Match Thread [FT] Rangers 1 (Cerny 66') - 1 Dundee Utd

[CammyF 8,095]

2 hours ago, BlackSocksRedTops said:

Disengaged is the word that sums up where I am at the moment. Didn't even watch or listen to the game and when I checked the score later I wasn't surprised in the slightest. Sad days indeed. 

With the weather yesterday and delayed kick off I was in two minds whether to go or not.

 

Stupidly I decided to go but after the opening 10mins knew we weren't going to win (or would struggle to win).

 

As you said the result and performance weren't a surprise,  it's now standard for this Rangers team

 

11 points behind after just 12 games - at this rate, they'll wrap the league up when they beat us on 2nd January (in all honesty the league is already gone and we're not out of November).

 

There are no signs of improvement, if anything we are getting worse every passing game. 

 

Yesterday may be my last game for a while.

[compo 7,041]

48 minutes ago, CammyF said:

With the weather yesterday and delayed kick off I was in two minds whether to go or not.

 

Stupidly I decided to go but after the opening 10mins knew we weren't going to win (or would struggle to win).

 

As you said the result and performance weren't a surprise,  it's now standard for this Rangers team

 

11 points behind after just 12 games - at this rate, they'll wrap the league up when they beat us on 2nd January (in all honesty the league is already gone and we're not out of November).

 

There are no signs of improvement, if anything we are getting worse every passing game. 

 

Yesterday may be my last game for a while.

The first 45 we were very poor we were just eleven bodies on a park 

[CammyF 8,095]

We are so easy to play against.

 

We never score from a set-piece, so teams can feel safe giving away corners and free-kicks. 

 

Our full-backs are no longer a goal threat, so teams can feel safe allowing our full-backs time on the ball. 

 

Our midfield three offer zero goal threat so again they can be allowed time and space on the ball.

 

That leaves our front three - no matter who starts, we are over reliant on them scoring goals and winning games. Dessers and Cerny have chipped in with a few.

 

Our defence is fragile and our keeper is rooted to his line most of the time, so we conceded on a regular basis.

 

 

Edited 3 hours ago by CammyF

[BlackSocksRedTops 3,752]

8 minutes ago, compo said:

The first 45 we were very poor we were just eleven bodies on a park 

11 bodies on a park perfectly describes our season so far. 

[BlackSocksRedTops 3,752]

1 minute ago, CammyF said:

We are so easy to play against.

 

We never score from a set-piece, so teams can feel safe giving away corners and free-kicks. 

 

Our full-backs are no longer a goal threat, so teams can feel safe allowing our full-backs time on the ball. 

 

Our midfield three offer zero goal threat so again they can be allowed time and space on the ball.

 

That leaves our front three - no matter who starts, we are over reliant on them scoring goals and winning games. Dessers and Cerny have chipped in with a few.

 

Our defence is fragile and our keeper is rooted to his line most of the time, so we conceded on a regular basis.

 

 

Just watched Tottenham play from the back, draw Man City players out and attack with speed and purpose with the space they had engineered. It's like watching a different sport. 

[CammyF 8,095]

9 minutes ago, BlackSocksRedTops said:

Just watched Tottenham play from the back, draw Man City players out and attack with speed and purpose with the space they had engineered. It's like watching a different sport. 

I'm utterly dreading playing Spurs and Man U.

 

In fact, I dread us playing anyone at the moment.

 

[RANGERRAB 3,667]

If the XI that finished the game yesterday had started we’d have won comfortably. 
Can the manager see this? 

[CammyF 8,095]

6 minutes ago, RANGERRAB said:

If the XI that finished the game yesterday had started we’d have won comfortably. 
Can the manager see this? 

That's too simplistic.

 

We have a habit of playing well / acceptable in 1 half of a game, yesterday the latest example. 

 

I don't think it matters who starts or who comes on, until we can play for a full 90mins we'll struggle. 

 

Hibs, Hearts and St Johnstone (Hampden cup game) are other examples where players who finished the game yesterday, started in those games where we also struggled.

 

Also, the manager has no clue as to what is his strongest 11 as he refuses to play a settled team.

 

 

 

Edited 2 hours ago by CammyF

[RANGERRAB 3,667]

5 minutes ago, CammyF said:

That's too simplistic.

 

We have a habit of playing well / acceptable in 1 half of a game, yesterday the latest example. 

 

I don't think it matters who starts or who comes on, until we can play for a full 90mins we'll struggle. 

 

Hibs, Hearts and St Johnstone (Hampden cup game) are other examples where players who finished the game yesterday, started in those games where we also struggled.

 

Also, the manager has no clue as to what is his strongest 11 as he refuses to play a settled team.

 

 

 

When Danilo & Hagi came on there was movement middle to front. That was missing first half

[Rousseau 10,613]

14 minutes ago, RANGERRAB said:

If the XI that finished the game yesterday had started we’d have won comfortably. 
Can the manager see this? 

Danilo is being eased back from injury so you can understand why he doesn't start. 

 

I have no idea why Hagi isn't starting, though. Diomande is not a #10 and there's no one else.