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Like others have said , McCoist missed sitters every game but it never mattered because we didnt lose stupid goals that would cancel out any goals he scored. I think Dessers would be a hero if the clowns at the back stopped the calamities at the back every week.

Thought the momentum, the Barry bounce might have lasted a little longer, but I was wrong. Can't say I am optimistic about the Europa League but you never know. Dead rubbers in the league, but little in the way of youngsters getting a chance. We aren't winning with experience. Give someone a chance.

Fragile ... that was the most telling observation Barry made after the game. It encompasses the whole sorry affair the club find itself in. As has been observed at the start of the season and repeated time and again, this current squad is on many levels the most fargile in - dare I say it - living memory. They are physically fragile in terms of body strength, not least in midfield. Jefte much like Ridvan can be shoved of the ball with ease ... and usually no action being taken by the refs either. (Which is especially frutsrating as these fridge-throwers usually fall over at the lightest of touches themselves - like we saw yesterday.) Our central defence is fragile as soon as they get hit on the counter, something we never compensate with a change in system. I remember days when Sterling (if fit) or even King was played as DM to stop any such attempts. Back in the day, that job fell on Jack, Lundstram, or Davis, which we never replaced adequately. Barron tries his best, but is probably the smallest chap I have seen wearing a Rangers jersey. As soon as pressure is upon them, be it from the opposition or the circumstances, they get mentally fragile, which you can easily spot with these jittery actions around our penalty area, stray and over-hit passes, overdoing of the simple things, and playing others into trouble with needless touch and go passes, even if the recipient is covered. And there is no-one out there, even our 500-game captain, who takes control of matters. You can talk all day, but if there is no result, it's but empty words. Another clear signal is the brutal lack in one own's confidence in front of goal. Only Cerny, Dessers and Igamane (less so of late) try to hit the target at every opportunity. The rest tries to shift responsibility to the "next best positioned player", which in 9 out of 10 cases ends in nothing. Danilo was the prime example yesterday. Worst of all is the strengths in depth. We are fragile in manpower that it beggars belief. For the excuses with regard to injuries, which are another matter of concern, we simply haven't got any sort of adequate quality beyond the first 11 (or maybe 15). Our injury record, especially with central defenders is abysmal. How can that come to pass? People will turn their noses up on players like Gogic, but he's essentially another Katic or Petric, rock solid, no-nonsense and de facto injury free since 2021. Could have grabbed him on a free last summer. Right now we play a our wee leftback on the right side, have a physically weak Jefte on the left. And effectively no-one to replace either fullback. Sterling, looking like an ox, has probably too many muscles that he can twitch or tweak, so is rarely about for more than two or three games. Most Dundee, Motherwell and Kilmarnock youngsters are consistently fitter than than. Our current fit central midfield consists of Raskin, Diomande, and Rice, all not imposing figures and varying fits of form. Barron adds "a little" physique, but got the Auchenhowie bug. Wingers is another ongoing disaster. Cerny is doing his job, and one can probably not ask more from your normal winger, who goes hot and cold. Hagi tries his best on the left hand side, but it is clearly not his. Like Bajrami, he is shoe-horned in there because Matondo wasn't fit or deemed adequate enough. Cortes is essentially another Roofe-case. How we managed to acquire so many fragile people is truly beyond me. McCausland, who looked good early on in the season, has been (IMHO) mentally wrecked by Clement, so all his late cameos have been less than impressive. Lawrence is some sort of Rolls-Royce, who will have cool moments, but is sure not made for the environment of the Scottish game. That he, the left-winger, was used in the slot reserved for Bajmrani and Hagi is anyone's guess. We've got just three strikers, probably down to the sad fact that managers want to play with but one central striker these days. No matter that it is a terrible tactic against Scottish brick walls. 6m Danilo's is only slightly better in terms of injuries as Roofe, so the responsibilty fall on Dessers, who does admirably enough, and Igamane, who is raw but looks promising. The latter had obviously his wings cut by PC, who told him to fall deeper. Alas, he's build like an ox and has some fine ability on the ball. Beyond that there is emptiness. Lovelace was sold, other let go. There is effectively nothing that Barry can work properly with. And I doubt that he's a man of soothing words. From a team that essentially managed to throw a title away within two weeeks same time last season, we are down to a hollow body that threw away the title before christmas and is on record to provide them with another free run for silver even before the split. This has been some car crash of a(nother) project season. The utterly embarrassing winter transfer window surely raises the question about our financial fragility too. There has been so little influx of adequate personal (compared to those who left) in the summer too, you have to wonder what the board and management was thinking. Are our hands really bound that hard? And how could that happen, given European runs and - despite all the anger - full stadiums? Fragile is so adequate right now ...

