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posted on 20/2/24

comment by Humble Hamish (U21959)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by whodunnit (U22710)
posted 14 minutes ago
comment by Humble Hamish (U21959)
posted 23 seconds ago
comment by whodunnit (U22710)

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So do you think if we draw away to Killie we wont win the league?

Because for me thats the only scenario it becomes a bad result in the grand scheme of things.

We drew away at Pittodrie but then so did celtic - so you can argue that it didnt damage our attempt to win the league. It was of course an opportunity missed but lets be realistic - we are still far from the finished article and have to expect bumps in the road.

I dont expect us to lose or draw to killie. I think we are capable of winning the game. I just get the feeling its going to be a real tough one for us and it wouldnt surprise me if we drop points. I wouldnt be devastated with a draw.
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we should be beating every team whose finances are dwarfed by us.

Anything but a win against any team outwith celtic home or away is a bad result.

I never said it would be easy, why are people assuming that? saying I think we will beat Hearts and Killie is not me saying they will be easy games. But games we should be winning and any game that we should win and dont is a bad result IMO.

If we win the league but draw against Livi at home will always be a bad result and not a decent or good result cos we won the league, it would still be a poor result.

To me you post says that you do expect us to beat Killie but for some reason are reluctant to say so.
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I dont EXPECT us to win at Killie. Certainly not in the way that I expected us to beat Ross Co or St J.

Of course we can win at Killie but I also think theres a decent chance we might drop points. And in the context of this seasons league challenge I dont think that would turn out to be a disaster.

I agree we should beat everyone whose finances are dwarfed by us. But I have watched enough football to know life isnt like that.

On their day Killie are more than capable of taking something from us.

If we win at killie its a great result.

Im a big picture pragmatist. Boring AF aye but means I dont get too high or too low. If we draw with Killie and win the league then its a great result
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I do expect to beat every team in the league outwith Celtic. And so does 99% of other fans, hence why we moan and say not good enough if we dont win them.

posted on 20/2/24

comment by HB Maybe Beale wasn't the mastermind (U21935)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by whodunnit (U22710)
posted 1 hour, 10 minutes ago

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If i had a free fiver I had to bet then I would bet, would I get a fiver out of my own pocket and bet on Rangers to win those two games, no I wouldn't.

I think they can and should but not confident enough to back them with my own money.
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what is your prediction for us v Hearts and Killie.

both 2-0 wins is what I predict. both lesser teams than us that we should be beating.

posted on 20/2/24

comment by HB Fash (U21935)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by whodunnit (U22710)
posted 1 hour, 10 minutes ago
comment by HB Maybe Beale wasn't the mastermind (U21935)
posted 1 minute ago
We’re going to drop points, these are two tough games.

Some fans are wary of those fixtures with good reason and don’t share your confidence. We hope you’re right but knowing our team and lack of clinical edge I can understand why.

Get through those two unscathed and the confidence will grow. Both are big games for us right now and both would be a big 3 points.
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be wary yeah , but we will be favourites and like I said I dont understand why the lack in confidence, if you gave a fan a free 5 quid bet and evens odds for either team, the money would go on us.

We will be favourites and rightly so, are you saying you dont think we will win them both?

I dont think we will drop points before the OF.
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If i had a free fiver I had to bet then I would bet, would I get a fiver out of my own pocket and bet on Rangers to win those two games, no I wouldn't.

I think they can and should but not confident enough to back them with my own money.
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if your saying you would bet on us to beat them with that free bet then it means you expect us to win


No idea why thats so hard for some to say.

posted on 20/2/24

If I had to put serious money of my own on how many points we will come out of those two with I would go 4.

Just can't see them being two routine victories. Would fooking love it but there are tough tests in the post.

posted on 20/2/24

comment by HB Fash (U21935)
posted 1 minute ago
If I had to put serious money of my own on how many points we will come out of those two with I would go 4.

Just can't see them being two routine victories. Would fooking love it but there are tough tests in the post.
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im not asking serious money , your own serious money brings risk into it and can hinder you.

A free bet on evens odds, very few would pick Killie to win that. and that answers the question IMO.

Who said routine victories why do people keep adding stuff?

posted on 20/2/24

2-0s are routine victories no?

I think you are getting worked up over nothing. You predict we win both games 2-0, some of us aren't so confident.

