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Tav will always be Tav. He’s either an 8/10 or a 4/10. 
The issue is that he’s currently the only player in our squad who is capable of rising to the occasion. It’s been years since we had another player who can step up to the mantle and drag us through games. When others fail to show up - Tav has saved their skin… when Tav has a stinker or finds himself on a bad run of form there’s nobody else who’s willing or capable of stepping up. We are so one dimensional.
In reality it’s fucking nuts that we expect so much from a right back… it’s also quite frankly insane that the club have let it get this far. What other team in the modern game has spent the best part of 8 years building their entire team and style of play around a right back!?
We have built a team that allows him to smash personal records… but it’s came at the detriment of the clubs wider success.
I say this as a massive fan of his… it’s time to go. We need a massive culture change at the club. 

I don't agree with the idea that in modern game a captain role isn't important . Particularly between us and them. Look at they cunts last two captains over last ten years and they have been vital to their success 
Listen to past players of ours talk about how important the leadership of Butcher , Gough and Ferguson etc was at vital stages of seasons when sleeves needed rolled up and results needed dug out
This is now the 4th or 5th total collapse in form that has sent a season off the rails under Tav's captaincy. Throw in the fact there has been 4 different managers for these slumps and the common denominator is the squads senior leaders. This is why the question of mentality and bottle keeps rearing its head , because they keep allowing it to happen.

Biggest mistake was when gerrard made him captain, had he not i think he'd have been long gone by now

But but but his ‘numbers are insane!’ remember according to the deluded cheerleaders that used to exist on here. Where on earth have they gone??

Exactly, was just saying that earlier. Cantwell & co will never get it.   

Don't think I've ever seen such a collapse in form. We've never been brilliant this season but the last few games, the entire team looks like they've forgotten how to pass, beat a man, read the flight of or control a ball, defend, shoot, win challenges or make runs into space. They've inexplicable regressed to the standard of a Sunday league outfit. A bad one.

Gaffer losing credit every time he talks the now, what the fuck is he on about here 
We had a good reaction, kept our fucking shape, had enough chances to win. Jesus fucking wept 
Dont know about all you but that’s not what I just seen

If I was Phil I’d just answer no comment to every question 
Trying to find excuses is embarrassing 

Who else can he pick? 90% of the squad have downed tools.

Who else can he pick? 90% of the squad have downed tools.

What other options does he have? Seriously 

The only surprise is that Clement managed to improve them. That was strictly temporary though. We are now back to the real players.

Dont know what the hell has happened to these players. 

“All we have to do is win our games in hand and beat them at the Piggery.”
Aye fucking right. 

This is where the major issues are. Whole midfield have been completely anonymous.

In terms of an OF game that meant something regarding going for a title or a cup, tav has won 1 out of the last 15 he has played in or close to that (the ET cup win at hampden) 
Thats an absolutely horrendous record for a Rangers captain, absolutely horrendous

I like the manager a lot and if we don’t win things consistently under him then I don’t think we ever will again. He has a number of things going against him. 
Financially they blow us out the water and now will do for the next 2-3 years until it becomes impossible for either of us to get through the CL qualifiers. 
He’s dealing with the hangover of a £15m spend last summer, of which there are about 2 successful signings in Butland and Sterling. Add into that the £7m fees on Matondo and Davies plus another £7m in wages and you can see where his issues are. 
 
He’s facing like 2 or 3 managers before him, the same group of 4 players who have been instrumental in every single choke job for 3-4 seasons in Goldson, Barisic, Lundstram and Tavernier. 
 
He now has to simply see the back of anything from 12-15 players in the summer and hope the DoF and scout can have a 90% success rate with signings otherwise we’re in the same position next season. 

The thing is, everyone is a genius with hindsight. Ross County had only won 6 games all season up until yesterday - there's a reason why they're second bottom. We shouldn't need a full strength team to beat them and I think that's a fair assumption for the manager to have.
But, it's clearly not the case and we need to go full strength from now until the end.

Once again we start poorly. I genuinely cannot get my head around why this continues to be a thing 
Goal conceded versus Motherwell and Celtic in 1st 10 minutes. Should’ve conceded today, regardless gifted them enough to show we were vulnerable. 
 
Dessers is shit, the man has put a ball over the stand from about 6 yards - is Roofe fit as he should start ahead of him easily? - as another poster has said, start your strongest team and go from there 
I think that’s 8 points dropped in last 4 games ? - we don’t have the minerals or quality to take what was there for us, it’s just not good enough, pish pish poor 
 

Bottling since 2018? How many hard line stories, disappointments have we seen. It's a mentality. Its not tireness, distractions, injuries or anything else. It's been staring us in the face for many year's. It wont be gone until the core of squad is moved away from the club. 
- No cups under Gerrard
- Seville final after all that hard work we lost against a mid table German team
- Outwith 55 season, we've only beaten them twice when it was during a title race. Ryan Jack 1-0 and Katic 2-1. After that we then collapsed. We never beat them post January unless the title is gone e.g. Arfield 2-0 or Cantwell 3-0. We lose vital games like Defoe up front at Ibrox, Ramsay 1-0 early goal but lose, this seasons first OF game and last week 3-3. Even in that game we bottled the first half and when it went 2-2. We love playing when people expect very little of us.
- League Cup final defeats
- Cup semi final defeats to Aberdeen
- Gio in the league throwing a 7 point lead away
- Under Beale we go his first 16 odd games unbeaten...why...because no pressure. As soon as we get close we lose.
- Yes there are poor ref decisions and we get unlucky sometimes but all the above and alot more doesn't discount the fact we are bottlers unless we have no pressure. 
Clement has probably done the best out of our Managers given the cup win and league form but we've not beaten them in 2 games. Our fans keep saying they are shite and will drop points. Wake up.....we aren't very good. We have decent footballers but players like Raskin, Tav, Lawrence cant all lose form cos they turn shite. It's shitting the bed under pressure.
If we got to the final game of this season and we just need a win to get the league, does anyone think we will do it easily? It wouldnt be like a Walter last day performance anyways. We will probably beat them at parkhead out of nowhere but then lose to Killie at home.
We've been awful in recent weeks Motherwell, Hibs goal, 3-3 and today. We're finished outwith a miracle. 
 

This is the most worrying aspect. Yes we can win all remaining games but the  decline in the application/ attitude department has been alarming.
 
Every game demands a cup final approach not some half arsed bounce match approach. The same and some new culprits coming up short, again. It’s unacceptable.

The attitude last few games has been utterly shit last week and today management have to get their arses in gear and find a way to get this team moving .
County showed today what it takes to win a game rather than the shitty half arsed approach this lot have been displaying.

No chance i’m watching that regurgitated shite. Losers gonna lose.