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Just now, ian1964 said:

Correct, win on Saturday and the gap is 16pts.

Always will be just 7 in my head. This should also be in the players head to

3 minutes ago, CammyF said:

Best chance we've had to win a cup in years and players decide not to show up? Questions need to be asked, it might be a one off, but it's cost us a long-awaited trophy in my opinion. 

 

If we win the league, this game, result and performance will (rightly) be forgotten about, but May 2021 is a long, long, long way away.

 

Saturday will tell us is we are worrying unduly or not.

May is certainly far away indeed. Especially when you consider we have Hibs, Motherwell and Aberdeen away in the space of a month in the early new year fixtures. First things first though. Saturday and 3 pts. 

Hopefully a lesson learned tonight? Our next 2 away games are St  Johnstone and St. Mirren and they won't be too far off that game there in terms of style. We just need to make sure we play our strongest XI from the start. Oh and defend better...

Just now, weebluedevil said:

Our winning streak was going to end at some point. It was a bad night, typical cup game, they were up for it and grew in confidence as the game went on. No excuses really. But...as long as this doesn’t derail our main goal, and in some way it may be a blessing in disguise, as hard as that is to fathom. 

How we respond at the weekend will be telling. 

I know Aribo has been injured but he was miles off the pace tonight. As was every player tbh. I thought the telling thing was Balogun had a lot of time on the ball and was forced to start our forward play (until Davis and Kamara came on). Zungu is tidy but wants to play Hollywood passes too many times for my liking

Dont give a damn about the league cup but its the bigger picture that would be a concern . The warning signs were there on Sunday at Tannidice IMO. We've played a lot of games granted but we were awful tonight and looked like we couldn't even do the simple things right. Just glad it's a cup game and not the league

Aribos been an empty jersey tonight

Very lacklustre indeed. Much like Tannadice IMO. Should we be concerned...? Too many long balls also

That all came from Kent trying to be too flashy. He needs to just concentrate on the simple things sometimes...especially in and around our box

20 hours ago, JohnMc said:

There might be some gnashing of teeth and hurried memos to the music department at Pacific Quay this morning as Dougie Payne, Travis bass player, has publicly outed himself on the BBC Sport website. Obviously BBC Sport headquarters failed to pick up on Mr. Payne's loyalties before the interview. I'm sure Richard Gordon and Stuart Cosgrove will have a word, can't be having Rangers fans being portrayed as anything but reactionary neanderthals now, former art school indie band rockers not supporting the 'Tic or some diddy team, that's going to confuse the listeners. 

"But it has to be said that things are going really well right now. Gerrard has really turned things around and the players he has signed have slotted right in. We are not just getting good results, we are playing really well too."

Due to a previous work connection, I have had dealings with Dougie Payne and the other lads from Travis. They are all bluenoses apart from the singer Fran. Nice bunch of guys tbh

1 minute ago, PoohBear said:

Quite frustrated with that from Morelos, looking straight at the guy and elbowing him. He's not playing well enough for me to be doing that.

I'd whip him off now and get Itten or Defoe on. There's niggle in this game and we need 11 men

WTF Morelos. That could be a red

10 minutes ago, ian1964 said:

Does anyone think Hagi might be played CF with Aribo & Itten either side?

Think it will Itten down the middle with Aribo and Hagi either side tbh 

36 minutes ago, RANGERRAB said:

The support & adulation for the GB looks to have come back to bite them big style.

Unbelievable scenes at the San giro tonight 

From what I've seen, it looks like a bunch of wee teenage neds. Is that the GB core audience?

31 minutes ago, RANGERRAB said:

Good all round professional performance today. Job well done. Only concern for me is Itten. Still to show why we shelled out £3m for him. 

Not going to judge him yet as he has been reduced to cameos and played out wide on several occasions. 

4 minutes ago, ian1964 said:

I don't get all this it's bad that TLB gets the sack!!, the only team that can defeat us is us!.

There's now talk of an SOS for the purveyor of Jurassic Football himself...St. Martin of Neil. Happy days

What a great finish. What a great pass also from Goldson.

Didn't realise it was a plastic pitch tonight. With the temperature now dropping, let's hope we get out of my here without any injuries.

42 minutes ago, Franc Ergs said:

 

 

 

More buses than Buchanan Station

I thought Kamara was outstanding 

Just a wee post script. Can anyone tell my why our 1st goal was not offside last night? Is it because Roofe is beyond the goalie? He's clearly the most advanced player when Arfield strikes the ball 

2 minutes ago, ian1964 said:

This guy has improved so much under SG, excellent, yet I always think he could do more!!?, he certainly has the ability to keep improving

Agreed. When he actually starts believing in himself to get forward he could really be a truly outstanding player. He's been doing more of that and he does look threatening 

Just now, the gunslinger said:

BTW roofe is going to be some player for us. 

I like the fact that he is a hard worker and there is almost a maverick quality to him. We haven't had a "maverick" type player like that in ages

I thought Kamara was exceptional again tonight 

Standard Liege did us a wee favour. If Poznan had won they would be on 6 pts, adding more pressure to the next 2 games IMO.