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Martindale is also a Rangers fan so he will have them fired up for both matches.

Martindale has worked wonders there. An incredible run of form, we haven’t seen similar from that level of team in a very long time. 8 wins in a row (7 in league).

Says it all that I had confidence a rubbish Hibs team would equalise with only a few minutes left.

Sadly I think Arfield is out for a while. It’s a big blow and I’m gutted for him. Jack returning will be a huge boost.

In seriousness, fantastic result and it’s another very tough fixture ticked off. Brilliant for Morelos to get two goals, proper strikers finishes at that, and let’s hope it instils some confidence back into his game. I’m still in the process of watching through the game on catch up, I’ve got too many kids to watch most games live, but I’m not surprised Kent had a better game at Pittodrie, it’s always a fixture which suits his style with more space in behind. His second assist was just a wee touch but it was brilliant, if that was Hagi I’d have started a thread about it. On to Motherwell.

Stats don’t tell the whole story though. I thought both goals were all about Hagi dragging defenders around and making loads of space for Kent and Morelos? ?

Thank you for remembering me, I’m ok just a bit baffult. Don’t want to overreact after one game but I might delete my account and come back as ElBuffaloSoldier55 or KeNtGeTENoUgH to save face.

Really good comparisons between Goldson and Helander. Confirms what I’ve always said about Helander, excellent in duals and very aggressive. Goldson obviously better in the creative/offensive stats. However Helander doing well in some too. Would have been interesting to see blocks and interceptions here too though.

Come on, that was not in any way “having a go” at Morelos. I had watched the first half of that game and seen Hagi and Roofe win the game for us again. The only way Morelos was going to play was if Hagi was dropped and yes I thought another really big miss was enough reason to say he shouldn’t be taking Hagi’s place. “A bit-part role until he regains form” is hardly “having a go” either, it just means trying to regain form from the bench or until other players lose form and stop delivering as they have been. I commented later in that thread saying, ”Finished the whole game now...Morelos taking that chance would have been the icing on the cake because it was a gift, but for me the gaffer should be seriously thinking about giving others a chance going into this old firm game, the competition is very strong and Hagi’s involvement in two goals as well as some very good build up play should stand him in good stead. Itten and Arfield should also be in contention.” I don’t see how you can have a go at me for those comments, there is nothing wrong with a Rangers fan believing Morelos doesn’t merit a starting place ahead of other Rangers players. I have seen fans having needless digs at players many a time and that is not what I did, I shared my opinion on an upcoming old firm match and I explained why I believed it.

I was responding to the assertion that the best players just get hoovered up by the EPL giants anyway, the implication being what’s the point. Some do, some don’t. Gilmour was a star at 15/16 and taken away before we could do anything about it, Tierney wasn’t but he eventually made them a huge sum of money.

My comment was about the academy as a whole, not Kennedy.

There are Gilmours who are snapped up early but there are also Tierneys who develop later.

Kelly would be trusted to fill in for a few weeks but we aren’t going to recall a 20 year old who is getting 90 minutes every week for a Premiership side just to fill in for a few games I don’t think. It would, ironically, make it less likely that he would make it at Rangers because the biggest step to doing that is to play every week in this league on loan.

Delighted at this. There had been a lot of talk about him wanting away and big clubs circling, tying him down is a boost.

I watched the game back too. Aribo was a player who came in for a lot of criticism and I didn’t think at the time he had been that bad. Having watched it back he did struggle quite badly in the midfield 3, as I think we all feared without Arfield and Jack available. But he offset that with some positive contributions going forward. He created arguably our two best opportunities of the game when he picked out Morelos in a crowded box (both times). The first one Morelos didn’t manage to make real contact on it, the second one was when he had his shot blocked on the turn. Ultimately though it was as we feared, Aribo isn’t ready to take on that much defensive responsibility in those kind of games.

A very big month ahead. Our form has dipped and Roofe has joined the injury list which is a worry for me. If we get through January unscathed we’ll be in an excellent position.

McGregor is the man of the match but I’ve voted Kamara in recognition of how well he did. It is very hard to play well when you are being outplayed and I thought he looked a cut above, despite the fact that like everyone else he didn’t do everything right. Many of our attacks came from him breaking through from midfield. All of the back 4 did well. Each had errors which went unpunished but their overall performance was good. I was disappointed Helander didn’t start but aside from one error and being beaten to a header from a corner Balogun acquitted himself very well.

McGregor is the man of the match but I’ve voted Kamara in recognition of how well he did. It is very hard to play well when you are being outplayed and I thought he looked a cut above, despite the fact that like everyone else he didn’t do everything right. Many of our attacks came from him breaking through from midfield. All of the back 4 did well. Each had errors which went unpunished but their overall performance was good. I was disappointed Helander didn’t start but aside from one error and being beaten to a header from a corner Balogun acquitted himself very well.

I asked a neutral mate of mine if he’d seen it and he thought it was pretty even and said “they did nothing in the second half”. I think it did seem worse than it was, they lacked end product and we defended well.

I really like Ross Wilson and I’m excited going into every transfer window at the moment, even though I don’t expect much in this one.

Most of which were very harsh.

Not much to go on, but good at winning the ball back and passing. He has been signed as a Davis deputy and would likely get a run in the team if Davis was to get injured. Jury is out on how good he is/can be.

Barjonas, Stewart, Jones and Middleton all look very unlikely to feature much. If they could be moved on that would free up some cash for one quality signing in that position maybe. There is Barker too but the management rate him.

That game could have been exactly what we needed going into this transfer window too. We’ve come out of it unscathed with 3 points, and yet with a feeling that things could be better and probably more inclined to make 1 or 2 signings than a few weeks ago, not least due to injuries. The inverse is the case with Celtic. They’ve turned it around and and will believe they can keep winning now without splashing the cash.

Apparently Roofe’s injury is a quad injury. At least it isn’t his calf! Hopefully minor.