Match Thread [FT] Rangers 2 (Barisic 10; Silva 76) - 0 Ayr Utd

[Devil's advocaat 1,617]

7 hours ago, Blue Moon said:

Raskin has a lot to do to convince me he will do a good job in our midfield

Agree completely, he's not had a good game for us since before his injury.

[Gonzo79 15,299]

I thought Raskin played quite well when Clement first arrived but hasn't looked up to much since the injury.  

 

Wright - I'm not sure why he's still here.  I lost count of the wasted opportunities he had in the first half alone.  Kick it out, kick it straight at the goalie, kick it anywhere but to another Rangers player.  He's nowhere near good enough.

 

Yesterday showed what Cantwell and McCausland bring to the side - without them we're fairly predictable. 

[RANGERRAB 3,771]

57 minutes ago, Gonzo79 said:

I thought Raskin played quite well when Clement first arrived but hasn't looked up to much since the injury.  

 

Wright - I'm not sure why he's still here.  I lost count of the wasted opportunities he had in the first half alone.  Kick it out, kick it straight at the goalie, kick it anywhere but to another Rangers player.  He's nowhere near good enough.

 

Yesterday showed what Cantwell and McCausland bring to the side - without them we're fairly predictable. 

I thought Wright did ok last night. He was better second half than the first half though.

Like it or not we need homegrown players for Europe. With Jack maybe leaving at the end of the season we’re low in numbers of homegrowns who are a decent standard 

[Graeme Ro55 811]

Not a great performance, but a few positives like Cortes and Diomande both getting minutes and looking good. Surely the only reason for playing Wright is to give young McCausland a rest. The bit of the game the that has stuck in my mind the most was Goldsons crazy studs up tackle after a heavy touch. He could easily have seen red for that. I know we have a good record defensively, but Goldson and Tav are terrible defenders. Big Souttar had a fine game though.

Edited February 11 by Graeme Ro55

[Sutton_blows_goats 5,489]

2 hours ago, Gonzo79 said:

I thought Raskin played quite well when Clement first arrived but hasn't looked up to much since the injury.  

 

Wright - I'm not sure why he's still here.  I lost count of the wasted opportunities he had in the first half alone.  Kick it out, kick it straight at the goalie, kick it anywhere but to another Rangers player.  He's nowhere near good enough.

 

Yesterday showed what Cantwell and McCausland bring to the side - without them we're fairly predictable. 

Wright was a bit part player in a bang average Aberdeen side, the fact he is still here is baffling. 
 

The only reason I can think of is he ticks a box for Europe but the emergence of McCausland who is a far superior player should render that pointless moving forward.

[Sutton_blows_goats 5,489]

I am genuinely concerned about the regression in Goldson. He actually looks like he has lost a turn of pace and milk turns quicker. Hopefully he’s just playing through a knock and we are not paying a boot in the stones off 40k a week for him like this..

[Rousseau 10,823]

I thought Goldson was excellent against Aberdeen for the last 20 minutes or so. He won everything in the air as Aberdeen were pushing for an equaliser. 

[compo 7,229]

It wasn't our best performance but even the best ever teams when winning leagues and cup play many games like this during a season I personally think sometimes the opposition brings you down to their level , but we march on .