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39 minutes ago, RANGERRAB said:

Lawrence,Colak  & Tillman look decent signings we made the summer. Ben Davies should be a good signing too.

My main concern was goalkeeper. I saw no point in retaining McGregor who had a few errors last season. That meant we needed a goalkeeper. Easy option was Siegrist but we waited and the yahoos got him. 
No we’re paying the price unless McCrorie is the answer

 

 

Is Colak an upgrade on Morelos? 

Just out of interest, can anyone pinpoint the last signing we made that has actually improved our team? 

Big month ahead for Gio and the team. Champions League games evey week sandwiched between away trips to Aberdeen and Hearts. Oh well. The league is all but over before it even started. 

9 minutes ago, Sutton_blows_goats said:

Only one of Arfield and Davis should have been kept on. Kamara should have been sold if he wanted to go as is rumoured. We still have too many players (mostly midfield) who need game time managed which is absolutely dreadful. 
 

I genuinely feared for the worst when Lundstram went down injured.

 

Kent and Morelos are just seeing out time.

I like Kent but I'm starting to veer towards the school of thought that wonders what he actually does? He's busy and drags players towards him but at the moment his end product has evaporated. Jota will score over 13/15 goals this season for the Tims. Kent will be lucky to beat his 2 goal league haul from last season. 

2 minutes ago, Sutton_blows_goats said:

How many of our new signings were unavailable today through injury? Everyone bar Tillman and Ridvan?

Colak

4 minutes ago, gisabeer said:

We lost the league mate.   We have to perform on both fronts.   We are no better domestically now than we were when gio took over.  This was deja veu today.  Gio implemented the same tactics the last time we got beat at the scum dome and and against union.    We went there not to lose today.  Once the first goal went in we were out of ideas.   Rangers are box of chocolates under gio.  You just don't know what your going to get next.   

 

Agreed. The league is over and we're 3 days into September. Their GD is also miles ahead if ours. Oh well.

12 minutes ago, the gunslinger said:

I will say this Ange won't be at Celtc at the end of the season. Probably not the end of the year. 

 

They will have trouble when he goes. How much is debatable but i am not convinced their form has much to do with quality of player. 

 

Some of their players are very very ordinary. A couple are excellent mind you.  

The damning thing is, most of their players just needed to be ordinary today. We were gift wrapping their goals by dawdling on the ball instead of clearing and sleeping at throw ins. 

2 minutes ago, buster. said:

Time will tell but I'll repeat what I said months ago.

 

I don't think this squad has enough balance, depth or quality to do much this season.

If our main striker is not scoring, it's hard to see where the goals are coming from. The Tims get goals from all over the pitch. We have a clutch of midfielders who probably average 1 or 2 goals per season. 

Not sure if we can read too much into it but we signed 7 players in the summer and not one player finished that game. Granted some are injured but IMO we seem to excell in adding to our squad with squad players as opposed to players that are an upgrade on what we already had.  

That passage of play with Tav trying to pass to Wright summed up our day. Awful.

Just now, buster. said:

Morales just behind Colak

Is it wise to put on a tempestuous and overweight striker on when you are chasing a 3-0 deficit?

Will changing the personel alert us to the fact that every time they take a free kick/throw in, we are sleeping. Wake the f**k up Rangers. We are not even testing their back line.

What the f**k was that? Strange club. 

1 minute ago, Uilleam said:

Not a lot of pace on the field, nor on the bench.

 

It looks like we will be boxing on the back foot, which can work as a tactic, but not one with which I am always comfortable. 

Ceding a lot of possession and territory gives me the jitters, as it relies on a very, very low error count, forced or unforced. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Celtic will probably expect us to sit back initially so let's push a slightly higher line and take the game to them. As Bill said earlier, tempo is key.

2 minutes ago, Bill said:

As in most OF games I've watched, tempo and energy will be the deciding factor. Start slow, lose fast. 

Send this to the Rangers dressing room today. No other words needed. 

I think we are due a big Ryan Kent performance. I get that he pulls players here and there but I feel he needs to work the keeper more when in good positions (as opposed to his standard row Z efforts).  

2 minutes ago, buster. said:

The question is where on the park will their heat map feature ?

 

I reckon it might begin on the deep side close to our defence.

Kamara to push forward from the 3. Kamara is good on the half turn and also good at getting fouled. 

Just now, gisabeer said:

Lawrence is a big loss.  I would have Jack next to lundstram and arfield or morelos in place of him.  Theres goals in the both of them.  Exactly what we need today.

 

Morelos is nowhere near fit enough to start a game of this magnitude. And let's not even begin to talk about his mental state...

1 minute ago, PoohBear said:

Just noticed Matondo isn't even on the bench, not great, particularly when we are short wide players.

Early days but I haven't been overtly impressed by him so far. Hopefully just taking time to adjust  

6 minutes ago, PoohBear said:

It's not a knock on Davis, just didn't expect him to play. Not a fan of sticking Tillman out wide, really we should have Wright there and Tillman behind the striker. That, for me, takes out one midfielder and I would have though Davis would be the one to miss out.

If you can control the midfield in these games you generally come out on top. Davis, Kamara and Lundstram works for me. 

1 minute ago, PoohBear said:

The only surprise for me is Davis in, I guess that pushes Tillman to the right.

Davis is a calm head when all around will be bedlam. And he is an exceptional footballer as he proved on tuesday. If we can get 60 minutes from him, I'll be happy.

3 minutes ago, buster. said:

He is the type of player who has the ability to unsettle them and make a difference.

 

But there is a danger that like so many players in their first OF match, that it passes him by.

 

 

It is the type of call that the manager has to get right.

We can't have passengers today.

 

 

Agreed. We can't afford any passengers or players getting caught on the ball. Big calls to make from Gio.

2 hours ago, Gonzo79 said:

Tillman is a big goal threat and should definitely start.  

   

I like Tillman a lot but feel he is still too slow on the ball and takes too many touches. That won't work in today's game IMO. If he plays, I hope he proves me wrong.

34 minutes ago, gisabeer said:

Lawrence is a big loss.  I would have Jack next to lundstram and arfield or morelos in place of him.  Theres goals in the both of them.  Exactly what we need today.

 

Airfield has to start IMO. He's our biggest goal threat after Colak and Tav. Kent seems to have forgotten where the goals are. 

---------- McLaughlin---------

-----Goldson-------Sands-----

Tav---------------------Barasic

-------Davis---Lundstram------

-------------Arfield-------------

Wright----------------------Kent

---------------Colak------------

Tillman is still too slow IMO. Davis and Arfield are warriors who knows these games well. 

I can imagine the inflated energy prices are also impacting our spending. How much energy is used to keep grounds operational? It must be substantial.