nvager 498 Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 Written by Nvager Saturday, November 29, 2008 . Hearts vs Rangers at Tynecastle, Edinburgh The team has been announced. Bougherra replaces McCulloch, but other than that it is the same team that struggled mightily vs Aberdeen at Ibrox last Saturday, with Lafferty and Adam wide in midfield. This team lacks pace and width and we had all better hope that Barry Ferguson has regained some form as he was way off the pace last week. Hearts come out of the box looking “well up for this game”. Rangers do not look comfortable on the ball. 0:30 Driver forces a save from McGregor. 1:50 Easy save as a Boyd header from a Broadfoot cross floats into the goalkeeper’s hands. 4:00 A Driver pass sets up a ruckus in the Rangers box as Hearts pile on the pressure. 6:00 Adam catches Kingston on the ankle for a free kick to Hearts. 7:00 Mendes robs Driver of the ball, when he was in a dangerous position near our penalty area. 7:19 Free kick Hearts, but it is cleared. 7:50 A bad pass by Whittaker out of defence sets up yet another Hearts attack. 9:12 Another foul by Adam. Another free kick to Hearts – cleared. 10:00 A long throw by Hearts leads to a corner. It is an in swinger that just goes over the bar. 11:43 A foul by Whittaker. The Hearts free kick is cleared. !3:30 A free kick to Rangers, but Boyd’s effort is wide. 15:00 Some Rangers pressure in a move involving Boyd, Broadfoot and Lafferty, but Broadfoot’s final shot is way wide. 18:23 Mendes pass is just too long for Broadfoot. 19:00 Bougherra gives away a free kick by fouling Aguiar. The free kick is headed in at the back post and blocked by Bougherra, but the ball breaks loose and Zaliukas scores with a shot from close range. Where was the Rangers defence? Only Bougherra seemed to be involved. McGregor has to come out for free kicks. He is stationary. Hearts 1 – 0 Rangers 21:00 Another Hearts freekick again given away by Bougherra and again it is not cleared. Headed back in this time for Kingston to score. Same questions arise regarding our defence and McGregor. What do we practice at Murray Park? Hearts 2 – 0 Rangers It is a very poor display so far with only Mendes attempting to play any football and getting no help. Our tactics are boot it up the park. No cohesion at all. Is Barry playing? Are Rangers playing? A miracle is needed and guess what? 25:00 Rangers win a free kick and a forward bounce is glanced off Boyd’s forehead. The ball takes a big bounce and comes down from the crossbar where Kariridis in trying to clear scores an own goal. Hearts 2 – 1 Rangers. 31:00 A poor ball by Barry gives Hearts a goal kick. Some poor kick-outs by A McGregor and another poor ball by Bougherra does not cheer up the away support. Rangers try to come back, but the play is generally very poor and scrappy. 39:00 Aguiar sets up Kingston for a good shot, but McGregor saves it. 41:00 Mendes tries to get something going in the Hearts box but is unlucky and it results in a goal kick to Hearts. 42:00 Mendes is taken down just outside the Hearts penalty area. Mendes takes the free kick, which is punched clear by the Heart’s goalkeeper. 43:00 K Boyd is booked for persistent fouling. 44:00 A poor ball by Adam stops a promising Rangers move. 45:00 Poor play by Whittaker – again – results in a yellow card. 46:00 JCD breaks forward, but his final pass is very poor. 46:00 HALF TIME: Hearts 2 – 1 Rangers It was a very poor first half from Rangers with scrappy play and too many players off form. We lack pace and width. The whole team looks stale. Mendes is our only player that looks to have any football ability, and he too has had better games. We seem to have no cohesion and panic too easily. 47:00 Mendes shoots and it looks like a deflection, but a goal kick is given. 47:50 Rangers playing too many long balls. 48:00 McGregor has another poor kick-out and we are again under pressure. 