ian1964 10,457 Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 By Ronnie Cully and Thomas Jordan OLD FIRM sharpshooters Scott McDonald and Kris Boyd will walk a title suspension tightrope in this weekend's derby collision at Ibrox. Both hitmen are sitting on 15 disciplinary points and a yellow card would rule them out of the last day of the season fixtures on Sunday, May 24. Boyd has been under threat of a one-game ban since he was cautioned at St Mirren on April 8, but the 30-goal striker has so far managed to stay out of trouble. advertisement If, however, he is booked against Celtic then he would sit out Rangers trip to Dundee United on the last day. McDonald has accumulated points at a rapid rate in the past few weeks after referee Dougie McDonald cautioned him in the back-to-back games against Aberdeen at Parkhead on April 18 and again at Pittodrie last Saturday. Another booking on Saturday and the in-form Aussie would be missing when Hearts come to Parkhead on what could yet be a title-deciding day. Celtic skipper Stephen McManus - who is stuggling to recover in time to play at Ibrox after limping off with a knee injury at Pittodrie - is also on the 15-point mark and one booking away from a ban, but he is now unlikely to feature. Both managers were today beginning to piece together their teams ahead of what is a titanic encounter in terms of the destination of this season's title. Celtic are already without the suspended Scott Brown, but boss Gordon Strachan hopes to have Georgios Samaras and Barry Robson available to him. Rangers gaffer Walter Smith has been boosted by the news Sasa Papac is set to be fit after a knee problem. The Bosnian defender is likely to return at left-back, leaving Stevie Smith to add some bite and dig in a midfield roles in front of him. There is also a chance of Kirk Broadfoot making a surprise recovery from the foot problem that has side-lined for almost two months. Smith, who also welcomes centre-half Madjid Bougherra back from suspension after he sat out Sunday's 2-0 win over Hearts, said: "Sasa has a chance of being fit. "We thought he would be fit for the Hearts game, but just failed to make it so I imagine he'll be okay for the Old Firm game. "Kirk is also back in training this week, but whether he will be ready for the game or not we will have to wait and see. "It was also good to get Kyle Lafferty a run-out last weekend after five weeks out, so we have players coming back and that increases the options." http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/display.var.2506183.0.0.php 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cotter 0 Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 He's basically their one man team where as we could cope a couple of games without the big man. BTW, are we thinking WS will start Boyd against the scum? I think he will this time. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,457 Posted May 5, 2009 Author Share Posted May 5, 2009 He's basically their one man team where as we could cope a couple of games without the big man. BTW, are we thinking WS will start Boyd against the scum? I think he will this time. I think he will, if Walter does split them up, it will be Velicka that gets dropped IMO, as he does even less than Boyd, in fact Boyd has assisted 3/4 of Velickas goals 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Ally 0 Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Watch Boyd get booked for merely competing for headers whilst McDonald and McManus kick everything that moves and escapes punishment. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon 0 Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Watch Boyd get booked for merely competing for headers whilst McDonald and McManus kick everything that moves and escapes punishment. Goes without saying mate, it's simply ridiculous! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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