Match Thread [FT] St Mirren 1 - 1 Rangers (Tavernier 84 pen)

[Whosthedado 1,685]

5 hours ago, CammyF said:

Well that was underwhelming to say the least. Long, hard remainder to the season. If you were a betting man, you'd bet it'll end trophyless. 

Trophyless and possibly 3rd the way we are heading

[CammyF 8,090]

8 minutes ago, Whosthedado said:

Trophyless and possibly 3rd the way we are heading

Thankfully Livi, Hearts, St Mirren and Aberdeen all taking points off each other.

[der Berliner 3,744]

3 hours ago, Gonzo79 said:

Simple enough. Many on here agree that 4-2-3-1 or the like is modern football and the way ahead. That's how we lined up under SG and mostly under Gio as well. No matter whether the opposition plays open football or brickwall stuff.

 

Today, you might agree on that style, not least since we hadn't enough players to play any differently. Yet, instead of Lundstram attacking the area, it was "I-don't-want-to-shoot" Kamara up there, and we ended up with naught. Arfield should have given us more options, yet, he was out of sorts too. So ... Matondo and/or Ure might have come in to bolster the attack line, who was shooting blanks. And maybe McCann, who might have brought another spark into midfield too. Couldn't have been any more disjointed than it was for the best part of 90 mins.

 

Without VAR, we could have ended this game without a point ... who would have thought that?

[Whosthedado 1,685]

53 minutes ago, CammyF said:

Thankfully Livi, Hearts, St Mirren and Aberdeen all taking points off each other.

sums up our current predicament though

[MacK1950 2,376]

1 hour ago, der Berliner said:

So ... Matondo and/or Ure might have come in to bolster the attack line

Matondo WHAT?????

[Gonzo79 15,293]

2 hours ago, der Berliner said:

Many on here agree that 4-2-3-1 or the like is modern football and the way ahead.

I'm not sure about that.  Some do, some don't. 

 

I'm a great believer in altering how you play depending on the opposition.  I'd go all out attack against all the Scottish diddy teams and at home to the scum but be far more defensive against Euro opponents and at the Piggery.  

 

I think GvB changes things far more often than SG or Warburton did but he's just a poor manager and the players aren't buying into his ideas.  

[Rousseau 10,607]

13 hours ago, der Berliner said:

Simple enough. Many on here agree that 4-2-3-1 or the like is modern football and the way ahead. That's how we lined up under SG and mostly under Gio as well. No matter whether the opposition plays open football or brickwall stuff.

 

Today, you might agree on that style, not least since we hadn't enough players to play any differently. Yet, instead of Lundstram attacking the area, it was "I-don't-want-to-shoot" Kamara up there, and we ended up with naught. Arfield should have given us more options, yet, he was out of sorts too. So ... Matondo and/or Ure might have come in to bolster the attack line, who was shooting blanks. And maybe McCann, who might have brought another spark into midfield too. Couldn't have been any more disjointed than it was for the best part of 90 mins.

 

Without VAR, we could have ended this game without a point ... who would have thought that?

I don't like the 4-2-3-1. Well - It's alright. It depends how you use it. Nagelsmann uses it very offensively; someone like Benitez has everyone behind the ball and bores you to death. 

 

We didn't line up in a 4-2-3-1 under SG, it was a 4-3-2-1, with two #10s and no wingers. 

 

Formations are largely irrelevant in the modern game. 

 

I agree with your second point. If you have two players to play midfield, one for the holding role, one to play a little more offensive, I don't understand why GvB would pick Lundstram for the holding role and Kamara for the attacking role?

 

I would have thought that, to be honest. Our xG barely limps past 1 per game. We just don't create chances, never mind take them. St Mirren had a higher xG than us, and that's with a penalty!

[Sutton_blows_goats 5,335]

Kevin Clancy is a cheat.

[der Berliner 3,744]

1 hour ago, Sutton_blows_goats said:

Kevin Clancy is a cheat.

Well, at least he used VAR and bowed to that decision. There's light at the (far far) end of the tunnel.

[der Berliner 3,744]

12 hours ago, MacK1950 said:

Matondo WHAT?????

Our players out on the park produced little in terms of clear-cut chances. The attacking options on the bench were: Arfield, Matondo, and Ure. Not much more to chose from, right? And if anything, Matondo is another player most Scottish teams know little of in terms of ability and how he likes to play, as opposed to Kent, who was quickly doubled up on. So yes, Matondo would have been another attacking option.