bawsburst 1,381 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Defeat by Hibs was our 'wake-up call', says Rangers defender Foster RANGERS right-back Richard Foster today claimed the heavy defeat to Hibs at Ibrox was "a wake-up call" for his side.Matthew Lindsay Sports JournalistMonday 06/10/2014Richard Foster feels it was important that Rangers bounced back to get the result they wanted on SaturdayAlly McCoist's team crashed to an embarrassing loss to the capital club in an SPFL Championship match at home last Monday night.The shock result meant the Gers fell six points behind early pacesetters Hearts in the table.But Foster, who wasn't involved in the match against the Hibs, feels it may be a turning point in the 2014/15 campaign.Asked if the Hibs game could be a pivotal moment in the season, the defender said: "Possibly. It is still early in the season. We don't want to read too much into it."We didn't play well at all and Hibs were well worthy of their victory. It was a bit of wake-up call for us."We got back on track against Livingston at the weekend and will go into the international break in a more positive frame of mind."The defender returned to the Rangers side at the Energy Asset Arena on Saturday and helped his side to a 1-0 triumph over Livingston.The 29-year-old revealed that McCoist's squad had done some serious soul-searching after the Hibs result.He said: "Monday was disappointing in more than one way. It was important to bounce back against Livingston on Saturday and I think we did that."In the first half in particular we played some good stuff at times. We hung on in the second half, but we got the result we wanted."Just because I didn't play in the game doesn't mean that I wasn't affected by what happened."It was a sore one to take for everyone. But you dust yourself down, get on with it and try to pick up three points in your next game."Luckily for us we did that against Livingston. Hopefully, we can continue to do that." Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Artagnan 13,319 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Must be a lot of Tsetse flies in the Rangers dressing room these days... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamie 4,766 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 "The 29-year-old revealed that McCoist's squad had done some serious soul-searching after the Hibs result." McCoist obviously knocked out a few Percy Sledge classics after the match. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOAT 30,449 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Fuck up Foster. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courtyard Bear 41,357 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Wake up call, they obviously hit the snooze button and just rolled over then. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEPPS BOY 73,142 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Ricky Foster Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NornIronBear 450 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Wake up call?That would be number 40 since division 3. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Godfather 70,782 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Shut up Foster ya beardy dick Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueboy1 7 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 what a lot of crap . the clock at ibrox is set on snooze button, so you can wake them all up mcgreor you can start with mccoist durrant mcdowel etc . murder Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
legalbeagle 3,734 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Hardly Foster's fault, but I guess the only way to be a Rangers fan these days is to despise everyone at the club. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der Hammer 160 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Hardly Foster's fault, but I guess the only way to be a Rangers fan these days is to despise everyone at the club.More likely fans getting pissed off at players talking shite off the park and playing shite on it then saying the same stuff over and over again. How many wake up calls is that now yet the football never improves? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courtyard Bear 41,357 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Hardly Foster's fault, but I guess the only way to be a Rangers fan these days is to despise everyone at the club.Despise Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reformation Bear 6,453 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 It's one thing hearing a wake up call - of which there have been many - and another thing ignoring it and laying there in a financially happy state of football slumber convincing yourself (as a squad) that it's no problem, there's plenty of time and that you'll still make the promotion bus.And if you leave it late you risk running along with your shoe laces untied and trip up and miss the bus - which is a bit like the ragged state of football play we have been seeing.If the Manager and squad have indeed heard a wake up call loud and clear then there needs to be more than just saying so - there needs to be a rise and shine. And shine here means shining on the football park with winning results and sparkling performances as betitting the capabilities of the team.Or have they just dreamt that they've heard the wake up call and slipped snugly back into the football comfort zone of training and speaking like Tarzan at MP then playing like Jane on matchdays? The time for talking about wake up calls is long past - its time for rise and shine action. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoldierBlue1 499 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Why are these roasters giving these interviews? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courtyard Bear 41,357 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Why are these roasters giving these interviews?It's so we can despise them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cushynumber 25,178 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Fosters turn to do the nominated "football cliche of the week" interview. Its a "bad week at the office", we will "take it on the chin" etc etc ad infinitum Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
centenarystand 2,227 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 The goal apart we were terrible again on Saturday and in the last 5 mins i feared the worst. The standards are embarrassingly low at Rangers nowadays. The jersey is too big for most of these imposters. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Getstiffed 8,863 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Regardless of your views on the manager, his team selections and the players as individual, surely everyone agrees that they need to shut up and get on with it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunk and disorderly. 14,204 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Hardly Foster's fault, but I guess the only way to be a Rangers fan these days is to despise everyone at the club.The commetns on here say it all.Some haven't even read the interview and some jump straight in with abuse. Why bother posting if you have nothing sensible to add? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VERITAS VOS LIBREBETS 3,311 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Is there anyone at Ibrox some of our 'supporters' actually like? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogzy 31,195 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Is there anyone at Ibrox some of our 'supporters' actually like?the guys out on loan obv Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VERITAS VOS LIBREBETS 3,311 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 the guys out on loan obv Does that make him The Loan Ranger? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geronimoo 1,474 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Getting fed up with wake up calls at Ibrox. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphiebrand 54 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 "Just because I didn't play in the game doesn't mean I wasn't affected by what happened"It worries me that Foster felt the need to make that comment.Of course he should have been affected because whether he played in the game or not is irrelevant - he is a Rangers player so it should go without saying that he was disappointed or angry at the result.His comment reads to me like something an outsider would say, someone who doesn't really feel part of the Club.Maybe there are others there who feel the same way - Law, Black, Templeton? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dietspam 733 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Foster wasn't on the pitch, you're right. But the players and the manager come out with this shite all the time. Hearts should have been the wake up call. Never felt so let down after that result. First day of the season, flag unfurling, Naming of the stand, full house. And for what? A shitebag performance. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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