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    The Rangers -V- Inverness CT - LC

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    Yes or No?



    The Yes No debate gets into full swing on Tuesday night when Scotland take on England at Ibrox. The Saltire versus the Union Jack, the Highlanders versus the Lowlanders, Charles Edward Stuart versus William Augustus or simply Inverness Caledonian Thistle versus The Rangers.

    Scottish League Cup action as Inverness travel to Ibrox on the back of a 3-1 pumping from the Kelvinsiders at the weekend, whereas The Rangers managed to overcome Kirkaldy by a whopping 4-0.

    Inverness suffered their first defeat of the season at Partick. A rather untimely one with this league cup game at Ibrox coming along just three days later, and with Rangers on a high after moving to within one point of the top of the Championship table.

    I suppose the monkey is off the back though after we lost our unbeaten start to the season and conceded our first goals of the campaign into the bargain. Make no bones about it, this is a tough encounter at the best of times, but more so after the weekend results. The Rangers are starting to click and will be a threat with their throngs of fans baying for the blood of a Premiership scalp.

    One disappointing aspect of our defeat at Firhill was the inability of Billy McKay to hit the target once more, a rather worrying trend to be honest. Coupled with our poorest defensive display of the season and a lack of domination in midfield, then maybe Yogi will be looking to freshen things up a little. The league cup is not the most glamorous of competitions until the semi's and finals when all of a sudden it becomes worth winning. We enjoyed our run last season and it would be fun to emulate that again, but it won't be the end of the world if we fail to progress. We managed to get out of Ibrox with a result last year, but The Rangers are a different beast now, tailoring their squad to suit their predicament.

    The bad boys of Govan are still in financial turmoil off the park and the Sons of Struth were voting to boycott Ibrox with Interpol connections and the naming rights for Ibrox being sold at Poundland not best pleasing the 'Bears'. Former commercial director Imran Ahmad is off most Gers fans Xmas card list but better news at the end of the week as they raised £3.13m from share issues.

    Aye, it's no easy running a big club, but Inverness will get by on a shoestring.

    Unfortunately for Inverness, The Rangers are in better shape on the park. Their bench against Raith Rovers would be the envy of most Premiership clubs with players such as Jon Daly, Marius Zaliukas, Dean Shiels and David Templeton able to assist first choices like Lee McCulloch, Lee Wallace, Nicky Law and Nicky Clark, and in Kris Boyd one of the most lethal strikers in the Scottish game. Let's not forget they also have former Inverness scallywag the tough tackling hothead Ian Black in their engine room and the size of the task can not be underestimated. Get past these players and the formidable Cammy Bell has to be beaten for us to make the next round, so it's not going to be a stroll in the park by any means.
     

    Yogi and David Raven looked back to the defeat at Partick and ahead to the cup tie at Ibrox
     

       
     

    Latest team news
    Inverness:-
    Ross Draper and Graeme Shinnie are both suspended for this cup game. Richie Foran is out and James Vincent is struggling to recover. Better news for Danny Devine though. He has played in recent development league games and could step in if selected.

    The Rangers:- Retired International striker Kenny Miller is out of this game along with Cammy Bell who won't be risked as he recovers from a shoulder injury. Simonsen will continue between the sticks for the Glasgow club.

    tm4tj Prediction:- Not an easy game to predict as the teams are playing at different levels, and the weekend results favoured the Ibrox club. Inverness will have to re-jig with big Ross Draper and captain Graeme Shinnie suspended. Billy McKay needs to get his boots on the right feet and he still looks as though he needs an assistant to help him out at times. Carl Tremarco will fill Shinnie's boots and possibly the more defensive minded Devine might be the preferred option to replace Draper for this tricky tie. Lewis Horner is another option for a place in midfield. We will need to keep Kris Boyd quiet as he does not faff around in front of goal and Lewis Macleod is proving to be an effective wide player. Bilel Mohsni has shown to be culpable at times and the fiery Ian Black can be a liability and maybe we can put some pressure on these players looking for a chink in the armour. This might take penalties to separate the sides and it would be a braver man than me to suggest we might go through after 90 minutes. Scoring draw and penalty shoot out win for the big team.


     




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