SPFL Shambles

[Bad Robot 21,147]

1 minute ago, born a blue nose said:

No sure we can sign him yet mate, fuck knows though 

Ok Milner then lol

[bluenoz 30,808]

Brown? Sutton? Scum urinating on our sacred grounds?  This is just the beginning...

And yet some fans aren't fussed about giving them a tainted title because it doesn't really count.

[Bad Robot 21,147]

2 hours ago, British_Empire said:

What's BCD stand for mate?

I'm going to feel really stupid when I find out - I just know it  

😂

[Teamgers 1,214]

Fucking strip deal!! Fuck sake Rangers give us some bottle and call these cunts out!

[BlueThunder 8,453]

2 hours ago, Dickie1963 said:

I am sure its confirmation of Castore as kit supplier.

No hint of what strips will look like.

I’m reliably informed we are returning to our traditional blue and white hoops from 1879-1883.

 

 

 

[Dickie1963 2,352]

7 hours ago, MorelosRangers said:

Source?

Guess

[Brackley 1,400]

[Copland bear 7,966]

19 hours ago, Jimbeamjunior said:

They can spout reconstruction all they want, but unless reconstruction can cover the loss of games against us and the tarriers, and cover the cost of less money distributed to every club, then it will continue to be voted down 

Especially if BT claw back some of next seasons tv money for this uncompleted season

If they are crowned champions then every bear should be on to BT demanding a refund,  as I have told BT on many occasions it all about the Rangers , I could not give a flying fuck about any other team on tv,

[Dave Hedgehog 10,673]

Have to laugh at bheasts fans comments on our strip deal.

I can buy an Adidas hoodie from Sports Direct for £50.

I can buy a Castore hoodie from Harrods for £165.

And they say we have went cheap 😂

 

[MacBoyd 5,438]

50 minutes ago, Dave Hedgehog said:

Have to laugh at bheasts fans comments on our strip deal.

I can buy an Adidas hoodie from Sports Direct for £50.

I can buy a Castore hoodie from Harrods for £165.

And they say we have went cheap 😂

 

And you could get an adidas hoodie for £20 tbh

[GersInCanada 7,775]

scum on bikes on their holidays and all I wonder is whether it was Doncaster taking the photographs. 

[GersInCanada 7,775]

https://Rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/Rangers-announce-historic-new-partnership-with-castore/

So the 9am thing was to do with Castore. That should help with funding the upcoming legal battle.

[GersInCanada 7,775]

Snippet from the story

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Steven Gerrard, Rangers manager, said: “This is a significant moment for our football club. The Beahon brothers, like myself, are proud of our Liverpudlian roots.

“Liverpool and Glasgow are proud cities. In both cities, the city makes the football club, and the football club makes the city.

“These guys understand the level of expectation on the clubs in our cities, that goes beyond simply winning football matches. This is a way of life. It is about setting the standard in every single facet of our club. It is about bringing everyone wearing that badge together. Castore get it.’’

Tom Beahon, Castore Co-Founder, commented: “In our search for our first elite club, nobody came close to matching Rangers.

“We cannot wait to be part of the next chapter of success for this prestigious football club. Rangers is an institution and the world’s most successful football club.

[Dave Hedgehog 10,673]

Tom Beahon gets it and has just triggered thousands of Torbetts into a Sunday rage.

“We cannot wait to be part of the next chapter of success for this prestigious football club. Rangers is an institution and the world’s most successful football club”.

Bheasts raging on a Sunday and not a priest to be seen. A new one for them.

[BlueThunder 8,453]

From The Scotsman:-

——

Rangers fans are deluding themselves if they blame SPFL

Failure to beat Kilmarnock, St Johnstone and Hamilton allowed league to be called early

Scott Arfield after Rangers' defeat at Kilmarnock in February. Picture: Craig Foy / SNS Copyright: 2020 SNS Group

The fury that will be unleashed from the Rangers support when the SPFL end the Premiership season tomorrow and declare celtic champions will be visceral and vicious. It will also amount to a form of anger displacement. 

It is inevitable huge swathes of the Ibrox faithful will seek to delude themselves that a nefarious governing body have gifted their despised rivals a title that brings up nine-in-a-row. It is the nature of tribal, and therefore irrational, football rivalry. Yet, in their hearts of hearts, most Rangers fans will surely recognise that the true source of their incandescent rage is really their own team.

The fact the Premiership campaign has ended up being curtailed by the Covid-19 pandemic ought to be a particularly bitter pill to swallow for the Rangers fanbase. Just not for the reasons they are willing to articulate. The upshot of the premature end is that to prevent celtic landing a record-equalling ninth straight championship, Steven Gerrard’s men didn’t need to be better than their ancient adversaries. They didn’t even need to be as good as them. All they had to do was hang on to their coat tails for a span of six games following the winter shut-down. And to achieve that, all that was required of them was to hold on to a lead away to Kilmarnock, hold on to a lead away to St Johnstone, and beat Hamilton Accies at home. That is all, and yet it proved beyond them.

