Match Thread Hibernian v Rangers - 12:00 Sunday - Sky Sports

[Bryanmc]

Arfield should be ashamed of that sitter and goldson can do one

 

[Tormusk1872]

Because he’s Garbage. It’s there for everyone to see .

Shut the fxck up

 

[Gazzabear v2.0]

Because they’re his players and he coaches them?

And I’m puzzled as to why he waits until Hagi starts to impose himself on the game before hooking him. Some of his changes seemingly make little sense to anyone but him.

Hagi was doing lots of running off the ball as well, I did think he looked like he was tiring when he went off. Would have went for Itten at that point instead of Defoe.

 

[Stan the Man]

If that Hibs team turn up against the poets and play the same I can see them taking 3 points which would be nice,other than that I'm going to be polite and just say that I was very dissapointed at that

 

[Arminius]

Horrible sense of deja vue watching that.

Right. That’s enough internet for me for now. I’m away to try and work off my stinking bad mood outside in the sunshine.

 

[CaptainCourageous]

Stop talking utter pish.

Where has the starting 11 been improved?

 

[Oysterblue]

Can’t win every game.

We’re top of the league. Easter Rd is probably the hardest place to go this season. We’re unbeaten and still have the best defensive record.

Yes it could have been better but all things considered a decent result. On to the next one.

Conceded two goals in eight and one of them given to the spoon burners by the corrupt official running the line

 

[millsy der goalie]

Hivs will not get away with as Andy Wanker says go out to be nasty

 

[Daviecooperloyal18]

Absolute fucking bottle merchants. Groundhog Day. Fucking sick

 

[Bryanmc]

2 points dropped thanks to some fucking nonsense at the back. Last thing you would've expected from us.

They'll cause the filth plenty of problems as well.

Tim’s will pump them we’ve just handed them a massive morale boost as always

 

[stein and johnston]

Please, please.someone speak out about the officials
Yes we didnt help ourselves today but officials do their job and we win that.
Its as simple as that

Exactly..
The linesman does his f**k**g job we win 2-1.
He had nothing to do today except make that call.

 

[Big Blue Bear]

The reaction to having an off game on here is horrible. Fkn get a grip. Logging out for a few days can't stand reading half the pish on here from so called fans.

 

[Barca 72]

Same old story we can't finish teams off!!

 

[Muay Bouk]

Because he’s Garbage. It’s there for everyone to see .

Team of bottlers, first test of season and fail miserably .

stop watching then, one less moaning faced punter for the team to deal with.

 

[rinosprayer]

The chances we wasted today, Kent, Morelos, Arfield, were absolutely glaring.

We know the officials are a joke, but we should be taking the effect of their decisions away by doing the job on the pitch. We should have scored 5 today. Do that and the ref is irrelevant.

Don’t disagree but their first came from a non foul (which Barisic should have defended the cross better) and second. was offside. Add in the bookings that never happened and it’s a tough ask.

We did have the oppounities though, I know

 

[Cavin]

Just the one offside goal and a blatant red not given.

Robertson is getting better.

I think Nesbitt may have been offside in the buildup to their first also.
I'd like to see a replay of it.

 

[Graemeh89]

The harsh truth is we keep dropping points in games we dominate, create chances but find a way not to win.

The other lot constantly grind out wins in games they play much worse than we played today.

It's the difference between winners and losers, and unless something unexpected happens this Rangers team will again end up losers.

This exactly. That lot often play bad and grind out results. When we have an off day we normally slip up.

 

[56 ASAP]

Why on earth are our attacking players pissing about, tippy tappy stuff around the box. Same old tactics now every game.
We have so many chances during a game to have a shot on goal, but no, another pass. It's frustrating to see this game after game.

 

[RWL12]

Hibs complained several times about fouls given against them... nothing.

Morelos complains... yellow card.

 

[Bear all]

Poor defending cost us.

For the first goal 2nd was clearly offside ffs the linesman had a perfect view ,2 stamps in the first half let go also. That game should have ended 2-1,they won’t be aloud the same leeway next week against the scum.

 

[the not so young one]

Being clinical is key. We must improve on this and quick.

Having professional and competent referees is the key.

 

[spaceman2]

I do fear that there is just something in the mentality of this group that isn't comfortable being out in front. All the times we've been performing the best, it's been when we're chasing that lot. As soon as we get chances to move in front, we have terrible performances and results.

 

[Tormusk1872]

Hagi had been the best player on the park for the 20 minutes right before he got taken off! Absolute madness!

Correct, Kamara should have came off at that point.

 

[buc11]

Not going to be too hard today on the team.

Very nearly three points against a good team with a few honest mistakes thrown in.

 

[bluenosebazza]

That was disappointing but some of the comments on this thread are embarrassing

This is the norm under Gerrard. We drop points every 3 or 4 games. We arent getting any better.

Weve spent games missing chances knowing it would cost us soon and it hasnt improved and its now cost us 2 points.

So from a 2 point headstart were now 1 ahead, they have a game in hand and were away to Motherwell and Celtc 2 of the next 3 games. Then at Kilmarnock, another bogey team, a couple of weeks after Celtc.

We could be out of this by Halloween.

 

[A Magician Named Gob]

2 points dropped thanks to some fucking nonsense at the back. Last thing you would've expected from us.

