Bill

It's usual for a new dawn to start with some light on the horizon. I just haven't seen any.

It's still early days and of course the jury is still out but I think there's a gnawing anxiety spreading across the support in general that we might have signed a number of duds this summer. No one wants to arrive at any conclusions while hope remains that things might yet improve but if the evidence of our eyes continues to stoke our fears then there's going to be hell to pay.

I wish I could believe that but here in the land of false dawns I think we all know it won't.

They should be concerned, given they have gone backwards over the summer, but that doesn't reduce the concerns we should be harbouring towards the direction of our own club.

We are essentially the same side that Gerrard left. Some different players, form sometimes up, sometimes down, but the football is essentially the same and progress virtually non-existent. For a manager who likes to talk so much, have you ever heard Beale say out loud where we're going as a team or what the football will look like when we get there. I sure hope it includes being able to retain possession of the ball for more that five seconds.

The usual spectrum of reactions to another humiliation in Europe. Some wanting to trivialise the defeat and quickly move beyond it, some seeing the end of the world in every goal we lose. It was always thus and I suppose it just reflects the different ways people try to cope with disappointment. What's perhaps less emotional is the realisation that after a raft of close season signings, a rake of pre-season friendlies and now several competitive games, we simply haven't brought any discernible change to the football we play or significantly addressed our long-standing weaknesses. If anyone knows where Beale is taking us or whether there's a cat's chance in hell of ever getting there, please lift my gloom by sharing it with me. I appreciate PSV have a far bigger budget than us but I'm not sure I can even see any progress against the likes of Ross County or Livingston and any optimism I had about seeing off Celtic for the title is currently hanging by an uncertain thread. Something is far from right and nothing I'm seeing from players or manager suggests a season of different outcomes. We seem marooned in mediocrity.

No but losing 5 goals wasn’t in the picture either.

It’s disarray at times. Which is concerning.

It’s difficult to imagine what Beale is waiting for

If we don’t change this we’ll be playing this game in our own penalty box. I’d take off Raskin, Matondo and Lundstram at half time and bring on Jack, Sima and Lammers.

I see Tamundo has recaptured his form of last season. Hopeless really.

PSV are far ahead of us I’m afraid. I think we can safely say we’re not winning this one.

Someone really should break the news that juju doesn’t actually exist. 😱

I hope I'm wrong but I think this will be the end of our CL campaign for another year. Just came too soon.

Both Jack and Lundstram in the same midfield hardly ever works.

If we put out a team that's too heavily based on defending then we're just throwing the game away. By far our best hope lies in being able to able to pressurise their rather shaky defence. Besides, we don't yet have anything to defend.

Clearly, going by the stampede to sign him, the entire football world thinks Glen Kamara would enhance their team. I really hope this guy isn't going to continue as a burden on our salary bill.

I think we'll need at least a couple of different formations against PSV but I can see us starting with something like Butland Tavernier Goldson Souttar Barisic Jack Cifu Raskin Cantwell Matondo Sima

Is that what used to be BT Sport?

I was assuming it would be on RTV ???????

Piss on the Juju.

Absolutely the best move for King. The alternative is the prospect of never kicking a ball in anger this season.

You can't dwell on that. Repeat after me ...... "fuck them"

PSV 3 Rangers 1 FGS - Souttar

Sorry but the idea that 7000 Celtic fans in Ibrox is a prerequisite for a successful Rangers brand is risible. As is the idea that we will somehow get more TV money if we deny seats to Rangers fans ..... how did that work out when they had the entire Broomloan stand? But please feel free to explain how this "much bigger TV contract" will be secured 😆. As for "poisonous atmosphere", I think you're trying to translate the atmosphere in the stadium to what comes across on TV, even though the two are completely different.