EXCLUSIVE: Andy Goram: Old Firm mistake no longer an issue
Rangers goalkeeper will be unnaffected by first half gift
By ALAN POTTS
RANGERS goalkeeping legend Andy Goram says Allan McGregor will already be over his Old Firm howler.
McGregor allowed a soft shot from Celtic new boy El Kaddouri to slip between his legs and gift the Hoops the lead in Sunday's derby.
Rangers bounced back to win 4-2, and the man known as "The Goalie" says McGregor would have wiped the memory of the mistake from his mind long before the 90 minutes were up.
Speaking on The Away End podcast, Goram said: "It happens to all of us. That's his second one this season, probably his second one in about five years.
"You get over it in the same game. It's not a case of waiting a couple of games to get over it.
"He's that kind of character Alan - he's so similar to myself. It's not the mistake you make it's how you get over it, and again after that he was fine, it's just one of those things.
Goram was a happy spectator on Sunday as his old club went four points clear at the top of the SPL table, and says the result was a mixture of a good Rangers side and a poor Celtic one.
He said: "Before the game looking at Rangers, they're top of the league, had only conceded one goal, and they were at home, so I didn't see any reason to worry that way. But the way the game panned out you could never plan for things like that - you go one goal up, but then obviously at half-time with the two goals you have to regroup.
"I said in my column in The Sun, that if there was anyone who could motivate the boys when there was something going wrong it was Ally McCoist.
"I don't know if it was a case of we were that good or if Celtic were that bad. I was disappointed in Celtic, it wasn't a great performance in the second half, something Neil Lennon has admitted. It's certainly not like them.
"Scott Brown was struggling, the full back had a shocker, they looked all over the place in defence, and Samaras had one of those games that you want to forget."
Goram also backed the much criticised Kyle Lafferty who has now made the home support forget about Kris Boyd.
"Kyle's different," continued Goram. "He's one of them guys he's either fantastic or he's rotten. There's no inbetween with Kyle.
"I'll tell you, he'll give everything for you. He's a Rangers man and he knocks his pan in. He's a handful, Coisty said the other week there he scores goals in big games and he's done it again at the weekend."
He added: "Naisy's {Steven Naismith} on a wee run. He struggled at the start of the season, he'll admit himself he wasn't firing on all cylinders, but once he starts he never stops.
"The runs he makes are just fantastic, and you've got to look at the supply we're getting in there, we've got guys there that can supply the ball into the forwards so things are looking good for the Rangers."
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