IF Motherwell want to try and rough Rangers up tomorrow afternoon, that is fine. This Rangers team will stand up better to it than last season, though.
I am really surprised at Peter Hartley coming out and saying what he did about the incident with Fabio Cardoso last season. It is an absolute disgrace.
The only reason he has apologised is because his manager will have spoken to him and because the Compliance Officer is looking into it.
He should never have said it in the first place. For a captain of a club to come out with something like that is disgraceful and he will be a very lucky man if he escapes any punishment.
Rangers certainly know what to expect at Fir Park now and Motherwell will be trying to get in and about them and to get at them with a dig here and there.
It will take strong refereeing from Craig Thomson and he will have to be really, really vigilant about what is going on and the challenges that are being made.
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