buster.

Happy Birthday Ian Take a day off media duties and go let your hair down

Our money won't go far dealing with EPL clubs and players.

How can Benzema be offside if the ball comes from what was effectively a pass from the goalkeeper ? He was never getting near to the through ball and that was always the keepers ball.

Waddell has become the MSM outlet for what is going around Celtic cyberspace.

I thought the Durrant pass into space forAlexei Mikhailichenko to run onto and cross for the McSwegan goal againt Marseille was world class in itself but was followed by two more sublime touches before it hit the back of the net. Allied to the claims that emerged, the Hately sending off against Bruges raises a question we'll never know the answer to. If you look at it, there is an elbow and they happen in aerial challenges but it was the subsequent uncalled for push that got him sent off and that wasn't necessary.

Thought the pitch was in danger of getting waterlogged with the amount of tears that were being shed. I think Real Madrid were always relatively comfortable, even in the early stages when Liverpool had most of the play and territory but weren't really creating much in the way of clear cut chances. Having watched Madrid a lot in Europe, you just knew they would gradually take control and their quality would come through. Similar happened in the Madrid v Juventus final a year or two back. The Salah injury really blunted the English side and along with the goalkeeping howlers put it on a plate and Madrid didn't really need to go up the gears. Gerrard arrives at Ibrox next week and I note that Zidane, a rookie manager is only the third ever manager to win 3 CL/EC.

Nae bother I think a few agents of goalkeepers will be giving Klop a call.

Spain continues to dominate La Liga sides have won 13 of the past 14 European trophies - Champions League, Europa League and Uefa Super Cup.

Ronaldo says he's not sure of his future at Madrid and he'll have to sort things out this week. Green and white flag that Ramos was holding is the flag of Andalucia (in case timbo is claiming another fan).

Ker-ching

Madrid win, both teams to score and over 2.5 goals 12/5

It's only a link. Over 90% of such won't get any further.

Would be nice if we could win our home matches and the polis forced their support to stay in their seats for half an hour after the FT whistle.

Doubt it, Fergie is behind the bar serving the pints.

That would certainly been faster than Mr.Collins

Another question about the pic could be what year was it taken ??? I'll say 1976

The number 34 used to be the bus you'd catch from Lothian Road (Edinburgh) to take you down to the dug racing at Powderhall. Powderhall has long since gone, as is the best part of James Collins career. --------------------- Edit...according to soccerway stats. / recent injuries Hamstring 11/03/18 12/05/18 Hamstring 21/03/18 30/04/18 Hamstring 01/03/18 09/03/18 Calf Muscle Strain 27/12/17 12/01/18 Ankle/Foot Injury 17/09/17 13/12/17 Knock 23/05/17 31/05/17 League minutes played (Max 38x90 = 3420) 12/13....... 2496 13/14.......1899 14/15.......1879 15/16.......1439 16/17.......1653 17/18.......1050

I'd say the money spent on the shirt ad. will at least have a return where 'traditionally', not all money sent to Africa does. I don't think you can realistically give aid to African countries and not expect some of it to be skimmed. It's probably more about damage limitation and a degree of asking about spending plans/writing them into contracts.

Yes and equally it would be disingenuous to pretend that the club and many of the support didn't have some of the political and/or religious beliefs we are talking about. It's fairly simple really and it comes down to realism and mutual respect. I'm not from the West of Scotland and growing up a first generation Rangers fan in Edinburgh, my attention was always directed at the football. I went to games and sang songs but wasn't really aware of the history behind it until further down the track and that co-incided with joining the Marines and a couple of tours of N.I., so it dovetailed quite nicely. As I've got older my politcs and my football are very seperate and I wouldn't shape my politics because of the football team I support. To me, that would be plain silly but for those who grew up and were formed closer to Ibrox and/or within a Rangers supporting family, then you can understand their politics, etc.

If we had the kit out now,....how many would we have been able to shift down South for the WC ? #XX thousand

Of course I am Bill,...... If it makes you feel better, I can be inconsolable for your particular 'reality'.

I tend to think he was given the role partly because of his media profile and reach........and his new remit would expect him to, within reason and the terms of the particular contracts involved, promote and defend the club where possible. Wrt defending the club, he won't be seen or expected to be a gamechanger, only a positive public voice. I think he already tries to defend the club on SSB at times but simply isn't very good at it when it gets 'political'.

It may be fun to you but you only illustrate your curious disposition to not only live and preach within your own reality but to expect others to be by your side and nod their heads, even if that reality doesn't actually reflect the real world......Then to top it off, offer abuse to those who might not.

The whole shooting match leaves me cold tbh.

Ask the person who did !