Bakbear

Controversial opinion here but in all this maelstrom of sinister propaganda to make all things Rangers negative. I would prefer if we found a wee bit of moral high ground and avoid singing celebratory songs at a seriously injured player.

Seen this movie before.

The attacks on refereeing decisions has gone way beyond sinister now. They are shite. We all know that but it’s absolutely evident again that there is a campaign that is targeting them even when they get it right. This is exactly what happened all those years ago that ended up in striking refs. I hate VAR for the slowing of the game and for the caution when seeing a goal going because it might be chopped off. But I would say that since it came in (on balance) more calls have been made correctly and that is pissing a lot of Scottish football off The refs are still shite and mistakes are still made but this campaign is going to end nasty

Yeah, they obviously felt it was worth the risk. But the massive ice pack just 3 nights ago would have been a sign that putting him in to a rip snorting cup tie might be unwise. anyway. They are the experts and we are where we are.

Dujon shouldn’t have started today.

Obviously not on Twitter. The whole of Scottish football is basically saying it’s a massive robbery. Of all the decisions in the game the absolute clearest correct decision was the red card. No idea how a player running full pelt and lunging two footed off the ground can be seen as not a red ? The second yellow was a bit tough but he was really lucky not to see yellow for pushing an injured player off the pitch. He was told to calm down and then swings his arms around. Head was gone.

No one said every important game.... he is one of the best defenders we have had that can have a massive howler in him. When I think of our best centre halves from history, I don't remember them having those clangers in them. They were dependable. Goldson plays to a really high level and has certainly been our best CH of the last 4 /5 years but he frequently just has a massive fuck up in him. It is so frustrating. If he had just cleared that ball in Seville we would very likely have another European trophy in the trophy room.... .... also I still have a bitter taste from his comments when we went 3 goals down to Hibs in the cup On balance I am glad we have him but there is no getting away from his propensity to fuck shit up.

Didn’t like the look of that ice pack on Dujons hamstring

Ridvan is playing well

See when a manager comes in and the way he speaks compared to how the players then implement what he says, you can see quickly if the manager has it or not. I have tried explaining this with failing managers in the past. When folk are saying “he needs more time” or “he is getting the results” but you can just see it. When GVB was starting to fail you could see it wasn’t going to end well despite home being a club hero. And with Beale it was evident really quickly that he was never turning it around. Well now we have found a manager that you could just see it WAS going to work. I had a brief wobble with Clemente when he subbed Cantwell before half time. I thought “maybe this guy is too egotistical” but that subbing was the best thing that could have happened to Cantwell and as a message to the rest of the team. From the next match he played Cantwell I knew we had a proper manager. You can just see it. The players respect him, they understand what he asks of them, they believe in what he is trying to do. I really hope he settles here because he could bring years of success to our club if we can hold on to him

First 20 minutes I already had Lundy pegged as MoTM. Now it could be Yilmaz, Diomande, Souttar, great performances all over the park

A settled confident and on form Lundstram is a ridiculously good player.

That should have been a pen

Been a long time since I felt this positive about our team,,,, we have a proper manager....

These games have always been an absolute battle. The players that win their battles in the first 15-20 minutes tend to go on to do the best in the fixture We looked scared in that period. Ridvan came on to a decent game but he started poorly and gave the ball away. Sima was probably the worst, he genuinely got pressed and kicked the ball out the park 2 or 3 times. That kind of start start emboldens the other team settles any nerves they might have had. McAusland looked nervy, still can’t explain Tav. Dessers is worse than a man down. Edit: totally forgot how bad Cantwell was too The way we started yesterday was nervy as fuck and that gave them confidence and they dominated the midfield pretty much after that. conceding to that goal straight after half time was a hammer blow. All ifs and buts but if we had kept that out I think we would have grown back into the game quicker than we did. Never good losing to them but they can Chuck around the bravado all they like. A massively weakened squad went in to their midden with no supporters and held their own against a team that absolutely needed to win that game. If the fine margins had gone differently yesterday there would have been a full scale revolt over there and they know it. Post the Winter Break with a replenished and refreshed squad having completed a training camp with the new manager having had more time to work with the players and we will see what bravado does for them come May.

