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47 minutes ago, onevision said:

hunger in abundance, that along with tempo and quality wins you football matches, not the tippy tappy powder puff stuff we have been served recently.

Oh, yes.

Rangers had momentum as a result of scoring just before half time. That should have sown the seeds of doubt in the minds of the opposition. 

From another place. (Let’s be fair. It’s FF)

Arthur Numan admits he was astonished by Connor Goldson's post-match comments after Rangers crashed out of the Premier Sports Cup on Sunday.

He said: “To lose a semi-final in that way was unacceptable. I can't believe the manner of the defeat. I was then even more surprised by Connor Goldson's comments in his interview on television at full-time.

“For a Rangers player to say the game was over at half-time when the team are 3-1 down was an astonishing admission.

“To also say that the team has lost a bit if hunger was equally alarming. How can you have lost a bit of hunger when you have won one trophy in three seasons?

“Yes, I get that the trophy was one of the most important in the club's history and Steven Gerrard and the players will always be remembered for it.

“But you need to go and win again. And again. And again. And again. Rangers is about winning silverware on a regular basis. If you don't have the hunger and desire to do that then you should be asked to leave or be sold on.”

I don’t favour Chelsea but they’re a rattling good side.

Steerpike in yesterday Spectator Online is staunch in his ridicule of this representative of the people (but what people?)

”It’s been some months since Mr S last reported on the antics of James Dornan, the SNP MSP and amateur Hate-Finder General. The gaffe-prone Glaswegian managed, in the space of just one week, to get himself embroiled in multiple minor scandals after accusing an Edinburgh bus company had stopped services on St Patrick's Day because of 'anti-Irish racism’ (an untrue claim for which he had no evidence) and then for refusing to apologise for claiming Rangers’ players had sung a sectarian tune (another untrue claim based on poorly-doctored footage). Three weeks later he also told the Catholic leader of the Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg: ‘If your God exists you will undoubtedly rot in hell.’ Nice!

Undaunted by past controversies, the amateur sleuth is back on the detective trail again. The Sherlock Holmes of Holyrood has deduced that the perpetrators of an attack on his office – in which a sign was taken down and allegedly urinated upon – were none other than... Gers fans. Steerpike is no fan of such stunts but is there any evidence that 'Rangers supporters' taking 'out their anger and hatred' were responsible for this act? More than 24 hours after naming and blaming the Ibrox club, Dornan is yet to corroborate his claims. He has posted screenshots from a Rangers website in which anonymous users express their hopes that supporters were responsible – but crucially, nothing to show that they were in fact responsible. 

In light of Dornan's habit of throwing around allegations without evidence, it seems only fair to ask: does he have any proof to back up his accusations? As mentioned previously, it’s not the first time Dornan – the poor man’s Mike Russell – has had run-ins with Rangers. In March 2019, the Celtic-mad MSP was forced to apologise to Rangers fan group Club 1872 after complaining they ‘abuse him regularly’ on their website and that moderators fail to monitor their user content. Amusingly, this is the same MSP who subsequently penned an article for the Times titled: 'Keep politics out of football and we'll all be winners.'

A member of Scotland's governing party using his position to repeatedly demonise one of his city’s biggest clubs? Even Poirot wouldn't have trouble solving this one.”

That bit should have been his city’s biggest club of course but top marks otherwise.

20 minutes ago, Rousseau said:

According to Wikipedia, Chelsea currently have 22 players out on loan. 

Do they ever come back? Abrahams did but does he get a game now?

57 minutes ago, der Berliner said:

Balogun - Goldson/Helander - Bassey

 

Jack

 

Wright - Hagi - Lundstram - Kent/Bacuna

 

Roofe - Sakala

Jack and Lundstram will be in each other's way. Jack, as the more reliable would have to step back to a sweeper position. See one vision above.

He would be the ideal foil for compo’s wild animal centre half also above.

53 minutes ago, Uilleam said:

now, the only way is up

Would that it were, old bean, would that it were.

53 minutes ago, Uilleam said:

It's not a bhoy it needs, it's a buoy.

Lifebuoy soap might be useful for my managerial candidate.

I don’t favour United so I’m sorry to see him go.

Now, Lenny. Now’s your time. Step up, bhoy.

If I want to bolster my defence, I wouldn’t be looking at Barisic.

Dundee was an ideal opportunity for McCann. He didn’t have to win anything, just get them to first or second in the bottom six which shouldn’t have been too difficult for a good manager. I reckon Dick Campbell could have done it.

1 hour ago, Rousseau said:

It would be good to know if the Academy players are, in fact, not good enough, or has it has been an unwillingness from the management to use them?

Has any of them performed at a high level elsewhere? Not Plymouth or Hull or the like. I can’t think of a player let go who has caused me bitter regret that Rangers had lost a diamond.

Well done Wolves and a trouncing at Anfield for the Gunners. I had a thought they would win this one. Idiot.

Two three all draw at unlikely venues and United swamped at Watford. Watford, for God’s sake. He can’t survive this, can he?

34 minutes ago, CammyF said:

I have never seen Rangers beat Hibs at Hampden.

Nor have I. Of course, Hibs don’t get there very often.

My only Rangers v Hibs match at Hampden was the notorious SC semi-final replay 1957/58 when referee Davidson ruled out Maxie Murray’s last minute equaliser. 

33 minutes ago, compo said:

City 5 Everton 1

It won’t be as bad as that, will it?

What’s the Wolves score?

Without recent form to guide me some of these might not be completely accurate.

Leicester 1-2 Chelsea

Villa 1-2 BHA

Burnley 1-0 Palace

Newcastle 1-1 Brentford

Norwich 0-1 So’ton 

Watford 1-2 United

Wolves 2-2 Hammers

Liverpool 1-2 Arsenal

City 2-0 compo’s XI

’Spurs. 2-0 Leeds

“Michael Beale

@MichaelBeale

Congratulations and good luck to Gio, @The_real_Gio the staff and the players - excited to see the team play & develop under his leadership”

Despite his departure Beale seems to get it. Perhaps investing for the future?

Let’s be fair. It’s quite an achievement for a club to be simultaneously rancid and comical.

Playing to his audience to make sure he walks out unaided and not on a stretcher.

Nothing on Kelty’s website.

34 minutes ago, Rousseau said:

What about Koeman with Gio assisting?

 

And Kevin Thomson remaining at Kelty?  

What about Gio with KT assisting?

And Koeman going to Kelty?

53 minutes ago, craig said:

We often forget that Kent actually opens up more space when he plays

We were complaining the attacking play was sideways and backwards, almost static. Kent sets off on a diagonal run, right to left. That compels whoever is out on the left to move forwards or inwards even backwards but that player will likely take a defender with him and so the defence opens up a bit giving opportunities for the other attackers. I hadn’t realised this until he was out for so long.

2 hours ago, 26th of foot said:

 

Hibs had more than Stanton and Cropley deserving of a cap, John Brownlie, John Blackley, and Jimmy O'Rourke were most deserving

A vintage Hibs team. O’Rourke deserved to be in it after the mediocrity alongside him at the start of his career.