When Setanta lost the picture during Sellic's match there wasn't one complaint ... no one had noticed

IF you were to ask Kenny Dalglish who does Kenny Dalglish think will win the SPL, I think Kenny Dalglish would say that Kenny Dalglish would need to see the Old Firm in action before offering Kenny Dalglish's opinion.

Well, Kenny Dalglish has now seen both in action so if you were to ask Kenny Dalglish who he thinks will win the league, I think Kenny Dalglish would say, who can say? DID you spot singer Amy McDonald sitting with her boyfriend Steve Lovell in the stand at Falkirk on Saturday? When Rangers reached the Uefa Cup Final, Amy was one of the first slebs to come out and express her allegiance to the Gers but now, just cos her boyfriend is a Bairn, she was sitting among the home fans. Shame on you Amy, what happened to the word 'loyal'? Have you ever noticed by the dugouts at Falkirk, there is always a couple of players pedalling like mad on exercise bikes? No, they're not subs keeping warm, they're eco- warriors generating the electrical power to heat up the water for the showers. It's a shame Emmanuel Panther doesn't still play for Partick Thistle. With their new away strip he would have been the Pink Panther. Did anyone clock Cristiano Ronaldo's tan at the weekend? Alex Ferguson has revealed that so impressive was the player's Cuprinol complexion, he received the official letter of congratulation from Jimmy Calderwood. And it's congratulations to Hamilton, a great result against Dundee United which sees them top of the SPL. Can they stay there? Time will tell. Accies' second goal was not so much a 'tap in' as a 'slap in', mind you? So, Andy Murray... gubbed by an unknown from Chinese Taipei at the Olympic Games? Well, what do you expect? The ref was obviously a homer.

Rangers took on Falkirk in a must-win match they couldn't afford to lose or even draw given events in Lithuania when the team produced a night to forget they will always remember.

Kenny Dalglish thought Rangers started well, Kyle Lafferty's McMinn-esque run springs to mind, but Falkirk came more and more into the match passed the ball well, kept possession, passed the ball well, kept possession and that's about it.

Early in the second half Falkirk got a chance to pile the pressure on when ref, Dougie McDonald, who throughout the match was a model of inconsistency, awarded the Bairns a penalty... which they missed.

Credit to Allan McGregor for his save but to be fair, the way Michael Higdon ran up to take the kick he would have been as well sending McGregor an e-mail saying I'm putting it to your left'.

If push comes to shove and shove comes to dunt and dunt comes to blatant nudge, Kenny Dalglish would have to say there's not a lot of creativity in the Rangers midfield right now. Even on crutches, Barry Ferguson would do better. No surprise the winning goal had nothing to do with that area. A free kick punted forward found Kris Boyd's ample nut, he knocked it down to Kyle Lafferty whose shot-cum-cross-cum miss-kick-cum-sclaff skittered across the goal line where Andrius Velicka was waiting to pounce. What Kenny Miller would have given for a chance like that!

What did Kenny Dalglish think of Celtic's match?

Well, Celtic had a lot of the ball and they passed it to each other and.. and that was it. Call me old fashioned, but unveiling flags, new signings, under-18 teams that won last season's Glasgow Cup and plugging shows are fine... but Kenny Dalglish thinks the fans would much rather see the team play better.

Some of you might be thinking Kenny Dalglish is being a wee bit too hard on his former club, but Kenny Dalglish doesnae think so. This was a boring match. In fact it was so boring that midway through the second half Setanta's pictures went off air and they didn't receive one complaint. That was because nobody who had been watching on the telly even noticed.

The big talking point was, of course, the penalty kick and subsequent red card handed to St Mirren's Will Haining. Did Kenny Dalglish think it was a penalty?

It doesnae really matter what Kenny Dalglish thinks because Kenny Dalgish wasnae the referee. Eddie Smith was the referee, he said it was a penalty so a penalty was what it was.

I think it was a good decision - it means every pundit and commentator will no longer refer to him as Eddie Smith, who awarded that controversial free kick to Celtic, 30 yards out, from which Nakamura scored against St Mirren at Love Street six months ago'. From now until next May he'll be Eddie Smith, the man who awarded that controversial penalty kick to Celtic on the opening match of the season'. Much snappier, eh?

Now it's time for Kenny Dalglish to put his cards on the table, his chips in the oven and say - having seen the Old Firm in action - who does Kenny Dalglish think will be champions? Hearts. Boogie on down Magic

AFTER the horrors in Lithuania last week, many bluenoses have had to put up with remarks about being out of Europe before Queen of the South, before the start of the season or even before the weans are back at school.

Most crucial for Rangers, they were out before the official launch of the club's new away' strip. Somehow we can't imagine queues of Bears looking to snap up that top.

In fact, given events in Kaunas, we thought they might recall the jersey and redesign it to feature more of a red neck.

And so we thought of something else to keep the disgruntled bears occupied - coming up with a nickname for Madjid Bougherra? Magic', might be tempting fate... look at the last Magic' to play in Scotland. The Boogie Man? Big Boog? The Boogster? Booger Off?

Booger T and the MGs? Or how about the new Carlos Cuellar? Of course, we should point out that Cuellar wasn't for sale... right up till the moment he was sold. Chick set to land a gong

NEVER mind Heath Ledger for an Oscar for The Dark Knight. We reckon Sellic fans will tell you of a new candidate for Best Actor - Chick Young for his performance as upset St Mirren fan' on Sportsound.

Even allowing for the fact that there seems to be an unwritten law in football that reads and verily I say unto thee that every match that shall taketh place after a flag unfurling shall be rubbish' - to call this game flat' would be something of an understatement.

The fans - and perhaps the team - need a couple of big signings to fire the imagination... but who? Gabriel Tamas? Gone. Marko Basa? Gone. Dario Simic? Gone. Espanyol, who were keen on signing the AC Milan defender, suddenly announced they didn't want someone of his character' in the team. Does that mean he's lazy, a diddy or just a complete maddie? Shame we'll never find out.

Meanwhile, Derek Riordan's hell continues - after Hearts, he's now being linked with a move back to Hibs. Can things get any worse for the boy?