I think we will win the league. Today was disappointing but not unexpected. Win on Tuesday, get to the winter break and start nursing the injured back to health. Bring in a couple of additions in the window get fitness levels up to where they should be at the training camp. Pin Rodger’s comments about “Rangers have always been coming, that’s five managers now” to the wall and go get this trophy

If it is not mentality, and only about skill with a ball, how were we able to go to Seville and beat Real Betis in their own patch. A feat that Real Madrid and Atletico have been unable to achieve this season? Are celtic better than them? I can't explain it either... as I have said elsewhere, this team have the mental fortitude to go to Spain and beat top European teams but we can't bring that form to an Old Firm game.... maybe as has been suggested, we have mental strength but we lack the belief against that lot? Maybe we can't handle expectation? Maybe we thrive on being the underdog? fuck knows what it is but I cannot see how it can be explained away with "skill with a ball" we have demonstrated repeatedly that we have ability in the team, as individuals and as a collective

I read Conroy (who is also a cunt btw) comments... I understand what he has said... I even believe what he has said... the VAR official should have said... that is a penalty for handball.... no two ways about it... But in the exact same passage of play the same player was offside.... I am happy to be pointed to the rules or even a precedent where that would not be taken into account and say we have been robbed but I am not aware of any scenario where a player who is in an offside position in the build up to a penalty being awarded is not taken back to the offside decision. I am not defending Gollum here at all.... but if the player is offside then that's the original infringement

It was offside. the rest is, to me at least, academic.... I was raging when the penalty wasn't awarded... I had all sorts of rants drafted in my head about the propaganda of the season being aimed at denying us that exact penalty.... but ultimately Sima was offside and the correct decision should have been offside and free kick at that point... they didn't make the correct decision but two wrongs don't make a right... the right decision was offside. Once again, we shouldn't be wasting our time as a fan base talking about it when the reason for our loss today lies elsewhere.... its not even a stick on that Tav scores the penalty anyway.... We lost a really tough game today because we weren't good enough on the day We are getting better and we will win this league

Okay fine.... haven't followed the protocol. so... play this out... lets follow the protocol Check that for a handball and possible penalty. Yes he handled it, that's a penalty... ok so now there is a consequence, run it back 5 seconds ... was he offside... yes... ok original infringement is offside and free kick from there ... can say what you like, we didn't lose today because of that chain of events, and lingering on it just detracts from the facts and makes us no better than them on the "always cheated, never defeated" front... it should have been offside... end of.... I am grateful every day that I was born into a Rangers family and its because I would never want to be like them ... always the victim... so forgive me if I would rather just take what little positives there were from today and put faith in PC being able to win this league...

Agreed but you can be shite at football and also lacking in courage (Dessers)... you can also be good at football and lacking in courage .... we have seen the same players excel at football and also shrink and hide on big occasions.... Its baffling.... but we have had players in the past that had courage in spades and were limited footballers, in fact courageous players are what I was brought up with in the Rangers teams ... Every time I think Tav has dispelled the "shitebag' label he chucks in a performance that makes me doubt it again. He is probably the most bipolar player I can ever recall

There was a check on the penalty.... in the Sky commentary it said "Willie Collum is having a look at this" then No Penalty. There was no explanation at the time but early in the second half after the entire sky team said it was a stonewaller, it was explained that the penalty wasn't given because there was an offside in the build up. They then showed the lines of the offside and it was a clear offside.... Its not cheating. He was offside.... we can't argue that he wasn't offside, so no penalty.... And it doesn't matter anyway because if we had a better striker we would have scored before that, if we defended a simple corner better we wouldn't have conceded the first goal. No one was picking up the goal scorer and the defensive header was woeful, he should have headed it out the park not back into the attacking area. We lost that game because we weren't good enough on the day and given that we were down to the bare bones and in front of 50k scum supporters it is no surprise. Much stronger and better Rangers teams have gone to that dump and lost by more goals than we did today.... Clement will fix this I have every faith and I don't have a doubt in my mind that we will beat them at Ibrox when we are back to something resembling full strength

There is some truth to this.... I am absolutely baffled by our team at times. They sometimes have the hearts of a lion and then they have the heart of a mouse....Tavernier is the main protagonist... he has saved us time and again and yet costs us so often too. He was shite for a lot of today, pish set pieces, poor decisions and yet he scores the free kick.... Our players were definitely quivering in the first 20 minutes. Sima, Cantwell, McAusland all looked overwhelmed by the occasion. Dessers is just shite but that failure to shoot was 100% shitebaggery It is hard to ignore the repeated choking of the same players even if they do occasionally step up... I don't think the accusation of shitebaggert can be completely dismissed

It was offside.... I am not buying in to the "we were cheated" mentality today. Our players looked nervous from the outset... first 20 minutes we looked terrified... Sima was miles off it.... never really got back on it. McAusland, Dessers, Cantwell all absolute shite today. Tav once again very poor.... We had our worst game since PC came in... and yet we could have still left the stadium with something. I never expected much today but I think PC will have learned a thing or two about the players. Still optimistic for the future under Clement

Balogun is not one of the top five on my shit list today...