SkylineBlue 22,580 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 17 minutes ago, Blues Brother said: Any news on the guy NDicka who went off injured for them today? Think he is a key defender for them. Derek Rae tweeted that it was just a precaution and he should make the final. Blues Brother 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DietofWorms 2,062 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 Bears r us 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserJon 12,316 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 1 hour ago, RockwellGers said: Phoa. What a rush posting in a thread called this! Whose that? Don't follow wrestling, listen to a podcast from USA about crime in sports so may know him from that👍 37 minutes ago, The Dude said: Here we fucking go. Finally you post something we can all agree on....😃👍😃 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.E.C. 18,631 Posted May 14, 2022 Author Share Posted May 14, 2022 1 minute ago, KaiserJon said: Whose that? Don't follow wrestling, listen to a podcast from USA about crime in sports so may know him from that👍 Finally you post something we can all agree on....😃👍😃 Hawk or Animal. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVRanger 2,546 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 Looking forward to this immensely. Theae are the moments you dream of as a football fan - for your club to reach a major European final. An incredible achievement already when you come from a footballing backwater like Scotland. However, we are there on merit, playing attractive, attacking football and there is every chance we are going to bring the trophy back to Ibrox. Savour every moment of the build up Bears and bring it on. Bears r us 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leftpegcoopz11 4,582 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 Big Tom going to Seville aswell. Some man 💪 mearns loyal, Rlm, KaiserJon and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
esquire8 41,909 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 Jesus fuck. A thread already. This shit just got real. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkylineBlue 22,580 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 It feels as if days have passed since the full time whistle today. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ger4life_1872 29,309 Posted May 14, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 14, 2022 3 minutes ago, Leftpegcoopz11 said: Big Tom going to Seville aswell. Some man 💪 Imagine you ended up behind him at game or a screening BillyG91, Leftpegcoopz11, simplythebestest and 2 others 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
6superbarry6 14,109 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 I’m a fully blown insomniac at this stage, won’t get a decent kip till that trophy is above Tavs head Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leftpegcoopz11 4,582 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 1 minute ago, ger4life_1872 said: Imagine you ended up behind him at game or a screening Think he said he's going to meet Drew Mcintyre over there. Fuck being behind the two of them! GazTops, ger4life_1872 and BillyG91 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swagger 7,673 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 What’s making this fucking unbearable is it’s more than doable. Massive fucking chance, fucking huge TopCat, real boydie9 and SkylineBlue 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bears r us 30,555 Posted May 14, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 14, 2022 Just reading the title of this thread is incredible. A Europa cup final is not something we should be in if you think about the money that other teams have to spend and also our league is so poor. I think it is truly a 50/50 game, winning would be just so special and going to keep believing we can do this. Gio and these Rangers players are one game away from becoming legends and I so much hope they can do it. 🤞🤞 The No.9, AGC123, SteveEarle and 2 others 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mols94 3,663 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 So much riding on 1 match. European success that would also be financial transformative for the club. The No.9, Bears r us and kelvd1873 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulboy 2,513 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 2 hours ago, The Monk said: Just can’t see Roofe making this so Aribo has to start as a false 9 again for me. Was working pretty well against Leipzig and it was unfortunate he had to go off in the first half. Hes posted on his instagram a pair of specially made shin pads for the final Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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real boydie9 17,413 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 33 minutes ago, Blues Brother said: Any news on the guy NDicka who went off injured for them today? Think he is a key defender for them. According to their manager he's fit to play in the final. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ger4life_1872 29,309 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 Fuck me were gonna be pot 1 in the cl , super cup winners and Kings of Europe Blue Nosed Babe and offminorthreat 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sunglasses Ron 2,429 Posted May 14, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 14, 2022 Souness speaks. Good article. COMMENT Europa League final could be the greatest night of Rangers’ players lives Rangers’ return from near extinction to the Europa League final is incredible May 15 2022, The Sunday Times It was my brother Bill who introduced me to Ibrox on a European night when I was about ten. Bill is four years older than me and would take me from Edinburgh to Glasgow for the games. Although I grew up in Hearts territory, I was awed by the sheer scale and spectacle of Rangers’ stadium as a boy. I vividly remember going with a Union Jack draped across my shoulders to show my support and enjoy the special atmosphere on those nights under the lights. I was always playing on Saturdays, so midweek games were the only ones I could go to. The recent Europa League semi-final win over RB Leipzig was the greatest night of football I’ve witnessed as a Rangers man since I first went to games six decades ago. I was so proud of them, I thought: “We’re playing like a big European team and deserve to be in the final”. I didn’t think: “This is a team from one of the smaller leagues in European football.” This is Rangers’ greatest achievement. I know winning the European Cup Winners’ Cup in Barcelona in 1972 was amazing, but football was a