buster.

Well done whoever came up with that graphic (map). Get it tweeted far and wide.

Posted the following in another thread but thought it also belonged here. Chris McLaughlin was brought in by the 5Live programme on SG/Rangers to answer questions of English pundits about the appointment. He forgot to inform them and the listeners that he nor anyone from BBC Scotland were at Ibrox for the press conference. ------------------ I think now would be a goodtime to make an effort to inform the BBC and viewers/listeners of the long standing BBC Scotland choice of not coming to Ibrox.

McLaughlin was brought in by the 5Live programme on SG/Rangers to answer questions of English pundits about the appointment. He forgot to inform them and the listeners that he nor anyone from BBC Scotland were at Ibrox for the press conference.

SG shouldn't say a word about Rodgers and let him keep mouthing off. I note that Rodger picked yesterday to bury some 'unpalatable backtracking' on the wonderkid Mussonda.

This lot have metaphorically died as a team and it'll depend on how many of the individuals come to the party. I think quite a few of them will feel very divorced from yesterdays proceedings but might get a 'push' if the atmosphere is good and we start well. I can't see Jimmy Nicholl being able to suddenly galvanise things but you could also say that Kilmarnock have lost their last two games and haven't anything tangible to play for (win bonus apart). In short, I haven't a clue what'll happen today.

Watched about half an hour of this game and the basic technical mistakes were embarrassingly numerous for the top tier in Scotland.

Gaffer, you highlight a very important aspect about the appointment ! I think the older Bears sometimes don't realise that the youngest of the younger generations don't know what success is at Rangers and reading about past decades only sustains most for so long. This needs to be more than a quick fix of mega attention.

Might be a bluff or mean nothing but in the behind the scenes/SG video from yesterday, you see Jimmy Bell in the dressing room, hanging the tops for tomorrow and Windass went up. He might provisionly be in the 18 man match-day squad.

Mrs Rodgers will be getting jealous.

Getting them onside is a stretch with some and an impossibility with others but we could box a lot more clever than we do. Traynor should get binned IMO, he often makes things worse.

How many times did he ask the question ?

“......A manager or coach can say different things in the dressing room pre-match to try and motivate and organise their group but when the players get out in front of the fans they have to take personal pride in their performance......" Jimmy Nicholl today (Link in Ians post above) Sounds like a familiar disclaimer of sorts Difficult to know what to expect, several ways you could look at it. Guess we'll know soon enough. The probable absence of Windass (picked up knock??) will enforce a fresh look about our attack.

Better add this here as well............ Pearce is local Liverpool Echo reporter dedicated to Liverpool FC

One for Rousseau to get his teetth into

I'm not so sure he'll bother trying to talk the same "good game" week in, week out. I tend to think he'll be more bothered about winning games. He didn't come accross as a great communicator but today it worked in his favour. What is more important is how he and his staff communicate with the players outwith the scrutiney of cameras and tape recorders. Forget about the league next season. Give him some leeway to build, learn, start to put a team together and improve on recent years. Aslong as he wins the league in his first 3 years, I'll be happy.

This is a Rangers forum, keep on topic please...........

A little can go along way if spent wisely (and visa versa).

Impossible to completely forget but we can heavily reduce the constant comparisons if the club itself and Gerrard in particular blanks those angles.

FORGET the team from the East for 12 months. Let's concentrate on improving Rangers to the point where we can revisit issues with confidence.

Enjoy it, you only live once !

Can't really understand this and I'm a cautious Bear. Time for reservation (or "dread" ) is past. There are positive angles to take from this and if you ignore those and keep concentrating on the negatives, then it's a strange mindset from a football supporter. It's now about listening to what the man himself has to say. I hope for cautious and measured ambition for a project that has to be built from near to scratch. Next to no mention of the team from the other side of the city and no talk of 55 or promises that the media will note down.

If Raman Bawbag says it's done, it's done

I'd say it'll be more important how he spends it. Wasting piles of cash in football is easy, spending it wisely brings relative success.

Whilst those doubts were based on reason, we now have to forget them and get fully behind the appointment. Even I'm fairly excited

Interesting times. Back in March 2015 I said we needed to employ some Patience and Realism , any of it quickly evaporated. Whilst exciting, we need some more of that particular P&R and it'd be good if Gerrard himself came out and asked for it, even if indirectly.