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I doubt it, as he would be pretty much throwing away his chance of an international spot whilst Clarke remained in post. That may suit us but I don't think Souttar will see it the same way.

Tom English should be encouraged to pen an article before and after the full and frank SPFL response. Before, including a list of questions that stakeholders may be interested in knowing the answers to. The immediate SPFL response was so full of absolute shiney guff that they needed to add the 'more to come when permitted' paragraph. I have my doubts that day will ever come and if pushed, an empty damp squib would follow. How much money was wasted on a pointless legal battle ? Who decided to go with it and will take responsibility for it ? Then there is the deal with Cinch itself and all the fineprint, etc., etc.... Chris McLaughlin, the man who always provides, not only the story but ends with a verbal editorial summary as to the truth of the matter. ....He was prolific back in the day with his direct line to Jack 'toxic' Irvine, eventually leading to him being shown the door at Ibrox and where we are now.

Precaution ! Doesn't sound encouraging, does it ? Not a player who is going to be able to play 2 games a week for a sustained period.

I note that Tom English wasn't on Sportsound yesterday and the uninspiring 'spout the obvious' pundit list was never going to touch on the Parks of Hamilton / Cinch SPFL court case and fall out. I guess Tom English is on holiday and I can only hope he picks up on the SPFL promise to provide some frank transparency and ask Teflon man (Doncaster) some difficult questions. English is the one jounalist who has consistently recognised what has been going on and went after the SPFL executive, when allowed.

Leon Balogun generally did well when he played and all the best to him. Maybe I'm old fashioned but I'd prefer a consistent central defensive pairing rather than a mix and match dependent on which of the injury prone otions are fit (I note Souttar was injured when with Scotland / no idea as to extent of injury).

Not knowing your exact transfer budget until after CL qualifiers will tend to have repercussions. That is why winning the league last season was such a big deal. Recruitment is crucial and will be a huge factor in how our season will go. I don't think it a good idea to try and go with most of what we already have, letting several run down their contracts. Freshen up (not wholesale) before it goes stale.

Not a household name, but Fremad Amager played their one and only ever European tie in a competition that Rangers were the holders, the ECWC of 72/73. We were unable to defend the trophy for well documented reasons. Hibs did play in it and reached the quarters and had players who scored hat-tricks in all three rounds played. Including in a 6-1 victory at Easter Road against Sporting Lisbon. The days Scottish provincial sides were relatively decent. In 1972, Scottish clubs were top performers in European co-efficient terms (numero uno). https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method1/ccoef1972.html Still on 72/73, the then high flying Leeds Utd struggled to beat the Turks, Ankaragucu by a single goal in the same competition. The following season on our return, we got Ankaragucu in the first round and hammered them 6-0 on aggregate. In the same round Borussia MG of Netzer and Heynckes score 16 and would go on to beat us in the second round. Peter Lovenkrands scored the goal against Inter Milan to take us to the KO stages of the CL. IIRC he went on a prolific scoring run around about that time which were the last 6 months of his contract. He would go on to score in both legs in the last 16 tie against Villareal, a team we have drawn against in each of the 4 times we have played them.

Makes you wonder just how far this team could go if all produced their best at the same time, instead of a couple taking up main responsibilities as others fade. The January International break (including AFCON), saw Aribo leave on a high and come back with nothing in the tank. On the other hand, Morelos after having travelled thousands of miles for zero gametime, came back in seriously good nick and produced his best couple of months at Rangers thus far.

Isn't 'virture signalling' the modern term for this ? His opinion, fine but not really the time to broadcast it to the nation, IMO.

Very sad. Only Rangers player I have ever sat down and had a pint with. Must have been about 25+ years ago now. Was very forthcoming and open talking about Rangers. I remember him talking about efforts to sign Les Ferdinand. All the best to him and his family.

