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It’s reality, not theory, and it doesn’t seem like you’re seeing it past your blue-tinted specs.

I just watched Livi v Celtic highlights and Celtic PK award is ridiculous. The ball did hit the Livi player’s arm but he was clearly pushed by a Celtic player.

Because they’re still getting their story straight with Collum.

I am not 100% sure it was a PK yesterday. I was convinced it was but after watching a clip on you tube, as Fadinger goes by Fernandez, the defender might actually have grazed the ball. Based on what I’ve seen/heard from watching the EPL if the defender gets a touch on the ball first then it’s deemed as him playing the ball amd any contact is then incidental. It’s hard to tell if he did touch or not but it does throw some doubt on it based on what I mentioned using the EPL as an example. however, if that’s the case why was there not an immediate response from officials team that the defender played the ball amd that is why no PK was awarded?

Hibs are trying desperatley to land Dykes. Don't know much about young Wilson.

Really? This is what I was getting at when I mentioned the ‘Penalty to Rangers’ thing before. That a narrative is pushed by the media (mainstream and social) and it is then accepted as fact. And that I am being questioned/accused of being a Rangers fan or at least having a soft spot for them is quite telling. All I am doing is pointing out some glaring weaknesses in this theory. If match officials and the VAR team were as is appeared to be suggesting out to assist Rangers even to the detriment of their own professional and personal reputation, then why did they disallow them a goal at 0-0??? And let me be clear…it was clearly offside and therefore the correct decision to rule it out. But surely a set of match officials influenced by systematic bias that goes beyond unchecked or else blatant cheating officials would surely have no qualms about ‘inventing’ a reason why they thought it was onside and should stand even though all the evidence otherwise was available and would see them questioned, scrutinised and ridiculed? Or is that just me ‘showing my soft spot for Rangers’ by thinking along those lines too?

Probably bonkers but would it be worth trying to get Dykes on loan? Will be needing game time ahead of world cup though Probably not player to suit our style, or young Wilson at Hearts?

260k I think. I think Stama would be better in a front 2,

Your soft spot for Rangers here is showing.

Spoken like a true Rangers fan. 😉 I don't see anything being made of yesterday's wrong decision. It is controversial because it was wrong but there is very little to no coverage about it. The one for me that is indefensible was the handball v Livingston at Ibrox. It is a real stretch to say that officials cheat but that is as close to it as I have seen. An absolute stonewall penalty denied because Livingston were playing Rangers at Ibrox.

This is the next stage in progression we need to improve the physicality of our team we have no real threat at set peices

You would have a point I think if the media weren’t going out of their way to highlight every questionable decision that goes in Rangers favour. But they do. Yesterday’s alone is being described as ‘controversial’ which it was and that’s before you take into account the hysteria over “Penalty to Rangers” a couple of years ago which not very subtly implied that every penalty Rangers get is dodgy and also that they get more penalties than any other side, the latter being easily disproven by facts but that didn’t stop the narrative being pushed.

Key signing really needs to be a striker. Defensively I think we're OK if we're holding on to Welsh. Also reminding myself that McGhee should be available in January. Be interesting to see if AP leaves in this window. Balmer, Halliday the obvious ones to leave. As much as would like to move on some of the crocks can't see Robinson, Stuparvic, Nicholson going anywhere.

My point isn’t that officials are secretly plotting every decision to conspire against teams. It’s that the system lets bias run unchecked, especially in big moments. VAR hides subjectivity behind supposed objectivity. Smaller clubs keep getting screwed, and the media only shouts as loud as its viewership, while the same officials face zero consequences because the likes of Collum keep calling things honest mistakes. If nothing changes and the same clubs keep benefiting, it isn’t random or nonsense, it’s cheating in plain sight.

It looked a stonewaller right enough but this “blatant cheating” and “conspiracy” nonsense is just that. Nonsense. If that really were the case then we simply would not get any decision in our favour in games like these because if that ridiculous theory is to be believed then match officials along with VAR would be so brazen as to look at a decision for us/against them and know fine well what the correct decision is yet decide to give the complete opposite one. Thus opening themselves up to media scrutiny ‘trial by Sportscene’ and in some cases having their reputation and their character dragged through the mud. Any decision that goes in favour of Rangers whether justified or not is poured over, looked at from every possible angle and subjected to a level of scrutiny that decisions involving no other side would get. So why then would match officials willingly put themselves in that position when they know what is coming their way?? I will say this again. Having looked at it it WAS a penalty for us and it should have been given. I don’t know why it wasn’t. But as has been seen all too often decisions by onfield officials and VAR have been inconsistent and in some cases downright baffling. For example, Kofi Balmer’s red card against Kilmarnock last season given by VAR which was subsequently overturned. I didn’t hear anyone stamping their feet and howling about cheating and conspiracies about that.

On what evidence? Udinese haven’t exactly been flying this season, and Miller has barely had a sniff. Runjaic simply hasn’t given him a proper chance, preferring instead to talk shite about him to the press. Miller needs to move on to get first team minutes, although I suspect he’ll still be an Udinese employee long after Runjaic is gone.

Aye, but how much did that idiot Kettlewell blow on Stama? More than £200K apparently.

We all need to accept that VAR simply doesn’t work for smaller teams. In Scotland, when most officials are either biased or incompetent, and subjectivity is allowed to operate a supposedly objective technology, smaller clubs have no chance of being treated fairly. It’s cheating, with the same people acting as judge, jury, and executioner. We won’t get fair refereeing in our game until bigotry and ignorance stop being tolerated, let alone celebrated.

Apparently same referee gave the rangers a last gasp penalty against dundee utd in the 2 all draw. Saw that funny enough. Even with the new technolegy the officials have got worse. Collum was an awful referee and now he oversees all officials. Someone mentioned we have had six penalties all given by VAR. As the referees missed the offences. Not sure if thats correct, but it would not suprise me.

That just tells you everything that is wrong with Scottish Football. Everybody (except Rangers fans) can see it was a penalty. Take that same situation up the other end and a penalty would be awarded.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/good-authority-celtic-lose-motherwell-36461921 I hope of course Andy Halliday is right, but have a feeling he should stay quiet On the other hand Hugh Keevins is not the most believable source

To be fair or more accurate, need them to score. We hit the target a few times yesterday but made it too easy for the goalie to save.

So what’s our priority? IN goal scorer left back centre back mid fielder (preferably one who can shoot) Out anyone not in JBA plans so we can free up funds to get players JBA wants.

I thought everyone knew that Rangers VAR doesn't review that kind of incident.

What I discovered the last time we were discussing this is that there is training compensation up until a player's 23rd birthday, and solidarity payments after that: "Any time a player is transferred while they are under contract, then a solidarity fee is paid to all clubs that trained the player between his 12th and 23rd birthdays at a proportional rate depending on how long the player was at each club." What I hadn't realised is that they continue throughout the players' career. "Solidarity payments do not stop at the player’s 23rd birthday (like the training compensation payments do) but continue through the course of the player’s professional career each time he is transferred while under contract." So as long a fee is paid while they are under contract, even if they are 40 years old, we still receive our cut. Apparently 5% of the transfer fee is used for the distributions.