49:00 Mendes is trying, but lacks any support. Barry is just peripheral to the game which is passing him by. Adam and Lafferty are lost. 50:00 Lafferty puts Bougherra in trouble and he concedes a corner. The game is poor - scrappy play all round now. 55:00 Burke replaces Adam – not before time! 57:00 Kingston shoots and forces a corner from McGregor, but Lafferty heads clear. 59:00 Rangers break down the right with Bougherra to Burke to Lafferty who wins a corner. Burke takes it and Weir heads it to himself and then crosses for Boyd to beat the goalkeeper, but his header goes over the top. 61:00 A good Rangers move is wasted when Burke shoots way over. Was it a cross? More scrappy play as the game moves forward. 64:00 Mendes tries a shot, but is wide again. 65:00 A poor ball by B Ferguson sets up a heart attack. Rangers are pressing, but it is generally poor play with few openings at goal. 70:00 Lee Wallace fouls Burke and is given a yellow card. The free kick results in a corner to Rangers, but Hearts clear the danger. 71:50 Novo is on for JCD. Again about time, but this is Walter’s standard substitution. We seem to have problems at throw-ins. Never anyone free and Broadfoot is taking ages to make up his mind. 75:00 Another foul by Lee Wallace and another yellow. Hearts are down to 10 men with 15 minutes left to play in regulation time. The free kick leads to a series of Rangers corners, but we cannot take advantage. Generally our poor build up play is letting us down. Far too many long hopeful balls from out of the defence. 82:00 Mendes to Whittaker whose cross finds Lafferty who sets up Boyd with a very difficult ball. The shot goes over and it is a goal kick to Hearts. 84:00 A hearts corner and Obua who replaced Nade, heads over. 86:00 A head flick by Boyd, but the goalkeeper beats Novo to the ball. Time runs out for a poor Rangers team after 4 minutes of injury time. FINAL SCORE : Hearts 2 – 1 Rangers Rangers Team today: McGregor: Looked shaky again today. Has to dominate his 6-yard box and come off his line for crosses. Failed to do so. Rangers Media score: 5.0 points Broadfoot: Poor game overall Rangers Media score: 5.0 points Bougherra: Poor game and gave away two free kicks which led to both Heart's goals. Rangers Media Score: 4.0 points Weir: Shaky looking all game and was nowhere when Hearts scored twice from free kicks. Rangers Media score: 4.5 points Whittaker: Poor game and was booked. Rangers Media score: 4.5 points Lafferty: Not good enough. Rangers Media score: 4.5 points Mendes: As usual all over the pitch. Played rather poorly by his standards. He had no support. Rangers Media score: 5.5 points Ferguson: Never looked fully fit. A passenger. Rangers Media score: 4.0 points Adam: Poor game. Substituted after 55 minutes. Rangers Media score 4.0 points JCD: No service, but poor. Rangers Media score: 4.5 points Boyd: Not at his best, but almost scored and this led to an own goal by Hearts. Rangers Media score 5.0 points Substitutes: Burke: On for Adam after 55 minutes. Tried hard. Added width. Rangers Media score: 5.0 points Novo: On after 71 minutes for JCD. Should have been on much earlier. Rangers Media score: 4.0 points Manager: Walter should/must have known from last week against Aberdeen that this midfield would struggle again, yet made no changes. No width or pace from Adam and Lafferty and Ferguson was once more a passenger. How can you expect to win with this set up? He replaced Adam after 55 minutes, but waited until 71 minutes to bring on Novo and did not use his remaining substitute although Barry was not in the game. Rangers Media score 4.00 Man of the Match: Mendes with a 5.5 rating!! Really no one deserved a MOTM award today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
