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simoid said:
That’s Tierney removed from the squad, so at least McLeish doesn’t have to shoe horn two left backs in out of position tomorrow.
Crap weather, late on a Sunday, a fair few of Scotland’s top players absent, no Cristiano Ronaldo... I regretably predict attendance <15k.
Probably unless people have already bought and feel committed to go.Crap weather, late on a Sunday, a fair few of Scotland’s top players absent, no Cristiano Ronaldo... I regretably predict attendance <15k.
Mackay-Steven, Christie and Devlin been added. The team of dreams now.
I wish they'd just call it off. I can't remember a time when I'd less want to watch Scotland play. I just know it's going to be another borefest.
England's game last night was every bit as bad. The first half bored me to sleep. Players just simply don't give a s
t about playing for their country now. Celtic look back on form now. 4-2 heavily flatters Hibs. They were saved by the woodwork 5 times and their keeper make key saves as well.
Celtic gave away two fouls today. I don't think I've seen a figure so low.
Some league so far when one result means Hibs will drop from 2nd to 6th after Rangers win tomorrow.
Livingston thumping the team people expected they'd be fighting against. 18 points after 9 games is quite incredible for Livi.
Motherwell sound as if they are potentially going to be involved in the relegation battle.
Celtic gave away two fouls today. I don't think I've seen a figure so low.
Some league so far when one result means Hibs will drop from 2nd to 6th after Rangers win tomorrow.
Livingston thumping the team people expected they'd be fighting against. 18 points after 9 games is quite incredible for Livi.
Motherwell sound as if they are potentially going to be involved in the relegation battle.
Two late and completely unavoidable penalties have papered over a lot of cracks again.
I thought Andy Walker covered it well in about the 75th minute. "Hopefully they try to keep the ball in play a bit longer and some football breaks out."
Apart from the Hamilton goal, that was an absolutely dire game devoid of any quality.
I stand by my earlier opinion in the thread. Someone is going to take their chances and hammer Rangers. The defence is absolutely terrible. Every time I've seen Goldson he looks like a pub player.
I thought Andy Walker covered it well in about the 75th minute. "Hopefully they try to keep the ball in play a bit longer and some football breaks out."
Apart from the Hamilton goal, that was an absolutely dire game devoid of any quality.
I stand by my earlier opinion in the thread. Someone is going to take their chances and hammer Rangers. The defence is absolutely terrible. Every time I've seen Goldson he looks like a pub player.
Driver101 said:
Two late and completely unavoidable penalties have papered over a lot of cracks again.
I thought Andy Walker covered it well in about the 75th minute. "Hopefully they try to keep the ball in play a bit longer and some football breaks out."
Apart from the Hamilton goal, that was an absolutely dire game devoid of any quality.
I stand by my earlier opinion in the thread. Someone is going to take their chances and hammer Rangers. The defence is absolutely terrible. Every time I've seen Goldson he looks like a pub player.
Aye nae bother. Then when someone does inevitably score a few goals against us you can say “I told you so” I thought Andy Walker covered it well in about the 75th minute. "Hopefully they try to keep the ball in play a bit longer and some football breaks out."
Apart from the Hamilton goal, that was an absolutely dire game devoid of any quality.
I stand by my earlier opinion in the thread. Someone is going to take their chances and hammer Rangers. The defence is absolutely terrible. Every time I've seen Goldson he looks like a pub player.
Rangers’ first goal was an excellent through ball and finish too I thought. It wasn’t a delightful game of football and I’d be surprised if anyone without a vested interest continued watching it.You are aware that the majority of Rangers games on TV are tricky away games? You have a limited and biased view of the Rangers defence which may be affecting your judgement of the issue.
simoid said:
Aye nae bother. Then when someone does inevitably score a few goals against us you can say “I told you so” Rangers’ first goal was an excellent through ball and finish too I thought. It wasn’t a delightful game of football and I’d be surprised if anyone without a vested interest continued watching it.
You are aware that the majority of Rangers games on TV are tricky away games? You have a limited and biased view of the Rangers defence which may be affecting your judgement of the issue.
Tricky away games? Isn't it the same away games that everyone else plays? Rangers’ first goal was an excellent through ball and finish too I thought. It wasn’t a delightful game of football and I’d be surprised if anyone without a vested interest continued watching it.You are aware that the majority of Rangers games on TV are tricky away games? You have a limited and biased view of the Rangers defence which may be affecting your judgement of the issue.
