buster.

Tha Big Manchester clubs have 4 European Cups between them. However, Villa (1) and Forest (2) have a combined three European Cup wins. That was when they had some Scottish players in the team. In the final, Villa had 4 Scots on the field at full time and in their second triumph, Forest had 5. .... In the year in between, Liverpool won it with 3 Scots. Now it is only John McGinn at Villa. Not one at Forest.

I get your point regards watching competitive football between the big two and the rest. However, you don't say why you think it would increase the chances that Rangers would always finish 2nd, behind Celtic. Since the mid to late 80's, the direction of travel for competitive football in Scottish football has been affected by general economic trends. Neoliberal (extreme capitalism) has seen wealth distribution skewed ever more towards the top. It has been the same in professional football. The ship has sailed for provincial clubs in Scotland. At least until the big clubs get involved in European football reconstruction. Which I think is inevitable because of financial greed and the lack of competitive football in their respective backyards. Unless European reconstruction means a postwar building program for idiots who went to war.

McCann came across well. But by accident or design, gave the press what they have been looking for regards being up for the permanent gig.

Starting the obvious but if Cerny ain't completely at it, rest him for Bilbao. ------------- The last 9 games we've played in have all been away victories. As interim manager, Barry Ferguson hasn't won a match at Ibrox yet. Third time lucky against a decent Hibs team? Rangers 0 - 1 Queen's Park Hearts 1 - 3 Rangers Rangers 0 - 2 St. Mirren Kilmarnock 2 - 4 Rangers Rangers 1 - 2 Motherwell Fenerbahce 1 - 3 Rangers Rangers 0 - 2 Fenerbahce Celtic 2 - 3 Rangers Dundee 3 - 4 Rangers We are becoming away specialists. Won our last six, scoring 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 4.

Postecoglou will be looking for work. Knows how to beat up provincial Scottish teams and knows Glasgow fairly well.

I don't think you can say that with anything approaching certainty at this point. However, I am open to be persuaded otherwise if you can present the reasoning behind what you state.

Ask Alexa to address the salient point, because you obviously can't or don't want to.

We played 5 games in May prior to the final, Eintracht played 4. Both teams played on the Saturday prior to the final. I don't know about ze Germans but in that game against Hearts, we didn't start with anyone in the lineup for the final. A better example would have been 2008.

It is bigotry if your celebrations are anti another religion.... And too often they are. No wonder the club want little to do with it. If we dropped the bigotry, I would more understand the point you are making.

And you are skipping over THE salient point. If people can't behave properly (bigotry) they shouldn't moan when they don't get their way..... And if they do, it shows them to be even more stupid.

Especially when those celebrating the culture are thick enough to give them something to be offended by.

No, never said that. Nor do I think it is the case. My problem with national flags and patriotism (nearly all of them), is that they are too often abused to push people into acceptance of 'dubious' action(s) and their consequences.

If your own culture is celebrated in a way that is anti another religion, it does. As @Bluedell pointed out earlier, this is too often the case at Ibrox. Making it very difficult for the club to encourage it.

I prefaced the sentence about the Iftar with an "IF". However, your answer above confirms that it does indeed, "boil your pish".

I think that has definitely transformed the annual conversation into an actual rule change. The ongoing political manoeuvres of Lawwell bearing more fruit. That said, we should benefit from the change as well.