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Thought we really missed Barasic tonight.

Sorry @Frankie but while we can certainly say we defended comically, to say there is nobody to blame but ourselves when the referee has had by far the biggest influence in the game by not sending off Cosgrove in first half for several bookable offences, and a stonewall penalty which he is only 2 yards away from is just nonsense mate. Cheatin Beatons one-sided handling of this game, yet again where Rangers are concerned it must be said, was absolutely the main reason we did not win the game. Do you think Morelos would have been afforded the same amount of fouls and remain on the park? Of course not, so he has cheated us yet again out of important points. Something has to be done with Cheats like Beaton, Collum etc.

The Scottish Cup is on Premier Sports again, which is a shame. I won't be subscribing again.

That was a glimpse into the Rangers of last season and it wasn't pleasant to watch. Too many players making far too many unforced errors. The referee didn't deny us two points, we managed that all by ourselves. Inexplicable. He was far from the only culprit but I'd play Halliday before Flanagan on Sunday if Barisic is still unavailable.

While I can see your point our inability to get back into gear after the sheep goals was only our own fault.

No-one to blame but ourselves. We should have had a second half penalty but we'd thrown a two goal lead away by then. We played well for 30mins or so then got slack and after that struggled to move the ball about and key players fell out of the game. A long way to go in this title race though so chin up bears!

it's the paper planes you need to watch out for, very dangerous, they could take someone's eye out ?

If I was an opposition manager, I'd advise my players to wind up Morelos and get stuck in with niggles and strong challenges. It's up to us to deal with it.

I put the blog above together because things appear to have ground to a bit of halt on coverage and progress for the Grays and many others. This is what the facilitators, enablers and guilty want. Every day that passes makes it easier for the fighters to fold. To accept whatever meagre deal is being carved up for them. I guess what i'm saying is that if we want a public enquiry, then we the public need to force it. I don't claim to know what the best or right course of action is, but, write to the press, try and make sure it stays relevant and at least let them know there's a demand for it. That goes of every corner for the UK and beyond, every local newspaper, every column inch and web mention helps. Contact or write to your MSPs, at this time close to the election we at least have some leverage, tell them it could be a deciding factor in your vote. Get it a mention. Make it an issue. A full and open public enquiry into CSA in Scottish football. It takes 5 minutes, but it needs buy in and numbers. If we do nothing, then nothing is what we'll get.

Two points dropped in a game we were strolling. Mind you another howler from Beaton. Cosgrove gets booked after 4 fouls but goes on to commit 2 or 3 more. He should have been red-carded. And the Morelos foul being on the 18 yard line was a penalty. Beaton was 5 yards away. He clearly saw it.

If we have to rely on Scottish officials to win us games then we will never win anything. Beaton was a joke but he didn't cost us two goals or stop us playing for two thirds of the game. Anyway, I'm away out for the night. Can't wait until Sunday now!

There is know doubt in my mind the ref is cheating here, paranoid bear!

A really frustrating ending to a first half we'd controlled comfortably but we got slack, didn't heed a warning then conceded a really cheap goal to allow Aberdeen back into the game. If we can get back to moving the ball about (and our players actually) we'll score more but we can't afford to be so slack - even once or twice or we'll be punished. A huge 45mins ahead!

Arsenal could do a lot worse. And they probably will.

No different from what most teams set about doing last season.

Nor will I. Cancelling the subscription is particularly difficult, and seemingly deliberate. So there is no chance I will engage with such a company again.

I felt in the second half our back line was pressured a bit more and they didn't seem to be able to handle this which resulted in far too many aimless punts upfield. I also felt Davis was given a lot of time on the ball in the first half and was able to pick his pass but unfortunately in the second half his time on the ball was more limited. Having seen tonight's game I rather suspect Celtic will plan to put pressure on our back line knowing that there is a good possibility of a mistake being made.

Agree 100%.

Flanagan should be freed in January (or sooner). He costs us goals every single time he plays. If he plays on Sunday, we lose. It’s that simple. If Barasic plays tonight we win 4-0

Really disappointing. Only ourselves to blame for that. Our defence needs to f*cking wake up.

Come on Frankie! I have never ever seen one player get to foul as much as Cosgrove, not to mention all the other assaults that were allowed, never mind the penalty that was not given! there is only so much a team can do, aye the goals we lost were down to us but we were never going to win that match tonight with Beaton allowing the sheep players to continually assault our players, disgusting!

15 mins to go, come on Rangers we need the win here!

We really need to up the tempo here ,we've lost confidence ,and are being dragged down to their level.

Beaton is an absolute disgrace here. He's going to get one of our players injured unless he takes action.

Our defence is non existent here. Flanagan is having the worst game in a Rangers shirt and be no idea what Helander and Goldson are doing.

You may choose to call it defending, I could call it something else.

Half time summary: - it's been all us - should be 3 or 4 goals up - absolute balls up for their goal and as @Tannochsidebear said, we were under no pressure - Cosgrove and Logan should have been sent off. How Beaton doesn't send them off is just incredible. - Andy Walker is a bitter and twisted little runt.

Andy Wanker is totally miffed that we are so dominant, which is always nice! ”I thought Aberdeen would be so up for this but they can’t string two passes together” Lovely!

It was terrific play from Aribo and Tav.

Lovely move, Aribo nicks the ball in midfield and an inch-perfect pass to Arfield who finishes with a lovely first touch shot guided into bottom corner giving keeper no chance. Just what we deserved.

Cosgroves 4th foul in 14 minutes brings just a warning from cheating Beaton.

Same riffraff, different brick

1980 Scottish cup final. My last game before I moved to Holland. Absolutely shocking and a fair amount of kids taken away with head wounds. Thankfully these days are in the past. BUT! Unfortunately when one door shuts another opens as we are now hit with flares, fireworks and even bombs that can have you blind and deafened for life.

Aye, that was always the tactics for all the years I played Junior fitba ?

Correct. But you’d hope the players wouldn’t blab about it.

I was going to ask you but didn't want to offend or put off anyone else if you couldn't do it. If I am honest you are simply the best man for the job so it is also a Yaasss from me too and probably the rest of the forum as well.

McKenna admitting in todays record that they did deliberately target Morelos under orders from McInnes. That's their level. Kick and harry. Then wonder why they get nowhere in Europe.

I'm not sure of the need to state this, particularly this season. Our players have been through more than a full round of games and have shown themselves more than capable of withstanding the physicality of other teams.

I really don't understand why we give the ramblings of a celtic fan the oxygen he craves.

Let’s hope he can sew up a victory. Great isn’t it? Some bloke does the hard work and along comes a smart alec to make fun of it. Will I be banned?