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Hibs next up at Ibrox
It was yet another stuttering performance at Ibrox last weekend and we dropped a further 2 points in the title race. It certainly wasn’t our worst display, but for whatever reason we just couldn’t convert any chances. As far as I can see Jelavic’s mind is already elsewhere and it’s come to the point that I think he would be better to move him on – as long as we get someone decent to replace him…and all before the transfer window slams shut in about 4 days time!
Getting back to our home form, it really has been been quite woeful – I think that was our fourth home draw of the season in the league, which as a result leaves us trailing Celtc by 4 points. Thankfully titles are not awarded in January though. However with that in mind I doubt we can afford to drop many more points, especially at home. Which will mean 3 points will be required tomorrow evening as we entertain Hibs at Ibrox. Celtc don’t play a league game until next Wednesday night as they travel through to face Hearts (always a tricky fixture), so it will be important to apply a little bit of pressure ahead of that game.
As ever the Rangers game will be covered live in Amici. The kick-off is 11pm again, and because of this means the game will only be covered by Rangers TV.
Hope to see you there.
Finally, I’m still getting requests for the Amoruso & Goram day at the races, so if you have not put your name down yet, please do so ASAP.
The Dons next up at Ibrox
Last weekend the Rangers produced a very professional performance to wrap up the 3 points in Perth. Although it took a fairly late goal to win the match we were always comfortable. In fact I don’t think I can fault anyone of the players as they all had very good games with Edu & Aluko the standout performers.
This coming Saturday we see Rangers face their last game in the Year of the Rabbit as we “welcome” Aberdeen to Ibrox. As always i’m sure they will treat this like a cup final, and with that I hope we turn them over.
As ever the game will be shown live in Amici and kick-off at 11:00pm on Saturday night. Please note that game will be shown via Rangers TV
Hope to see you there!
Willie “Bud” Johnston Sitting on the Ball
Now this is what I call “Gallus. I mean it’s not as if it was done against anyone of note, just the all conquering Bayern Munich side of the early 1970’s.
Gaun yersel wee man!
Rangers travel to McDiarmid Park
Last week saw Rangers overcome the potentially tricky Scottish Cup tie against Arbroath. It seemed the weather conditions were favourable which helped Rangers secure a comfortable 4-0 victory. Goals came from a number of sources as, along with an og, Healy, Jelavic and the lesser spotted Kerkar all chipped in.
Kerkar’s goal was the pick of the bunch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HSl5AgmibA
The other goals are here:
Healy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj0a13aNgLA&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL
OG: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0qCqKyNQVc&feature=BFa&list=ULkj0a13aNgLA&lf=mfu_in_order
Jelavic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOSHzcb_IjQ&feature=BFa&list=ULQ0qCqKyNQVc&lf=mfu_in_order
It was a decent performance but the very least we would expect against lower league opposition. However, it would have certainly helped to build a bit more confidence following the fragile month of December. Next up in the Scottish Cup is a home tie against Dundee Utd.
It’s back to league football this weekend as the Champions travel to Perth to play St. Johnstone in the early Saturday kick-off.
It kick-s off at 8:30pm and will be screened live in Amici via Goal TV 1.
In other news, I received a call a few weeks ago from Andrew Dickson of the Rangers Media department and gave him a telephone interview as they wanted to run a feature on us for the Rangers Monthly. I’m delighted to say that we have been included in this month’s edition so be sure to go out and buy it!
It’s also worth noting that Rangers re-launched the club website yesterday and I think it looks great. www.rangers.co.uk
Finally, I promise to send out all the details of the Goram & Amoruso next week! As everything relating to the trip has just about been finalised.
Scottish Cup weekend *UPDATE*
THIS GAME IS NOT BEING SHOWN LIVE IN AMICI
Unfortunately Rangers TV are not covering this game tonight due to a rights issue with the SFA, so I’m afraid the game will not be shown live in Amici.
Therefore the next live game will be next week when we travel to face St. Johnstone. See you then.
Happy New Year to everyone. Last week against Motherwell was probably the best home performance since we defeated Celtc!
This was all done with what looked like a shadow squad. With Jelavic out “injured” and Lafferty pulling up with a hamstring injury after 10 minutes things looked bleak.
