BlueKnight87 17,242 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 4 hours ago, sassaaaa said: Panic merchants my arse , that game last night could have cost us the league. They dont look like dropping points to anybody , we had to win every game. Its the same pricks that cost us every time and this manager is doing fuck all about it......... Sass everyone was saying the same thing after the old firm. They won't drop points to anybody, we will need to win ever game etc. Then they dropped points to hibs and livi. I'm not buying they won't drop more points. One off day all it takes. I agree but that repeat culprits like tav and goldson have been costing us and need dropped. Katic or Edmundson could come in and do a better job for goldson. Right back however it's either Polster or Flanagan. After last night I couldn't have flanagan further away. Polster is barely ever in the squad which shows how rated he is. I think this can only be fixed with a new signing in January. Ideally a RB than can defend first and foremost. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris182 6,186 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 We need better quality cover for Tav, Barasic and someone for right wing IMO Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa6995 3,620 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 We are powderpuff in key areas, the main areas being those occupied by our defenders when pressure, crosses or pace is applied Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beast 9,121 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 We were playing our possession game and playing it well for most of the first half. The most worrying thing is that when we get knocked off our stride as happened last night we find it hard to get back to that mindset. It's not the first time that's happened this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMB 14,167 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 People complain when teams park the bus against us. Now people are complaining that they’re sitting too high up the pitch. They can play how they like Rangers need to adapt to it. If anything, our style works better when teams open up and try to play. That.’s why it’s been so effective in Europe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc holliday 1,653 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 They certainly went for a very high press in the second half to the extent that MC Gregor was forced to kicking the ball up the park rather than rolling it to his back four. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Avenger 22,567 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 6 hours ago, chris182 said: We need better quality cover for Tav, Barasic and someone for right wing IMO Naw. We need better than Tav! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris182 6,186 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Just now, Blue Avenger said: Naw. We need better than Tav! Yeah I kinda thought that after I posted and couldn't be arsed editing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude 20,026 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 11 hours ago, DBBTB said: You are missing my point completely. It’s unquestionably a shite result that could have a massive baring on the title, no cunt is denying that, but we didn’t drop points last night because teams have sussed us out or because every player in our team has turned into a fucking shite player overnight and that’s the type of stuff you read on here time and time again after any poor result. After every poor result people come on here and act like they want to throw the baby out with the bathwater and it’s a fucking nonsense. Last night we completely fucked it for ourselves by becoming complacent when we thought we had the game won after half an hour and that complacency leading to lazy mistakes. It was nothing to do with Aberdeen “sussing us out”. Spot on imo. Far too many view everything being at one extreme or the other. We're either going to win 55 or finish a million points behind celtic. The over-reaction to every mis-step is fucking embarrassing at times. From folk suggesting giving 16-year-old defenders their debut last night to bringing in a boy who was playing at Carlisle last season to start an Old Firm cup final because he's looked ok in the few games he's played in so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude 20,026 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 For as shite as our defence apparently is now, we've conceded a whopping one goal more than all-conquering celtic in the league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vision 16,680 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 We can keep possession and play against a high press when we put our minds to it as we showed away against Porto, the player's haven't got the balls to do it enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc holliday 1,653 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 They certainly took lowly Hamilton apart lol....we might be dodgy in some positions but so are they. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronniescu 2,949 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 2 minutes ago, doc holliday said: They certainly took lowly Hamilton apart lol....we might be dodgy in some positions but so are they. Tarrier workmate told me it was their reserve team last night. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Avenger 22,567 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 8 minutes ago, The Dude said: For as shite as our defence apparently is now, we've conceded a whopping one goal more than all-conquering celtic in the league. Aye, but they win honours, we don't. Outwith the scum, we play against dross and based on our spend and wage bill, no one outwith the scum should get near us. We could even concede less than them and they could still run out winnng the honours. Being first is everything. Being second only makes you a loser. We need players who can be first past the post. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brubear 2,880 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 13 hours ago, They Gnu said: When we last played the Bheasts they kicked for touch rugby style fromKO, then played a high pressing game right in our face. We didn’t like it and struggled to get into any rhythm. Feyenoord did the same and second half last night saw the sheep do the same. If we had kept up the tempo we had in the first 35 minutes, they wouldn't have got close enough to us to pressurise us. At 2-0 we got over confident, dropped our standards and lost a goal. I genuinely thought provided we got to half time at 2-1 we would regroup and go on to win the game. Losing a goal so early in the second have gave them something to fight for and we never got our composure back. As others have said it was mentality that was the problem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Avenger 22,567 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 21 hours ago, sassaaaa said: When your backline plays as badly as that it saps the confidence out of the rest of the team , we were flying last night till the 2 big lassies fucked up , again. Gerrard if partly to blame here , he is never going to drop 3/4 of this squad no matter how bad they play , where as others have 1 bad game and are not seen for months. We dont stand