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24 minutes ago, the gunslinger said:

They will get a UEFA charge for it for sure though. 

 

I personally am just loving boric being there for it. 

As will Celtic. But at least the fine will have been worth it for Legia, they saved their flares for when the game was at its most tense and their team were under the cosh, it almost got them back in the game. The wee boys in the Celtic end were so excited to look like ultras that they just couldn’t wait so set them all off before kick off 

6 hours ago, Blue Moon said:

That was as tense a game as I remember but the atmosphere at the end was something else.  Hats off to Katic, Jack and Davis.  They carried us to the line and Alfie took us over.  I remember Souness talking about getting the spine of the team right and that was what won him the title in 87.  If we can keep these players and keep them fit they can do it.

Good post. This was probably one of Davis’ best games. Katic rose to the occasion and not for the first time in Europe. Jack was flawless again.

I would add Jones to your list because he came on and set up the winner. I was concerned that he was a “poor man’s Kent” when we signed him. Well, he’s making me look a bit silly because that’s his second big assist in Europe. Again he’s showing that he’s actually probably better than Kent at getting the ball in the box, whatever we say about the rest of his game. 

Barisic was worthy of a mention for me too. He looked as assured as I’ve ever seen him in a Rangers shirt. Playing sharp, crisp passes and flying forward and getting crosses in the box. We haven’t seen that from him in ages. 

6 hours ago, ian1964 said:

Maybe you need to watch the match again! it's good to see a ref trying to let the game flow, however he was hopeless in his decisions!

I’ve found every European ref we’ve had pretty disgraceful in how many fouls they give for nothing and stopping the game l constantly. Last week’s was probably the worst. I thought this ref was easily one of the best we’ve had and someone else on here said the same. It’s not saying much!

24 minutes ago, Gaffer said:

For me the perfect outcome is a team from England, Spain and Germany.  I want the biggest names back at Ibrox.  Fingers crossed for a glamour tie or three.

See how we’re 3rd bottom of the coefficient table all those teams? Well we don’t want to be there next season! We desperately need so get some coefficient points on the board to make it less of an uphill struggle progressing every season so the easier the games the better. Celtic will continue to get far easier games than us until we catch up with them and that has a knock on effect on the league. Even tonight they had an easy game (AIK were about 190th) 3 days before the OF while we played a team who were about 65th, a good 120 positions above us I think. 

1 minute ago, Bluedell said:

That was really funny. I guess it was meant to wind us up but everyone around me found it amusing. 

Probably an attempt to get us kicked out of Europe for chanting f the Pope 

19 minutes ago, pete said:

That is astounding. Why weren't they searched. Obviously not! It wasn't a sneaky one but almost all had one.

Not to mention the enormous Pope banner, who’s jacket did that fit under?

5 minutes ago, Franc Ergs said:

Fans of  Stuart Hall obviously . Didn't know they got "it's a knockout ' over there.

 

Pathetic stuff. They got what they deserved, hope preserved until the death and then shattered. 

2 minutes ago, Briton said:

Bar the terrible decision to pull play back when Tav was through I think he did okay

Yeh I thought that was a mistake, I thought he blew the whistle too quickly when it looked like the defender had it covered, doesn’t make sense otherwise and you could see from tavernier’s reaction that the ref was apologetic

What a result and what a feeling! Absolutely huge and how good was it to see the players and fans like that at the end. 

Just now, JFK-1 said:

The flares. I have a poor stream and couldn't see where it was coming from.

It must have been very poor  cough up for Rangers Tv! The ultras coordinated to set off all their flares at the same time in order to stop us when we were all over them. The game totally changed as a result after being stopped. They better get punished badly for that because it doesn’t get any more unsporting than that. 

Maybe I’m the only one but bar a couple of decisions I think this ref is the best we’ve had in Europe since we’ve been back. Yes he’s given a couple but there have been plenty he hasn’t given that other European refs would have given in a heartbeat, and he actually let the game flow too and kept his cards in his pocket. 

I’ve generally been a fan of Ojo and he can provide a bit of end product but he really lacks fight. 

Generally playing well I would say, Barisic has been really good. Playing like a man who knows there’s an old firm in a few days. Ojo the only disappointment for me, he’s been really poor. I think it’s time to give Jones a chance or bring on Kamara and push Aribo on. All in all I’m quite happy but we’re lacking quality in the final third again. 

