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I've always had in head that we bought Bobby Russell for 200 quid. I think I read it in the 'Playing for Rangers No.X' book for that year in a chapter about the on-field understanding between him and Sandy Jardine. It was a longtime ago and I might be completely wrong !

Crossy Shapes

She'll be thinking about getting some new sausage in for the BBQ next Thursday night.

Can't play another team from same country rule will see Molde/Hibs put into a different grouping for draw. Bert Kassie says......For the draw of the 4th round the 26 teams are probably divided into 2 groups of 8 teams and 1 groups of 10 teams. As per other draws this summer Rangers/Maribor will have a list of 4 or 5 possibile opponents allocated on the morning of the draw. It'll be Partizan

Notable In the last 3 seasons (including this one) Maribor have played 8 Summer qualifiers at Home and conceded one goal in the 720 minutes. In the 8 corresponding away matches, Maribor have scored in 7, the only one they failed to score was 8 days ago. Without being brilliant, they seem to have developed an effective way of getting through qualifiers. Will be a big test. We could really do with a clean sheet at Ibrox in the first leg, I'd take 1-0 now.

From Macedonia in the South to Slovenia in the North, via Croatia........... ....and it just happens that a potential play-off round has the possibility of 2 Serbian teams being in the other half of the draw. There is a 'T-Shirt' design in this. ---------------------------------------------------------- Draw or the 4th round is on Monday. For the draw of the 4th round the 26 teams are probably divided into 2 groups of 8 teams and 1 groups of 10 teams. https://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/seedel2018.html The list below presumes the highest seed of the 3rd round ties will get through. eg. Maribor, who have a high enough co-ff. to be in the seeded part of 4th round draw. This means if we get through, we will already have benefitted from being seeded in 4th round draw. Potential opponents in 4th round for Rangers/Maribor would come from 3rd round ties played by teams on the right hand side of graphic below. The teams listed being higher seeded than 3rd round opponents but with no guarantee of getting through. 4th Qualifying Round (26 teams) Seeded teams coef. Unseeded teams coef. ------------------------ --- ---------------- ------------------------ --- ---------------- Sevilla ** Esp 113.000 Rapid Wien *3 Aut 21.500 Zenit St. Petersburg *3 Rus 78.000 RB Leipzig ** Ger 17.000 FC Basel @2 Sui 71.000 Partizan Belgrade * Srb 17.000 Besiktas ** Tur 57.000 Burnley FC ** Eng 15.921 Olympiakos Piraeus *3 Gre 54.000 NK Rijeka *3 Cro 15.500 FC København * Den 34.000 Atalanta ** Ita 15.249 Sporting Braga *3 Por 30.500 Molde FK * Nor 12.500 FCSB ** Rom 27.500 Girondins Bordeaux ** Fra 11.283 AA Gent *3 Bel 27.000 FC Ufa ** Rus 10.676 Racing Genk ** Bel 27.000 Apollon Limassol * Cyp 10.000 NK Maribor * Slo 22.500 Sturm Graz @2 Aut 6.570 Maccabi Tel-Aviv * Isr 22.500 Spartak Subotica * Srb 3.750 Feyenoord *3 Ned 21.500 Kairat Almaty * Kaz 3.625 NK Maribor Home record in Europa League since 2016 Thu 14/07/16 UEL Maribor 0 - 0 Levski Sofia More info Thu 04/08/16 UEL Maribor 1 - 0 Aberdeen View events More info Thu 25/08/16 UEL Maribor 1 - 0 Qəbələ View events More info Thu 19/07/18 UEL Maribor 2 - 0 Partizani Tirana View events More info Thu 02/08/18 UEL Maribor 2 - 0 Chikhura View events More info Thu 16/08/18 UEL Maribor - Rangers Away record in Europa League since 2016 Thu 21/07/16 UEL Levski Sofia 1 - 1 Maribor View events More info Thu 28/07/16 UEL Aberdeen 1 - 1 Maribor View events More info Thu 18/08/16 UEL Qəbələ 3 - 1 Maribor View events More info Thu 12/07/18 UEL Partizani Tirana 0 - 1 Maribor View events More info Thu 26/07/18 UEL Chikhura 0 - 0 Maribor More info Thu 09/08/18 UEL Rangers 20 : 45 Maribor CL Group 2017/18 # Team MP W D L F A D P Last 5 H2H 1 Liverpool 6 3 3 0 23 6 +17 12 WDWWD 2 Sevilla 6 2 3 1 12 12 +0 9 DDWLW 3 Spartak Moskva 6 1 3 2 9 13 -4 6 LDLWD 4 Maribor 6 0 3 3 3 16 -13 3 DDLLL 3 September 20171 Maribor 1–1 Spartak Moscow showMaribor, Slovenia 26 September 20172 Sevilla 3–0 Maribor showSeville, Spain 17 October 20173 Maribor 0–7 Liverpool showMaribor, Slovenia 1 November 20174 Liverpool 3–0 Maribor showLiverpool, England 21 November 20175 Spartak Moscow 1–1 Maribor showMoscow, Russia 6 December 20176 Maribor 1–1 Sevilla CL Qualifying 17/18 Wed 12/07/17 UCL Zrinjski 1 - 2 Maribor View events More info More info Wed 19/07/17 UCL Maribor 1 - 1 Zrinjski View events More info More info Wed 26/07/17 UCL Maribor 1 - 0 FH View events More info More info Wed 02/08/17 UCL FH 0 - 1 Maribor View events More info More info Wed 16/08/17 UCL Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2 - 1 Maribor View events More info More info Tue 22/08/17 UCL Maribor 1 - 0 Hapoel Be'er Sheva