docspiderman 1,234 Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 Written by Nvager Saturday, November 29, 2008 . Hearts vs Rangers at Tynecastle, Edinburgh The team has been announced. Bougherra replaces McCulloch, but other than that it is the same team that struggled mightily vs Aberdeen at Ibrox last Saturday, with Lafferty and Adam wide in midfield. This team lacks pace and width and we had all better hope that Barry Ferguson has regained some form as he was way off the pace last week. Hearts come out of the box looking “well up for this game”. Rangers do not look comfortable on the ball. 0:30 Driver forces a save from McGregor. 1:50 Easy save as a Boyd header from a Broadfoot cross floats into the goalkeeper’s hands. 4:00 A Driver pass sets up a ruckus in the Rangers box as Hearts pile on the pressure. 6:00 Adam catches Kingston on the ankle for a free kick to Hearts. 7:00 Mendes robs Driver of the ball, when he was in a dangerous position near our penalty area. 7:19 Free kick Hearts, but it is cleared. 7:50 A bad pass by Whittaker out of defence sets up yet another Hearts attack. 9:12 Another foul by Adam. Another free kick to Hearts – cleared. 10:00 A long throw by Hearts leads to a corner. It is an in swinger that just goes over the bar. 11:43 A foul by Whittaker. The Hearts free kick is cleared. !3:30 A free kick to Rangers, but Boyd’s effort is wide. 15:00 Some Rangers pressure in a move involving Boyd, Broadfoot and Lafferty, but Broadfoot’s final shot is way wide. 18:23 Mendes pass is just too long for Broadfoot. 19:00 Bougherra gives away a free kick by fouling Aguiar. The free kick is headed in at the back post and blocked by Bougherra, but the ball breaks loose and Zaliukas scores with a shot from close range. Where was the Rangers defence? Only Bougherra seemed to be involved. McGregor has to come out for free kicks. He is stationary. Hearts 1 – 0 Rangers 21:00 Another Hearts freekick again given away by Bougherra and again it is not cleared. Headed back in this time for Kingston to score. Same questions arise regarding our defence and McGregor. What do we practice at Murray Park? Hearts 2 – 0 Rangers It is a very poor display so far with only Mendes attempting to play any football and getting no help. Our tactics are boot it up the park. No cohesion at all. Is Barry playing? Are Rangers playing? A miracle is needed and guess what? 25:00 Rangers win a free kick and a forward bounce is glanced off Boyd’s forehead. The ball takes a big bounce and comes down from the crossbar where Kariridis in trying to clear scores an own goal. Hearts 2 – 1 Rangers. 31:00 A poor ball by Barry gives Hearts a goal kick. Some poor kick-outs by A McGregor and another poor ball by Bougherra does not cheer up the away support. Rangers try to come back, but the play is generally very poor and scrappy. 39:00 Aguiar sets up Kingston for a good shot, but McGregor saves it. 41:00 Mendes tries to get something going in the Hearts box but is unlucky and it results in a goal kick to Hearts. 42:00 Mendes is taken down just outside the Hearts penalty area. Mendes takes the free kick, which is punched clear by the Heart’s goalkeeper. 43:00 K Boyd is booked for persistent fouling. 44:00 A poor ball by Adam stops a promising Rangers move. 45:00 Poor play by Whittaker – again – results in a yellow card. 46:00 JCD breaks forward, but his final pass is very poor. 46:00 HALF TIME: Hearts 2 – 1 Rangers It was a very poor first half from Rangers with scrappy play and too many players off form. We lack pace and width. The whole team looks stale. Mendes is our only player that looks to have any football ability, and he too has had better games. We seem to have no cohesion and panic too easily. 47:00 Mendes shoots and it looks like a deflection, but a goal kick is given. 47:50 Rangers playing too many long balls. 48:00 McGregor has another poor kick-out and we are again under pressure. 49:00 Mendes is trying, but lacks any support. Barry is just peripheral to the game which is passing him by. Adam and Lafferty are lost. 50:00 Lafferty puts Bougherra in trouble and he concedes a corner. The game is poor - scrappy play all round now. 55:00 Burke replaces Adam – not before time! 57:00 Kingston shoots and forces a corner from McGregor, but Lafferty heads clear. 