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Taxi duties for me today getting kids from here and there so have missed everything. Doesn't sound like I've missed much to be honest. The guy on the BBC just said "Rangers still look dangerous on the break..." Eh? 55 mins in and are we sitting back on a 1 goal lead?

Lundstram dropping into a back 3, Tav and Ridvan bombing forward, Raskin and Lawrence buzzing in midfield, Lammars acting as the pivot, Roofe and Danilo as the twin spearheads. What could possibly go wrong? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Another game, another line up. Hopefully this one sticks..

St Johnstone 0 Rangers 3 FGS Lawrence

Jeso. Give him time. Is he not only 16 years old?

Some England players are simply on a different level. There is a reason Kane, Bellingham, Walker and Foden play for elite clubs in Europe. No great shame in losing to a team that has that much quality.

I presume we are not just giving them it for nothing....💰

Can't say I've ever enjoyed us going to McDairmad Park. Much like Rugby Park, games always seem to be turgid affairs.

All jokes aside, this is a massive week for us. IMO, if we wait we can say bye bye to the league as this team needs a turnaround of Biblical proportions.

Very few teams have sustained success by playing awful and aimless football. Teams can adopt a certain style in knockout football (as we did on the run to Manchester) but that won't cut it in the long haul of a league season.

Ana Markovic and Alisha Lehmann joining the ladies team as part of the same rumour...🤪🤪🤪🤪

Some guy called Potter? You're getting me excited...

I don't mind a transfer window as such but it should close right at the start of August to stop potential squad disruption.

He's also just changed his Grinder profile...🙄

Inside info? Gut feeling? Reading between the lines? Or all three?

I can't believe we would look at anyone having any kind of success in Japan and dismiss it. One league title or 5 league titles. For goodness sakes, we play in Scotland. Look at recent Euro results to gauge how poor our level is. Ange won leagues in 2 different countries playing an identifiable brand of football. Is there anyone else out there with a similar pedigree? Step forward Kevin Muscat...

Definitely something afoot after reading that Chris Jack piece. Does anyone else think the board are maybe sounding out someone else before making their move? Was Beale not visible at Ibrox before replacing Gio? Interesting week ahead as always.

So will the league title.

I think our problems are greater than whether Barasic stays or goes to be honest.

That's what's frustrating IMO. There were small signs he was heading in the right direction last season but he appears to have ripped that up and become too cautious IMO.

I hate to call for any Rangers managers head but I've just come to conclusion that he has to go in order to try and salvage our season. Maybe it's a bit of hindsight but many of the summer business bothered me. To give this context, Im going to go back to last season. It seemed to me that Beale had developed the genesis of a playing style based on a high-press with Cantwell at the top of a diamond leading (and scoring). This was complimented by 2 split attackers, 2 in the middle, one at the base of midfield, wing backs providing width with a midfielder dropping in to cover. I liked this style and thought that this was going to be our blueprint for this season. Roll onto the summer...with Cantwell in the number 10 role leading the press did we need Sam Lammars? We also had Hagi who could play there. Lawrence was on the way back. God we even had young Lowry. Would that money spent on Lammars not have been better spent on more mobile wide attackers or central defenders? This is just one of many things that have been bothering me. Don't get me started on Danilo...

Come back Fashion. All is forgiven.

The other thing that worries me is that if Roofes goals had stood, we would have continued with our tactics of sitting back and hitting long balls. We only came out in the 2nd half with a but more attacking I tent because we had to. Reactive not proactive as usual.

I know it was a dead rubber but this was the formation I thought Beale was working on. Cantwell further forward at the top of a diamond leading the press with 2 split strikers/attackers. A flexible 4-4-2 or 4-3-1-2 which can easily become a 3-5-2 if the sitting midfielder drops in.

Could apply this to countless things that happened today.