buster.

7 of the 8 seeds (top 8 in league phase) got through to the EL quarter finals. Only Bodo/Glimt beating Olympiakos bucked the trend. Winner of our quarter final will play either Lyon or Manchester United. The only two teams to beat us in league phase.

European Quarter Final Extra Dosh Never in doubt

Yessssss !!!!

Last player to miss a penalty against us in a penalty shootout was Rogic in 2016. Since then we've lost all three penalty shootouts. St.Johnstone, Frankfurt and Celtic. Kostic (Fenerbache) and Tav both scored in the EL Final shootout. Could do with a winner before it gets to penalties, pretty please with cream on top.

Pressure applied Challenging second half to come. Need to keep 11 men on the field We are still in front. Similar to the Dortmund tie. We need to regroup and take the initiative away from them.

Bilbao (3-0 up) almost certainly the team that will play the winner of our tie.

You should have just thanked me for pointing out your error and you would have been spared from it.

As expected. Like the starting XI.

Bilbao 1-0 up at HT Tie level. With the final at their gaff, the atmosphere in that second half should be off the scale.

My initial post had two parts. One, to comment that the Chris Jack article (given timing and lack of real substance) seemed to me like the time honoured tactic of serving to distract / animate / encourage, etc, rather than inform. Secondly, I mentioned the possible revenue that tonight may generate and that would potentially help the club with cashflow. It may mean we don't have to pay so much in commercial interest rates. That isn't hammering the board for paying commercial interest rates. It is more an observation/opinion on the article and why it dropped when it did. _------------_ There have been millions of words published on the proposed takeover and very few actually enlighten us. For the most part, interested parties have been giving nods and winks to chosen outlets and journalists/podcasts etc. have been rehashing the same 'information'. It seems clear that we won't know the important details until when and if the takeover is completed. Until that point, we are in the dark with our fingers crossed.

Have you been on the whacky backy? You posted about the interest rate and you turned out to be inaccurate. I simply showed you why. If what you were attempting was 'to defend the board'. then I would humbly suggest you did so with more care and attention to accuracy. It wasn't difficult, even for a layman like myself.

Bookies are hedging their bets as well. Compo, regarding the 0-4, they are Fenerbache, not Real Madrid.

A touching gesture!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 We are all the same. It too often needs humanity and courage to acknowledge it.

I reckon it will be Bilbao and then Lyon in the semis. Would prefer Roma as we'll be in Bilbao for the final.

"Turning-up" has been fundamental to our European success. I don't disagree that the way these games are played tend to suit us but both factors are very much involved.

It has become predictable that we turn up on Thursday nights. There is a certain predictability about our inconsistency. For me, what throws an added difficulty into predicting tonight, is Fenerbache and what version of them, turns up. For them to go through, I think they have to get to Lyon levels from last Autumn. I doubt they will be capable of that. I don't think they have the pace. Time will tell

Three years ago, Dortmund scored twice before HT with Bellingham &Co running all over us. Had the first half lasted another 10 minutes, they could have been out of sight. I thought we were done. Dortmund had eventually turned up and it was a matter of time. But we didn't buckle, Gio tweaked a couple of things and we came back stronger.

It was a reply to your point. You are who decided to focus on the interest rate in your reply to a more general post of mine. Turns out that you were inaccurate. I merely pointed this out with some workings.

A lot riding on this game. Kudos/Prestige / feel good Becoming normal for Rangers to still be in European tournament football in March. Must encourage potential buyers. Bragging rights We are behind our main rivals in most of today's metrics, both on and off field but whatever their bluster, they will be sick that we are still in Europe and they aren't. Especially, if we make the quarter finals. Financial The 2.5M for reaching the quarter finals added to another bumper Ibrox attendance should help enormously with any current cashflow issues. Co-efficient Scotland's numbers are not far from a place where the CL League phase becomes a lot more difficult to get to (tricky enough as it is). Co-eff points can be working materials for alchemy. Our individual co-efficient is in a very good place, joint 26th place of all European clubs. We could jump 2 or 3 places tonight. --------- Don't get Fenerbache. They came into the tie, 18 games unbeaten and looked poor last week. Their manager with all the hassle he has going on in Turkey is giving me the impression that he maybe working his ticket. Quietly confident that we will be in the quarter finals. _----------_ Funny old game Could Barry Ferguson become the first ever manager to best Mourinho in two consecutive games ? Ps. No idea if it has happened before.

To start with... In March 2021 (date of article that you linked), the UK base rate was 0.1%. Yesterday, it was 4.5%. Maybe I misinterpreted your first post on this. But the 6% figure you seemed to suggest was relevant today, simply isn't. John Bennett was talking about the rate he was charging the club and that it was so much better than any other sources. ".....it could be banks such as MacQuarie Bank and they are active in the football space. They can't touch our terms,"...JB Bennett said that MacQuarie Bank couldn't compete with his 6% (when base rate was 0.1%). The Bennett loan to the club wasn't about profiteering. MacQuarie bank is about making money. So given that the base rate has increased by 4.4% and MacQuarie will be adding it's margin. The number is way beyond your 6%.

Thanks Bluedell ! I think he is referring to the 6% that his loan to Rangers was charged at. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC425159/filing-history

Thanks but as Bluedell says. That interview is from 2021..... ...and besides, it seems to me that he is talking about the rate that his to loan to Rangers was charged at.

John Bennett has talked about this facility? Do you have a link, please? I just had a brief scan of document and couldn't see an interest rate. I did read about the payments of transfer receivables. @Bluedell Do you know if there is an interest rate attached to this facility or is it an agreed payment (transfer receivables) in return for a cash loan?

I saw the bank involved and assumed a relatively high interest rate compared to directors loans. Is the 6% number from the official document?

Looks like an article forced out there to maintain a positive vibe amongst the fans after the need to revert to a high interest bank facility. Regarding cashflow. If we go through tomorrow against Fenerbache, it would mean an extra home tie and 2.5M euros participation money for quarter finals. Would plug a good bit of the hole from missing out on CL play off round cash.