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The situation has changed slightly but ultimately not alot. Now we have 5 games to play and must win them all. Our margin for error is gone. We have 2 home games to play in the next 7 days and then 3 away games thereafter. Hopefully the anxiety of not being able to beat Hibs and throw away a life will push the team into ensuring they still have the appetite for the league title.
We trail by 7 points with 3 games in hand. By Saturday night we will be looking now for that gap to be down to 1 point with 1 game in hand- with Celtic of course playing the following day. At home we must go out and play to win from the off. We cannot afford to be sitting at half time waiting to be rallied, or awakened. To do that Walter must get his tactics right this time. They were wrong at Easter Road and at home against a 4-3-3 of Motherwell he must surely now stick with his 4-4-2 and go for it.
And these two home games should in theory not be a problem. We are the best in the SPL on our own turf at this point in time. 16 wins in 17 matches is testament to that- nobody comes close. Motherwell though have actually won as many games as us on the road so will be no pushover. But win we must.
Self confessed Celtic supporter Mark McGhee will no doubt shuffle his pack for the visit to Ibrox from the team that lost out to Celtic at the weekend. He'll probably bring back his first choice goalkeeper and the two former Rangers players who are usually mainstays in his team- Hughes and McCormack. It's a game McGhee will be determined to win to get his side into Europe, help his wee ginger pal and also because if you support one side of the old firm you want to beat the other side no matter what club you are involved with.
For Rangers it's simple. Win here or forfeit the title.
We trail by 7 points with 3 games in hand. By Saturday night we will be looking now for that gap to be down to 1 point with 1 game in hand- with Celtic of course playing the following day. At home we must go out and play to win from the off. We cannot afford to be sitting at half time waiting to be rallied, or awakened. To do that Walter must get his tactics right this time. They were wrong at Easter Road and at home against a 4-3-3 of Motherwell he must surely now stick with his 4-4-2 and go for it.
And these two home games should in theory not be a problem. We are the best in the SPL on our own turf at this point in time. 16 wins in 17 matches is testament to that- nobody comes close. Motherwell though have actually won as many games as us on the road so will be no pushover. But win we must.
Self confessed Celtic supporter Mark McGhee will no doubt shuffle his pack for the visit to Ibrox from the team that lost out to Celtic at the weekend. He'll probably bring back his first choice goalkeeper and the two former Rangers players who are usually mainstays in his team- Hughes and McCormack. It's a game McGhee will be determined to win to get his side into Europe, help his wee ginger pal and also because if you support one side of the old firm you want to beat the other side no matter what club you are involved with.
For Rangers it's simple. Win here or forfeit the title.