Early Glasgow Derby boost for theRangers as two main men set to make Celtic Park impact…
theRangers yesterday received an early boost for Sunday’s Glasgow Derby with the news that two of their keymen will be available for the trip to Celtic Park.
Fresh on from their moral boosting 6-0 thumping of the mighty Ross county, this is indeed a welcome boost to the latest Ibrox club.
Those two men are of course John and Andrew.
Collum sélects Beaton and Dallas for Glasgow Derby
That’s John Beaton who is of course a well known supporter of the Ibrox side, as is Andrew Dallas who will be operating VAR.
Both have never quite managed to hide their bias for Ibrox clubs over the years and it’s remarkable that they are still picked for such an important game giving their allegiances. They have been selected by the new Head of Referees Willie Collum so the appointment should surprise no-one. Willie Collum continually goes out of his way to appease those folk at Ibrox who often pick on Willie perhaps because of his faith.
Beaton wasn’t incompetent
John Beaton more so after his ‘incompetence’ last season at Tynecastle when he did his best to make sure we didn’t win the game. Jorge Grant and Lawrence Shankland may have scored the goals that saw us suffer defeat last March (the day after Motherwell won at Ibrox) but Beaton more than played his part and negated the damaged down the day before.
Brendan Rodgers called out Beaton after the game and duly received a one match ban for daring to suggest Beaton was guilty of ‘incompetence’, although the SFA had a point, Beaton wasn’t incompetent at all, he knew exactly what he had to do.
Nothing is going to change, nothing to see here
The fact that Beaton along with Dallas has been handed the first Derby of the season speak volumes on what we can all expect from Willie Collum. Nothing is going to change, nothing to see here.
However it’s not worth Celtic supporters getting too bothered about these appointments, we’re well used to it and it’s not stopped Celtic dominating this fixture, especially at Celtic Park.
And this weekend, due to the failure of their own board to carry out the work necessary at Ibrox to accommodate away supporters at their stadium, there will be no supporters of theRangers at the Glasgow Derby this weekend.
Kris Boyd not hopeful and Todd Cantwell’s £40-50m valuation
Not even Kris Boyd can force himself to be optimistic ahead of Sunday’s showdown, here’s his pre-match thoughts broadcast on Sky Sports earlier today…
In a week where Celtic sold a midfielder for £30m, maybe theRangers chances would be better if they could call upon a midfielder once valued at £40m – £50m. Watch this as the remarkable valuation is claimed.
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