pete

I may agree to what Ajax PSV and Feynoord wanted to do and get rid of plastic pitches.

Sonya is seemingly the store manager.

I would have brought on McCrorie for Ejaria and stuck McAuley up front for the last 5-10 minutes

You just have to see the guy's name to know what it is about. Another Phil 3names. Maybe it is him and he is now Phil 4names

I knew that, I think it has been well published on FF with your blog. I read FF as well and post now and again. I don't think I am that difficult to guess who I am on there either. I do have an @pete account there but haven't used it for years.

QUITE A COOP Jake Cooper to Rangers: Steven Gerrard ‘refuses to give up’ on Millwall defender after sending scout to New Den The 23-year-old was a key transfer target following Gerrard's Ibrox arrival in the summer but the Lions refused to sell Gossip By David Fowler 7th December 2018, 8:04 am Updated: 7th December 2018, 8:24 am RANGERS could reignite their bid for Millwall defender Jake Cooper. SunSport revealed Steven Gerrard initially tried to snap up the stopper with a £3million bid last summer. PA:Press Association 1 Rangers are set to go back in for Jake Cooper However, the Lions refused to sell their star asset as Gers snapped up Connor Goldson, Nikola Katic and Joe Worrall. But the Light Blues are set to go back in for the 23-year-old after chief scout Andy Scoulding travelled to London to watch Cooper in action against Bolton, according to the Daily Express. Reports also claim that Cooper is said to have a release clause in his contract should the Lions suffer relegation or finish at the bottom end of the Championship. Scoulding is also have said to have ran the rule over Bolton stopper Mark Beevers during the 1-1 draw at the end of last month. Meanwhile, former Gers coach Jonatan Johansson has warned Alfredo Morelos he must stop seeing red. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH Steven Gerrard warns red-card sinners they must start showing respect The Morton boss insists it is important for the 22-year-old to keep his passion. But Johansson says he must screw the nut after receiving his third red card of the season against Aberdeen. https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/3592164/jake-cooper-rangers-transfer-steven-gerrard-scout-millwall-defender/

Latest reports from the Scotsman suggests that Rangers are interested in a move for Tottenham Hotspur left-back Jaden Brown. It is believed that the youngster could walk away from the North London club in January as he has struggled for game time and is currently behind the pecking order for the left back spot as Mauricio Pochettino has the likes of Ben Davies, Danny Rose and Kyle Walker-Peters for that position. The same report also adds that the Gers have already inquired about the defender and he is likely to come at a nominal price given that Brown is currently in the final year of his deal at Wembley. One can understand why Steven Gerrard is after a left-back in January as that is one area where they have struggled of late. Summer signing Borna Barisic has been impressive but he has been injured for the most parts of the season, and as a result, Jon Flanagan had to fill in his spot even though he is a right back. Former club captain Lee Wallace is nowhere in the picture, and the experienced fullback has been stricken by injuries ever since Gerrard took over the top job at Ibrox. Wallace is in the final year of his deal, and there are currently no indications that the club would look to extend his stay. Therefore there is a need for a left-back in the current squad. Brown has played for England at almost all youth levels and is currently an u-19 international with the Three Lions. The fullback has come up from Spurs’ academy, but it seems like he might have to leave the club without making a senior appearance for them. His performance in the UEFA youth league and various other youth level competition has been impressive, and one can say he is going to be a typical modern day left back as he often finds himself on the goals and assists chart regularly given his offensive style of play. That is what the Gers have lacked ever since Barisic’s injury as Flanagan being a right-footed player has offered little while going forward. Brown can be a perfect backup option for someone like Barisic, and we believe the Bears should go in all out to land this young Tottenham star in January. With Spurs having enough depth themselves in the left back position, we feel the English club shouldn’t have any qualms in selling him, and Brown seems to be a very realistic and achievable target for Gerrard.

Comes from ID 10 on Follow Follow who I believe is also well known on the Gersnet and another well known Rangers website. Jones is Jordon Jones of Kilmarnock.

