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We've clearly had to settle for the second string for much of the group stage. I bet we could go back through various threads and find people praising these players, celebrating contract extensions and so on. Now that certains facts have been revealed we are told that heads must roll.

Nobody is compelled to buy a ticket. Nobody that does buy a ticket should expect a guarantee of success or even of good football.

Going to start a poll about getting Gerrard back.

Some points to remember about tonight and they apply to much of the group stage. We played with two young centre backs tonight. I rank them as 5th and 6th choice in that position. I don't believe that Sands has a future in that position and both are below par in physical stature. We also played with Davis in midfield. He obviously still has some quality but, given that he is in his late 40's now, is also far down the pecking order. We are not playing these players by design. We have taken some risks with the squad that have not worked out. We have also made some bad recruitment decisions.

His workrate continues to be good. His decision making continues to decline. I don't mind if he struggles in the Champions League but he is now struggling in the league.

Looking forward to beating St Johnstone at the weekend. Get back some of the happy clapping spirit from Saturday.

Rangers 0 Ajax 5 First goal scorer: Čolak

Many of us are in complete denial about Kent too. Now is a bad time to acknowledge these things. Wait until the next bad result. All of a sudden everybody will act like these players have become rubbish overnight.

I can't watch. There is a high risk that I would hear someone asking him, for the tenth time, if he prefers playing left or centre.

How many times did it lead to anything? All I see is a fellow who gets the ball, runs up the pitch and gives it away.

Very nice to see Tillman turning things around against all odds.

Really just Čolak and Tillman, from the list you mentioned, that played well. Kent was terrible. Sakala was also quite poor. The rest were just ok. Sounds like this result has papered over a few cracks.

What do our players think about when actually getting into the opposition box with the ball? Maybe it is some kind of game to see how many passes we can manage. A particular favourite was in the second half where several passes were made before finding poor Fashion Jr to shoot it in the direction of the corner flag.

Quite exciting. Some great play and some really frustrating play. Just imagine what we could do if we had some players that could actually play football.

Rangers 3 Aberdeen 3 First goal scorer: Čolak

Not sure that we can carry Tillman, Ridvan, Sands and Sakala.

Not at the prices quoted anyway. About 2 million each would be tolerable.

This is why I doubt he will go to either us or them. The scouting team will have a better idea of what he is really like. To me he just looks like trouble.

Really gets the adrenaline flowing when you see Kent cut inside and then do nothing of consequence again.

We just need the entire team to learn to defend crosses.

Good substitutions.

Great chance.

Priotising the league. Just like the manager. He probably looked to the left and thought why am I on the pitch with the second string?

Key players playing through injury. Key players sold and replaced with ordinary players. Key players out injured. Manager refuses to park the bus. Old men blocking younger alternatives. Matondo.