The slating of walter smith and the team!

[gavin3084 0]

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The opposition are more often than not playing us off the park. Think back to St Johnstone up at McDermaind Park. They could've put us out on our arses all because we sat back and invited them onto us.

 

That's just not true. We are dominating most games and are far more comfortable than we've been for a long time.

 

 

Agreed 100%! A would take an educated guess and say that you don't go to ibrox or away games if you think teams are playing us off the park in fact do u even watch games on the tele with that comment. I honestly don't know how you can make that statement crazy!

[Norris Cole 0]

Incidentally I notice Sporting Lisbon (albeit getting pumped) and Panathanaikos are both playing Champions League knock-out football tonight, two teams we papped out of Europe last year...:ffs:

[maineflyer 0]

I sense people who have had to sit in mute frustration while Rangers struggled from poor performance to poor performance and who are now intent on exacting retribution against the naysayers. Unfortunately, were it not for the fact that ra sellick have all but collapsed these last few weeks, there would have been no Rangers 'revival'. Were there really something to crow about, I fancy I would be crowing too, as would most others who feel disappointed with our manager. I'm delighted we're at the top of the league but I would rather it were on our own merit.

[gavin3084 0]

I sense people who have had to sit in mute frustration while Rangers struggled from poor performance to poor performance and who are now intent on exacting retribution against the naysayers. Unfortunately, were it not for the fact that ra sellick have all but collapsed these last few weeks, there would have been no Rangers 'revival'. Were there really something to crow about, I fancy I would be crowing too, as would most others who feel disappointed with our manager. I'm delighted we're at the top of the league but I would rather it were on our own merit.

 

I don't care how we win the championship as long as it comes home! You keep batting on about not doing it on our own merit! forget celtic it's us that are producing the results at the moment it's us that scoring the goals to fire us to top of the league! Would you rather that we were playing excellent football and not winning the league or grinding the results out and winning the league i know what i would prefer!

[maineflyer 0]

You keep batting on about not doing it on our own merit!

 

No, I mentioned it only once.

[gisabeer 409]

I don't care how we win the championship as long as it comes home! You keep batting on about not doing it on our own merit! forget celtic it's us that are producing the results at the moment it's us that scoring the goals to fire us to top of the league! Would you rather that we were playing excellent football and not winning the league or grinding the results out and winning the league i know what i would prefer!

 

no i would rather we played at least decent football and tried to win every game, at least in the SPL.

 

Thats more than possible with the squad we have and did have last season.

 

But its not on our managers agenda or he just isnt capable of producing a team that can actually play decent football with the players he brought in.

 

And he has plenty to choose from!

[gavin3084 0]

no i would rather we played at least decent football and tried to win every game, at least in the SPL.

 

Thats more than possible with the squad we have and did have last season.

 

But its not on our managers agenda or he just isnt capable of producing a team that can actually play decent football with the players he brought in.

 

And he has plenty to choose from!

Gisbeer it's not always possible to play flowing football and win games especially for the old firm. Though the recent times has showed more teams having a go at us they stuff there midfield and defence (exactly what we did in europe last season) it does not let us play football we have got players in there that can play decent football but a lot of the time it's a scrap more than anything else in the spl. it's ok trying to play decent football and win games but i think it's i bit naive to think if we play great football we will win the league. Remember the tommy burns celtic teams every celtic fan used to love watching them play, they say it was 1 of the best celtic teams they have watched from a footballing point of view, but what did they win?????? I would rather win trophys and championships than the team been labelled the same as tommy burns team "GREAT FOOTBALLING TEAM BUT NEVER WON THE LEAGUE" at the end of the day gisa its the championship that counts!

[gavin3084 0]

I think sometimes people forget that sport is about winning first and foremost and looking pretty while doing it comes a distant second.

 

I still believe fully that this want for pretty football at the expense of results is a symptom of the sky/tv generation (says a youngster himself) and is ruining the game.

 

Win first, win second, win third. After that, if you're good enough do it with total football.

 

I know many will disagree but I leave Ibrox happier when we've won than when we played nice footy but didn't win. Yes, both could/should be achievable, but i'll still take the winning first.

 

Spot on super ally at the end of the day it's points that count not finesse!

[maineflyer 0]

Spot on super ally at the end of the day it's points that count not finesse!

 

I know flowing football has been mentioned by some but I have no problem with winning being the priority and that is where my current dissatisfaction comes from. Two titles in eight years, both snatched from the jaws of defeat on the last day, is hardly the winning that I want to see. Losing seven games in a row against sellick was desperate. It's the lack of winning and the lack of belief that the 'leadership' at Ibrox is inadequate that drives the desire for change.

 

You cannot argue on the one hand that winning is the priority while simultaneously defending a losing regime. Neither can you trade off past failure against the possibility of future success. If you are going to adopt the 'it's a results business' attitude then you have to be prepared to address defeat, not just assume that failures who wait long enough will eventually be vindicated by success.

[pete 2,511]

I know flowing football has been mentioned by some but I have no problem with winning being the priority and that is where my current dissatisfaction comes from. Two titles in eight years, both snatched from the jaws of defeat on the last day, is hardly the winning that I want to see. Losing seven games in a row against sellick was desperate. It's the lack of winning and the lack of belief that the 'leadership' at Ibrox is inadequate that drives the desire for change.

 

You cannot argue on the one hand that winning is the priority while simultaneously defending a losing regime. Neither can you trade off past failure against the possibility of future success. If you are going to adopt the 'it's a results business' attitude then you have to be prepared to address defeat, not just assume that failures who wait long enough will eventually be vindicated by success.

 

Got to agree i have only seen the crap football. The winning on a long term basis as in winning leagues has eluded me.