Saturday 22 January 2011

Now I'm Not One To Gloat

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However a quick scan of the Scottish Premier League shows that while the Heart of Midlothian lie in third place the wee team, the one renowned for their 'flair,' lies second from bottom, a mere three points above Hamilton Accies. This is so sad that I am having to wipe tears from my eyes as I write.  

1 Celtic....................... 22 16 4 2 46 14 32 52           
2 Rangers................... 20 15 2 3 44 20 24 47           
3 Hearts......................21 14 3 4 36 16 20 45           
4 Kilmarnock.............. 22 9 5 8 35 25 10 32           
5 I.C. Thistle............... 23 7 8 8 31 28 3 29           
6 Motherwell.............. 21 8 4 9 26 25 1 28           
7 Dundee United ........18 6 7 5 21 24 -3 25           
8 St Johnstone............ 20 6 5 9 14 26 -12 23           
9 Aberdeen.................21 6 2 13 21 39 -18 20           
10 St Mirren................. 21 4 5 12 17 35 -18 17           
11 Hibernian................ 21 4 4 13 21 37 -16 16           
12 Hamilton Accies....... 20 2 7 11 13 36 -23 13  

  
The defeat of Rangers did however show up the lack of depth in the squad. Kyle being injured left us short and while we eventually won that had more to do with the failure of the Ibrox side to take the several chances we gave them in the first half. The players failed in the tackle, failed to pass properly and appeared devoid of ideas at times. Rangers hassling crowded out the skilful ones and the rest were too busy making mistakes to help. The second have produced a much better performance and the game was very equal then. For a neutral it went from one end to the other but for the fan it became very tense in the last few minutes. I was happy to see the ref refuse to run after the blue bigots as they have done so often in the past. There were areas to improve but overall he was not too bad. However we need to improve for Wednesday, but we can win that also! The futures bright, the futures maroooooooooooon! 


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7 comments:

Mike Smith said...

Hearts didn't play well but got the win - the sign of champions? It's still a long shot but it is a possibility - who would have thought that a year ago?

Anonymous said...

what colour did you say the future was?

Anonymous said...

Blimey. 31 points out of the last 33!

How much would non OF fans (except Hibees of course) love to see the Jams doing it?

Very much is the answer!!

Adullamite said...

Mike, Vast improvement in a year.

Ken, fit's fit min? It's Maroooooon!

Rab, A possibility, but still far off I reckon.

Anonymous said...

Ken, fit's fit min? It's Maroooooon!

that's very kind of you. I'll have a pint of Deuchars IPA. Cheers

boom boom!

Adullamite said...

Aaaaaaarrrrgh! I walked into that!

Martyn said...

Graham the table makes good reading for you and Scottish football. It's about time someone took on the big two.