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Cheers Craig,never knew that,but I will remember it for my next spelling mistake,which won't be too long a wait

Aye, very good guys

OOPS !!!..................just noticed I got the spelling wrong in the title, mods please correct it,cheers

Rangers 2, Motherwell 1 by Amir Rashid JOHN FLECK was on top form as Rangers dug out a vital win which keeps them hot on the heels of league leaders Hibs. Fleck has only just returned from an injury lay-off but his quality shone through in a difficult game in bitterly cold conditions. With leaders Hibs defeating Dundee United 3-0 on Friday, the Light Blues knew they could not slip up and they made a bright start. After just two minutes a nice bit of skill by the young Englishman Kane Hemmings down the right, led to a cross in the box for Jamie Ness - whose shot went wide of the left post after being forced to shoot from an awkward angle. Hemmings had the ball in the net minutes later but it was ruled out for offside and then Fleck began to dictate proceedings. Fleck showed why he is so highly thought of on 15 minutes, when a mesmerising run down right left three opposing players in his wake before rounding the keeper and unluckily hitting the foot of the near post with his shot. Moments later Fleck was involved again when his beautifully crafted through ball nearly released Isa Bagci through on goal but an excellent intervention from the Motherwell defender led to a corner instead. The break-through came on 26 minutes when a perfect Fleck corner found Bagci unmarked on the six-yard line and his header beat the diving Steven Coutts. Rangers were hungry for more goals and after the half hour a sweeping move by the champions led to Ness finding Gregg Wylde out wide who delivered an inch perfect cross that was headed just wide by Bagci.John Fleck Motherwell's only decent chance in the first period came when Steven Lawless slid a ball in for Ryan Martin in the Rangers box - he pulled the ball back across goal but fortunately for Rangers there was no one there to meet it. Fleck came desperately close to scoring in the early moments of the second half. He collected Chris Scott's clearance and his pace took him past the last defender before his shot was well saved low down by Coutts. The rebound fell back kindly to Fleck but he was unable to seize the opportunity. Then in 51 minutes Bagci found Fleck on the edge of the box and he hammered a venomous strike that was tipped over the bar for a corner by Coutts. Motherwell controlled the majority of possession in the second half, with most of Rangers attacks coming from breakaways. Motherwell however failed to create many goal scoring chances with their possession. The Rangers defence was solid - tackling and clearing away any dangerous balls into the box. Captain Ross Perry led by example at right back, with commanding central defenders Scott and Danny Wilson both playing their part. Arturs Vaiculis's goal was tested on 72 minutes when Motherwell came forward in search of the equaliser. Substitute Calum Hendrie and Ryan Martin linked up on the edge of the box before the latter released a thumping shot to the top right corner that was excellently saved by Vaiculis With 15 minutes left the Clydesdale Bank player of the month Wylde burst away down the left flank, before releasing a low cross along the Motherwell goal that found Archie Campbell who slotted the ball into the back of the net from close range. Motherwell refused to admit defeat and came back at Rangers when Paul Slane skipped pass Ness near the corner flag and struck a shot from a tight angle that rattled Vaiculis's crossbar. And in stoppage they got their consolation goal when Hendrie picked up the ball and ran with it into the box before finishing with a stunning strike into the top left hand corner of the Rangers goal. RANGERS: Vaiculis; Perry, Wilson, Scott, Wylde; Ness, Hutton, Stirling, Fleck; Hemmings (Campbell), Bagci (Forbes) No chance of Fleck getting a game then, I mean the lad is obviously playing good football the way it should be played

TBH, I couldnae gee a fuck what the commentator says, we were shite, we got gubbed, whatever the commentator says disnae change thing

I don't give two flying fucks what his best position is, at the end of the day, can he not trap a ball,pass a ball,take a man on ?,this lad needs to start showing if he is a Rangers player !!!!

Aye,true,but he will be played left wing................

Walter,Walter,Walter....................waken up ya auld eejit

By Andrew Dickson WALTER SMITH insists Hearts beat Rangers at their own game as they won 2-1 against the Light Blues at Tynecastle. Strikes by Marius Zaliukas and Laryea Kingston in quick succession gave the Jambos a commanding lead midway through the first half. Charlie AdamAnd although a Christos Karipidis own goal gave Gers a lifeline, the hosts packed their back line and held on to the three points despite having Lee Wallace sent off. A defensive approach helped Smith's men so often last season and he was frustrated at seeing his side stopped by the same tactic. He said: "Hearts did well but we made it easy for them and we didn't create an awful lot up front. "That was surprising because we've made a lot of opportunities in previous matches but never came up with any of note many here. "Hearts deserve credit. They had their players back in position and played very much in the manner we played in a number of games last season. They did very well. "We spent the last hour of the game almost entirely in Hearts' half of the pitch but never really created any opportunities to score." Smith was annoyed at the manner in which Rangers lost their goals, both of which came from poorly-defended set pieces. And he refused to hide behind the excuse that having key players such as Kenny Miller and Kevin Thomson out was a reason for a second away defeat of the league campaign.Steven Whittaker The manager added: "You're going to miss players of that quality but you're going to go through the season without some people and there are no excuses there. "We're still good enough without them. I felt in the first 20 minutes or so that we struggled in a defensive sense by giving away too many fouls. "That gave Hearts the opportunity to get the ball into our area and we ended up losing two goals from such situations. "With the consistency Celtic have shown, any points that we drop are a blow to us and it certainly means the three Old Firm games left are ones where the pressure is on us. "We deserve that because we didn't deal with set plays well today. Normally we defend well but against Dundee United we gave away two bad goals. "Those little bits of inconsistency have plagued us in games and that has been costly for us."

Correct

Ok, I take your point, however I know for a certainty that the MOPES will be celebrating this Rangers defeat more than than Jambos as it is only a win for them,where as the MOPES see it more of a step closer to 4IR

Can't argue with that assumption,although I still think good players can play anywhere,and that is the problem............we don't have any real good players

I agree with you Johnny, but I am a great believer in the players HAVE to take most of the blame for poor passing,poor control,lack of movement and lack of effort

Agreed gain

Maybe the title thread should be changed to Rangers who

Correct Gribz,that is why I get annoyed when players get singled out,but then saying that these players can still put in a decent shift at least

My point is the thread title

There is only one person to blame for this shit............WS he signs them,then he plays them,Walter you really need to get a grip here and question your own ability.........or GTF.

I don't get your point mate,what is it about the truth that is not neutral ?

That is exactly my point Barry,I agree BF has been poor for a while now and needs to play better,but nobody can argue the fact that Mendes has been terrible,I mean I really am struggling to remember the last good game he played, the piggery aside

Aye I watched the game, did you ?,to try and use todays performance to get at BF is wrong IMO,when was the last time you seen Mendes have a good game?,and yet he has been an ever present in the team

I agree with you here mate,however the whole team should be ashamed just now,there are players in that team who have been under performing for a while now

True though !!!

Gribz,what a terrible post that is,I suppose it was all Fergusons fault,if the rumours are true about Mendes I would take the money for him, or is it Fergusons fault that Mendes is not playing well, the same accusation was thrown at BF for Hemdanis' poor play

Anybody will have looked good today against Rangers