyte was a director) he transferred them to Sevco Scotland (in which Whyte wasn’t a director).

The debacle continued for the next 3 years with all sorts shady shareholders and dubious directors until t3b & king arrived in 2015.

The rest the say is now history but will be interesting so see what eventual conclusions BDO come to at the end of the liquidation process which could still be some time away by looks of things

Well done Partick Thistle

I watched Sportscene on BBC at 11.30.

Post match analysis minimal. Didn’t even discuss or show the third & fourth Rangers goals

He did well in his first OF game. Hopefully will take confidence from today because I do worry we’ll lose Helander in the summer.

1 hour ago, ian1964 said:

 

Both Calum McGregor’s yellow cards were correct. What is Kennedy talking about?

Great performance. Great result.

All about getting us ready for next season now. Players will come in, players will go out. However I’ve every confidence in our DoF & manager to improve us again next season when we’ll have CLQ’s to look forward to.

Took time to get us where we are today and our opponents today will soon realise that rebuilding a club structure and a team takes time & isn’t a given.

Heres to the champions & to the new season ahead... ?  ? 

Need to be careful second half we keep 11 players on the park. Might be tempted to bring on Bassey for Simpson.Walsh booked him for very little in my opinion.

And we should be able to build on our lead. 

Not see enough of Simpson to be honest. His contract was running out at Bournemouth so he signed for us but if he couldn’t get a game for Bournemouth he’s got even less chance of getting a game at Rangers as long as Helander’s here

10 hours ago, Biblio said:

Normally OG games are occasions for great anxiety. I'm not feeling that now, not out of any sense of over-confidence but just because there isn't really anything at stake. The important issue was decided weeks ago. I would still hate to lose though as Celtic fans would act like they'd done their precious 10.

Think we’d like to remain unbeaten in the league for the season but I do share ur view that our work is done.

The problem with sectarianism in Scotland is that it’s always someone else or the other side. Never the accuser who is often masking their own prejudices.

After over half a century on this planet I came to the conclusion long ago that anti-bigots are themselves bigots, anti-fascists are themselves fascist and so on. And Scotland is infested with plenty of these individuals, especially in its media. Pondlife who make all sorts allegations but won’t debate openly when challenged. And whose mask inevitably slips when it’s Rangers and think they can spew their bile and hatred without fear of punishment from authorities who nowadays are themselves are infested with similar pondlife

And don’t get me started on the corrupt organisations that are UEFA & FIFA. Promoting anti-racism and fair play on the outside but doing all sorts grubby deals behind the scenes. Just look at Blatter and Platini at UEFA or the seven FIFA delegates arrested by Swiss police at the 65th FIFA anniversary in 2015 and you’ll know what I mean.

I’d bet one of the reasons those 12 clubs proposed the ESL (although certainly not the main one) was to get shot off UEFA. Can’t say I blame them.

Last Sunday against St Johnstone proved we still struggle at times against teams who put eleven men behind the ball

The Celtic game will be different 

I’m sure at the start of the season if we got offered the title and another good run in Europe then we’d have grabbed it with both hands.

However we must build on this for next season. We must not stagnate. We will need 3 or 4 new arrivals for next season all capable of going into the starting XI and that many mean a couple of high profile departures.

The domestic cup competitions are not top priority but still remain a disappointment. Hopefully that will change next season

Although delighted to have won the league & another decent showing in Europe there’s no doubt this team will need three or four new faces next season, all capable of going into the starting XI.

Unfortunately I think this team peaked this season. And was too often reliant on 36 year old Steven Davis & 39 year old Alan McGregor.

That needs looked at

Hugely disappointing to go out the SC tonight but I cannot miss making comments about referee Alan Muir’s abysmal performance.

He should have red carded Wotherspoon for his tackle on Hagi before HT and could easily have shown second yellows to McCann and Kane.

And at the two penalty saves by the St Johnstone keeper he was well off his line.

Rant over

Cannot believe Wotherspoon did not get red card. Shocking refereeing 

6 hours ago, craig said:

LOL.  Barisic, Goldson, Tavernier, Davis, Kamara - 2nd string

 

Hagi, Roofe - 2nd string ?

 

The only true second string players we used from the start were McLaughlin, Simpson, Itten and maybe, Wright. 

What concerns me is when our fringe players get their chance they don’t seem to take it. 

Do wonder if Itten will be with us next season. If he was bought to give Morelos competition then it’s not really working. 

A Rangers team without Morelos and Kent in it is well under strength