*** The Official Rangers V St. Johnstone Thread ***

[ritchieshearercaldow 22,109]

Heat of the moment or not , why bring his family into it

No excuse, out of order but like I say emotions are high, he has a high post count so maybe he should start an apology thread.

[The Godfather 71,495]

Not as distraught as I was at half time.

Second half bar the first minute we were easily the better team. We clearly need a few players but we will be fine so long as King backs the manager in the next 2 windows.

[weshallnotbemoved! 714]

What matters now is the reaction against Morton at the weekend.

Morton will be no mugs either

[Blackandra 732]

Defence was a bit exploited tonight. We weren't at our best, but I disagree with all the talk of us failing against better opposition. Every team can have an off night and we've not been at our best for a few games but the league is our main concern and I'm not gona panic over a cup game.

[Mols94 3,669]

We need to be more direct against SPL sides. The intricate passing around the box just didn't work, it was just too easy to defend against. Players need to show a bit more confidence and take a pop at goal.

[ayrshireger 523]

That's the cunt that went on a hissy fit cause a thread was started about his internet dating bint.

Pretty sure it was.

[bombaybadboy08 15,660]

Great counter attacking football, deserved win by they cunts.

Warburton isn't daft, valuable lesson tonight lads, don't understate that!

[TheKingObv 10,634]

Not as distraught as I was at half time.

Second half bar the first minute we were easily the better team. We clearly need a few players but we will be fine so long as King backs the manager in the next 2 windows.

I reckon their sharpness caught us cold

We'll learn from it

[Isleger 11]

St Johnstone had the night where everything came off for them. Our defending was ridiculous but they were unbelievably clinical. We completely dominated the ball but how dificult is it to break down a packed defence like that?! If they came out and played we would've scored a few. Defence fucked us tonight.

[lancedeangers1 287]

I made the point in another thread that we will need a Bougherra type centre half that has the pace to recover in order to be successful with this style of football.

No need to panic or be disheartened, this is part of the building process and this defeat will only improve Rangers.

[Moobs 9,162]

Don't understand when people say they are not that fussed about losing in the LC. The league is a formality this year imo. A cup is the icing that I wanted. The only positive for me is that we now know there is much work to be done in order to win the premiership.

Mate we would all like a cup run but we got a wee lesson tonight. 2nd half apart from the blip was good. Onwards and upwards!

[El Buffalo 120]

Gutted. Have to learn from this. We have a young team and will be ready for next season

[Mols94 3,669]

We need a penalty box striker.

We cross for fun but no one is in the areas to hurt them

We also badly need a natural defensive midfielder, someone who's not afraid to throw themselves about.

[superally07 387]

Not good enough but probably the biggest difference from the last 3 years was at 3-0 down I genuinely beleived we could still win.

Obvious areas to improve on.

[one55 1,510]

maybe we'll wake up a bit now.

of course i like us winning games and want that but some people were getting a bit too carried away thinking we could take on anyone. we still have a way to go before we can really take on premiership teams.

now warburton and the players will be seeing another side of the fans. what it really means to play for rangers. we are about winning. if you can't do that then you'll know all about it.

[ritchieshearercaldow 22,109]

St Johnstone probably played the best they'll play all year as well.

We're not a million miles away, but tonight was a timely reality check.

We didn't look like the underdog Championship team, they were on he back foot most of the game but this team won't crack it in the PL.

[rossDas 1,071]

We were the agents of our own downfall tonight, and were it not for such calamitous defending then we may well have had a different perspective on things; however there is another matter that must be considered. We have been far more ponderous and hesitant in attack of late, and have been since at least as far back as the hibs game at Ibrox; what has happened to the flair and tempo that characterised our early performances?

Still, it's early days yet, and Mark and Davie have the season ahead to organise, motivate and get the team ready for the challenges ahead.

[Bellshill_Bear 1,105]

Zelalem seems to slow play down whenever it's played through him and beaks the momentum.

Dare I say it Shiels or Law might be a better option if we

Are still playing they formation.

Need to stop with the slow possession football and up the pace...then we look dangerous

I agree there was not much running into space in the forward areas, hat being said there was no space.

I was ready for running in the pitch and drop kicking waghorn if he tried to take people on rather than cross it

[delparlane 5,636]

The tims and glory hunters are getting themselves a run out tonight.

Bugger'em - they'll revel in it and pish themselves doing so, but I couldn't care less. It's a learning curve for us and a lot of these players are still young. While this wasn't fun to watch, sometimes you need these kinds of setbacks to build character and resolve.

[BridgeIsBlue 66,549]

Trueblue68 cunt started on warburton saying he needs sacked then got called a prick so wished death on a poster and his family

It's out of order, someone in their late 40's acting like.

He been banned yet?

[Old No7. 790]

If Oduwa spent time getting into the box than step overs we might have archived something. it's great yes you can do step overs mazy runs but you need the end product.

[EastEnclosureBear 2,916]

Better to happen now this season to show Mark and the squad what to expect. I'm not going to lose sleep over the result, I did expect us to win but St Johnstone did a job on us and done it well.

On to Morton at the weekend.

[Figo 91]

And confidence restored by MW

[ritchieshearercaldow 22,109]

If Oduwa spent time getting into the box than step overs we might have archived something. it's great yes you can do step overs mazy runs but you need the end product.

That's why he's out on loan

[evenstevens 890]

1st goal. Wilson had the situation under control and coulda stopped ball coming in.

2nd goal. Basic defensive error.

3rd goal. Centre halfs split and undone. All basic.

Other than that the pressing game was good and we turned the ball over well. But at 2 and 3 down St Johnstone weren't fussed about giving it away.

Goals change games and we should have had a penalty early doors and we looked good.

It was actually just one of those nights where they got many more breaks than we did and it just didn't happen. Pish night for that to be the case.

Saying that, we've not been our usual selves for a while which is a little bit of a worry.

Similar to Dumbarton game....if the penalty was given and scored we woulda been on easy street. Losing 1st goal and then making basic defensive errors made it much harder going forward than it would otherwise have been.

My worry is more that the confidence suffers because we need to play without fear.