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Watching the ref count down the seconds the goalie had to take a kick at today's game reminded me of this song. Also reminded me of the introduction to Thunderbirds!

IMAGE SOURCE, SNS Lawrence Shankland's second-half penalty at Aberdeen earned Derek McInnes his first Scottish Premiership win as Rangers boss ByNick McPheat BBC Sport Scotland Until Sunday's trip north to Aberdeen, Derek McInnes had not really enjoyed watching his Rangers team. There had been flashes of fun in the dugout for the Ibrox boss, but a run of two wins in seven matches meant his dream job was in danger of spiralling out of control. Having overseen European elimination before the end of August, McInnes led his players to Pittodrie, where he once spent eight years as manager, with pressure intensifying around his future. However, despite delivering another unconvincing display, the Rangers manager believes the hard-fought Scottish Premiership win, earned by Lawrence Shankland's second-half penalty, can lay the foundations for a successful tenure. "Contrasting feelings from Thursday night," McInnes said. "It was a tough few days for us all. I thought today we were far more like the Rangers team I want us to be. "Probably for the first time this season, I really, really enjoyed watching the team. "There have been moments of enjoyment, a couple of wins and some passages of play, but we know when we come here that you can't be sparkling for 90 minutes. "You need to compete and bring quality, and I thought we did all that." Rangers make 'small steps' in scruffy winAlthough Chris Sutton described Rangers' showing as a "bitty performance", the former Celtic striker questioned whether this could a "turning point" for McInnes. Another pundit, former Rangers striker Kris Boyd, said he would not "get carried away" but expressed how getting the result was the priority for his old club, saying on Sky Sports: "Rangers came up here and got three points - that was the most important thing." That was echoed by McInnes, who told BBC Scotland he would have "taken any win" following Thursday's humiliating Conference League qualifying exit at the hands of Jablonec. "It's great to have a winning performance," the Rangers boss added. "The next game [away to Falkirk] comes around quickly and we need to get ready. "Three games into the league campaign, it's not been the start we wanted. But we saw last season that Rangers went so far behind and they still got themselves back into a title race. "It's small steps in terms of points and performance. It will do the players the world of good." 01:13 Figure caption, McInnes pleased with 'deserved' Rangers win McInnes hails Kim as Rangers close in on new strikerMcInnes singled out Kim Min-su for praise. The 20-year-old South Korean impressed on his debut at Pittodrie after just one training session with his new team-mates. Along with Djeidi Gassama, the new signing from Girona was Rangers' best attacking player in a team performance that lacked quality on and off the ball. McInnes revealed he had to be patient to land his latest recruit - who cost a reported fee of £8.5m - and said he offers a "much-needed dose of quality". Despite Kim's promising introduction, Boyd still found himself questioning Rangers' recruitment and the decision to again not play Nicolas Raskin. The Belgian was absent amid talk about his future, but McInnes said Rangers have yet to receive an offer for the midfielder. "If there's not been any bids for Raskin, get him in your team because he's your best midfielder by a country mile," Boyd said. "Rangers must have over 30 players - it's not sustainable. They need to get five, six, seven out at least before the window closes. "There are other areas of the team that need strengthened other than the forward areas. They're still shy of someone who can connect the midfield and be creative." It was an imminent forward signing McInnes was happy to talk about, though. The Rangers boss would not mention any names, but the club have been linked with another big-money move to bring in Portland Timbers' Kevin Kelsy as they search the striker market following Youssef Chermiti's long-term injury. "We're still trying to react to the Youssef [Chermiti] situation," McInnes said. "We're pretty close on that one. Hopefully we can get our target in before Wednesday's game [away to Falkirk]."

A win and a clean sheet at Pittodrie is always welcome.

Ah Yes, the ever reliable Ahmadoubamba36 😂 The temptation to start an X just to see what these melts would repost is far too tempting at times.

Joao Pedro.

Totally agree!😀😀😀

I did always wonder whether you'd mellowed with age. If it makes you feel any better I was listening to one of the post-2010 Leonard Cohen albums with earphones in the other day and I could swear I heard his mouth opening...

Sorry, I can't be swayed one way or the other unless you have an aggressive social media campaign

He's from Leicester.

Who are you playing for?

I was at the game. Was a real cracker but boy do we lose concentration. Win is a win that is most important. The first half hour or so was magnificent and then we got sloppy. I am slightly worried though. It seems Alonso is not focused on possession which is fine but both games in league so far seems to be based on us outscoring opposition which is exciting to watch but if we play a better team then god knows what could happen. It is quite relief that Mitoma, Minteh, Hinshelwood and Rutter were all injured because they were really wasteful, as were we. To the game itself, Pedro defo MOTM. I thought Palmer, apart from his goal was really bad. He was getting caught out defensively and had no way near the same influence he did on Monday night. But we got the win so I am happy. Let's pray that Caicedo is ok for next week because that is our real challenge now and will tell a lot of where we currently are at.

I can't wait to get in a penalty shootout with this guy

Probably one of the first times we have seen a hint of the player I was delighted we signed. Hopefully a sign of things to come without 66 injuries and with better commitment on his part.

I will repeat, I think he is extremely underrated. If a big offer comes in then I guess yes I would understand why but other than that he is no way near as bad as people make him out on here. He will put in a shift and actually makes decent returns and as we can see can play in different positions. He needs to cut out the selfish acts though. He skipped past their fullback with ease second half and could have passed it but he shot it and went out wide. Really pissed me off but other than for that for a player who we are possibly looking to move on, he played very well.

Going to reserve judgement for now. Just keep it up. Great going forward but at a flip of a switch our two wins could've been draws and the discussions about line up and system would be a whole lot different.

Apparently we are close to a CB and two midfielders. My boss is close to a board member who served under Roman and still seems to have his ear to the ground. Same guy said Rogers was signing the day before the news broke. He thinks City won’t bid for Enzo but I’m choosing to not believe that 😊

Maybe was posturing but Monaco supposedly insisting he would not be sold for less than 60mill euros (just over 51mill pounds). So if we get him for 45mill euros then well done to whoever is negotiating that deal.

Thats a surprise. Although if we are trying to make out he is not coming to us, because of the Enzo situation, him playing today is a good way to throw them off.

I voted for Pedro. One thing we can all agree on is that Malo Gusto has no right to be on the pitch. A fraudulent c**t, waste of space and oxygen, stinking up the place and having the f**king nerve to play when selected. We can all agree that his main skill is reach arounds I, for one, hope he dies a slow, painful death, mourned by noone.

Sorry, but this just twaddle

Henderson step up

Bring them back! I didn't mean that.

Bayern wouldn’t expect Olise to defend. Liverpool never expected Salah to defend. We never expected Hazard to defend. Stupid criticism to have as an attacker, there’s 8 players behind him.

Has Caicedo ever even been injured for us? Or in his career? Not sure you can say he often breaks down