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Aye yer heart sank because yer heart is the size of a pea. Like yer nads. 
A loser who recruited losers and instilled a loser mentality throughout the club that is only just being exorcised 

Is it just me that absolutely despises the Family Stand logo on the Broomloan Stand front? It looks so tacky, especially when you see the simplicity of the other three stand fronts. Even worse when you consider it homed those animals for so many years.
Is it really necessary? Personally I think it’s in the same category as the ugliness of Fir Park’s “KEEP CIGARETTES AWAY FROM THE MATCH” banner albeit on a far, far smaller scale. Get rid.

Quoting myself here...but Cosgrove isn’t getting what he wants, most St Mirren fans are criticising their own team and one said they were lucky it wasn’t 5 pens

Nikola Katic revealed how pep talks from defensive legend Richard Gough helped fuel his desire to win his place back in the Rangers team.
The Croatian stopper opened up on a difficult two months at Ibrox after Steven Gerrard dropped him after a dip in the standards he showed in a solid start to his Light Blues career.
It’s hard to believe a manager finding much wrong with a team that won 7-1 but it was after Gers dished out that thumping scoreline to Motherwell that Katic was benched.
That emphatic victory on November 11 came just days after Gerrard watched some kamikaze defending in the 4-3 Europa League defeat to Spartak Moscow in Russia.

Katic also had some shaky moments in the 4-1 win at Hamilton in the previous game and it came to head in that match against the Steelmen.
The 22-year-old admitted going from starring in front of sell-out Ibrox crowds to playing for the reserves in front of the proverbial two men and a dog was hard to take.

But he never lost faith and turned in a performance that made him a man of the match contender on his return in Sunday’s 3-0 win at Livingston.
Gerrard yesterday spoke of his love of warrior-like defenders as he highlighted former team-mates Jamie Carragher and John Terry as two examples of stoppers he admired.
Rangers nine-in-a-row skipper Gough is another who had a never-say-die attitude and Katic is grateful to the former Scotland defender for some sound advice during his time out.
Katic, hoping to keep his place in the team for tonight’s Scottish Cup tie at Cowdenbeath with Connor Goldson still crocked, said: “I have met Richard Gough a few times.

“He always tries to give me some advice. He is a big player with a lot of experience, a legend, so I’m always happy when I get to chat with him and try to learn some stuff.
“He knows everything about Rangers. He knows about the expectation of the crowd because it is a big club so you always need to be 100 per cent.
“When I was out of the team and the squad, he told me to still believe that I was playing for Rangers, push hard every single day and be ready for the chance.
“It was very good for me to come back and get game time after a long period. It was a tough game for us, everyone knows how Livingston play at home.
“It is an Astro pitch and they are a physical team so it was tough to go there after two or three months and start but I am very happy with the result.
“It was more difficult mentally when I didn’t play but I was pushing hard all the time in training, trying to get a chance to show on the pitch that I am ready.


“For the first two months I played every single game and when I was first left out of the squad I said to myself ‘ok, I will be in next time’.
“I had a few games where I played really good, at the start of the season in the Europa League was much better. But when we beat Motherwell 7-1 at Ibrox I wasn’t at the right level in the first half.
“So the manager took me out and explained what I had to do. I respect him, I trust him and I was pushing hard and waiting for a chance.
“The improvements I had to make was to be more comfortable on the pitch, show more confidence, be stronger in the air and be more clever.
“There were a few stupid fouls around the box against MotHerwell. We know how they play, they throw it in to the box and try to score. I played a more intelligent game against Livingston.
 
“I played two or three times for the reserve team but the tempo is not the same. It wasn’t like the Scottish league or European games, but it was good just to feel the ball and play with the guys. It was an empty stadium but I was happy to feel the ball and get game time.
“My mentality is to be warrior-like and why the manager took me here to Rangers and gave me a chance to play for such a club.
“When I was younger, I liked players like Carles Puyol, who was a leader on the pitch. The gaffer was the same, he organised everything around himself and I want to be that type of player in the future.
“When I started to play football as a kid I was a goalkeeper, but then I wanted to become a central defender. I wanted to play.”
Gerrard praised Katic’s response as he spoke of the qualities he looks for in a defender. He said: “I like defenders to defend the goal and the club for their life.


