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Not that much of a big football fan but I support Liverpool for obvious reasons. I visited their stadium during me visit too.

 Agreed @meanmistermustard. Frustration got the better of me yesterday with that post. 2 games in the last 2 weeks where we should have won and messed it up. If we throw away Champions League qualification from here,I’d be devastated. 2 shots on target at home yesterday against a team who are truly awful,and have been fighting against relegation for months is not good. As for the Man City goal,yeah I agree. We also got away with what looked like a penalty for a foul on Raheem Sterling,so yeah, we’ve had our fair share of luck too.

Just read as well that it’s likely that Steven Gerrard will be the new Glasgow Rangers manager. That will be interesting in the Old Firm games,with his old manager Brendan Rodgers in charge of Celtic. That one came out of left field,but it’s an amazing opportunity for Gerrard. I suspect that he’ll be the Liverpool manager one day,so it’s good for him to go away and get a bit of experience first

@meanmistermustard: Thanks for that. I had no idea things were as bad as that behind the scenes at Rangers,and yeah, I remember reading about McInnes potentially going there last year,but he decided to stay loyal to Aberdeen (if I remember rightly,they were playing each other in a match while all the speculation was going on, and McInnes was criticised for forgetting his players name in his after match interview. To be fair,his head would have been all over the place I’m guessing.)

I watched Match Of The Day last night,to get the highlights of the Arsenal v Man United game,and both Ian Wright and Alan Shearer were in agreement that it was a good move for Gerrard. Shearer was saying that,if Rangers could attract Gerrard, presumably he’d been promised funds etc by the board,and that Gerrard would be able to attract top players to Rangers “because of who he is”. Wright replied by saying that it was a good move for him as “he only has to beat one team” (presumably Celtic),which I thought was a tad disrespectful to the likes of Aberdeen and Hearts,who are decent sides in their own right. I look forward to seeing how it works out for him,if he does indeed get the job.

While we’re on the subject of Rangers,ex Rangers player Joey Barton will be taking over a lower league English team as manager next season (if memory serves, I think it’s Fleetwood Town),so that will be,er, ‘interesting’ to say the least. Can’t see Joey Barton as a manager myself,but hey,he may do well there 

Agree with you @meanmistermustard. Rangers had to start all over again as they were demoted down the leagues, and that rebuilding process is still going on I would suggest,yet people like Ian Wright obviously believe that they’re still the Rangers of old. Celtic are miles ahead of the others as you say (shown once again at the weekend,when they hammered Rangers 5-0),and tend to cherrypick the best players from the teams lower down the league,very similar to what Bayern Munich do in the German league for example. The other teams like Aberdeen,Hearts and Hibernian deserve some recognition,but all too often, it’s Celtic and Rangers who make all the headlines. Sad but predictable.

As for Celtic and Rangers leaving the SPL,I noticed a comment from Brendan Rodgers a while back,where he suggested that if Celtic were in the English Premier League, they’d be a top 4 team. Absolutely no chance. Rodgers does come out with odd statements at times,and that was one I particularly enjoyed reading(he’s being linked with the Arsenal job once Wenger leaves his post,it’ll be interesting to see what he chooses to do if he does get offered it). 

As for Barton,the guy is a clown. He once said that he should be picked for England,as he was the best midfielder in the league,this coming at a time when Gerrard,Vieira,Scholes and Lampard were all in the league. I remember a game at Anfield when Gerrard took the ball off him and whacked it past the keeper from long range, something Joey Barton never did as far as I’m aware. He was an average player with a big head who thought he was better than he was

meanmistermustard said
Rangers were not demoted. The club was liquidated due to running up massive debts which it couldnt repay and therefore stopped existing. A new Rangers was voted into league two after the SFA and many club SPL chairmen tried to force them into the Championship, contrary to the rules, with wild tales of financial Armageddon and social unrest in the papers. Fans of the clubs resorted to threatening to not buy season tickets and turn their backs on Scottish football if the rules weren’t followed. The clubs started listening to their fans and the new Rangers were admitted into league three. 

Demoted makes it out they were punished, they were not. The rules were followed correctly – eventually .  

Thanks for clarifying @meanmistermustard. Murty has now been sacked by Rangers. Seems a matter of time before Gerrard is appointed. His good mate Danny Murphy says that the only thing holding up the deal is that Steven wants assurances over his transfer budget

trcanberra said
Good luck to Liverpool for all the fans out there 

Hope there’s no crowd trouble.

My phone suggested zombies – hopefully there’s none of them either 😉  

Absolutely @trcanberra. Hope everyone gets home safely. So nervous and excited for this game. Come on Liverpool!