The loss to Hamilton at Ibrox in March was also ruinous for Rangers. Picture: Alan Harvey / SNS Copyright: 2020 SNS Group

The spilling of eight points in these three games accounts for the league being lost, not some boardroom shenanigans. Had Gerrard’s men heeded the warnings delivered to them in flashing red lights by their defeat by Hearts at Tynecastle and home draw against Aberdeen in the opening slew of post-break fixtures, they would not have been 13 points adrift of the Scottish champions when the pandemic placed a pause on normal life in mid-March. 

Instead, they would have been within five points of Neil Lennon’s men with a game in hand. In those circumstances there is absolutely no way the league could, or would, have been called in celtic’s favour.

As would have been right and proper, the title would have been withheld in such a scenario. And, even if in this parallel universe the celtic support would have frothed as their rival counterparts are doing now, they would have required to suck it up. 

It is not random decision-making that accounts for the way leagues have been concluded across Europe. The Netherlands have not named champions, while in France and Belgium they have felt at liberty to award the league crown. Instead, it has everything to do with the fact that, in the French and Belgian leagues leaders Paris-Saint Germain and Club Brugge held 13-point and 15-point leads respectively and were essentially home and hosed. In contrast, with Ajax and AZ Alkmaar separated only by goal difference at the summit of Dutch football, no such certainties existed in the Netherlands. 

It has been said that Lennon’s men have an unimpeachable claim to the Scottish title, and only the truly obtuse offer an argument to the contrary. 

We have heard much about modelling on the basis of empirical evidence of late. 

Apply such principles to the Premiership this season and, frankly, there is only one conclusion it is possible to draw. And it is that the abridging of the season ensured a more favourable outcome from this league campaign than Rangers were on course to post in the event of the fixtures being completed. In their final nine games of the campaign, Gerrard’s side dropped more points – 13 in all – than celtic coughed up across their entire 30 games.

Football is certainly capable of throwing up dramatic denouements and wholly unexpected collapses. Within reason, though. In the 
130-year history of league football in Scotland, there is no precedent for a team being caught when boasting a 13-point lead going into their final eight games. 

A team entering such a closing straight on the back of 20 wins and a draw from their previous 22 league fixtures is merely on the victory lap. Especially when ranged against an opponent unable to string together six league wins across the entire season.

Rangers supporters may refuse to accept celtic are worthy champions. That comes with the terrain. So does the fact we have people walking the earth who believe it is flat.

—————

What a twat. Whilst he is correct about our form he ignores the pertinent points of us being able to catch them still because of the game in hand and matches against them, instead saying that that type of lead has never been overcome. 

[DMax399 3,698]

13 minutes ago, BlueThunder said:

From The Scotsman:-

——

Rangers fans are deluding themselves if they blame SPFL

Failure to beat Kilmarnock, St Johnstone and Hamilton allowed league to be called early

Scott Arfield after Rangers' defeat at Kilmarnock in February. Picture: Craig Foy / SNS Copyright: 2020 SNS Group

The fury that will be unleashed from the Rangers support when the SPFL end the Premiership season tomorrow and declare celtic champions will be visceral and vicious. It will also amount to a form of anger displacement. 

It is inevitable huge swathes of the Ibrox faithful will seek to delude themselves that a nefarious governing body have gifted their despised rivals a title that brings up nine-in-a-row. It is the nature of tribal, and therefore irrational, football rivalry. Yet, in their hearts of hearts, most Rangers fans will surely recognise that the true source of their incandescent rage is really their own team.

The fact the Premiership campaign has ended up being curtailed by the Covid-19 pandemic ought to be a particularly bitter pill to swallow for the Rangers fanbase. Just not for the reasons they are willing to articulate. The upshot of the premature end is that to prevent celtic landing a record-equalling ninth straight championship, Steven Gerrard’s men didn’t need to be better than their ancient adversaries. They didn’t even need to be as good as them. All they had to do was hang on to their coat tails for a span of six games following the winter shut-down. And to achieve that, all that was required of them was to hold on to a lead away to Kilmarnock, hold on to a lead away to St Johnstone, and beat Hamilton Accies at home. That is all, and yet it proved beyond them.

The loss to Hamilton at Ibrox in March was also ruinous for Rangers. Picture: Alan Harvey / SNS Copyright: 2020 SNS Group

The spilling of eight points in these three games accounts for the league being lost, not some boardroom shenanigans. Had Gerrard’s men heeded the warnings delivered to them in flashing red lights by their defeat by Hearts at Tynecastle and home draw against Aberdeen in the opening slew of post-break fixtures, they would not have been 13 points adrift of the Scottish champions when the pandemic placed a pause on normal life in mid-March. 

