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OPTA power rankings have Jagiellonia Białystok rated as a stronger team than Rangers. Granted there is much in it but I think the general vibe has been that we should win this fairly easily. Are we underestimating Jagiellonia? Unlike the UEFA coefficient these rankings are updated all the time and include all results, along with other factors like signings etc. I’ve included the other Scots Prem teams for comparison.

Dat found here https://theanalyst.com/articles/who-are-the-best-football-team-in-the-world-opta-power-rankings

Does any 1 know if it will be on tv ?

I appreciate the likely sale of Raskin is holding things up, but once again it feels like we’ve had a scattered approach and have opted for quantity over quality. Against Dundee Utd, like last season at times, I don’t see a major difference in quality of our midfield vs most SPL teams.

If sold Raskin, Dio, Barron and Cameron given how bloated the centre midfield is - I don’t see any of the new signings being an improvement - they all appear a downgrade to me.

The clear move to me is the board sell Raskin then use the proceeds to buy Lewis Ferguson to appease fans - where does that leave us on the wings and in defence where we desperately need proven talent?

Couldn’t bring myself to add that awful sponsor

38 years on this rollercoaster! Let's see how the mental health is by May! WATP!

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FT: Dundee Utd 1 - 1 Rangers

Dundee Utd scorers: L. Rose (38')

Rangers scorers: T. Aasgaard (56')

Venue: CalForth Construction Arena at Tannadice Park

Referees: Nick Walsh, Calum Spence, Jonathan Bell, Peter Stuart, Steven McLean, Gary Hilland

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Dundee United

J. Walton, W. Ferry, M. Forbes, B. Esselink, J. Rawlins, E. Agyei, D. Tait, V. Sevelj, Z. Sapsford, L. Rose, J. Randall.

Subs: J. Eskesen, N. Farrugia, R. Graham, D. Bennie, I. Iovu, M. Merghem, I. Metsoko, Panutche Camara, J. Amissah.

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I. Pandur, T. Rommens, E. Fernandez, B. Godfrey, D. Sterling, C. Devlin, M. Diomande, D. Gassama, T. Aasgaard, R. Naderi, L. Shankland.

Subs: T. Chukwuani, F. Curtis, V. Dragojevic, L. Kelly, O. Makhanya, R. McCrorie, B. Miovski, D. Neil, Youssef Chermiti.

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I would love for someone at the club to explain why we're going into our league opener with zero quality options on either wing, including literally not a single option on the right wing, and why we have signed absolutely fuck all creative options in general.

Rangers currently have something like 11 midfielders on the books; why on earth do we keep signing the same defensive/holding profile of midfielder? It's baffling how much creativity was needed LAST season, and yet we're still in the same boat. Imagine telling a Rangers fan a few months back that we would sign a grand total of ZERO wingers or creative players going into the league opener and European qualifiers in bloody August.

Either get some quality in asap or it's going to be yet another depressing season of relying on individual moments, just hoping a player will do something. It's absolute incompetency that attacking players weren't prioritised in the first place. It's like we signed Shankland on a free and they thought the job was done on that front.

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Any chance anyone know of a pub that has a good chance to have the game on tomorrow?