Butland’s form has nothing to do with Clement. It’s everything to do with Butland.

The reality is though that we are not in a position of strength in any transfer dealings these days. We will have to make certain concessions to both clubs and players to get much if any interest. Let’s look back at players that we have lost these last few years, McGregor, Barasic, Lundstram, Goldson, Jack, Morelos, Kent and I’ll even throw in Roofe. Whilst they were at the end of their time with us, did we actually bring in any player as a replacement who was an upgrade? We can have another clear out and we can bring in another batch, but they might be even worse. We need to stop “rebuilding”. I think young players like Nsialla, Jefte, Dio, Fernandez, Igamane even Cortes could come good, they are all at the starts of their careers. The club has been a bin fire this season. I’m hoping the new manager has already been identified and that he is thinking about this because in spite of their free hit this season, the filth are hardly the world beaters the press would have them as and I truly don’t think the gap is as big as some feel.

I think Lawrence, Balogun and Hagi (?) will be leaving in the summer as their contracts are ending. I'd put Butland, Propper and Yilmaz in the shop window. Possibly Sterling if he can't get fit. Hopefully Cifuentes and Matondo get picked up after their loans. I wouldn't release them. I'd try to renegotiate the Cortes deal. The rest are fine. I'm actually happy with the squad. It's down to bare bones now after getting rid of most of the high wage earners and injury prone. It's basically filled with young prospects, and solid performers. We've now got the breathing room to actually start rebuilding and strengthening.

Where is the money coming to pay them off ? Add them to the list - Around 4M is earmarked for Cortes - Pay off for Clement and staff

Ferguson can do FO about the horrendous defending that some of our players present. Granted, our first choice defence has hardly been seen this season, but more often than not it is others who do the damage. That's twice in a week that Jefte has been caught out, and it resulted in goals. The lad is but 22 and methinks he's hardly played so many games in these circumstance in a season. But there comes a point when the manager has to take action. Play him further ahead and Ridvan behind him (for lack of options). And FFS punish anyone who does this suicidal side- and back-passing in our third while the opposition press the ball. Time and again, people get caught out. Said it before, Raskin and Diomande are a dysfunctional unit. They stay in the same areas, too narrow to each other and/or too far away from the defence. Likewise, neither is regularly covering the free spaces in front of the penalty area, where balls are often picked up by a spare defender. It was plain to see time and again this season. Hopefully we get Barron back soonish, albeit he's no Jack or Davis just yet either.

I would definitely like to see him replaced but there are probably more pressing priorities on a very limited budget.

I think the characteristics and styles you mention should be the remit of the recruitment department, not the manager. It should be taken out of the hands of the manager almost (they should have a little input) completely, IMO. I know not everyone feels this way.

Many fans need some hard reality to help with setting expectation levels. For far too long we have been accustomed to zero patience, rip it up and start again. The support push for it, the board tend to go with it. The accounts illustrate it, year after year. Dream until it becomes a nightmare. And then we don't understand why.

The reason we couldn't upgrade 'McGregor, Barasic, Lundstram, Goldson, Jack, Morelos, Kent and [...] Roofe' was because we kept hold of them too long. We gave too much power to the manager (SG, GvB and MB) who wanted to keep them. If we had given the power to the DoF they would have been sold and we could have then re-invested. We're only half-way through a rebuild. The new manager should not be in control of this.

A 30k a week liability. Dont buy the rubbish about him needing better defenders in front of him. that won’t enable him to suddenly catch a ball or not punch into his own net. A total clown.

Nor McGregor to be fair. Seems his confidence is shot to bits. He remains a good shot stopper but with the game changed so much he is a victim like many a keeper who suffers from the changes. It cant help his confidence with the centre halfs in front of him.

Nowhere near the likes of Goram Klos Woods etc

I think you could say the same about Dessers. Never hides, always available and appears to have a positive attitude

Is it just the fans that can see how bad this guy is , because no matter how many goals he gives away hes the first name on the team sheet.

The malcontents got their way & got shot off Clement. As I constantly warned, the replacements mentioned worriedme.

Three would suffice ... if we have that many fit and ready. Mind you, back in the day when we had enough strikers, even those how could play in a 4-3-3 either side of the central striker, we stuck to non-scoring dross. Alas, Barry tries it with 4-4-2, albeit the wrong two CM.

And the whole sorry mess is compounded by the most inexplicable manager/coaching team chosen by our incompetent board. Multi millionaire’s who have absolutely not read the room, if beggars belief how crazy some of they’re decisions have been.

