'United should be confident as they look to compound Rangers turbulence'published at 15:04 10 September
Paul McNicoll
Fan writer
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Now the international break is out the way we can get back to the 'proper' football this weekend. And what a fixture to whet the appetite us United fans have to look forward to.
We welcome Rangers to Tannadice on Sunday and they are a team we have done relatively well against at times, certainly more so than our efforts against their rivals over in the east end of Glasgow.
Past successes, though, are no guarantee of future results and regardless of the state of play at Ibrox this season, or Hampden if you will, we need to remind ourselves we are only just back feeding at the top football table.
That being said, do I feel we have a chance in this one? Yes I do. Does it feel like Rangers are going through a particularly turbulent time, on and off the pitch? Again, yes it does.
Let's make no mistake though. To get anything from this game the team will have to perform as well as they can. As silly as this may sound, we cannot take this fixture lightly, and I'm sure we won't.
Jim Goodwin has, so far this season, managed to have all the players pulling in the same direction and this has resulted in the particularly good start to the season. But that's all it is, a start.
I would like to think United can go into Sunday full of confidence. The players who weren’t away with their countries will likely have had a couple of days off to rest, recover and reflect.
And hopefully by the time the ref blows the whistle to start the match, the men in Tangerine will all be fired up and chomping at the bit to put on a show for the live TV audience and more importantly, the vocal Arabs in the stands.
Bring on the Rangers!
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