a chance at the weekend with that backline but will go into the game with the same 3/4 players in the team. We have 2 otherCBs who for whatever reason are not even given a chance by this manager , why the fuck was he allowed to buy Edmondson ? The taigs score early and it could be a romp because this gutless shower are never going to be up for the fight........... I would say Gerrard takes the bggest part of the blame. There are four players who are consistently dug shite and they never get dropped. Therein lies the heart of the problem, as disappointing as that is. Gerrard needs to get ruthless, or we win nothing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude 20,026 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 8 minutes ago, Blue Avenger said: Aye, but they win honours, we don't. Outwith the scum, we play against dross and based on our spend and wage bill, no one outwith the scum should get near us. We could even concede less than them and they could still run out winnng the honours. Being first is everything. Being second only makes you a loser. We need players who can be first past the post. It's December, nobody has won anything yet. Based on our spend and wagebill compared to celtic's they should be streets ahead of us. We could very well concede less and still win nothing. We could also lose the next three league games and still win the league. Being first absolutely is everything. At the end of the season. Nobody won the league with a two-point lead in December. I've every faith we have players who will be first past the post. We're two points behind in December, on the brink of reaching the EL last 32 and LC final to come. If I'd offered you that in July you'd have likely taken it. If we beat them at the end of the month then we're a point clear. That's all the margins that are in it. One game. Everyone needs to chill the fuck out a bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogzy 31,195 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 No. Not at all. We handed them that point last night. It had nothing to do with them sussing us out. They didn't lay a glove on us till we started fucking up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 53,548 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Blue Avenger said: Outwith the scum, we play against dross and based on our spend and wage bill, no one outwith the scum should get near us. Has that not been the case for the past 30 years though? Yes we won honours then but there has always been bad results and performances regardless of how much more we are spending than everybody else does. Perhaps the reaction to these sort of games are being amplified because we aren’t winning the trophies like we did then to make up for the bad performances and results, and the lack of honours is becoming an issue and concern, but we can’t just act like poor results didn’t happen even when we were an all conquering side because they did. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 53,548 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 2 hours ago, The Beast said: We were playing our possession game and playing it well for most of the first half. The most worrying thing is that when we get knocked off our stride as happened last night we find it hard to get back to that mindset. It's not the first time that's happened this season. We have a few players who look great when our tails are up but struggle when the going gets tough. I don’t need to name them because I think we all know we they are. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueThunder 8,439 Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Wait, they sussed us by being dominated for 40 minutes in the first half? Did they suddenly have a brainwave? 😂 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross-Gazza genius 1,890 Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 These are not the only 2 teams to have pressed us high and we've had a great season so far. We coped admirably away to Porto and passed the ball about in some tight areas. I think our draw against the sheep coincided with a few things, Morelos didn't have the best of games, Jack's passing was fairly slack, flannagan was a jittering bombscare and our cbs didn't impose themselves on the game when we were under pressure. These games happen from time to time and if we look through the archives we'll see that even our most successful seasons had a few blips. It could be a blessing in disguise and we go out fired up on Sunday and hopefully smash these manky smelly peado bastards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR3 12,618 Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 I cant get over the fact we hound them with a high press and want it more on the 1-0 & 2-0 games at Ibrox but don’t keep that formula for this year’s OF @ Home then the second we try something different and be “compact” we’re fucked - if it’s not broke don’t fix it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Avenger 22,567 Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Gerrard did go on about rotation, but I've yet to see it. If Ojo had't been so embarassingly bad, he would still be a starter, but sadly still hanging around the bench like a bad smell and still being used. Those consistently under performing are some of the same who start pretty much every game. Tav, Goldson, Helander. Throw in Ojo, Arfield and we have a full house. These players are doing pretty much two games a week. Aside from playing dug shite, maybe needing rested as performances show? Not a chance! Then we have Defoe, a class act, who's cameo appearances are becoming a rarity. Is he now just a mascot? It was obvious on Wednesday Alfie was toiling, so why no Defoe?! Very decent players in Katic and Edmundson who for some reason are just not considered ahead of dug shite. Our defensive frailties are rather obvious most games, but no change. We persist and push our luck and at the sheep it ran out. So what about the promised rotation? What about keeping the team fresh and on it's toes? Stevie didn't stick to the plan and is playing favourites and it will cost us. We can be heroes on Sunday and our season gets back on track, so let's hope to fuck Stevie knows wtf he is doing! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polo 1,427 Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 6 hours ago, Ross-Gazza genius said: These are not the only 2 teams to have pressed us high and we've had a great season so far. We coped admirably away to Porto and passed the ball about in some tight areas. I think our draw against the sheep coincided with a few things, Morelos didn't have the best of games, Jack's passing was fairly slack, flannagan was a jittering bombscare and our cbs didn't impose themselves on the game when we were under pressure. These games happen from time to time and if we look through the archives we'll see that even our most successful seasons had a few blips. It could be a blessing in disguise and we go out fired up on Sunday and hopefully smash these manky smelly peado bastards. I was going to post exactly the same. We have the technical ability to cope with high presses against teams that are far better than Aberdeen or the filth. The result on Wednesday was down to poor mentality and poor individual performances. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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