We think we should be able to win but we've seen enough football to try avoid predicting two difficult games because it usually doesn't end well.

posted on 20/2/24

Our next games are:
Hearts (H)
Killie (A)
Motherwell (H)
Dundee (A)
Hibs (H)

which ones do people expect us to drop points in?

posted on 20/2/24

comment by HB Fash (U21935)
posted 33 seconds ago
2-0s are routine victories no?

I think you are getting worked up over nothing. You predict we win both games 2-0, some of us aren't so confident.

We think we should be able to win but we've seen enough football to try avoid predicting two difficult games because it usually doesn't end well.
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2-0 victories routine victories - no not at all please explain why 2-0 means routine victory?

there have been plenty of 2-0 wins iv seen teams win that were far from routine.for eg when celtic beat St Mirren 2-0 it was far from routine, St Mirren had same attempts at goal Hart made some top saves.

posted on 20/2/24

Fook sake, you're a boring bastirt

posted on 20/2/24

and anyway .... We had Beale (Lammers and Dessers), if our team was miles behind in Oct, we all thought at minimum league would be a long shot, and to now be top going into the final sections of the season.

Sorry but if you cant get excited by that then your miserable IMO !!

posted on 20/2/24

comment by HB Fash (U21935)
posted 1 minute ago
Fook sake, you're a boring bastirt
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aye ok, I made a prediction , you told me to calm down and stop getting carried away. I explained my reasons.

If you can tell me what games you expect us to drop points in then I will accept your accusations of getting carried away. If you in turn say that you dont expect us to win the games put up then you have a point. If you cant then you are in agreement with me that you dont thikn we will drop points.

posted on 20/2/24

Yesterday FFS.

You're still fooking droning on

posted on 20/2/24

comment by HB Fash (U21935)
posted 6 minutes ago
Yesterday FFS.

You're still fooking droning on
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your commenting on it annol FFS !! lol can you not see the hypocrisy in that comment !?!

Im sure you never go back to threads from a day old. There is no new threads on here today!

posted on 20/2/24

but instead of having a go at my opinion that I have backed up multiple times now, explain yours.

You dont expect us to win the next games up to the OF. and are having a right go at me for suggesting it.

Tell me where Im wrong , what game do you expect us not to win?

posted on 20/2/24

The first 2 games are the ones where if we do slip up it will be those matches.

Hearts are on good form with a striker who is in a hot streak of form.

Might only take a shankland finish and we could be up against it as we do miss a fair amount of chances.

If we hit top form we should be too good for killie, slightly off, down there on that pitch, usually a really tough game.

I can see where fash is coming from, we are not at the point where we can presume to beat teams in form.

We hardly ever steam roller any team.

posted on 20/2/24

Mental that whodunnit is agreeing we will drop points but then questioning anyone who says the same by asking them to commit to what games we will drop them in.

As football has shown several times, it is unlikely to work by logic. We could beat Hearts and Killie then be sloppy at home to Motherwell, have 43 shots on goal and throw away an equaliser to a 93rd minute set piece. Football is a funny game.

The reality is we're in a great place and would have bit your hand off for this position a few months ago. But the business end of the season hasn't yet begun. In a few weeks time we will go back to playing in Europe and two games a week. We don't know how this group will handle the intensity of being at the top and a totally different type of pressure on them. We haven't beaten Celtic this season yet and still have to play them twice.

No one is saying they aren't backing the team or happy with where we are but the reality is there is a long long way to go and we have a number of obstacles to clear.

posted on 20/2/24

Again people adding things to what I have said.

Iv said I expect us to beat those teams in those fixtures coming up.

nothing about "routine" wins, nothing about steam rolling teams.

Just that I expect that we will win the next 5. Seems like Im the only bear on here that has those expectations?

Again no one has said what game they expect us to drop points in to go against my prediction just that im wrong.

posted on 20/2/24

comment by whodunnit (U22710)
posted 39 seconds ago
Again people adding things to what I have said.

Iv said I expect us to beat those teams in those fixtures coming up.

nothing about "routine" wins, nothing about steam rolling teams.

Just that I expect that we will win the next 5. Seems like Im the only bear on here that has those expectations?

Again no one has said what game they expect us to drop points in to go against my prediction just that im wrong.


