The Official Fantastic Glasgow Rangers thread

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[T Fearon]

Was this any worse than losing to Lincoln Red Imps? How can any Celtic team or supporter gain any satisfaction from winning an SPL when Rangers are in disarray like this? I see Celtic struggled again tonight in Prague.God help us in the Champions League, we will be up against much stronger opposition than the likes of Prague and Rapid Vienna in the group stages,if we get there.

[omagh_gael]

https://twitter.com/FourFourTweet/status/882337628623962112?s=08

Hahahaha!

[Main Street]

https://twitter.com/FourFourTweet/status/882337628623962112?s=08

Hahahaha!

That's hilarious, at least they accurately predicted the "making it a great football party" bit.

Progres Niederkorn are probably considering to offer to replay the game as there surely must be some mistake.

[Avondhu star]

There won't be a cow milked in Luxembourg tonight

[stew]

Was this any worse than losing to Lincoln Red Imps? How can any Celtic team or supporter gain any satisfaction from winning an SPL when Rangers are in disarray like this? I see Celtic struggled again tonight in Prague.God help us in the Champions League, we will be up against much stronger opposition than the likes of Prague and Rapid Vienna in the group stages,if we get there.

Yes, Celtic beat them in the second leg and went through!

[tonto1888]

Was this any worse than losing to Lincoln Red Imps? How can any Celtic team or supporter gain any satisfaction from winning an SPL when Rangers are in disarray like this? I see Celtic struggled again tonight in Prague.God help us in the Champions League, we will be up against much stronger opposition than the likes of Prague and Rapid Vienna in the group stages,if we get there.

1. Yes. We beat Red Imps
2. Of course you gain satisfaction. You can only beat what's in from if you and that includes teams other than sevco.
3. It's a bloody preseason friendly. How we played or the result does not matter and will have no relevance on what happens in CL qualification or beyond

[PAULD123]

Was this any worse than losing to Lincoln Red Imps? How can any Celtic team or supporter gain any satisfaction from winning an SPL when Rangers are in disarray like this? I see Celtic struggled again tonight in Prague.God help us in the Champions League, we will be up against much stronger opposition than the likes of Prague and Rapid Vienna in the group stages,if we get there.

Firstly as an individual match it is not much worse than the Red Imps results. Red imps were rated 407 out of 456 while Niederkorn are rated 440 out of 453. So worse, but not much. The key thing is that they lost the tie not just the match. Celtic was a blip but had no lasting impact on progress. Rangers actually went out of Europe to the 14th lowest ranked club in the continent. So yeah, much worse because losing a match is embarrassing but losing the tie is humiliating.

As for Rangers not being a powerful team and that making league titles worthless. Well don't forget when Rangers won 9-in-a-row Celtic were in disarray. Celtic didn't even finish 2nd for 7 of those Rangers titles. And who generally finished 2nd for 5 of those titles? Yep, Aberdeen just like now. So this current run of titles is no less credible than the huns back in the 90's.

[nrico2006]

Was this any worse than losing to Lincoln Red Imps? How can any Celtic team or supporter gain any satisfaction from winning an SPL when Rangers are in disarray like this? I see Celtic struggled again tonight in Prague.God help us in the Champions League, we will be up against much stronger opposition than the likes of Prague and Rapid Vienna in the group stages,if we get there.

Firstly as an individual match it is not much worse than the Red Imps results. Red imps were rated 407 out of 456 while Niederkorn are rated 440 out of 453. So worse, but not much. The key thing is that they lost the tie not just the match. Celtic was a blip but had no lasting impact on progress. Rangers actually went out of Europe to the 14th lowest ranked club in the continent. So yeah, much worse because losing a match is embarrassing but losing the tie is humiliating.

As for Rangers not being a powerful team and that making league titles worthless. Well don't forget when Rangers won 9-in-a-row Celtic were in disarray. Celtic didn't even finish 2nd for 7 of those Rangers titles. And who generally finished 2nd for 5 of those titles? Yep, Aberdeen just like now. So this current run of titles is no less credible than the huns back in the 90's.

