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Yep looks the end for zungu. Genuinely thought he’d be challenging Jack for his position but doesn’t look likely now

Back in the dying days of the Murray regime Rangers had no representation in the governing bodies of Scottish football. I always remember David Leggat making this point in his daily leggoland blog at the time.

the yahoos then took all the positions of power & have been there ever since.

The end result is the here for all to see now. A game that is corrupt & rotten to the core which sponsors won’t touch with a barge pole 

I’ve got to admit to being totally undecided in all of this.

Like many of us I was always dubious when whyte got his own administrators, duff & phelps, after Rangers went into administration on that dreadful day nine years ago today. And d&p had allegedly advised whyte during his takeover too.

During administration a pantomime played out over the following weeks with all sorts of characters supposed to be taking over Rangers as well as various bizarre promises which never materialised.

It was no surprise the COPFS were suspicious. Perhaps rightly so. 

And yes the prosecution was screwed up. It was an embarrassment. A complete failure.

Maybe they never found the evidence. Or insufficient evidence. Or they’re just incompetent.

But should the crown office have done nothing at all? What would we have said then?

37 minutes ago, ian1964 said:

His presence on the pitch alone terrifies defenders! he occupies their mind regardless if he scores or not, he bullies them and when he plays these points create space for others

He is badly missed. Unfortunately we saw yesterday that Itten won’t make it at Rangers

As things stand that only leaves Roofe and Morelos for next season as I suspect Defoe will leave

25 minutes ago, CammyF said:

Kent didn't cut it? We must have been watching a different game. He brought a wonderful save from their keeper and set Aribo up with a sitter and was involved in some of our best passages of play.

 

Aribo didn't have a great game but he always struggles when he is in midfield 3, needs to be played further forward - said as much during the match

 

 

Kent played better second half. First half anonymous. He needs to be more creative in taking on defenders & setting up chances. And stop giving the ball away needlessly 

Aribo had a poor game again

1 hour ago, CammyF said:

Can Wright play on Thursday? Don't think he's in the named squad? What have you seen in Wright in the 70 odd games he's played in his career at Aberdeen and Dundee to believe he can significantly improve our team, not only domestically but in Europe? Don't get me wrong, think he is an exciting prospect and over time will be a decent player for us.

 

What players didn't cut it yesterday? We've been unable to play a settled team recently (so we've had changes) due to injuries and suspensions to key players.

As far as I’m aware Wright is in our  euro squad. One of my he 7 homegrown players. 

Which players didn’t cut it yesterday?

kent and aribo. Becoming a habit unfortunately 

Throughout the season players performances inevitably drop. Often a rest can do the world of good for a player. Hence why clubs have large squads.

I wasn’t really impressed yesterday against a team who have lost 6 or 7 games on the spin. We could have and should have played a lot better.

One or two players are not cutting it at the moment. For the title run in that’s a worry even if we’re well in front.

Perhaps  we’ll see a few changes on Thursday night . Scott Wright for one hopefully 

18 minutes ago, CammyF said:

Why would you want to tweak a formation that is unbeaten both in the league and in the EL? That has seen us win every home league game thus far and leaves us 4 victories from securing the title? 

 

Why change a winning formula that is tried and tested, that the players have bought into 100% and are delivering to more times than not? 

 

What would you be hoping to achieve by tweaking tactics or personal? Changing a winning formula to what end? 

 

 

Because the level of performances has dropped alarmingly. We won’t continue winning for long.

Both aribo & kent are getting picked every week regardless.That needs to change.

Pleased to get the win but the level of performance was again worrying. 

Referee Don Robertson giving us hee-haw as usual 

Killie keeper hasn’t had a shot to save yet.

Itten, Kent & Aribo are anonymous 

Kent and Aribo need to up their game today. We need to see more from both of them.

And Itten must show more than we’ve seen from him. 

3 minutes ago, ian1964 said:

Gersnet running very slow for me, anybody else?

Yep me too.

Roofe is getting banned for a tackle that similar other tackles in the SPFL have gone unpunished for. 

At best it is incompetence at worst corruption.

Does anyone wonder why the SPFL cannot attract sponsorship? 

11 minutes ago, Bluedell said:

I believe a better question is who benefited from a deliberately botched criminal prosecution against those involved with the administration and buy-out of Rangers.

