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Any reaction from Stevie G yet?

7 minutes ago, compo said:

I find it hard to believe you listen to this shite 

Didn't have a choice tbh. Was on the move in the car 

Apparently about 26 degrees and 80% humidity in Villareal. Makes the result even better

On 17/09/2018 at 17:36, JohnMc said:

Villareal 2 Rangers 2. A scottish team gets a draw against a team that finishes 5th in La Liga and BBC Scotland seem keen to dwell on our shortcomings tonight. Unbelievable

5 hours ago, compo said:

Poor crowd at the Ethihad they wanted European football for years , they get it and the crowd is down 10,000 on a league game .

That's been the case for many of Man City's CL home games. Do a lot of their fans not boycott European games after some row with UEFA? 

2 minutes ago, Waltersgotstyle said:

Surely that  award goes to Salim Kerkar?

Or Filip Sebo? Seems he's turned himself into a male model these days...

1 minute ago, pete said:

Yes, Gerrard said it in the presser.

Cheers Buddy. I've not had the chance the listen to it

12 minutes ago, buster. said:

Tonight will give an indication if that game has changed the way SG approaches this kind of challenge.

 

There should be more physical and mental energy to take on whatever way we go about things.....but again our midfield options are curtailed, noteably the absence of Jack and Ejaria (on top of the longer term injuries).

Is Ejaria injured?

Feel the same way as I did prior going to Septic Park. I'm not expecting a result but looking more to see a good performance from the team. I hope we can braver on the ball, have a go and at least give them something to think about. Sitting back for 90 mins will get us nowhere fast IMO

Just now, Gonzo79 said:

Dunno, Dec.  Does it?

Sorry gonzo. You've lost me

16 minutes ago, Gonzo79 said:

Aye but they're in the minority.

Does it matter what their names are? 

It's hard to judge him tbh. Did the sh*t not hit the fan about 5 minutes after he walked in the door? Probably not the best situation to judge a player

26 minutes ago, compo said:

Liverpool are looking good great pool of players .

IMO Liverpool have won 5 from 5 in the EPL without even getting into top gear. On top of that Salah has not yet got into his groove yet this season. They are serious contenders

It was a long time ago but I seem to recall there was a great Kevin Beattie tale from Terry Butchers autobiography from years ago. Ipswich were playing in sub zero conditions somewhere in Eastern Europe (old Soviet Union I think) and all the players were wearing gloves, long sleeves, tights etc. Beattie just laughed at them and ran onto the surface in shorts and a short sleeved top and played a blinder.

1 minute ago, buster. said:

Difference for me is that we should have more energy in the tank to get up and down the pitch.

 

The challenge is to do so whilst retaining possession. More especially given our limited midfield options, together with the absence of Morelos, which limits options for how to attack.

Good points buster. It will be interesting to see if Lafferty plays the lone striker role (like he does for NI sometimes). If so we need play more balls into channels and to feet as opposed to pumping the ball high from the back to relieve pressure.

1 hour ago, buster. said:

Thursday is effectively a 'free hit'.

I'd go for the element of surprise, attack and go for a goal in the first 15 to 20 minutes.

 

I can't see 90 minutes of parking the bus working against a team that has quality middle to front.

 

Had we had Jack and Ejaria fit, I'd be much more confident of getting a result.

 

 

I agree with the free hit theory. We have nothing to lose in this game IMO so why not go out and have a go. I get the feeling we can learn more about the new players/team from that than sitting back for 90 minutes (ala Parkhead in the 1st half)

16 minutes ago, Uilleam said:

I hear, and keep hearing, that Villareal is out of form, struggling in  La Liga, not ready for the EL, and, thus, we are 'catching them at the right time'.

 

Does this remind anyone of the Valencia team, with Mendieta, Claudio Lopez, Kily Gonzalez, and others, which gave us a football lesson over two legs,

in, what, 1999?

 

I've heard it all before. Back in 99, Valencia were dubbed by great minds of the Scottish press as the "Aberdeen of Spain" as Aberdeen had also been struggling with no wins at the start of that season.  Not only did "the Aberdeen of Spain" teach us a lesson over in Spain, they also topped a group containing Bayern Munich and went all the way to the final in Paris. The 2-1 defeat at Ibrox was a much closer game but Valencia were worthy winners.

1 hour ago, buster. said:

The draws certainly weren't being kind to us that season.

 

Quarter Finals
Nottingham Forest	Eng	Grasshoppers Zürich	Sui	4-1	1-1
1.FC Köln	Ger	Glasgow Rangers	Sco	1-0	1-1
Wisla Kraków	Pol	Malmö FF	Swe	2-1	1-4
Austria Wien	Aut	Dynamo Dresden	GDR	3-1	0-1

 

 

Semi Finals
Nottingham Forest	Eng	1.FC Köln	Ger	3-3	1-0
Austria Wien	Aut	Malmö FF	Swe	0-0	0-1

The old European Cup is so far removed from the CL. Let's face it, most teams that won it only had to play 5-7 competitive games to win it. If the draw was kind you could be playing teams from Malta, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Norway, Iceland, Finland etc. in the 1st round.

I was just listen listening to Carlos Carvalhal this morning on Talk Sport and he mentioned that we wanted him back in 2015 but Sheffield Wednesday got in first. Excuse my ignorance but was this widely known? I presume he was in the running with Warburton? Quite a cool guy based on what I heard this morning.

Surely it wasn't Celtic? They were far too busy sorting out their Tour of Japan....

The best way to win this "stand off" with the BBC PQ is success on the pitch. The BBC Scotland football team have basically operated under the rather foolish pretence that Rangers will forever be in Celtics shadow and we will keep making arse of things off and on the park. Now that there is change coming down the line in the shape of SG, their rather short sighted feathers are starting to get ruffled. They will seriously have to work out how they approach their coverage of Rangers and on top of all this, the BBC I down south will be wondering why there is not more coverage of what SG is doing up north. If we can win the league, it will be check mate Rangers IMO.

Forest are a club who had a purple patch of 3/4 years thanks to an exceptional manager. That doesn't make them a big club. The 2nd tier of the English league is their level tbh.

4 minutes ago, Gonzo79 said:

I simply made a factual comment.

Factual but loaded. 

2 hours ago, Gonzo79 said:

Miller did worse than sign for the sheep.  

 

Leave it out Gonzo. Why does everything have to be so combative? I presume you sat on your hands when Millers goals helped us win 3 titles in a row? Credit where cedit is due. The guy served Rangers well

28 minutes ago, Bill said:

There won't be any fewer for you showing how they upset you so much. Poor thing. ?

Upset? More like bemused. Anyway, 3 hrs to kick off. Go and enjoy the game mate and have some time off worrying about those pesky separatists