Instead, they would have been within five points of Neil Lennon’s men with a game in hand. In those circumstances there is absolutely no way the league could, or would, have been called in celtic’s favour.

As would have been right and proper, the title would have been withheld in such a scenario. And, even if in this parallel universe the celtic support would have frothed as their rival counterparts are doing now, they would have required to suck it up. 

It is not random decision-making that accounts for the way leagues have been concluded across Europe. The Netherlands have not named champions, while in France and Belgium they have felt at liberty to award the league crown. Instead, it has everything to do with the fact that, in the French and Belgian leagues leaders Paris-Saint Germain and Club Brugge held 13-point and 15-point leads respectively and were essentially home and hosed. In contrast, with Ajax and AZ Alkmaar separated only by goal difference at the summit of Dutch football, no such certainties existed in the Netherlands. 

It has been said that Lennon’s men have an unimpeachable claim to the Scottish title, and only the truly obtuse offer an argument to the contrary. 

We have heard much about modelling on the basis of empirical evidence of late. 

Apply such principles to the Premiership this season and, frankly, there is only one conclusion it is possible to draw. And it is that the abridging of the season ensured a more favourable outcome from this league campaign than Rangers were on course to post in the event of the fixtures being completed. In their final nine games of the campaign, Gerrard’s side dropped more points – 13 in all – than celtic coughed up across their entire 30 games.

Football is certainly capable of throwing up dramatic denouements and wholly unexpected collapses. Within reason, though. In the 
130-year history of league football in Scotland, there is no precedent for a team being caught when boasting a 13-point lead going into their final eight games. 

A team entering such a closing straight on the back of 20 wins and a draw from their previous 22 league fixtures is merely on the victory lap. Especially when ranged against an opponent unable to string together six league wins across the entire season.

Rangers supporters may refuse to accept celtic are worthy champions. That comes with the terrain. So does the fact we have people walking the earth who believe it is flat.

—————

What a twat. Whilst he is correct about our form he ignores the pertinent points of us being able to catch them still because of the game in hand and matches against them, instead saying that that type of lead has never been overcome. 

You can’t win it if the games haven’t been played.  Whoever wrote that piece for the paper could have saved himself a lot of time trying to convince people otherwise.  Form, or likelihood of us winning is irrelevant.  Guesswork is not the way to decide who wins or loses and that’s what the SPFL have done.

[Bad Robot 21,147]

Yes the players are a lot to blame but it’s never over until it’s over.

helicopter sunday

Man U when they won the CL in the last few minutes 

Liverpool v Milan

 

[GersInCanada 7,775]

Just ramping up the tims must be declared title winners agenda. Everybody knows that if a sporting event cannot be completed then there are no winners or losers.

[Robmc1 4,741]

23 minutes ago, BlueThunder said:

From The Scotsman:-

——

Rangers fans are deluding themselves if they blame SPFL

Failure to beat Kilmarnock, St Johnstone and Hamilton allowed league to be called early

Scott Arfield after Rangers' defeat at Kilmarnock in February. Picture: Craig Foy / SNS Copyright: 2020 SNS Group

The fury that will be unleashed from the Rangers support when the SPFL end the Premiership season tomorrow and declare celtic champions will be visceral and vicious. It will also amount to a form of anger displacement. 

It is inevitable huge swathes of the Ibrox faithful will seek to delude themselves that a nefarious governing body have gifted their despised rivals a title that brings up nine-in-a-row. It is the nature of tribal, and therefore irrational, football rivalry. Yet, in their hearts of hearts, most Rangers fans will surely recognise that the true source of their incandescent rage is really their own team.

The fact the Premiership campaign has ended up being curtailed by the Covid-19 pandemic ought to be a particularly bitter pill to swallow for the Rangers fanbase. Just not for the reasons they are willing to articulate. The upshot of the premature end is that to prevent celtic landing a record-equalling ninth straight championship, Steven Gerrard’s men didn’t need to be better than their ancient adversaries. They didn’t even need to be as good as them. All they had to do was hang on to their coat tails for a span of six games following the winter shut-down. And to achieve that, all that was required of them was to hold on to a lead away to Kilmarnock, hold on to a lead away to St Johnstone, and beat Hamilton Accies at home. That is all, and yet it proved beyond them.

The loss to Hamilton at Ibrox in March was also ruinous for Rangers. Picture: Alan Harvey / SNS Copyright: 2020 SNS Group

The spilling of eight points in these three games accounts for the league being lost, not some boardroom shenanigans. Had Gerrard’s men heeded the warnings delivered to them in flashing red lights by their defeat by Hearts at Tynecastle and home draw against Aberdeen in the opening slew of post-break fixtures, they would not have been 13 points adrift of the Scottish champions when the pandemic placed a pause on normal life in mid-March. 

