Scottish Premiership winners and losers: A new Rangers star emerges, Celtic's £20m ace, Hearts and Hibs fans' angst, the next Hamilton talent and St Mirren's Turkish delight
By Joel Sked
Published 12th Aug 2019, 15:06 GMT
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The winners and losers from the second weekend of Scottish Premiership action.
The Old Firm hit 11 goals between them as they show they could be head and shoulders above everyone else. In Edinburgh, Hearts and Hibs fans are not feeling too optimistic about their respective teams, while there are positives for Ross County, St Mirren and Hamilton, less so for Aberdeen.
The midfielder controlled the game for Rangers in their thumping of Hibs. Popped up all around the pitch, probed with his passing and Gerrard was full of praise for someone he sees as a big-game player.
Could he make the step up at Ibrox. Judging on his last two outings, absolutely. He continuously tore Steven Whittaker and Hibs to shreds.
Jermain Defoe ran the Hibs centre-back partnership ragged as he netted a hat-trick - and it could have been more. He came off and Alfredo Morelos came on and helped himself to a brace. Defences beware.
The Hibs winger was hooked at half-time following a performance that reeked of anonymity.
A desperately poor performance from Hibs at Ibrox. Worryingly it was hard to see what the Easter Road side's boss wanted from his players.
The Staggies shouldn't have just beaten Hearts but they should have won with ease. Despite the lack of three points the performance showed that County will more than hold their own in the Premiership.
Michael Gardyne and Joshua Mullin were a constant thorn in the side of Hearts. Positive, quick and direct. They will cause problems.
The attacker wasn't the only poor performer for Hearts but once again offered very little in a creative sense when (once again) Hearts were devoid of creativity.