NDC bear forever
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Fvck that. Rangers are the biggest club in Scotland and should always be here, it’s our tradition
This is what we are up against
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TwoBadMice
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Who said it was an excuse for not winning?
im saying the rules when Rangers are in town are different
TynesideTrueBlue
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I’m sorry it’s no excuse for not beating utter dross today the players are to blame not the pitch or the ref.
NDC bear forever
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We should take it as a compliment that very team in the league tries that extra 10% against. Instead, our fans act like babies and cry about it
HenningBerg
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our gallant pioneers wouldn’t have stood still
we take our history with us - football like life moves on
we should’ve tried
bear_with_me
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Agreed, but I would also assume that there is more to the support of 'their' teams than just 4 games against Rangers each year...hence a few hundred season ticket holders in these clubs that wish to see multiple games involving their club.
Cambuslang Bear
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I suppose you weren't happy when Mr Souness narrowed the pitch vs Dynamo Kiev in 1987?
It is their pitch. They can do what they want on it.
It is their pitch. They can do what they want on it.
Thornliebank_Bear
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Seems a pretty shitty tactic tbh, maybe it happens quite often tho ive no idea.
Tom1974
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Have you tried reversing that argument? How the hell can we run the mentally challengeds ragged twice, beat good European teams and gave Portugals form team 2 goals of a start and beat them. Then come the weekend games we struggle to beat utter keech in Scotland.
skorn
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The pitch was poor today -- there were points when the ball was sticking for no apparent reason at all in midfield, almost bamboozling any player who tried to run with it.
I also saw McGregor nearly losing his footing on the mud in his goalmouth.
However ... the goals we lost were as a direct result of the ball coming down from the sky.
The first had a high punt not dealt with and the SJ player had no problem in controlling it and scoring.
The second had a high punt not dealt with and the resultant corner wasn't defended properly and the ball was shot into the net.
Of all things, the pitch was completely blameless for the 2 goals we conceded.
It probably did play a part though in restricting the way we played.
And that IS me grasping at straws !
I also saw McGregor nearly losing his footing on the mud in his goalmouth.
However ... the goals we lost were as a direct result of the ball coming down from the sky.
The first had a high punt not dealt with and the SJ player had no problem in controlling it and scoring.
The second had a high punt not dealt with and the resultant corner wasn't defended properly and the ball was shot into the net.
Of all things, the pitch was completely blameless for the 2 goals we conceded.
It probably did play a part though in restricting the way we played.
And that IS me grasping at straws !
Born under a union jack
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I disagree. There's room for improvement at Ibrox but it beats today's surface - even more so if you focus on six yard box and corner flag areas. Six hard boxes were awful.
Sutton_Blows_goats
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A good idea for them, as they will know we play that boring predictable side to side stuff.
Looked like cows had trained on it yesterday
Giffnock bear
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Don't think so didn't stop Braga playing good football on it.
DylanGer
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We once narrowed the pitch in Europe and once one of our players fouled a guy to stop him scoring.
Take up knitting mate.
Ah so it was the pitch that conceded our two goals .
The box is terrible, really badly cut up like a Sunday league box, but the rest of the pitch was fine! pitch is no excuse though, that’s just clutching onto straws
tigger
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Yes everyone tries to get the best possible chance, I remember Souness bringing in the pitch on Euro nights. I have no qualms about teams trying their hardest against us or having their pitch like todays. My point is, prior to the winter break we were playing our game, we were playing good football regardless of what the opposition was doing. It is not the oppositions fault we are rank rotten and not playing to our strengths but to the oppositions.
MarkWalters11
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Professional footballers could play on sand , they are professionals for a reason. We cannot be clutching at straws and blame the pitch. Are you going to blame humidity if we lose in portugal
I wonder if your opinion was the same when Hearts did similar v Celtic a couple of years back.
DeeCeeTee
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Ibrox hasn’t been much better recently.
GummyBear
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And confine ourselves to being nowhere near a league title, ever? I'd put it past being maybe once in 100 years if we could be even remotely lucky. I don't fancy the odds here in the SPL, but they're inherently higher than England.
Davie Weir
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I don’t think we can really be too annoyed at St Johnstone for that. At the end of the day they’re on a decent run and want to do anything to win.
Us and the filth are the only teams who try and play football in the league. So you would only use that as a tactic against us and them.
I don’t have a problem with it unless they don’t do the same for the scum
Us and the filth are the only teams who try and play football in the league. So you would only use that as a tactic against us and them.
I don’t have a problem with it unless they don’t do the same for the scum
Worthy_Candidate
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They were there yesterday?
So it took Rangers two days in Perth to prepare?
And then deliver that?
