I watched Kilmarnock previous home game against Inverness, as shambolic a defensive performance as I have seen in the SPL. Shipping six goals against the team who were, and remain, bottom of the league is the kind of result that can decimate team morale, but St Johnstone’s result at Ibrox last week offered some encouragement that you can get at this this Rangers team.
It’s worth pointing out a few things. Rangers are still four points clear at the top of the league, if we were in that position we would rightly be delighted and confident. Pascali’s goal for Kilmarnock was also only their second goal conceded in eight SPL away games and only their seventh overall in 16 games – getting on for half a season. By comparison, Celtic have conceded 14 goals, including three at Kilmarnock.
While that defensive record is commendable, the loss of Steven Naismith leaves them disproportionately dependent on Nikica Jelavic to maintain their goal-scoring threat, and Jelavic is not known for season-long durability.
When news came through that Sone Aluko had paid his transfer fee to become a Rangers player few of us expected him to make as quick an impact on the league table as he has, single-handedly playing three Kilmarnock players onside at the goal. This is an unfortunate start to the player’s Rangers career but Rangers fans have a reputation for scapegoating (among other things). For some, Aluko’s card is marked. He’ll need a lot of talent to recover from this one.
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hamiltontim says:
27 November, 2011 at 22:54
Very true, but enough about Sami, what about Dylan’s goal???? :-)
Aye it is magic, we will have to listen to them telling us he is from the Murray Park tractor belt of talent though. Don’t know if I can stomach that every week. He looks a bit lightweight. Will keep my judgement until he is up against spomebody like big Kyle Bartley, then we will see if he is a player or not
Cultsbhoy
Bjmac only looks like a hun :)))
Ghuys just catching up… what happened with clubfoot today?
Cheers
HH
Is there a nightout with Timbhoy2 on Thursday?
timbhoy2 says:
27 November, 2011 at 22:54
You are correct I will be sitting in my big couch on Thursday as will everyone else you have called out as we will be recovering from the game 24 hours earlier…but I might make an exception and drive up to see you standing outside paradise on Thursday night…..I said I would not bite with these folk but shooting fish…and MWD needs a rest
Mort says:
27 November, 2011 at 22:53
David Weir is all I’ll say…..well….this as well…
I can remember quite a few point winning saves from the hun, can’t remember many at all from big FF.
If you asked who I would rather have playing, it would be FF, he seems a decent big bloke and is improving all the time. no point commenting any further on amcg
hh
dirtymac
It’s a good question. One I can’t answer in fact.
:0)
SwanseaBhoy
Caeser67 – think that’s meant to be a fashionable haircut. I wouldn’t know as I’m quite close to being a slaphead !!
T4
Not guilty !
HH
hamiltontim says:
27 November, 2011 at 23:00
Hoy you…..I could talk to the wife and get abused like that, don’t need to come on here!
or did you just get the spelling wrong and you were shortening…honey ;-) Tosh thought so anyway ;-)
hh
bjmac
Declan
Dylan was with Celtic until he was 14 I believe he’s now 17. That hardly makes him a Murray Park product.
BTW can I have a big mac and fries please?
Hamilton
the biggest laugh my brother gets in life is his belief that I’m a dead ringer for certain Hun…worryingly a few others have mentioned it…I’m ignoring it though!
TDL
He fell. Nowt serious tho. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Cultsbhoy hates being outed,
Eeeoouuch. Playing the Granny card to block off awkward questions, whilst ignoring the easy option of proving your bona fides with a wee trip down to the local CSC?
What’s a bhoy to think? I’m a betting man now and again. If you actually meet up with MWD on the 28th and pass muster, then I donate 20 squid to a charity of your choosing…if you fail to show, or fail to hide the azure tones on your gleaming proboscis, you do likewise.
How’s that sound?
CultsBhoy hates being 2nd says:
27 November, 2011 at 23:04
the biggest laugh my brother gets in life is his belief that I’m a dead ringer for certain Hun…worryingly a few others have mentioned it…I’m ignoring it though!
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Davie Dodds?
declan, declan, declan…
a wee gentle dunt, and ye just canny help yersel …it all just comes spewing out
how much are ye hurtin’ tonight…is it bad?
just let it all out son….
hehehehehe
Just watched Sportscene…Dylan’s goal – WOW..what’s been keeping this guy out of the team?
Declan Is Neil Lennon 1888 Hates being 2nd says:
27 November, 2011 at 23:00
Declan…when did Kyle Bartley become the barometer of what is and what is not a decent player? What a truly ridiculous post.
On a day when every bone in my body should be celebrating, yet the sad news of the death of a football gent brings it all into perspective.
I encourage you to listen to the finest song ever written.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmdo74BZSJw
Bjmac
Ye know I love you really sweet cheeks :)
Mr X – feckin kwalitee! :-))))
T4
CultsBhoy hates being 2nd says:
27 November, 2011 at 23:04
Davie Dodds?
MWD – you’re going to love yer date ;-)
Anybody that never went to Seville is a Hun!
Anybody that didnae go to 10 men won the league is a Hun!
Anybody that never went to hampden when there was 136,000 supporters there, must be Huns!
Anybody that’s Naw been in my hut, must be a Hun.
Erm …… There’s too many we yins/ Huns on here methinks.
V
BJmac
Worse!!
Mc lean was on the radio yesterday now he’s on the telly?? Multi talented or what?? Oh near forgot He can hear rebel songs thru double glazing too.
TootingTim
Irrespective of whether the Elephant man meets MWD, Cultsbhoy is NOT a hun.
hh
discussing GK`s
i`ll take Joe Hart…..what a display
BJMAC
“Davie Dodds?
MWD – you’re going to love yer date ;-) ”
MWD will be alright so long as the lighting is subdued
And you bring a big bag of peanuts
VMhan
I got 3 outa 4. So am no a wee hun ok??
Cultsbhoy
Ignore those who pour scorn.
Go on be a devil which hun?
Pantomime.
Curtain please!
Just a quick post.
The news about Garry Speed is just shocking. Most of us come across the effects of depression at some point. It may be ourselves, family members or work colleagues. I have experienced depression within my family and I know the impact it has on all those involved. My experience has opened my mind to this illness and I have become a regular confidante of work colleagues. You just do not “pick yourself up”, “get a grip” or “snap out of it”. The sooner this illness is accepted the same as any other illness, then the better. It’s up to all of us. I believe we all suffer from mental illness but just to varying degrees.
Well, has super sally’s bubble burst? At he start of the day he was going for an away win record of some sorts but he must have finished the day with some sort of points lost in eight days record.
If Carlsberg did weekends………
HH
Cults Bhoy
I’m struggling to think of worse than Davie Dodds
Billy Urquart???
Terry Hurlock???
Mo Johnston???
Never mind, I’m sure you have an engaging, bubbly and positive personality to overcome your aesthetic deficiencies :-)
Is that a mop on Laurences head???
Tooting
if you make it £40 – that’ll cover what I’m going to be due to BJmac..ha!
Listen TT – keep yer money…I know you are just trying to move in on MWD..he’s mine, I’m not travelling all the way down from Cults to share his company!
I am sick of middle clad university educated comedians on Tv every night. Doing middle class English impro.
Load of nonsense
Anyway back to Rab C.
Bjmac,
fair do’s if you know the gent, is that the case?
Congratulations to whoever is posting as Declan 1888 Standing up for Neil Lennon, Willie Maley et al hates being 2nd, your beautifully crafted simulacrum of Cultsbhoy’s relentlessly negative postings has reeled a few in, whereas I think the intention was just to provide some sarcastic relief, maybe?
P.S. Is that you Rab?