Lawrie, not sure if still on it but he certainly used to come on regularly and use words not often heard on such phone-in. Your use of "pusillanimous" had me looking it up for definition

I think Coulibaly and Jack together will be perfect for the SPFL....... I might be wrong but I don't think Ejaria is. Obviously, he needs to be given a chance but I doubt he'll end up with his 70% of gamtime forthe seaon. I thought Arfield looked like he's well up for the challenge and will do a job though.

Given this is the Clyde SSB thread,...are you auditioning to be our equivalent of Lawrie from Dennistoun ?

Draw or the 4th round is on Monday. For the draw of the 4th round the 26 teams are probably divided into 2 groups of 8 teams and 1 groups of 10 teams. https://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/seedel2018.html The list below presumes the highest seed of the 3rd round ties will get through. eg. Maribor, who have a high enough co-ff. to be in the seeded part of 4th round draw. This means if we get through, we will already have benefitted from being seeded in 4th round draw. Potential opponents in 4th round for Rangers/Maribor would come from 3rd round ties played by teams on the right hand side of graphic below. The teams listed being higher seeded than 3rd round opponents but with no guarantee of getting through. 4th Qualifying Round (26 teams) Seeded teams coef. Unseeded teams coef. ------------------------ --- ---------------- ------------------------ --- ---------------- Sevilla ** Esp 113.000 Rapid Wien *3 Aut 21.500 Zenit St. Petersburg *3 Rus 78.000 RB Leipzig ** Ger 17.000 FC Basel @2 Sui 71.000 Partizan Belgrade * Srb 17.000 Besiktas ** Tur 57.000 Burnley FC ** Eng 15.921 Olympiakos Piraeus *3 Gre 54.000 NK Rijeka *3 Cro 15.500 FC København * Den 34.000 Atalanta ** Ita 15.249 Sporting Braga *3 Por 30.500 Molde FK * Nor 12.500 FCSB ** Rom 27.500 Girondins Bordeaux ** Fra 11.283 AA Gent *3 Bel 27.000 FC Ufa ** Rus 10.676 Racing Genk ** Bel 27.000 Apollon Limassol * Cyp 10.000 NK Maribor * Slo 22.500 Sturm Graz @2 Aut 6.570 Maccabi Tel-Aviv * Isr 22.500 Spartak Subotica * Srb 3.750 Feyenoord *3 Ned 21.500 Kairat Almaty * Kaz 3.625

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.