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A very good goal indeed.

The tactics were wrong. The forward line did next to nothing because it was completely cut off from everything behind it. If Morelos was playing then we could just punt it up to him. That wasn't an option. Why didn't the manager play Tillman deeper?

Your post is like manna from heaven for a pedant like me.

I'm reminded of the best thing about selling Calvin Bassey. Even better than all the money. Never again will I need to put up with some guy cheering on "big Shirley" for 90 minutes.

Jon McLaughlin kept us in it after a horrific Goldson mistake in the second half.

I suspect he was thinking that losing by one goal could be tolerated.

B.B.C. going to great lengths here. Glad I kept my £150 again.

I understand that many find it difficult in the immediate aftermath of a painful defeat. Surely there is a level of cowardly nonsense below which one can not sink.

That's the spirit! No surrender!

I don't think Union are that good but we have left ourselves with a lot to do.

Love this strip. It really is simply the best.

Union S.G. 0 Rangers 2 First goal scorer: Čolak

Great point. It is petulant to criticise a Rangers player before he has kicked a ball. No idea what you mean by "TRUE servant". Does that mean he can head the ball?

Must be experts. People up and down the country pay for it gladly.

Moneys plz.

Titter. You'll speak ill of a player before he has even kicked a ball. Not sure how familiar you are with Bassey's time at Rangers but "solid servant" suggests a level of consistency that he didn't provide.

You're correct not to write Souttar off. I disagree with your description of Bassey and Lundstram though. Bassey clearly had loads to learn when we got him. He even left with many of the same weaknesses. Lundstram was almost always good when played in the correct position. Mentioning "the weight of the jersey" suggests deficient character which doesn't apply to either of them.

Quite. I'm sure that 3 will be used at some point. I hope it remains a tactical option rather than a regular formation.

Quite. I just didn't think that those matches were like this one in any other way.

I can't tell you why. The best way for you to find out would probably be to go and ask a footballer that didn't need time to settle in.

Good point. I would expect Davies to become first choice for that position.

Why did you bring up the comparison to matches from last season if you think it unimportant? Draws were a problem last season but only two, I think, were a case of falling behind and then failing to regain the lead. The typical kind of draw, last season, was to go ahead before switching off and conceding.

Nope. Not all new players need time to settle in.

I thought that a better analogue would be a match where we went behind early and failed to regain the lead.

Poor choices, no? We were ahead in both before giving each away.