It's not just that some of the fixtures are tricky, Rangers look slow, scared and devoid of ideas.
Whats wrong with taking an interest in Scottish football? I watch a fair bit of football and it was the only game on yesterday at that time. I actually watch most Scottish games. I'll catch a couple of games this midweek and it's Hearts v Hibs next week too. I watch Sportscene every week.
Are you telling me Rangers played well yesterday? If Hamilton took their chances and got their penalty in the first half they could have won.
Happy with the Livingston, Motherwell and Celtic performances?
Am I biased or have Rangers actually been poor and seriously outplayed a bit too often?
Driver101 said:
If Hamilton took their chances and got their penalty in the first half they could have won.
Well duh, you could say that about virtually any game, anywhere at any time. If, if, if.... They didn't though. Neither did they last week when yet again you were bemoaning the state of Rangers with ifs, buts and maybes.It's almost like you're obsessed...
technodup said:
ell duh, you could say that about virtually any game, anywhere at any time. If, if, if.... They didn't though. Neither did they last week when yet again you were bemoaning the state of Rangers with ifs, buts and maybes.
It's almost like you're obsessed...
If you look at most games the team that creates most chances usually wins. Hamilton were the more creative team. It's almost like you're obsessed...
Obsessed. From the man that turns every football chat into tit for tat crap?
Nanook said:
Absolutely nothing, but you only really seem to comment on the Celtic games, and the Rangers games.
Maybe it's the fact that Rangers and Celtic are the teams that feature most on tv? Maybe it's when discussing Scotland and other Scottish teams on here the participation level is next to zero? It's only ever Simoid or myself talking about the Scotland games.
I've on numerous occasions talked about Hearts and Livingston this season as they are two of the teams at the top. Nobody else even wishes to take any note of them.
Driver101 said:
simoid said:
Aye nae bother. Then when someone does inevitably score a few goals against us you can say “I told you so” Rangers’ first goal was an excellent through ball and finish too I thought. It wasn’t a delightful game of football and I’d be surprised if anyone without a vested interest continued watching it.
You are aware that the majority of Rangers games on TV are tricky away games? You have a limited and biased view of the Rangers defence which may be affecting your judgement of the issue.
Tricky away games? Isn't it the same away games that everyone else plays? Rangers’ first goal was an excellent through ball and finish too I thought. It wasn’t a delightful game of football and I’d be surprised if anyone without a vested interest continued watching it.You are aware that the majority of Rangers games on TV are tricky away games? You have a limited and biased view of the Rangers defence which may be affecting your judgement of the issue.
It's not just that some of the fixtures are tricky, Rangers look slow, scared and devoid of ideas.
Whats wrong with taking an interest in Scottish football? I watch a fair bit of football and it was the only game on yesterday at that time. I actually watch most Scottish games. I'll catch a couple of games this midweek and it's Hearts v Hibs next week too. I watch Sportscene every week.
Are you telling me Rangers played well yesterday? If Hamilton took their chances and got their penalty in the first half they could have won.
Happy with the Livingston, Motherwell and Celtic performances?
Am I biased or have Rangers actually been poor and seriously outplayed a bit too often?
I’m just pointing out why you are getting a skewed and unrepresentative sample of Rangers, to aid your understanding of the situation. Rangers get trickier away games than the rest of the league as teams raise their game. Away games are harder than home games. Rangers away performances have been short for a few other reasons too. So you see some players at their lowest and I see them much more often.
simoid said:
Driver101 said:
simoid said:
Aye nae bother. Then when someone does inevitably score a few goals against us you can say “I told you so” Rangers’ first goal was an excellent through ball and finish too I thought. It wasn’t a delightful game of football and I’d be surprised if anyone without a vested interest continued watching it.
You are aware that the majority of Rangers games on TV are tricky away games? You have a limited and biased view of the Rangers defence which may be affecting your judgement of the issue.
Tricky away games? Isn't it the same away games that everyone else plays? Rangers’ first goal was an excellent through ball and finish too I thought. It wasn’t a delightful game of football and I’d be surprised if anyone without a vested interest continued watching it.You are aware that the majority of Rangers games on TV are tricky away games? You have a limited and biased view of the Rangers defence which may be affecting your judgement of the issue.
