Soccer Football - Champions League Qualifying - Play-off First Leg - Rangers v PSV Eindhoven - Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow, Scotland, Britain - August 16, 2022 Rangers fans outside the stadium before the match Action Images via Reuters/Lee Smith
Ibrox fans weren’t impressed by the announcement of a December glamour friendly against Bayer Leverkusen.
From the initial reaction not even the lure of 5 MyGers points will get loyal bears along to the match with calls to boycott the match as a protest against the board who charged them £60 a ticket to get skudded in the Champions League.
After a day of silence on social media, without even a James Tavernier interview pointing out that the SPFL gap is only seven points, the club now faces being swamped with abuse and criticism with every Twitter announcement.
That bizarre sense of entitlement is never far from the surface, the board has short changed the loyal bears who apparently expect every domestic match to be won while progressing in Europe.
Nine defeats this season, eight since the start of September has crushed the support with the departure of Giovanni van Bronckhorst the statement that almost all fans are waiting on.
To get us ready for finishing second this year? Pointless money-grabbing attempt. Not a glamour tie, not interesting in the slightest.
— GfB ? (@Gavin_F_Brewis) November 8, 2022
Boycott this game. It’s the only way we can hit the board in the pocket and make them stand up and take notice. Boycotting league matches doesn’t have the same effect, they have the season ticket money already!
— Christopher Martin (@ChrisMartin2629) November 8, 2022
— David (@_DP1872) November 8, 2022
Announce Martindale.
— Hugogillano (@shuggillan) November 8, 2022
Everyone boycott this. Paying to watch a friendly whilst the club is run into the ground is not right.
— Jamie (@JamieRFC_) November 8, 2022
A friendly for hopefully a new manager to get to see what he needs to change in January
— BD17 (@brian_dornan79) November 8, 2022
That will be empty
— Ruaraidh Morrison (@ruaraidh1985) November 8, 2022
Have we not been hammered by enough European teams this season yet.
— the beardy man can (@mcwill1978) November 8, 2022
Given results & performances I’d suggest a trip down to the Ayrshire sand dunes is required more than a friendly against Bayer Leverkusen!
— Koodles (@Koodledrum) November 8, 2022
I think i was more optimistic about the season under Warburton. Nobody cares Mr Rangers
— Mitch ?? (@Mitchrfc72) November 8, 2022
Typically, a tone deaf decision from the Blue Room.
As it is only a friendly – perhaps sevco should have a 3 goals start – to make it ‘fairer’ ?
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Announce MartinJAIL!
4 LAGS had a dream!
Daily Record have spent since Sunday slaughtering Gio but they must’ve got the memo from fat Parky yesterday and now they’re wheeling out no marks like Steven Presley to back him
Hearts will bend over tomo just like always do and Kenny Clark on VAR
Best performance since Aberdeen blah blah , Turned the corner blah blah
Wee Wink Martindale as the next the Rangers scapegoat ,sorry manager ! He should stick to country and western chanting …… Give it to Neilson . He and the clumpany are made for each other ! Y’all come back now ,ye hear ……….
Wank Martinjail indeed.
I can picture it now; new orange Castore tap with wee blue arras all over it.
Wank shouting encouaragement from the sidelines.
Wee arra peepo!