MJC

No arguments with that. VAR is an absolute scourge on football.

We’re long overdue a win at home against Rangers. We’ve beaten them twice away in the last two seasons but a win at Fir Park in front of the home fans would be that bit more special I think. A draw is the most likely result here but you just hope that we might be able to get the win. Another 1-1 with us bemoaning missed chances I reckon.

I just had a quick look on YouTube at the penalty decision you mention involving Aberdeen and Dundee Utd v Rangers. Both, in my opinion, are correctly awarded. And I have already said in this thread that Fadinger should have been given a penalty at Ibrox and I don’t know why it wasn’t given. Now, the point you mention about the home crowd at Ibrox helping to bring about these inconsistencies is very valid. The same could be said of any ground with a large and partisan crowd all shouting for a call at one time. Referees are only human after all. What I would say though is, to bring it back to the point I made about Rangers opponents not receiving a red card domestically for almost two years. The same referee you mention, did in fact red card a Rangers player at Ibrox in a game against St.Johnstone in October of 2024. And let me make this clear, I only know this after a check on soccerbase. I didn’t see this incident and I have no recollection of it. But on that occasion David Dickinson obviously didn’t allow the Ibrox crowd to influence his thinking.

Rangers were also unfortunate to have a goal at ruled out against Hearts at Ibrox when only 0-1 down. They also had a goal harshly ruled out against Aberdeen at Pittodrie. I actually thought we were very unfortunate to have Hendry’s goal against Hearts at Fir Park ruled out for offside. And Celtic should already have been down to ten at Tynecastle when their new signing, the striker, literally wrestled the Hearts player to the ground right in front of the referee. Again had either of the two above gone in Rangers favour then a lot more would have been made of it.

That’s what I mean when I mentioned the inconsistencies with decisions. We see it week in week out with different referees giving a particular decision one week and a different referee gives the opposite decision the next week. The same applies to VAR. How many times on this forum alone on match threads has decisions been questioned where similar incidents with other games have resulted in a different decision? You could literally scroll through the forum and select any given match thread and find one.

Right, so Hearts getting a goal at Ibrox that shouldn’t have stood wasn’t a key decision that would have impacted the result? And then there was Celtic’s ridiculous penalty award against Killie at Rugby Park which even Willie Collum admitted was wrong. That didn’t impact the result?

The standard response when you’ve got no argument against the facts provided.

Yes it was. And Trusty’s was a red card.

No, not “what about Celtic”. That’s an utterly pathetic response to highlighting some facts which question a claim that one team gets all the decisions and is part of the reason why Celtic have the media and everyone else dancing to their tune over this. Celtic went over 80 domestic matches without a red card. That is a statement of fact and one which is perfectly reasonable to point to when it is being claimed that another club benefits more than most or that it’s being going on for decades as you say. And just to highlight another small example. In our recent game against Celtic Liam Scales who was on a yellow card was able to commit several fouls without seeing a second yellow and then a red. But I don’t remember too many people bubbling about that or much in the way of any mention of it in the media. Indeed the last time a Celtic player was red carded at Fir Park was Tom Boyd in the early 1990s. I’m not saying it’s deliberate cheating, but there is definitely one club in this country who holds a massive sway over the match officials. And that club isn’t Rangers. It’s more down to fear of repercussion more than anything else. Celtic are the club after all who caused a refereeing strike. If highlighting that makes me a Rangers apologist or whatever to you and others then do you know what, so be it. I prefer to see it as looking at this objectively and giving an opinion based on that.

Ahh drum pounding. A very mature and measured response. I’m simply stating some facts and some home truths. That Killie’s red card last night was the first time a domestic opponent of Rangers has been sent off since May 2024. Almost two years. And at the same time Celtic went over 80 domestic matches without receiving a red card. And lo and behold when both of those runs are finally ended all hell breaks loose and the conspiracy theorists come crawling out the woodwork.

The usual baloney and chest thumping outrage when Rangers get a decision running rife in this thread I see. And as usual only the facts and stats that suit the tired old nonsensical claim that “Rangers get everything” are put forward while the ones that don’t are just ignored. For example, the red card that Killie received last night was actually the first time an opponent of Rangers has seen red in a domestic game since May 2024. But you won’t read that in the media because they dance to Celtic’s tune and so for the same reason very little was made of Celtic going over 80 domestic matches without receiving a red card. Indeed only Derek McInnes alluded to this the other week after the Hearts v Celtic game. The usual suspects in the media who would have been all over that stat like a rash if Rangers had benefited from even half of that number of games in the same way as they were a few years back with the ‘Penalty to Rangers’ carry on were surprisingly nowhere to be seen over that one. Same with all the muppets who buy into and spout that same nonsense. For a team that supposedly get all the decisions and have the officials in their pockets it’s surprising then that the two above stats could be true, but there they are anyway. You see decisions which are baffling and inconsistent compared with similar incidents in other games week in week out, but only when it’s Rangers that benefit then people start foaming at the mouth about cheating and conspiracies. It’s pathetic and just another example of how so many just can’t think for themselves.

Don’t see us winning unfortunately. A narrow loss in normal time or else on penalties. Either way this is as far as we’ll go in the Cup this season.

Our favourite referee, Colin Steven, had no hesitation in spotting that dive tonight. Guarantee he will be the referee these days next time we play Hibs.

It was a stonewaller. Dry your eyes.

Even our own pitch has been looking worse for wear lately, there’s no question the recent weather has played a part in that. But this game surely should have been called off earlier? 9am this morning at the latest I would have said. The forecast was well known for the last few days yet it’s left to a 2.30pm inspection the inevitable result of which isn’t confirmed until about ten to four. That’s poor stuff yet again.

And it took them an hour and a half to come to that conclusion? Shambles

0-0 draw

Great first half and the job was done by half time. Still unbeaten in that light blue Steelworks kit too

We do love a 2-0 win don’t we?

Brilliant stuff. We genuinely are a proper No.9 type goalscorer away from being genuine league contenders this season. Mental to even say that but it’s true.

You get away with a lot more if you are actually delivering results on the park. Jens has us playing the best football since McGhee’s first season and he’s getting results from it. Alexander on the other hand was making unnecessary changes week after week and the football was awful but benefited from a huge slice of luck with other teams cutting their own throats.

Fancy us to dish out another pumping here inspite of that shitter of a pitch. 1-4 away win and our unbeaten run in our Light Blue away kit to continue

Tremendous second half performance. Arrogance and swagger personified.

Two cracking goals. That’s all that matters so far.

Big let off there by the looks of it.