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There are some who are saying that as Soutar will be coming in the summer, there is no need to pay anything to get him now. Bearing in mind we rate him enough to sign him, I'm sure we'd take him now if the price is right. On the other side, Hearts are making all the noise now and talking up the price for him to go now. This is standard fare in this type of situation. As the deadline nears, common sense usually takes over and he goes for a reasonable sum. As the Hearts fans have taken against Soutar, this will only get worse if he stays and Hearts will end up not playing him. From Hearts point of view it makes no sense to keep him. It would not surprise me if he comes to Rangers. Hearts will claim they have secured a large fee, thus satisfying their baying fans. Meanwhile Soutar settles in to Ibrox, becomes a favourite of our fans and a hate figure for the Tynecastle morons.

Rangers 2 - 0 Livingston FGS Sakala

Sakala for me. Most of the play seemed to be from his side of the pitch, particularly in the first half. Never stopped running and scared a good goal.

Rangers 4 - 0 Stirling Albion FGS Itten

I'm reassured.

I hope Sands is ready for this. His physique does not look very robust and it would not surprise me if Aberdeen target him.

I was at Arbroath as well that day, right behind the goal. Stein scored his hat trick in about 5 minutes.

Aberdeen 0 - 2 Rangers FGS Morelos

Yes, but is he Quick Sands?

You can say what you like about Ian Wright as an individual but to claim every black person is the same is getting into very dodgy ground.

Have a good Christmas and above all - don't let the b.... get you down.

Rangers 2 - 0 St Mirren FGS Morelos

Maybe Ange was sounding them out about buying Aribo in January

Rangers 2 - 0 Dundee Utd FGS Morelos

Good point about conserving energy. When we are playing 2 games a week, it's understandable that the intensity falls off in the second half. That's why an early goal makes life so much easier and that's why other teams play so deep to frustrate us. Though having said all that, it would be nice to have a 3 goal margin before we begin to play out the game. At the moment we just don't look like being beaten. Celtic are hanging on by their fingertips. One slip and they are gone.

Rangers 3 - 0 St Johnstone FGS Morelos

It’s interesting that, so far, under GvB we’ve become more consistent in our performances. Previously we could be very poor one game and outstanding in the next game. I think this is down to the defence being much better. Goldson now seems to be commanding again and Barasic is defending well. Between them they seem to be looking after Bassey, who is improving in his role. A few weeks back there were calls for McGregor to be dropped. Now he seems back to his best. Not having Tavernier and Barasic so high up so often makes the defence more compact . The team just seems more balanced and playing with confidence. It could be down to who we have been playing. The Dundee game aside, all the games have been potentially tricky so we’ve not been going gung-ho so there has been more emphasis on having the defence functioning well. I don’t begin to fully understand the subtle changes in our tactics but I like what I see.

Hearts 0 - 2 Rangers FGS Morelos

Lyon 1 - 1 Rangers FGS. Roofe

Rangers 3 - 0 Dundee FGS Sakala

Hibernian 0 - 2 Rangers FGS Morelos

Livingston 0 - 1 Rangers FGS Morelos

Rangers 1 - 0 Sparta Prague FGS Aribo

I’m going to stick my neck out here. From what I’ve read to date, I do not expect anyone to agree with me😊. I do not think that yesterday’s result was inevitable. A few weeks ago it was being said that our performance against Motherwell was the most complete performance of the year. Against Ross County, we played well and won easily. I know these are hardly world beating teams we were playing against but neither are Hibs. Because we are so inconsistent, it’s hit and miss whether we’ll get a good performance or not so talk of inevitability of being beaten by Hibs side… well I just don’t agree. From past performances, the most likely outcome was to not play particularly well but to eventually come out on top. That’s how we are top of the league. Because of the inconsistency, we could just as easily have blown Hibs away or, as turned out, gifted them the game. If (big if!) we can address the inconsistency, we will have little to fear. Glass half-full Loyal

Forget hoodoos. Forget bogey sides. Modern football is all about facing what is coming and not looking to the past. While a semi is a semi and anything can happen on the day, the present Rangers team has nothing to fear from Hibs. A big day for Tavernier to show his captain's credentials and lead the team to victory.