“I was the type of player who always preferred a Jamie Carragher or John Terry-like defender. I’m not really keen on the frills, Cruyff turns and showboating of a defender.
“Certain managers have certain styles. Some are obsessed with building from the back and overplaying at the back.
“If you’ve got the best players in the world at Barcelona or you’re Pep Guardiola then I understand - you can absolutely kill teams with the ball.
“But we’re not there yet and we have to play to our strengths and our strength is that we have honest lads who will do all they can to keep clean sheets and I think they proved that at the weekend.
“Niko came back after the winter break and he was really focused with a determination to break back into the team. He’s been very strong in training and he deserved the opportunity and he took it with both hands.”

I started going to Rangers games in the early sixties unfortunately just in time for the scum from the east end to start dominating Scottish football (they also did well in Europe but you will not hear them mentioning it). I also suffered during the John Greig(manager) years and still went when our crowds fell to sometimes as low as 4 figures. I of course also had the jock Wallace,souness and watty years then came the ebt shite and demotion to the bottom of the league and I did actually think that we were fucked and would never recover but as everyone agrees the one constant in the last half a dozen or so years has been the amazing fans,we have filled every ground in the country and smashed all sorts of records attendance wise. Meanwhile at the paedodome as the scum hoovered up trophy after trophy unhindered their attendances unbelievably dropped to such an extent that they resorted to closing parts of the ground. I realise most on here will have stopped reading by now but my point is about fans having a go at the young supporters ie. the union bears and the ones who have now taken up running on to the park to celebrate,I find it mind blowing the sheer number of young fans that are now actually attending our matches when you think of all the crap we have been through and the fact we have won fuck all for years and a huge amount these kids have never seen Rangers lifting a trophy. So just think back to your early years as a supporter and give the kids a break,they might be a pain in the arse at times with their flares ect but their outstanding support for the club cannot be questioned.

I think he play good this morning. I hope when Goldson is back in the team that he does not take the position of Katic but the position of Worrall

The div9ng header to put the ball out for a throw-in just summed it up for me, takes no chances. That’s what we need at the back and definitely pair him with goldson again when back.
Dont know what’s gone on with him but it’s time to look after our own players rather than the loanees.

Nobody really caused any trouble though. Saw a wee guy run up to Alfredo and he gave him a wee hug and a pat on the head.
If we're getting shite for that when Hibs got fuck all for Hampden we're through the looking glass here.

We've had almost a decade of mis management in the football club, both on and off the park. It's going to take more that 6 months to sort out. So imo he has done a tremendous job so far.

Stevie Gerrard is the best thing to happen to our football club in a long long time 🍻

I’m sure some will start greeting about it, but increasing our supporter base seems a good idea to me. 

Maybe it was Strathclyde police Child Protection squad.

We could have used it to find out where that fucking coin hit him as he was holding his napper! 

