weebluedevil

Rangers 1 Young Boys 1 FGS Morelos

We are still depending on Alfredo. When he doesn’t fire we struggle. Pressure was too much for Alfie yesterday. I don’t buy into the claims that we hammered them yesterday since nobody was able to compensate for Alfredo bottling it.

Just watched the BT Sport post match interview with SG. He said that Morelos was the nominated penalty taker. In that case I take it back what I said about Tav.

Why is it daft? He is our captain, and our penalty taker and despite missing a few, he always said he wanted to keep taking them. Then when the pressure is on, he passes. That's not captain like behaviour imo

No, I blame Tav for not taking it himself

Nah, sorry Craig, can't agree. Results and winning is what breeds confidence. Today we showed we are still unable to win the big games. I'm travelling over for the YB game on Thursday - but now I feel it'll be more of the same. Tavernier showed why many fans don't view him as a captain. I agree that he should have been removed from penalty duty - but to give it to Morelos at a time like this shows utter cowardice. That was his chance to stand up and be counted. He hid.

Rangers 2 Celtic 0 FGS Morelos

Id like to believe that you’re right Gonzo. Certainly would be disappointing if we did have brain dead fans singing the FTP add-on. And there may have been, I don’t know. But, I think it would be impossible to hear a few hundred (let’s assume that it would be a minority of the 3000 if it was indeed sung) with 50,000 fans singing something else that does sound similar if you were looking for it. Therefore, i’m calling BS on this until someone presents clear evidence that it was sung.

Aberdeen 1 Rangers 3 fgs Morelos

Rangers 3 Hearts 1 FGS Morelos

Ah, okay, missed that, sorry. Thanks Eau!

Oops, seems like you missed my points mate. I got correct number of Rangers goals and FGS. Thanks

Feyenoord 1 Rangers 2 FGS Morelos

We are obviously in a fantastic position in our group that all of us would have taken before the group began. However, it’s very tight and any of the teams are capable of taking point home or away from the others. There are a couple of very real scenarios where 3 points from our last 2 games may not be enough. If we lose in Rotterdam by a couple of goals and YB beat Porto at home by the same margin - both very possible scenarios - beating YB in the final game at Ibrox will not be enough if Feyenoord beat Porto by a single goal. Similarly, if we win in Rotterdam but lose to YB at Ibrox we could also go out if Porto won both their last 2 games by decent margins. Thankfully there are many more scenarios where 3 points from the last 2 games would be enough, but it makes me nervous and I really think we need at least a point from Feyenoord game to feel comfortable going into the last game. It would leave us all hollow if we didn’t make it through now. That said, I do have confidence in the team, albeit very quiet confidence - whatever that means...

Something doesn’t smell right ?

So hard to choose 20 let alone 5 Laudrup Gazza McCoist Goram Hateley

Barisic for me, absolutely world class - if that pass to Alfredo wasn’t pinpoint accurate we may have lost. He then delivered the cross that, on any other day, would have won us that game. His defending was also solid when required and really is a born again player. The other 10 men on the pitch were also fantastic and no problem with several others being voted MoTM, especially Helander, McGregor, Davis, Morelos, Kamara. Brilliant team performance which really surprised me. I thought we’re were capable of taking something, but I didn’t think we would. We passed the ball around like Barca, it was jus such a joy to watch.

We’ve bee caught cold again. Should have known what to expect from a Hearts team fighting to get out of relegation zone. 20 mins left but we’re not creating much to give us any confidence here. We need something special. Cmon Gers!

Bring in VAR. it’s not perfect but can only benefit us.

Really?

Fine margins again in Europe. Easily could have won if it had either not been for a couple of individual lapses or bad refereeing decisions. Still, Morelos my MOTM. He’s on fire right now and he didn’t deserve to be on the losing side. No panic stations but bitterly disappointed. That’s what expectation does to you. I agree that Tav needs some time to refocus, captain or not, there needs to be consequences. I’m not sure what Katie has done to be dropped and I’m not sure what Helander has done to pinch his place. SG continues to surprise me, but got to trust him in the main.

Hard choice but Stewart for me who was unlucky not to have had a hat trick. But really he was ably aided by those around him. Davis was outstanding as were many others.

I thought Madden had a good game - as refs go.

Knew today would be a walk in the park ?

Gerrard always surprises me with his selection. I don’t expect many changes apart from injury replacements - so I think The back 4 will remain, The midfield will be Kamari, Jack and Davis, with Arfield, Ojo and Morelos up front. I hope though, as others have said, Arfield is given a rest ahead of Thursday - an opportunity for Stewart perhaps? and Defoe is given a start - which he very much deserves. I’d love to trial Katic and Edmundson as the starting CHs but there’s a fat chance of that happening.