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I couldn't watch this yesterday but I've just sat through it. The standard complaints apply up until 65 minutes. The team lacks an edge in attack and the refusal to shoot in great positions will continue to cost us. Despite that I thought we would still have enough to win. Collum was a disgrace. Lundstram should never have been sent off. As highlighted above there was a near identical (actually worse) foul by a Hibernian player in the first half. That one was punished by a yellow card. I think that the yellow card was consistent with just about every single similar incident that I have ever witnessed. So why did Willie Collum treat this particular one differently? We will never know. The management clearly understand that they are not in a position to change anything about the refereeing. The team needs to believe that it is up against the opposition and 4 hostile officials every week. It's not enough to win by a goal or two. The team has to put it out of sight so that no refereeing mistake can ever cost us the points.

He can highlight the clear inconsistency with the first half decision. He shouldn't say anything about why it is inconsistent but he should make consistency the topic of discussion. I've not watched, or read, any post match interviews so maybe he has already said this.

A public complaint would work if you had control of either the local sports media or the local football authority. We have neither.

Buckle up.

Hibernian 1 Rangers 2 First goal scorer: Čolak

He can get away with it in most S.P.F.L. fixtures but not in Europe. If he doesn't react to this by picking up the pace then he shouldn't play at parkhead.

No thoughts.

Any thoughts on the tactics at corners?

Surprised to see so much debate about the selection at the back. I thought our tactics, when defending corners, would be of much more concern.

Yes, should have been replaced early in the second half. Even in the first half I thought he looked too slow to do anything when he got the ball.

I wouldn't bet on a win next week. It will be tough. It is far from impossible.

You appear to be emphasising Balogun's shortcomings. That is not how this works. Let me explain. Balogun does not play for us. This single fact means that we should diminish each one of his mistakes. We keep doing this until we all believe that he belongs in the Rangers hall of fame.

Put your comics away and read the match report from the weekend.

I wouldn't describe that as optimum. Isn't it funny how he ignores the 'sporting boon' of finishing in the top two rather than third.

What does this mean?

Rangers 2 St. Johnstone 0 First goal scorer: Čolak

Maybe just about priorities.

I'm glad that somebody has finally said this.

I think that Sky must know which matches a subscriber views. The black box will send viewing data back surely.

Is there an example of a similar league that gets more money per game?

Maybe a rumour in the news because it sounds very familiar.

Sell, sell, sell.

A good picture of it here.

I'm not sure about that! Even if only about 6 foot you would expect him to at least prevent a clean header.