buster.

Barišić, the left-back will be 26 in November and has been with Osijek since 2016. Definitely worth a cheeky inquiry as to his contractual situation.

If I'm reading the seedings correctly Rangers or Maribor could be drawn against Burnley or Istanbul Basaksehir Below is the third round line up (not including CL drop-outs who have a seperate draw). Pyunik Yerevan Arm Maccabi Tel-Aviv Isr Dinamo Minsk Bls Zenit St. Petersburg Rus Sturm Graz Aut AEK Larnaca Cyp Sarpsborg 08 Nor NK Rijeka Cro Istanbul Basaksehir Tur Burnley FC Eng Zorya Luhansk Ukr Sporting Braga Por Hapoel Haifa Isr Atalanta Ita Racing Genk Bel Lech Poznan Pol Vitesse Arnhem Ned FC Basel Sui FC Nordsjælland Den Partizan Belgrade Srb Hibernian Sco Molde FK Nor Hajduk Split Cro FCSB Rom Sevilla Esp Zalgiris Vilnius Lit Sigma Olomouc Cze Kairat Almaty Kaz Slovan Bratislava Svk Rapid Wien Aut FC Mariupol Ukr Girondins Bordeaux Fra CSKA Sofia Bul FC København Den Olympiakos Piraeus Gre FC Luzern Sui Glasgow Rangers Sco NK Maribor Slo AS Trencín Svk Feyenoord Ned Jagiellonia Bialystok Pol AA Gent Bel Spartak Subotica Srb Brøndby IF Den FC Ufa Rus Progrès Niederkorn Lux Besiktas Tur LASK Linz Aut Apollon Limassol Cyp Dynamo Brest Bls RB Leipzig Ger Universitatea Craiova Rom

Ties won 1960's Sco: 2 Eng: 11 1970's Sco: 1 Eng: 4 1980's Sco: 1 Eng: 3 1990's Sco: 1 Eng: 1 2000's Sco: 3 Eng: 3 2010's Sco: 0 Eng: 5 Total Sco: 8 Eng: 27 Bottomline ratio Eng 3:1

Aberdeen 1 - 1 Rangers Morelos

Henty didn't really perform against us but would take the full-back gladly. Apparently he was in the Croatian preliminary WC squad but didn't make the final cut, ie. he wouldn't come cheap but would represent quality and value. However, our priorities seem to be CH and CF.

Lot's of positives, the main being that we are through to play Maribor. We work hard, play some decent stuff but too often it breaks down and we don't create as many clear chances a we should. Work-in-progress that is far from where we want to be but shows improvement will do fine for now. Talking about Progres, they are through to the third round as well

Very encouraging to see an 18 year old force his way into the squad. Here's hoping he takes the opportunity.

We are still a work-in-progress feeling our way and have no solid base on which to feel ubber confident yet. I'm sure SG will say the right things to them,..... but it's about how the players perform in the biggest game to date and react to certain situations in front of a big Ibrox crowd. The important thing is to get through and I think we will.

Anyone with a memory as to how much better Rangers teams too often tripped up in Europe would agree.

She isn't "hot" relative to really 'hot burdz' but within the Scottish 'marketplace' she is way above average,...a good looking lass with a personality and a brain.

I always thought Stu was a burd !

SDI were and are never giving up leverage easily or cheaply. You look back to Spring 2012 and the opportunity that seemed to exist had those involved on 'our side' pushed their boats out more. It would have been much cheaper in the longrun.

Credit where credit is due wrt the board / football operation / Mark Allen..........we got most of our business done early doors and that has allowed the new management team to have a solid start.

Moving the ball back to front I don't think it a good idea to let them pin us back for long periods (like first 15mins of 2nd half in Croatia) because sooner or later they'll score. It may happen late on but we shouldn't let it happen in the first half. We need to improve on getting the ball out of our defensive third with some composure and control even when high pressed against. Sometimes it'll be better to hoof it up the park but we need to work on the short passing under pressure, so far it's been up and down. Being able to keep the ball would be our best form of defence but it ain't our strongest suit.

If he stays (doubtful), Wallace will probably have a longterm niggle. It'll be Flannagan on the left tonight.

Are they even registered in our squad with UEFA ?

StuGers Real name: Brad Pitt Residence: Monaco Hope I don't get banned for giving out personal details.............

Yes, it would be welcome ! But we don't want to press and leave gaps. In some ways this will be a better test for the defence when it comes to defensive shape/cover when we attack. They will approach the game thinking 2 goals will put them in a strong position. We need to defend well.

Another test. How to approach a home second leg already a goal to the good. Getting the balance between defending and attacking will be difficult.

It might have been 50 years ago,

It's an encouraging sign. There will be those whose rationale for supporting Independence will be political and they opine it would be better for them/their familyor reasn X and Y, as a result...... Those who simply wave flags and have a polarised opinion in any given subject that is based on the flag, are free to have their opinions but are more 'fundamentalist'.

SDI lawyers who wrote up at least part of the 2017 contract will I'd imagine, have blocked pretty much any sideways route out.

They've finished second for the last several seasons and can't be discounted that easily. Until we achieve a consistency of result throughout the season, we won't break away from the provincial pack. We have to put the results together, until then words are just that.

Better to ignore Sutton than write articles about him, attention is what he craves and is why he has been 'successful'.

It's about SG building a squad that he is comfortable and confident enough with to be able to do a job over a season. We aren't at that stage as yet and IMO it wouldn't be reasonable to expect us to be. He'll have to be a more shrewd and careful manager than Souness was for various reasons. So far, I like his general approach and when the first set-back comes, he needs to maintain that approch and not be dragged off course by pressure. At the moment it's more to do with a solid starting XI and in the absence of large budgets and creative genuis, I'd agree his priorities re. defence make a lot of current sense.