In a similar vein, I've got a supplier (a father and son) who are unwashed.
Been dealing with the father for over 20 years and genuinely didn't even know he was a tim until the last few years when he's suddenly developed a keen interest and likes to ask about ........ yep, you guessed it Rangers. Always waiting to greet me with a smarmy smile when they beat us/ win another tainted cup/title. Usually cracks a funny as cancer joke referencing 10 or the number of their recent win over us. Likes to go to big games if he can sponge a freebie and what he knows about football you could fit on a stamp with plenty of space left.
The son goes to as many games as he can and has always enjoyed a good honest, knowledgable chat about the football. Genuinely loving this season due to the real competition and interestingly has said for a while that Brenda is over rated and has been very lucky in the timing of his spell up here. Lots of duds signed and team now going backwards. 
Went in last week for first time this year.......
Son - Happy NY, congratulations, best team won and good signings. Cup of tea and a good chat, wouldn't be surprised if we won the league.
Old man - not a single word, no eye contact, nada. Not a big workspace but managed to shuffle paper and examine walls for half an hour.
Me when leaving - tell you da i hope his laryngitis clears up and he's feeling better soon. Son rolled his eyes and laughed.
My point - the old man is typical of a whole swathe of these cunts that hate us more than they like their team. Its all about what we stand for and they believed we were finished and they would lord it over us forever more.
Like i said before, we've won nothing yet but we will and when we do it will be the best ever. 
i won't even waste my breath on the old boy but will continue the banter with the boy.
Ignoring cunts like the old boy makes them realise how irrelevant they are. My smile will speak a million words.

Got a Tim at work who always sends a daft wee email after the old firm game. Barely talk to the wank but he always copies me in.
Guess what?, No email this time! I was tempted to send him something but I will wait for the title.
Funny thing is he's been in a foul mood since we came back from break. I am pretty sure it's cos of the football. 
They think they are entitled to beat us now. We are the Champs in waiting and will always be number one around here. The fallout will be unreal when we finally do it again........I can't wait!

This exactly. Thought this as soon as I saw one of them spouting off in the papers (think it was lustig) talking about how they feel safe as number 1. This should be pinned to the dressing room and our players need to avoid giving the media soundbites to stir up.

Before he was axed at Liverpool his post match interviews after the last few games made Pedro sound like the sanest man on the planet.
He's a smarmy, arrogant, condescending prick when he's winning. Bear in mind his first ever trophy was 2 years ago in Scotland and he's had pretty much a free ride until this season.
We've achieved nothing yet and SG should ban anyone from spouting off in the press.
Do the talking on the pitch - quietly and humbly.
One game at a time, the next game is the most important every time.
Get the pressure on and keep it on. Let's see how they cope.
This team will become legends with 55 and it will be the biggest party ever seen.
LET'S GO!!!

Rodgers can’t handle pressure. 
I keep telling people that aside from 3-2 at Ibrox, he’s never won a game he shouldn’t have with them. And even then I cringe when I read our lineup that day. 
His budget is what? Double ours? And has been 3/4 times it in the last couple of years. Ten times that of the rest of the league. 
Their transfer dealings have been shite since he got there, bar a couple of exceptions, and now they’re throwing out that Liverpool want nae neck so when he doesn’t leave its ‘like a new signing’. 
We put together a run of results and he’ll crumble. Already seeing ridiculous decision making like Sinclair at right full back and McGregor at LB. 

I watched that too. The best bit was when Tom English was talking about how impressive Gerrard is when dealing with the media.
"Have you had a chance to sit down with him Tom?"
"Well...er...no I haven't"

The reaction is understandable as the win was a longtime coming but it’s one game and we’re still 3 points behind them. A bit of reality and perspective required.

To be honest mate ,we did this all last year .We have to be careful .Nothing has been won yet ..The last thing I want is for us to motivate them with our over confidence .Let's just get on with it and win trophies 

Would  be a cracking appointment. Welcome back Kevin.

There was two of them in Sainsbury's earlier complaining about Scott Arfield for daring to compete with broon. Giving it the the ball should have been played back to the keeper shite get it up you.

Definitely a bit of Trigger about McFadden.

Daryll Broadfoot the only one talking a bit of sense. Explained the process clearly and also stated in his opinion neither of the 3 challenges were red card offences in his opinion hence why he wasn't punished. Stewart still doesn't understand anything. He doesn't listen. He's also a hypocrite. He's raging about Morelos not getting punished for booting legoheid in the balls yet earlier said he thought it was ONLY a yellow!
McFadden is just a muppet, or a puppet or both too. He's an actual moron, a full blown moron. He's incredibly thick.