Dessers for me

Clear them out. We need a new start.

IMO the manager should make his recommendation from a list compiled by the scouting department

Wasn't Kelly statistically the worst keeper in SPL when he was with Livi? Anyway, Butlands form is a major concern. Like many other players, he's regressed under Clement - I wonder if a new manager could turn his (and others) form around?

I know who looks stupid.......

Apparently John Brown scouted Cortes, on that alone I think he will come good.

From the boardroom, to the dugout and onto the players, all their brains appear to be frazzled. Are we the Manchester United of Scotland or are they the Rangers of England? Years taking a JCB to dig the holes deeper and deeper.

Boils my piss the Cortes deal , take a player on loan and obligate yourself to buy him without even seeing the guy play is just ridiculous , never heard that done before. The clown that was behind it would be jailed if I had my way.

Wonder which one of the Brain Trust (Fergie , Dodds, McCann, Greegs) thought sending Lawrence on at half time was going to help us.

The stat sites give it to Diomande.

Thats two games in a row where you look at the list and think , theres nobody there that you could pick they were all shocking.

The new manager bounce gone - if there was ever one. I had a week away and barely got online but the events of the last week have been jaw dropping. There had to be better options for interim with a view to looking ahead - very knee jerk reaction and the board whoever made the decision thinking ex Rangers would turn it around. I cant believe the interim selections - I think thats McCann and Dodds media careers over when this temp job is over. Ferguson and McGregor were top drawer on the pitch but off the park there seriously lacked a lot of things and for me a leopard doesnt change its spots. We have to rip it up and start again. TBH the squad mess started with Beale who torn things up and Clement tried his best to get players in but there is a deep lying issue at the club and that is injuries - at the start of the season it was mentioned they were looking into this - I can only guess they just extended the treatment room and bought in more beds.

The palace striker on the end of the German goalkeeper type assault got 25 stitches the goalie will probably miss two games the boy at wolves might be out longer for a head touch and a couple of powder puff slaps at his opponent wolves will miss their lad because he’s got a knack for goals

Yep we’re in a right bad way and it’s not going to get any better soon so it’s fingers crossed and hopefully this takeover goes ahead and we get in some real football people to move out all that are not doing the job they’re getting well paid for now we have to make sure we finish second aye the clubs in a bad way .

I’d play Kelly if only to find out if he should be retained at the end of the season.

You are not alone. I think Butland is one of the worst goalies to wear our colours. Truly rotten keeper.

Third home defeat on the trot ... some feat. 21-6 shots at goal. What a shambles. If Balogun was close to fitness, the Tav experiment should never have happened. Same with Ridvan (who almost had two assists Tav-style today (i.e. dragging himself out of a dire performance elsewhere)). Neither Hagi nor Bajrami are left wingers, Lawrence is. Why hook a striker instead of throwing on Danilo at HT in place of the blanks-firing Cerny? IMHO, some of these chaps can't cope with the demands and start reacting to it, hence all the stray and hasty passes.

These freakish attempted short-passes in the area ... just take responsibility!!!!

Tavernier should stay until he retires.

What a list of duds this is The 10 Highest-Scoring Defenders in Football History 1. Ronald Koeman 253 2. Daniel Passarella 175 3. Fernando Hierro 163 4. Laurent Blanc 153 5. Sergio Ramos 140 6. James Tavernier 137

Tav has every right to be considered a Rangers legend. I cannot think of anyone - past or present - who has come anywhere near his goals and assist numbers. (Maybe Chris Lawler at Liverpool?) Remember he stuck with us through the dark days in the lower depths. Yes, he has his faults defensively and he's terrified of Maeda, but if he didn't have those flaws, he would be playing for Real Madrid.

So Stephen Gerrard, one of the greatest midfield players / captains of his generation was wrong to make Tav captain and play him continually? So Gio, a European Cup winner, World Cup finalist and wonderful midfield player was wrong to make Tav captain and play him continually? So Barry Ferguson, best home-grown Rangers player for a generation (at least), decorated Captain is wrong to make Tav captain and play him? With all due respect, maybe Gio, SG and BF know what makes a Ranger and a Captain more than wee Boab the joiner? If we had more players with Tav's attitude, numbers, fitness etc in the last decade, maybe, just maybe "he" wouldn't have seen off 7 managers.

Nsiala was very good in his first few games, it would do him no harm to miss a few games, work on being a little more aggressive and assertive, which is something that can be taught. Propper needs someone steady beside him, which is fine at Nsiala's age, less so at proppers. Tavernier is a very good at communicator, I think CH is a great option for him in the latter stages of his career. King isn't going to make it IMHO.