For 21: Aribo For 22: Lundstram Business End: Bassey But 21/22: Tav

Yes, especially if the tie was to be played next week. But the games will be played in August. Probably without some our European stalwarts and with some new faces trying to get up to speed. This increases uncertainty. Time will tell. Coming off the back of 55,.... Malmo looked very beatable. After our 92/93 exploits, we got dumped by a very beatable Levski Sofia and that was that. After Manchester 2008, we got dumped by an exceptionally beatable Kaunas and that was that. The positive this time is that we are guarranteed Group Stage football for the fifth consectutive year regardless of how we do in the qualifiers. Hopefully, the progress will continue and it will be Champions League.

EuropaLeague Group stages is made up by 6 cup winners from countries ranked 1-6 4 fifth-placed clubs from countries ranked 1-4 1 fourth-placed club from country ranked 5 10 winners of the play-off round 6 losers of the Champions League 4th qualifying round 4 losers of Champions League 3rd qualifying round (league path) 1 Europa Conference League title holder https://kassiesa.net/uefa/index.html

As Thinker says above, ELGS. Didn't want to elaborate too much regards Play Off Round until we get there #bad juju ps. yes, it is the same for both.

We enter in the 3rd round of qualifiers (non-champions path) and the draw is on the 18th of July. We are seeded Seeds Benfica Rangers Dinamo Kiev PSV Eindhoven Non-Seeds Monaco Midtjylland Sturm Graz Union Saint-Gilloise https://kassiesa.net/uefa/seedcl2022.html Of the 7 other teams involved, I can remember playing them all other than Union St.G. Of the 4 possible opponents, we drew both Sturm Graz and Monaco in the same CL group back in 2000. Despite aggregate wins against both, we were eliminated from the group. In fact, probably our best ever first two games in a group were a 5-0 home win against the Austrians, followed up by a 0-1 away win in Monaco (I think Gio scored the goal). For older Bears, PSV (1978) and Kiev (1987) were both notable victories. Benfica (2 draws) and Midtjylland (7-3 agg.win) were more recent encounters with SG in charge. Qualifying for CL Play-off round would ensure somewhere in the region of at least 7M Euros. - 5M pay-out for losers of play off round - Other benefits (including home gate) Losing CL3Q would put us straight into the EL Group stage First leg will be August 2 or 3 Second leg August 9 Draw for CL Play-Off Round will be on August 2 https://kassiesa.net/uefa/calendar2022.html .

Those on the Pedantic Smarty Pants Content Double Team have put in a long shift today. They were also busy on the Pacific Quay thread first thing this morning. Remind me of a couple of those wee yappy dugs, who seem to exist to annoy folk.

Gonzo, old boy.......don't take things so personally and let the thread breath.

Spare a thought for the work 'R1-0' puts into the predictor league....and he must have spent ages looking for a way of presenting a table that had him at the top. 😉😁

One of the best threads on here, ever IMO. 26th, you either inspired the team to a European Final or your timing is spookily good 😁

I don't know if I have ever heard Cosgrove in his Off the ball slot, to be so transparently bitter, contrived ('Barack Obama running a bus' involved) and desperate to push a customary narrative,......and that is saying something. After nineteen years, the batteries of the Suville calculator have finally run out. Yesterday, Cosgrove said the Suville calculator "...is dead, no-one cares about it anymore...". Apparently he is sick of over-exaggeration and it took 19 years until the threshold was reached, so he had to comment and call time on such a device. Obviously, he didn't send this memo to Jane Dougall and her line about 250,000 rioting in Manchester. They seem to want it both ways. For those who would like to hear exactly what was said (not compulsory and please don't bore the world with the repetitive 'why would anyone want to listen to that' line) it comes up at 1hr 44min 45sec into the link below) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0017l2q

If thems the roolz, congrats ! 😁

Yorkie wins with 3 more correct results, surely !

Convincing and strong performance. We move on.......

Lowry to score and a 4-0 FT would do nicely. Sakala usually gets a late goal in the Scottish Cup.

All Wright Jack !!?