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Can we all take a minute to appreciate Tony Watt's performace today btw, What a shift he put in and im gutted for him both goals he scored got dissallowed 👏💛

The 2 playoff games in 2015, the league cup semi in 2017, granted against weaker Rangers teams than they have now, but it can be done. Sitting back and letting rhem come on to us, hoping to keep them out only ever ends in defeat. Rangers are fragile at the back get right into them from the start and we have a chance.

I still have an old account on a Rangers forum (that I opened up during the play off ties years ago) and if we take something off them, I go for a sneak peak to see their tears 🙂 They're howling for Butland to get dropped and Kelly brought in. Funny thing is, they make this forum look like Happy Clapper Heaven !!

Kettlewell was an embarrassment on the touchline , what a pathetic display after getting the yellow , then getting held back by staff , still continuing to shout n swear then finally getting himself sent to the stands . Took the shine off his team set up and tactics in first half. Just plain stupidness.

I mean if you offered me a point before the game id have taken it but i cant help feel a little cheated. That Butland OG was never a foul in my opinion, After that absolutely everything we did went under the microscope

FFFFUUUV+CCCCCKKKKIINNN YASSSS

I find the perspective of some of the comments on here regarding the disallowed goal and SK reaction to the decision a little strange. We are allowed as fans to be biased in favour of our own team. It is part of the game to look at the world through Claret and Amber specs. Rangers have made an art form over decades of putting pressure on match officials so that 50/50 decisions get viewed 55/45 in their favour. They have piled on the pressure since the league cup final and it has gained traction in the press. This is designed to make it more difficult for match officials to decide against them in future games (particularly the next OF game). They do this because it works. No conspiracy, no agenda on the side of the referees, it is just human nature to balance a decision on it's potential repercussions. The question I would ask is had the roles been reversed would Oxborough have benefited from the same decision in the same circumstances when the score was 2-0 or 2-1. I don't think he would because it would have been a tougher decision for the VAR officials to make. That is just the laws of human nature and it is a law that the OF are very good at working to their advantage. I welcome SK showing the passion, the frustration and standing up for his team and his club. I find it odd that some don't seem to share his passion given the Motherwell bias that is our right as subjective, irrational football fans. In a different circumstance, the goal could have been given. You can guarantee that had Rangers been disallowed a similar goal they would make plenty of it and another strongly worded statement could have been making it's way to anybody who would listen.

I never feel comfortable even being 2 up against the Old Firm because you know they have quality on the bench if they need to change things up. Was delighted when I saw Cerny and Igamane on the bench because they are Rangers 2 best players at the moment and Igamane single handedly got Rangers that point today. If only we could have held them out for the first 20 mins of the 2nd half I'm pretty sure we would have held onto the 3 points but when they scored so early I felt we panicked a bit and retreated into our shell. I don't think anyone would have been surprised when the equaliser went in. What impressed me was at that stage it would have been easy just to fold completely and let Rangers run over the top of us but credit to the boys they dug in and fought their way back into the game. 2 games in 4 days against the OF will no doubt take its toll physically and mentally which is something that shouldn't be overlooked.

SK comes across as someone who needs to take a break - give the man a Kit Kat and a few days rest . the constant complaining about decisions is nonsense . I can see why Watts goal was disallowed - if that was in reverse we’d be complaining . very pleased at getting a point today, very decent result

I’d keep Casey

A balanced opinion. Fair point on that one.

Blew it but great yo hold on for a draw Officials a disgrace

Was Ox protected when Yang ran into him and dived leading to a penalty on Boxing Day against us? No. Rangers and Celtic are protected against other teams.

I would have taken the draw before the game but I’m just fucking scunnered with that. 2-0 up at half time and predictably we let them back into it. We have the ball in the net two more times and neither count (correctly, I might add, going by the rules of the game and VAR). As ever our age old Achilles heal of being 2-0 ahead bites us. I am genuinely more comfortable with a one goal lead than a two goal one because we almost always switch off and gift the opposition a goal and a way back into it.

Totally agree and yes feel slightly deflated and robbed. Re 3rd goal

It’s supposed to correct “clear and obvious errors” by onfield officials. The decision to rule out the second one patently wasn’t a “clear and obvious error”.

and then you get ridiculous added time. Every advantage is given to the Old Firm.

Without VAR the first ‘3rd’ would have been disallowed as Watt’s arm was us as he jumped with the goalkeeper as they always get the benefit of the doubt there. However the second ‘3rd’ would probably have stood because there wouldn’t have been a ‘forensic’ examination to find a body part that was offside going by the rules. It’s shite either way.

Still to get their complimentary penalty and 10+ mins added on

Cheers for the update 🤣🤣🤣

We should not be letting up on this mob. They’ve made 7 changes, low on confidence, a manager who is completely lost. We’ll not get a better chance to get 3 points against this shower.

Yes, encouraging that McGinn is on the bench. Vale and Slattery must just have missed out.

I hope we’re all ready for festive pumping mk2.

Only prediction I'll make is that we won't keep a clean sheet and we'll strruggle to get a shot on target.

We are wasting him with our style of play, he'd be better off going.

We knew him as the Ghost. He could take 2 or 3 defenders out by simply gliding past them and they'd be tackling fresh air. Scored against St Mirren in that cup tie in which they brought 35,000 fans to Fir Park. They tried to boot him off the pitch. Fergie was raging at him.

There are none of those in Scotland , our refs from collum down are a disgrace.