I actually can't believe someone has tried to say that the current run of titles for Celtic is no less credible than Rangers run in the 90s.  Wise up.

[Hectic]

When Celtic were in disarray in the 90's they did not leave creditors and the public purse out of money to the tune of £100m or more.  Instead they rallied together to back the vision of Fergus and while there were frustrating years the solid foundations put in place let Celtic get back to challenging. 

This other lot spent money that was not theirs in a totally reckless manner, cheated the public but also cheated on the sporting side before everything came home to roost and they were liquidated, began life as a new club in the bottom division which allowed them to skip past having to qualify for the leagues, they have been running at a loss since to try and get competitive at the top and got to enter Europe this year at the expense of clubs running their house in a responsible manner. 

No tears shed from me last night and there will be none when they go the same way as Third Lanark, Gretna and Rangers and I am sorry if some people feel that they need a strong club playing out of Ibrox to define Celtic but personally I do not give a monkeys if they never put up a challenge.

[Main Street]

Well, I woke up with a smile not diminished by what happened a year ago in a CLQ which ultimately had no detrimental effect compared to a sledge hammer knockout blow to Rangers, by a midget.

Also the news that  the financially doped Old Rangers are still found guilty in the big tax case and the fall guy set up to take the rap for their scams gets a not guilty verdict.

Now the field is wide open for the UK tax authorities to 'extort' payments from companies who have used the illegal EBT tax avoidance schemes.

[foxcommander]

Naughty arabs!

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/1675947/rangers-programme-jibe-dundee-united-internet/

[red hander]

http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/15595392.Rangers_chairman_Dave_King_not__a_poor_innocent_businessman___court_hears/

[illdecide]

Rangers: Pedro Caixinha sacked as manager after board meeting

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Rangers have sacked manager Pedro Caixinha after seven months in charge.

Coach Graeme Murty takes over on an interim basis, as he did before Caixinha's appointment in March.

Caixinha, 46, won 14 of his 26 games, with assistant manager Helder Baptista and coaches Pedro Malta and Jose Belman also leaving Ibrox.

The decision was made at a board meeting following Wednesday's 1-1 home draw with Kilmarnock, which leaves Rangers fourth in the Premiership.

On Sunday, the Rangers lost their League Cup semi-final to Motherwell at Hampden.

The Ibrox side are eight points behind Premiership leaders Celtic after 10 games, also trailing Aberdeen and Motherwell.

Live text - reaction to Caixinha dismissal
After the draw with Kilmarnock, Caixinha said he was determined to remain in charge.

But his 229-day reign makes him the shortest serving manager in the Glasgow club's history.

In April, Rangers suffered their biggest ever home loss to Celtic, suffering a 5-1 humbling on their way to a third place finish in the league.

This season started with a shock Europa League qualifying defeat to Luxembourg minnows Progres Niederkorn in July.

Last six Rangers managers
Manager   Games   Won   Drawn   Lost   Trophies
Pedro Caixinha (March 2017 - Oct 2018)   26   14   5   7   0
Mark Warburton (June 2015 - Feb 2017)   82   54   15   13   2
Ally McCoist (June 2011 - Dec 2014)   167   121   22   24   2
Walter Smith (Jan 2007 - May 2011)   246   155   53   38   8
Paul Le Guen (May 2006 - Jan 2007)   31   16   8   7   0
Alex McLeish (Dec 2001 - May 2006)   235   155   44   36   7
Analysis - BBC Scotland's Tom English

The big surprise is not that Pedro Caixinha has lost his job as Rangers manager. The remarkable thing is that he ever got it in the first place.

His track record did not support such an appointment. The only thing that Caixinha seemed adept at was talking a good game rather than delivering one.

Over the course of his brief reign the headlines he created were more about the bombast of his words rather than the performance his side. Eventually, the board that took such an unnecessary gamble in giving him the job, admitted that there was no future with him in charge.

Those men who made the decision to appoint him are the director Graeme Park, the managing director Stewart Robinson and the director of football administration Andrew Dickson. Having assessed their now ex-manager a period of self-reflection is in order.

This has been a desperate mess from start to finish.

[SHEEDY]

Not a surprise.