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We have been subjected to a lot about integrity recently, referee's inparticular.Yesterdays referee did little to champion their cause with his display. This is not a comment I would normally make, but what really gave me cause for concern was the booking of Miller. Miller ran almost the length of the pitch to offer his advise to the ref and it was as if it was an after thought that the ref booked him, had it been a caley player he would have been booked before a word of advice was given. The other thing that I found distasteful was a team of the talant of Rangers should rely on players who consider cheating a perfectly legitimate way to win a game. McCulloch built like a brick ----- house would have not of out of place in the Dying Swan. Although to far away to see it Bettie was no better believe. What we require is integrity within the game, Caley Thistle and its management team would be an example to all.

All this nonsense about the ref's needs to stop. Surely if he really wanted rangers to win he would have given that penatly for handball against cox ... I dont think either were a penalty but at the end of the day a mistake is a mistake so how about we get our feet back on the ground and be delighted with a draw against last year's SPL champions. I think everyone needs a reality check cos i for one was delighted with the performance on the boys and think it was a superb result

A couple of years ago, ITV 4 showed matches from the 70s. It's hard to believe the difference. A player going to ground was an exception, apart from Leeds games. Now every time a player hits the deck, every 30 seconds, the opposition player goes down with him. Refs have an impossible job with all the cheating fakers. The problem is that the good guys don't complain enough. Come on, TB, let rip into the cheats! When Thierry Henry handled against Ireland, he said the ref should have spotted it and so it was the ref's fault for Ireland going out. Some people agreed with him!! Big Man, it is Integrity that's gone from a lot of the game.

It's often said that certain strikers sh1t themselves when they have to make a tackle, but until recently I wasn't aware what happened to Lineker at Italia 90. I never considered Lineker to be a dirty player, but if the ref had shown him a yellow card he could at least have used it to wipe.

ok then i'll bite 1. We have now shown the Old Firm can't beat us!! i guess the 6 nill drubbing at parkhead and the opening day of the season were a dream were they? we have had alot of luck 2. We have now shown that our away record is second to none!! Cant argue with that but away form alone wont do it 3. We have now shown we most definitely are a top six side at the very least and with a bit of luck and continuing form European football is most definitely an option next season you said it all yourself here.with continuing form and luck....two very unpredictable things. plus you say european football is an option....and why would we decide to not go?? you make it sound like it is down to choice not ability From what i read in the press the players most definitely believe it can happen so we the fans must also start believing are most players in the press not still talking down the whole european thing and warning about getting ahead of ourselves Is it time to look out the passports and start saving the Euro's as the club hopefully move up to the next level?? For ?22.99 we can start getting kitted out at this early stage for our first trip into Europe, change the white shirt for an ICT top and i reckon we will look pretty impressive as we travel en masse not strictly our first trip to europe... see one previous dutch training pre season and two in italy ?29.99 for the lovely ladies http://www.partybrit...CFYtg4wod3jNu1g lederhosen????? in france/spain/ireland/wales/latvia/a.n.other non german or belgian or austrian country why would we do that when i think nearly every man and his dog on here would chose a kilt first ??? dougal

Off the top of my head, there is the infamous Lennon / Juanjo incident after which Juanjo's red card was rescinded yet Lennon escaped punishment for blatant play acting. When we beat Celtic 3-2 a few years back, Pressley gave away a penalty by hacking down Niculae who had a clear goalscoring opportunity. Don't think he was even booked. Fast forward half an hour and our own David Proctor receives a red for the same offence. This P'n'B Thread provides examples from fans of other SPL teams of bad decisions in Celtic's favour in games against their teams. You may wish to read it since, in your own words, you "wouldnt see them as im bias in favour of celtic". I'd suggest that this, and not the referees, is your problem.

Remember last season? When we were getting all the dubious results? Was that also because of biased referees who were really into the Highlands? You can't have being lucky when it goes for us and being cheated when it goes against. So did we cheat our way to the title? Not in my opinion. Try reffing a kickabout and see how tough any decision to make is.

GJ I sould add that the tickets for schools initiative has been very worthwhile. The club have offered the West Stand to schools for some games and this in turn breeds new ICT fans, some who maybe attending their 1st ever match. I have a friend who is a die hard Rangers fan, but now has to take his son to our games following a school visit which got him hooked. So despite his fathers attempts to have him a Rangers fan, he has turned this on it's head and now his Dad takes him to ICT games. One less (maybe 2) heading to support us instead of heading to Glasgow must be a good thing. There are quite a few other similar stories I'm aware off

The Howden End was a real mix with plenty hibees and jambos, as many tims as huns, and more than its fair share of sheep too, the latter mostly from Dalneigh.

I think the weather and the uncertainty of the match going ahead would have put folk off buying tickets and making travel arrangements could have had a lot to do with it too.

