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Saw most of the first half but missed the 2nd. I’m really delighted with that. Roofe at CF and Hagi behind is exactly what I’ve wanted to see for ages. Aribo playing on the right side of the 3 and in his early season form is just a huge boost too. Crucial game time for Helander too, we need to get him fully fit. I won’t comment on Alfie as I haven’t seen the second half, other than to say I hope that miss removes any temptation to drop Hagi for him or play him ahead of Itten. Alfie should be settling for a bit part role until his form improves, it’s not fair on the other players who are playing well and have had to sit on the bench for much of the season.
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I’m very happy with this line up. Hagi finally gets a start and Roofe plays in arguably his best position at CF. Morelos didn’t deserve to walk back in to the first 11 so I’m glad he didn’t. A big game for Aribo too. He’s still regaining his sharpness but he is key to bringing creativity to our build-up play.
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How would that game have ended last season, without Roofe? We needed at least one more natural goalscorer this season and now we've got one. Hopefully we'll eventually have one on both sides of the CF like Liverpool with Mane and Salah.
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match thread (image) [FT] Rangers 3 (Roofe 73, 90+4; Itten 82) - 1 Motherwell
DMAA replied to JohnMc's topic in Rangers Chat
Yeh I know what you mean. St Mirren and St Johnstone are well organised sides who have been difficult to play against on their own ground this season against us and them. Really big games. -
match thread (image) [FT] Rangers 3 (Roofe 73, 90+4; Itten 82) - 1 Motherwell
DMAA replied to JohnMc's topic in Rangers Chat
8 goals in 11 league games for Roofe, and look at his goals per minute ratio. His signing has been a game changer for me in that for the first time since Naismith we have a proven goalscorer supporting our main striker. -
match thread (image) [FT] Rangers 3 (Roofe 73, 90+4; Itten 82) - 1 Motherwell
DMAA replied to JohnMc's topic in Rangers Chat
I saw the last 10 minutes of the first half and almost all of the second half. I thought we were pedestrian in the first half but actually very good in the second. It is so hard to break down a team playing like that and our intensity was excellent, and credit to management who made the right changes at the right time and won the game. I’m delighted for Itten to get that goal too, that has to be a huge boost for him. He deserves a lot of credit. -
match thread (image) [FT] Rangers 3 (Roofe 73, 90+4; Itten 82) - 1 Motherwell
DMAA replied to JohnMc's topic in Rangers Chat
Roofe is just such a crucial player. Our most important forward because time and time again he gets the goals. -
match thread (image) [FT] Rangers 3 (Roofe 73, 90+4; Itten 82) - 1 Motherwell
DMAA replied to JohnMc's topic in Rangers Chat
I love Defoe. I’ve no worries at all about him. -
match thread (image) [FT] Rangers 3 (Roofe 73, 90+4; Itten 82) - 1 Motherwell
DMAA replied to JohnMc's topic in Rangers Chat
Strong team -
Haha. I couldn’t remember what they were wearing but I did remember thinking at the time that white was a strange choice when there were better options. Even blue was a better option as we went through a period of wearing blue socks.
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The socks was the strangest bit, there was no clash and no obvious reason not to wear black, or even red for those who are nostalgic about the 60s, 70s and 80s.
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match thread (image) [FT] St Mirren 3 - 2 Rangers (Goldson 7; Davis 88)
DMAA replied to ian1964's topic in Rangers Chat
There is no shame in the fact that rotating away at grounds like that are a risk. They haven’t been beaten by more than a goal against Rangers or Celtic at home in at least a couple of years I think. We needed a Barisic free kick to win it last time and we were at full strength that time. Football isn’t that black and white, some clubs make themselves very hard to beat on their own ground with a good manager. -
One to make people feel a wee bit better
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I’ve gone with Goldson because I think he was good and was let down by others. His goal was really good. For that second goal we concede, Balogun again takes an unnecessary risk bringing the ball out and again he gets caught, Zungu completely fails to track his man and stay goal-side, the ball comes in the box and Goldson is frantically trying to defend against two men while Balogun just stands there in no mans land and Zungu is on the wrong side of his man. Arfield shows more urgency than Zungu and tries to cover for him but he misses the tackle.
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match thread (image) [FT] St Mirren 3 - 2 Rangers (Goldson 7; Davis 88)
DMAA replied to ian1964's topic in Rangers Chat
I’ve shared this a few times but it’s my favourite stat, because rather than a simplistic look at assists or even expected assists it only counts good chances. Even the xA stat can be a little bit deceptive because you can build it up with lots of mediocre chances. But what this shows is exactly what I see, Hagi has the vision and passing ability required to really put chances on a plate for people. Kent is below Kamara on this stat. Kent of course contributes in other ways and I’m not taking away from that, but this stat sums up pretty well my longstanding complaint. I like my creative players to put good chances on a plate regularly, even if they are anonymous for spells.