Match Thread [FT] Rangers 3 (Colak 50; Tillman 71; Sands 86) - 2 Partick Thistle

[JohnMc 2,750]

3 minutes ago, ranger_syntax said:

Winning is a habit.

 

You might think that you can tell the players to pick and choose.

 

Just remember that when you complain about scraping past an inferior team. Or maybe it will be a match that we don't kill off before letting the opponent equalise.

Remind me of our results since Beale took over? 

 

Beale instructing our players to allow Thistle to score not only didn't affect the result of the match, it has literally no bearing at all on the next match, none whatsoever. 

[ranger_syntax 4,320]

2 minutes ago, JohnMc said:

Yes, well you shouldn't have built one then. 

Titter.

 

That's not quite how it works.

 

How many things must I explain to you?

[ranger_syntax 4,320]

8 minutes ago, JohnMc said:

Remind me of our results since Beale took over?

The results are very good but still not good enough.

 

8 minutes ago, JohnMc said:

 

Beale instructing our players to allow Thistle to score not only didn't affect the result of the match, it has literally no bearing at all on the next match, none whatsoever. 

 

Edit: I should amend what I'm saying here. It was not all true.

 

We don't know what the impact on the next match will be.

Edited February 13, 2023 by ranger_syntax

[buster. 5,185]

55 minutes ago, Bluedell said:

And why should Rangers have to accept that? Surely we've got the option not to?

You are losing it BD.

It is the unwritten convention of what goes on in today's professional game.

 

A defender will never throw it directly to opposition if close to their own goal.

[JohnMc 2,750]

Since we're reading so much into this let's consider for a moment what might have happened had Beale ignored Thistle's protests and said 'play on, tough'. He'd have certainly created an angry and highly motivated opponent for a start. I expect more than one Thistle player might have fancied some old-fashioned retribution on Tillman too. The referee had already shown himself to be lenient when it came to Thistle, so quite what protection Tillman would have got we can only speculate about, but not much isn't a wild guess. That's before we even consider the off field reaction. Pressure for a replay in the manner of Arsenal a few years ago would have been doing the rounds by now not to mention the demonisation of Tillman.

The more you look at it not only was it the right decision for reasons of sportsmanship, it was the pragmatic decision all round. 

 

[buster. 5,185]

58 minutes ago, Bluedell said:

Hoof it up the park to who? Are we meant to expect a lower league player to be able to hit it to one of our players? 

How difficult is this to understand!!

 

Their forwards would have allowed our defenders to gain possession before the competitive resumption.

[PoohBear 1,148]

55 minutes ago, ranger_syntax said:

Di Canio picked up a fair play award.

 

West Ham finished near the bottom of the league.

 

No actual silverware for either Di Canio or West Ham that season.

 

Choose your path.

You're either implying that if Di Canio hadn't stopped the game then West Ham would have finished with silverware, or otherwise you have no point to make. Which is it?

[ranger_syntax 4,320]

6 minutes ago, PoohBear said:

You're either implying that if Di Canio hadn't stopped the game then West Ham would have finished with silverware, or otherwise you have no point to make. Which is it?

Nope.

 

Feel free to read again.

[Bill 13,717]

1 hour ago, ranger_syntax said:

Di Canio picked up a fair play award.

 

West Ham finished near the bottom of the league.

 

No actual silverware for either Di Canio or West Ham that season.

 

Choose your path.

I wouldn't shit on the path you've chosen.

 

Actually, I would.

[Scott7 6,002]

40 minutes ago, ranger_syntax said:

The results are very good but still not good enough

How would you improve the results? Convert the celtic draw to a win?