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David is here before he heads to Prague with the news.

  • Spackman on Souness role
  • Players consulted on singing section
  • B Team tickets on sale

(Today's song is 'Philadelphia (City Of Brotherly Love)' by We Are Augustines).

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John Smith

Hope you and all the other bears travelling over to Czechia keep yourselves safe David. Bit worried about their supporters trying to cause something.

John Smith

I’d say what we need is a Chief Football Officer

KMS

Won't be a popular opinion but I say if we have a singing section rubber stamped by the club, within 5 years we will have received either a partial or full stadium closure in Europe and FARE will be all over that section with their watchers and recording equipment. Our fanbase have shown time and again they will roll out the banned songbook when they feel like it (or when slightly aggrieved with the players/club/board) Plus the amount of drunken daytrippers who would want in there for Euro games will be unreal, and that makes me very wary of this, the club need to tread carefully here because this could clearly come back and bite them squarely on the arse, and it will all be deemed as a club sanctioned section, therefore they support it, are behind it and condone any behaviour and songs emanating from it.

Greg

You can't force them to stay but you also can't fail to mention that they are lesser fans.

Charlie Nicolson

A lovely tribute to Fraser. Despite both of us being from Kintyre I was only aware of him through FF and Argyll FM. I know he was a good friend of many of my friends. May he rest in peace

George Higgins

Re Souness . I understand the attraction but this has all the hallmarks of” get a Rangers man in”. Are we saying there is no one else in the world who would be better suited to be a sounding board/ consultant ?

Greg

We already have a singing section, it's just being moved to another area.

KMS

Sorry for the loss of your and the Rangers family friend Fraser, RIP 🙏

John Smith

I’m in favour of Souness George but I agree we should have more. I’d ideally like a football advisory board. I think Big Eck would be a great person to have helping us

Russ

Will Sima come in for a bit of stick in Prague due to his connections with Slavia? Hopefully it doesn't get blown out of proportion by the media with our previous in Prague.

Gregg

100% - Souness should be a stop gap till we get someone with the relevant qualifications in. No more, no less

George Higgins

Sima seems to think so. Also heard a Czech football expert say that there’s still antagonism to Rangers due to the Kamara incident. Although Sparta and Slavia are rivals.

Russ

Aye fingers crossed its amicable for our players and fans over there. Don't mind hostility if it's to back their team but when it starts going beyond that it's too far. Cba with another racism fallout, it's 2023 ffs.

Scott Gall

Very touching at the end mate. I didn't have the pleasure, but he seemed like a good egg. I'm sure you did him proud with that. RIP Fraser WATP

Tamus

If the singing section wanted to relocate to the Directors Box, would Bisgrove be happy to vacate HIS seat to make this happen. I genuinely feel sorry for folk who have sat in the Copland front centre since 1986, almost twice the amount of time that most in the singing section have been alive. Nightmare scenario for them is they get papped to the Broomy then once the tims get a bigger allocation again, they may lose their old firm home tickets

Barry Kerr

On Van Den Ven we can't sign any foreign players until they're 18 which makes it harder for us to possibly get them earlier than when they move. I know he moved when he was 19 but even then Bundesliga or SPFL it's always going to be the better league.

Graeme Strachan

A lot of merit in this post. I guess time will tell?🤔 I hope you are wrong but valid concerns imo.

Stephen

Over the past few years Souness has come across as a ‘ things were better in our day ’ type of guy. Not sure he would fit into a modern role like this now.

Graeme Strachan

The Club proactively sanctioning and reinforcing its connections with the singing section changes perceptions.

Ewan Christie

Lovely words at the end David, RIP Fraser 💙

Craig

So tiresome from Spackman, nothing more predicable than old football men putting their pals forward for jobs they clearly aren't suitable for.

Damien Stubbs

Sorry to hear about your friend David. Safe trip 💙

Russ

There probably needs to be some sort of system for season tickets - like a 2/3 season on 2/3 off to address the waiting list, atm it really is a closed shop. Saw some fans in the prem got season tickets the thick end of 2 decades after joining the waiting list, they've applied for an adult and child and the child's now an adult with a child!

