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Today was “Blue Monday” - the name typically given to the third Monday of January which is reported to be the most depressing day of the year. However, there is little for Rangers fans to be blue about; on the contrary January appears to have invigorated the team on the park who have recovered from a perceived mini slump in form and went on to score 15 goals thus far this year for the loss of just 2. The excellent passing game and newfound zest has put the pressure firmly back on to our closest rivals who drew their own game recently and allowed Rangers to stretch their lead at the top of the table to 5 points, with Peter Houston the Falkirk manager remarking that Rangers look “ a wee bit ahead of the rest”.

While there is no room for complacency, there is no doubt Rangers are the best team in the Championship and are firmly in the driving seat for the title and automatic promotion.

With Mark Warburton moving quickly in the latest transfer window to land Crooks, Forrester, Gostomski and Windass and the possible addition of “one or two others” – most likely O’halloran and Diagouraga, the last two transfer windows will have seen Warburton sign upwards of 13 players as he seeks a continual increase in quality and competition for places on the park, while never forgetting his watchword - “value”.

Off the park, half year losses have been reportedly reduced to just below £500K. Given the club published £2.6 million pre-tax loss for the six months to December 31 2014 and £3.53 million loss reported the prior year (2013) for the same time period, this cannot be viewed as anything other than a significant improvement in the clubs finances. Couple to this the attempt to ring fence £300K of cash by 802 Works being denied in court, with the “insolvency” bogeyman being soundly kicked into touch and the naysayers being made to look just a little silly, it is safe to say its hasn’t been a bad week off the park either.

Looking further afield in Scottish football, it would be remiss of me not to mention the current woes of Dundee Utd who at the time of writing lie 14 points adrift of 2nd bottom in the Premiership and are staring relegation squarely in the face. I doubt any Rangers fan will shed a tear if, as the form of both clubs suggests, we pass them on the way back up to the SPFL.

So, Blue Monday may indeed have had an adverse effect on many people, but it was not immediately noticeable around Ibrox way - and is in fact, rather aptly named.

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Today was “Blue Monday” - the name typically given to the third Monday of January which is reported to be the most depressing day of the year. However, there is little for Rangers fans to be blue about; on the contrary January appears to have invigorated the team on the park who have recovered from a perceived mini slump in form and went on to score 15 goals thus far this year for the loss of just 2. The excellent passing game and newfound zest has put the pressure firmly back on to our closest rivals who drew their own game recently and allowed Rangers to stretch their lead at the top of the table to 5 points, with Peter Houston the Falkirk manager remarking that Rangers look “ a wee bit ahead of the rest”.

While there is no room for complacency, there is no doubt Rangers are the best team in the Championship and are firmly in the driving seat for the title and automatic promotion.

With Mark Warburton moving quickly in the latest transfer window to land Crooks, Forrester, Gostomski and Windass and the possible addition of “one or two others” – most likely O’halloran and Diagouraga, the last two transfer windows will have seen Warburton sign upwards of 13 players as he seeks a continual increase in quality and competition for places on the park, while never forgetting his watchword - “value”.

Off the park, half year losses have been reportedly reduced to just below £500K. Given the club published £2.6 million pre-tax loss for the six months to December 31 2014 and £3.53 million loss reported the prior year (2013) for the same time period, this cannot be viewed as anything other than a significant improvement in the clubs finances. Couple to this the attempt to ring fence £300K of cash by 802 Works being denied in court, with the “insolvency” bogeyman being soundly kicked into touch and the naysayers being made to look just a little silly, it is safe to say its hasn’t been a bad week off the park either.

Looking further afield in Scottish football, it would be remiss of me not to mention the current woes of Dundee Utd who at the time of writing lie 14 points adrift of 2nd bottom in the Premiership and are staring relegation squarely in the face. I doubt any Rangers fan will shed a tear if, as the form of both clubs suggests, we pass them on the way back up to the SPFL.

So, Blue Monday may indeed have had an adverse effect on many people, but it was not immediately noticeable around Ibrox way - and is in fact, rather aptly named.

As far as I'm concerned they rename all Mondays to Blue Monday.

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Top post Cushy, it's quite a strange feeling when things seem to be going our way for a change, thanks for the round-up mate, heartwarming indeed.

:uk:

Where I live, ROUNDUP is a poison that wipes out everything in sight, so I think we can say that in the roundup of 2016 so far, we have fairly well killed everything in our path. :D

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