match thread (image) [FT] Rangers 2 (Colak 40; Lawrence 70) - 2 PSV Eindhoven

[craig 5,199]

14 hours ago, Malangsob said:

 

 

Shall we blame our defensives players? 

 

We should have won this 2-0 however we have a distinct inability to defend a set piece. 

 

No Davies?

 

Why did we spend 4M euros/pound (WTF knows)...

 

I smell a trend...and it smells like mierda. 

So still questioning Davies despite already accepting that he was injured and unavailable ?

[craig 5,199]

13 hours ago, Malangsob said:

Oh I have thoughts...the primary is...why do we have a CDM at CB?

 

Why does no one address this even though this is the glaring issues on the squad?

 

Why do we continue to press with this?

 

The team and the fan base act as if there is no issue when our left side continues to be our Achilles.

 

I have been harping on our D for weeks now...am i alone?

 

HELLO!...'''Echo'''.

 

We are going to be done in by this sham of a D...mark the same word...words that I have stated multiple times before.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What on earth do you want them to do ?  

 

We have the following central defenders :

 

Goldson

Davies

Souttar

Helander

King

 

Goldson played, Souttar, Helander and Davies were injured, and King too raw

 

We have 5 defenders for two positions.  What do you want the management to do ?  Go out and buy ANOTHER defender and have 6 players for 2 positions ?  IN case you havent been paying attention, we don't have an endless supply of finance to go out and do that just for the sake of it.  Davies and Souttar are short-term injuries too.....

[craig 5,199]

11 hours ago, gisabeer said:

I would have played him over kent

lol

[craig 5,199]

4 hours ago, MacK1950 said:

The second was a corner to the far post and Goldson was beaten by the run of a number 9 who I believe was 3 inches taller and shouldn't have been still on park after persistent  fouling on. Goldson.

The second was a corner to the front post

It wasnt De Jong that scored it, it was Obispo, a centre half

[ranger_syntax 4,422]

48 minutes ago, craig said:

Yeah, he was expecting more time than he was ever going to get at this level.  Was off the pace for sure

He can get away with it in most S.P.F.L. fixtures but not in Europe. If he doesn't react to this by picking up the pace then he shouldn't play at parkhead.

[RANGERRAB 3,757]

53 minutes ago, craig said:

I actually thought the ref had a good game

Except for the penalty he didn’t give us first half 😳

thought that was what VAR was for

[Gonzo79 15,299]

11 minutes ago, RANGERRAB said:

thought that was what VAR was for

VAR the saviour isn't really a saviour at all.  It's just another layer of humans, who might also have differing opinions on what decision should be made.  

 

Still, it's fun at the match, waiting for a minute or two whilst wondering what on Earth is going on.  

[craig 5,199]

3 hours ago, ranger_syntax said:

He can get away with it in most S.P.F.L. fixtures but not in Europe. If he doesn't react to this by picking up the pace then he shouldn't play at parkhead.

I would agree with that.  I also think that he is an intelligent player and will learn from the experience - or at least I hope so.

[craig 5,199]

3 hours ago, RANGERRAB said:

Except for the penalty he didn’t give us first half 😳

thought that was what VAR was for

The handball rule is a load of bollocks IMHO.  This whole "below the sleeve" is pish - who is checking that sleeve lengths are consistently the same ?  It is nonsense.  Anything below the shoulder should be handball, makes things far more simplistic.

 

I was screaming for a penalty last night and our group were pretty much unanimous that the ref had a good game... except I would chip in with "it was still a penalty" - VAR shouldnt have even asked him to look at it, it should have made the decision for him, it is that simple.

 

But the ref, I felt, had a decent game - better than ANY of the dross we have to put up with in Scotland ! 

[the gunslinger 3,366]

VAR only overrules clear and obvious mistakes. I suspect they felt this was far enough up his arm that it wasn't an obvious mistake. 

 

Frankly it hit the same part of the arm as the Union player.