Exactly. 

Like most goings-on at Holyrood no one takes any responsibility when things go wrong.

the idea you can just hand over £24m ( and maybe up to £100m) of taxpayers money just because public servants can’t do their jobs properly is scandalous. And where do these exorbitant figures comes from ? Are they based on the earnings of Whitehouse & Clark ? What salaries were they on ?

The Scottish public(& us in particular) have a right to know what went on in this failed prosecution. Who was behind it and why? 

Or was this a diversionary tactic ? 

Hamburg one of the wealthiest cities in Europe. Makes sense to market Rangers there especially as we have good support there.

Will never forget when we were in the lower divisions playing on a Saturday at ibrox & Scotland were playing Germany on the Monday night at Hampden. Loads of German supporters were at our game with German flags in the stadium with all German club sides on them.Recall Stuttgart, Cologne and of course HSV.Others too.

Perhaps Rangers should increase their marketing in Germany particularly in Northern Germany. Maybe Bremen as well as Hamburg

1 hour ago, JohnMc said:

I've held off commenting on this as aspects of it have puzzled me and I think we all have to tread carefully for our own and Frankie's sake. That said if, as is being reported, this was a "malicious" prosecution instigated by the previous Lord Advocate, then I'm not sure we're fully grasping the implications of that. The Lord Advocate, as well as being a political appointment, is literally the most senior law officer in Scotland ultimately responsible for all prosecutions. The lengths and expense that's going into keeping this from being aired publicly in open court is troubling. For the current Lord Advocate to make the statement he made yesterday is an astonishing admission. At best we have total incompetence, at worst we have corruption at a very senior level. So, you have to ask yourself who benefits from an attempted criminal prosecution against those involved with the administration and buy out of Rangers. I'm no fan of Duff and Phelps or Charles Green, but what has happened here is disgraceful. It will be interesting to see what more comes out of this and if there is an appetite politically, legally or from the media to punish those involved in this. 

How this isn't now a criminal matter is beyond me.

Looks to me the COPFS tried(& failed) to pin this on Clark & Whitehouse. We can only speculate why. Meanwhile BDO have bigger fish to fry ....

23 hours ago, der Berliner said:

From that thread: Centralbear

 

 

I can always recall when HMRC sent their original BTC bill in 2010 around the time of the GE was quoted as £24m i.e half of the total value of the EBT’s. The timing always seemed to coincide with the GE which labour were expected to lose and did. Remind me again who was yahoo chairman at that time?

49 minutes ago, craig said:

Personally I think the league needs to BAN these plastic pitches.  Amateur hour when the league allow 25% of pitches in the top flight to be artificial surface.  They're brutal.

And you need to adapt ur game on these pitches. Which we don’t seem to do. Difficult to play out from the back. 

Did anyone notice how  accies  just punted the ball down the middle constantly?

50 minutes ago, craig said:

I think there is a player in there - but today wasn't down to him, I don't think.  The other two up front, Kent and Hagi, plus the 3 behind, never got close enough to him to create anything.  I think it is too early to say he won't be that player in a game like this where the full team, keeper and subs aside, weren't at it.

Hmmmm....we’ll need to see about Itten. 

7 minutes ago, craig said:

The thing is, both have been in very decent form of late.  Today they were poor, it happens.  You can't bemoan the manager for sticking with them when they've been playing well, as they have.  And you certainly wouldn't take them both off before half-time even though it wasnt working out.

As I said I think you need to adapt your game to play on that plastic pitch. You can’t play out from the back as easily. We nearly got caught out just before HT and other times too.

You could see how Accies are used to it by the number of longballs they play out from the back.

We’ve been caught out before at livi & Kilmarnock too on these pitches. I think it needs to be horses for courses on these plastic pitches.

I’d have left out Kent or Aribo today & stuck an extra man in central MF to give us a central MF three

2 minutes ago, craig said:

I think his performance today will signal we dont make the loan permanent.  Decent enough player but doesnt offer enough on either side of the ball.  Shame as I had high hopes for him.

As well as Zungu the other worry I’d have from today’s starting XI is Itten. He’ll never be a 25-30 goals per season striker as far as I can see