Match Thread [FT] St Mirren 2 - 1 Rangers (Danilo 61)

[CammyF 9,205]

  On 26/12/2024 at 22:54, RANGERRAB said:

He did sign Morelos and Ryan Jack.

And signed CB’s Cardoso( who went on to play for Porto) and the experienced Bruno Alves who unfortunately was constantly injured. He did recognise the importance of of the CB role it seemed. 

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The same thing Walter Smith did when he replaced PLG - signed two no nonsense centre half's and we suddenly stopped conceding goals. 

 

Not rocket science. 

[ranger_syntax 4,758]

  On 27/12/2024 at 06:59, CammyF said:

Is it unrealistic to expect Rangers to not be so far behind Celtic in December?

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Why are you accepting second best?

[CammyF 9,205]

  On 27/12/2024 at 08:29, ranger_syntax said:

Why are you accepting second best?

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I'm not, and appear to be in the minority. 

 

If we were 3 points behind Celtic, we'd have a chance of going top on 2nd January. 

 

As it stands we will be at least 15 points behind - losing mentality breeds losers. Welcome to Rangers. 

[compo 7,783]

Lots of fans keep saying second best the way they played last night I think we will be lucky to take second place as it stands apart from Celtic we are on the same level as the rest of the field .

[compo 7,783]

Yesterday I watched Newcastle they played with four at the back every time they lost the ball that back four were all in position to defend I watched a bit of Man United they played with three at the back with both wide midfielders falling back in defence when under attack a line of five when we come under attack the defence is everywhere I’d say that’s bad coaching .

[buster. 5,548]

  On 27/12/2024 at 08:32, CammyF said:

 

If we were 3 points behind Celtic, we'd have a chance of going top on 2nd January. 

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Still living in fairyland ?

 

 

[Sutton_blows_goats 6,051]

  On 27/12/2024 at 06:59, CammyF said:

I keep hearing that word "unrealistic". Is it unrealistic to expect Rangers to be beating the likes of St Mirren? Is it unrealistic to expect Rangers to not be so far behind Celtic in December?

 

I'd say some are accepting it and others are excusing it. Either way, we appear to have lost the winning mentally that made the club what it is. 

 

The word we should be using when referring to Rangers at the moment (all levels) is incompetence. 

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One off games we should be beating everyone bar Celtic every time. Should we be beating Nice 4-0, or drawing with Spurs who have players worth more than our entire club? Football doesn’t work like that.

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[CammyF 9,205]

  On 27/12/2024 at 09:14, buster. said:

Still living in fairyland ?

 

 

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No, I knew we'd lose yesterday after 10mins - toy told me to put my handbag away as we'd win - who's living in fairyland?

 

Any decent manager should be able to have us close to Celtic. 

 

Accepting and excusing being 12 points adrift at Christmas and dropping 16 points, that's living in fairyland.

[CammyF 9,205]

  On 27/12/2024 at 09:26, Sutton_blows_goats said:

One off games we should be beating everyone bar Celtic every time. Should we be beating Nice 4-0, or drawing with Spurs who have players worth more than our entire club? Football doesn’t work like that.

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It does if your players approach the games correctly and are coached in a system that overruns lesser opponents.

 

It's unrealistic to expect to win every game, but we've dropped 16 points this season.  That's unacceptable no matter how you paint it.

[Sutton_blows_goats 6,051]

  On 27/12/2024 at 09:52, CammyF said:

It does if your players approach the games correctly and are coached in a system that overruns lesser opponents.

 

It's unrealistic to expect to win every game, but we've dropped 16 points this season.  That's unacceptable no matter how you paint it.

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It absolutely is, but we've covered why it serves a purpose to keep the manager in place for now.