Good Losers and Bad Referees, a Fatal Combination
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 2:24 pm
[SIZE=3:87e00cfd]I don’t like good losers, show me a good loser and I’ll show you someone who’s destined to always be a loser; the sight of Celtic players queuing up to shake hands with guys who have just spent 90 minutes trying to kick them off the park is distressing to say the least, give me a Neil Lennon or Alan Thomson any day of the week, they didn’t like losing and didn’t like losing especially to the “ Son’s of Satan “ , it's alright being magnanimous in defeat by a team like Barcelona or Real Madrid, but against a rotten Rangers team, no way !!!!. I also think big Tony needs to be a bit more animated, I’m not saying he doesn’t feel it as much as us; but I think he needs to show it a bit more; he needs to get in peoples faces; and by people I mean officials, referees and linesmen, he also needs to get in the Boards faces because this team needs strengthening if we are to win back the title; some big decisions need to be taken, I’m sure he took the job on the promise of financial backing; well he needs that support; and he needs it ASAP.[/SIZE:87e00cfd]
[SIZE=3:87e00cfd]As for the referee Craig Thomson, another disaster, his handling of the game was on a par with his predecessors, Dougal and Dallas, one guy who certainly wont want to see the back of him is the captain of Dad’s Army Davey Weir; he can play till he’s 50 if Craig is the referee, at least two stonewall penalties against him; one which results in Shaun Maloney getting booked; deliberate hand balls ( Novo ); but no booking; tackles bordering on assault; in fact an actual assault on Skippy in the penalty box, no action taken; two Celtic players booked for diving, this all contributed to the defeat; but lets face facts, that was one of the worst Rangers teams I have seen in over 50 years, they had a midfield full of midgets and still managed to outfight us at times, their central defence was there to be attacked but we didn’t manage to support wee Scott enough, up front they have Kenny Millar who cant score against anyone but us; he bullied our two central defenders into making mistakes, it looked as if all our eggs were in Aidens basket, and they just doubled up on him leaving him no space to work the ball, we certainly missed Hinkel and Fox; but Wilson and Naylor weren’t the worst on the pitch.[/SIZE:87e00cfd]
[SIZE=3:87e00cfd]The only saving grace is that this is the first game against them, we need to learn by our mistakes, if some of our players aren’t up for the fight then we need to move them on and bring fresh blood in, big Tony says he is still confident we will win the League, I’m happy with that, but we need to get a settled team, a team full of winners who can go on a run of victories that will take us away from our rivals and secure another league title, we are still top of the league; lets make sure we stay there, that means everyone pulling in the same direction.[/SIZE:87e00cfd]
[SIZE=3:87e00cfd]As for the referee Craig Thomson, another disaster, his handling of the game was on a par with his predecessors, Dougal and Dallas, one guy who certainly wont want to see the back of him is the captain of Dad’s Army Davey Weir; he can play till he’s 50 if Craig is the referee, at least two stonewall penalties against him; one which results in Shaun Maloney getting booked; deliberate hand balls ( Novo ); but no booking; tackles bordering on assault; in fact an actual assault on Skippy in the penalty box, no action taken; two Celtic players booked for diving, this all contributed to the defeat; but lets face facts, that was one of the worst Rangers teams I have seen in over 50 years, they had a midfield full of midgets and still managed to outfight us at times, their central defence was there to be attacked but we didn’t manage to support wee Scott enough, up front they have Kenny Millar who cant score against anyone but us; he bullied our two central defenders into making mistakes, it looked as if all our eggs were in Aidens basket, and they just doubled up on him leaving him no space to work the ball, we certainly missed Hinkel and Fox; but Wilson and Naylor weren’t the worst on the pitch.[/SIZE:87e00cfd]
[SIZE=3:87e00cfd]The only saving grace is that this is the first game against them, we need to learn by our mistakes, if some of our players aren’t up for the fight then we need to move them on and bring fresh blood in, big Tony says he is still confident we will win the League, I’m happy with that, but we need to get a settled team, a team full of winners who can go on a run of victories that will take us away from our rivals and secure another league title, we are still top of the league; lets make sure we stay there, that means everyone pulling in the same direction.[/SIZE:87e00cfd]