Rangers defender David Weir expects Celtic's stuttering forwards to return to form soon.
Rangers defender praises stuttering duo
Rangers defender David Weir expects stuttering Celtic forwards Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink and Georgios Samaras to return to form soon.
Vennegoor of Hesselink and Samaras have faced criticism in recent weeks and Saturday's 1-0 defeat to St Mirren left the pair without a goal in their last 25 games between them.
Gordon Strachan could keep faith with the duo for this weekend's Co-operative Insurance Cup final against Rangers but Weir is not expecting an easy afternoon.
"Not at all," he said. "They will score at some point - there is no getting away from that.
"They are top players, international players and not scoring goals is temporary; it's not going to be permanent.
"Every player goes through a spell where nothing goes right for them but, sure as fate, there will come a time when it does go right but hopefully it's not Sunday, obviously.
"It's up to us to make sure they don't, whichever one is playing, that's our jobs as defenders."
No decline
Celtic and Rangers played out an uninspiring goalless draw in the SPL last month, with critics arguing that the match typified a decline in Scottish football.
Weir believes the league is still strong and has pointed to recent results for both Old Firm clubs, as well as the national team.
Weir explained: "There has been a lot of criticism about the standard of Scottish football players and I don't agree with it, I think it's wrong, full stop.
"Last season, Rangers were in the Uefa Cup final and Celtic were in the last 16 of the Champions League.
"Scotland have had some fantastic results, obviously, with Scottish players, so people look for a negative when there's not a negative there.
"The last Old Firm (derby) was probably not the best advertisement for Scottish football there has ever been but, all of a sudden, it's the worst Rangers team and Celtic team in 10 years or whatever.
"I don't see it, I think it's a fallacy."