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Because its impossible to predict what game anyone will drop points in. On paper Rangers win 34/38 games a season and only the OF games are hard to call. But I have never seen in my lifetime a Rangers or Celtic team with that record.

If it was possible to predict the outcome of the next 5 games we would all be millionaires. Its possible Rangers win the next 5 and equally possible Celtic win the next 5 which does nothing to change the table or take us any further clear. Its possible Rangers win every game until the next OF yet don't top the league after that game.

We just know that statistically the likelihood of going that number of games with full points is unlikely hence the view that its a big ask.

posted on 20/2/24

comment by whodunnit (U22710)
posted 57 seconds ago
Again people adding things to what I have said.

Iv said I expect us to beat those teams in those fixtures coming up.

nothing about "routine" wins, nothing about steam rolling teams.

Just that I expect that we will win the next 5. Seems like Im the only bear on here that has those expectations?

Again no one has said what game they expect us to drop points in to go against my prediction just that im wrong.


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I think it's fair to say that in isolation we should expect to win all those games.

It's also fair to say that this squad aren't perfect and there's a few tough ties in there that could see a set back

Both points can be true.

Fight!

posted on 20/2/24

comment by Gersmid (U22273)
posted 1 minute ago
Mental that whodunnit is agreeing we will drop points but then questioning anyone who says the same by asking them to commit to what games we will drop them in.

As football has shown several times, it is unlikely to work by logic. We could beat Hearts and Killie then be sloppy at home to Motherwell, have 43 shots on goal and throw away an equaliser to a 93rd minute set piece. Football is a funny game.

The reality is we're in a great place and would have bit your hand off for this position a few months ago. But the business end of the season hasn't yet begun. In a few weeks time we will go back to playing in Europe and two games a week. We don't know how this group will handle the intensity of being at the top and a totally different type of pressure on them. We haven't beaten Celtic this season yet and still have to play them twice.

No one is saying they aren't backing the team or happy with where we are but the reality is there is a long long way to go and we have a number of obstacles to clear.
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its not really cos I say in the next 5 games I dont expect us to drop points. between now and the rest of the season we still have celtic twice and I dont think I can say I expect to win those two games. hence why not expecting us to no drop points from now to the end of the season but between now and the next OF no one has told me what game we shouldnt expect to win.


Again Smid you are twisting and adding $ht to what I said. I dont see us dropping points between now and the OF not the rest of the season. its quite clear I have said that multiple times yet you keep twisting it.

You or anyone else has failed to tell me what game you expect us to drop points between now and the next OF.

posted on 20/2/24

Top of the league for the first time in dunkies and you are all arguing.

Well in, ya fat glmps

posted on 20/2/24

comment by JFK (U8919)
posted 1 minute ago
Top of the league for the first time in dunkies and you are all arguing.

Well in, ya fat glmps
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Mind the gap

posted on 20/2/24

comment by super phoenix rangers - comments on this forum are not mine but a fictionalised version loosely based on someone similar to me (U14864)
posted 8 seconds ago
comment by whodunnit (U22710)
posted 57 seconds ago
Again people adding things to what I have said.

Iv said I expect us to beat those teams in those fixtures coming up.

nothing about "routine" wins, nothing about steam rolling teams.

Just that I expect that we will win the next 5. Seems like Im the only bear on here that has those expectations?

Again no one has said what game they expect us to drop points in to go against my prediction just that im wrong.


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I think it's fair to say that in isolation we should expect to win all those games.

It's also fair to say that this squad aren't perfect and there's a few tough ties in there that could see a set back

Both points can be true.

Fight!
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do you exect us to drop points in any of these games?

its just a pediction, ffs Mags was right.

too many people waiting to have a go and not actually give their own prediction.

Just about everyone on here telling my Im wring to expect us to win the next games but cant tell me where I am wrong in that expectation, just that Im wrong.

Never said it would be routine, never said we would steam roller them, never said it would be easy, never said we wont drop points til the end of the season.



posted on 20/2/24

SPR Im not saying that you are the person(s) that is saying that or adding things onto what I think.

posted on 20/2/24

comment by Gersmid (U22273)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by JFK (U8919)
posted 1 minute ago
Top of the league for the first time in dunkies and you are all arguing.

Well in, ya fat glmps
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Mind the gap
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Gap in yer maws teeth it bigger.

For now

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