I don't do it often, probably only a handful of times these last 20 years, but on Saturday, I switched off after their second goal.
At the end of the day, you have to give in-form Hibs credit for their game plan and play. Not that it is any great change from how teams usually play at Ibrox. Only that Hibs are curently top of the lot, similarly to St. Mirren not too long ago. The Scum lost also on those two occasions, BTW.
We always had the odd reversal at Ibrox, the names Ivan Sproule and Allan Johnston (IIRC) may spring to mind. Only that back in those days, it was an anomaly.
Saturday, the interimistas changed that horrible line up from Dundee to a more attacking 4-3-3, but that's still not good if those who are supposedly wingbacks don't make it a 2-5-3. And those three in the middle are essentially a world apart from the "threat" caused occasionally by the likes of Lundstram. But instead of changing it by HT, the interimistas obviously stared at the unfolding events like a hare to a snake. Maybe it was all just a big training session for Thursday and they consider the league gone. (Not far from the truth, obviously, but that's not how Rangers shall approach a game.)
I have no idea what Danilo and McCausland have done wrong, so they don't even get half a chance. At least they will be craving action and willing to prove themselves.
RANGERS: Butland, Tavernier, Sterling, Souttar, Jefte, Barron, Raskin, Diomande (Danilo, 74), Cerny (Bajrami, 58), Igamane (Hagi, 87), Dessers (Curtis, 87)
You have 5 subs possible, replace the only real threat you have (even though Cerny has a tendency to waste more good chances and runs than Dessers every now and then - and that was the case on Saturday), Danilo was probably too late, the 87 min subs are essentially a joke, not least Curtis for Dessers.
There was no wide play (again), yet you keep all three wingers on the bench (again) ...
Subs not used: Kelly, Propper, Cortes, Balogun, McCausland
... and that IMHO is simply down to poor management and anticipation. Cortes has been on the bench for weeks now, Danilo too. I have no clue what Barry was trying against Dundee, nor what the plan for Saturday was. It backfired miserably, and cost us the chance to close the gap. Like most managers before him, he and his lot are those picking the team and the line-up. Coming out saying it was not good enough from the players is just half the truth.
My "fear" is that our next manager will need another 3 month learning period, by which time the Scum is racing away again.
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