59:00 Rangers break down the right with Bougherra to Burke to Lafferty who wins a corner. Burke takes it and Weir heads it to himself and then crosses for Boyd to beat the goalkeeper, but his header goes over the top. 61:00 A good Rangers move is wasted when Burke shoots way over. Was it a cross? More scrappy play as the game moves forward. 64:00 Mendes tries a shot, but is wide again. 65:00 A poor ball by B Ferguson sets up a heart attack. Rangers are pressing, but it is generally poor play with few openings at goal. 70:00 Lee Wallace fouls Burke and is given a yellow card. The free kick results in a corner to Rangers, but Hearts clear the danger. 71:50 Novo is on for JCD. Again about time, but this is Walter’s standard substitution. We seem to have problems at throw-ins. Never anyone free and Broadfoot is taking ages to make up his mind. 75:00 Another foul by Lee Wallace and another yellow. Hearts are down to 10 men with 15 minutes left to play in regulation time. The free kick leads to a series of Rangers corners, but we cannot take advantage. Generally our poor build up play is letting us down. Far too many long hopeful balls from out of the defence. 82:00 Mendes to Whittaker whose cross finds Lafferty who sets up Boyd with a very difficult ball. The shot goes over and it is a goal kick to Hearts. 84:00 A hearts corner and Obua who replaced Nade, heads over. 86:00 A head flick by Boyd, but the goalkeeper beats Novo to the ball. Time runs out for a poor Rangers team after 4 minutes of injury time. FINAL SCORE : Hearts 2 – 1 Rangers Rangers Team today: McGregor: Looked shaky again today. Has to dominate his 6-yard box and come off his line for crosses. Failed to do so. Rangers Media score: 5.0 points Broadfoot: Poor game overall Rangers Media score: 5.0 points Bougherra: Poor game and gave away two free kicks which led to both Heart's goals. Rangers Media Score: 4.0 points Weir: Shaky looking all game and was nowhere when Hearts scored twice from free kicks. Rangers Media score: 4.5 points Whittaker: Poor game and was booked. Rangers Media score: 4.5 points Lafferty: Not good enough. Rangers Media score: 4.5 points Mendes: As usual all over the pitch. Played rather poorly by his standards. He had no support. Rangers Media score: 5.5 points Ferguson: Never looked fully fit. A passenger. Rangers Media score: 4.0 points Adam: Poor game. Substituted after 55 minutes. Rangers Media score 4.0 points JCD: No service, but poor. Rangers Media score: 4.5 points Boyd: Not at his best, but almost scored and this led to an own goal by Hearts. Rangers Media score 5.0 points Substitutes: Burke: On for Adam after 55 minutes. Tried hard. Added width. Rangers Media score: 5.0 points Novo: On after 71 minutes for JCD. Should have been on much earlier. Rangers Media score: 4.0 points Manager: Walter should/must have known from last week against Aberdeen that this midfield would struggle again, yet made no changes. No width or pace from Adam and Lafferty and Ferguson was once more a passenger. How can you expect to win with this set up? He replaced Adam after 55 minutes, but waited until 71 minutes to bring on Novo and did not use his remaining substitute although Barry was not in the game. Rangers Media score 4.00 Man of the Match: Mendes with a 5.5 rating!! Really no one deserved a MOTM award today. Well done for struggling through this; it must have been hard and let me say you are obviously far too nice and far to kind regarding several of these "players". Can you imagine how the players of the fifties and sixties would have reacted if some of their team produced this type of performance? 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nvager 498 Posted November 29, 2008 Author Share Posted November 29, 2008 The marks are pretty low overall. It was a hard task even writing this. I really did not feel like trying to describe this so called football match. