Rant

First and foremost, get well soon Tony. Hearing that the injury is not dissimilar to that suffered by ex-Arsenal striker Eduardo. Also, this writer attaches no blame to Broadfoot, the tackle was a legal one.

However, as the title suggests, there is a rant to be had tonight.

The "performance" of Rangers tonight, and the "tactics" used by the geriatric Walter Smith deserve the most fierce condemnation. Absolutely no attacking intent was displayed, with the sole aim of stopping their opponents. The term "anti-football" has been thrown at them. While I myself am reluctant to use it, one thing is true.

This is not football.

What appals this writer, though, is the reaction to this. Tomorrow's back pages (and probably a couple of front ones, too) will praise Rangers for "a superb defensive performance" and the like. The usual meaningless buzz-words forever associated with Scottish football, "commitment", "desire", "determination", will no doubt be bandied about. The brutal hacks of Lee McCulloch (the worst of which earned him a yellow card in injury-time. It could very easily have been red) will be glossed over as the "spirit" and "composure" of 874-year-old David Weir are praised to the hilt, overlooking the fact that his total lack of pace forces his teams to play incredibly deep to avoid him being exposed.

In a continuation of this theme, I think we all know that the Rangers approach will be adopted by Scotland next month against Czech Republic and Spain. Mercifully, McCulloch is suspended for the Czech Republic game. Even still, playing this way this writer finds it difficult to love the national team under prgamatic coach Craig Levein, and would be ashamed if United or County ever adopted anything like such an eye-wateringly grim approach.

You shoulf enjoy your football. When your team's playing Rangers though, it's difficult