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1 hour ago, Gonzo79 said:

That's embarrassing.   Aberdeen are diddy team - beating them should be run of the mill, at best.

I think you have to see it in the context of the pathetic provocation before the game. I mean replacing all the pictures in the corridor with pictures from the semi final really is so childish it’s hard to believe adults made that decision. I don’t think they’d have rubbed it in as much if it hadn’t been for that. 

17 minutes ago, Bill said:

You're referring to my post #1439 which (if you look more carefully) wasn't a response to anyone, even to you. It was that seemingly confusing thing ... posting a personal opinion without engaging in a conversation with anyone, even you. Y'know, an original thought.

 

It can be a problem when you think everything is about you. You can even start to think people are being snide. Best try to fight it. ?

 

 

 

Just going to roll my eyes and move on. 

Its pathetically childish. Just like the fact that our players had to fetch the ball themselves when it eventually came back into play because the fans and ball boys wouldn’t give it back to us. The saddest thing is that it was the same wherever the ball went out t wasn’t even just a few idiots. 

John McGarry from the Daily Mail wrote in his match report that the ref "might have booked Scott Brown sooner than he did" and that "Oliver Burke was upset not to have a penalty appeal taken more seriously". That's all.

35 minutes ago, ian1964 said:

Never mentioned this dive strangely enough!

To be fair to him that's because the newspapers didn't tell him about it and the BBCs highlights didn't show it either. Nobody knows about Brown's tackle and Burke's dive but every fan in the country's knows about Defoe's "dive" and MacGregor's "leg breaker".

4 minutes ago, ranger_syntax said:

Nothing will change until you choose not to pay.

Most of us are law abiding and, if nothing else, at least want to watch Rangers live on tv so this isn't an option available to us.

On ‎06‎/‎02‎/‎2019 at 23:37, Bill said:

If you watch or listen to the BBC you deserve the aggravation.

When I posted a quote from the match report this was your response.  It's just tiring to keep getting responses like this when we post something on this thread. 

To respond to your snide comment on "trying to earn ingratiating points", I wasn't inferring that you were critising 26th specifically so I wasn't defending him specifically. I just repeated the reason for our comments on this thread and stated that he (in particular) does a good job.

We know your view, put-downs like the comment above aren't necessary when we've already had that conversation.

47 minutes ago, JohnMc said:

Plus every time I hear the Roos County owner McGregor speak I'm more convinced he's really a bluenose. 

Well he’s certainly a church-going Presbyterian. Whether he has an affinity for Rangers or not I think it’s very unlikely he would have much against us. 

1 hour ago, ranger_syntax said:

We've already been over this.

 

It is not taxpayer funded.

That’s a bit pedantic. In Britain unless you don’t watch live tv all year or watch anything made by the BBC it’s a basically a tax you have to pay. 

9 minutes ago, 26th of foot said:

I know I am repeating points made on another thread.

 

On BBC Radio Scotland, Pat Bonner's half-time report mentioned Brown's challenge as a possible red card. It was not raised at full time. Sportscene did not include a knee high challenge in five turgid minutes. Nothing to discuss, it was vanished.

 

This is strategic, BBC Scotland did not want anything to run interference with their Rangers/Morelos/McGregor narrative.

Not to mention the Scott Brown is amazing narrative that they’ve had going for a number of years now. He’s not someone they want negative coverage of. 

19 hours ago, 26th of foot said:

Sportscene spat the most venom

Very well summed up. I was quite shocked how for our first goal they didn’t say one good thing about us, they just talked about Aberdeen’s defending as if it was a Red TV post mortem. The second goal was rightly lauded in the live half time report on the radio as absolutely brilliant but sportscene spent about 5 seconds on it and again they focused more on poor defending because Morelos was given space. I genuinely couldn’t believe how little time they spent on that goal. And they didn’t show or mention Defoe’s goal in the analysis, again shocking. They put all their effort into setting up the narrative for the rest of the week. 

5 hours ago, craig said:

Fuck me. That’s at the boys knee !!!  That’s a career ender - not the first time this season from him either.  Nothing said...

It didn’t make the highlights

We’ve already been over this @Bill, the BBC is taxpayer funded and so there is a purpose in scrutinising their coverage of our club to an extent to expose what they are doing and have a record of it. @26th of foot does a very good job. 

8 minutes ago, ranger_syntax said:

I really hope this succeeds.

 

Imagine the torment among the afflicted!

After admittedly going on AFC Chat for a few minutes this morning I also really hope we’re ready to announce Shinnie on a Bosman in May too. Please. 

23 minutes ago, trublusince1982 said:

Morelos commits two fouls and the ref speaks to him for not watching the ball but the player

Even though he was watching the man before the ball came I didn't actually think he was fouling the defender. One of them he gave him a wee shoulder barge, isn't  it in the rules of the game that shoulder to shoulder is legal?

Oh my word you couldn’t even make up how biased they are in describing the incident. Absolutely staggering. 

But as the two tussled for the ball, the Aberdeen defender fell and Morelos lashed out at him - as he had done in the opening match of the season at Pittodrie. But McKenna was no innocent as he too looked to jab a foot at the Rangers striker as he tumbled to the ground.

Morelos leaving a foot in is “lashing out” whereas McKenna only “looked” like he maybe perhaps jabbed at foot at him. Maybe? Also they remind the audience that Morelos has done this before. But don’t remind them that it was rescinded because McKenna’s provocation which was just as violent wasn’t spotted. 

6 minutes ago, buster. said:

I think it's the first time we've won 4 on the bounce under SG&Co 

 

If the red for Morelos stands, is it a simple 2 game suspension or will it be more for accumulation of suspensions ?

Good question, he was a booking away from a suspension I think, which makes his decision to leave a leg in even more inexcusable. 

Defoe is class and would score plenty if he started every game. His first touch was world class as well as the finish. With Morelos you’ve just no idea what’s going to happen in that situation but with Defoe you just knew he’d make no mistake. As soon as he came on you felt that all he would need is one chance and it would be game over, very clever sub from Gerrard. 

6 minutes ago, ian1964 said:

 

No class whatsoever. He should really get punished for warning them not to rescind it what is that all about, imagine warning the referee not to book you. 

We saw the best and worst of Morelos tonight. Missed two very good chances and  struggled to control the ball for a spell in the game and then lost his head and created the situation that got himself sent off even though it wasn’t a red. But his second goal was nothing short of world class, his best goal in a Rangers shirt. 

I KNEW IT, DEFOE!!!

Stewart has caused us no end of problems and it’s his flair that creates the goal. Barisic was poor there losing the ball too easily in the opposition half. 

That was all about Kent, his confidence has gone through the roof recently. 

I think Morelos has flubber on his boots tonight because the ball keeps bouncing off them