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvager 498 Posted November 29, 2008 Author Share Posted November 29, 2008 Written by Nvager Saturday, November 29, 2008 . Hearts vs Rangers at Tynecastle, Edinburgh The team has been announced. Bougherra replaces McCulloch, but other than that it is the same team that struggled mightily vs Aberdeen at Ibrox last Saturday, with Lafferty and Adam wide in midfield. This team lacks pace and width and we had all better hope that Barry Ferguson has regained some form as he was way off the pace last week. Hearts come out of the box looking “well up for this game”. Rangers do not look comfortable on the ball. 0:30 Driver forces a save from McGregor. 1:50 Easy save as a Boyd header from a Broadfoot cross floats into the goalkeeper’s hands. 4:00 A Driver pass sets up a ruckus in the Rangers box as Hearts pile on the pressure. 6:00 Adam catches Kingston on the ankle for a free kick to Hearts. 7:00 Mendes robs Driver of the ball, when he was in a dangerous position near our penalty area. 7:19 Free kick Hearts, but it is cleared. 7:50 A bad pass by Whittaker out of defence sets up yet another Hearts attack. 9:12 Another foul by Adam. Another free kick to Hearts – cleared. 10:00 A long throw by Hearts leads to a corner. It is an in swinger that just goes over the bar. 11:43 A foul by Whittaker. The Hearts free kick is cleared. !3:30 A free kick to Rangers, but Boyd’s effort is wide. 15:00 Some Rangers pressure in a move involving Boyd, Broadfoot and Lafferty, but Broadfoot’s final shot is way wide. 18:23 Mendes pass is just too long for Broadfoot. 19:00 Bougherra gives away a free kick by fouling Aguiar. The free kick is headed in at the back post and blocked by Bougherra, but the ball breaks loose and Zaliukas scores with a shot from close range. Where was the Rangers defence? Only Bougherra seemed to be involved. McGregor has to come out for free kicks. He is stationary. Hearts 1 – 0 Rangers 21:00 Another Hearts freekick again given away by Bougherra and again it is not cleared. Headed back in this time for Kingston to score. Same questions arise regarding our defence and McGregor. What do we practice at Murray Park? Hearts 2 – 0 Rangers It is a very poor display so far with only Mendes attempting to play any football and getting no help. Our tactics are boot it up the park. No cohesion at all. Is Barry playing? Are Rangers playing? A miracle is needed and guess what? 25:00 Rangers win a free kick and a forward bounce is glanced off Boyd’s forehead. The ball takes a big bounce and comes down from the crossbar where Kariridis in trying to clear scores an own goal. Hearts 2 – 1 Rangers. 31:00 A poor ball by Barry gives Hearts a goal kick. Some poor kick-outs by A McGregor and another poor ball by Bougherra does not cheer up the away support. Rangers try to come back, but the play is generally very poor and scrappy. 39:00 Aguiar sets up Kingston for a good shot, but McGregor saves it. 41:00 Mendes tries to get something going in the Hearts box but is unlucky and it results in a goal kick to Hearts. 42:00 Mendes is taken down just outside the Hearts penalty area. Mendes takes the free kick, which is punched clear by the Heart’s goalkeeper. 43:00 K Boyd is booked for persistent fouling. 44:00 A poor ball by Adam stops a promising Rangers move. 45:00 Poor play by Whittaker – again – results in a yellow card. 46:00 JCD breaks forward, but his final pass is very poor. 46:00 HALF TIME: Hearts 2 – 1 Rangers It was a very poor first half from Rangers with scrappy play and too many players off form. We lack pace and width. The whole team looks stale. Mendes is our only player that looks to have any football ability, and he too has had better games. We seem to have no cohesion and panic too easily. 47:00 Mendes shoots and it looks like a deflection, but a goal kick is given. 47:50 Rangers playing too many long balls. 48:00 McGregor has another poor kick-out and we are again under pressure. 49:00 Mendes is trying, but lacks any support. Barry is just peripheral to the game which is passing him by. Adam and Lafferty are lost. 50:00 Lafferty puts Bougherra in trouble and he concedes a corner. The game is poor - scrappy play all round now. 55:00 Burke replaces Adam – not before time! 57:00 Kingston shoots and forces a corner from McGregor, but Lafferty heads clear. 