Probably sharing a hastily put together script, James Tavernier told Viaplay Sports viewers about the apparent standards that his club have.
In the 70th minute of the Scottish Cup tie against Partick Thistle Malik Tillman took possession from an opponent preparing to return the ball, ran in on goal and scored against the Championship side.
The Thistle players were furious, seeing the danger Micky Beale ordered his players to allow their opponents to score directly from the restart.
Afterwards Beale and Tavernier were basking in the PR of being such great sportsmen in a win-win situation. Strangely their reactions just over three years ago at Hampden against Celtic in the League Cup Final were very different.
Rangers doing a Tillman to Celtic.
Looks to me to be the closing stages of the League Cup final.Celtic down to 10 men, and Rangers do a Tillman.
— Lint (@Zeshankenzo) February 14, 2023
As Willie Collum decided not to notice Alfredo Morelos follow through on Chris Jullien the Celtic players, down to 10 men after Jeremy Frimpong was red carded, put the ball out to allow the defender treatment. At Ibrox Tillman didn’t have to go off the pitch after treatment, Collum insisted that Jullien went off leaving Celtic down to nine men when play restarted.
Super Sportsman Tav was on the pitch, lovely bloke Beale was in the Technical Area with Mister Gerrard with the Ibrox side retaining possession and trying to force an equaliser.
Stop what you’re doing right now and watch this! ?
Malik Tillman gives Rangers the lead in controversial circumstances which infuriates the visitors ?
Michael Beale then steps in and orders his side to allow Partick Thistle to score ??#ScottishCup | @ScottishCup pic.twitter.com/iUOtLalNGO
— Viaplay Sports UK (@ViaplaySportsUK) February 12, 2023
?? “It wasn’t to our standards today which was disappointing”@RangersFC captain James Tavernier speaks after a dramatic Scottish Cup game ?#ScottishCup | @ScottishCup pic.twitter.com/jnnTYdAsQ1
— Viaplay Sports UK (@ViaplaySportsUK) February 12, 2023
FC Standards Allegedly. Sound like a well-known Belgian sports outfit…..
They cheated for years using ebt sideletters and beale comes out with shite again plus his new club claims the titles and cups they won before they got liquidated 2012 so mr beale why dont yous hand back the titles and cups yous have never won eh ya spoty ugly zombie fuckpig you even got gio the sack toget his job dirty lowlife bastard mr beale.
Tillman is a cheating bastard which is right up to their standards.
These cvnts don’t have any standards except try to win at all costs.
Why don’t they just go down to the local trophy store and buy a couple.
That’s all it really means to them and their fascist fans.
Now we’re the Club with the highest moral standards ever!
“Is A Long Way To Tipperary, Is A Long Way To Go, Without Your Mother…!”
The first player to take advantage of the unwritten rule of giving the ball back to the opposition ..most times the goalkeeper….WAS Barry Ferguson….he pushed his own player away… to kick the ball out of play as near to the corner flag as possible.. not the goalkeeper or an opposition player…who was the opposition on that occasion….. CELTIC … standards ….they have never had any