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2 minutes ago, Sportingintegritymyarse said:

The new guys are the way forward.

Bring him on as a sub if we need to.

I'm talking exclusively about Thursday. If the manager thinks they've settled quickly enough to start then i don't disagree with you. 

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PEDRO CAIXINHA was pleased with most aspects of Rangers’ play against St Johnstone, but again called on his side to be more clinical.

St Johnstone goalkeeper Zander Clark had a superb game in goal, denying Jason Holt, Martyn Waghorn and Niko Kranjcar with a string of superb stops, with Gers also having a number of other chances to put the ball in the back of the net to win the game.

At the other end, Gers were rarely troubled, and Caixinha believes his side are in a good place ahead of next Thursday’s Europa League qualifier with Progrès Niederkorn.

The Ibrox gaffer, speaking to RangersTV.tv, explained: “It was a good performance, and a good performance within the total domain and control of the game, especially in the second half where I don’t even remember St Johnstone crossing the halfway line.

“We had a lot of control of the game and we were much more aggressive attacking spaces in the last third against a team that was much more concerned about defending as we pushed them to defend, and that’s a reality we need to face.

“The goalkeeper made three or four fantastic saves when supposedly the ball should have ended up in the goal but he saved, but that is football and that is reality. We are happy with the performance, we are happy with the process and we know in this last week we are going to put everything in the right place in order to give our supporters great happiness on the 29th.

“We expect Ibrox to be crowded supporting us and being happy about our return to Europe after such a long period of time.”

Having played three friendly matches now with no more to follow, Caixinha believes his side are where they should be ahead of their first competitive game next week.

He added: “It is exactly what we were expecting. If you have a closer look, the only thing we didn’t like from these last two matches was the last third. We need to improve definitely there and all the rest I am really, really happy with.”

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2 minutes ago, Lloyd72 said:

PEDRO CAIXINHA was pleased with most aspects of Rangers’ play against St Johnstone, but again called on his side to be more clinical.

St Johnstone goalkeeper Zander Clark had a superb game in goal, denying Jason Holt, Martyn Waghorn and Niko Kranjcar with a string of superb stops, with Gers also having a number of other chances to put the ball in the back of the net to win the game.

At the other end, Gers were rarely troubled, and Caixinha believes his side are in a good place ahead of next Thursday’s Europa League qualifier with Progrès Niederkorn.

The Ibrox gaffer, speaking to RangersTV.tv, explained: “It was a good performance, and a good performance within the total domain and control of the game, especially in the second half where I don’t even remember St Johnstone crossing the halfway line.

“We had a lot of control of the game and we were much more aggressive attacking spaces in the last third against a team that was much more concerned about defending as we pushed them to defend, and that’s a reality we need to face.

“The goalkeeper made three or four fantastic saves when supposedly the ball should have ended up in the goal but he saved, but that is football and that is reality. We are happy with the performance, we are happy with the process and we know in this last week we are going to put everything in the right place in order to give our supporters great happiness on the 29th.

“We expect Ibrox to be crowded supporting us and being happy about our return to Europe after such a long period of time.”

Having played three friendly matches now with no more to follow, Caixinha believes his side are where they should be ahead of their first competitive game next week.

He added: “It is exactly what we were expecting. If you have a closer look, the only thing we didn’t like from these last two matches was the last third. We need to improve definitely there and all the rest I am really, really happy with.”

So he is unhappy in the final third but still plays Waghorn ? Why not start with Morales and bring numbnuts on? Or try Hardie and bring him on ...he already knows what Waghorn can do (we all do) so what is he gaining? 

This is obviously his starting team for next week and it should be fine....but a big crowd and Waghorns bottle are never a good combination.

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2 minutes ago, Spiderpig said:

So he is unhappy in the final third but still plays Waghorn ? Why not start with Morales and bring numbnuts on? Or try Hardie and bring him on ...he already knows what Waghorn can do (we all do) so what is he gaining? 

This is obviously his starting team for next week and it should be fine....but a big crowd and Waghorns bottle are never a good combination.

Hardie should be starting ahead of Waghorn.

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3 hours ago, centenarystand said:

What about having 2 threads for this.

 One for those who want to act the cunt and one for those that want to know whats actually happening.

fukking weans must be off school -- usual fykking rockets

PC "not good enough in the final third, too many missed chances."  Sadly sounds too familiar

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27 minutes ago, Spiderpig said:

So he is unhappy in the final third but still plays Waghorn ? Why not start with Morales and bring numbnuts on? Or try Hardie and bring him on ...he already knows what Waghorn can do (we all do) so what is he gaining? 

This is obviously his starting team for next week and it should be fine....but a big crowd and Waghorns bottle are never a good combination.

I'd like to think maybe there was scouts watching and Waghorn was in the shop window rather than he's still in Pedro's plans . Here's hoping anyway!

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1 hour ago, BUILDMYGALLOWS1986 said:

Why is waghorn getting so many minutes? Is he amazing in training or sumin as he's the worst striker I've seen at ibrox in a long time

Were you always working or something when Garner was featuring?

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