Hibs will cause the filth plenty of problems as well.

It was the same in the season when Kilmarnock were the third best team.

We struggled against them because they were the third best team in the league.

 

[spartacus]

So much for our much vaunted defensive record.

 

[Blue Lew]

Poor defending and equally as poor finishing on one or two occasions cost us dearly today

That’s the game in a nutshell but throw in a referee/officials who turned a blind eye to a thuggish Hibs team and ignored the offside at their goal and what chance do you have?

 

[remembertheepoch]

we need to defend better but their second was offside in the build up. clear offside. if var was in play it would have been chopped off. what chance do you have if the rules of the game are not applied properly? thats the foundation of any game. if that had been a UEFA controlled game it would have been given offside. different rules in Scotland though, especially when its teams other than Rangers dishing out elbows

 

[jdm1873]

Porteous has been trying all day to get a reaction from Buff. Even at it by slapping him on the shoulder right at the end.

Cheating and gets away with it.

That's when one of his team mates should be right in porteous's face.

 

[Berserker]

Frustrating, really frustrating. This was always going to be a tricky game, given that we'd played midweek. Hibs don't fall into the 'p1ss poor' category for me. This game was a proper test for us. We can all moan about the officials but we had the game in our hands at 2-1 and we failed to take control of it. That's the bottom line.

 

[Foolback]

The problem we have is we lack a bad loser. A moaning bastard that fires into to his inept team mates to give them a kick up their arses. What i would give to have a B. Ferguson just now. Until we get one of those obnoxious b******d's we ain't winning anything when the pressure is on.

 

[CooperOnTheWing]

Nisbet v Itten ?

 

[Alex Hunter]

There’s a theme forming here.

Dispute over the throw in before the opener. Offside in build up to the 2nd. Potentially a red card or 2.

But. None of that can mask how poor we were. We should be good enough to overcome that. We aren’t.

 

[VGM]

Morelos booked at the end sums up the referee.

We had enough chances to win though, we didn't lose and we're still top

Hibs players laughing right in his face.

 

[Robocop1960]

We must have had 70-75% possession 2nd half and couldn't take advantage not good enough

 

[JMCK]

The season hasn't been lost today, and there is still all to play for. The disappointment of today is understandable, but it has to be proportionate to the bigger picture. Having an away tie in Europe and then playing shorly after is something we've got to deal with better; whether that affected our energy I don't know.

 

[Forth Bear]

Where has the first team been improved?

You said our transfer dealings have been abysmal and you're talking total pish.

Quite clearly the attacking options have been improved with Roofe and Itten.

 

[looway]

Tough game, hibs contributed enough to warrant the draw.

 

[A Magician Named Gob]

This is the norm under Gerrard. We drop points every 3 or 4 games. We arent getting any better.

Weve spent games missing chances knowing it would cost us soon and it hasnt improved and its now cost us 2 points.

So from a 2 point headstart were now 1 ahead, they have a game in hand and were away to Motherwell and Celtc 2 of the next 3 games. Then at Kilmarnock, another bogey team, a couple of weeks after Celtc.

We could be out of this by Halloween.

We haven't been 'out of it' by Halloween at any point in the past two years. Get a grip.

 

[DJ_RFC_1872]

Goldson should be dropped for that.

own worst enemy this team has no bottle first big challenge of the season and that was piss poor performance.

Had chances to win.

Offside at their second goal.

same shlte different season.

Need more bodies in our midfield looks lightweight now.

Fxck off Rangers!

 

[andrewmont1]

They’ll win the league by 15+ points.

Not a chance. They have just scraped past 2 teams at the bottom of the league!!

 

[BR84]

We need VAR asap. I'm sick fed up dropping points due to poor officiating.

Came on to say the same, we were'nt clinical enough in front of goal & we sold a cheap 'goal' but there were 2 or 3 red card discussions, Defoe should have got a penalty, they scored an offside goal+ whatever that goal at the end was chopped off for

 

[jdm1873]

I wouldn't have taken Hagi off

 

[BlanturBlue]

Goldson for his part must be dropped to show that these kind of performances are not aceptable.

That won’t happen. Last season proved that.

 

[VGM]

No orthodontists where Martin Boyle grew up?

 

[sandbankbear]

We should be seeing this game out. Im never comfortable with this rangers team always waiting on a mistake

 

[A1bertz]

At the end of the day we had last year's team out there. We shouldn't be too surprised they tripped up.

 

[RobbenHood]

Ffs, this is the same Goldson that has just went 7 domestic matches without conceding! A draw away to Hibs and the season is over. A bit of perspective needed at times!

How many individual errors does he make that cost us though. For every 4/5 games he does well in, he’ll sell the jerseys in another game

Compare him to the likes of Bougherra, Cuellar, Weir et al - they were rock solid and reliable. Do you honestly think Goldson is reliable?

 

[Texas ranger]

Thought we tried to walk it into the net today, if Kent doesn’t play we don’t

We did.

It’s so frustrating. Kamara for one just will not take a shot. Even well into their penalty area and he’s still passing it. He’s not alone though. How many times was the ball squared to a centrally positioned Rangers player at the edge or close to the edge of the box with some space only to result in another pass.