Christ Almighty, my night just got worse.
GummyBear
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We can't keep making excuses. We should be ready for all situations and accept that every single team domestically is out to get us, it's tough, it's shit, but we have to accept that.
What has the fact we narrowed a pitch over 30 years ago got to do with the ploughed field we played on today,
There are some amount of @rseholes on here.
Our pitch is bare but true and flat as you could see during the week. Players could run and pass on it.
How many players did you see falling or slipping on that surface, plenty.
The game was shown live on Sky, it is no wonder no one takes Scottish football serious.
I’ve played amateur football on better surfaces than that today.
There are some amount of @rseholes on here.
Our pitch is bare but true and flat as you could see during the week. Players could run and pass on it.
How many players did you see falling or slipping on that surface, plenty.
The game was shown live on Sky, it is no wonder no one takes Scottish football serious.
I’ve played amateur football on better surfaces than that today.
Brasstacks
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We had 21 shots, 9 on target and over 65% possession of the ball. Feel free to correct me, but that's more than we mustered against Livingston at home.
The pitch wasn't the problem today. It was players not doing the basics.
The pitch wasn't the problem today. It was players not doing the basics.
GTM
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The pitch didn’t make Katic sky a clearance straight into the air or scuff a corner clearance 5 yards to Stevie May.
It also had very little to do with our inability to convert more than 2 of the 23 chances we created.
The pitch was a coo field but we need to look at ourselves
It also had very little to do with our inability to convert more than 2 of the 23 chances we created.
The pitch was a coo field but we need to look at ourselves
HenningBerg
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It’s not all about churning out leagues in a small pond , we’ve done that . The thought of things staying as they are is just too depressing to contemplate .
Scottish football is dead . We need out .
simply_the_best
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Sticky Fingers
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Teams have no fear against us any more. And it’s our own fault for allowing it to happen.
giving teams far too much respect, allowing teams to come into games thinking they can take points.
we are not ruthless, we are not a great team, we aren’t even felling as a functional team right now.
there’s so much noise being allowed to seep into the dressing room.
Great teams would not allow outside noise to affect them, and good managers would not allow any noise in whatsoever. Keep your business in house, keep the papers out, keep the gossip out. Our problem is we’ve allowed in to be front and centre in the dressing room and it’s affecting the players morale, form and basic ability to go out and do their jobs and win football matches.
something is amiss, it’s stunk to high heaven for a while and something needs to give.
Teams don’t totally capitulate for no reason after coming back from a break.
giving teams far too much respect, allowing teams to come into games thinking they can take points.
we are not ruthless, we are not a great team, we aren’t even felling as a functional team right now.
there’s so much noise being allowed to seep into the dressing room.
Great teams would not allow outside noise to affect them, and good managers would not allow any noise in whatsoever. Keep your business in house, keep the papers out, keep the gossip out. Our problem is we’ve allowed in to be front and centre in the dressing room and it’s affecting the players morale, form and basic ability to go out and do their jobs and win football matches.
something is amiss, it’s stunk to high heaven for a while and something needs to give.
Teams don’t totally capitulate for no reason after coming back from a break.
Clutching, we’ve dropped ten points since coming back from the winter break , against hearts , Kilmarnock , st Johnstone and Aberdeen , you are looking for excuses when the obvious answer is we just aren’t a very good side consistently.
Bluenose1979
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Given the state of our own pitch currently, I don’t care what anyone else does with theirs.
Between this and folk greeting that teams try too hard against us, it’s getting truly embarrassing the excuses being made for our own team and management’s ability to defeat opposition working with a fraction of the resources we have.
This is on us to deal with the challenges put in front of us. If we can’t, then we’re simply not good enough.
Between this and folk greeting that teams try too hard against us, it’s getting truly embarrassing the excuses being made for our own team and management’s ability to defeat opposition working with a fraction of the resources we have.
This is on us to deal with the challenges put in front of us. If we can’t, then we’re simply not good enough.
Exactly Katic’s performance was an absolute disgrace today. He clears his lines twice and the pitch is an irrelevance.
Is he old enough to know that souey plan.
Edbur
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This
It’s getting embarrassing now, it’s a new excuse every week
league 1? mate, we would be prem or right at the top in the championship. was 8 years ago remember?
Colinrfc2
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Too many people looking for excuses, i have always hated the one about other teams try to hard against us but now we can only play if the pitch is good is equally as embarrassing
The pitch today was awful. Especially in front of the east stand.
But we are in a glass house and shouldn’t throw stones.
Oh and the weather
347golfer
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No one other than some of our support shared that vision. Unfortunately there were too many cūnts with short arms and deep pockets concentrating on rinsing the club out of every pound and penny.
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