Scott7

Good place to be. No disappointments and the occasional pleasant surprise.

But why against QOTS?

Villa were poor at the end of last season when Beale was still there.

Colak hasn’t scored a hat trick yet. (Colin Stein Loyal)

In midweek Rangers confounded me yet again and proved what most people know already that I know nothing about football. Gratitude. Now, don’t mess it up against Dross Clarty.

This will trigger cancellation. The only question is sine die or life. I’d swop Kent for Jota. Not the Liverpool one. The other.

THE PEOPLE.

Haven’t seen any of it but it looks as if they had a go. I was fearing five. Is it send off the Protestants weekend? Might it be mandatory for the rest of the season?

I think Collum does his inept best without too much obvious bias. When he sees what he thinks is a red card incident, instead of reaching for the ticket, he needs to walk over to the scene of the crime, thinking as he goes and make the decision on arrival. A few seconds of contemplation always beats impetuousity.

I’m afraid one’s Butler left for a job on the rigs years ago.

I think it was Ms Mir’s career choice.

The direction of travel of the ball is not relevant. The position of the player when the ball is played is what matters. Colak is ahead of the ball and steps back. Well done for alertness. What I can’t discern from the highlights is whether his step is completed at the time the ball comes back off Matondo. Anybody with a fancy big telly enlighten me?

I’ve lost the place with the offside law but the old rule was that you were onside if you were behind the ball when the ball was played.

Seems like it. Both managers booked in the first half and sent off in the last minute. Pair of nutters.

Back to League 1 maybe.

Yes.

Not quite Premier League but next season, who knows? Nearing half time and Sunderland lead Beale Park rangers 2-0. Scorers, Stewart and not good enough Simms.

According to bbc last week a “fabulous” United “sank” AZ. There must be terrific underwater recovery systems in the Netherlands. Haven’t looked at bbc today. Private grief and all that.

Was this not announced a few weeks ago?

I’ve seen a fair few of these one- offs, right enough.

A price worth paying.

Jimmy Millar went back to his trade and played right half that night as if he hadn’t spent years at centre forward. What a night.

Glasgow Rangers Player by Player. This indispensable aide memoire reminds me JF scored 145 goals in 164 games 1963/1967. Four of these were in the second half of a league cup final against Morton 1963. Someone on this board once remarked that for a time in the sixties every photograph of a Rangers goal had JF in it with his arms raised meaning if he hadn’t banged it in himself, he was there to mak siccar.

By the very knowledgeable poster, Mo_txTruBlu on FF: ”Rangers opened the 1959-60 season with the Millar Brand pairing as a No.9 and No.10 for the first time. Jimmy Millar a Wing Half/Inside Forward, who had made only 9 appearances in the previous season, had been forced to play Centre Forward in place of the injured Max Murray in an end of season Friendly a few months earlier and scored all 4 second half goals in a 4-0 win. Despite Max Murray being our top goalscorer in each of the previous three seasons (99 Goals in 123 Games) this prompted Scot Symon to start the 59-60 season with Millar as his Center Forward, and Ralph Brand at Inside Left. Rangers thrashed Hibs 6-1 at Easter Rd, with Ralph Brand scoring 4 goals, and Millar netting one on his first official stint as Rangers Centre Forward. The headline on that Saturday's Evening Times front page was "A 'BRAND' NEW FITBA' SEASON". The promise of this MB partnership looked good, but they only got the first four games under their belt, before Symon opted to bring back Sammy Baird at Inside Left. Surprisingly, Brand, who had scored a very impressive 29 Goals in 35 Games over the past 12 months, would only get 11 more starts that season, whilst the more experienced Sammy Baird was preferred in 38 games, with a return of 15 goals, as Rangers marched all the way to the Semi Finals of the European Cup, and collected the Scottish Cup. Jimmy Millar ended the season as top scorer with 40 Goals in 52 Games. Other players who impressed that season, was the versatile forward Davy Wilson who scored 22 Goals/50 Games, and that wonderful Inside Right (8), Ian McMillan who weighed in with 20 goals. Alex Scott on the right wing chipped in with 19 goals. The next four seasons, 1960-64 would see the Millar Brand partnership combine to score 254 Goals between the pair.”

On the “not good enough” list.