Attendances are down at every club, for reasons such as prices, team form, weather, lack of cash available in tough financial times... I don't think our attendance is down on previous seasons in the SPL, in fact it may even be a little higher. All that considering the reduction in away support on previous seasons e.g. Hamilton when they were up at the start of the season, The Dons failing to sell out the away end. Are the club still giving away tickets to local schools for the uncovered west stand?? When you see the attendances St Mirren and Hamilton are getting, I'm quite happy with ours. If the good form continues and the chances of a top 6 are cemented; then I imagine the crowds will continue to rise. A top 6 placing would be a huge financial boost to the club, with something like ?60-70k for each place higher we finish and the promise of 2 or 3 high home attendances in the final 5 games. Cash like this is invaluable in helping retain our best players.

Good post... have a green one on me.

This was one game I really enjoyed. We totally dominated them in the first half but we came back out without a plan for the changes they had to make. Still we eventually adapted and made life difficult for them. We defended extremely well and nothing we could have done would have stopped them equalising but we didn't let that get our heads down. We kept going and won a very well deserved point. Two complaints though. My fave player RD needs to look in front of him before giving the ball away. Odi was crap and should not get a start. Get well soon Nick. Oh and Shinnie deserves his new contract

Mantis was not allowed to use my name due to legal reasons.

What a call. how can you stop?

1. We have now shown the Old Firm can't beat us!! 2. We have now shown that our away record is second to none!! 3. We have now shown we most definitely are a top six side at the very least and with a bit of luck and continuing form European football is most definitely an option next season From what i read in the press the players most definitely believe it can happen so we the fans must also start believing Is it time to look out the passports and start saving the Euro's as the club hopefully move up to the next level?? For £22.99 we can start getting kitted out at this early stage for our first trip into Europe, change the white shirt for an ICT top and i reckon we will look pretty impressive as we travel en masse £29.99 for the lovely ladies :love03: http://www.partybrit...CFYtg4wod3jNu1g dougal

Hi lads, Celtic fan here I just came on to see what yous think about the refs in Scotland ? we Celtic fans are known for being paranoid but over the last couple of seasons the amount of dodgy decisions that have went in Rangers favour has been shocking and its not just Celtic who suffer because of it, i think every other club in the SPL has suffered a few honest mistakes over the last couple of seasons. The refs went on strike because they don't want people questioning their integrity but how can you not question their integrity when you get performances like yesterday, it took the ref ages to book Miller when he was up moaning at him the whole game, then when Foran complains about a free kick after Mcculloch dived out comes the yellow straight away.The Rangers players just started throwing themselves to the floor at every opportunity in the second half and the ref just kept giving them free kicks, then came the penalty which was a complete joke, when Beatie received the ball he was offside then he just throws himself to the ground it was almost identical to when Broadfoot dived against Celtic and in both instances the refs were pretty happy to give Rangers penalties(even though the ref during the Celtic game clearly didn't even see the incident). I also remember Terry Butcher after the game at Ibrox when asked about a penalty that yous should have got he replied something along the lines of " yes i thought it was a penalty but you just don't get those at Ibrox". Do yous think the refs are pro Rangers or just generally pro old firm? If pro old firm can yous tell me of any dodgy decisions that have went in Celtics favour against yous? There is a list of honest mistakes that have went in rangers favour over the last 18 months stoating about the internet, i will get it and post it if yous are interested in a read. Finally i would just like to congratulate yous on how well your team is doing, by the looks of it its going to be between yous and Hearts for third spot and that is a fantastic achievement after just getting promoted at the beginning of the season, Terry Butcher is doing a fantastic job.

As i said in the match thread I'm a Celtic fan, i thought that this would be relevant with yet another honest mistake in Rangers favour yesterday. I know most fans outside of the old firm think that the old firm always get all the decisions but i cant really think of any dodgy decisions that Celtic have benefited from over the last three seasons, now i know that they probably have benefited from some somewhere along the line but i wouldn't have noticed them as im biased in favour of Celtic however i strongly doubt that they or any other club in Scotland have benefited from anywhere near the same amount of blatantly wrong decisions as Rangers have at a time when it has been essential for Rangers very existence that they make the champions league. Now put yourself in the refs shoes, if you supported Rangers and you knew if they didn't get into the champions league they could go bankrupt would you be able to turn down a penalty claim from Rangers or would you find yourself looking for reasons to give them penalties or to chop of goals for the other team? Another thing is aren't refs supposed to be marked down for poor performances and be demoted if they keep performing badly?How then was Dougie Mcdonald allowed to keep on making mistakes in Rangers favour without being demoted? Could people please click on the following link, read the article then post your views on the subject http://top50honestmistakes.blogspot.com/