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1 minute ago, stressball said:
Given that the confirmation of it came from Rangers fan forums… Probably not.
Yeah? So what are you suggesting by describing Dickinson as a “former season ticket holder” if it is not to imply any sense of bias?
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1 minute ago, itzdrk said:
Your fans were singing f**k the sfa and it was because you weren't allowed to contest the uncontested drop ball.
You might be right there to be fair. I think the SNP chant went up at the same time as one of the (many) VAR checks so thought it might’ve been that being referred to.
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Just now, stressball said:
He’s a former season ticket holder
And by claiming that, you’re not buying into bias or paranoia?
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14 minutes ago, stressball said:
Your argument would work if I wasn’t commenting on what everyone else was seeing…
As opposed to signing “f**k the SFA” as they check every single decision involving Rangers.
Carry on though lads
Were we? There was a chorus of f**k the SNP that went up as the Union Bears unfurled their Humza/f**k the SNP banners. Maybe confused with that.
Plus, I’ve no real issues with folk commenting on the ability of VAR and the officials, but it was only you (as far as I can see) that brought in the “Dickinson is a rangers season ticket holder” chat after you claimed you didn’t buy into bias or paranoia…
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We will struggle here if we have a similar first half to the last meeting and then again today.
Balogun potentially missing this means Davies will be starting his first match in god knows how many months doesn’t fill me with much confidence.
We have a striker that is allergic to shooting so we will need to hope any chances fall to someone else.
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4 hours ago, stressball said:
I’m not one who buys into the bias and paranoia
4 hours ago, stressball said:Are they just checking absolutely everything to help Rangers
4 hours ago, stressball said:This is genuinely fucking embarrassing.
4 hours ago, stressball said:Dickinson will need to just put the ball in the net for them at this point.
4 hours ago, stressball said:True, the former rangers season ticket holder hasn’t actually helped them…
Yet.
2 hours ago, stressball said:Not even a placating attempt to look at VAR for the Dessers foul whilst Rangers TV w**k themselves silly over how many chances Rangers have created against ten men
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3 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said:
We desperately need either Celtic or Rangers fans to actually join the push to get it removed, as both are by far the highest profile and largest supports in the country.
Sadly though it's a pipedream, as whenever either mention it on social media etc., the other appears and instead of joining in it becomes a bitch fight over who gets more decisions.
It's infuriating.
Yep, I wholeheartedly agree with all of that.
I received no response from Rangers when I put a few things to them so it would likely need one of our major fan groups (such as the Union Bears) to support the removal of VAR for it to gain any support and actually be worthy of a response from the club.
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The scoreline will suggest a relatively comfortable afternoon for us but really it was another lacklustre performance for large parts of the match.
I thought we started really well and looked up for it, then we go and concede a stinking goal that just seen our heads drop like it has far too often recently. Even when Killie went down to 10, they looked comfortable allowing us to have the ball and do absolutely nothing with it.
The goal right before half time was much needed as it might’ve got rather toxic had we gone in behind at the break.
Second half was a lot better to be fair, with Lawrence’s goal being the highlight.
We really need to get Sterling back into the middle of the park and I think it could be pretty strong with him and Diomande in there if it’s true that Lundstram is away.
Another occasion where I’m just saddened that VAR has infiltrated our game. At least there seems to be a growing opposition to it, with one of the lengthy delays today getting a chorus of boos the longer it went on.
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Goldson’s picked up a knee injury in training and his season is finished. Danilo and Cortes won’t be returning this season either but Ridvan is a “maybe” for Sunday. Jack back in training but won’t be available this weekend.
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12 hours ago, alta-pete said:
Rangers’ good teams (steady now) being built from The Goalie forward is not a new thing - Woods, Goram, Klos, Shagger, Butland.
Maybe it’s my blue tinted myopia but over the same piece I can only think of Leighton, Boruc and Gordon as having anything like the same talismanic influence on their teams’ fortunes.
Aye, we usually tend to do well in the keeper department and they tend to be our most consistent performers. Now if only we could do the same with strikers that would be great.
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5 hours ago, DukDukGoose said:
Not a great look for Rangers tbh.
It is what it is. Butland has been our most consistent performer all season and we’d have been numerous points worse off without him. Excellent goalkeeper.
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It's always hard to judge these things as I feel I am only ever capable of giving a full opinion on the players of my own team that I see on a regular basis.
For others, I am judging them on performances against Rangers, limited highlights and opinions of their own fans.
With that being said, there are a few eyebrow-raisers in that side.
Tavernier, while hitting highly impressive numbers again, certainly hasn't been at his best and I'd say his inclusion is questionable, although an immediate right back replacement isn't jumping out at me just now. Butland is deservedly there IMO, and you could argue for Lundstram who I think has been our best outfield player, but his form has been a bit up and down.
