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We were good in spells. But as I pointed out in another thread, our goals tally of 76 is not impressive. It's actually our lowest goals tally since 2006-07 under Paul Le Guen. The fact we were top scorers on 76 says far more about the world beating, attacking football maestro Brenda than it does about us.

I think it's a good thing to be in the 1st round because it creates a sense of urgency around recruitment and training early on which is probably a good thing. And as someone else mentioned it generates revenue for the club which won't go amiss.

I think it was Colin who mentioned in the Podcast that despite being top scorers this season we don't actually appear to create that many chances. I think one of the biggest problems with 4-2-3-1 has been the fact that we don't have a real playmaker/trequartista in the squad to play behind the striker. We haven't had a player like that in a long time and I'd love to see Gerrard sign one. Windass has taken flak for his disappearing act but he's just not that kind of player and it's no wonder the position often didn't work for him. He's an excellent goalscorer but he's not the technical, creative pass-master you need in that position to link the midfield to attack and feed the wingers and forward with clever through balls. I don't know if there are any other Italian football fans here but I always thought Alessandro Rosina was a great example of this kind of player when he was at Torino who wasn't too expensive for Rangers. David Silva and Luka Modric come to mind at the elite level. I'm not sure who is out there at our level these days (because I don't play Football Manager anymore) but there's got to be someone. @Rousseau might have a suggestion?

Ah apologies. That makes for much better reading. There are a few sides in the Balkans in there too who would be a decent draw.

Definitely a few potential banana skins in there. We’ll certainly want to dodge Partizan, Molde, Lech Poznan, Tbilisi and the Sofias I’d suggest. The ideal draw would an Irish team because the travel wouldn’t disrupt things as much for the team and it would be an easy game.

I really hope we don’t waste more money on veterans at centre back. There’s absolutely no chance we’ve bid £4m for Skrtel though. Liverpool sold him for £5m 2 years ago when he was 31. The Brighton guy sounds like a good prospect. I’m confident those are the kind of guys Allen will be looking at.

As with most words Google and every dictionary provides more than one definiton and every single one of them include the defintion I've given with the title "Derogatory/Offensive" and that is the definition which is clearly in common usage in Glasgow. I don't seem to be making any friends in this thread and I've got nothing to add so I think I'll bow out there.

No because it's obviously a derogatory term for an RC. As I've said, the key is that it singles out someone's religion as the reason for violence. If the argument is made that it's more to do with being Irish than religion then you're just moving from religion to race. It is clearly not commonly understood today to mean a republican or simply a Celtic fan.

It doesn't matter what the word originally meant, today pretty much everybody understands it as a reference to someone being a catholic. It doesn't matter what's intended, as long as the word in the song is a synonym to Catholic to most people it will be seen a song which promotes violence based on religion/race

Ouch. Those are some seriously good sides to meet so early on. I've had a look at that Wikipedia page and it looks like it will be pot luck whether we make it to the group stages because there's no way we're going to be good enough to beat the likes of Sevilla, Leipzig, Zenit etc.

It sounds vague but I think there are a number of qualities which make players "tough" or "fighters". Bravery, aggression, stregth, tackling, stamina and work rate are a few. I'd love to see Jordan Rossiter at peak fitness because I think he'd epitomise this kind of player. And although it all sounds very old fashioned, but you'll understand that the best modern possession sides place a huge emphasis on pressing and winning the ball back fast when they lose possession. Players with as many of these qualities as possible in your team would go a long way to achieving that. Ross McCrorie made more tackles than anyone against Kilmarnock a few weeks ago even though he only came on at half time. Those are the kind of players we need in the team imo.

The word fen1an is another word for Roman Catholic. The French national anthem doesn't single out a race or religion for violence but TBB does.

I think that is harsh. Abstentions all round would not have put us down. Only Yes votes.

Very good podcast. Looking ahead to next season I think we have every reason to be optimistic. Our own squad looks like it will be far stronger by the end of the summer. Aberdeen & Hibs' squads have already been decimated by half their starting line-up returning to their own clubs. European football is coming and I expect Gerrard to deliver group stages.

"We're up the knees in fen1an blood, surrender or you'll die"..?

Sorry I should have read the rest of the comments! Are people really suggesting the best course of action is to leave the side with no fans at away games? I would suggest that the fans have played their part in the club's great form on the road this season.

To be fair to Killie they were the only ones who didn't vote to relegate us.

It will be genuinely interesting to see if he goes and how much for. It will test what Rodgers really think of him. It could also affect how much we get for Morelos if he get his head back in the game next season.

Quite remarkable. However we've left ourselves with no leg to stand on by constantly singing the billy boys.

If this is true he will be 25k a week, £5.3m over the 4 years. That seems an awful lot of money for someone coming into the twilight of their career to me. https://www.footballinsider247.com/deal-announced-today-rangers-agree-term-sof/

Couldnt agree more. Jumping on a lefty bandwagon, let’s hope Rangers don’t waste a penny on this kind of nonsense. Don’t be surprised to see a few people coming in with empty carrier bags and leaving with full ones!

I don't know why this was being reported as news. He was asked whether Rangers had first option to buy him at the end of the loan and he confirmed that we did which we all already knew.

When you watch the press conference you can't help but be really pleased for the guy and excited to see him pull on the jersey. I remember his goal against us in a friendly a couple of seasons back which was very well taken. Very exciting times seeing how the squad shapes up between now and that first European game!

Slightly off topic, but did anyone hear on the night of the Aberdeen games the BBC pundits comparing the total value of the Rangers and Celtic squads? They estimated Celtic's team was worth £80m in transfer fees and ours was £15m. They were responding to Dave King's pack of cards claim and seemed to be really enjoying debunking it. But to claim selling our whole team would only raise £15m was a bit of an insult I thought.

Those numbers sound probably too good to be true I'd suggest. I would be very underwhelmed by Declan John being replaced by an 18 year old on loan. Regarding McBurnie, I've seen very little of him but from what I've heard and read £4m would be good value and we'd more than make our money back on him. However we all know if £4m is being spent it should be on a centre back.