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Can't see many sales of the lilac strip shifting after last night. Not a fan incidentally. Looks cheap IMO. 

Why can't we just get a classy all white strip. Maybe with a blue star? Is it too much to ask in this year of all years...? 

Grouchy bar steward, Glasgow.

1 minute ago, der Berliner said:

Up next will be Alashkert or Almaty, Kasachstan or Armenia.

 

By the way, we will be followed by Red Star Belgarde, Slavia and Sparta Prague, Genk, Olympiakos, Spartak Moscow and Legia Warzaw ...

Forget that. Ross County away is our next big game. I fear for us going into that OF game if we don't pull the finger out

2 minutes ago, ian1964 said:

You can argue all you want about team selection but tonight we put in a great 1st half overall, the whole team shat it 2nd half

Thought the warning signs were there at the end of the 1st half tbh. 

Too many players not doing it at the moment. I hate to single players out but what's happened to Barasic. Looks very unsure at the moment.

And please can we get beyond lobbing endless crosses into a packed box? That's 3 games in a row we've persisted with this tactic. Ok we scored from a cross tonight but 1 goal out of about 50 crosses over 3 games is not a good hit rate. 

3 minutes ago, Frankie said:

We were forced into wearing the new strip by UEFA apparently.

 

I'd rather see us in the home shirt but again, the choice of strip should not matter.  It's all about attitude and quality.

Agree 100%. Just don't like us not playing in the blue. 

For anyone interested...we will be wearing our new lilac 3rd kit tonight. Hate it when we are not playing in our 1st choice strip at home. 

This transfer is a very depressing tbh. 

Just watched the Press conference.  A wee bit OTT. No one has died ffs. Wouldn't it be great if he turned round and said don't worry. I've got all the money I need so I'll play for free over the next 2/3 years? Why go to PSG if it's not for money? Disappointed if this happens 

Hate to be the harbinger of doom but the last few games have followed many of our games in the second half of last season. There were many games at the start of 2021 were we genuinely struggled to create chances. It is worrying. Oh and I agree with regards the make up of our midfield. If Lumstrom and Davies are playing together, Kamara has to move forward and be more constructive. It's clear now why we were looking at the Dutch boy.

14 minutes ago, RANGERRAB said:

Maybe this will be start of a run of games for Itten. 

Forwards are not the issue for me. If we are not creating good/any chances, the personel is irrelevant. We need to better than...shift the ball wide to Tav/Borna to hit speculative crosses. We need tjhem etting round the back and hitting the by line.

10 minutes ago, gisabeer said:

 We had one or two chances to score but never took them.  But we have to be smarter with our substitutions.  Lundstrom (who i think will disappear as the season goes on)  and kent should have been hooked a lot sooner.  Sheer desperation in the end.

There's no point singling out Lundstrom from a whole team that was rank.

2 minutes ago, Frankie said:

Not good enough at all.

 

Yes, we'll point at 70-80% possession and an unlucky deflection to concede but we had next to nothing to offer in terms of creativity or goal threat.

 

We're a yard short of sharpness and have minimal inspiration amongst players that proved so important next year.  Early days but we need a lot, lot more than this.

The fact that their goalie had nothing to do says it all.

I would put that in the top 3 worst performances since SG arrived. Probably coming in at number 1 as we are champions. We could have played for days and not scored.

We have not one ball thrown into the box. Why keep bloody persevering?

Where is the tempo Rangers? Hate this pedestrian pace we sometimes adopt

5 minutes ago, gisabeer said:

I dont care if we win 1 0 in every game,  3 point is three points.   Have to say though theres very little on the bench to turn things round if things dont go our way.   Surprising given the depth in our squad

Eh? Itten, Wright, Defoe, Paterson, Arfield, Simpson, McGregor is a strong bench IMO

9 minutes ago, Tannochsidebear said:

I agree with that entirely. The alternative (Puma and by default Ashley) was far far worse. My hope is that with the type of numbers we are posting, our continuing return to financial health and domestic and (for us at least) European success and increased profile means that when this contract is up for renewal we can go with either Adidas or Nike. I think that will move us on a stage further again and boost our coffers even more, which is ultimately what it is all about.

Having seen the abominations Nike have created for Barca, Inter and Spurs for the forthcoming season, I wouldn't want them anywhere near a Rangers strip.

Is it me or has Stevie G been quite tetchy this week during his pressers? Love the fact that he calls Dundee Utd Dundee.

I didn't realise McCarthy was let go from Palace therefore he was effectively a free agent. Might say a lot about where he's at these days. A 4 year deal seems generous for someone who has played just over 150 club games in 8 seasons.

That's impressive numbers and other suppliers will be pricking their ears...

Just saw this on the wires...Pep is apparently gutted he just forked out 100 million on Grealish...

5 minutes ago, der Berliner said:

Usually someone who gets no game time and sits on the bench. You do wonder at what stage a professional footballer that is not a fan of the club (like Stewart) gets somewhat annoyed by not being picked despite those in front of him not delivering (even up to their own levels), yet are certain picks for the next game.

 

When you look at our bench last night you do wonder why the likes of Hastie, Jones, Barker and Middleton were omitted from the squad or bench for the CL qualifiers, given how many players we missed. Hagi got injured in training and who knows what Aribo had. So we had a bench full of youngsters plus Sakala and some chaps not for attack et al.

Was the bench not a reflection of the UEFA quota ruling on home grown players? I may be talking baloney...

3 hours ago, Bill said:

What worries me about Jones leaving is that someone else will have to step up and be the whipping boy now.  

Jones didn't play and ultimately offer enough to be a whipping boy. Losing Jones will have no significant impact on our season.

I would have kept Itten on with Salaka up top and went 4-4-2. Itten was one of the positives IMO

Was kindle of hoping they would scrape through so they could face PSV who put 7 past Galatasary