MOTM Poll Rangers v Hibernian - 12:30 Boxing Day - Sky Sports

[Bluetyler]

Fuuuuuuukinell !!!

Pacing up and down that living room the last 10 minutes, that was tough going !!

And yet .....

Same here. The wife was telling me to sit down and stop pacing. Thought Alfie did well for us when he came on. Held the ball up well and nearly scored

 

[imvaison]

Good win and great 3 points.
Marvellous to have a number of skilful players in the team who can hold the ball in tight positions - Aribo, Kent, Hagi.
Hagi takes some amount of punishment during games, it shows that opponents really fear him - but really some of those tackles he gets should be punished.

 

[Sheik Ma Shammy]

Well done the whole team could have made it easier for ourselves right enough.

 

[Biniaro11]

Happy Boxing Day everyone
Fantastic 3 points.
So chuffed to win!!!

 

[Johnoblue]

Joe aribo, fkn outstanding performance, we still need to be more clinical, we're missing chances we should be burying, this does nothing but heap pressure on our defenders, and encourage our opponents to go for it late on. GreG 3 points though well done Gers.

 

[JayDee]

A good, well-deserved win. They didn't make it easy for us. Well done to all the players and management.

 

[Union]

A wins a win, move on to paisley Wednesday night.

 

[blue barney]

It’s so much harder watching a game on telly that actually being in the stadium. It’s daft I know but you feel you can influence the game when you’re there and you are with your brethren

 

[roblawson]

Just hope Arfield is a serious injury

Have you left a word or 2 out.

 

[Monster]

The PTSD had me hating those last 10-15 mins but we seen it out. 100% would have dropped points in a game like that last season I reckon.

 

[Withambear]

Hard watch But 3 points clean sheet and job done

 

[Sheik Ma Shammy]

Same here. The wife was telling me to sit down and stop pacing. Thought Alfie did well for us when he came on. Held the ball up well and nearly scored

Yes, did really well.

 

[Blue Skies At Night]

Anyone else let out a big sigh of relief after that? Sweating like a dyslexic on countdown!

I went & checked to see if my heating was on full blast.

 

[bilkobear]

Great win in the end in horrible conditions against a well organised opponent.

Props to the defence as its so difficult to protect the goal in these sorts of conditions and we restricted them to only a few shots on target.

For that reason MOTM - Balogun for me

I gave it to Aribo but you are right both centre backs were solid.

 

[cm72]

How the fuc that game ended with only 1 yellow card to that Hibs team the day I'll never know,refs are fuckin dung in the Scottish league,absolute joke.

 

[oldblueeyes]

Aaaaaand relax!

Easier said than done , my heart is still racing

 

[GingerBear]

lol just as well you edited that

 

[Valley Bluenose]

According to the stats Rangers had 63% possession and Hibs had just 1 shot on target. My goodness, it didn't feel like that sitting watching it ha ha.

 

[sandbankbear]

That was nerve wracking man. Just glad to get the three points.

 

[awayday]

Thats title winning form

 

[jweebear]

Canny let another team work the ball better than us, in the last quarter.

 

[Dave Angell]

Same here. The wife was telling me to sit down and stop pacing. Thought Alfie did well for us when he came on. Held the ball up well and nearly scored

Mrs Dave asked me “is it an important game?”

Nah, I’m just getting my step counter up on the Apple Watch (ya feckin hawfwit ... under my breath !!)

 

[LenzieLoyal]

Feel completely drained after that.

Those corners were killing me.

 

[Braesbear]

Looking at Sky stats suggest we were stronger team. Hibs we’re a lot of bluff and bluster with only 1 shot on target

 

[Mac9]

Aribo gave a stupid one away in the 90th

Balogun gave one away first half after initially winning the ball, Davis gave one away right by the corner flag, Aribo 90th minute.

 

[cullybear]

Davis, Aribo, Kamara all played well IMO. Not at their creative best, but kept the ball well and stifled Hibs attacks.

 

[tazzabear]

We must improve our this league is going to be more of a contest

Nah.
If we play as bad as this and still win, we’ll be fine.

 

[GingerBear]

thought it was routine tbh - I’d be raging if he didn’t save it.

his coming for the cross later on and claiming it and holding it was better

back to clean sheets though is what we want and well done all - some great blocks going on too

their keeper had a couple of decent saves

true but when the old adrenaline is pumping you tell your self every shot at goal could go in.

