Match Thread [FT] Rangers 1 (Tavernier 76) - 0 Aberdeen

[26th of foot 5,836]

Match Officials announced :

 

Referee : Don Robertson.

AR1 : Daniel McFarlane.

AR2 : Ross MacLeod.

Fourth Official : David Munro.

VAR : Andrew Dallas.

AVAR : Andrew McWilliam.

[26th of foot 5,836]

Paying the Penalty.

 

Ten sleeps until Hampden and last nights league games have provided another few threads to the cup final tapestry. BBC Scotland's second Dandy, Liam McLeod began his pre-match ramble with, "This is Hearts - Rangers third meeting in five and a half weeks, the first at Ibrox appeared to be a comfortable Hearts victory until the controversial award of that injury time penalty to Rangers ................... ". Like Big Dick Gordon, Liam is intent upon maintaining pressure on the appointed match officials. Three games in a row and no penalty award to Rangers. 

 

Liam was too exasperated during the last fifteen minutes of his match commentary from Tynecastle to mention Sellik being awarded their ninth penalty of the season against Hibs. Liam was concentrating so hard, willing the Jambos to equalise that the news of Killie's winner at Pittodrie was a barely whispered interruption. What advice will Liam offer Big Dick reference the penning of his next Aberdeen P and J column?

 

The penalty being paid by Aberdeen for a 0-1 defeat by Killie is they are second bottom of the table on 13 points and have a goal difference of minus nine. A third of their points total and over a quarter of goals scored have come in their two games against Rangers. Aberdeen players and staff are cheating the Dons supporters because the stats reveal they only raise an effort when confronted by Rangers.

 

Perhaps Liam and Big Dick could expend more effort quantifying their specific hatred this week in the P and J? 

[Scott7 5,170]

1 hour ago, 26th of foot said:

What advice will Liam offer Big Dick

The puppet does not advise the puller of the strings. Of course, McLeod may only be a glove puppet in which case the advice, were he able to utter it, would be “ouch”.

Edited December 7, 2023 by Scott7

[compo 6,141]

You can't beat a good old controversial injury time penalty 

[Sutton_blows_goats 4,207]

Robsons coat must be on a shoogly peg. To think if we hadnt given them the points we did he would likley be gone by now.

 

Hopefully the cup final see's justice done and Robson on the dole.

[26th of foot 5,836]

1 hour ago, Sutton_blows_goats said:

Robsons coat must be on a shoogly peg. To think if we hadnt given them the points we did he would likley be gone by now.

 

Hopefully the cup final see's justice done and Robson on the dole.

Hearts could emerge victorious from Pittodrie this coming Saturday. If so, will the narrative change to will Robson get the cup final? Could the Dandies emulate Hibs, ie removing Jack Ross from the Easter Road hotseat the week before the League Cup final?

 

 

[Scott7 5,170]

2 hours ago, Sutton_blows_goats said:

Robsons coat must be on a shoogly peg.

 

2 hours ago, Sutton_blows_goats said:

Hopefully the cup final see's justice done and Robson on the dole.

 

32 minutes ago, 26th of foot said:

will the narrative change to will Robson get the cup final?

Nonsense. Robson gave them a win at Ibrox. He’s safe for five seasons.

[the gunslinger 3,366]

matondo in wide left and Simma up front

[Rousseau 9,374]

Hasn't Sima already played up front before for us, with the concensus being he wasn't as good there? 

 

His best form has come off the left, going back to Prague.

[compo 6,141]

Forget the final for now we have two games to win before it against Dundee and Real Betis