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Windass seemed to stress the point about the teams weakness in big game situations and I think it a fair one. You look at the Motherwell LC semi-final defeat last season yet we've not been beaten by them in 42 ordinary league fixtures.

The hard, fast and whipped-in accurate delivery from corners is almost essential in modern-day football. More especially in those games that goals are difficult to come by. Seems as though an 18 year old Middleton sees this and is prepared to work hard on this aspect of his game in his own time. A good attitude makes his progression in the game much more likely.

First goal against Spartak as well. When you look at some of the goals we've conceded and our defence has been slated, not much is said about an often excellent delivery. It's a hugely important part of football.

My Dad occasionally mentioned that back in his day Xmas presents were sparse and fresh fruit was sometimes prominent. It didn't stop him and his brothers from putting in the hours playing fitbaw. There were always places they could play (that didn't cost money) and kit was the least of their worries. Those hours enabled one of the brothers to go on and play for Scotland at a WC Finals (1954). Progress had been made since those days (not Scottish fitbaw) but it's now regression for the ordinary guy and the progress tends to be corporate. 100 pounds for a pair of kids football boots says a lot about where we are.

Scoring 32 goals in 12 league games is notable and I think you'll have to go a far way back into the archives to find when we scored more in the top flight. It's certainly notable for a team with creative issues middle to front (the managers observation from Shkupi onwards). If you add 7 League Cup goals, then it's a total of 39 in 15 at an average of 2.6 per match or one every 35 minutes. So where is the problem ? It's in big games and against organised defences. In the domestic games where we have failed to score (lost them all 0-1, Celtic/Livingston/Aberdeen) we have played 270 minutes without even looking like scoring. Each of those three defeats have come in different blocks of matches (between International breaks) or in other words, we had not come up with answers, although tbf we were without Morelos & Lafferty in the 3rd of those 3. Looking at yesterday, do Middleton and/or Grezda look like being an answer ? On the little I have seen, set-piece delivery from Middleton has certainly made a difference.

In PQ podcastland it's as if it never happened. Monday, normally a day to go over significant weekend events hardly mentioned the first seven goal haul of the top flight this season. The Monday edition talked more about the rescinded red card of Morelos at Aberdeen of 100 days ago than our performance in scoring seven goals yesterday. Scott MacDonald offered more analysis on a 7 goal Celtic victory over Motherwell from 2016 than yesterdays Rangers performance. It might have only been 15 seconds but that was more. What was featured was over 20 minutes arguing the toss about whether it was a penalty when McHugh did his Sepp Maier impression. It was your now customary Michael Stewart righteous crusade that dominated the programme, rather than a proportional representation of events on the pitch. Livingston didn't get any credit either but Celtic did manage to sustain the sensational form dialogue as they took their time drooling over why Ryan Christie got his contract extension. St.Johnstone's excellent run of results got some time with Richard Foster in the studio and a couple of the veritable pack of Hyenas prepared the ground for a full-on attack on the Scotland manager in the coming days. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p06rjy0f

I'd agree but we need to start defending/organising better and chalking up some clean sheets. In domestic football, we've only managed clean sheets against the two at the bottom, St.Mirren (x2) and Dundee...as well as Championship Ayr Utd. That's why we've needed to score 32 goals to gather 24 points.

Sunday 11th November Livingsto 0-0 Celtic Rangers 7-1 Motherwell Strange but PQ seem to have forgotten to upload the Sportsound podcast for Sunday, they normally do.

Football, politics, whatever................................Michael Stewart, the nearly but never quite makes it man. You can often hear the anxious frustration in his voice. The competitive desperation to prove himself to be the man of vision amongst a group that collectively see no further than Mr Magoo in a pea souper and employ their skewed imagination to guide the nation.

Probably best you do....... #FreedomOExpressionOfficer2

Great boost going into this break. We finished off a poor 3 weeks with a performance that gives us encouragement in the squad to afront the challenge of 11 games in 36 days that awaits. One game at a time though is the only way to go. All eyes on Livingston at Ibrox and it has to be another 3 points.

Desperation to make it big as a pundit after never really getting out from behind the black ball as a player. Only thing, is that what I think he's actually presenting to the nation is one of the main reasons why he never made it as a player. #Gobshite

Shameless bump Another wee factoid Much has been said about the Group stage Thursday/Sunday routine costing us points but I had a peek and it's yet to cost us a point. It might have played a part in the semi-final defeat to Aberdeen but I'd say it was more the lack of a decent dentre-forward that told. Thu 20/09/18 UEL Villarreal 2 - 2 Rangers View events More info Sun 23/09/18 PRE Rangers 5 - 1 St. Johnstone Thu 04/10/18 UEL Rangers 3 - 1 Rapid Wien View events More info Sun 07/10/18 PRE Rangers 3 - 1 Hearts Thu 25/10/18 UEL Rangers 0 - 0 Spartak Moskva More info Sun 28/10/18 LEC Aberdeen 1 - 0 Rangers Thu 08/11/18 UEL Spartak Moskva 4 - 3 Rangers View events More info Sun 11/11/18 PRE Rangers 7 - 1 Motherwell The league defeat at Livingston came on the back of the LC QF with Ayr, which is also where Morelos got thebooking that ruled him out of the semi-final. Wed 26/09/18 LEC Rangers 4 - 0 Ayr United View events More info Sun 30/09/18 PRE Livingston 1 - 0 Rangers Another way of looking at it is that we simply tend to do the business at Ibrox....which might make the next-up more challenging Thu 29/11/18 UEL Rangers 21 : 00 Villarreal More info Sun 02/12/18 PRE Hearts 13 : 00 Rangers

Arsenal 1-1 Wolves #UnspectacularProgressContinues City 3-1 Utd #NaeWay4Jose

I hope Tam Cowan invited his elderly mate, Cosgrove, to appreciate the goal action

Not the only team to lose by the odd goal in seven this week. Barcelona 3 - 4 Real Betis

Approaching a full-on month, it's very encouraging that what have been squad players can step in and do a job.

Aye and 9 years on, Miller at Dundee and Broadfoot & Boyd at Killie are also still in the top flight All five played this weekend

Dundee Utd is correct December 2009 1 A. McGregor 21 K. Broadfoot 6 L. McCulloch 78' 3 D. Weir 24 M. Bougherra 85' 5 S. Papac 7 S. Davis 18 K. Miller 51' Nacho Novo K. Boyd 20' 25' 29' 75' 80' 27 K. Lafferty Coach: W. Smith 1 N. Weaver 5 D. Dods 18 G. Kenneth 2 S. Dillon 19 M. Kovačević 23 P. Dixon 6 C. Conway 16 M. Gomis 15 P. Buaben 10 D. Cadamarteri 7 J. Myrie-Williams Coach: P. Houston SUBSTITUTES 26 S. Smith for S. Papac 45' 16 S. Whittaker for Nacho Novo 65' 68' 48 A. Little for K. Boyd 81' 82' 21 D. Casalinuovo for C. Conway 37' 45' 14 D. Swanson for M. Kovačević 63' 85' 12 D. Robertson for M. Gomis 87'

Nae google. Clue: the match prior to the 7, we beat Motherwell 6-1 at Ibrox.

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