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7 hours ago, pete said:

I hope Lustig plays against us. He is not piss poor [snip].

Fixed that for you.

57 minutes ago, craig said:

Away goals scored in 2018 :

 

Rangers - 10

 

Celtic + Aberdeen - 8

 

9 minutes ago, buster. said:

Don't think you can take much from that,....game was done, tools were in the bag.

Of course, but it could've played a part. It was a particularly scrappy period on top of that.

I actually thought we were going to go three-at-the-back when Alves came on. Alas! Martin played RB, with Tavernier pushing forward. Not sure it worked. 

The back-three would've been an interesting experiment -- especially considering or two wingers went off.

3 minutes ago, DMAA said:

Apart from his yellow card. He was caught on the wrong side of his man and hauled him down in a dangerous position. 

 

I think it’s unfair to draw conclusions because we don’t know how Cummings would have done in the goalscoring period of the game. He came on when the game had gone pretty flat, and then we lost Murphy. 

 

Couldn’t agree more. What a player. And you’re right I would say Goss and Docherty are our strongest pairing. Though Dorrans has a claim ahead of Windass for me, at least at home. 

 

I hope Alves will work his way back to full fitness. Tbh I’d much rather him in ahead of Martin Martin is decent but he was solely at fault for the goal. He’s not good enough in the air. And Alves’s long balls are great. We saw one of them last night. Excellent technique. It will be good to see him playing in a strong Rangers side. 

That incident was 6 of one and half a dozen of the other, for me. He was caught, but he was also tripped too -- perhaps not enough to go down, but he then can't let the boy get free.

Perhaps; I'm not ruling out further games in the #10 role for Cummings. I thought it became flat because he came on; we lost Windass' drive in the middle. Not the only reason, but it was a contributing factor.

I know you weren't quoting me but -- Dorrans could well be a good 'replacement' for Windass, but it will always be Windass as first-choice for me; you cant compare the pace, drive and movement. Dorrans is perhaps a better striker of the ball and passer. I suppose it depends on what you need. I actually forgot about Dorrans when I said we didn't have direct replacement for Windass elsewhere, but he certainly would be a good option. 

I agree completely about Martin and Alves; that's not a difficult choice! 

7 minutes ago, buster. said:

IMO, once we got our fourth, Windass and one other should have been sub'd.

 

56mins: 4th goal 

62: Cummings on for Candeias

77: Alves on for Murphy (injury)

 

I don't understand why we don't make more use of the subs

He may as well have been: he was poor when he went out wide.

28 minutes ago, der Berliner said:

 

No-one "hates" Windass. He's hit peak form with regards to goals and in parts with consistent application for 90 mins. Not exactly expectable after the first half of the season, same with Tavernier.

 

Made a point before the game that we might try Cummings in the shadow striker or even second striker role instead of having Windass making runs. Some will argue that Windass shot this argument down in flames ... yet, we threw Cummings on late (again) when the game was won yet we lost some cohesion and he, much like Windass were all over the place, because our balance was off when Candeias and later on Murphy went off. The more critical point is that while both Morelos and Windass do a phantastic job, hand either or both of them an injury and we are left with people who have hardly played for any lengthy spell (in our current system). IMHO, last night was tailor-made for throwing on Herrera and Cummings after 60 mins (at the latest) ... in place of Morelos and Windass. Maybe we see either from the start against Falkirk, but I wouldn't bet on it.

 

In any case, as long as Windass, Murphy and Morelos keep Miller out of the starting line up, I'm okay. (Well, I don't mind their assists and goals either, of course )

 

He's certainly got his detractors, though!

I think the point is we have to change the system if we don't have Windass; we have very few, if any, that can directly replace him.  

That refereeing performance was baffling; incompetence of the highest order. 

Cummings played in the No.10 role last night, and I didn't think he did that well. 

He lays it off well, and holds it up, but that's a No.9's role; as a #10 I though he didn't make any good runs like Windass, or had the vision or running ability to break the lines. No surprise our attacking play dwindled as soon as Windass went out wide...

Where are the Windass haters?    

Halliday did well at LB; nothing special, but he did nothing wrong. 

Apparently the assist table has 4 Rangers players in the top 4 spots: Candeias, Tavernier, Windass and Docherty (not sure it includes his Hamilton exploits, but it must). 

We've got some real creativity in there.

Clinical performance.

Goss strolled it; quality touch, control, vision and a sexy left-foot. Superb. I'm worried we won't be able to afford him now... 

My MotM was Morelos; he didn't stop, held the ball up well, and pleasingly, he took on a few defenders with his pace which he tends not to do too often. 

10 hours ago, Gonzo79 said:

Espanyol beat Real Madrid 1-0 tonight.  This pleases me.

Just now, buster. said:

He's in possesssion of the jersey and deserves to play.

 

Harsh on Holt but I like the premise, which is often talked about but practised less.

Absolutely; fully deserved.

Docherty's a very similar player, but has that physique that is missing with Holt.

Same team again, except for Halliday in for John. 

I suppose Holt has been pushed out by Docherty? 

Guys -- You're embarrassing yourselves with these static images. 

Gifs are the only way to go.

12 minutes ago, craig said:

Whilst he clearly got that decision wrong the two instances are completely incomparable.

You and your logic. Leave me with my indignation!

I'd love to get Goss on a permanent deal; I'd fork out a few million for him...

It's probably right. His legs have gone, but he's still got a nice touch; he'd need to be the focal point of a team, which is not possible at Rangers. Moreover, we've signed a few midfielders that are ahead of him in the pecking order.

I wished we had managed to sign him a few years earlier. Good player in his time. 

I'd prefer Halliday to Hodson; he's a better all-rounder, with a better attacking game.

I think we'll see Halliday in for the next couple of games, with Wallace drip-fed minutes here and there.  

Where was his warning for Jack?

It's one of the things I like about Alves -- an almost 80% win rate in the air is phenomenal!

Oh no...