Jump to content

  • Sign up for free and receive a month's subscription

    You are viewing this page as a guest. That means you are either a member who has not logged in, or you have not yet registered with us. Signing up for an account only takes a minute and it means you will no longer see this annoying box! It will also allow you to get involved with our friendly(ish!) community and take part in the discussions on our forums. And because we're feeling generous, if you sign up for a free account we will give you a month's free trial access to our subscriber only content with no obligation to commit. Register an account and then send a private message to @dave u and he'll hook you up with a subscription.

Rangers (H) - CL, Tue 4th Oct 2022 (8:00pm)

Trumo

By Trumo,
in FF - Football Forum

 Share

Recommended Posts

Trumo Grand Master

Trumo

Posted
Posted

The first of a double header against the blue half of the Old Firm, and it’s the first ever competitive fixture between the two sides. When you consider the period from the mid-70s to the mid-80s where Liverpool ruled the roost in England and Europe, Rangers won a few Scottish titles in that time. And yet we only ever came up against Aberdeen. European draws seemed to pair us with the likes of Club Brugge, Gladbach and CSKA Sofia seemingly every year, but these ‘random’ draws also kept us apart from Scottish sides. Even during the 90s and Noughties, we managed to come up against Celtic a couple of times, but never Rangers.

 

I suppose given the two sides’ fans’ general political leanings at opposite ends of the spectrum, such encounters may have been a bit of a powder keg. However, with UK politics and general divisiveness more prominent than ever, plus the recent death of a reigning monarch, the climate now is worse than it has been, perhaps ever. Rangers fans will be well aware that Liverpool fans have more in common with the green half of Glasgow (even though the green half has also indulged in its fair share of sectarian shite), so I would expect their fans to belt out the entire anti-LFC repertoire. Sad, but to be expected. I hope our fans don’t reciprocate and instead concentrate on lifting the spirits of our own players. Anyway, this should be all about the football, so with that said:

 

Ambition. Nous. Finesse. Intelligence. Effort. Luck. Drive. Effervescence. X-factor. Perseverance. Electricity. Control. Tenacity. Steel.

 

I don’t ask for much.

 

The sides have only ever met at Anfield on 2 occasions, and the first of those was at the very end of the 19th century. The second wasn’t much more recent than that, taking place on 21st April 1924. It was a testimonial match for Reds stalwart Bill Connell, and the Liverpool team contained the likes of Elisha Scott in goal and Ephraim Longworth in defence. The match finished 2-0 to the visitors thanks to goals from Geordie Henderson and Andy Cunningham. You won’t be surprised to learn that no footage of this match exists, and nor can I find a match report. You’ll have to make do with a photo of the then-defending League champions.

 

1922-3-hls-g-traning.jpg

 

Buster Keaton was one of the big silent movie stars of that era, and he directed and starred in the big box office smash of April 1924, Sherlock Jr. Of course I’ve not seen in but I am aware of Buster Keaton and his influence on physical comedy ever since. Charlie Chaplin was the other big physical comedy actor of the time, and if you’ve watched any of Keaton or Chaplin’s stuff, you will recognise where characters like Mr Hulot and Mr Bean come from, plus umpteen Norman Wisdom roles for example. You can even see it in Michael Crawford’s brilliant Frank Spencer, or Peter Sellers’ awesome portrayal of Inspector Clouseau.

 

Keaton plays a cinema projectionist who is dirt-poor but fighting for the affects of a girl against an equally poor but more devious rival. At work, he daydreams about becoming a detective, and one such elaborate daydream places him centre stage as Sherlock Jr. while he is screening a movie that evening, with people he has met being cast in various roles as Sherlock Jr. goes about trying to solve a case. You can watch the film in its entirety here as it is 45 minutes long.

 

 

Clarence DeMar made it three in a row winning the Boston Marathon in a time of 2:29:40.2, on 21st April 1924. To put his time into context, 98 years later Evans Chebet led a Kenyan 1-2-3 with a winning time of 2:06:51. DeMar would win the Boston Marathon seven times (a record that still stands today), and also claimed bronze at the 1924 Olympics in Paris. The man could run.

