Brave Kevin Thomson recovers from 'horror tackle' in time for UEFA Cup.

Stew · 31st March 2008, 6:32pm

Good news, everyone. After Georgios Samaras almost ended Kevin Thomson's career with a two footed lunge at waist-height, young, brave, Thomson has recovered just in time for the UEFA Cup game.

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Rangers' Old Firm hero Kevin Thomson has been given the all-clear for Thursday's Uefa Cup quarter-final against Sporting Lisbon. The midfielder was hurt in a challenge with Celtic's Georgios Samaras, but an X-ray revealed only soft tissue damage.

The midfielder was carried off on 77 minutes after his clash with Samaras, when he appeared to fall before the Celtic striker had made any contact. However, he was quick to defend himself against accusations of cheating. "To call me a cheat and a diver is outrageous because that kind of thing is just not in my nature," Thomson told the Daily Rangers. "I've had a look at the incident again on TV and I can see why people are saying I was trying to win a foul. But that's not cheating. "I had beaten Samaras with my first touch and I knew he was going to make contact with me. What was I supposed to do - jump out of his way? "If a striker is going through on a keeper and he knows he's going to get hit does he try to jump out of it or does he wait for the contact? "That's not cheating or diving, that's just part of football. So I'd be very disappointed if people levelled those kind of accusations at me. "I play the game with my heart on my sleeve - I'm not a con artist."

I'm Your God Now · 31st March 2008, 6:35pm

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The midfielder was hurt in a challenge with Celtic's Georgios Samaras

Obviously not as hurt as you seem to be with the result.

Timmy · 31st March 2008, 6:37pm

Should pass your words of wisdom onto mcgeady, nakamura, mcdonald, JVoH, Samaras and Brown. They all seem to get blown over like the wind when they are in an area naka can take freekicks from.

fracture4 · 31st March 2008, 6:53pm

that's funny, i don't remember brown going down for a penalty when whittaker clipped his heels in the box when he was in on the keeper.

I'm Your God Now · 31st March 2008, 6:57pm

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that's funny, i don't remember brown going down for a penalty when whittaker clipped his heels in the box when he was in on the keeper.

If he had any sense he would have. Only reason he didn't is because he's that fucking thick.

Syxx · 31st March 2008, 6:58pm

What was the score again?

fracture4 · 31st March 2008, 7:00pm

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Originally Posted by I'm Your God Now

If he had any sense he would have. Only reason he didn't is because he's that fucking thick.

aye, and if he was wearing blue you'd probably call it dignity.

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Originally Posted by Syxx

What was the score again?

top patter as usual. right enough, you probably you missed the score when you were away phoning the vicky infirmary to see if thomson was gonna make it, so incase you did, it was 1-0 to rangers.

I'm Your God Now · 31st March 2008, 7:02pm

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Originally Posted by fracture4

aye, and if he was wearing blue you'd probably call it dignity.

If he was wearing blue i'd be questioning what the laundry woman stuck in with Celtics' washing.

Syxx · 31st March 2008, 7:05pm

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Originally Posted by fracture4

it was 1-0 to rangers.

Good stuff.

fracture4 · 31st March 2008, 7:05pm

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Originally Posted by I'm Your God Now

If he was wearing blue i'd be questioning what the laundry woman stuck in with Celtics' washing.

and if he was wearing blue big derek johnstone wouldn't have resigned either... oh aye, that's right. dignity.

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Good stuff.

aye, better than your patter, that's for sure.

Timmy · 31st March 2008, 8:03pm

Whats derek johnstone really got to do with us?

Seriously...

and wow... brown didn't go down one time... prolly because you weren't behind. Remember against st mirren when it looked like it was gonna be 0-0... then a gust of wind outside the box blew naka over in the 86th minute. All fair and well when its your own team innit.

fracture4 · 31st March 2008, 8:11pm

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and wow... brown didn't go down one time... prolly because you weren't behind. Remember against st mirren when it looked like it was gonna be 0-0... then a gust of wind outside the box blew naka over in the 86th minute. All fair and well when its your own team innit.

oh aye, remember that time, remember, remember? pffft. at least try & keep it recent, like maybe the game we're actually talking about...

so by your reckoning brown doesn't go down when there is a foul because the score was level. thomson goes down when there isn't a foul you are 1 ahead. and that's the same, how?

endless psych · 31st March 2008, 8:18pm

"Here yowse lot are cheating bastards"

"So are yowse lot"

"Aye but I'm no talking about us lot I'm talking about yowse lot"

yadda yadda yadda ad infinitum.

Syxx · 31st March 2008, 8:21pm

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oh aye, remember that time, remember, remember? pffft. at least try & keep it recent, like maybe the game we're actually talking about...

Without a shadow of a doubt, the weakest argument ever made on this place. And darth_haggis posted here for fuck's sake.

Timmy · 31st March 2008, 8:21pm

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oh aye, remember that time, remember, remember? pffft. at least try & keep it recent, like maybe the game we're actually talking about...

Is that not recent? Its this season... and was more of a cheating attempt that you can make thomsons attempt out to be. But wait! It was against celtic, not for them! AAAHHH... oh.. and lets keep it recent so we don't bring up anything against celtic? How about mcmanus hacking our players left right and centre before that? How naylors descent... and brown constantly shouting at the ref for every little decision. Hm... but lets keep it recent eh? Like the last 20 minutes of the game, rather than the whole thing... don't wanna crawl into the depths of the past now do we?

and wtf is that remember? remember? remember? pish all about... its nonsense, thats what it is.

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so by your reckoning brown doesn't go down when there is a foul because the score was level. thomson goes down when there isn't a foul you are 1 ahead. and that's the same, how?

Brown didn't go down because it was an easy attempt on goal... and i still debate whether it would have been given as a foul because browns legs were everywhere, it on the first time it looked like it was brown fault he got himself tangled.