59:00 Rangers break down the right with Bougherra to Burke to Lafferty who wins a corner. Burke takes it and Weir heads it to himself and then crosses for Boyd to beat the goalkeeper, but his header goes over the top. 61:00 A good Rangers move is wasted when Burke shoots way over. Was it a cross? More scrappy play as the game moves forward. 64:00 Mendes tries a shot, but is wide again. 65:00 A poor ball by B Ferguson sets up a heart attack. Rangers are pressing, but it is generally poor play with few openings at goal. 70:00 Lee Wallace fouls Burke and is given a yellow card. The free kick results in a corner to Rangers, but Hearts clear the danger. 71:50 Novo is on for JCD. Again about time, but this is Walter’s standard substitution. We seem to have problems at throw-ins. Never anyone free and Broadfoot is taking ages to make up his mind. 75:00 Another foul by Lee Wallace and another yellow. Hearts are down to 10 men with 15 minutes left to play in regulation time. The free kick leads to a series of Rangers corners, but we cannot take advantage. Generally our poor build up play is letting us down. Far too many long hopeful balls from out of the defence. 82:00 Mendes to Whittaker whose cross finds Lafferty who sets up Boyd with a very difficult ball. The shot goes over and it is a goal kick to Hearts. 84:00 A hearts corner and Obua who replaced Nade, heads over. 86:00 A head flick by Boyd, but the goalkeeper beats Novo to the ball. Time runs out for a poor Rangers team after 4 minutes of injury time. FINAL SCORE : Hearts 2 – 1 Rangers Rangers Team today: McGregor: Looked shaky again today. Has to dominate his 6-yard box and come off his line for crosses. Failed to do so. Rangers Media score: 5.0 points Broadfoot: Poor game overall Rangers Media score: 5.0 points Bougherra: Poor game and gave away two free kicks which led to both Heart's goals. Rangers Media Score: 4.0 points Weir: Shaky looking all game and was nowhere when Hearts scored twice from free kicks. Rangers Media score: 4.5 points Whittaker: Poor game and was booked. Rangers Media score: 4.5 points Lafferty: Not good enough. Rangers Media score: 4.5 points Mendes: As usual all over the pitch. Played rather poorly by his standards. He had no support. Rangers Media score: 5.5 points Ferguson: Never looked fully fit. A passenger. Rangers Media score: 4.0 points Adam: Poor game. Substituted after 55 minutes. Rangers Media score 4.0 points JCD: No service, but poor. Rangers Media score: 4.5 points Boyd: Not at his best, but almost scored and this led to an own goal by Hearts. Rangers Media score 5.0 points Substitutes: Burke: On for Adam after 55 minutes. Tried hard. Added width. Rangers Media score: 5.0 points Novo: On after 71 minutes for JCD. Should have been on much earlier. Rangers Media score: 4.0 points Manager: Walter should/must have known from last week against Aberdeen that this midfield would struggle again, yet made no changes. No width or pace from Adam and Lafferty and Ferguson was once more a passenger. How can you expect to win with this set up? He replaced Adam after 55 minutes, but waited until 71 minutes to bring on Novo and did not use his remaining substitute although Barry was not in the game. Rangers Media score 4.00 Man of the Match: Mendes with a 5.5 rating!! Really no one deserved a MOTM award today. Well done for struggling through this; it must have been hard and let me say you are obviously far too nice and far to kind regarding several of these "players". Can you imagine how the players of the fifties and sixties would have reacted if some of their team produced this type of performance? There would have been fisticuffs. Shearer would not have stood for that. Grieg neither. Davey Wilson had more guts than the entire team today. If Woodburn and Young were there today that would never have happened. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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