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Rangers' reserves played out a dull 0-0 draw with Northampton Town at Chestnut Avenue this evening. The game was notable for the comebacks of Clarke Carlisle, Lyndon Duncan, Karl Connolly (again!) and Tom(my) Williams but more of him later.

To say that this was dull would be overstating it somewhat. Neither Chris Day nor Lee Harper (making a comeback from a broken foot) were forced into any notable saves as both teams struggled to create.

Karl Connolly looked pretty sharp, well as sharp as he ever does, in the first half and he seemed to link well with man of the match David Booles. The youngster Booles is starting to establish himself in the reserve side now and considering he is still 16 this is no mean feat. I wouldn't be surprised if he was involved in the first tem friendlies come the summer.

Doudou was going about proving his supporters wrong with a quite awful display. He seemed do disinterested in proceedings it was embarrassing to think that he actually takes a wage from the club. Those that clamour for his inclusion in the first team should really try and get down to the reserves and see the sort of effort he puts in there.

As the final whistle sounded we were treated to an act of extreme petulance from self styled pin up boy Williams. Having replaced Connolly at the break Williams had been playing wide on the left. He had little involvement in the game and seemed less than committed to the cause. At reserve games it is easy for the players to hear the comments of the supporters and it seems the shy and retiring Tom(my) took exception.

He approached the mass ranks of Rangers fans (I think there were about ten in the area) and asked if somebody had said something to him. It was not a polite enquiry and was obviously an effort at creating a situation.

Anybody that has seen Williams play will now that he has an attitude problem and this normally manifests itself in outbursts at the officials. Whether the lady lino was not enough of a match for him is a question only he can answer but t turn on the fans watching the game for having the temerity to proffer an opinion is an absolute disgrace.

Since he arrived from Birmingham Williams has won few admirers amongst the R's fans with his lacklustre performances. The reason the fans were making comment was because he turned in another crap(py) performance. He bottled a challenge late in the game that could have lead to a goalscoring chance, it is not as if he pulled out late, as soon as the ball dropped you could see in his face he didn't fancy it. Williams could do worse than look to David Booles as an example of the perfect attitude, and the lad is only sixteen.

We simply don't need this type of Charlie big bollocks attitude within the club and the sooner his loan expires the better. I'm not sure if anybody at the club will read this and if they do I am not sure they will give a shit but Ian Holloway needs to have this brought to his attention and he needs to get hold of Williams and have serious words. An attitude like this will not help the promotion push.