MotM v PSV (2nd Leg)

[the gunslinger 3,366]

1 hour ago, Rousseau said:

I've always thought that Rangers fans, as a collective, have a kind of mental block when it comes to players - it's maybe a British thing. 

 

When they see a player that has flaws, their immediate response is, 'he's not good enough', 'we need to strengthen' and/or 'we need to replace [player X]'.

 

I don't think that's what Ajax would do, for example. They would look at the attributes the player does have, then work at developing the deficiencies in their game. You can't do that without playing them. 

 

Sands has the raw attributes to be a good CB, but with some obvious flaws. 

 

My view was always, he's got the tools, lets give him a run of games and iron out and improve the flaws. Then, we have a superb player that we can then sell on for a lot of money. 

 

Remember Bassey: his first few games at CB were terrible.

It's madness. Matondo has been written off already. 

 

After Hibs a game we would almost certainly have won without a wrong red card Gio was to be sacked. Half the team was no where near good enough. 

 

McLaughlan has been slaughtered for weeks but just secured us 20 million plus with a great performance. 

 

Tav used to take pelters week in week out. Lundstum was 5 man of the matches in and still getting dogs abuse last year now hes the best on earth. 

 

I do think it is often Yahoos pretending to be rangers fans but it's too prevalent just to be that. 

Edited August 26, 2022 by the gunslinger

[Sutton_blows_goats 5,345]

14 minutes ago, the gunslinger said:

Matondo

Guys only 21, its madness.

[the gunslinger 3,366]

3 minutes ago, Sutton_blows_goats said:

Guys only 21, its madness.

Started 2 games and was quality and got 2 assists in one of them. 

 

nuts

[DMAA 3,658]

1 hour ago, the gunslinger said:

It's madness. Matondo has been written off already.

With new signings it's often about expectations. He's only had one season of regular senior football and patience will be required. Davies will have the £4m tag hanging over him a bit too for some fans.

 

Lundstram was free, but there was a clamour for a big signing in centre mid who was very creative and a goalscorer, a different type to Davis, Jack and Kamara. For a while Lundstram looked similar to those in level and style. I voiced some concerns about his fitness at the time, I'm sure he later said he struggled for a while after having had COVID.

 

The level of criticism was insane though, when the January transfer window closed loads of people were "very disappointed" that we hadn't moved him on!! I wasn't a big fan of the signing, but better to have him around the second half of the season than not! I don't think any of us saw that scale of a turnaround coming though.

Edited August 26, 2022 by DMAA

[Gonzo79 15,294]

Some fans expect every new signing to hit the ground running.  

 

Unrealistic expectations and temper tantrums are commonplace.  

[the gunslinger 3,366]

20 minutes ago, DMAA said:

With new signings it's often about expectations. He's only had one season of regular senior football and patience will be required. Davies will have the £4m tag hanging over him a bit too for some fans.

 

Lundstram was free, but there was a clamour for a big signing in centre mid who was very creative and a goalscorer, a different type to Davis, Jack and Kamara. For a while Lundstram looked similar to those in level and style. I voiced some concerns about his fitness at the time, I'm sure he later said he struggled for a while after having had COVID.

 

The level of criticism was insane though, when the January transfer window closed loads of people were "very disappointed" that we hadn't moved him on!! I wasn't a big fan of the signing, but better to have him around the second half of the season than not! I don't think any of us saw that scale of a turnaround coming though.

Yeah that's kind of what I mean, he had had 5 or so MOTM performances by January. It is fair to say the level of turn around was unprecedented. 

[the gunslinger 3,366]

they also seem to expect them to come in like they are 80 million quid seasoned pros that turned down Real for us. Not the free transfers etc they often are. 

[CammyF 8,122]

Voted Tilman but could easily have been one of a number of players. Sands was outstanding as was Kamara. 

[Malangsob 1,264]

12 hours ago, DMAA said:

Have we got worse with the endless discussion that comes with the internet? I often mention that arguably our best performing side (02-03) had Bob Malcolm and Maurice Ross in it. They each made about 30 appearances that season. Ricky Foster played a part in Walter Smith’s sides. As did a fairly raw Gregg Wylde. Edu maybe an even better example because he was a proper regular, despite being a fairly limited player, he was used well though. Cole and Hutton started our last Champions League game, which was under Walter too. 
 

Today it feels like every position has to be perfect. Not just the starting 11, the backups have to be perfect too. Even an established player like Barisic (compare to Foster) gets crucified and completely written off after a poor performance. If your weakest player is Barisic then you are in good shape! Some very good Rangers teams have had weaker links than that. 

 

Goldson himself when given three words to describe Rangers selected 'Ruthless' as one...think about that...you get three words and one them is Ruthless...Says a lot

 

Mediocrity, failure, substandard performances, and anything of the like is ferociously repulsed.

 

I adore it TBF. 

 

Absolute best club (any sport) in the world, bar none. 

 

Edit--Yes..even better than them HOGS! WOO PIIIIG!

 

 

Edited August 26, 2022 by Malangsob

[DMAA 3,658]

14 hours ago, Malangsob said:

Yes..even better than them HOGS! WOO PIIIIG!

Wisconsin Razorbacks? That is niche. What’s your background?