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1 minute ago, der Berliner said:

IMHO, we simply trialled the 3-CHs with an eye for next week. I would it use at home and against weaker teams, or in games like today. I reckon when Coulibaly and Jack are fit, we won't use it next weekend though.

I'm not sure? What do we learn from playing a back 3 in a game we would dominate? I would go back to the back 4

Trying to be positive. SG is a clever guy. Hopefully he'll learn more from the mistakes in that 2nd half.

Lafferty, Morelos and Ejaria were not involved enough in the 2nd half

That goal was coming all 2nd half. Players looked gubbed.

Feels like a defeat tbh. Midfield posted missing in the 2nd half. Big wake up call

F*cking horrible game against a truly horrible team. 2nd half was as poor as we have played all season. Much to think about tbh. We were too deep in that 2nd half

Hartley had his hands round Lafferty's throat

Hate to sound all Han Solo but "I have a bad feeling about this..."

WTF? Punching? Behave Craigon

Really need a 4th here

Need to get Ejaria more on the ball

Motherwell team talks must be fun. Go out and kick lumps out of anything that moves

Barisic has the look of Numan about him

Fking hate Motherwell. Really push the limits

Had my doubts about Ejaria in such a physical game. The wee man has been great

Motherwell really are up to all the tricks here. We've done well despite all their wee nudges and shoves

We are too keen to get the ball forward quickly. Take it easy Rangers. Keep the ball in the deck

They really are a dirty, dirty team

Keep the head Rangers. We will only win this with 11 men

We're all over the place at the back. WTF?

More concerned that we are going with diagonals because Lafferty is on the pitch. Keep it on the deck and keep feeding the wing backs

1 hour ago, Craigy1881 said:

it's also important to remember i think going into the old firm with that 1 point advantage would heap more pressure on celtic so it is vital the squad is strong and win this game

Going into the OF game with a point advantage would be great. I would be tempted to go for it at CP and try to get a 4 pt lead. It would lay down a marker and install so much confidence 

12 minutes ago, Bill said:

The day will come when Rangers are winning titles again and are the sole Scottish club in Europe. Only then will the BBC game be clear to everyone who's not connected with Rangers. Until then, we watch and keep our own counsel.

Agreed. Talking of winning titles...I tuned into SSB the other night as I was doing my domestics. There must have been 3/4 Celtic fans on whining about their favourite subject...Rangers. The tone aimed at the panellists (not sure who) was one of "how dare you suggest that Rangers have improved". Let's face it most Gers fans would admit,  we haven't done anything yet but show progress from the mire that we had fallen into over the last few years. We have drawn one and won one in the SPL, we have shown good progress in the early stages of Europe, we overcame a tricky away tie in the cup. Ultimately we haven't won anything but have shown improvement in all areas. Surely the followers of the "ra Double Treble" champs are not remotely bothered by our steady start? Apparently not...It just made think, what the hell is the place going to be like when we eventually win the league? (it will happen). It will be a sight to behold

Hopefully 1-0 will give us a good platform for next week. Another plus would be that Ufa don't score too many goals. In 30 league games last season they only scored 34 goals. If we score over there we can kill the tie