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Very pleasing that half, the players are on it, what has been an horrendous run of fixtures we are still looking hungry and committed, I would really love another couple of goals though. greedy bassa that I am

Right now I am struggling to say what player is best! Aribo, Kent, Jack, Kamara, Barisic are all playing so well, and Defoe's movement is superb

They look like they are on a mission! just need to keep it up 2nd half

Excellent 1st half, 2 excellent goals, the match is ours to lose, let's hope we don't take our foot off the gas, we could go on and score a lot more if we keep the same tempo and quality

Admin, be as well making this the match thread.

Spot on mate

Jermain Defoe chats to RangersTV ahead of a visit to Easter Road. https://rangers.co.uk/tv/view?it=18127&act=view&c=News

Thing is, I for one don't want him shouting his mouth off, but I would like him mentioning certain issues as he/we see them, it's almost as if he has been told not to do that!

The Rangers boss said: "Filip won't be seen again until after the winter break. It's a foot issue. I'm not a doctor but I'm told it's a unique injury. "The doctor told me that in his 25-year experience in medicine, he had only seen this issue on a couple of occasions. It's a difficult one to put an exact date on the time he will be out. "But he is going to be in a boot for four to six weeks. That's the starter pack so let's go from there and see how it progresses. "I think he's been in the boot for a couple of weeks now so he will be in a boot until after Christmas and then it will be a case of building the fitness back up and whether there is a reaction from the injury because it's quite a rare one." Gerrard, meanwhile, has confirmed Rangers' squad is poised for a January cull. Matt Polster, Jamie Murphy and Greg Docherty are set to be made available and loanee Andy King is likely to be sent back to Leicester City. Glenn Middleton, due to return from a loan at Friday's opponents Hibs, could be farmed out again. Gerrard said: "There will be people leaving the football club in the window but I respect my players and won't name any individuals for now. "You have to be honest with players and respect them. Unfortunately, we can only pick an 18 man squad." Gerrard will be without top-scorer Alfredo Morelos after his Fir Park dismissal and the Ibrox boss revealed the striker had made his frustrations clear. He said: "I think Alfredo has apologised to his team-mates after the Motherwell situation, but that's not important now. "We have to focus on what's available to us. Alfredo has been different. You can see in his face he's disappointed not to be available. He's not a man who hides that disappointment very well. "You can see even in today's session that he's gutted." https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/filip-helander-blow-rangers-steven-21128287

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Every match is vital for us just now, I don't expect Separate Entity FC to drop many more points, we just need to keep winning. Of course Morelos will be a huge miss, however we have been creating loads of chances for him and if we just keep doing the same with Defoe I think he can bag a goal or two, we just need to keep playing the way we are and hope Defoe can take advantage of his chance. Of course, as usual! we have to depend on the officials to protect all players, every team we play are allowed to assault/injure our players at will and I see this as the biggest hurdle.

