Hearts 1 vs. Rangers 1 - March 19/2006
HEARTS vs NO HEARTS
You could tell from the off that they were pumped up and ready for this and played the game with huge determination. Us? It was like watching Daniel O'Donnel when we were expecting Nirvana!!
I sat down to watch this game thinking that 3 points would take the difference down to 3 points then bring them to Ibrox to bring that to all square then them to drop points at Celtic and us to....................
.....and by the time it was finished i was very grateful to come away with a point! It's amazing what a brutal ninety minutes can do to a mans confidence.
Fortunatly after a few hours to regain my senses i feel that second is still a strong possibility with plenty points still to be won and lost and my optomism level's are slowly starting to recover.
Anyway, to the players:-
Mullet :- Could do nothing with the goal and was nearly beaten when Neilsen rattled his crossbar but had little else to do.
RMed Rating :- 6
Hutton :- Good solid performance with some great tackles and kept Skacel quiet all day. Cant remember any dangerous crosses comming in from that side. Pushed forward to support Burkey as much as possible.
RMed Verdict :- 8
J Rod :- Had his first "real" tough physical Scottish challenge today and did a good job. A Rangers quality player and really starting to show it. Now just needs to learn the offside rule to stop all these "second phase" goals that we seem to be leaking. (This last statement goes to all of our back four btw.)
RMed Verdict :- 7
Soti :- He can do a job for the Gers when he wants to and did well again today. Needs to have J Rod, or a player of that quality, beside him though for security purposes because he does like to wander and is prone to concentrtion lapses.
RMed Verdict :- 7
Murray :- Hate to write this but had a shocker. Was caught out badly for the goal and several times after that with balls in behind. Seemed a bit shakey on confidence, maybe from having lost his place to Stevie Smith, and on this form he wont be keeping it long either!
RMed Verdict :- 5
Burke :- Flattened by a hard tackle after about 2 minutes and was a marked man from there on in. Did extremley well to conjour up the chances that he did and was the most potent threat we had. Brilliant run, nutmeg and cross just on half time which should have ended in a goal and also created the equaliser.
RMed Verdict :- 8 and Man Of The Match
Hemdani :- Posted missing today when he was required most. Was outdone in midfield by the pure desire and fight of his opposite numbers. Has the quality but,especially for the Rangers, you have to have the Heart.
RMed Verdict :- 5
Bazza :- Tried to fight the midfield battle by himself and gave it a really good go. Would benefit greatly by playing alongside someone with the same drive. (Dare i say, a Ricksen of last year.) Is easy to see how he can get so frustrated.
RMed Verdict :- 7
Prso :- How on earth can he be classed as a left midfielder?? Lone striker..Yes, Target man..Yes, Left side of a front three..Yes but Left side of a midfield four..your having a laugh!! Had a bad game but not for the want of trying. Improved greatly and gave us somthing to aim for when moved to the front.
RMed Verdict :- 6
Buffel :- Was a heavyweight game and the lightweight of Buffel was never going to be much cope. Struggled to get to grips with the game, not helped by the stop startedness of the poor refereeing, and should have tucked away the simplest chance of the game before half time. Made up an extra point by scoring but not a great day.
RMed Verdict :- 6
Lovenpants :- The thinking behind playing him up front alone could only be pace and mobility for balls up the side of slow centre backs right? WRONG! No, no, we have to lump high ball after high ball up to the second lightest man on the park. He was useless but through no fault of his own.
RMed Verdict :- 5
Big Eck :- Squad picking was ok. Placing of players within that squad was nothing more than woeful. I am sure he had his reasons but i wouldnt mind him explaing them to the rest of us!
RMed Verdict :- 5
It is so often said that the team with the most desire will come out on top and so it was today. Hearts are NOT a great team. Far from it but if we want second place then we have to want it MORE than them. A lot to be proved in the comming weeks.
WATP
Baz
You could tell from the off that they were pumped up and ready for this and played the game with huge determination. Us? It was like watching Daniel O'Donnel when we were expecting Nirvana!!
I sat down to watch this game thinking that 3 points would take the difference down to 3 points then bring them to Ibrox to bring that to all square then them to drop points at Celtic and us to....................
.....and by the time it was finished i was very grateful to come away with a point! It's amazing what a brutal ninety minutes can do to a mans confidence.
Fortunatly after a few hours to regain my senses i feel that second is still a strong possibility with plenty points still to be won and lost and my optomism level's are slowly starting to recover.
Anyway, to the players:-
Mullet :- Could do nothing with the goal and was nearly beaten when Neilsen rattled his crossbar but had little else to do.
RMed Rating :- 6
Hutton :- Good solid performance with some great tackles and kept Skacel quiet all day. Cant remember any dangerous crosses comming in from that side. Pushed forward to support Burkey as much as possible.
RMed Verdict :- 8
J Rod :- Had his first "real" tough physical Scottish challenge today and did a good job. A Rangers quality player and really starting to show it. Now just needs to learn the offside rule to stop all these "second phase" goals that we seem to be leaking. (This last statement goes to all of our back four btw.)
RMed Verdict :- 7
Soti :- He can do a job for the Gers when he wants to and did well again today. Needs to have J Rod, or a player of that quality, beside him though for security purposes because he does like to wander and is prone to concentrtion lapses.
RMed Verdict :- 7
Murray :- Hate to write this but had a shocker. Was caught out badly for the goal and several times after that with balls in behind. Seemed a bit shakey on confidence, maybe from having lost his place to Stevie Smith, and on this form he wont be keeping it long either!
RMed Verdict :- 5
Burke :- Flattened by a hard tackle after about 2 minutes and was a marked man from there on in. Did extremley well to conjour up the chances that he did and was the most potent threat we had. Brilliant run, nutmeg and cross just on half time which should have ended in a goal and also created the equaliser.
RMed Verdict :- 8 and Man Of The Match
Hemdani :- Posted missing today when he was required most. Was outdone in midfield by the pure desire and fight of his opposite numbers. Has the quality but,especially for the Rangers, you have to have the Heart.
RMed Verdict :- 5
Bazza :- Tried to fight the midfield battle by himself and gave it a really good go. Would benefit greatly by playing alongside someone with the same drive. (Dare i say, a Ricksen of last year.) Is easy to see how he can get so frustrated.
RMed Verdict :- 7
Prso :- How on earth can he be classed as a left midfielder?? Lone striker..Yes, Target man..Yes, Left side of a front three..Yes but Left side of a midfield four..your having a laugh!! Had a bad game but not for the want of trying. Improved greatly and gave us somthing to aim for when moved to the front.
RMed Verdict :- 6
Buffel :- Was a heavyweight game and the lightweight of Buffel was never going to be much cope. Struggled to get to grips with the game, not helped by the stop startedness of the poor refereeing, and should have tucked away the simplest chance of the game before half time. Made up an extra point by scoring but not a great day.
RMed Verdict :- 6
Lovenpants :- The thinking behind playing him up front alone could only be pace and mobility for balls up the side of slow centre backs right? WRONG! No, no, we have to lump high ball after high ball up to the second lightest man on the park. He was useless but through no fault of his own.
RMed Verdict :- 5
Big Eck :- Squad picking was ok. Placing of players within that squad was nothing more than woeful. I am sure he had his reasons but i wouldnt mind him explaing them to the rest of us!
RMed Verdict :- 5
It is so often said that the team with the most desire will come out on top and so it was today. Hearts are NOT a great team. Far from it but if we want second place then we have to want it MORE than them. A lot to be proved in the comming weeks.
WATP
Baz
posted by RangersMedia @ 8:57 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home