We have much better options this season than we had last season.

If Griffiths was out last season then Ciftci was the only option.

I would start Dembele. I think Sinclair is better running onto the ball rather than his back to goal. Use Dembele’s physicality and pace against their old backline.

I see some debate whether Forrest or Roberts should start? For me it has to be Roberts. You get the best players on the pitch and even though Forrest has done well, Roberts is different class.

You'll be disgraced in that group on the pitch and your fans will embarrass themselves and the country with yet more flares, fights, fines and political posturing. It'll be fun for the rest of us to watch.

Celtic are 4th seed diddies who will get thrashed. That's their contribution to European football now, making up the numbers and praying to keep it under 4-0.


A guy that has never been to a football game criticising Walter Smith, a manager who took a Scottish team to the last ever European final a team from here will ever get to. I mean L.O.L.

Celtic are the only Scottish team left in Europe, so you could credit them for that.

I noticed you deflected answering the question on how you think Rangers would do in Europe. I think we know the answer.

Come on here and gloat if Rangers do better then Celtic in Europe. Thankfully your team has no chance of making any impact in Europe.

Whatever happens in Champions League, we will still pick up near £25m.

The numbers don't lie. This guy had an awful record in European competition.

3 wins out of 31 no matter how you try and dress it up is nothing short of shocking.

I find it laughable you can try and laugh at any other club in Europe when your old club has a highlight reel of European failures and the new one has never played in Europe.

Rangers' style of play might suit European football. But of course we won't know until next season at the earliest.

Lol - Liverpool suddenly not getting your blood racing these past few years?? Remind us again what your thought on Brenda was when he was in charge of your "old" team.

You get no credit for limping past the Red Imps and other dross. UEFA rig it so diddy country champions get an easy route to the group stages when they don't deserve it. I'd rather watch Roma in the champions league than your lot making up the numbers. In times past you'd say how you will reach the last 16, now all you care about is a cheque your board won't spend.

He took a Scottish club team to a European final. If you don't think that is impressive you are utterly clueless about football.

You still have avoided the question how you think Rangers will do in Europe next season. Answer it or are you too scared to admit Rangers will be rubbish in Europe with their current squad?

Bet you would be delighted if your 'diddy' club got into Champions League. Yet according to you, Scottish teams shouldn't get the chance to go into Champions Lesgue.

I don't know how they would do because they aren't in it. It is because of Celtic and the rest of the diddy teams that our coefficient is so poor. You had loads of chances to get into the champions league and UEFA practically gave you a leg up by playing dross and the whole Legia affair and you still mucked it up for years. The rest of the Scottish teams you can excuse because they are utter shit and losing to Maltese teams doesn't even raise an eyebrow now.

You forget that Celtic got into last 16 a few years ago and also got into last 32 of Europa league.

How convienent that you forget that, yet always remember the bad results.

Remind me, how did Rangers do last time they played in Europe?

You couldn't win a group game in the Europa league, not the champions league, the dross filled Europa league. You couldn't get past dross in Europe even though you had no domestic competition to worry about, and even then you couldn't do a treble.

Celtic just make up the numbers now, they'll get destroyed in that group.

really Frankie, is that the best you can do?

Notice you've still ignored that we got to the last 16 in 2012/13 and last 32 of Europa League in 2014/15..

Believe it or not I don't find a team limping to a final scoring hardly any goals and boring everyone with negative tactics that impressive at all. I most certainly don't think it makes up for someone who's CL record ranks as one of the worst.


McCoist certainly helped the cause. He manages to get knocked out of two competitions before the end of August. Did absolute wonders for the coefficient.


You would know all about an "old" team.

After watching Scotland's game tonight I now know the reason Scotland haven't qualified since 1998 for anything is because of politics, crap managers, England and the break up of the Soviet Union.

Nothing to do with the SFA but at least Henry McLeish got to discuss the referendum.

After two watchable episodes this one kinda sucked.

Ultimately Craig Whyte's biggest mistake was to let him manage that team.

That £15m jackpot bought Rangers.

Amazing isn't it. Rangers are back in the SPL and suddenly it's Liverwho.
4 years of bottling it all up.
Forget those days of wanting Brendan out, he's the best around now.

Living in the small glory of the past as usual. "We got to the last 16 four seasons ago!" Well why aren't you aiming for that now? Why all the talk about cheques? As for the last 32 in the Europa, that's not even an achievement. Look at your record last season, abysmal. You have a bigger budget than all SPL teams at the time combined and you still couldn't win a group game.

About as stupid as saying "I don't think Portugal winning the Euros was that good because they didn't play well". No other Scottish team will ever grace a European final. That was an achievement by Walter Smith, it is clueless to deny that.

It should probably be noted that in the revamped Champions League, Celtic's coefficient will be boosted thanks to their European Cup win in 1967.

With the biggest difference being Portugal won.

You know as well as I do that a career record of 3 wins in 31 games isn't good. You cant defend that record whether you like it or not.


The irony here is staggering.


Good luck on finding me saying Brendan out.

Roxburgh's comments on Costa Rica were shocking. This is your first opponent at a World Cup Finals and they did no preparation at all. Just expected to turn up and win easy.

He took them 10 games unbeaten and was 90 minutes away from the champions league final against the cheats from Marseille. Saying he only won 6 out of 35 group games is misleading as he drew with Barcelona and drew 1-1 with Man Utd away and still took a Scottish club team to a European final, something that will never be done again.

Walter Smith is still a great manager and will always be looked on as a legend of Rangers for his achievements no matter how much guff you spout.