match thread (image) [FT] Cowdenbeath 1 - 3 Rangers (Halliday 12; Coulibaly 26; Lafferty 45+1)

[ranger_syntax 4,330]

1 minute ago, alexscottislegend said:

Nice to see Houston get a start. The result is all that matters though.

Enjoy the game?

[Frankie 8,570]

1 minute ago, les186 said:

Maybe the pitch was a leveller but we should still do better.

The conditions were poor but our lack of effort and ability to make unforced errors were worse.

[ian1964 10,724]

2 minutes ago, der Berliner said:

"Disgrace" ... well, I can clearly remember, back in the Old Days, during NIAR and all, we usually hammered these teams 7-0, 9-0 and 12-0, did we not? Same as the Scum does. Oh wait ...

 

8 changes, job done, Craig of the Specsavers Brigade his usual self again, no-one injured, next up St. Mirren.

Agreed.

Quite incredible the amount of slating our team receives from our own fans.

It was a very tricky surface at the start of the match and got worse every minute!.

Job done, with ease, and on to Saturday.

[alexscottislegend 2,330]

6 minutes ago, ranger_syntax said:

Enjoy the game?

Nah. Just want to win.

[Gonzo79 15,294]

2 minutes ago, alexscottislegend said:

Just want to win.

I agree to an extent but the players and manager need to remember the people paying good money to watch them tonight.

Edited January 30, 2019 by Gonzo79

[DMAA 3,658]

That made for grim viewing

[Waltersgotstyle 307]

Typical cup tie on a terrible surface. Far better teams than us have slipped up in these kind of ties.

[DMAA 3,658]

3 minutes ago, Gonzo79 said:

I agree to an extent but the players and manager need to remember the people paying good money to watch them tonight.

Agreed. My money was wasted tonight, I couldn’t watch that whole game. Also we are Rangers, it’s not just about winning when we face 4th tier sides. 

[cooponthewing 1,139]

2 minutes ago, DMAA said:

That made for grim viewing

Don’t care. Second string team, dodgy pitch, Baltic conditions and Thomson as the ref. 

 

3-1 Victory-no injuries-fringe players get game time.

 

Job done and everyone happy, well almost??

[Big Jaws 570]

4 minutes ago, ian1964 said:

Agreed.

Quite incredible the amount of slating our team receives from our own fans.

It was a very tricky surface at the start of the match and got worse every minute!.

Job done, with ease, and on to Saturday.

Apart from the referee and stand side linesman who were shocking with their decisions. Never a penalty and the rebound scored from Cox who was inside the box before the penalty was taken and shouldn't have counted all missed by the officials.

 

Then there are the two right sided Rangers defenders who contrived to put us under pressure at every opportunity in the second half. Our midfield went to sleep in the second half standing off their players and hardly contested a forward ball from them. We were extremely sloppy in there and never gave our front two any service at all. Yes we won the game and are through but we wont get away with that sort of performance against our next opponents and our B team should be switched on at all time if they are trying to make the first team.