Bluedell

Repeating his surname to the "Marching through Georgia" tune.

I never like going to the Piggery but was very downbeat driving to the game today, even with the tunes on in the car. It was weird walking up Springfield Road as the whole grassy bit has been fenced off and we had to stick to the road. The usual burger vans were not there because of this and therefore I bit the bullet and bought a burger and coke inside the ground. We think Azure is bad? The coke was flat and the bottom of the roll was brick hard and the burger tasteless. I was sitting near the back of the bottom section. Iââ?¬â?¢ve never sat there before. What an atmosphere with the top stand overhead. It still moved up and down when we did the bouncy. Can it be 100% safe? Congratulations for 2 crackers of banners. Firstly to TBO for their Ambulance Chasers ââ?¬Å?since 1888ââ?¬Â and the CDL for their ââ?¬Å?God save our Queen, God save your Queenââ?¬Â one. Both excellent efforts, guys. Well done. To be fair, I thought the Bungle Boys ââ?¬Å?Hereââ?¬â?¢s what you could have wonââ?¬Â with Bully was quite clever, but the one with the priest (presumably Walfrid) and something about ââ?¬Å?inclusionââ?¬Â lost me. And who says Celtic fans donââ?¬â?¢t do irony. Team selection was one that nobody could have predicted with Adam being brought back and Miller and Cousin starting upfront. As it happened Adam gave the team some balance despite not having the best of games, but ideally we could do with more width in the future. Cousin was up for it and gave a great performance, which resulted in a superb goal using his strength and speed to skin Mark Wilson on the right wing and then drive it past the hapless Boruc at his near post from what appeared to be an impossible angle. Despite Rangers starting the brighter, Celtic were slightly the better team at this point in the game. Celticââ?¬â?¢s equaliser two minutes later was a comedy of errors from the Rangers perspective. Firstly Mendes lost the ball in the midfield when he incorrectly assumed Davis was taking it from him, then Broadfoot failed to stop the cross from our right, Weir seemed to miss the ball when it came to his feet which meant that Papac didnââ?¬â?¢t expect the ball to fall to him and he hit it off-balance to Samaras who easily put the ball away. Maloney turned 2 Rangers players and tried to curl the ball into the net early in the second half, but Rangers responded with the much maligned Kenny Miller scoring his first goal on his second spell at the club volleying a cross from Thomson which Boruc was unable to keep out despite his ample size. Remember the fuss that was made when a paper cup was thrown at a Celtic player at Ibrox? I wonder if the same fuss will be made about the beach ball that was thrown at a Rangers player? I doubt it though as the bal was thrown back into the crowd on numerous occasions to allow them to do it again. No action was taken by the stewards, so obviously this sort of action is condoned by the club. Rangers third goal was a peach. A corner was played back to Mendes who was standing 30 yards out and he hit it first time low and hard straight into the bottom corner. Referees have been quite correctly been getting stick for their pro-Celtic decisions and today was no exception, although thankfully it didnââ?¬â?¢t affect the result. Rangers were denied two stonewall penalties with Adam being brought down just before half-time and Cousin being brought down in the lead-up to the second goal. In the second half the ref also seemed to have decided to penalise Cousin for every challenge which resulted in a booking for consistent fouling. Two fouls later and het got his second yellow for a challenge that he actually won. He can be clearly seen concentrating on the ball and went for it so how a foul was given against him is beyond me. Thank fully the ref couldnââ?¬â?¢t avoid sending off JVOH a minute later for his two petulant kicks at Broadfoot. With both teams with 10 men, Rangers scored their 4th from a Boruc blunder as he fumbled a straightforward Broadfoot cross straight to Miller who couldnââ?¬â?¢t miss the open goal that he had been presented with and send the good guys in the stadium into delirium. Celtic scored a consolation second in injury time although most of the Celtic fans had left the ground by that point. McGregor seemed to take this out on Miller for reasons that escape me other than perhaps he has fallen into the trap of some others by blaming Miller for everything. It was a team performance and Smith had everyone pumped up for it. mcGregor looked more assured than some recent performances. Broadfoot struggled a bit with McGeady but, on the whole, did fine. Papac put in some crunching tackles. Bougherra looks sound. The midfield and attack did a power of running, with Mendes shading it for man of the match, despite his part in their first goal. All in all, a great performance and a great day. A great airing of the Pedro Mendes song,and I particularly like the new Edu song. Iââ?¬â?¢m sure Iââ?¬â?¢ve heard the tune somewhere before.....

Was it: handball? a foul on the defender but a penalty given to the attacker? clearly offside but the goal stood?

They do well, they earn more cash, they buy better players, they have more chance of winning the league, they have more chance of qualifying for next year's CL to earn more cash....

Good for Zenit. Perhaps they took it a bit more seriously than Man Utd? Strange as it's not every year you get to compete for the Super Cup.

What was the final score?

Great stuff

100% agree. This is one of the biggest days of the season. Nothing like the anticipation before a CL draw. Smith has a lot to answer for and a lot to make up. Getting a result on Sunday would be a start.

A man after my own heart. :devil:

What do you do when your son says he wants "Miller" on the back of his top because Boyd has been playing so badly? I think it's because he likes the "Oh you cannae stick your Kenny Miller up your ass" song, as he puts it.

Even with the RFC logo at the bottom? :fish:

They are if you're a lazy bassa like Boyd. ...but not if you're a over-the-hill has-been like me.

Liked the , :cheers: and .

Bob Malcolm never played at RB, did he?

I think that there is every chance that Whittaker would struggle as much as Broadfoot, even more so probably. the benefit of Whittaker is from an attacking perspective obviously. It's a case of weighing the twio against each other. On balance, I'd go for Broadfoot, which doesn't give me a great deal of pleasure to say.

So it's a cert that Walter will keep in left midfield.

I assume he has been dropped in favour of Broadfoot. I wouldn't expect Walter to reinstate him this w/e.

Not a solicitor, but I doubt that the support could take legal action. That would need to come from the club and they are never going to do that. Even if they did do it, it would be an impossible thing to prove.

Nice one. Thanks for that.

Welcome, Lazyscot. Look forward to you joining in the debates. How's the weather in Vancouver?

We did that yesterday and it didn't work.

I thought that was what it was about, but you lost me at the Glasgow Warriors bit. :fish:

Very similar to my view on Thomson. Very much needed in Europe when we are playing against better opposition, but that type of player just doesn't contribute enough to the team when we are playing against inferior opposition. I'm not saying that they aren't trying, they are, it's just the type of player that they are.

He put in �£9,300,000 at the same time as Dave King invested his money http://www.plusmarketsgroup.com/story.shtml?ISIN=GB0007237380/GBP/PLUS-exn&NewsID=1876, and �£50,275,000 at the last rights issue. http://www.plusmarketsgroup.com/story.shtml?ISIN=GB0007237380/GBP/PLUS-exn&NewsID=20505

Murray has put �£60m into the club.