buster.

double..............

A Trial at the 'end of July' was mentioned and will be the next step towards a judgement.

The two celtic players apparently involved, OE and ON are 20 and 22 years old respectively according to soccerway.

Anything in Europe is a bonus and unless there is a sudden vast improvement, we won't reach August qualifiers. The first realistic litmus test for me is the first four league games and at that point we'll have the squad finalised.

I'd agree, although at this time its probably best that we don't make comparisons with Celtic. Realistically, I'd be hoping more that after the summer windo of 2019, we might be in a position to do so. .

If we are short on gametime and the coaching isn't yet showing then why expect a big change with the same personnel ? The hope has to be that with more games and some fresh blood being introduced that we start to see a difference but that will depend on the quality of players brought in and how present squad members can start to play in a SG system. Will be interesting to see if Sadiq (if fit enough) plays in Macedonia, given it's a game where his style might suit.

Should we have played a couple of more friendlies ? Did the coaching get through to the players ? Should we expect a big change when 5 of the 6 starters middle and front were from last season ? Is Sadiq available for the second leg ?

Glenn Middleton was born on the first day of the 21st century. Makes me feel an auld git .

Not that surprising.......... New improved defence Same players middle to front (bar Arfield who was subed) Improved when two new arrivals to first team come on.

We are short in gametime and forwards. 2-0 is just about acceptable but still work to do next Tuesday.

First Leg : ....CS Petrocub 1- 1 Osijek.....FT The Croats, Osijek on course for the second round. Notable result FK Qabala (Azerbaijan) 0 - 2 FC Progres Niedercorn

First Leg / HT CS Petrocub 0 - 0 Osijek

Not much cover for Morelos. I'd have been tempted to stick a young forward on the bench insead of Halliday.

Only one other team were as short as us at 1/14 in the EL today, the Slovenians Rudar Velenje (me neither). They have 10 minutes left against Sn Marino minnows, Tre Fiori and lead 6-0. Edit, 84mins, 7 zip Progres just gone into a 0-1 lead at FK Qabala (Azerbaijan)

Since 2000, we've played 22 Home games in the UEFA CUP/Europa League and only lost twice (Auxerre 2004 and PSV 2011) The other 20,..........12 wins and 8 draws Rangers 1 - 0 Kaiserslautern Rangers 1 - 0 Anzhi Rangers 3 - 1 Dinamo Moskva Rangers 0 - 0 PSG Rangers 1 - 1 Feyenoord Rangers 3 - 1 Viktoria Žižkov (AET) Rangers 1 - 0 Marítimo (AET and pens) Rangers 3 - 0 Grazer AK Rangers 0 - 2 Auxerre Rangers 2 - 0 Molde Rangers 2 - 0 Maccabi Haifa Rangers 1 - 0 Partizan Rangers 4 - 0 Hapoel Tel Aviv Rangers 1 - 1 Osasuna Rangers 0 - 0 Panathinaikos Rangers 2 - 0 Werder Bremen Rangers 0 - 0 Sporting CP Rangers 0 - 0 Fiorentina Rangers 1 - 1 Sporting CP Rangers 0 - 1 PSV Rangers 1 - 1 Maribor Rangers 1 - 0 Progrès Niederkorn Rangers20 : 45Shkupi

Contrast that to the actual Final (same 4 competitions 02, 06, 10 and 14) Same 90 minute average goals measure comes in at 1 per Final (2, 1, 0, 0)

A judgement call/decision from the coaching staff is fair enough. Onto the game.........

We'll find out soon enough how prepared we are.

I wouldn't count a closed doors game against the equivalent of non-league opposition and a training game amongst ourselves.

What makes me wonder is we've only played one friendly prior to our first competitive game.

Interested hatred and relatively scant regard to professionalism has helped Scottish fitbaw secure it's niche !

Let's hope we can see the reaction on gameday.

Sometimes I think that Scottish fitbaw is a particular sport that time forgot.

No value at the bookies. Bet365 have us as 1/14 odds on. It's as if they are rating the Macedonians as East Fife, which I'd guess isn't very fair on them.