Boab 73 Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 By John McGarry, 18/10/2009 RANGERS were sent into a Champions League tailspin against Sevilla because their referee was far too weak. But Jerome Rothen fears that worse could follow against Unirea Urziceni if Tuesday's official isn't strong enough. Sevilla may have gone on to win comfortably on match night two but Swedish referee Jonas Eriksson's failure to award a blatant penalty when Steven Naismith was tripped in the box denied Rangers a major foothold in the game that night. Dan Petrescu's Romanian champions come to Ibrox with a reputation for an expansive passing game but with a bad name for enjoying some footballing theatrics. Ex-Gers striker Steven MacLean, who's now at Plymouth, saw this at first hand during a friendly in the summer - and he has warned his former club that the Unirea players will need no second invitation to hit the deck. It's an unfortunate trait Rothen has also witnessed when he's faced Romanian opposition at both club and international level. Although the Frenchman knows Rangers firstly have to play well enough to win the game, he feels the man in the middle could hold the key to his side's fortunes. The on-loan PSG winger, left, said: "I think it's in the Romanian mentality - but they are not in the position they are in as a club only through cheating. "Obviously these things can change a match but in the long term it's not good. There isn't one team specifically I remember doing it but the Romanians and Italians are known for it. "I've experience of it. I have played against the Romanian national team and we won 2-0 over there. I've played against Steaua Bucharest and Rapid Bucharest at club level as well. "It's very important we have a strong referee this week. We hope that he is better than the one we had when we played Sevilla. "The mentality here is different. That people want to play properly and by the rules, the same as in England. "I respect the mentality here. It's a good one and that was one of the main factors which attracted me. "Unirea are obviously a good team and this is a very important match for us to win because psychologically a win would give us an advantage over both them and Stuttgart. It's maybe not crucial to win both games against Unirea but if we can take four points that would give us a good chance." http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/scottish/s...ons-League.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muff 245 Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Shite! Bored hearing from Rangers players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebooler 4,509 Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 When a read the thread title a thought this was gonny be aboot a disease o the willie! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigy 0 Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 "It's maybe not crucial to win both games against Unirea but if we can take four points that would give us a good chance." Hopefully this isn't the attitude of the rest of the team because we should be looking for 6 points in these next 2 games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muff 245 Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 "It's maybe not crucial to win both games against Unirea but if we can take four points that would give us a good chance." Hopefully this isn't the attitude of the rest of the team because we should be looking for 6 points in these next 2 games. Shite attitude, fuck off! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 11,453 Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 If we can't beat Unirea we don't deserve to remain in Europe at all let alone the Champions League. They're a decent side but if we have any aims to progress we need to be beating them, at least in the home game! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JordanRangers 4 Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Agree with Muff. Total shite attitude towards a crucial CL Group Stages match. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 358 Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 It's maybe not crucial to win both games against Unirea but if we can take four points that would give us a good chance." Fucking hell. What happened to wanting to & believing you WILL win every game?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dextor 0 Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 If we can't beat Unirea we don't deserve to remain in Europe at all let alone the Champions League. They're a decent side but if we have any aims to progress we need to be beating them, at least in the home game! Four points from the two games has to be the aim. If we can do that it should put us in a position where if we beat Stuttgart at home we're through. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddybear1975 2,110 Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 I think behind closed doors the guys will be looking to pick up 6 points. It's the old cliche of not blabbing to the press or being over cocky stating we're gonna take six points off this team. The Romanians are also in a position where they are more than capable of raising there game especially at home. Rangers find this to be the case most weeks in the spl. Target should be 6 but 4 keeps it nicely in the balance for Stuttgart at home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboyrfc 296 Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 When a read the thread title a thought this was gonny be aboot a disease o the willie! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herrbear 0 Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 On the back of our far from wonderful attitude in previous games , I think we're in for a rough old night on Tuesday , even more so away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingWilBEARy 4,319 Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 we should be looking at 6 points from these two games Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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