 

clarence-demar-medium.jpg

 

Like any season, this season is a marathon not a sprint, but we do need to start showing that we are possible contenders for the big prizes by putting up some good performances and results. The injury list is shortening at last (he says with fingers crossed!) but the other issues that have hampered us still needs managing and addressing. Some of our regulars are out of form, we have some inexperienced players that have been introduced, and we have new signings that have not hit the ground running. We look like a squad at the beginning of a transition period. A win here would see us with a healthy 6 points at the halfway stage, making the group picture a little rosier.

 

Rangers were Europa League finalists last season, and they have a couple of Reds old boys in their squad. Winger Ryan Kent is one of their key players and will look to be a real nuisance, and the lesser-spotted Ben Davies was signed by the Ibrox club in the summer in a deal worth a potential £4m. He was in a few of our matchday squads in 2021 following his surprise arrival, but he never once got onto the pitch. I’ve no idea if he’s been playing for Rangers but I would think he’s going to feel he has a point to prove.

 

Rangers were outclassed by Ajax and Napoli in their previous games, and we have it within us to see them outclassed once again. The players just have to remember how to do what we know they are really capable of. Go out there and get the job done.

  • Upvote 6
Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Replies 414
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Popular Posts

Trumo
Trumo

The first of a double header against the blue half of the Old Firm, and it’s the first ever competitive fixture between the two sides. When you consider the period from the mid-70s to the mid-80s wher

AngryOfTuebrook
AngryOfTuebrook
cloggypop
cloggypop

He had a fantastic day. 

Posted Images

Creator Supreme Grand Master

Creator Supreme

Posted
Posted
1 minute ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

Jack it in, then. Just stop watching football. You never enjoy it when we win things anyway, so just go and find something that you like to fill your time.

I have done, it's hard to jack this place in though, it's an excellent community.

 

I do enjoy it when we things, or at least I did when we won the title. That was the time to pack in really, and I left it a bit longer. Now even when we win it's a bit "meh"!

 

It's a struggle to find stuff to replace it with, maybe it's time to get back into reading!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Freddo Rising Star

Freddo

Posted
Posted
2 minutes ago, Creator Supreme said:

I have done, it's hard to jack this place in though, it's an excellent community.

 

I do enjoy it when we things, or at least I did when we won the title. That was the time to pack in really, and I left it a bit longer. Now even when we win it's a bit "meh"!

 

It's a struggle to find stuff to replace it with, maybe it's time to get back into reading!

Not sure I’ll ever jack it in. I get it though, all feels a bit meh at the moment. Feel like the fans have been let down by the penny pinchers and of course we all have real world troubles to focus on.

We just want the reds to bring us some joy and relief and to be fair they’ve done that a lot during jurgens reign.

I can’t stand modern footy as it is a circus and not a good one at that.

Anyhow, good lads and lasses on here who mostly get on and share the same passion that is Liverpool Football club.

  • Upvote 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
George Costanza Grand Master

George Costanza

Posted
Posted

They're pretty poor but we are playing like a pub team at the minute.  Fuck knows what will happen.  I dont think we've played well once yet this season really when tested by half decent opponents.  I keep waiting for us to go up 3 or 4 levels and start to look like a team again but its just not happening. Virtually every player looks like they have concrete sole's in their boots and for some reason actually defending has become a chore that is beneath us.

 

They'll be massively up for it, they lose & they are pretty much out. Would love a fast intensive start but I won't be holding my breath.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
bizzle10 Mentor

bizzle10

Posted
Posted
13 hours ago, Mook said:

Can't wait to be 1-0 down to these twats.

 

I've have a lot riding on these two games as my Dad & brother are Rangers daft so if we drop any points, I'll never hear the fucking end of it.

That goes without saying now it’s a great chance for us to showcase our comedy defending to all of Europe 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Kevin D Grand Master

Kevin D

Posted
Posted
51 minutes ago, Mook said:

Europe saw enough of that in Naples to last a lifetime.


Only thing that annoyed about this match, is there aren’t any stakes.

 

If this was semi final, the stadium Would be shaking 3 hours before the game, it’d be ridiculous.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing
×
×
  • Create New...