Man who gave evidence against Celtic Boys' Club sex beast Frank Cairney dies after being 'crushed' by appeal blow The man bravely spoke out about the abuse carried out by the evil paedophile only to later see his evidence quashed on appeal due to a prosecution blunder. A man who bravely gave evidence against Celtic Boys’ Club beast Frank Cairney only to see his testimony quashed on appeal has tragically died. And the Daily Record can reveal that it was a prosecution blunder that led to evil paedophile Cairney getting a year off his four-year sentence. We are not naming the man at the request of his family. He is thought to have suffered a heart attack at his home after facing the anguish of seeing his evidence against Cairney quashed by the appeal court. He died, aged 60, less than two weeks after the appeal court judgment. His daughter said: “Cairney stole my dad’s childhood, stole my dad’s innocence and sentenced him to a lifetime of silence. “Dad had said he would fight this decision but the decision had left him crushed.” The Daily Record can reveal the Crown failed to ask the man about his previous convictions in England, going back to 1980. Cairney’s defence team seized on the fact the convictions had not been revealed to the jury, leading to the appeal that saw his sentence reduced. The Crown Office has told the Record it is “deeply regrettable” one of Cairney's convictions has been quashed and it is “reviewing its practices”. It means Cairney, 84, could be freed as early as August. Before he died, the man told the Record: “It is an outrage. I did the right thing by coming forward and going through the ordeal of court. “The Crown never even asked me about convictions in England. If they had, I would have told them.” The former Celtic Boys’ Club player spent more than two-and-a-half hours in the witness box at Hamilton Sheriff Court last year. Cairney was jailed for four years but that has now been reduced to three years. Eight men – who did not know each other – gave powerful testimony of the predatory sexual abuse carried out by Cairney from 1965 to 1986. The man thought some kind of justice had finally be done but was left “shattered” by his experience. He said: “There is no justice. This makes me ashamed to be Scottish. “After the trial I was interviewed by the Daily Record. The first question they asked was if I had any previous convictions. I said right away that I did and disclosed them to the Record. “If the Crown had asked me this ahead of the trial I would have told them right away. “I was abused in 1974 and after all these years I don’t know what to do or who to turn to. I’m convinced that if the jury had been told of my previous convictions, my evidence, which was 100 per cent truth, would have been accepted by the jury. “It was extremely difficult to see Cairney’s face in court – one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do in my life.” Cairney’s appeal hinged on the man’s convictions in England for dishonesty. He said: “The reason I was in London was because I couldn’t get out of Glasgow quick enough after what Cairney did to me. The convictions were as a result of my state of mind. I had been sexually abused as a child.” Lord Justice General Lord Carloway, Lord Drummond Young and Lord Turnbull overturned Cairney’s conviction on the specific charge three weeks ago. Eight convictions still stand against him. The appeal court judges’ ruling stated: “The Crown had not accessed the Police National Computer, to which the police had access and which recorded all UK convictions. The Crown could readily have checked the PNC, which regularly provided data on previous convictions for use in prosecutions. “The Crown ought to have disclosed the convictions... “There was a duty on the Crown to disclose the criminal history of complainers if known, but no routine check was carried out to find criminal records in jurisdictions other than Scotland.” In May, the Record revealed that Celtic FC investigated and cleared Celtic Boys’ Club bosses of any wrongdoing in the 80s. This is at odds with Celtic FC’s contention that the two were entirely separate entities. Jim Torbett, 71, the founder of the boys’ club, was jailed for two years in 1998 and for six years last November for a string of sex abuse against children. Another predatory paedophile Jim McCafferty, 73, another CBC coach and Celtic FC kitman, was jailed for six years and nine months in May. Gerald King, 66, a former CBC chairman, was convicted of abusing four boys and one girl at a school in Glasgow but avoided a jail term. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/man-who-gave-evidence-against-21125041

Which has me worried!!!!

Man United and Spurs have entered the transfer race for Rangers starlet Leon King, according to reports. The Athletic claims the 15-year-old is no closer to signing a professional contract with the Light Blues and that the two English Premier League giants are interested in signing him. Last month it emerged highly-rated defender King had rejected a new Gers deal. Man City, Liverpool and Chelsea - as well as RB Leipzig - are said to have been monitoring the teenager’s situation. But it appears Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Red Devils and Jose Mourinho’s London side have stolen a march on their rivals. King - who made his U-20s debut aged just 14 in November 2018 - can’t sign a professional contract until he turns 16 in January. Last year development gaffer Graeme Murty said: “He’s someone who is getting a lot of press now because he’s quite young but he’s there on merit. "We don’t hesitate in pushing them forward if we think we can extend their learning and that’s what it’s about. "It’s about making sure that Leon is challenged to the right level. “There will be a time that he drops to his own age and we expect him to be the best player on the pitch, regardless of who else is on it. "And there will be a time when he plays a couple of years up and we expect it to be a struggle for him. “And then if we throw him into a game like this (UEFA Youth League) and really make him struggle, that’s where his development will accelerate the fastest. "We just need to make sure we’re mindful of his age and we do it at the right time.” In 2017, the Light Blues lost Billy Gilmour to Chelsea after the midfield sensation rejected a new contract. The English Premier League side agreed a £500,000 fee with Gers to take Gilmour down south. He’s made four senior appearances for Frank Lampard’s Blues this season. https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/5081952/rangers-news-leon-king-man-united-spurs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1576680852