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

[Bill 13,717]

If Mick Beale thought it was the right thing to do then it was the right thing to do, not just because it cancelled out a goal but because of the message he's trying to send to players, fans and media alike that this is who we are. He has repeatedly spoken about the importance of creating an "identity" that everyone can share and this spoke volumes about who he wants us to be. Sure he took a chance but it was worth it.

 

I can't share this "fuck em" philosophy, what Beale did was far more important and ultimately long lasting than Tillman's goal. Every one of our players is a little more engaged to this club today.

[ranger_syntax 4,693]

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.

[the gunslinger 3,366]

would i rather win a fair play award than the scottish cup - no. 

 

will what we did impact on us winning the scottish cup or not. - no

Edited February 13, 2023 by the gunslinger

[Devil's advocaat 1,768]

  On 13/02/2023 at 12:56, 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.

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Concretely irrelevant. Di Canio was a serial under achiever playing for a club who think they're a big club.

 

Nothing like our situation in the slightest.

[JohnMc 3,095]

West Ham would have won the Champion's League by now had Di Canio not caught that ball...

Richard Gough once ordered our players not to score against Hearts after they'd been reduced to 8 men in a match at Ibrox. When does the petition to strip him of his place in the Hall Of Fame begin? 

 

I could understand the anger this seems to be generating if we'd lost yesterday. 

[ranger_syntax 4,693]

  On 13/02/2023 at 13:01, Devil's advocaat said:

Concretely irrelevant. Di Canio was a serial under achiever playing for a club who think they're a big club.

 

Nothing like our situation in the slightest.

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Thanks for spelling it out.

 

He's not a role model for teams that want to win.

[26th of foot 6,182]

  On 13/02/2023 at 13:08, JohnMc said:

West Ham would have won the Champion's League by now had Di Canio not caught that ball...

Richard Gough once ordered our players not to score against Hearts after they'd been reduced to 8 men in a match at Ibrox. When does the petition to strip him of his place in the Hall Of Fame begin? 

 

I could understand the anger this seems to be generating if we'd lost yesterday. 

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This.

[ranger_syntax 4,693]

  On 13/02/2023 at 13:08, JohnMc said:

West Ham would have won the Champion's League by now had Di Canio not caught that ball...

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You murdered the straw man there.

 

  On 13/02/2023 at 13:08, JohnMc said:

Richard Gough once ordered our players not to score against Hearts after they'd been reduced to 8 men in a match at Ibrox. ...

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A very bad decision.

[ranger_syntax 4,693]

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.

[JohnMc 3,095]

  On 13/02/2023 at 13:15, ranger_syntax said:

You murdered the straw man there.

 

A very bad decision.

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