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[Rocketteam94 @rocketteam94]

Bridgeton loyalists up the gallowgate 🔥🔥😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

[Stu @stu__72]

@WEEI

[Rangers Football Club @RangersFC]

💙 𝐀 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬.

[Chris Jack @Chris_Jack89]

🚨Rangers head coach Danny Rohl is closing in on a deal to join RB Salzburg.

Rangers will look to finalise a move for Hearts boss Derek McInnes.

Latest news for @RangersReview55 ⤵️

https://t.co/QsaU4yL55e

[Empire ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ @Empire1872]

Also worth pointing out as with the Orange 3rd kit last season, Castore now only do the kids full kit up to sizes 5-6 when in past went up to sizes 7-8

Was - £50
Now £119

A difference of £69 if you have a kid aged between 6-8 and want to buy them the full kit

Wild.

[Stevie @enclosureloyal]

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[Connor Gillies @ConnorGillies]

NEW: Sky News came to Ireland in an attempt to question Nicola Sturgeon about claims she shut down scrutiny of SNP finances at the same time her ex-husband Peter Murrell stole £400k from party.

She entered the kitchen to avoid questions with security pushing me away.

@SkyNews

[Stu @stu__72]

@shaunrbrown @Empire1872 @connman_86 So just ignore the utter shit show of recent results and hope it works out? Nae bother mate, see you in October.

[Doug @theGlimmerTwin]

Here’s the thing though, almost everything you hit upon has only amplified in the past couple of years as Tav has gotten older.

He was never consistently talked about as our “worst player” against Celtic until he was up against Maeda on a regular basis because he had him beat for pace. Even then, Maeda wasn’t even that successful against him until the last couple of years when Tav’s legs went and Maeda improved. The opposite was true, Tav was the one player whom the honest Celtic fan worried about because he more than anyone actually created and scored goals against them.

This idea he can’t defend has also grown arms and legs in the last couple of years as he’s declined. Yes, it’s always been a fact he’s been a much greater attacking force than a defensive one. But for the majority of his career his pace and power meant he was a perfectly decent defender. He has been at times statistically the best defender in Europe. He led a defence that set a record for least goals conceded in the league ever. He has consistently been the best RB in the league based on his defensive stats alone, at one point being described as ‘perhaps the most dominant player in his position, in his league, anywhere in the world’.

To be clear, even citing all that I’m not making the case that he’s a defensive great, that’s never been his game. But this idea he “can’t defend” simply doesn’t stand up to scrutiny over the majority of his career.

Kompany was constantly mocked for being a weak link at City because of his injury issues. There’s a Reddit thread on r/ManchesterUtd from about 4 months ago asking if Fernandes is Man Utd’s worst ever captain for all the same reasons people ask the question of Tav.

To captain a club with a winning history during a period where they aren’t winning will always have that effect.

This idea Tav has lowered standards is just a non-starter. If truly removing all personal opinion and bias and simply looking at his individual achievements, they rank up there alongside almost any Rangers great. Almost 300 Goal Contributions in 11 years from any player is amazing. That’s an average of 27 per season. An average of 51 games played per season over the course is also outstanding, especially against the backdrop of injury problems we’ve had in recent years with key players. Tav is going to end his career as one of our all time appearance holders. Domestically, in Europe and overall.

Obviously there’s the run to Seville where he was Top Scorer in the Tournament, but not just that, he’s led a period of sustained European success for the club. Multiple other records he’s notched from previous great players, precisely because he’s been one of the few players who has maintained a Rangers standard despite what’s been around him.

The sad part is that these last two years especially have seen people fall into this trap of cascading his more recent issues across his career. Emphasising defensive frailties, focusing on the lack of team success. Through it all Tav has never hidden though. He is always there ready to put on the shirt. He hasn’t kicked off when dropped or spat his dummy. He’s just kept working. If he’s been here too long that’s on the club for not replacing him when they should have. Even this season he’s still scoring goals, still hitting his creative numbers… and still was statistically the best RB in the league for at least a period. Even at his worst he finds ways to contribute and he has helped save a number of key points in games this season.

His time at the club is winding down, and it will always be an * on his career that he didn’t win more trophies at a club that defines itself by trophies won. But in time people will look back on his career with gratitude and amazing memories. Because if one thing is undeniably true, almost every moment of major success we’ve had in the past decade, he’s invariably played a major part it in.

[BBC Sport @BBCSport]

The Crucible pays a special tribute to the legendary John Virgo ❤️

[Stu @stu__72]

@Chris_Maccaviti @TheMafiaPoint Cleaver never had the makings of an Oscar winner.

[Stu @stu__72]

@ryzo_11 Shut up

[Josh @joshpearson180]

Wayne Mardle has had to go through more pain in the last couple of years than any man ever should

It was incredibly brave of him to upload this and hopefully he knows he’s got plenty of support from fans, players and colleagues alike

Darts loves ya Wayne 🎯❤️

[Blair Malloy @blairwords1]

🔊 Ibrox EXPLODES as Youssef Chermiti bags his hat trick!

[Stu @stu__72]

@TheLoudenTavern @ibroxrocks rt

[Stu @stu__72]

If anyone knows a Callum Murphy, 19, let me know. Found his passport just outside the Louden at Ibrox tonight.

[Stu @stu__72]

@NathanEvanss @saintphnx You made ma wee Jett’s day the day mate! 3 of yous are legends!!

[Nathan Evans @NathanEvanss]

ANNOUNCE SKOV OLSEN

[Chris Jack @Chris_Jack89]

🚨Rangers have agreed a loan to buy deal with Wolfsburg for Danish winger Andreas Skov Olsen.

@RangersReview55 revealed Skov Olsen was keen to move to join Danny Rohl's side and talks had started over a fee to keep at Ibrox beyond the summer.

https://t.co/LU0sVhjfCu

[Ben McD @SICKB0Y_]

Sir, a second Chermiti goal has hit the net.