Rousseau

Edmundson, Defoe, Davis and Arfield come off.

Aribo coming on too.

And Kamara. 

They just keep popping up!

Close!

Arfield drills one into the bottom corner, tipped round the post. Good save.

Helander and Morelos getting stripped!

Who's the guy co-commentating on RangersTV, beside Tom?

Edmundson is not quite so comfortable on the right.

Goal! 

Defoe!

Jones whips in an in-swinger, Defoe gets across his man and guides it in!

Ojo goes close!

Stand up his man in the half-space, and tries to bend it in. 'Keeper tips it over.

Should have scored on the break!

Defoe lays it wide for Ojo, cut back to Defoe, but his shot is parried. A bit of "crab football", according to Tom, before the ball is recycled. 

2 minutes ago, Rousseau said:

We're so sloppy with the ball! 

There are flashes of some delightful football, but there are a few guilty of complacency.

We're so sloppy with the ball! 

Almost! Arfield with a looping header that just drops wide, from a Tavernier cross. 

We've not scored yet! 

Gerrard out!

5 minutes ago, Tannochsidebear said:

I dont see how else we can line up? What shape do you think that 6 will take? 

 

Jack Davis

Ojo Arfield Jones

Defoe

 

Perhaps?

I don't see any change to the formation. Arfield did drop deeper against St Josephs towards the end of the game. 

McGregor

Tavernier - Edmundson - Katic - Barasic

Jack - Davis - Arfield

Ojo - Jones

Defoe

I'm just surprised to see Arfield playing deeper, when he's been superb in that advanced position. I suspect SG's just giving everyone as much game-time as possible.

I did not expect Arfield to be part of the central-midfield three!  

Hopefully we see a bit of Helander.

You beat me too it by a second!

7 minutes ago, Bill said:

I'd just like to point out that the Gersnet website still calls it the Premier League ?

Actually, I'm sure that's the widget; the Gersnet part has "Ladbrokes Premiership 2018/19".

Erm... none of those teams play in the "Premier League".  

I have , therefore, voted for Ross County, as they have just as much chance as the other two of winning the 'Premier League'.

I'm not certain, but I think Defoe's contract runs out with Bournemouth when his loan finishes with us. 

I would take him on a rolling contract. Not sure if we could afford him, however. I think he'd be a great option, and a great player to have around, for everyone to learn from.

I do recall seeing a documentary-type show, which highlighted how impressive his fitness was/is.

I just want to make it clear: "The match costs £12 to pay-per-view, or is available to RangersTV Unlimited subscribers only. This match is not included in RangersTV Standard packages."

I've twice, wrongly, thought it was available to everyone on any package. 

3 minutes ago, DMAA said:

When I saw attacking midfielder I’m including the wing forward positions. As regards to play through the middle though we’ll have to agree to disagree because I think Jones is very much a winger. 

"Wing forward positions", meaning the positions we utilise in our current formation? The 2, off the striker? (We really need to agree on a name for these positions!!) 

I think Jones is more suited to those positions than Candeias. There's a reason SG has preferred Kent and Arfield. We can agree to disagree, there. 

I'm looking forward to seeing how this season pans out with regards to these positions.   

9 minutes ago, ian1964 said:

Both need to stay if we are to seriously challenge for the title, selling our best players won't win us the title.

I tentatively agree with that. 

However, I do wonder what we could get with £40M+ in the bank?

13 hours ago, DMAA said:

As much I believe we had to move on from Candeias he’s a much better attacking midfielder than Jones. It’s understandable that there is hype over a new signing but Jones is an average attacking mid. He’s all about pace, “directness” and going down easily to win free kicks and penalties. 

I've just read the above again. I don't think Candeias is a "much better attacking midfielder than jones". Candeias is a very poor attacking midfielder. SG tried him in more central positions and he did nothing. His strength is crossing -- when it works -- and this is from a wing position.

I believe -- and, admittedly, I've not seen him much; but he has played across the attacking midfield line in his career thus far -- Jones' skill set will allow him to play in central positions more comfortably. In that sense he'll be a better fit for our formation.

The Tavernier transfer is a tricky one, for me. He's so important to our team.

Morelos we can do without, now, and then we'll be able to replace him with the money.

Can we replace Tavernier? I wouldn't say no to £20M+, though.