NixonRFC

I get some fans being deflated after the drop off in the League but cups matter, we're in a dog fight with the tims. We've won 118 major honours, they've won 116 major honours, if we win at least one of the last two trophies then we maintain a two honour lead, if we chuck it completely then it levels off at 118/118 Rangers should be all about winning trophies, that's what we've been about for 150 years, I know the last 12 has been dire but as an institution, that's what we've been all about and in 100 years time, when we're all dead and gone, that'll still be what we're all about, so it's our responsibility to keep pushing for better days, to respect the boys who kept us going in the 60s and 70s when the tims done 9IAR or the 80s when Aberdeen ruled the roost, Rangers fans still inspired the team to overcome the odds and win trophies in those eras, that's our job now, so boys in the future continue to have something to be proud of. So aye, cups absolutely matter.

Biggest Rangers man on the park in the last Old Firm was playing left back for the tims, we need winners, if they're Rangere men then great but it isn't a deal breaker, we just need winners.

They've scored eight more goals than us this season, thats with us playing an extra home game atm too.

The captain will always get singled out when there's a lack of on field leadership, it is what it is. As for against the Tims, we were 1 down after about 20 seconds because Tav can't read a game, a game that if we won would've made it very difficult for them to catch us, and he shot his bolt before the referee took his whistle out his mouth from kick off, from that moment on our whole advantage in this league was fucked.

I commend Tav for scoring big game penalties, that shows he does have some bottle, but it's every other part of his game that lets him down, I don't want to single anyone out but he is the captain and unfortunately for him that means when discussing lack of on field leadership, the buck will always start and stop at him, if your captain doesn't lead then you've got a problem. I'm loathe to highlight positives in that mob but look at their last two captains, they almost became characatures of what they used to be, just to inspire their teammates and fans, two years ago the night they knocked us off the top of the League, Callum McGregor, who up until then was always considered to be a quiet type of charcter, was chasing Borna abour screaming shitebag at him, he intimidated him that night and he's no been the same since, all of a sudden he started being this overly vocal character, we need someone that can do that and can back it up on the ball. I was embarrassed that a tim not only spoke to a Rangers player like that, but got away with it and never even regretted it, 2 years on and we've still not got anyone who would stand up to that while they seem to have more.

Can't believe what I saw tonight, that was absolutely abysmal, we showed nothing at all from the start, in fact that's the third match in a row we either lost or nearly lost a goal inside the first minute, even by our own recent standards, this was terrible, we looked like a team that was on it's knees, and chucked it completely. I tend to be positive and optimistic but I'm no naive, I know we're not a good team but we do have better players than every other club in Scotland other than them, going for a title and to put in a performance like that, so insipid, uninspired, scared and just down right lazy is unforgivable, there's zero leadership in that dressing room, Clement does exude leadership but when the players go onto that pitch, there's no one you can hang your hat on to deliver when it really matters, who have we got that can inspire their teammates or fire them up, just get a song out of them? Nobody. I'm not surprised we dropped more points, I can handle that, these things can happen, it's the manner we dropped them without a fight or a fuss that kicks you in the balls, a club filled with perennial losers.

Still gutted about yesterday but I think this might suit us for the run in, I think it's clear that we really struggle under pressure, so maybe leading the league at this stage isn't for the best, we might be better off going top as late in the day as possible, that way we have less time to fuck it up.

We have the laziest media in the world, and guys who talk about it on the radio just regurgitate what they've read from that lazy media.

Yup, they did it in 2002-03, 2007-08, 2009-10 & 2016-17

Tims have done it four times, thankfully, two of the times they did it, they went on to lose the Title - 2002-03 & 2009-10

We've never won at the Piggery after the split, and we've never won the last five games of the season after the split, both of those things need to happen, and need to happen with one of the most bi polar squads I've ever watched.

Used to do my nut in when Albertz played LB or LWB, he could do it well enough but he was just too good at CM to move for me.

Said this before but if his mentality matched his ability then he wouldn't be up here. His ability will be the reason we will keep persevering with him though and hopefully Clement (if he had enough patience) can get the best out of him.

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In a 2 team country it's impossible to expect anyone to be 100% unbiased, it's just the way it goes, we should have foreign refs for Old Firm games, that might put guys off from becoming officials if they know there's zero chance of officiating the biggest game but it is what it is. I don't even blame folk for being biased, Scotland is just far too parochial, even guys who support other teams, they'll have a hatred for their rivals and one of us or them, an Aberdeen/Hibs/Dundee Utd fan will have an unconscious bias against us and the same goes for a Hearts/Kilmarnock/Airdrie fan, they'll have an unconcious bias against them. The only way to take that element out of it is by giving the job to foreign refs.