John Fleck was Lafferty’s replacement and was excellent. What then transpired was a show of incisive attacking football with both Wallace & Aluko the stand-out performers. Davis looked like he was getting back to his best too. Hopefully this won’t be a false dawn and we continue the New Year with the same performance levels. Getting back to Fleck I really hope he gets a proper run in the team now as I think a regular game for him could really see him develop.
Next up for the Gers though is a trip to Gayfield Park to play Arbroath in the 4th round of the Scottish. It’s an “early” Sunday kick-off, so will start at 8:45pm.
Also, next week I’ll be sending out further details about the upcoming visit by Lorenzo Amoruso & Andy Goram.
As a quick reminder they will be here from the 18th to the 21st of February and we’ve already lined up some excellent events for them.
Rangers away at the Piggery shown live in the Old China Hand
Unfortunately our usual home of Amici are unable to open for us tomorrow morning. Fear not though as we have a back-up venue by way of the trusty Old China Hand ! The OCH is only a stones throw away from Amici at 104 Lockhart Road. Please see the map below.
The game kicks-off at 3:45am local time and the OCH is open 24 hours a day, so feel free to pop along at any time!
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St. Mirren away on Christmas Eve
Next up for the Rangers is a trip to New Love Street or whatever its called now, to face St. Mirren on Christmas Eve. This game kicks-off at 8:45pm and will be shown live in Amici via Goal TV 1. It will be important to improve our performance ahead of our next fixture which is across the city to face the great unwashed. As mentioned previously this match will kick-off at 3:45am in the very early hours of Thursday 29th December.
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We’re very hopefully that Amici will open up for us, however we may have to impose a $100 entrance fee for everyone. This fee would then go directly to the staff for taking the time to open up for us at such an un-Laudrupy hour. I’ll pass on more news to you as soon as I have it.
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If anyone cares to join for a Christmas sherry or two a few of the members will be meeting in the Captains Bar in the Mandarin Oriental tomorrow night (Friday 23rd) from 6pm.
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Hope to see you there!
Highlights from Caley game last week
I remember thinking after last weeks game that we were lucky to snatch all three points, but having watched the highlights again I think we were very unlucky not to score 3 or 4. Still it was a bit too close for comfort!
Also, the keen eyed amongst you will have recognised Ex-Rangers and former Hong Kong Soccer 7′s player of the tournament Andrew Shinnie scoring Caley’s equaliser. Thankfully it never cost us, but at the same time its great to see Andy get his career back on track with another SPL club. I for one think he is a huge talent and will go onto bigger and better things.
Next @ Ibrox : Caley Thistle
In what was a very workmanlike performance last week away to Hibs, Rangers managed to keep the gap ahead of Celtc to 4 crucial points, especially with the next Old Firm game on the horizon.
It certainly wasn’t the prettiest with McCulloch, Edu & Bartley all starting in midfield, but thankfully through the introduction of young Scandinavian Bendiksen, Rangers started to play with a bit more fluidity. Here are the goals from last week:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASauouzWfzQ
On the subject of the next Old Firm game, this will take place in the early hours of Thursday 29th December @3:45am! Why the SPL thinks it’s a good idea to move an Old Firm game to a night-time kick-off in the middle of the festive period is beyond me. There is a reason these games have been played at lunchtime for the last decade, so good luck with that one! Especially with all the nonsense from last season it just makes the decision even more bizarre. Anyway, as a result we suffer but I’m hopeful Amici will open for us if we can guarantee good numbers. News on that to follow nearer the time.
This coming Saturday we’ll be back in our natural home of Amici as Rangers take on Inverness Caley Thistle at Ibrox. As it’s a “Saturday 3pm kick-off” it means we will have to watch via RangersTV (so 11:00pm for us).
The keen eyed amongst you will no doubt recognise young Andy Shinnie plying his trade for Caley having been released by Rangers last season. Having wowed us all here in Hong Kong at previous Soccer 7s it will be interesting to see how he performs against his former club.
New venue for Rangers vs Hibs – NOT Amici
Our usual home bar of Amici has been exclusively hired out for a private function on Saturday night, so we will not be able to watch the Rangers vs Hibs game there.
We will however, be able to watch the game in our infamous back-up pub The Chapel Bar in Happy Valley! The address is 27 Yik Yam Street and here is a link to where it is:
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