How do we see the rest of the season going?

[CammyF 8,079]

1 hour ago, Scott7 said:

Salenko and Guivarc’h on paper were Rangers class. Billy Dodds wasn’t. Who of the three scored the most?

I'll raise you Rod Wallace.

[Scott7 6,002]

7 minutes ago, CammyF said:

I'll raise you Rod Wallace.

Rod had some pedigree, though.

[yuddie 1,693]

I'd probably see us getting 90+ points. A pessimistic guess would be 5 wins and a couple of draws or draw and loss, which would give us 92/3. But that's pessimistic, we could feasibly win the rest of the fixtures and finish on 97.

 

Just on that, taking a step back I do think we've now got our head round the rest of the spl outside of Celtic (finally). Fully aware that even if we get a big total and finish second it's redundant but I'd still argue it's encouraging, if we consistently get 90+ every season titles will come and I don't buy the narrative that the SPL is weak so that should happen. Apart from the star alignment of 55 we've not come close to 90+. And we've got levels to go.

 

As for the cup, it'll be another odd goal game I think. Thought Beale had Postecoglous number the other day but he just fell foul of the usual suicidal tendencies of our defending.

[MacK1950 2,376]

4 hours ago, yuddie said:

As for the cup, it'll be another odd goal game I think. Thought Beale had Postecoglous number the other day but he just fell foul of the usual suicidal tendencies of our defending.

Plus also Ref/VAR of course.

[Bill 13,717]

4 hours ago, yuddie said:

As for the cup, it'll be another odd goal game I think. Thought Beale had Postecoglous number the other day but he just fell foul of the usual suicidal tendencies of our defending.

While the corner hasn't yet been turned, it was perhaps the first sign that with a bit more quality on board we could start looking for the indicator.

[CammyF 8,079]

 

 

[ranger_syntax 4,320]

13 hours ago, yuddie said:

Just on that, taking a step back I do think we've now got our head round the rest of the spl outside of Celtic (finally). Fully aware that even if we get a big total and finish second it's redundant but I'd still argue it's encouraging, if we consistently get 90+ every season titles will come and I don't buy the narrative that the SPL is weak so that should happen. Apart from the star alignment of 55 we've not come close to 90+. And we've got levels to go.

The rest of the league is weak.

 

The recent rule change, for extra substitutes, favours Rangers and Celtic.

[yuddie 1,693]

6 hours ago, ranger_syntax said:

The rest of the league is weak.

 

The recent rule change, for extra substitutes, favours Rangers and Celtic.

Agree, it's more that it's still tough to hit 90+ in a season imo. It hasn't got that much weaker since 5 subs that we're posting 100 odd points now.

[ranger_syntax 4,320]

9 minutes ago, yuddie said:

Agree, it's more that it's still tough to hit 90+ in a season imo. It hasn't got that much weaker since 5 subs that we're posting 100 odd points now.

I think that rule changes like this are a big factor.

 

Expect to see Rangers and Celtic winning almost every match against the rest for the forseeable future.

 

If we want a competitive league then we need rule changes that hinder clubs with large budgets. Three substitutions would be a start. Restriction of player loans and exclusion of youth teams from lower leagues should both follow.

[stewarty 2,025]

6 hours ago, ranger_syntax said:

The rest of the league is weak.

 

The recent rule change, for extra substitutes, favours Rangers and Celtic.

Exactly this.  It played into their hands particularly in the early part of the this season when our injury record was at its height, but now our injury list has calmed down, we are seeing the benefits of it too.