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Looks like it's worked out perfectly. Celtic publicly announce they've rejected a big bid and he's going nowhere. Dembele publicly tweets his frustration and implies he had given Lyon his word. I'm not expecting a particularly fruitful 6 months for Dembele before the next transfer window opens. It really does seem the tide of good and bad luck has started to turn. For so long it seemed that kind of stuff was only happening to us,

What an exciting draw. Copenhagen pulled off the shock of the round putting out Atalanta, which makes pot 2 look a bit better for us. Dudelange (and Progres) showing Europe that teams from Luxembourg are now serious opponents. They've had a remarkable run. I'm hoping for; Anderlecht, Ludogorets, Malmo, Rangers What I expect; Chelsea, AC Milan, RB Leipzig, Rangers

Don't tell the obsessed this they'll be on suicide watch

Just listened to it. The section on Rangers was absolutely fine and very positive. But who is the editor who chose to give us a fraction of the timeslot Celtic got? They described our result as a remarkable achievement along with many other superlatives, but a routine win over some diddies from Lithuania get more than 4 times more discussion, bizarre.

No way? Again, as far as I know they claim the only change in their relationship to Rangers is that they don’t send reporters to Ibrox. That is so dishonest. It really sounds like a Celtic fans forum podcast listening to sportsound after a Celtic game.

Seeing a few headlines saying we “scraped through”. I wonder if we’re the first team ever to “scrape through” with a 2 goal cushion?

Just seeing the replay, Ufa's defenders diving yet again to bail themselves out in the lead up to Morelos's first yellow

Aaaaand Gerrard is still unbeaten ?

Cheats!!! ?

Kent looked dangerous one minute and almost scored, the next he makes a terrible decision not to play in Lafferty and Ufa counter attack

I agree that would make a difference. Can't help but wonder what McKay would be like with Barisic, his partnership on the left with Wallace brought out the best in him with his passing range.

I'd like to think so but Kent seems to be a favourite of the gaffer. There's also the small matter of staying in Liverpool's good books. Kent suits the pressing game well though and does offer plenty to the team, my problem is his lack of end product too. In a recent press conference he was saying he wants to have more to show for his effort in terms of goals and assists but I think that's going to be difficult as long as he insists on running towards the centre all the time. Middleton for me is much more likely to get an assist because of the way he tries to get round the outside and in behind the full backs.

Far too expensive for us unfortunately. By the time his loan is up he'll only have another year left on his deal though so who knows. He's a homegrown boy though who wouldn't take leaving NF lightly.

The fees mentioned vary wildly but the most common number seems to be £15m. Tbh I'd have rathered he stayed because his value would continue to decrease as his contract ran down and his performances continued to stagnate. On the other hand they don't have much time left in the window to find a replacement and if they don't find a replacement he's going nowhere and they have one unhappy boy on their hands. Good pre for the old firm. https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/3135061/moussa-dembele-lyon-personal-terms-bid-celtic-transfer-news/

I think this is speculation. Goes against what Gerrard has said. Only way it could be true is if Gerrard has changed his mind on formation and want to be playing with 2 strikers. If so we'd be a striker short.

Very detailed article on Grezda. The video on there is better than any I’ve found on YouTube too. What a signing by Allen and his team. They’re building something big here and turning the club around with prospects like this. I predict we’ll be breaking our record transfer fee received in the next few years.

Joe Worrall is due at Rangers for a medical on Thursday after the Ibrox side agreed a loan fee with Nottingham Forest. Steven Gerrard has described the England Under-21 defender as a “fantastic” player after watching him six times last year. The Rangers boss made personal contact with Forest over the weekend to assure the Championship outfit Worall will feature regularly in Scotland. Gerrard is anxious to bolster his backline after a 3-3 draw at Motherwell on Sunday. Rangers are now set to finalise a season-loan loan for the 21-year-old stopper before Friday's deadline and the defender travelled north on Wednesday. Rangers also considered free agent Gareth McAuley and Aston Villa's Tommy Elphick to shore up their backline. But Worrall, who has made 49 Championship starts, is Gerrard's first choice. Forest are trying to recoup cash after paying over £20million for 11 new players this summer. Worrall will be available for Sunday's clash with Celtic but is unlikely to feature after not playing this term having slipped to fifth choice centre-back at the City Ground under Aitor Karanka. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-transfer-news/joe-worrall-due-rangers-medical-13160867

Tomorrow could be a big day for Ross McCrorie. He seems an obvious defensive substitution to make later in the game, maybe for Ejaria or Arfield. Especially if we are having to defend set pieces. And yet again our opponents have been mouthy, shown us no respect and made Gerrard’s team talk easy for him.

Have you read much about him? Captain of England U21s. Gerrard says he’s followed his England youth career and says he’s fantastic. Big guy at 6ft 4 has 1 and a half full seasons starting in the Championship with NF. Performances drew a £12m bid from Burnley. Karanka came in as manager and brought in his own players rather than relying on someone so young. Tbh Karanka reminds me a bit of Caixinha and I don’t think he’ll last. NF fans like Worrall and want him back, they seem to think he’s very unlucky to be out of the picture.

Unfortunately not. A left footed CB is a good thing to have. Noticed Katic often having to use the outside of his right foot when under pressure.

Tell me about it! So annoying it's on at that time.

I'd sooner go 4-4-2 and be accused of being a prehistoric dinosaur to accomodate Lafferty and Morelos Anyway before we get chastened by @der Berliner for digressing, Jak Alnwick is apparently off to Scunthorpe on loan. So that's another wage shifted.

I don't know how you don't. The home-away order has been needlessly interrupted giving us a tougher start to the season than anyone else in the league, and that is despite the SPFL knowing when they made up the fixtures that we were one of only 4 teams with European games during that time period. Contrast this to another Scottish side we know who are playing in Europe who only have 1 away game in this period. History tells us that a European game prior to an away game is the most likely indicator that points will be dropped. That has happened countless times for both sides of the old firm over the years, and so it has proved for us already. The bullishness of some of the folk on here is naive. Of course we have to play all these games at some point, but a good start does matter (more so with the new manager obviously) and there was no reason or excuse given for us having to play an extra away game in our pre-international break games. If there was a reason for it like a postponed game there would be no complaints.

Personal preference maybe but I don’t get the hype around 3-5-2, I’ve never liked it from playing experience. It was a decent option when you were up against far superior opponents and suited long ball, but always a poor option if you want to play good football. I thought England looked terrible playing it at the WC too. Just my opinion but I hope it won’t be used regularly.

Rumours that Gerrard has spoken personally to NF making a case for Joe Worrall to come to Rangers and that Worrall himself is keen. Despite my reservations about doing a Celtic and spending too much money on a loan I think this guy would be a fantastic addition to the squad in our weakest spot in terms of depth. Although I'm a little worried we'll be playing 3-5-2 more often given the calibre of CB Worrall is ?