Amato

Most of us knew it would happen but, personally, I thought it would take our first trophy to push them over the edge. But no, a single goal victory in a single match has done the trick.
The seeds were sewn in the summer when complacency and arrogance led them to think that a  squad actually weaker than the previous season (Dembele, Roberts out, Morgan in) would still be too strong for everyone else. Some of their support began to fidget but Big Peter and St Brenda had never failed them, right?
Defeats to Killie and Hibs increased the jitters as our European heroics indicated a steel and determination absent for so long. The fidgeting got worse as they announced a bonus of 2.3m for Big Peter yet couldn’t shake off Rangers or Killie in the league they had come to see as their own.
Their friends in the media stayed loyal, hounding Morelos at every turn and bigging up journeymen like Christie and Edouard as if they were world beaters. And of course, the loyal suppression of THAT story continued for the most part as the verdicts were reported but our courageous journalists steadfastly refused to join the dots.
Then it happened. St Brenda’s first defeat at the thirteenth hurdle. Their fourth defeat of the season matching the total of the previous two seasons combined. And the manner of the defeat was even more telling than the scoreline. Totally dominated and clueless.
They are creatures of habit and, true to form, they turned on the officials and the SFA (an organisation more loyal, valuable and reliable to them than a bloody guide dog to a blind man) in a major deflection operation. The rules which state that, if the referee saw an incident and chose not to act, then no further sanctions can be applied, surely couldn’t apply here.
“‘Mon tae fuck” they howled.
The house of cards begins to shudder.
Then Rangers ramp up the pressure by strengthening further with Defoe, Davis, Jones and Kamara on their way. Shit, this is serious.
And so the head of the supporters group (Mr “not enough Protestants on the Titanic“ himself) writes to the erstwhile allies at Hampden, effectively calling them cheats for following the rules. And, in what is clearly an orchestrated manoeuvre, the club follow it up with a demand for transparency. The club which has made an art form of secrecy and cover up now pushing for “transparency”. Utterly priceless.
Their world is collapsing in on them and they are in blind panic.
And of course, there hangs over them, THAT story. It hasn’t gone away and they may yet regret the stupidity of turning on the SFA who will hold the fate of that poisonous club in their hands.
It is the perfect storm and it has been a long time coming. Their lack of class and dignity is exposed for all to see and it is not pretty. The house of cards is hanging by a thread and an act of defiance or bravery by either the SFA or a serious journalist (Mark Daly?) will surely bring the whole rancid slum crashing to the ground.
I am thoroughly enjoying the show so far and would encourage all Bears to pull up a chair with, dare I suggest, a bowl of jelly and ice cream?

 

A couple of weeks ago Gerrard was clueless, the midfield was shite and we were never winning anything again.
Rangers media at it's finest.

Love the taste of bitter bitter tears 

Now have this as my screen background , laugh every time I look at it. its the way he's no even looking at broon, in a kinda who me? way.

Not a fan of Beaton but thought yesterday was a blueprint on how you manage an Old Firm. There was no need for any dramas and he didn’t cause any or allow any to happen.
If that was an ego maniac like Thompson or Collum there would’ve been cards flying out everywhere, play stopped constantly. Arfield and Brown would’ve probably walked for that drop ball.
If we’re going to slate these refs when they’re useless then you’ve got to praise them when they have a good game. 

Enjoy
 
 

Now that's how highlight packages are done bbc! Great vid again Jules

Kent signed a new contract at Liverpool last year which runs until the summer of 2022. But the 22-year-old has relished the experience of playing under Steven Gerrard this season and would welcome the opportunity to move to Ibrox on a permanent basis.

“It’s something I’m considering,” admitted Kent. “It’s a chat Rangers are going to have to have with Liverpool because I still have three years left on my contract there. So it’s a bit out of my hands.

“The honest answer is I don’t know what my future holds. That’s something Jurgen Klopp will have to answer.” Kent was one of many 
Rangers players who contended for man-of-the-match plaudits in the club’s first league victory over celtic since 2012, his eye-catching display including the assist for Ryan Jack’s winning goal. According to Kent, much of the credit for the performance level delivered by Rangers should go to manager 
Gerrard. “The manager was massively inspirational in the build-up,” added Kent. “He just told us to go and enjoy our football because that’s when we have been at our best.

“He told us to take the game to celtic, put on a big show for the fans and that’s what we did. He wanted every player to be on board with him this week, he wanted to make sure every player was behind him. “You could see what the victory meant to the fans and to everyone associated with Rangers Football Club. “To us, it’s just three points but we have got ourselves back into a good position in the league. So we are going to come back firing after the break and hopefully pick up where we have left off. “We now have a lot to look forward to in the second half of the season and the players can put everything on the line, especially for the manager. It’s up to us to carry on producing performances like that. “Everyone was buzzing in the dressing room after the game but no-one is getting too carried away. We know it’s only the first half of the season.”
 

The guy has simply got it. A natural born leader.
He's made mistakes and will continue to do so as they all do. Just look at the nick of Jose.
He is only six months into top level management and imo and doing well with pretty much a brand new squad. The players are also still adjusting to his style and the standards he sets. Yesterday showed just what we are capable of and many of those players have never been to that level before nor probably thought they had it in them.
Yesterday was a breakthrough for many of them and they will only get stronger and I look forward to it.
We have exciting and rewarding times ahead.
 