Pretty much exactly as expected, although Barisic getting the nod will surprise a few. 

Just googled it, he used to pretend he was a Rangers blogger for the Daily Record. Hard to think of something that would prove your earlier point about them doing what they’re told any better.

14 minutes ago, Frankie said:

Jonny is a Rangers fan. 

 

I'm not saying some of the content isn't good but the source rules it out for me. 

He called himself a Hibs fan all the way through the podcasts 

6 hours ago, Frankie said:

Journalists' main consideration, even RFC supporting ones, is how their mortgage is paid at the end of the month.  They will write what they're told to write.

As you say each to their own, I can understand your view. Maybe once I've got some more miles on the clock I'll come to the same view. For now I listen because they almost always have Rangers leaning journalists on who are very balanced and provide good analysis. Last season it was actually hosted by a Hibs fans, Jonny McFarlane (now editor at footballscotland), who came across as being as pro Rangers as anyone. The way I look at it is at least they do provide good analysis of Rangers somewhere whilst the national broadcaster can barely bring themselves to spend a few minutes talking about even a big European win. I only listen in addition to the podcasts above so it's not a matter of replacing any.

1 hour ago, onevision said:

Hope the ref doesn't have a stinker and get boo'd tonight, goodness knows what sort of sanction will be imposed....

On a more serious note, any anti-UEFA banners or chants would result in an automatic charge. It's not hard to envisage some of our fans doing something like that.

11 minutes ago, cooponthewing said:

I don’t see how it can be? Our club has a Protestant heritage, and Ulster Scots connections. Some would say we should celebrate it rather than hide from it. The song is about the defence of Derry Protestants against an attacking catholic force. Cultural song and heritage. I think that was the opinion of a judge previously too?

Yeh I think it's safe, my point was really that due to how stringent their rules are and the fact Fare don't have an issue reporting us it would be good for the club to get assurances on songs like these.

4 hours ago, Frankie said:

Plenty to discuss then ahead of the game.

 

Barisic or Flanagan?  

Who starts further forward?

Do we rest anyone for Sunday?

Who would you pick?

Very good preview. One thing you mentioned was whether the officials will be wiser to their gamesmanship. Surely it will be far less of an issue because you can be sure that Ibrox will be going ballistic with that kind of thing. Far more pressure on both the Legia players and the ref. 

Barisic and Flanagan is a really interesting one. I'd normally say Flanagan but tonight I think Barisic. Barisic isn't just a free kick specialist he's excellent at corners too and that could very well be the difference in a tight game. He's better going forward too and I wasn't impressed with Legia as an attacking threat anyway.

I don't think we rest anyone for Sunday unfortunately. Celtic are in the same boat there though.

All in all it is very exciting to be where we are. I did not expect us to get so close to making the groups this season and to get there would be a huge boost. To go out to this Legia team would be a really big disappointment though simply because they are clearly just not very good.

31 minutes ago, onevision said:

Even though the fans were guilty the club should challenge this one.

None of us would object to a fine but it's the likely severity of the punishment that is the problem here. A club should have the chance to warn the fans that they may be forced to play behind closed doors if a song is sung. Nobody expected that. Especially when the same song went unpunished last season.

One of the admins on FF says that Rangers were informed on the evening of the St Joseph's game we were being reported, but were not informed of the punishment until 5pm on the night of the Legia game, giving the club no time to warn fans. I'm not a conspiracy theorist but that is very bad form from UEFA. 

28 minutes ago, ian1964 said:

Cos it is just big bad Rangers that FARE are interested in! Separate Entity FC fans showered Cluj players with missiles as well, nothing to see here!

I don't know how the timing works with these fines (they took ages to fine us from the St Josephs) but there is no way Celtic will get off with that. 

Only thing I would say is that they normally have more Rangers friendly guys on like Scott McDermott who I don't think would ever post unbalanced stuff on Rangers.

1 hour ago, ranger_syntax said:

Do you, by any chance, want to listen to a podcast about Rangers?

 

Here are a few options so that you can avoid listening to anything provided by the legacy media outlets:

 

Heart and Hand: The curious case of the Bornagain left back

4LadsHadADream: Episode 4

Gersnet: Beat the heat

By the reference to legacy media outlets do you mean you wouldn’t listen to Record Rangers? I actually think Record Rangers is a good listen and I find it interesting to hear guys who aren’t overt fans talk about us.