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If you think walking about side passing is good tempo then fair enough

Hearts players being allowed to spoil the match by kicking the ball away all the time, taking 5 minutes to take throw ins/free kicks

Our tempo is terrible, this is the cause of poor performances from us, get the fecking finger out

Rangers are set to offer new deals to veteran trio Steven Davis, Jermain Defoe and Allan McGregor. Ibrox boss Steven Gerrard has been delighted by the impact of all three this season as they helped the side reach the Europa League group stages as well as battling Celtic at the top of the table. Davis and McGregor are out of contract at the end of the season, while on-loan striker Defoe’s deal with Bournemouth also expires next summer. Despite their combined age of 108, Gerrard insists all three deserve to extend their stay with the Light Blues and is keen to deal them in sooner rather than later. He said: “There will be more news on the horizon about people staying here for longer. “The people I’m talking about are the likes of Jermain, Allan, Steven — they’re not on long-term deals but are very much in the plan. “They are on top form and players we want around longer than the end of the season. “I don’t look at age. I look on form, I look on what you offer, what your contribution is on a daily basis. “What you are bringing to the team and what you are potentially bringing to the team over how many years we are talking. “I think when you’re dealing with players of this age, you’re never going to offer them a two or three-year deal. Of course you’re not, there’s no need. “But at the same time you don’t want to lose them because they’re so valuable to us. “They are players who help drive the standards and drive the dressing room and are helping me on a daily basis. “Can you imagine how difficult my job would be now if those three were leaving in the summer? Or they knocked on my door and said they don’t want to play any more. “How do you go and find a world-class goalie who is ready, who is going to make big saves in Europe, who is going to make big saves domestically, with the budgets that are available? “How do you go and find a No 9 who can score at any given time? "How do you go and find someone who has Steven Davis’ experience, who can run games of football and is a model professional? “Sometimes you’ve got to realise what you’ve got and tickle what you’ve got and look after what you’ve got. “I don’t want any crazy Alan Hansen quotes coming out here, but balance is important. “It’s important that you have energy and youth and people that get the best out of the older guys in the dressing room, but also vice versa. “These young guys need guidance, need professionals, need to see people across the board that set 100 per cent standards every single day. “At the moment, I think we have the balance right. “That’s not to say that we don’t want to add to it or adjust it, or change it from an addition point of view. “At the same time, there will be people that go in a different direction to get football for their own piece of it. “It will also be shaping it and adjusting it, but at the moment we have the balance right in terms of age.” https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/4909946/rangers-steven-davis-jermain-defoe-allan-mcgregor/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1572734856

TRAVEL ADVICE Hampden Park, Scotland’s National Stadium Rangers FC v Heart of Midlothian FC – Sunday 3rd November 2019, 1500 hrs kick-off https://www.hampdenpark.co.uk/assets/media/Rangers v Hearts Travel Advice 2019.pdf

The pitch is going to be like a ploughed field tomorrow!

Unfortunately the refs allow our players to be assaulted every match

Steven Gerard has called on his side to approach Sunday’s Betfred Cup semi-final with Hearts in a different manner to when they last met a fortnight ago. https://rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/we-need-to-be-different/

I think that team is about right, although as you said Katic may replace Helander??, as covered in the article there are no excuses in this match, we simply have to make the final otherwise it is another failure. I am confident we will win by 2/3 goals, providing we turn up!

Laughable? think you're wrong there, Flanagan & Halliday were better options at that time due to Barisic poor form, SG obviously agreed and picked Flanagan/Halliday before him and both actually played well enough to keep him out of the team. I think we all knew he was a player, but his early form was poor

Behind the scenes from the trip to the highlands. https://rangers.co.uk/tv/view?it=17929&act=view&c=News Trailer | Away Days | Double Double in Dingwall

Highlights https://rangers.co.uk/tv/view?it=17922&act=view&c=News&s=56

Away Days: Solihull Stand Off Behind the scenes as the Colts travel to the Midlands for a Caramel Wafer Cup tie. https://rangers.co.uk/tv/view?it=17928&c=&act=watch&r=1464245746