Think Gerrard deserves a special mention today for getting the players so completely and utterly up for the challenge today. 
He played a blinder in the way we approached this. Noticed in his pre-match press conference that he didn't talk celtic up, didn't show them too much respect. We needed that. We needed to treat them like the mediocrity they are and go toe to toe. And by fuck did it pay off. Every single player won their individual battles, every break of the ball went in our favour because we wanted it more and believed in ourselves.
Let's go!
 

Think Gerrard deserves a special mention today for getting the players so completely and utterly up for the challenge today. 
He played a blinder in the way we approached this. Noticed in his pre-match press conference that he didn't talk celtic up, didn't show them too much respect. We needed that. We needed to treat them like the mediocrity they are and go toe to toe. And by fuck did it pay off. Every single player won their individual battles, every break of the ball went in our favour because we wanted it more and believed in ourselves.
Let's go!
 

Think Gerrard deserves a special mention today for getting the players so completely and utterly up for the challenge today. 
He played a blinder in the way we approached this. Noticed in his pre-match press conference that he didn't talk celtic up, didn't show them too much respect. We needed that. We needed to treat them like the mediocrity they are and go toe to toe. And by fuck did it pay off. Every single player won their individual battles, every break of the ball went in our favour because we wanted it more and believed in ourselves.
Let's go!
 

Think Gerrard deserves a special mention today for getting the players so completely and utterly up for the challenge today. 
He played a blinder in the way we approached this. Noticed in his pre-match press conference that he didn't talk celtic up, didn't show them too much respect. We needed that. We needed to treat them like the mediocrity they are and go toe to toe. And by fuck did it pay off. Every single player won their individual battles, every break of the ball went in our favour because we wanted it more and believed in ourselves.
Let's go!
 

A special mention to the manager and staff today, their tactics were spot on, I mentioned in the match thread that due to the walking wounded that the subs would be crucial today, they definitely pulled a rabbit out the hat today with both Arfield and especially Kent, I bet the sainted one didn't expect that, and TBF I bet none of us did either, nor did I expect them both to last the full 90mins, the substitution with Coulibally was IMO very clever as I thought the scum were begining to show signs of getting a hold of the midfield at that point , and although Coulibally isn't very popular ATM I could see the reasoning behind SG's thoughts, (another body in the middle), but who to take off? I fully expected it to be Kent and was surprised it was Candias, but he got it spot on again, he very often gets stick for his substitution decisions so it's only fair that he gets credit when he gets it right.

Think Gerrard deserves a special mention today for getting the players so completely and utterly up for the challenge today. 
He played a blinder in the way we approached this. Noticed in his pre-match press conference that he didn't talk celtic up, didn't show them too much respect. We needed that. We needed to treat them like the mediocrity they are and go toe to toe. And by fuck did it pay off. Every single player won their individual battles, every break of the ball went in our favour because we wanted it more and believed in ourselves.
Let's go!
 

Think Gerrard deserves a special mention today for getting the players so completely and utterly up for the challenge today. 
He played a blinder in the way we approached this. Noticed in his pre-match press conference that he didn't talk celtic up, didn't show them too much respect. We needed that. We needed to treat them like the mediocrity they are and go toe to toe. And by fuck did it pay off. Every single player won their individual battles, every break of the ball went in our favour because we wanted it more and believed in ourselves.
Let's go!
 

Think Gerrard deserves a special mention today for getting the players so completely and utterly up for the challenge today. 
He played a blinder in the way we approached this. Noticed in his pre-match press conference that he didn't talk celtic up, didn't show them too much respect. We needed that. We needed to treat them like the mediocrity they are and go toe to toe. And by fuck did it pay off. Every single player won their individual battles, every break of the ball went in our favour because we wanted it more and believed in ourselves.
Let's go!
 

Yaasss

Think Gerrard deserves a special mention today for getting the players so completely and utterly up for the challenge today. 
He played a blinder in the way we approached this. Noticed in his pre-match press conference that he didn't talk celtic up, didn't show them too much respect. We needed that. We needed to treat them like the mediocrity they are and go toe to toe. And by fuck did it pay off. Every single player won their individual battles, every break of the ball went in our favour because we wanted it more and believed in ourselves.
Let's go!
 

The gaffer played this one brilliantly.
Before the game kept quite on players available. He got the tactics and the approach spot on. Learned the lessons from the last game. Our most dominant performance against those scum bags in years. 
He'll get us back on top.

Think Gerrard deserves a special mention today for getting the players so completely and utterly up for the challenge today. 
He played a blinder in the way we approached this. Noticed in his pre-match press conference that he didn't talk celtic up, didn't show them too much respect. We needed that. We needed to treat them like the mediocrity they are and go toe to toe. And by fuck did it pay off. Every single player won their individual battles, every break of the ball went in our favour because we wanted it more and believed in ourselves.
Let's go!
 

Great post mate. Agree 100%.
 
We were right in their faces from the off ......... showed them zero respect.

Think Gerrard deserves a special mention today for getting the players so completely and utterly up for the challenge today. 
He played a blinder in the way we approached this. Noticed in his pre-match press conference that he didn't talk celtic up, didn't show them too much respect. We needed that. We needed to treat them like the mediocrity they are and go toe to toe. And by fuck did it pay off. Every single player won their individual battles, every break of the ball went in our favour because we wanted it more and believed in ourselves.
Let's go!