pete

No we haven't taken 40million to Seville yet.

Is that a bit like saying I like my wife to do her talking in bed? I prefer to hear her snoring at least I am not getting nagged.

Great idea mate and I would certainly donate to that. You should put up a post on FF and Rangers media for the best result.

Are there any offers to write a preview for the Hearts game to be up for mid-day tomorrow.

They used to send vans round with a huge scanner on it. Somebody on here said it was a scam and just a frightening tactic they didn't actually do anything.

We don't want to do anything now in case they give the card to Morelos instead who made the second foul. I would rather miss Candeias than Tav or Morelos. This statement is just another cop out of I made a **** of it. It seems referees can make it up as they go along.What about the big defender squaring up to Morelos and fouling him in nearly every tackle. What about the guy that took out Flanagan. he was also on a yellow card. We played against 12 men last night.

Koeman said that as well that he trusts his back-room staff to make a decision like that.They work as a team.

I have just read this and wrote similar in the Beale thread. I don't think that is Gerrard I think it is Beale, Just on a funny note. In the game Germany v Holland with Germany 2-1 up and minutes to play, a note was passed on to the field by Ronald Koeman telling Virgil van Dijk to move up to the strikers role. van Dijk scored the equaliser with virtually the last kick on the ball. When Koeman was asked about the note telling van Dijk to move forward he said "I didn't write it I just had a quick look and passed it on. I had nothing to do with the decision but we had to try something."

I read a small bit of his blog on defending and you can definitely see his influence in how we defend. How we choose our moment to apply pressure and when to just regroup. He has also written blogs in playing with 10 men moving to a 4-3-2 formation. That was also to see last night with Middleton moving more central. That then forces teams to move down the wings which you again could see last night. Villarreal wanted to play with a diamond through the centre but we set up to match them on that and forced them down the wings. They brought on wide players to try and make use of that but to no avail.

He seems to do a lot of the tactical and coaching side of things. Here is his website for people who do a bit of coaching. Some good tips. https://michaelbealecoaching.com/

Coulibaly was nearly back to the form he had at the beginning of the season so Ejaria may struggle for Sunday as well.

Morelos worked his socks off and got absolutely no protection from the referee from that big clogger that was marking him.

The supporters were absolutely fantastic last night. A real 12th man!

And three wise men.

Agreed

Not if Spartak beat Villareal as they beat us on the two games we played them.

Rapid win 2-1. keeps it in our hands for now.

2-1 for Rapid in extra time.

1-1 header from a corner.

Still 1-0 Spartak. Rapid have had 1 shot on goal. Spartak now shutting up shop.

Spartak 1 Wien 0 HT One shot on goal in 45 minutes and 1 goal.

Do I need to start this thread with "Forgive me father for I have sinned"

Ahhh I hope not. I have read that about 10 times as well.?

On Thursday we welcome Villareal to our rebuilt fortress Ibrox for the next game in the oh so exciting, or is it stressful, Europa league game. These are the games we have been looking forward to since 2012. And what a group this has turned into. Only two points split all four teams so every team can still survive after the winter stop. There is no point in crying over spilt milk but we really should be sitting on easy street after the two games against Spartak Moscow. Although I never saw the game in Moscow I can pull my hair out to think we scored three goals away from home and still came away with "Nul Points". That was even magnified if you see the, perfectly good, chalked off goal from Alfredo Morelos. That goal would have put us 4-2 up and changed the whole complexion of the game. That said the defending on that evening left a lot to be desired. Due to the resulting 4-3 defeat that result means if we want to keep qualifying for the next round in our own hands then a win is a must against Villareal. If we don't win then it means we are depending on some favourable results from the other matches. A win for Rapid Vienna over Spartak would keep it mathematically possible to qualify even if we lose, but it would playing Russian Roulette in the last set of games. Villareal would also not need to play their first team against Spartak as they would be group winners already. If we lose and Spartak beat Rapid then the game's a bogey. Villareal have been having a pretty torrid time this season and are currently lying in sixteenth position in the Primera División. Before last Sunday's win against Real Betis they were actually lying seventeenth, just one place above the relegation zone. After that win they will have picked up a bit of confidence and their European form has not been too bad as they are currently unbeaten in the last ten away Europa league group stage matches. They have won three and drawn seven. I always say though runs and records are there to be broken. I actually watched the first-half of their game on Sunday against Real Betis and I can say that they do look dangerous when they are attacking, but they really look very shaky when defending. Although Betis didn't capitalise on it they got in behind the full-backs on a number of occasions. Looking back on our match in Spain, that is also where our two goals came from. Getting in behind the full-backs is a particular strong point of ours with Tavernier and Candeias linking on the right and hopefully Baricic and Middleton linking on the left. Grezda may also be called to take that left wing position but Middleton has been hitting some fantastic free-kicks and corners and that will probably just give him the nod. So what will Gerrards tactics be. I certainly don't think we will go Gung ho right from the start and I also think it will be wishful thinking to think we will be able to dominate for the greater part of the game, so I think we will set up in a 4-2-3-1 formation. We definitely need the defence to be far better than they were in Moscow. Alan McGregor will also probably have to play an important role in that as the Villareal strikers love to shoot on sight as we learned in Spain. I have heard a lot of people say that they would bring back Joe Worall for the game but I have no idea why we would drop Gareth McAuley after his performances of late. Yes, he may be thirty-nine years old but his positional sense and strength in the tackle make up for any loss of speed he may have. Don't forget Davie Weir took us to the UEFA final in 2008. I don't see the defence having the same difficulty with dead ball situations or having to make many headers in this game as the villareal game is mainly on the deck. McAuley made Conner Goldson also look like a far more confident player with his constant instructions. Big Conner was also breaking into the midfield far more on Saturday probably because he trusted MçAuley to mop up at the back. Villareal are a completely different class to Livingston of course. As I said earlier think the team will be set up in a 4-2-3-1 and I am going for the fact that Borna Barisic is fit and will be making his re-entry. If Ejaria does get the nod over Coulibaly then he will need to play a lot better than he did on Saturday. What a shame it would be to throw away that excellent start to the play-offs and go out like a damp squib. I really do think we can get in behind the Villareal defence though and come away with a 2-1 win. C'MON the Gers!

To sell Morelos in January for under 20 million would be stupid. Even then it would need to be the beginning of January so as we can bring in a replacement before the season restarts.