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Tell you something...if we win, then this is a better result then beating Rangers last week.

RANKIN!!!!

I feel quite embarrased with my earlier comments. That is first SPL goal for Caley then?

RANKIN!!!!!!!

Seems like I should be eating humble pie really. Hart seems to have changed the game. The sign of a good manager is the ability to change the game with substitutions.

Dundee Utd are being beaten 3-1 by Aberdeen :D

Why are you posting updates here? We have an official match thread for stuff like this?

As always, we go down and suddenly we start playing with some urgency. I am not looking forward to going to Paisley next week.

I don't think it is a good sub...ooh Dougal has just ruled out a goal to give us a freekick. I say get Sutherland on and see what he can do. We are 2-0 down. It's going to be hard to get something out of this, so get the young lad on running at the defences. He is quick, and unafraid...what harm can it do?

McBain and Hastings off, Hart and Wyness on.

It is what I was trying to say after the Rangers match, and I got shouted down for. The team doesn't seem to have any movement or passing. All we do is hump the ball up the park and hope for the best, and we have been caught out. Get Zander Sutherland on and get him running at players and using his pace to take on people. Charlie also doesn't make subs, he only does it when we need to, and it seems that Richie Hart is going to be coming on. Charlie has done a good job, but he still needs to improve.

Sounds like exactly what I saw last week. 3 passes within the defence, humped up the park, ball comes back. Although they have just said on the commentary that the announcer was at it again. "And finally from Pittodrie, Aberdeen 1 - Basement boys 0." Think that's a bit childish to be honest. OK, so Dundee Utd took our manager, but there is no need to feel bitter about it for life, and start to detest a club that we didn't really have any history with beforehand. ****....2-0. Stokes with a second..Latapy created.

It sounds a rather boring match, and it seems like we are getting hammered by Falkirk.

You can listen to this match outside the UK on BBC today for some reason.

I was half watching it, half speaking to my flat mate, but from what I can gather, they didn't mention Caley once after the highlights.

Well it's the old case of the good things that players do never get rewarded, but as soon as they step out of line, they get hammered for it. Like Celtic and Rangers players actually being sort of friends and living suprisingly close to each other. I mean (and I can't believe I am gonna say this) but Neil Lennon is actually allright in person.....I sometimes meet him in my local Co-op.

I wish I was Barry Ferguson. Have you SEEN his houses? Guess it's just my open mindness that we can have great people and players play for other teams then? And for your information? The only reason why I know that he does the coaching and refereeing is because he occasionaly goes to my grannies wee village and does matches there.

Ferguson is actually a really nice guy who does a lot for youth football and school football in South Lanarkshire. He is out coaching and refereeing kids games most nights of the week. He also does alot for charity, with the proceeds of his book all going to charity. Some going to that one that Jinky's wife set up. Just because he doesn't know the name of a player doesn't mean he is a moron. And not knowing the name of a player isn't shocking. You think that he should know the name of every player he plays against? I think you are being far too overly critical of him here, and taking it completly out of context. How many times do you refer to someone by their name in a conversation? As for my comments. I stand by them. I'm not looking for play like the Arsenals or the Barcalonas of the world. But I called it how I saw it. We got hemmed in, weren't moving, and were far too narrow. We got away with it this time because the Rangers defence is shocking, but we aren't going to get away with it every time. To be fair, we need someone like Chris Burke. Somebody who will run at players and take them on. Create the space. Others also need to see the space and run into it. Take the first 15 minutes (or more) of the match when Rangers were dominant. They were shooting into our end and you could see the overlaps that they had going, how they were exploiting space and moving the ball about well. If we could start doing that, rather then making passes to each other (short ones) then getting Dods, Munro or Rossco to hump the ball up the park only for it to come back, we would be in a better situation. And I think fans would start to support more. We must stop this punting the ball up the park. That's what we did under Brewster. There has to be another way of playing.

I'm the complete other way around. I feel that the Scotland result is far bigger and better because of the caliber of the France. We are talking about the best team in the world, with some of the greatest players in the world, and Scotland humbled them. It wasn't as if we were lucky to hang on, France didn't have that many shots at goal. I was at the Scotland match and when that goal went in the place just went absolutly nuts, and I have never felt anything like it. Probably because the Scotland result came first, and the atmosphere was so much better. Not taking anything away from the win on Saturday, it just didn't feel nearly as momentous.

Thank God for that, I'd hate to see you if you were really having a go at the team :017: There is a difference between being negative and being critical. Everything I said is true, and just because we won does not mean that the team is invincible from it. If we hadn't of scored, then the posts here would be completly different.

Ok then, First and foremost, great result today. But we were lucky. Rangers far outplayed us, and the only stars of the side were our defence. I was more frustrated with the side today then elated and it reminded me of the result Scotland got against France last week. Bayne was caught offside far too many times, and indeed, was offside when the strike from Dargo came in and the goal should not have standed. Everytime we seemed to get forward, the ball was played through and Bayne was offside. He also seemed to tired out towards the end of the game and should have been replaced long before the end of the match. We had absolutly no width in that game, and there were large holes down the wings that we should have exploited. We didn't seem to have much movement, and when we did pick up the ball, it was a few passes within our defence (whilst under pressure) then humped up the park, only for either a)Bayne to be caught offside or b) The Rangers defence to clear it up and start again. I thought we were lucky that Rangers didn't get a penalty, but I can't really comment to much on that as we were at the other end of the park when them calls were turned down. As much as I am behind the team, I think that Charlie does need to improve. He needs to start being more active during the games. And is it just me or does he never sit in the dug-out, and is always standing to one side with his arms folded not looking interested? I believe he still needs to find his managerial feet. He also needs to start making substitutions before we resort back to Craig Brewster syndrome of never making them unless we have to. Today, the midfield were not running at players, then were always looking for a short pass, or a long ball up the park, which I don't think is good enough. That said, we frustrated Rangers with our defence, and the defence were immense. Only one real mistake of sorts was when Buffel was allowed through, but Brown was as solid as ever. Guess he showed the Rangers lot what they are missing with him. This isn't me being negative, this is me pointing out what I saw at Rangers, and if we had lost, then the same would have been said. A victory does not make the team invincible of criticism, and I actually was more depressed then happy before the goal. Incidentally, who were the 4 guys thrown out for being absolutly pished? Word of advice to you guys, you are more then welcome to cheer on your team, but cries of "Flucking break his legs" "Do him" etc... are not welcome at any match. Theres support, and there is drunken abuse, and THAT is why you were thrown out. Look at the back of your ticket, it is illegeal to be drunk at a match. And all 4 of you were clearly wasted. You lads should be showing an example to our younger fans who might see you lot, hear you lot and think that it is ok and I would rather support a team that didn't have that faction. In my eyes, you were no worse then the 40,000 Old Firm fans who do the same. Anyway, let's see if we can maybe get some momentum, and beat Falkirk next week, then St Mirren in 2.

Apparently Letizi is going to be coming in for McGregor. That should give us a goal. Pray that Svensson plays as well.

Mowbray Becomes West Bromich Albion Manager

Ibrox isn't actually that bad a place. But sure, what did you expect? Would Caley sell tickets for the Rangers end?

Anychance of getting directions from the Underground?