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I only read half of the first paragraph but it was a valuable exercise because I can now identify the targets of wrath. I’d thought they looked a bit like Davie Wilson and Archie Knox and wondered what they’d ever done to offend.

Gunners 0-2 down win it in last seconds. Champions performance.

The cup final may have done for them. Was it not a cup defeat to Chelsea that jiggered Kelvin Keegan’s championship run thirty odd years ago?

How about an inside trio of hibbees, Mcgraw, Stein and Martin? Lot of goals there.

Dawns the day, well I think it’s dawned above a blanket of cloud. I wish I were going to Ibrox to cheer the famous Rangers.

Exactly.

Not so sure about that. Think of all the words we’ve read about Clancy, Collum, Beaton and the lino whose name I’ve forgotten. All criticism justified, though.

Nearly a week has gone by and nobody has blamed the referee. Shows how bad Rangers were. I thought Walsh did well. I believe he is wrong-footed but it doesn’t show.

I don’t know about the Boardroom but it’s an accurate description of the team’s play. I was expecting Tillman to ask the celtic defenders if they were ready yet and would it be ok to kick the ball towards their goal.

What are you laughing at, compo? 😆

THAT Eric Smith. Scored the winner in the eighty-eighth minute in a Scottish Cup tie in 1960 against Elgin City at Borough Briggs. Divers had got the equaliser four minutes earlier, City having led from the sixty-fourth minute. Damn them both. I was at Tynecastle that day with thirty-six thousand others. You can imagine the roar when the half-times went up, ‘Gers and Jambos alike greatly amused by the nil-nil.

celtic right half?

Mr McGraw has died. Great old fashioned player. Sixty one goals in a season for Morton.

Son for ninety minutes, Richarlison and Moura for seventy each and ‘Arry Kane for twenty couldn’t get the ball past Wes Foderingham. 1-0 Blades. In fact he hardly had a save to make. These illustrious fellows were no better than Rangers’ forwards on Sunday. At least Alfie scored. Like Leicester yesterday‘Spurs didn’t seem much bothered. Grimsby put out So’ton. The FA Cup is some competition.

Chelsea/Liverpool manager exchange?

All he had to do was to get past Malmö. Advantage Rangers in the second leg of the tie but his team threw it away. If they hadn’t, money would have become available. The Board had to make a decision. They made the right one.

Brendan out of the Cup. Entertaining but strange match. Two ahead early in the second half Rovers were playing shooting-in, could have got two more then Leicester brought on Iheanacho, scored quickly and had a few chances but didn’t really seem all that bothered.

Meanwhile, in the good old effy cup, Brendan City are down 0-2 at home to Blackburn Rovers with half an hour to go. Should have been three.

Auld McGregor. Davies and Goldson weren’t too dreadful but two classic centre forward goals conceded so it can’t be either for motm.

That strikes a chord, PB. Other clubs may have the same problems that I don’t know about because I’m not interested. The mighty Rangers teams of my younger days seemed to go through seasons using about fourteen or so players. No squad as such. Just the recognised first team and the recognised stand-ins.

I think my mortal soul knows where it’s headed.

Disappointed but relieved. Disappointed because every Rangers defeat especially a cup final is a disappointment. Relieved because I feared a thrashing by 4-0 or worse. celtic managed to flood the midfield, have plenty back in defence yet get three or four up in attack. That speaks of better fitness and better coaching. Their manager is no mug and he’s had time to get his players to know and conform to his pattern. Their ability to defend in numbers was greatly aided by the length of time it took Rangers to get from the half line to the penalty box. Their players are better than ours. Raskin should be fine. Cantwell at least was willing to go forward quickly. Tillman was really poor. Auld McGregor did fine. The backs can’t defend. The centre backs were not bad apart from failing to prevent two classic centre forward’s goals. Morelos had no support. How about the rest of the attack? What attack? The Scottish Cup must be won. The League title is beyond this team. Time to relax, play a bit of football and perhaps develop a consistent style of play.

They can have the full points. The league is gone. I’ll settle for a Hearts victory in the SC. I’m open to a Mephistophelean pact to bring that about.

And Everton back in a rut.

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