Then, I think even the most ardent of Celtic fans would concede that Kyogo has had a fairly disappointing season by his own standards. Similarly, you see quite often criticism of O'Riley that his form has fell off a cliff since December. McGregor I'm not really sure how he has been viewed by them this season as a whole, just that he has looked way off it since his injury.
Then you look at the potential players that have been omitted and could and/or should arguably be in there, such as Kent, McCowan, Miovski, Bair, Watson, Armstrong etc.
As I said, these players I see a lot less, so fans of their respective clubs will probably be in a better position to pass comment.
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1 hour ago, craigkillie said:
There are four different decision makers here who are coming up with different interpretations of the incident:
- On-field referee - Qualified and experienced referee. Has the "feel" of the game but only gets to see it once and may miss incidents or misinterpret them. Can sometimes get a second chance to view it at the screen, but only if the VAR intervenes. Could be influenced by crowd.
- VAR - Qualified and experienced referee. Gets to watch multiple angles of the incident but may not have the feel of the game.
- Appeal panel - Ex-players, managers etc. Don't think it includes any who is actually qualified as a referee. Could be influenced by the media clamour around an incident. Decisions not typically viewed in context of the game.
- IRP - Ex-players, managers etc. "Guided" by someone with experience of the laws, but who knows what that means. Could be influenced by media clamour around an incident. Decisions definitely viewed in context of the game since it could be a couple of months later.
If all of these groups disagree with each other, is a decision really "wrong"?Aye, I tried to caveat that in my response to say it’s subjective and the opinion of this IRP group. I think the subjective nature of football will always have a variance of opinions. I was simply using the findings here as an example of the fact that VAR will never get stuff right all the time and it’ll still be debatable regardless of who’s opinion you are getting.
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29 minutes ago, DukDukGoose said:
VAR said they should look at the Sterling one, though?
To be fair, you’re right. I should maybe rephrase it to the amount of incorrect decisions made while VAR has been in use is increasing.
ETA: that is of course subjective and the opinion of the IRP panel.
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Interesting to see that the amount of errors made by VAR is increasing. Kind of pisses all over those in favour of it that say it will get better with time.
Also seems to make a bit of a mockery of our appeals system. One of the decisions that have been highlighted as being wrong was a red card shown to Sterling against Aberdeen. We actually appealed that and the appeal was thrown out. Now it’s being said that was incorrect.
Shambles.
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Very well deserved club POTY award for Butland the other evening. Some of the saves he has made this season have been outstanding.
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20 minutes ago, KnightswoodBear said:
What a bizarre take.
Only people that were there in person are allowed to comment on the game? This place would be a lot quieter if that was the case.
If I recall correctly, they once asked me to prove I have a season ticket for some bizarre reason. Odd character.
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This is all rather sad
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16 minutes ago, Arch Stanton said:
Because you're making out, by stating "that it is lower than it was before", that it was always that way.
Did I? Or is that just the way you’ve interpreted it?
For the sake of moving on, I will be more clear: it is a lot harder to get a ticket for St Mirren matches now compared to the period of time where we were allocated two stands.
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2 minutes ago, Arch Stanton said:
Which for 2 seasons, and 2 seasons only, was more than it was before.
During which period it was much easier to get a ticket. Now, it is very difficult, hence my comment. I’m not sure why this has caused offence.
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12 minutes ago, djchapsticks said:
You don't get a reduced allocation. You get the exact same allocation as every other club in Scotland.
Closer to the facts would be to say you were temporarily given an increased allocation.
This just seems like semantics for the sake of it, really. The current allocation we get is lower than the allocation we previously had prior to the relatively recent decision to change it. I never implied we got a lower allocation than any other team. Simply that it is lower than what it was before.
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1 minute ago, tazz1903 said:
2 TV Fans , who never attend games posting
Not really through choice. The reduced allocation we get from St Mirren (well within their rights) makes it very difficult to go. Think our supporters bus got 1 ticket for it.
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19 minutes ago, alta-pete said:
Boyd made the point that to have the reputation of missing so many chances yet to still score 20 this season you have to regularly be in possession of the ball in a position to score so he must be doing something right.
He does do some things right, but a more composed and clinical finisher is likely grabbing a good few more goals from the opportunities he has passed up.
I don’t think he is a terrible player, but to see out the second half of the season with him as our only fit natural striker, especially since we knew that Sima was going to be missing for an extended period who was the joint top scorer in the league at the time of his injury just seems bizarre to me.
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I love that man
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So you were suggesting bias, but it’s not because of paranoia. It’s because he is (apparently) an ex Rangers season ticket holder.