Steve Clark

Is that frazer who had the flat on the Copland road and who was on the rst board.

Billy McCormack

I said on other forums etc that I think the players are aware or affected by the fans that walk out early, yes its been going on for years and fans have every right but it does have an impact on the game.

@bluebeans

Come on now, no one knows more about Rangers than Graeme. Some 3 years that…..30 odd year ago.

David

Sorry for your loss, Davie.

Andy Sladen

So sorry for you your loss

Gregg

Sympathise with those on the list but can’t see this happening - too much admin and when you come off the list, you are breaking a habit and you could lose regular match goers

Lynsey Roddy

I know this might be seen as sacrilegious but I would say Souness is a Liverpool man. He’s a Rangers ex-manager & player but for me he’ll always be a Liverpool man who has Rangers connections.

George Higgins

Big problem is people transferring season tickets to others while people are paying for mygers to get on a waiting list.

Calum Robertson

Surely the show in December should be called “Heart and Hand and Hateley”

Lynsey Roddy

I’m sorry for your loss. It sounds like he was a great guy who’ll be missed by many. It was a lovely tribute to Fraser. RIP.

John Smith

Totally get that viewpoint Lynsey. I would point you in the direction of a YouTube interview he did with a Liverpool channel ( I can’t remember the name) where he actually said straight to their faces that Rangers were more important to him

David_Davy_Dave

Yip full time director of football Souness can be the football person on the board and as you say available on an ad hoc basis

Colin Gardner

Condolences to Frasers family and friends.

Graeme Law

Sorry for your loss David, so many deaths just now its hard to keep up some strange is going on. I've seen 3 ambulances in my street in the last 5 days

Jim Milne

Condolences on your loss David, and to Fraser's family and friends. RIP Fraser.

David Speedie

A lovely tribute to your pal David Rest easy Fraser 💙

KMS

And they were banned from the stadium in 2019 for behaviour against Legia Warsaw, which saw us receive a partial stadium closure, so there is previous already.

Rose Mcloughlin

So sorry to hear about the loss of your friend...thats sad. ..enjoy your trip to Prague my fave town and get that picture taken....we must have a pod one day on all our habits or routines before a match..somethings are hysterical.

Charles McIntyre

A lovely tribute David. The news has shocked the local community. RIP young man.

Gary Brown

👏👏👏 Well said. Spend more time singing about Celtic, the IRA, Bobby Sands, themselves and their 'ultra culture' than our players & team - yes, OUR team! Not just for 'ultras' but ALL of us. So like all of us, they shouldn't get to pick & choose where they fancy 'singing' from on a whim. They are ultras, singing other team ultras songs / tunes with their own words rammed in to suit. Rest don't join in as dont want to sing that crap or don't know the words made up that week to the BG1 cover version of some other ultra mob's latest tune. So say they get CF3 & 4 - what happens in 5-10-20 yr when this lot grow up and actually want to watch the football? 3 yr wait list for a ST! Reckon they're giving up theirs in CF3? The stickers & mockery shite from the Hibs lot is ultra culture. Blagging through turnstiles is ultra culture, standing wherever you want is ultra culture. Trying to out do other clubs ultras is ultra culture and there are common themes - self entitlement & posturing! The trials have been successful? Of course! They were 'auditioning' to get what they want. They simply want to be more visible!

Scott McKenzie

Sorry to hear this. To avoid any confusion was this the Fraser that was on the pod in the early days? Regardless desperately sad & shouldn’t be happening at that age. Rest in peace 😢

Dave McM

Only found out now about Fraser. What happened? I half-remember some brilliant times with the wonderful wild-yin and only last week passed a bar we used to meet at promoting the thought that I should try and see him this Christmas. 😢

Dave McM

Hell. Lovely tribute. He genuinely was a Good Bear. Mad sod full of life, enough for three lives even in such a short time.

Heart and Hand

He lived his life, and he lived it to the full. A night out with him was to laugh, end up somewhere mad and unexpected. I’ll miss him.