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Think he got hooked because the game got stretched and was getting done for pace?

Completely agree. On another night we could have had 3 or 4. Morelos was amazing last night. Just left his scoring touch on the bus

Agreed. He looks like is playing with low confidence and is happy just to do the simple things. I hope he can come of out of his shell take it up a few notches

To be fair to Worrel, we looked less vulnerable when he came on. McCauley is an old head but he very slow on the ground. Worrel is also less inclined to go long which I like.

I would refer to Gaffer's excellent post earlier in the week about corners. We need to be smarter than simply supplying the same cross in all the time. When we get a corner I never think anything will happen

Agreed. Candies offered very little IMO. I would say the same about Coulibaly but at least he improved as the game wore on

Very frustrating indeed. Alfie's all round play was truly excellent tonight but I couldn't help think if a Kenny Miller or a Kris Boyd had been on the end of all those chances we would have won that game by 4. We played well enough but it just cements my opinion that our team is full of decent but very average players. We seriously lack genuine quality all over the park (especially in the front 6) PS. How was that not a penalty? He obviously moved his arm towards the ball

Especially Ambrose. He is an accident waiting to happen.

60% possession to Hibs? Eh? Must have watched a different game

1st half thoughts. Pretty much controlled the match and we should be 2 up. We need to press higher as a team and put pressure on their defence (especially Ambrose). We also need to stop relinquishing cheap possession. For example, McGregor is too keen to lump it high when we could roll it out to Jack. When we pass it we look half decent. Oh And we need two top class midfielders (no shit Sherlock...)

The front 3 need to press higher and put pressure on their defenders. We are far too deep

Shame about McCrorie but either way that is the least amount of changes we have made in a long time. Thank God. Still think we will get a lot goals tonight for some reason. Must be something in my waters....

God knows why but for some reason I have a good feeling about tonight. Recent away form suggests otherwise but the fact that Hibs will be the most open team we have played since beating Hearts, gives me more hope than fear.

Brilliant post Gaffer. With regards to your point about crossing forward and back, look at Man City. The majority of their goals are from cut backs from someone getting in behind and hitting the by line. They rarely score goals corners or speculative shooting.

With regards to the Fran Sol rumour, I'm not sure tbh. We would be looking at £2million plus but what does it do to actually address our problems? Our main problem is not scoring goals IMO, our problem is actually creating goal clear cut scoring chances. It would be a different story if we were peppering the opponents goal and our striker couldn't hit the target but that's not the case. In the last handful of games, we have simply struggled to create any chances at all. When I mean chances, I mean 100% chances (too quote wee Dick Adcocaat). If we create chances Morelos will score. If we do have money to spend, I'd rather spend £400k on Shankland as a back up and then look to get creativity in the team. Not another midfielder that will pass sideways but someone who can see a forward pass and play with their head up. I don't think we need any more wingers as Barasic/Middleton/Grezda and Tav/Candias/Kent can more than play provide width.

Agree. For example, despite a few decent showings at the start of the season Coulibaly has offered very little and it makes you wonder what McCrorie could have done during that period.

If we don't get him, someone else will. If he doesn't cut it 400k is not the biggest gamble. On the other hand, if he scores goals in the SPL for Rangers then you have an asset on your hands.

Still think we have nothing to lose by bringing in the young guy from Ayr United. He's mobile and can grab goals in the penalty box. Can't be any worse than Lafferty?

I'm really starting to get rather tired of our insistence on cross after flippin cross. It doesn't work. We really need to be more inventive in the final 3rd

Still 2-0 on Rangers TV. Missed the first 8mins. What's the score??

Good point Ian

Europe has been a fantastic distraction but it has also helped paper over the cracks in our domestic form. When you consider we are 1pt better off than we were at this time last year it shows how erratic we have been. We need to attempt to find a settled XI and stick with it. IMO squad rotation can only work with teams that have played together for a while and have a recognisable style of play.

Middleton needs a wee rest from the starting XI. Barasic more than capable of delivering good crosses from the left

Not sure if the tactics were that bad tbh. With more quality and better decision making we could have had a decent result.

His kicking has been poor all evening tbh