 

[skorn]

Joe Aribo, MOTM undoubtedly.

Apart from one incident, every time we barged or went near a Hibs player who went down -- free kick.
And yet the amount of times our guys were being pushed, blocked, kicked and tripped without any punishment at all was ridiculous.

Yet another match in Scottish football, involving Rangers.

 

[Day Old Blues]

I'll take that any day of the week. Win is so important

 

[Rockathon]

Last 10 minutes taking years off my life. Glad that's over !!

Same mate - was convinced they were going to score

 

[Jed jed1]

That's a great 3 points especially with the playing conditions onto beating St Mirren now.

 

[Calgacus]

Davis was excellent, hard to choose between him and Hagi for motm.

Alfredo looked good too, but we rode our luck a bit in that 2nd half.

A scrappy 1-0 in terrible conditions ? I'll take that and be on my merry way thank you.

3 more points, that's the only thing that matters.

 

[jdm1873]

Very good 3pts. That was a battle but comfortable in the end and the stats confirm that

 

[bilkobear]

Did you watch a different second half to me?

I watched the entire match mate. I am sorry you only saw the second half.

 

[NSB]

An ugly 3pts, but job done.

Damage assessment’s needed on Arfield, hopefully nothing that’ll impact the OF game.

We’ve undoubtedly gone off the boil recently, so while winning ugly isn’t pretty - or good for the nerves! - it keeps the momentum going until better performances return.

 

[thornhill bear]

Asked for any win so that will do fine. 3 points in the bag, move into St Mirren and to avenge our cup defeat.

 

[Dave Angell]

How the fuc that game ended with only 1 yellow card to that Hibs team the day I'll never know,refs are fuckin dung in the Scottish league,absolute joke.

Collum knows what’s at stake.

Another rancid performance from that arsehole.

 

[Arkanoid]

Loving Morelos and Aribo at the end there, that nutmeg! Hohoho yeeees boys and girls!
Clean sheets back on the menu
Game management and seeing out matches back on the menu
Another difficult opponent dealt with
Another 3 points in the bag
A game closer to the title

Hopefully plenty of LUCKY Christmas retro tops worn to banish that jinx for the superstitious brigade !!

Can over analyse it if you want, I'll leave that to Gerrard and Michael Stewart to cry wank over on Sportscene.

Glorious

 

[NHAMPTON_BEAR]

Brutal conditions for a game of football. Well done Rangers, it was not our best game, but the 3 points are all that matter. Onwards to another tough one.

 

[Oysterblue]

Anyone else let out a big sigh of relief after that? Sweating like a dyslexic on countdown!

Brilliant

 

[DavieMcEBT]

Massive 3 points. Stinking 2nd half, but I'll take 1-0 from now til doomsday.

 

[Galstonian Oranje]

I watched the entire match mate. I am sorry you only saw the second half.

I watched it all. Where did I say I never? No need to apologise

 

[Joebones]

Boyd needs to check out the winter jacket thread in the lounge.

 

[DJ Blue]

Alex Rae dressed as a Bond Villain or out of Austin Powers

 

[Barrymoped]

A hard fought victory in hard conditions against the 3rd best team in the league. I’ll take that any day of the week.

 

[bornabluenose]

Wasn't pretty second half, thought we controlled it first half.

Will take the three points all day every day.

 

[Arkanoid]

Asked for any win so that will do fine. 3 points in the bag, move into St Mirren and to avenge our cup defeat.

I asked for a 3 nil, how come the Gods only listened to you !!

 

[cm72]

 

[DC Anchor]

good 3pts, horrible conditions, had to work hard but 3 pts it is

 

[devilman]

Hardly "horrific" is it. You seen the conditions out there?

It was a shocker even with the conditions. We were on the back foot so often when it wasn't required. So often we got the ball and just couldn't get anywhere. Hibs played with 10 men behind the ball and still created more chances that us. Put our defence under a lot more pressure than we did theirs.

Thankfully our quality shone through and some good play between Roofe and Hagi resulted in a goal.

To suggest our performance wasn't horrific would be to suggest the weather only affected us and not the spoonburners.