Rangers Football Club

Congratulations to sevco on "Winning the league on December 2nd Day", world cup winning celebration at the end there - I wonder will a dvd be in the pipeline?

Again scandalous refereeing decisions helped them to the 3 points, giving the bluenose a red card was nothing as the game was already won

The helping/cheating will be worse than the Mowbray season

Let's see how Dallas jr gets on now in the league cup final

Hearts manager Craig Levein was left furious with referee Bobby Madden after losing 2-1 to Rangers, saying "it was like playing against 12 men".

Levein was upset by Alfredo Morelos' winning goal, which was scored from an offside position.

He also questioned the treatment of the Rangers striker, who was involved in a series of skirmishes with Hearts captain Christophe Berra.

"I've lost my voice from shouting at the referee," Levein told BBC Scotland.

"It was a terrible performance - it really was. How Morelos gets away with what he gets away with, I just don't understand.

"It was like, as [Hibs manager] Neil Lennon said after going to Celtic Park, playing against 12 men.

"How many fouls can Morelos give away without being booked? The one where he jumped into Berra off the ball, the referee said he's just a bit silly sometimes.

"That's what he told one of our players. Now, if you jump into somebody, I don't care if you're silly or not, it's a booking."

Match report: Hearts 1-2 Rangers
Hearts were rewarded for an enterprising start at Tynecastle when Gareth McAuley knocked in an own goal from a Marcus Godinho cross.

But Rangers hit back with Connor Goldson equalising from close range and Morelos delivering the decisive goal from a free-kick before half-time.

TV replays showed Morelos and other Rangers players were offside, with Levein left to bemoan the performance of the officials.

"We've lost a few goals at set-pieces which have been offside, like today's," he explained.

"We asked the question of the referee supervisor why the linesmen keep making mistakes. He said that it's easier for them if you hold the line on the 18-yard line.

"We did that today and he still got it wrong. I don't know what [head of referee development] John Fleming's next suggestion will be - maybe making sure his officials do their jobs properly."

New Premiership leaders Rangers lost Scott Arfield to a second-half red card but held on to consign Hearts to their fourth successive league defeat. Despite losing more ground, Levein was pleased with his side.

"I was delighted with the players, the effort after recent difficult times and everything they did to try and win," he said.

"I was delighted with our support. And I felt that, on another day, that's a game we could have won. Things are difficult for us just now and the last thing we need was to play against 12 men."

Oh look here's more


'I read a quote from Neil Lennon a few weeks ago when they went to Celtic Park and he said that: "We were playing against 12 men" - and that's how I feel today.
'How Morelos stays on the park, never mind gets through that without a booking, I'll never know. Some of the decisions today were abysmal.
'Austin [MacPhee, assistant manager] phoned (head of referee development) John Fleming a while ago because we had three goals against us that were offside because the linesman made mistakes.
'John Fleming suggested that we held the line on the 18-yard line to make it easier for his officials. So we did that today and they still f****** got it wrong!
'Actually, it's 13 we are playing against. And the good thing is that Neil Lennon didn't get any punishment - that's good to know.
'So, the referee was abysmal and we were playing against 13 men. That's my view on it. It's really good news that there won't be any punishment.
'Have I been in to see Bobby? What's the point? Unless he's got a time machine and can go back to fix his mistakes.
'Morelos had loads of fouls where he doesn't even watch the ball. He just jumps into the centre-backs.
'There was one where he has smashed Christophe (Berra) and Bobby said to one of our players: "It's alright, that's just Morelos - he's a bit silly sometimes." 'Well maybe I'll tell our players to be silly because you don't get booked for it! It was an abysmal performance.
'The funny thing is that he (Madden) said before the game and warned us that we are not allowed to look at any reviews of situations that have happened in the match and complain about them to him.
'I asked him: "The fact you are warning us - does that mean you're planning on making loads of mistakes?" And he laughed. No wonder.'

Mcinnes will crumble as usual v them on Wednesday night
If i was an Aberdeen fan id want him out

Edited by tonyjaa - 03 Dec 2018 at 12:18pm

tonyjaa wrote: Mcinnes will crumble as usual v them on Wednesday night If i was an Aberdeen fan id want him out

pre Madonna wrote: Roberto Baggio wrote: tonyjaa wrote: Mcinnes will crumble as usual v them on Wednesday night If i was an Aberdeen fan id want him out His second line is correct though, he is a poor manager.

He did well insofar as he made Aberdeen take up their rightful place as the second best team in Scotland after Rangers went bust. He has never taken them any further though. In fact, despite a decent result tonight, he is taking them backwards.

Roberto Baggio wrote: Would finishing 2nd in a one team league not be deemed to be pretty good, if you aren’t that one team?  Wouldn’t say he’s a good manager, not many in the SPL are, but finishing second the past couple of years is as good as they could have hoped for.

pre Madonna wrote: Roberto Baggio wrote: Would finishing 2nd in a one team league not be deemed to be pretty good, if you aren’t that one team?  Wouldn’t say he’s a good manager, not many in the SPL are, but finishing second the past couple of years is as good as they could have hoped for. Given the demise of Hearts, Hibs, Rangers and Dundee United in that period, I would say it was the bare minimum.