ian1964 10,474 Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 By Andrew Dickson WALTER SMITH bemoaned Rangers' lack of a cutting edge after they failed to take their chances and lost 1-0 to Celtic. The Light Blues had several opportunities to go in front in the second Old Firm clash of the season but were off target too often. Ally McCoist and Walter SmithThey then paid for that when Scott McDonald put the Parkhead outfit in front and his strike ultimately proved to be the winner. Smith feels his men did play well enough to get a positive result from the derby but admits his men weren't sharp enough in front of goal. He said: "We are obviously disappointed to lose the game. I felt we started well enough and until the goal, I felt you could argue we were the better side. "But after we went behind, we lost a bit of composure as we started pouring forward in search of an equaliser. "Celtic defended very well from then on and we never created many opportunities - if any at all - in the latter stages of the game. "After having a lot of the territorial pressure, it was extremely disappointing not to get a good result with it." Smith accepts his men must improve in the SPL when 2009 begins, with a need for results against so-called lesser sides to get better essential. With one win each against the other, Glasgow's big two are seven points apart because of Celtic's better record against the teams further down the table.Walter Smith Smith added: "The Old Firm results cancel each other out and we're behind because of what we've done elsewhere. That has been our season. "We must face up to that fact and there is no margin for error now. Celtic have that but we don't. We have to make sure we can go on and keep winning in the months ahead. "Another disappointing thing is that we've lost our unbeaten home record. We have played extremely well at home and I felt we did that for the first hour here today. "Now we will keep going, we'll push on and make sure this defeat does not affect us too greatly. "There wasn't a great deal between the teams and we felt we could win this one but that didn't happen and we must look to bounce back." 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 743 Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 No sharp enough - so make it shaprer!!! At HT i said we needed a more impact player to kill off a shite celtic! but they didnt bring on Fleck, Aaron or Novo and allowed them into it!! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wija 0 Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Agreed Gribz. WS is clearly watching a different game to the ones all the fans see. I feel it was clear that yesterday we were playing to get a draw rather than a full out win attitude.... especially after half time. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gers4Life 0 Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 After McDonald scored the goal, the team had,nt a clue what do with the ball after that, putting balls over the top to nobody they had 32 mins to find a goal and could'nt get near the celtic goal,a bloody discrace... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yieldshields loyal 0 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 After McDonald scored the goal, the team had,nt a clue what do with the ball after that, putting balls over the top to nobody they had 32 mins to find a goal and could'nt get near the celtic goal,a bloody discrace... I'll agree with this big time, you knew that we were going to play all day and not score 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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