Roger Hanna
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and like he says he's got a fantastic catalogue of goals in a Rangers jersey but I mean that would have been pretty special to beat Alexander Swallow out of there but I must admit Gordon Mikey Moore he's such a big player for Rangers he's found himself in a couple of promising positions now and took the wrong option turned into a body ran the ball out and been crowded out I
I think he's been such a key player for Rangers in that final third and you almost feel like he has to play well at times for Rangers to create a certain amount of chances but at this moment in time he's not doing enough in that area of the pitch There's a throw in by the left corner flag so that's a long way for James Tavernier to come over and take but he will
yeah as I saw one that's the thing about these long throws your biggest chance of scoring is for the second phase of the long throw because it's so difficult to generate any power on it and like it says Emmanuel Fernandes does ever so well to get up meet it great timing but so difficult to then generate any power to beat Alexander Swallow but
Rangers need a reaction like I said at the top of the show for me if this finishes a draw we predicted 1-1 Roger and I at the start of the show if it finishes a draw for me Rangers are out of it so they have to find a reaction from somewhere and one thing's for sure like we said they were the better side the first half but never created a whole load of chances they have to create a lot more in the remainder of the 30 minutes to win this game
that looks as if it's a ball that should run out for a throw in for Rangers and you know Chukwani's 80-20 but he makes it difficult for him he tries to keep it in play for Hearts but Chukwani does well just to shield it out of play as there's another stoppage for I think a head knock again
And do you know what?
Gordon, it's roles reversed in terms of it's now Harps that are landing on the first and the second ball and Rangers are just slashing the ball up the pitch and giving it away.
I mean there's a real sort of lack of direction and composure for the Rangers side I thought in the first half specifically the last 20 minutes they managed to set up with the game started to string a few passes together but it's completely roles reversed at this moment the possession is remarkable because even in their pump Hearts are not necessarily a possession based team but they had 36% in the first half and 76% in the second
yeah I actually don't know what he was trying to do I think he didn't realise he had much more time than he did as this corner's coming in yeah Rangers do well to clear it but what I was going to say Gordon in the build up in the lead up to that corner
accredited Rangers as Mikey Moore's in oh this could be a big moment Mikey Moore he's got the better of Kizaridis now a corner at the other end so accredited Rangers in the first half that you know I think Rangers have always been a kind of well a direct side but sometimes they set up as if they want to play then they go direct and then there's not enough bodies around the ball now I said in the first half Rangers are committing bodies forward they're playing forward and they're getting first balls and second balls
that was a perfect scenario what they do too often for me Jack Butler's got the ball and all three Rangers midfielders have came to the ball and Jack Butler then goes long and that only leads to one thing it leads to Hearts winning the first ball the second ball and leads them on to attack where they get that corner and the last couple of occasions Rangers delivery's not been great so they'll be hoping for a better delivery for this corner James Tavernier getting a warm welcome from some of the females down in the corner
well Jack Butler he's never been renowned for his distribution but there's no pressure on him he's got his ball at his feet and he's kicked it all the way through to Alexander Swallow he's tried to direct it over at the touchline where Charmitty is gets it all wrong straight down the middle and again Hart's regained control as I think it's Jedi Gassama that's getting stripped to come on
Is that a shot?
Yeah, I think he shoots.
I don't know if he gets the opportunity to look up and see.
I mean, Rangers just can't keep a hold of the ball at all.
Yeah, but you do feel as if Rangers are going to score a goal, it's going to come from one of these situations.
Because for open play, I can't actually specifically think if they've created a chance from open play in the opening 67 minutes, all their chances have came from set pieces.
But usually the ever-reliable James Tavner with set pieces got a couple wrong already in this second half as he floats one into the back post.
It appears so, especially at this...