Punters want Gers to play for the jersey
Rangers fans are not too chuffed at the club releasing their 104th kit of the season.
Especially not in a week when they got a slap on the wrists from business beaks for some sneaky behaviour when it came to selling one of the countless previous outfits.
Fans don’t actually have to buy it, of course. All clubs are at it when it comes to churning out new strips every few months and they use the gear as some kind of loyalty tax.
You get the usual folk moaning it will cost hundreds of quid to kit out mum, dad and the three weans in the full bifta from head to toe. Here’s an idea.
Don’t bother unless you can afford it. Save up and get the next one – it’ll be along shortly.
Motor companies bring out new cars every year, golf club manufacturers try to tart up their equipment every 12 months and try to flog it as the miracle cure to hackers’ hooks.
Most of us will wander around the showroom or the pro shop, consider it for a second then go back to the old faithfuls.
Until fans start doing the same, clubs will churn out these new outfits at a rate of knots for a variety of increasingly hilarious reasons.
Get your 138th anniversary kit here, it’s based on the theme of the horse and cart that used to take the team to away games.
Oh look, here’s the Tennent’s Sixes commemoration top.
Next up it’s the one that looks a bit like that one the side wore once back in the 90s that people actually bought in big numbers.
We all know it’s a liberty but there’s an easy way to fix it.
Gers fans don’t need to get their new shorts in a twist over the kit – the main thing is looking the part against Liverpool at Anfield on Tuesday night.
The Champions League campaign is already struggling on the back of defeats to Ajax and Napoli.
Let’s be honest, the moment the draw was
made it was always going to be a savage section for Gers.
Reaching the group stage was a huge achievement alone – even if punters have short memories.
It can be a brutal double-edged sword for gaffers.
They defy the odds to qualify – and are then put under heavy pressure if the results don’t go their way.
In these early days of the complete rebuild, perhaps the punters should take solace in small mercies.
A trip to Anfield at this level shouldn’t be approached with dread. It should be relished. Gers wwill have no rigright to go therthere and exexpect a result. TThere’s totoo big a ddifference on the babalance shesheets.
It’s wise not to seset their expectationi bbar too high when you’re up against teams who can spend £80million on a centre-half.
And yet, there can still be a hint of hope.
Liverpool have been fairly poor this season, by their standards.
They’ve only won three games all season – okay, one of them was a 9-0 battering of Bournemouth – and look ropier than a Gers away kit at the back.
Gio van Bronckhorst has done superbly setting up his side for Europe and hitting on the counter but this might need a different gameplan.
As risky as it may be, attack could be the best form of defence.
There’s really nothing to lose and Gers fans will forgive their side if they get beaten.
The main thing is they emerge with pride in whatever shirt they opt to wear on the night.
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