craig

If that is the case, why are some of the players waxing lyrical about his game knowledge ? Why is it that Cantwell is saying it is an honour to play for us if he isnt interested in playing for Beale ? Only my opinion, but you seem to be hurting bad from last night and its affecting the way you are posting. But giving you the benefit of the doubt, what is it that makes you assert that the players arent playing for Beale ? Because you do realise there is a difference between playing poorly and not trying (downing tools), right ?

The suggestion he hasnt hit a free kick over the wall in 3 years is a statement of factual inaccuracy. Me suggesting he has been one of our best players (note that I said "one of, if not the" - which is different from categorically stating he was our best player) is obviously a statement of opinion. You can disagree, as is your prerogative - but either way, it is still just your opinion vs my opinion. Your original statement was factually incorrect.

He played his part but it wasnt ALL his - granted he did it in the business end of the competition.

Players had downed tools for Gio, that much was evident (and backed up by very good sources). I dont think the players have downed tools on Beale yet

Was away to say this too.... plenty of our supporters think he is a shitebag. There is a vocal element who say he wasnt injured last night either... yet anyone watching the wee stramash post-game can see Borna walking off the pitch limping.....

To be quite honest mate, I stopped reading here - proves my point basically - because it's factually incorrect and those who don't like Borna will ignore facts to suit their agenda.

Obviously wasnt talking about you mate - but on Rangers twitter, for example, the number of people who just can't accept Borna has a) had a good game and b) been one of, if not our best, performers in the last 18 months would surprise you. I am the same - I call a spade a spade - so Borna gets criticism from me too - but I like to consider myself balanced and will give him credit where due. Last night he was playing well, IMO, and I think he has been comfortably one of our best performers in the league this year too (not a high bar in fairness) Some just can't see past the howlers he has had against Celtic.

Those within our support who want to make Borna the scapegoat won't be happy you said that mate.... but you would be absolutely correct of course. Bakayoko was struggling to make an impact until Borna went off

Why is he lying ?

Nah mate, Sangare, as Rousseau says, was their sitting midfielder - should have been either Jack or Raskin IMHO. However.... Souttar DID get dragged to the ball along with Goldson which meant that there was zero pressure applied to Sangare getting his shot off.

That was 2 years ago. Living on past glories is why we are where we are

He isnt a left back though, is he ? What about Devine, who played there a few times last season ? (fully aware that isnt his position either). Wait... why am I even saying this - Borna has been one of our best players in the last 18 months - so long as he stays in this window, he should be our 1st choice LB, until he proves otherwise

An AWFUL lot of work needed for a guy we allegedly paid 4-5 million for.

Are you suggesting that Borna has a howler every game he plays ? Or just that at 15 Ridvan would be catching up - given Borna has played 125 times for us I would expect him to have mistakes at least 15 times - is only 12%. In this pre-season alone Ridvan was at least partly at fault for 3 goals in 2 games... extrapolated that would be 187 mistakes over the same games as Borna. Point being, trying to extrapolate these stats is night on pointless. The point you make about pre-season makes little sense to me - you talk about Dani Pacheco playing well in pre-season when the pressure is off... whilst I am talking about Ridvan's part in 3 lost goals in pre-season - polar opposites when talking about one's good form vs another's bad form. Could Ridvan eliminate those mistakes in competitive games because he doesnt take as many risks in those games ? Sure. But if you were a manager, and you witnessed a defender gifting a couple of goals in pre-season games would you really trust him in competitive games ? 2 of Ridvan's assists came against St Mirren and the other against Queen of the South.... are we just going to ignore the standard of opposition that both are getting assists against ?

Ridvan's defending, IMO, is as shaky as Borna's, if not moreso - are we conveniently forgetting the parts he played in goals conceded against Olympiakos and Hoffenheim ?

Hard to do when he doesnt have 4 or 5 assisted crosses. You can't just "add" attributes that you'd like a player to have. Add Ashley Cole's defending to Borna's crossing assists and no one would complain I would still complain actually - in fairness to Ridvan he hasnt had much of a run - but I surely am not the only one who sees that SPFL teams would put the likes of that big Nouble up against Ridvan and then play off the inevitable knock-downs. Ridvan, if he is to have a career at Rangers, I think needs to find it either as a left sided midfielder or a wing-back - he won't, IMO, make it as a left sided defender (though would love to be proved wrong) - he is just too small.

France dropped out of the "top 5" earlier this year

Nope. One good thing about EL is that we would be top seeds in our group

Yes, either CL or EL

Takes time - will cut them slack - till the OF game...

Surely you mean two ?

Not sure the who but the fee is said to be between 3 and 4 mill

Wonder if MB follows him on Twitter 🤣

We have Souttar for LCB - if he stays fit he is the best CB in the league. Davies would be his back up if we dont bring anyone else in

They are also paying him 200 million Euros for one season.... AND they are letting him then leave for free next summer.... Game has gone mental