far more level playing field then. Today, the money that television has brought into Europe’s big leagues has distorted everything. This achievement also surpasses anything the Rangers teams I managed did in Europe, although we were in the Champions League, or European Cup as it was called then. It was fantastic to watch. Rangers have no right to be in the Europa League final given their resources, but I didn’t see a team that had any inferiority complex or didn’t fancy themselves. They came under pressure midway through the second half of that second leg in the semi-final at Ibrox, when Leipzig got their goal, but rallied and went again. There was so much belief in the team that they could get the job done. In many ways it was more impressive than the earlier win in this tournament against Borussia Dortmund, who did not field their strongest team, perhaps believing: “This is Rangers from the Scottish Premiership, it won’t be too big a problem for us.” They underestimated Rangers big time, but Leipzig turned up with their strongest XI knowing they would get a hell of a game and Rangers were still better than them over the two legs. Logic rarely applies in football, but if you look at a Bundesliga table, they are now playing the weakest of the three German teams they have faced in the final. At the time of writing, Dortmund sit second, Leipzig are fourth and Eintracht Frankfurt are down in 12th. I guarantee that will not be mentioned by Giovanni van Bronckhorst in any team meeting before Wednesday night’s final in Seville, though. I had breakfast with him at the training ground recently. He is an impressive, intelligent man — wise enough to know that the Germans will definitely turn up for the final after beating Barcelona and West Ham United to reach it. The vast majority of people who have been involved at Rangers in the past ten years deserve enormous credit. Reaching the final has not only put Rangers back on the map, the credibility it has given Scottish football cannot be underestimated. It is ten years since Rangers’ administration and liquidation. The treatment they received within Scottish football, being demoted to the bottom division as punishment, was only to be expected because of the parochial attitude up there — and I’m speaking from experience. In ten years Rangers have gone from near extinction to the final of the second most important European competition. Sadly, this will not be universally accepted in Scotland as a great thing. The same people that were happy to see the demise of Rangers ten years ago will be watching on Wednesday, wanting them to lose. There was great delight in Rangers’ demise, maybe that’s why their fans often sing: “No one likes us, we don’t care”. When Walter Smith led Rangers to the Uefa Cup final in 2008, I never imagined I would see them in another European final in my lifetime. Walter did it with a disciplined and organised team, playing counterattacking football, but I don’t see the same strategy from this team. They play a brand of football that’s composed. They have a plan, everyone knows what they are doing and they carry a threat with real pace and energy. The scoring stats of James Tavernier, the captain, are ridiculous. He has 18 goals this season — a full back should just not get that many. He has a striker’s instinct for reading the game and thinking: “I can get in here” and he has the athleticism to get there. He takes a wonderful set piece, too. What an asset to have. Calvin Bassey has emerged as a real prospect. His run down the left out of defence to create the winner against celtic in the Scottish Cup semi-final also stood out from the recent games I’ve watched. John Lundstram took six months to settle in but seems to be flourishing now as an athletic midfielder who can drop into defence when required. Allan McGregor, the veteran goalkeeper, also deserves a mention. He made a fine save against Leipzig at a crucial time. Rangers, like celtic, never play an easy game. It’s a cup final every week for both of them. It’s not the same for the big clubs abroad, who can roll over teams a lot easier. The way football has evolved with television money, Scotland’s been left behind. But if there was a British league and everyone was starting from zero — Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea, Manchester City — Rangers would be in the top six on a regular basis. In Glasgow, both celtic and Rangers could fill a 100,000-seat stadium for the major English clubs’ visits. We will see that by the number of Rangers supporters who travel to Seville this week. I can’t be there because it’s my daughter’s wedding, elsewhere in Spain, the same day. My youngest son has to get a television sorted somewhere and I have put that firmly on his doorstep. I can’t have anything to do with it or I’d be consulting a divorce lawyer within 48 hours. Scottish clubs in European finals 1961 Cup Winners’ Cup Rangers 1 Fiorentina 4 (on agg) 1967 European Cup celtic 2 Inter Milan 1 1967 Cup Winners’ Cup Rangers 0 Bayern Munich 1 (aet) 1970 European Cup celtic 1 Feyenoord 2 (aet) 1972 Cup Winners’ Cup Rangers 3 Dynamo Moscow 2 1983 Cup Winners’ Cup Aberdeen 2 Real Madrid 1 (aet) 1987 Uefa Cup Dundee Utd 1 Goteborg 2 (on agg) 2003 Uefa Cup celtic 2 Porto 3 (aet) 2008 Uefa Cup Rangers 0 Zenit St Petersburg 2 ON TV WEDNESDAY Eintracht Frankfurt v Rangers BT Sport 1, Kick-off 8pm BillyG91, mearns loyal, bluenoz and 3 others 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Swagger 7,673 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 15 minutes ago, Mols94 said: So much riding on 1 match. European success that would also be financial transformative for the club. That’s where football is. Winning the Europa League for the fans is massive. Winning the Europa League financially takes us to another level Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Fathers Scarf 1,144 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 3 hours ago, 6superbarry6 said: McGregor Balogun Goldson Bassey Tav Barisic Lundstram Jack Kamara Aribo Kent Hope not. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserJon 12,316 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 Nerves have kicked in for me days before the game. Unheard of tbh as I am normally okay before a big game. This Europa run is mental. We beat Dortmund can't see why we can't beat Frankfurt ( mental reading that back ) oh and Leipzig, oh and Braga etc etc fucking be positive and win this please👍 Sparkle 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
285miles 473 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 Here it is it’s happening 3-1 Rangers kelvd1873 and TopCat 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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