Ian Blacks interview this evening.

[simplythebest 0]

I defended him over the betting fiasco, can gtf with shite like this though

[BrahimHemdani 1]

I must have been at a different game. A few long passes sprayed wide was about the total of his contribution. He thinks he is a player. Not one penetrating pass [or attempt at one] in the game. He is a complete imposter in my eyes.

 

Any footballer should be able to make a pass when unchallenged in the defensive third of the park where he started most of the time if not somewhere south of half way; it's the ones who can do it in the final third that make the difference.

[pmu 0]

The condescending little p#@$k.. thinks the fans are so gullible we will have a wee moan and then forget it all as we struggle to contain our excitement as we anticipate the next game. It's like ally's attitude of we will sign some new players and the fans will get all excited and ignore my shortcomings. So out if touch with what the fans are thinking..

[the gunslinger 3,366]

do we know what he actually said?

[der Berliner 3,803]

do we know what he actually said?

 

Apparently not. But hey, it is Black and he apparently backs Ally, so why not give him some flak of the broadside variety? Anyhow, let's have a look:

 

Black says Rangers fans will forget Rovers flop once title is won

 

IAN BlacK today launched a staunch defence of Rangers in the wake of their shock 1-1 draw with part-time minnows Albion Rovers.

 

And the Gers midfielder has claimed the game will be forgotten about if the Ibrox club can wrap up the SPFL League One title tomorrow night.

 

The Light Blues players were booed off the field by their own fans on Sunday after failing to beat Rovers in the William Hill Scottish Cup quarter-final.

 

Ally McCoist's men only managed to secure a replay when makeshift striker Bilel Mohsni headed home a highlycontroversial equaliser in the 77th minute.

 

The overall performance and final result against the Cliftonhill club has, unsurprisingly, drawn a furious response from the Rangers supporters.

 

Yet Black predicted the critics will be cheering if Rangers can finally secure the third-tier title with a win over Airdrie at Ibrox.

 

He said: "Do the players feel embarrassed? No. You've got to look at the possession stats and the number of shots they had at our goal.

 

"I think we restricted them to maybe one or two shots at goal. They got an opportunity and they scored it.

 

"You've got to give them credit. They came with a game plan to make it hard for us to break them down and it paid off for them.

 

"But we're happy we are still in it. We've got to go there now and obviously try to get a win.

 

"Everyone goes through a bad patch. Sunday seemed to be one of those for us. Nothing seemed to be going our way then we got a break.

 

"We can handle it. We've proved a lot of people wrong and have still got the cup to look forward to and we'll be looking to get the win there."

 

Black added: "People aren't going to talk about performances in the past when we win the league. They will moan on a Saturday because the game isn't entertaining, but they will forget about it in two days' time.

 

"They will talk about the next game coming up and they will talk about how Rangers have won the league. We have got an opportunity to go and win it tomorrow night and I can guarantee that after that there will not be a complaint about any performance."

 

Black has also dismissed criticism of the Rangers *manager and his tactics both against Rovers at the weekend and this season in general.

 

Despite Rangers going undefeated in League One and being still involved in the Ramsdens Cup and the William Hill Scottish Cup, there has been some unhappiness about the style of play favoured by McCoist.

 

But the former Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Hearts player feels there is only so much a coach can do when opposing teams set out to defend against them.

 

Speaking to promote BT Sports' live coverage of the Rangers game against Brechin on March 23, Black said: "The manager has been given a team and a job, to get us back to the SPFL Premiership.

 

"We won the league last year with kids. We have brought in experience this year and we haven't been beaten. What else do people want?

 

"We are still in the Scottish Cup and have a good chance. So what more can you ask for?

 

"The boys are working hard and we want to win the league for the fans and for ourselves and to get the club back up to where we should be. Everything is going well and we are doing that.

 

"Credit to the manager and the staff for doing their job and keeping us going. We haven't been beaten so I don't know what else people can ask for."

 

BLACK added: "Look at the Rovers game. Every time we got the ball in the last third they had every man in the penalty area.

 

"You tell me a game plan to try and play through 11 bodies and hit the target. It's like putting a wall up in front of the goals and trying to break it down.

 

"Sometimes you've got to look at the bigger picture, get the ball wide and try to beat them with an aerial threat.

 

"It didn't pay off for us on Sunday, but their game plan was to shut up shop and restrict us when we tried to play it through them.

 

"There were times when we lacked the urgency to get the ball through, but we worked hard and I think we deserved to win overall."

 

ET

 

Now then, here's the platform for the non-content to make their pick and go after him.

 

IMHO, he's said nothing that can be argued against.

[Anchorman 0]

This is what he said last night on the radio.I heard it as I nearly crashed.

 

"I'm tired - my legs are sore. It was tough going out there".

"We did really well out there. It was only in the last third that we didn't really get going".

"No embarrassment. Look at the possession stats".

"We were given a job to do by the manager which was to win the league. That is what we have delivered. We don't care how we achieve it. What more do they [fans] want?"

[True_Ger_1872 2]

Should have got rid of this joke of a player around the betting scandal. Absolute waste of a player on the park and his attitude reeks

[andy steel 0]

That's a horror story of an interview and screams from the rooftops 'I have no idea what it means to play for Rangers'.

 

That probably wouldn't matter if the player saying it was contributing on the pitch, but when you add it to two seasons of maybe half a dozen decent games and maybe nearly 60 mediocre games; to being unable to dominate L2 & L1 opposition players; to being unable to hit a freekick to any standard; to being unable to avoid pointless tackles which would raise eyebrows on a KG5 pitch; and to not being able to work out that betting on the other side to get a draw against Rangers is - let's be kind - daft, and you have a player, as many have said, totally out of touch with a lot of fans and bluntly, not worthy to wear the top.

 

Maybe not all fans disagree with him, that would be a daft thing to claim. But if Ian thinks Bears are going to forget the standard of play both against Rovers on Sunday and what's more important, consistently over the last two seasons with very little sign of improvement, he doesn't know what it means to be a fan. And with that in mind, maybe he should shut his stupid fucking yap about what the fans expect - he plainly doesn't get it and would be far better advised keeping schtum.

 

Bottom line is he's a disgrace to the jersey both on and off the pitch. The playing epitome of all that is wrong with the club atm. That interview is just the latest proof.

[Ser Barristan Selmy 222]

Haven't heard it but by all accounts it was a car crash. Anyone hear it?

 

Claiming he was tired at the weekend.

 

Players don't have anything to prove.

 

Only job was to win the league and they have done that at a canter.

 

Not embarrassed by the result yesterday.

 

What more do fans want.

Sounds just like a few fans I've read

[Juancornetto 1]

He's just repeating what his manager is telling him....

 

*incoming*