BlackSocksRedTops

Without going into too much detail, two of my acquaintances were verbally abused and spat at due to the fact that one of them was wearing a tartan scarf and they were waiting for the parade to pass in a friends car who happened to have an Irish licence plate. Understandably, this is why their faith has nowt to do with the OO. From my own POV, I have an office in a part of town where parades take place on a frequent basis and I would say that the many of the followers are generally half cut and see it as day out to somehow align it with Rangers and being a "Proddy". I would say it usually provides an air of aggression rather than celebration and would not be surprised if any of the followers have been anywhere near a church they so proudly like to celebrate on that particular day. To be fair to OO as an organisation, these examples I have given were from people who were following the parade as opposed to taking part in the said parade but if the OO want to adapt they have to be somewhat responsible for the people that choose to follow their marches as ultimately this will only reflect badly on them as an organisation. I'm sure I'm not only one with this assertion

Agree that they have given us something to think about but I think the team that has given us more to think about is ourselves tbh. Aberdeen will be lucky to have mustered 10 shots on target over the 7 games we have played against them. If they had outplayed us I would be worried about our future but I genuinely feel that now that SG has a season under his belt and with a few additions we will be able to fix the Aberdeen/Killmarnock problem. If we can start addressing the dropped points against those type of teams we will be in the mix for the title.

Bigots? Far from it. They are pretty level headed people with zero interest aligning their faith with football, the politics of NI or the OO.

Just out of interest...as I'm a non-Protestant supporter of Rangers, can someone please define what Protestant culture is? These guys seem to clearly see no difference between the OO and Protestantism. And what areas of Glasgow are no go areas for Protestants? Who enters a neighbourhood and declares their religious faith? Or are they simply talking about the OO? I only ask because of the 6 CoS going Protestants I know, not one would go near the OO with a barge pole

You've really just backed up my original assertion tbh.

This is up there for the Most depressing thread of the year" award

Hmmmm....not impressed. The collar on the home strip looks like it doesn't know what it wants to do. I don't like the shiny material. Looks cheap IMO

6 pts. 6 goals. 0 conceded. I'll buy that for a dollar!!

What a surprise. A classless idiot defends another classless idiot

Can't be any worse than Worrall

Well done Rangers. It wouldn't have surprised anyone if we were flat tonight after losing a crucial OF game and our top scorer but that was a good 3 pts.

Brown really is a truly classless bafoon.

I'm reading now that our bus was bottled as it neared Darkhead. Has this been confirmed?

Glad Lustig and Boyata are playing. Tierney surely can't be fit?

Feel quite confident about today. We've not played a team willing to open and come forward for a while so with the onus in Celtic to attack, I genuinely feel that will suit us (if we are on our game). Morelos needs his shooting boots on today.

Apparently some random guy (with American accent) lashing out with a knuckleduster. He also attacked 3/4 other people around the same time.

Yep. Keep singing about ******s and Bobby Sands. Keep dragging our club through the gutter. As long as it annoys some people who separate football and politics. Way to go!

Excuses, excuses

Who said they were preferable? Two wrongs don't make a right. Other fans unwanted chants should never be a excuse for our own problematic song book.

If Messi had an ego as big as Ronaldo's, he would have a ton more goals. Messi's assists are a huge factor in this debate IMO. Ronaldo is a truly world class player but Messi is from another planet

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Agreed. Seems like there is a lot preaching on here these days.

We have to be more clinical and stronger away from home. If we were to turn 5 of our 8 draws into wins we would be genuinely giving them more to think about. Draws are as good as defeats in a tight race IMO. I can think of at least 4 of our draws where we should have won. Aberdeen away, Hibs away x 2, Motherwell away.

Still there buddy. Was down on page 2