Gribz

This has been my far worst betting season. Maybe only 3 wins. But im sticking a 100 quid on Rangers today half time / full time at 4/6. Then if that comes up put the winnings on a treble in the premier league.

Its too early to say its going down to goal difference. That goes out the window if we win then Hibs do us a favour.

He has egg on his face now does he! You have to laugh at that! If thats not funny then I dont know what is! Why was he poaching them in the micro? I thought you needed a hot pan for a poached egg???

I dreamt we won 6-1 AND 7-5 last night! But Im going for 4-0.

Its a pity Leicester went up! Sheff Wed, QPR, Forest and Man City all previously played in it. Its a league that is getting better by the season

But WS will accommodate Whittaker rather than going to a back 3 then putting an attacking midfielder in the team. Id love to see 3-5-2 tomorrow: ______________Alexander______________ _____Dailly____Bougherra___Weir________ _________Edu_______Mendes__________ ___Novo_______Davis_______Lafferty____ _________Miller_____Boyd______________

Millwall awaits the winners. Leeds in League 1 for another season. Some bumper games there next season with: Southampton, Charlton, Norwich, Leeds

Thats just wrong!!!! Anyone for Polo??

Were you wearing your lucky strippy jumper?? Im sure if he heard you with that on plus the rage look im sure he would have stopped those balls But its actually tricky for Mendes when you think about it. There wasnt exactly De Boer style runs being made by any other player so he has to go for a different type of pass.

One thing thats certain is Lafferty MUST play and he must play thru the middle.

Seems we stopped this after the half way point in the season yet there is enough there to show we should actually have wrapped the league up by now.

But then actually scoring 4 hasnt been the most noticeably thing this season by us!!! That is where the problem lies. Im pretty sure Celtic wont cuff their opposition as they arent a good side, the problem lies with us (or WS) being negative. Realistically I think we can get 4 on Saturday but we need to come out the blocks flying and do it for 90 mins.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/8042344.stm So this 3rd party bloke still owns him!! So why were West Ham fined and what were Sheff Utd crying about if Man Utd can have him contributing to winning the title!?? Sheff U case wasnt about registration it was about a 3rd party owning him yet i cant see any difference with his move to Man U. Bizarre situation!

Id say we need to win by 4 goals on saturday. That puts us 2 clear and i cant see them winning at hibs by more than 2, i think they may even only get a narrow 1 goal win there. Then its onto Tannadice and the Hertz will go to parkhead to spoil the party.

Depends. If he wins a double then he has done a job this season. If he leaves then who would be the replacement? If we were to take a good manager then id want WS to step down but if it was McCoist to step into the job then id rather WS stay.

Id plan on going for 6 aswell John. Ok its tricky to score 6 but the aim should be to get as much as possible. If we win by 4 then we'd take that. Its all about how we set up from the start. I wouldnt go with Gav's 4-4-2, I think we need at least 3 upfront. Id even be tempted with a 4-2-4. Edu and Davis just sit then allow Lafferty, Novo, Miller and Boyd / Velicka to run at them.

4-4-2? 4-3-3? 3-5-2? 3-3-4? 3-4-3? 4-2-4?

Walters 'safety first' approach came back to bite his back side last night in a huge way. In a match that was an obvious must win he decided to go with a forward pairing who arent the most mobile to bother defenders plus a more solid looking flat midfield with no width. Whilst the players do have to take a share of the blame for a poor 1st half showing, WS must take blame for the selection. However WS was quick enough to realise this as soon as the half time whistle went he was the first up the tunnel - its just a shame it took a Hibs goal to wake him up. I dont want to be over critical as we are still on our best run of form this season and are still in with an almost 50/50 shout of the title. But this weekend there can be nothing else on the agenda apart from a convincing win at Ibrox. So that means WS has to make huge selection decisions. He will have a dilemma of who to play on the left and who to play upfront along with the decision of what formation to go with. I'll leave the team selections to the match preview thread.

Forgetting the goal difference I wonder who has the better fixtures. Id like to remain the optimist and say I think we do. 1) Home games - Id say Hearts are a better outfit than Aberdeen. Aberdeen have an absolute terrible record at Ibrox and havent won in the last 2 decades whilst Hearts have proved they can win and draw in Glasgow. Id fancy Rangers to score more against Aberdeen than Celtic will against Hearts. 2) Away games - Hibs away is always as tough an away fixture you can get in the SPL for both OF teams. As they proved last night they can get a draw against us so there is no reason why they wont do it against Celtic. Im sure Riordan would like to berry one past them for his treatment by Strachan. Utd away is unfortunatly a boggie ground for us but thats always been under normal circumstances. If we go into the last game and take care of our own business then the gap between the OF and the rest will show. Put Lafferty, Miller and Novo (all with pace) up against Lee Wilkie (statue) and we should run rings round them.

You have to look at the positives. Celtic have still got to beat a decent Hearts team who will be up for spoiling there chances. If we take the game to Utd like we did against Hibs in the 2nd half then I expect to beat Utd. However, Hibs just might do us a turn this weekend!!

As you say we are playing at Ibrox so there is no excuse for WS to name anything other than an attack minded 4-3-3 with the players 'up for it'. Last nights 2nd half performance showed we can get the ball down and attack teams - i think we had 75% of the play on the 2nd half - yet at Ibrox id fancy us to get a good few against any team in the SPL.

I am baffled why he has been selected at LM recently ahead of others who have been available all season. His 2nd game since coming back he was terrible. Agree with Gav, if he is here next season then great but only as a LB.

Absolutely! A different team altogether in the 2nd half and they came out with the urgency that should be shown in every game. Hibs were hanging on by the thread and it was down to pure unluck we didnt score more. If we play for 90 mins against Aberdeen like we did in the 2nd half, 4-3-3 with a full Ibrox behind the team I can see at least 3-0. Id start with Miller, Lafferty and Novo upfront. That will cause the sheep defence all sorts of problems.

Im not so sure lads, we are level on points and Im sure we can get a better result than them at the weekend. Celtic might get 3 points at Hibs but i cant see them winning by more than 1 goal. We are capable of beating aberdeen 3-0. That would level it up. we MUST come out the blocks flying and play for 90 mins like this game determines where the title goes. We cant let aberdeen get a sniff of the ball. Id play 4-3-3 in this one from the start.

Alexander - See above Whittaker - Disagree, i think he is better at LB. His problem is he tries to beat 1 man too many. But is decent going forward. Weir - See above Bougherra - See above Dailly - An auto boo boy for the fans. He isnt a RB. Davis - Paralised by playing right wing especially away from home. Mendes - Much better in the 2nd half and better playing in a trio as the forward man. Edu - See Above Smith - Shouldnt be near the first pick for LM. Aaron, Beasley and Novo should all be ahead of him. Weak link! Boyd - Awful Velicka - Awful Subs: Lafferty - Changed the game a bit. Should have started Novo - Effective and got in great positions but couldnt finish his supper at times. Should have started.