[FT] St. Johnstone 0 - 3 Rangers (Pena 27, 78; Dorrans 85)

[pete 2,499]

You are starting to become a parody of yourself Pete.

 

"A good parody is a fine amusement, capable of amusing and instructing the most sensible and polished minds; the burlesque is a miserable buffoonery which can only please the populace.

[JFK-1 1,689]

I question your optimism JFK, still to win 3-in-a-row under the man, another kick in the stones might just be round the corner mind. A win is a win, the red card changed things, they were over us before that, the 2nd goal clinched it.

 

I think a setback is just around the corner for anybody but who else in this league wouldn't be happy with hitting a total of 7 goals in in their last two matches both away.

[Gonzo79 13,937]

Good result. Half decent performance.

[the gunslinger 3,366]

"A good parody is a fine amusement, capable of amusing and instructing the most sensible and polished minds; the burlesque is a miserable buffoonery which can only please the populace.

Aye a good one.

 

 

[the gunslinger 3,366]

Anyone else clock sutton at the end making all sorts of anguished faces while trying to make some snide remark and being ignored by his fellow pundits.

 

 

[ian1964 10,500]

St Johnstone 0-3 Rangers: Wright takes issue with first Anderson yellow

 

St Johnstone manager Tommy Wright disputed the first of Steven Anderson's two yellow cards during the 3-0 defeat by Rangers at McDiarmid Park.

 

Captain Anderson's initial booking came after he and Rangers skipper Bruno Alves were reprimanded by referee Don Robertson for tussling at a corner.Anderson was cautioned for the second time for a tug on Alfredo Morelos.

 

"Steven Anderson at the corner is only leaning into Alves, which he's entitled to do," Wright told BBC Scotland.

 

"He's just backing into him and Alves tries to drag him to the ground. He pulls him round. Alves is the aggressor. Steven then walks to get back into position and, all right, bumps into Alves.

 

"The referee's saying it's aggressive behaviour. If that's aggressive behaviour, I think a lot of players will be in trouble."Second one, Steven gets wrong side, gives Morelos a chance to go down. I thought he went down easy all night. It's probably the right decision from the referee but the first one surely can't be a yellow card or we'll be dishing them out left, right and centre."

 

Carlos Pena scored twice from James Tavernier crosses, with Graham Dorrans rounding off the win.Despite a second successive 3-0 loss, Wright felt his side had improved from the defeat by Aberdeen.

 

"Overall, I was happy with the performance," added the Northern Irishman. "It was a good response from the Aberdeen performance. Ultimately, it's a defeat and it's one we've got to learn from.

 

"It's not a 3-0, I thought we were very good. Their only opportunity in the first half is a decent cross which we should've dealt with better."We got into really good positions, got in behind them. Our final ball let us down all night. We must have been well into double digits in corners, so that tells you we were on the front foot and we were putting them under pressure but we lacked that bit of quality in the final third and that killer touch that would've given us a goal at 1-0.

 

"We probably deserved to be back in the game."For 70 minutes, I thought we probably edged the game overall but the sending-off killed us really. Good players, space then go on and create more opportunities and 3-0 probably flatters them a little bit."At 1-0, with the sending-off, it totally changes."

[compo 6,310]

Good win and three more points well done Rangers

[Waltersgotstyle 297]

Edged the game for 70 minutes... come on Tommy. You had a good spell of corners where a good team would have scored.

[Gaffer 1,665]

With regard to corners, I think I've mentioned this before, but corners are actually close to 'useless' if crossed immediately from the corner. Only about 1 in 11 corners ever result in even a shot at goal. It's amazing, but true. You need on average 70 corners to produce one goal, although some teams are particularly 'successful' and have a goal every 55 corners.

 

The best way to increase your odds of scoring are to play a short corner, or play the ball back from the corner.

 

Having said this, we went through a period under MW where I felt we would lose a goal every corner, but it wasn't as bad as it felt.

 

This is why many informed managers prefer the set piece routines based around short corners. If you are the team in the ascendancy (which Tommy Wright was claiming), and you win a corner, you'd be as well kicking it straight out and giving a goal kick because there are more scoring chances created from closing down at an opponent's goal kick than you get from a corner.

 

I remember a couple of top class Dutch players telling me that no one celebrates a corner like the British fans do. They just couldn't understand it. They felt it was like celebrating a throw in.

[union 0]

A great result while not firing on all cylinders, the sort of application and finishing that will see us beat the mhockits, Morelos was immense even if not scoring,looks to me as if he really does get it !