match thread (image) [FT] Rangers 0 - 2 Slavia Prague

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10 minutes ago, Rousseau said:

Yes, but I think you take all that, if you can get a tactical advantage. Having someone that could run with the ball was better.

 

(I wonder if Simpson can do that? Although, he wouldn't have played anyway.)

 

I'm just putting forth a theory as to why Balogun was picked. Like I said, I think it was the right idea - although, it didn't work out ultimately.

Yeh that’s fair enough. There are risks with either choice, in my opinion there is always more risk in dropping Helander. 

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9 minutes ago, Rousseau said:

I think they were the better team--simply because they got the results. 

 

But, I agree, I don't think they were far ahead of us. The red card(s) snuffed out any chance we had.

 

They almost did what we do to teams in Europe - defend well, press aggressively and nick goals. 

Yes they deserved the win and were the better team over the two legs because they got the goals. I just don’t think they are a better team. It was a proper 50-50 tie,  the two teams largely cancelled each other out and it was decided by low probability goals. 
 

They reminded me a lot of us. They were very physical and very fit, they were shutting down the channels and tackling well and reducing us to long shots. We still had opportunities which we should have done better with though and on another night the result would have been different. 

[Frankie 8,562]

Helander had a tight groin, that's why he didn't play.

[ranger_syntax 4,316]

1 hour ago, PoohBear said:

I'm not saying he did it intentionally, but it was still a crazy thing for him to do.

You asked what was he thinking?

 

If you watch it you see he is thinking about getting the ball.

 

That is rational rather than, as you suggest, crazy.

Edited March 19, 2021 by ranger_syntax

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12 minutes ago, Frankie said:

Helander had a tight groin, that's why he didn't play.

Hadn’t heard that, thanks. 

[Frankie 8,562]

Roofe made a mistake going with his foot instead of his head - it was a misjudgement at full pelt and he had no idea of the 'keeper's position.

 

It was an accident, a red card, but still an accident.

 

Nothing crazy or stupid about it.

 

PS: I hope the goalkeeper is OK as that was a horror wound.

[ascender 352]

Well, it was one hell of a run while it lasted, I've enjoyed nearly every single minute of it and its really weird to think that the last time I was at Ibrox was over a year ago for the Leverkusen game.

 

I thought we could beat Slavia after seeing them last week, but we just weren't at the races last night. Slavia were beatable, but definitely a step-up in quality from other teams - they were fast and not wasteful with the ball. Their tactical fouling to beak up play was masterfully done, but we did suffer from having a weak referee again.

 

Team wise the game passed Arfield by but I can see why Gerrard started him based on last week. I'm just surprised a change wasn't made earlier and also that Balogun came out for the second half as we got away with one in the first half. I thought Patterson played really well, he does look like he has a great future with us. Just a frustrating night all round I guess and it maybe shows that with CL qualifiers next year we do need to upgrade on a few players.

 

The Kamara incident left a really sour taste though - like others have said, what's the point of all the campaigns to raise awareness of racism in sport if things like this just get brushed under the carpet? I see Slavia have said the phrase was "you fucking guy" or something along those lines which seems incredible. I don't know if I should say this or not, but I loved seeing how Goldson reacted to being told what was said last night and I wish he had flattened the sneaky wee f*cker.

 

Not just based on that incident, but the team spirit and "togetherness" amongst the squad seems to be at a level I can't remember seeing at Ibrox for a very, very long time.

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1 minute ago, ascender said:

Well, it was one hell of a run while it lasted, I've enjoyed nearly every single minute of it and its really weird to think that the last time I was at Ibrox was over a year ago for the Leverkusen game.

 

I thought we could beat Slavia after seeing them last week, but we just weren't at the races last night. Slavia were beatable, but definitely a step-up in quality from other teams - they were fast and not wasteful with the ball. Their tactical fouling to beak up play was masterfully done, but we did suffer from having a weak referee again.

 

Team wise the game passed Arfield by but I can see why Gerrard started him based on last week. I'm just surprised a change wasn't made earlier and also that Balogun came out for the second half as we got away with one in the first half. I thought Patterson played really well, he does look like he has a great future with us. Just a frustrating night all round I guess and it maybe shows that with CL qualifiers next year we do need to upgrade on a few players.

 

The Kamara incident left a really sour taste though - like others have said, what's the point of all the campaigns to raise awareness of racism in sport if things like this just get brushed under the carpet? I see Slavia have said the phrase was "you fucking guy" or something along those lines which seems incredible. I don't know if I should say this or not, but I loved seeing how Goldson reacted to being told what was said last night and I wish he had flattened the sneaky wee f*cker.

 

Not just based on that incident, but the team spirit and "togetherness" amongst the squad seems to be at a level I can't remember seeing at Ibrox for a very, very long time.

Good to see you back on the forum mate.

[the gunslinger 3,366]

yeah the "you fucking guy" line will go down as one of the worst lies in history. Hard to see anyone at UEFA believing that. 

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Don't ask me why, but I checked the Aberdeen forum and the comments are predictably deplorable. "The race card", "he deserved it", "deflection tactic", "what a shame", "maybe monkey means something different to them", "good to see monkey chants alive and well in eastern europe". That's only a sample! Scumbags. Loads of comments that would earn you an immediate ban on here.