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The word on the street or Edmiston Drive is that Roofe will make it tonight. Unconfirmed as yet...

Why shouldn't we be confident? We've beaten some top class teams to get here and we deserve our chance. It's 90 minutes at home with a achievable deficit. The confidence is based on the evidence of what we've seen this season in Europe as well as as what we've built over the last 3/4 years. It's measured and quantifiable confidence as opposed to over confidence IMO.

You probably can but that's coming from someone who tried make a call from my phone calculator the other day...

With Arfield, Sakala, Wright as impact players later on if needed

Versatility is what we'll need tonight to progress IMO

Apologies. Doing it on a phone. Anyhoo, Madame Secretary, whit about the line up?

10 and half hours and counting... So, who to play? If declared fit, it has to be the team that started V Braga for me. ..................McGregor................ ........Goldson........Bassey......... Tav....................................Borna .........Jack........Lundstrum......... .....................Aribo....................... ......Ramsey...................Kent...... .......................Roofe....................

How he failed to deal with Casimero was awful enough as he set a standard he could not maintain. This ultimately led to players getting booked for very little compared to Casimeros challenges. Other incidents of note were Modric failing to be booked for raising his hands and grabbing a players throat. Foden being barged from the back by the CB then being penalised. Adding 6 minutes of added time? Ok Walker was injured but 6 minutes was ridiculous. It was almost as if he wanted Real to score. He then failed to add enough time in ET to accommodate the antics of Militoa who was deliberately put on in ET to waste time. If we get a ref like that tonight I'll be raging. I've no love for City and how they've risen through the ranks but let's not put Real Madrid up there as a some paragon of virtue. There is a reason they have 13 European Cup wins. They have bent and massaged the rules for years with their finances to ensure their position as a premier European force. Anyway, I hope Liverpool destroy them.

Roofe has recently posted a pic of him applauding the fans after Braga game (I think). Maybe a sign that he's going to make it?

City bottled it again but tonight's ref was a shocker. Genuinely hope Liverpool destroy Madrid in the final and get revenge for 2018. Real are an odious club.

Needs must. Went from sipping Rose to knecking it like water after Brava scored 🤪

Got a 6 bottles of Peroni for the Braga game and had finished all 6 before half time. Polished off a bottle rose wine in the 2nd half as It was only thing we had in the house🤣🤣🤣

Over 24 hours to go and I'm already a bag of bloody nerves. God knows what I'll be like prior to kick off. 😟😟😟😟

Take some sun block mate. Been to Seville twice and it is the by far the hottest place I've been to in Europe. There is literally no air in the city. It's boiling from late May until October.

Could one of the mods please merge this thread with the new post match Leipzig thread? Might make things less confusing for luddites like moi 🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍

He posted this on Instagram a few minutes ago....🤣🤣🤣🤣

Apologies if this has been posted but has there been any updates on Roofe or Ramsey regarding tomorrow night?

As much as weekend results prior to Euro games should be treated with caution, I think it is somewhat encouraging that a strong Leipzig team got turned over by a team currently sitting in mid table. Leipzig are still in the hunt for CL spot, therefore they had everything to play for.

Did anyone manage to watch Leipzigs 3-1 defeat yesterday at the hands of Borussia Munchengladbach

Been busy all day so have missed this story. What a truly sad loss for the club. Thoughts to all who knew him and his family. RIP Jimmy.

Is that a comedy video? "Do you want ra jail wee man?" What a wonderful ambassador that gentleman is for our modern police force...

Just a wee observation following on from yesterday's game. I think we had 7 corners in total yesterday and I think all were taken by our captain James Tavernier. Overall, considering what he can do with crosses on the run and other dead ball situations, I thought our corners were very poor. For some reason, we insisted on the high floaty cross to the back post which in turn had so much elevation, making it impossible for our players to get much power into their headers. This confuses and frustrates me (as a youth coach and fan). If we have Tav on one side and Borna on the other, why not pistol whip inswinging crosses into the 6 yard area? We know both players have a great delivery so why not utilise it at corners? I know we have used it sometimes to good effect with Aribo generally getting a flick on which causes panic in the opposition box. A corner at pace swinging into the goal has defenders and keepers not knowing what to do. The pace of the ball itself is a weapon as the slightest touch can result in a goal, own goal or just mass panic and I genuinely feel we are missing a trick here. Thoughts?

Is that true? Deary me. That's insane.

Another piece of tripe from the BBC Scotland web page... With the visitors looking out on their feet, Fashion Sakala fired them level to prolong the title race. Maybe I'm biased but at no stage did I think Rangers were out on their feet. There's only one team that should be levelled at.

Agree 100% Bill. It was veritable cocktail of emotions that evening. Probably the closest any Rangers team will get to a CL final.