Time for the Rangers supporters to have a long overdue reality check to understand how Celtic fought back to take and make a point…
Celtic completed a terrific comeback on Sunday at Ibrox, to keep alive our title dream, and at the same time put a huge dent in the latest Ibrox club’s title ambitions. Which as you know, was quite enjoyable the way things turned around.
The Ibrox side however, have resorted to doing what they do best, and that is to deflect from their own failings and vulnerabilities by suggesting they were somehow ‘cheated’ out of victory due to certain decisions they reckon should have gone their way.
A reasonably competently day for referee and VAR team
To the many neutrals who observed proceedings, they would have noticed that the game passed without too much serious controversy, and the referee and VAR team done their jobs reasonably competently for once. Although like every game of football, there was a couple of questionable decisions that went under the radar, ironically ones that went in favour of the home side. Not that theRangers supporters want to mention the ignored incidents inside their box when Liam Scales and Sebastian Tounekti were hauled down inside their penalty area.
Even the numerous refereeing panels in the media deemed all incidents in the game to have been handled correctly. More notably, not one pundit or hack has questioned the officiating in the aftermath of the event.
Danny Rohl clutching at straws questioning the stonewall penalty
😮 After a VAR check, Celtic are awarded a penalty ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/vx0cNqrVC8
— Sky Sports Scotland (@ScotlandSky) March 1, 2026
That’s still not enough for the frustrated, raging Bears, who are looking for someone to blame for their side failing to produce the goods in a big game yet again. Something that was give extra fuel by Ibrox boss Danny Rohl, who unsurprisingly read from the Ibrox manager playbook and questioned the decision to award Celtic a last minute spot kick, even though it was unanimously agreed that is was the correct call.
The only ones to blame for their woes are their players and their manager. Letting a two goal home lead slip from their grasp and against what they claim is one of the worst Celtic sides in living memory, is a massive factor. Don’t you think?
Momentum from a two goal half-time squandered
TheRangers side who took to the field on Sunday cost many millions to assemble, a fraction of the cost of a Celtic side decimated by injuries and suspension that was selected by Martin O’Neill. They were well equipped and better prepared than ourselves, they had home advantage, and the momentum yet still squandered a two goal half-time lead and were in the end fortunate that Celtic didn’t score a few more goals. Then the meltdown would have been off the scale.
Is all that the fault of the officials? No of course not. The penalty was flagged up by VAR which was led by Steven McLean, a known supporter of the Ibrox clubs. Likewise the match referee John Beaton. So you can rule out conspiracies with these two who had already chosen to ignore the earlier instances that had they happened at the other end would most likely have had a very different outcome.
Rohl’s team were architects of their own misfortune
The reality of the situation is that the squandering of two points is all on the home side who were the architects of their own misfortune as is so often the case with the latest Ibrox club. It’s time they looked more closer to home to understand the real reason why they always seem to bottle it when they are involved in a title race with Celtic.
This season it’s a three or maybe even a four horse race for the title with numerous matches between the contenders to come.
Scottish Premiership title race one of Europe’s most exciting
Celtic and Hearts have home games against Motherwell to come. Post split Celtic will play theRangers and Hearts at Celtic Park and Motherwell away. TheRangers will also have to go to Tynecastle to play Hearts and will face Motherwell at Ibrox. Hearts have still to play away games at Celtic, Motherwell and Hibs post split and will play theRangers away.
There’s potential for points being dropped all over the place and it’s the team with the nerve, the form and perhaps the experience of getting a title over the line that may well come out on top. Hearts currently have an advantage and they will be watching their three rivals closely. At the moment the one they’ll fear the most is Celtic. If the Champions can win tonight at Pittodrie they’ll leapfrog theRangers into second place and will then focus on chasing down Hearts for the title.
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Game management was our biggest winner at that toxic shithole.
Not to many times we can make such claims this season to date imo?
We certainly haven’t made things easier for ourselves in that regards this season. But continuing with the blame game as to why?
Isn’t going to achieve anything for ourselves either at this stage imo?
The focus has to remain upon our own desire, which has bought encouraging signs recently, especially with gaining more positive results, than setbacks?
We know we are some distance away from being perfect, but such a desire to gain results is potentially growing, which is a massive weapon for ourselves to possess.
Better than all of our other contenders?
Still believe so, myself anyway.
Not to mention soutar was booked after his fourth foul, had he been booked earlier he would have to go. So Beaton and var helped the huns