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Leak was correct, Davis starts. We'll have a better idea of what Davis still offers after tonight. Hope Gio has got this right.

Eminently sensible but surely you might allow football fans on a message board to dream a little. If you were talking about our players or mgmt then I would get the Herbie jeebies. What I don't like so much is that if our team has been leaked in advance of the game.

We know they are coming. We know what they look for. Just don't give it to them on a plate.

I would have hoped you might have spotted that the post was less than serious. Have inserted an emoji for those less perceptive.

Is your notebook, black ? 😄

It is obviously contagious. Were they in red or green?

If I am reading this right, it could be more important for us that Kiev put Benfica out (unlikely). In the hypothesis that we qualify, Benfica going out would I think, put us in pot 3 and thus our group would contain a lesser ranked club. A win = €2.8m Although for us and Kiev to qualify, the bookies would payout 1537 for a 100 stake. Rangers 11/8 Kiev 11/2

I don't care who we get, it's all about being in the draw for us.

True, but we'd have to get really lucky in the draw for the groups, not to mention getting past PSV. Porto, Leipzig and Shakhtar is about best we could get for advancing. Real Madrid, Liverpool and Inter Milan would be a little more complicated. https://kassiesa.net/uefa/seedcl2022.html

The 10 year co-efficient was brought in to ensure the usual suspects trousered a higher percentage of the pie. Despite a relatively wonderful 5 year number, the 10 year version will continue to limit our earnings from European football for the medium term.

If we win tonight, we'll become the first team to beat a PSV side playing a competitive away fixture in 2022. They have lost 3 at home this calendar year.

Tav, 22 pen Tav, 11 pen Tav, 2 Tav, 18 Tav, 45 pen Last 5 European games at Ibrox. First goal scorer. Quite something.

What there is to fear or at least, very much respect, is their capability to counter attack with speed and quality. For that reason, I can't see us going hell for leather from the off. Gio will play Kent if at all possible because of his defensive covering discipline. Here's hoping for a performance and a result.

Was still at school but can remember the enormous pride I took from the results against Juventus and PSV in 1977. I listened to David Francey commentate on an early ko in Turin. It finished 1-0 to the Italians @26thfoot and given their fame for shutting up shop, it made the 2-0 win at Ibrox one of our great results. Bayern Munich 72 or Juventus 77 ?? It was the first decent result in Europe since 1972. A 0-0 draw had me expecting the worst in Eindhoven. So it was real celebration time on hearing the final result. A draw would probably suit PSV tonight. Obviously we'll very much look for the win but a draw wouldn't be the end of the world for us either. Ps. Vicars, Tarts and Paras ...sounds about right 😀

1-1 Tav

Most of the play but we don't create many clearcut chances. Other than the goal, best was the St.Johnstone sitter* * We did manage to create that

Gio said Kent and Sands "unavailable" today.

Rangers 1 St.Johnstone 0 Colak

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62465256 Article on football's psychology revolution

I get what you say. I was just referring to a somewhat contradictory position. The tinpot nature of our league is what it is. The often childlike hating each other to death undermines potential avenues of progress within the SPFL, it's voting process and executive Mgmt and that is before you get to fans and message boards !! The SFA and how the game is refereed is another angle that is stuck in a time warp. Desire for and/or reveling in the failure of others is a football fan thing but on the same message boards (all teams) there will be threads on improving finance, the co-efficient, etc. You can only do so much by yourself. Ps. I have always thought that as fans, if you want to really annoy another club. Then either encourage or ignore them regardless if hate comes the other way. One set of fans would just end up looking like Jeremy Hunts instead of two sets.

Those who delight in Scottish diddy clubs performing in Europe at a level somewhere below the League of Ireland shouldn't moan too much about a cráp TV deal.

Maybe not official but there was a report on it that pointed towards him being a coach for the coaches. First team coach doesn't seem to fit that.

Not quite the six as in 2003, they went one better. Diddy clubs are outdoing their reputation this summer. Motherwell beaten H and A by Sligo Rovers Now this.

Quick look at PSV squad reminds me of previous Transfer threads. Joey Veerman and Xavier Simons.

Getting through last night means either: - we go through to CLGS with the milk and honey that brings (amount variable but much bigger than 6M) or - we go out at PO round and get 5M Euro UEFA pay out plus extra Home fixture (gate money at 34 pound sterling a nap*) *Obviously concessions/children tickets much cheaper