Watching Wednesday's game against Aberdeen made my mind travel back to 1974. Nothing to do with a football match but to the best boxer the world has ever known, Mohammed Ali, or Cassius Clay as he was originally known. Ali was to take on George Foreman in a fight that was to be called 'The Rumble in the Jungle' because it was to take place in Zaire (today's Republic of Congo). An ageing Ali, the punch and move boxer, who's favourite saying was “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee; The hands can't hit what the eyes can't see.” Ali, though, was the massive underdog to the younger, stronger, iron-fisted, hard hitting Foreman. Very few could see Ali coming away with a victory. In the first round Ali started dancing around the ring throwing his jabs. Foreman though had done his homework and was using one stride to force Ali around the inside perimeter of the ring. Ali realised that in the heat of the Jungle he could never keep moving for the full fight. In the corner at the end of the first round he said to Angelo Dundee his trainer that he had a new tactic. He said, “I am going to rope-a-dope”. Ali stopped running and retreated to the ropes and let Foreman throw punch after punch with flailing arms. All the punches were wayward or to places that didn't hurt. Ali was taunting Foreman with “come on George I thought you could hit.” With all the misplaced punches Foreman was tiring quickly. Even when he did hit Ali with what he thought was his best shot Ali just taunted him more laughing at Foreman. Eventually Foreman could hardly lift his arms and in eighth round Ali with his back on the ropes enticed Foreman forward. A number of Right hooks further followed by some combination punches and finished with a massive left hook Forman went down on the Canvas. He got up at eight but the referee counted him out. Aberdeen on Wednesday used a football version of Ali's tactics. Aberdeen roped-a-dope. Unfortunately it was against Rangers. They applied tactics that saw Rangers attacking punches fizzle out in a packed midfield. They let Rangers pass the ball in places where it did not hurt. They committed niggling fouls and taunted our leading scorer to a red card. They slowed the game down to crawling pace with a bit of help from the referee who blew his whistle for every bump on passing. You could almost hear the words ”Come on Rangers: is that the best you can do?” Unfortunately on the night it was the best we could do. The only difference to Rangers and Foreman was that the knock-out blow came after 7 minutes and other 83 minutes were just the pre-programmed nerve cells of a headless chicken making the movement. Gerrard said after the game that the team plan they had worked on all week was not adhered to and to be honest it was easy to see that it was Aberdeen's team plan we were watching. One last thing is that George Foreman said he learned a lesson that night and never made the same mistake again so let's hope Gerrard and this Rangers team will also learn from this very sore lesson. The players have now until Sunday to lick their wounds and get into shape for our visit to Dundee. Although Dundee are bottom of the league they have had an upsurge of form over the last few weeks drawing against St Mirren and Hibs and beating Hamilton at home 4-0 on Wednesday. Two players we know who will definitely not play are Scott Arfield and Alfredo Morelos. Both miss the game due to having received stupid red cards in recent games. As these two players have been our most productive in goals and probably creative play they are going to be a huge miss at Dens Park. You could see on Wednesday what a miss Arfield is with his darting late runs through the heart of defences. We just don't have another player with the will to burst a gut and make those piercing runs. Ejaria and Coulibaly work hard enough but in the months that they have been at Rangers their creative skills have been virtually nonexistent . With Morelos out that puts all our striking responsibilities on Kyle Lafferty. Big Kyle has had to play second fiddle to Morelos this season but with Morelos out for two possibly three games. Sunday gives him the chance to step up to the mark. Lafferty has never been the most popular at Ibrox amongst the supporters but shooting us back to the top of the league will enrich his hand no end. Left back is the other position that throws up questions. Many were surprised to see Jon Flanagan come in for Andy Halliday who had a good game against Hearts. Flanagan was substituted at Half-time as he has been in recent games due to poor form which must throw up the question whether Halliday was carrying an injury. Personally I hope Borna Barisic is fit again to play. He played 45 minutes for the reserves at the beginning of the week so with nearly a full week of training he really should be fit to play unless he has had a relapse. I am pretty sure Ejaria will be in the starting line-up as Rossiter does not seem to be an option. I have also no idea how far Andy Dallas is from the first team but we really need another striker on the bench. That said we must also not forget the deeds of opposing striker Kenny Miller who scored a hat-trick for Dundee on Wednesday It is time for Rangers to get straight back off the canvas and box clever. Beating Dundee is not punching above our weight. No more stupid red or yellow cards, just a footballing knock-out blow to secure the win. C'mon the Gers!!! Possible team:

I have already written one mate. I don't know how far on you are. Sorry i should have put that up when i started tonight.

We don't so much need a No.10 we need a player who can split defences with a pass and find that No10. Probably we need both in a perfect world.

Grezda was about the best player when he came on. He at least tries to take on a defender. That part of the game seemed to be missing in Middleton and we know it is not in Candeias's game. Gerrard was even screaming at Middleton to take on the defender. They were smart they let Goldson, McAuley and Flanagan have the ball but cut off all options they had.

Bring Docherty back, he is more direct than Ejaria.

It wasn't really left back. He was hoping to give him more room to take on the sheep player and push further up the pitch He wasn't expecting Middleton to do much defending.

If you have listened to the podcasts I have appeared in I have been saying for ages that Ejaria is not good enough. What I also don't understand is why was it Ejaria and Coulibally that were jumping for the ball in the build-up to their goal. Where were our air division in Goldson and McAuly surely that is the area they should have been defending.

Aberdeen came to play a spoiling game and it worked. Thank god we never got McInnes as a manager. Poor performance and again I don't see what Ejaria adds to this team except slowing the game down. Morelos had a shocker but that is what the press and media were playing for. He is a not the sharpest tool in the toolbox. Surely he knows by now that players are noising him up.

I can only add to the above. What a cracker of an article

Only if they come from Scotland I believe

I don't have time to read that just now but if you think that the whole world has gone mad just because a woman was asked if she can twerk and what Alfie has to put up with then then there is a great imbalance in the world.

Brilliant!

Liewell said at the tim AGM that the SFA had contacted him about the CAS (Court of Arbitration for Sport) case in Switzerland but since we have heard nothing. How long do they have to contest it? It was about 2011\12 I think, is there a sell by date on these things?

Yeh I love a Sunday evening and the chat that goes with it. As you say you build up a relationship with everyone. I talk to you guys on a Sunday longer than I talk to the wife on a Sunday. Talking about Rangers is all our hobby really. You really should just join the podders list as well though. If anyone else fancies a try at the podcast they are welcome to give us a shout. We can let you in for a listen in to see how it works an.

I think I seen that team but I was just too young to appreciate them.

Jesus from what I have heard he is already massive, don't make his head 3 times bigger. He won't get through the doors.