Instead, they would have been within five points of Neil Lennon’s men with a game in hand. In those circumstances there is absolutely no way the league could, or would, have been called in celtic’s favour.

As would have been right and proper, the title would have been withheld in such a scenario. And, even if in this parallel universe the celtic support would have frothed as their rival counterparts are doing now, they would have required to suck it up. 

It is not random decision-making that accounts for the way leagues have been concluded across Europe. The Netherlands have not named champions, while in France and Belgium they have felt at liberty to award the league crown. Instead, it has everything to do with the fact that, in the French and Belgian leagues leaders Paris-Saint Germain and Club Brugge held 13-point and 15-point leads respectively and were essentially home and hosed. In contrast, with Ajax and AZ Alkmaar separated only by goal difference at the summit of Dutch football, no such certainties existed in the Netherlands. 

It has been said that Lennon’s men have an unimpeachable claim to the Scottish title, and only the truly obtuse offer an argument to the contrary. 

We have heard much about modelling on the basis of empirical evidence of late. 

Apply such principles to the Premiership this season and, frankly, there is only one conclusion it is possible to draw. And it is that the abridging of the season ensured a more favourable outcome from this league campaign than Rangers were on course to post in the event of the fixtures being completed. In their final nine games of the campaign, Gerrard’s side dropped more points – 13 in all – than celtic coughed up across their entire 30 games.

Football is certainly capable of throwing up dramatic denouements and wholly unexpected collapses. Within reason, though. In the 
130-year history of league football in Scotland, there is no precedent for a team being caught when boasting a 13-point lead going into their final eight games. 

A team entering such a closing straight on the back of 20 wins and a draw from their previous 22 league fixtures is merely on the victory lap. Especially when ranged against an opponent unable to string together six league wins across the entire season.

Rangers supporters may refuse to accept celtic are worthy champions. That comes with the terrain. So does the fact we have people walking the earth who believe it is flat.

—————

What a twat. Whilst he is correct about our form he ignores the pertinent points of us being able to catch them still because of the game in hand and matches against them, instead saying that that type of lead has never been overcome. 

Agenda driven nonsense written by an obvious fan of their shameless club who would be writing a very different take on the situation had we been sitting at the top of the league...

The same outcome would have been engineered if we were 13 or 3 points behind them. All of our leagues would have to have finished with the same rules being applied and the points difference hasn’t made the slightest bit of difference to promotion/ relegation in the lower leagues. Things would have just been spun in another fashion to justify their coronation...

Anyone that’s not caught on to this yet is just not facing the reality of the situation we are currently trying to change in the farce that are the governing bodies... 

[Bad Robot 21,147]

Does the timing of the Castore PR campaign indicate the nonces are being gifted the title tomorrow?

If this is the case then is it right it needs to happen before legal action can occur?

If the above happens it will be a massive let down if we do nothing.

[GersInCanada 7,775]

4 minutes ago, Bad Robot said:

Does the timing of the Castore PR campaign indicate the nonces are being gifted the title tomorrow?

If this is the case then is it right it needs to happen before legal action can occur?

If the above happens it will be a massive let down if we do nothing.

Call me optimistic but I see the timing to demonstrate that we have the funds to fight prior to the awarding of the title.

[bornabear 6,202]

1 minute ago, GersInCanada said:

Call me optimistic but I see the timing to demonstrate that we have the funds to fight prior to the awarding of the title.

Good post mate.

When looking at the bigger picture, as you do here, it shows that timing of anything is the most important thing.

This is something that many lack on here. Not having a pop there, just stating a fact.

 

[Bad Robot 21,147]

9 minutes ago, GersInCanada said:

Call me optimistic but I see the timing to demonstrate that we have the funds to fight prior to the awarding of the title.

I hope you’re right but I have a horrible feeling it’s an indication this campaign is over which pisses me off even more especially when football has returned this weekend.

 

[GersInCanada 7,775]

1 minute ago, bornabear said:

Good post mate.

When looking at the bigger picture, as you do here, it shows that timing of anything is the most important thing.

This is something that many lack on here. Not having a pop there, just stating a fact.

 

Why else make this public on a Sunday morning ? It can be nothing other than a shot across the bows.

Think that Rangers are skint and will just have to lie down ? Think again.

[GersInCanada 7,775]

1 minute ago, Bad Robot said:

I hope you’re right but I have a horrible feeling it’s an indication this campaign is over which pisses me off more when football has returned this weekend.

 

Two sides to every coin. Only time will tell.