stewarty

As soon as his pals Calvin and Joe got their moves, that was it I think... And it showed in his performances, aside from the PSV second leg last year where he was very good.

Still feeling numb after that performance. I thought there were signs that Beale's side was slowly taking shape, but we've come up against a team that just had too much for us to handle on the night. Sunday is huge. There's pressure on both managers and sets of players. We simply have to make home advantage count. Keep believing!

PSV 2 - 3 Rangers FGS Tav

I suspect he wants to be somewhere in the south of England so that he can be closer to his pals Calvin and Joe.

We shall see, though I didn't watch. Suspect you will be right though.

He played really well on Saturday, albeit vs Partick Thistle. Lets see how he's going at the end of the season. If he can play 35-40 games and hopefully some group stage european games, I think he'll kick on nicely and be an option for next season.

Ross County 0 - 3 Rangers fgs Danilo

To be fair, I was convinced looking down from the club deck that it was a second yellow. I was very relieved when the ref decided to have a word instead, but I think a high proportion of UEFA refs would have carded him without a moment's thought.

It was a toss-up between Souttar and Goldson, but big Connor edged it. Cantwell was close after that. The big thing was how much we relied upon the centre half pairing to bail out the full backs when they were regularly caught in behind/ out of position. Absolutely loved Souttar's darting run in the second half to break the lines from a goal kick, playing the ball down the line for Matondo. Another sign that the work Beale is doing in training is starting to show on the pitch

We can only speculate about his intentions. It will be interesting to see if he declares his motivations publicly.

Rangers 2-2 PSV fgs Danilo

Rangers 4 - 0 Morton FGS - Dessers

It’s ridiculous to give Martindale a 2 minute interview. He’s the most straight forward and fair assessor of all the managers in the league. Compare that to the banal “how important is the game today?”/ “how difficult has the last week been?” Questions that we get when it’s our manager. I cringe sometimes when I hear them.

Servette 1 - 3 Rangers fgs Danilo

Big Soapy Souttar for me. Growing into the shirt with every minute he plays.

Handbags away, ladies. To change tack slightly, I thought Beale deserved some credit for his substitutions. Livi were leaving space in the channels and we weren’t attacking it with balls over the top or into the channel. It was evident for a good while before the subs were made so it was interesting to hear Beale say that he left things to see if the team could work it out. When he did make the changes, instantly we had more pace and width, which also then challenged some tiring Livi legs and we got the late goals. There have been hundreds of league games at ibrox that have gone in a similar fashion. A work in progress but we’re moving in the right direction.

Rangers 3-0 Livi fgs Danilo

Rangers 2 - 1 Servette FGS Cantwell

I wouldnt be surprised if he didn't, assuming he's had perhaps only a week or two in full training. But also, he seems to be one of those guys who are naturally fit and can get themselves match ready really quickly.

Killie 0 - 4 Rangers FGS Lammers

Fine as it is really... but perhaps we could give each player a joker where they can double/treble points for a prediction... might be good to save for the latter stages of the year... Or, perhaps @Rousseau could randomly select one fixture a month to be a double/treble pointer... that might be easier to administer rather than having to track everyone's use of a joker.

First half especially they used the diagonal/switch of play and it caught us out. Can’t work out if thats players not being used to each other, or if they were just half a yard off the pace because of all the running that it seems they’ve put the squad through. Putting my super optimistic hat on, it’s the latter.

Word.

I think they time it for max exposure on social media to drive hits, and that means roughly when more folk are finished work after 5pm

Brilliant Giffing from the old boy. Outstanding.