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Last week we lost two goal against ten men in the space of 45 minutes. The first half was painful to watch but not the worst.

Rangers 4 Alashkert 0 First goal scorer: Morelos

Well, given that the outcomes are often obvious well in advance of full time ...

Must be great to be a tabloid hack. You can print any old rubbish and an army of useful idiots will repeat it endlessly.

Winning a domestic cup is not a priority at all.

No, I stayed until the end of the match.

Quite a dull game. The outcome was obvious after 10 minutes. Few understand this.

Rangers 3 Dunfermline 0 First goal scorer: Roofe

Either way I think it was very snide.

I understand the point being made and I know that it is irrelevant. I thought I should ask you and the other fellow to make your point clear first. The outcome, on Tuesday, was obvious at 70 minutes. The outcome of many matches over the last decade has been obvious at 70 minutes. The fact that there have been matches, like Braga, where the outcome was not obvious at 0 - 2 doesn't contradict either of those facts. The possibility of Rangers coming back doesn't contradict them either. It was obvious that Rangers were not going to start playing well again after the second Malmo goal. If you go back and watch the second half I think you will see that Rangers made few real attempts to play through the middle and break down the Malmo defence. You will see lots of sideways passing and aimless crosses. These things make the outcome obvious. If you don't believe your own eyes then look online and you'll also find no shortage of comment about sideways passing and aimless crosses into the box.

Strange point to make. The outcome was a Rangers win. Can you tell me why that has any relevance to this discussion?

I wouldn't have chased Candeias out but I can't imagine why anyone would want him to return now. Windass should be of no interest to anybody.

You're fighting a straw man. I don't know what you get out of that. As an act of kindness I will attempt to clarify my very simple point. It's quite obvious that to complain about fans leaving early when not attending at all is almost always worth ignoring. The only time that I would take that seriously would be if it came from a person who tried, and failed, to buy a ticket. I suspect that the poor fellow didn't try to attend last night. Should I take opinions on other matters seriously? Who knows? I'm not making any general claim about that.

You asked if the outcome of the Braga match was obvious at 0 - 2. I said the outcome, a 3 - 2 win for Rangers, was not obvious at 0 - 2. Still not obvious why you want to discuss that match.

Oh, he is entitled to an opinion. It's just that on this matter it is wholly fair to refuse to take it seriously.

That was not obvious at 0-2. Neither is it obvious that this contradicts anything I have said.

I've said very little about the difference between the two players.

Why don't you make any points that support your argument? Nobody denies that teams have come back from being behind, often late on, and won. Quite clear to me, and presumably many others, that we were not going to turn this one around.

Titter. I don't know how your distant view has been over the last decade but from up close you would have found that very many outcomes have been obvious at 70 minutes. Can't believe you are greeting about fans leaving early when you were not even there.

Nothing snide about it. I admit I really don't know why you would be baffled given the fact that he is slow and that he needs to manage an injury.

Why are you so sure about that? There was a glaringly obvious reason why Helander may have been dropped. Nobody should be baffled by this.

Yeah, but Helander is very slow. Are you still baffled by the decision?

Explain why you think 433 causes us to be forced out wide. Explain why your preferred alternative is not vulnerable in the same way.

The Malmo forwards are fast. I might have mentioned this before but Helander is very slow.

I was inclined to leave early. The outcome was obvious at 70 minutes. As it happened I ended up staying until the end. Did you stay in the stadium until the end?