Scottish Cup Semi Finals
The Scottish
cup quarter finals were played over the weekend, Celtic eased passed Greenock
Morton 4-0 at Park Head. Rangers eased by Premiership side Dundee 4-0 at Ibrox,
Hibs and Inverness played out a goalless draw at Easter Road and 10 man Dundee
UTD scored a last minute winner to knock out Ross County in Dingwal.
The draw for
the semi-final of the Scottish cup was made on Sunday, it saw Hibs or Inverness
paired against Dundee UTD and of course the one everybody wanted an Old Firm
derby. The fans have been starved of matchup between the bitter rivals since
Rangers dropped out the SPFL almost 4 years ago. Ally McCoists Rangers did play
Celtic at Hampden but were convincingly beaten with Rnagers failing to register
a shot on target.
The mood is
high at Rangers with fans instantly taking to former Brentford manager Mark
Warberton when he took over at the start of the season. Warburton’s possession based
touch and move philosophy is something the Ibrox crowd haven’t been able to
enjoy in a while and as a consequence they find themselves 14 points clear at
the top of the Championship.
Ranger’s fans
feel this will be a good opportunity to see just how far they have come under
the Englishmen with it being difficult to judge in the championship where their
wage budget is close to a hundred times bigger than their opponents. It’s
arguable that all the pressure is on Celtic going into the semi-final with
their Norwegian manager with many fans losing patience and faith in his ability
to take Celtic forward.
Dundee UTD,
Inverness and Hibs will all fancy their chances of making a cup final but must
overcome tricky quarter and semi-finals respectively. Hibs play Ross County in
the league cup final this weekend so I’m sure it’ll be all eyes on that before
they turn their attention back to their quest for promotion and Scottish Cup
glory.
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