Celtic:
Gordon 9.5 - was fantastic today and would have been a 10 today if not for some poor distribution - those 2 saves in the second were simply world class
Lustig 7 - got forward had some good crosses but some of his defending was poor
Boyata 6 - both centre backs were poor for us today
Ajer 6 - see Boyata
Tierney 8 - one of our best outfield players some beautiful attacking play and saved us a few times
Brown 6 - midfield generally did not do enough today and gave the ball away to often until Ntcham came on
McGregor 7 - Best midfielder for us but still not good enough
Armstrong 6 - see brown
Forrest 7
Dembele 6 - looked uninterested today
Sinclair 6 - Needed our best players coming to this match and they did not work hard enough or deliver
Subs
Griffiths 6 - did not do a lot
Ntcham 9 - changed the match - rangers were dominating our midfield in the 2nd half and looking like scoring Ntcham's range of passing allowed us to gain some control and create some chances of our own - should have come on earlier
Rangers
Fodderingham 9 - some great saves in the 1st half
Tavernier 7 - some good defensive work but thought his final ball was poor
Wilson 8 - great defensive work
Bates 10 - came on after just 18 minutes and was just phenomenal just got to everything - has definitely worked himself into Rangers starting line-up with that performance
John 6.5
Candeias 10 - a workhorse both in defence and attack and for me that makes him my man of the match- incredible performance
Holt 6
McRorie 6
Kranjcrar 6 - poor 1st half but grew into it in the 2nd half
Windass 6
Merelos 0 - Brilliant performance by rangers but Merelos was awful - worst player on the pitch - and cost his side the win. Yes Gordon made some fantastic saves but Merelos's finishing was highland league level.
Match Ratings
posted on 30/12/17
Gordon 9.5 is generous. His saves were top notch but his passing was absolutely terrible. I was really happy each time he kicked it
posted on 30/12/17
Lol
posted on 30/12/17
This must be the guy that does the daily record ratings
posted on 30/12/17
Lustig 7 - got forward had some good crosses but some of his defending was poor
Was this an old game you were watching?
posted on 30/12/17
Gordon 7
Lustig 4
Boyata 6
Ajer 7
Tierney 6
Brown 7
McGregor 5
Armstrong 6
Forrest 5
Dembele 4
Sinclair 4
Subs
Griffiths 4
Ntcham 6
Very disappointing performance.
Sinclair, Dembele & Lustig were rotten, although lustig at least looked to be trying.
Gordon as usual shows his fantastic reflexes but his distribution was as woeful as ever.
McGregor lacked his usual composure and seemed to rush everything.
Brown was excellent defensively, but the attacking players around him just couldn't keep possession.
I felt like Tierney was left to patrol the entire left side of the pitch, no one seemed to be showing for the ball.
I thought Ajer handled the day well and would be very surprised if he doesn't become our first choice at cb.
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posted on 30/12/17
comment by Sjb1888 (U5188)
posted 2 minutes ago
Gordon 7
Lustig 4
Boyata 6
Ajer 7
Tierney 6
Brown 7
McGregor 5
Armstrong 6
Forrest 5
Dembele 4
Sinclair 4
Subs
Griffiths 4
Ntcham 6
Very disappointing performance.
Sinclair, Dembele & Lustig were rotten, although lustig at least looked to be trying.
Gordon as usual shows his fantastic reflexes but his distribution was as woeful as ever.
McGregor lacked his usual composure and seemed to rush everything.
Brown was excellent defensively, but the attacking players around him just couldn't keep possession.
I felt like Tierney was left to patrol the entire left side of the pitch, no one seemed to be showing for the ball.
I thought Ajer handled the day well and would be very surprised if he doesn't become our first choice at cb.
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Don't disagree with any of that.
posted on 30/12/17
My Rangers ratings
Foderingham 8 - reliable when called on.
Tavernier 9 - defended well and got some good crosses in
Alves 3 - didn't last long before going off injured
Bates 10 - didn't put foot wrong after replacing Alves. Really solid
Wilson 9 - solid but yellow card early had me concerned
John - 8 similar to tav, was getting joy v Lustig. Probably should've been gone to more
McCrorie 8 - struggled first half but much better in second
Holt 7 - was having it really difficult in first but also better in second half
Kranjcar 2 - really not in it bar one pass to Candeias
Candeias 8 - worked hard with tav and had some good crosses and tracked back well
Windass - 4 didn't really get much joy at all. Ineffective
Morelos 6 - in all the right places but no finish could've had a couple as well as an assist but greedy when needed to look up.
Pena 1 - barely involved
Herrera 0 - non factor.
posted on 30/12/17
Tavernier and John were your best players.
posted on 30/12/17
Morelos -6 miller, you forgot the minus.