It's not just that some of the fixtures are tricky, Rangers look slow, scared and devoid of ideas.
Whats wrong with taking an interest in Scottish football? I watch a fair bit of football and it was the only game on yesterday at that time. I actually watch most Scottish games. I'll catch a couple of games this midweek and it's Hearts v Hibs next week too. I watch Sportscene every week.
Are you telling me Rangers played well yesterday? If Hamilton took their chances and got their penalty in the first half they could have won.
Happy with the Livingston, Motherwell and Celtic performances?
Am I biased or have Rangers actually been poor and seriously outplayed a bit too often?
I’m just pointing out why you are getting a skewed and unrepresentative sample of Rangers, to aid your understanding of the situation. Rangers get trickier away games than the rest of the league as teams raise their game. Away games are harder than home games. Rangers away performances have been short for a few other reasons too. So you see some players at their lowest and I see them much more often.
It could be down to the fact rangers have done very well result wise in Europe and getting to a semi.
Hearts are going great guns but if rangers want to challenge for the title they will have to win the next 3 Old Firm games while getting the upper hand over Hibs,Aberdeen and Hearts.
Barga said:
IMO Gerrard has been given a very easy ride by the media!
It could be down to the fact rangers have done very well result wise in Europe and getting to a semi.
Hearts are going great guns but if rangers want to challenge for the title they will have to win the next 3 Old Firm games while getting the upper hand over Hibs,Aberdeen and Hearts.
Yeah totally. Gerrard would be under immense pressure just now if Celtic weren’t dropping so many points too.It could be down to the fact rangers have done very well result wise in Europe and getting to a semi.
Hearts are going great guns but if rangers want to challenge for the title they will have to win the next 3 Old Firm games while getting the upper hand over Hibs,Aberdeen and Hearts.
Rangers’ league form has been sack fodder if it continued without away victory etc. The perceived easy ride has come from Celtic being poor too: when you’re only 2 points behind the champions and title favourites the attention is slightly deflected. Reality is Gerrard is P9W5 just now in the league and that probably ain’t gonna challenge for the title if it keeps up.
I don't think it would take too much to fix whatever deficiencies Rangers have to the extent that they could challenge for the title or firmly establish their position as no.2 in the league.
A win against Celtic at the next time around would make a massive difference to their mindset, though with Celtic appearing to be coming on song again, the timing isn't looking that good.
A win against Celtic at the next time around would make a massive difference to their mindset, though with Celtic appearing to be coming on song again, the timing isn't looking that good.
Yes that’s the first time we’ve played our usual formation in any of the away league games.
At home and in Europe we’ve lined up 4-2-3-1 with 2 wingers and we’re undefeated. In the away league games, SG had played 3-5-2 or tried to shoehorn Lafferty and Morelos into the 4-2-3-1 and it wasn’t remotely effective. I actually think it was the biggest contributory factor to our away form and I hope we’ll stick to our plan A formation in future as it allows our best players to shine, and doesn’t have two main men.
At home and in Europe we’ve lined up 4-2-3-1 with 2 wingers and we’re undefeated. In the away league games, SG had played 3-5-2 or tried to shoehorn Lafferty and Morelos into the 4-2-3-1 and it wasn’t remotely effective. I actually think it was the biggest contributory factor to our away form and I hope we’ll stick to our plan A formation in future as it allows our best players to shine, and doesn’t have two main men.
The hardest part of that game was listening to Michael Stewart. How often did he have to regurgitate the same stuff over and over? He came across really badly today which is unlike him.
Not the best of games. Hearts did well to stifle the game, but it wasn't going to make it a good game to watch.
After the penalty it was just a case of how many goals. It was a penalty. No idea why Stewart kept bleating on about it all day. He couldn't let it go, or justifying how many injuries Hearts had. Didn't Celtic have more? Strange to see three players all going off injured due to nothing incidents in the same game.
I thought Hearts would have made it a close game today. It could have ended up a proper thumping.
Not the best of games. Hearts did well to stifle the game, but it wasn't going to make it a good game to watch.
After the penalty it was just a case of how many goals. It was a penalty. No idea why Stewart kept bleating on about it all day. He couldn't let it go, or justifying how many injuries Hearts had. Didn't Celtic have more? Strange to see three players all going off injured due to nothing incidents in the same game.
I thought Hearts would have made it a close game today. It could have ended up a proper thumping.
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