BlackSocksRedTops

Well done Rangers. Considering the makeshift back line, I'm surprised we won. Not the best performance but we got there!! Interesting to note that from the other 7 teams in the top 8, we faced 4 of them in our round of fixtures.

Igamane off the left and Bajrami on the right?

I get that but money aside, they are weaker without him IMO.

My big take away from that page linked above is...Celtic are selling Kyogo for 10 million? Are they mad? They don't need the money.

I really should know better. I was attempting to gauge the reaction to a Rangers defeat by sampling some online contributions last night and I'm staggered that anyone can come away from the game feeling angry. Frustrated...yes. Disappointed...yes. We are nowhere near being able to lose 9/10 first team players and rock up to Man Utd and expect to win. I get that we can be upset with some individual errors but the manager played the team 99% of fans would have picked. And please spare me the Dessers should have started in a front 2 hindsight nonsense. No-one was calling for that prior to kick off.

I'm gutted but not devastated. Playing Man Utd with a full squad would have been hard enough but playing them without 7 potential starters was a very tall order. 7 became 10 players missing in the second half which made it impossible. Our goalie gifting them the first goal didn't help either. At least we gave it a go and some young players got decent experience. Hopefully the injuries are not long term.

So no Sterling, no Balogun, no Souttar, no Kasa, no Diomande, no Cortez, no Barron, no Cerny, no Danilo, no Hagi... Tav at CB. Yilmaz at RB. At least the young players are getting minutes...

As much as Diamonde has been inconsistent in some domestic games, IMO the difference he makes compared to Barron is evident tonight.

Just a wee Europa League side note...Steaua Bucharest are 7th in the table. Amazing to think we gubbed them 4-0

The block on Propper?

Team as expected tonight. It wasn't going to be anything else tbh

Listened to a few Rangers podcasts on the way home from work and I don't get the massive swell of confidence about this game. "Man Utd are there for the taking" apparently. I know we punch above our weight in Thursdays but this is going to be a very difficult game IMO. Especially with Diamonde missing and a powder puff bench. If we get a low scoring defeat whilst putting on a decent show, I'll be happy enough.

Considering recent performances and the overall mood music amongst the fanbase it is understandable to be honest.

You really are awfully boring.

I will be a Rangers fan until my last breath but I have to be honest and say that my love affair with the wider world of football is waning on a season by season basis. Rangers current woes only exacerbate my current apathy with the game. I'm now hearing that Sean Dyche is the current favourite to replace Clement. OK, this maybe speculation but even at that, the very thought of dipping into the Jurassic age for a potential new manager is extremely depressing. When everything went tits up in 2012, Rangers had an opportunity to create something amazing and new. Something that was sustainable. Something with fresh ideas. In our rush to simply reclaim our spot as the premier team in a 2 horse race we lacked vision on all fronts. The club should have been a pioneer for progression (on and off the park) and hurtled into the 21st Century with a bang. Instead we tried to recycle the same old shit from our recent past and merely hoped it would suffice. The Celtic fans continually go on about the current Rangers as being a tribute act. For once I agree with them as that is exactly what we are.

Dundee game 👍

Same tempo. Same desire. Same pressing. Same mindset. No excuses Rangers.

You simply cannot legislate for idiots. Look around you when park your car. When you go to the shops. When you are ordering coffee. They are everywhere unfortunately. People who are painfully unaware that they inhabit public spaces with other people. 50,000 people will always reflect a broad section of that society and sadly the idiots within that throng will always show their true colours and live up to their name.

Additional post script scribbles after yesterday. The average age of our starting XI was just under 25 (24.9). Must be the youngest in a long time.

I suppose context is everything.

What? Links?

That can't be real? I thought that was a Celtic coach.

Just a few post match observations... Considering the day, Propper scoring on the 66th minute was extremely poignant. Seeing Rangers v Celtic under the floodlights was great IMO. Looked like a European game due to the later kick off.

Depending on the deal, I wouldn't be 100% against him returning until the end of the season.

Interesting that we look better defensively when pressing high and on the front foot with a quick tempo. No coincidence that Proppers best games (Nice, Spurs, Celtic LC, Celtic league) have been when we play this way.