SteveJ 743 Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Please explain to me why the players on that park today are not the ones deserving the stick for that farse of a game?I read on here 15 minuted before kick-off that most fans on here would agree with the line-up, so it is not that. Weir was clearly holding the defensive line further up the park than normal, so we were not sitting back.You can blame Walter Smith all you like guys but these players are mince at the moment.McGregor: Feck knows what he was doing when he palmed the ball back into the box but thankfully it was not a goal. He should have saved the Commons goal but KC should not have had the shot in the first place.Weir: Showed his age today and could not cope with HooperBougherra: More interested in getting one over the refereee and the Celtic players than the resultPapac: Far too bloody slow and I cannot wait until he goesWhittaker: Scared performanceDiouff: Scared on the ball when Brown was present - Brown had him in his back pocketNaismith: Playing with an injury and uselessDavis: A stint in the reserves might make this guy wake up and realise he is at rangers and not Berwick RangersEdu: ........Bartley: Picking up a booking early on was just stupid and he could not make his presense felt there on inJelavic: Absolutely useless. I read a while ago that this guy played his heart out and I let that comment ride but this guy is a liability as a lone strikerWalter Smith: Forced to make the sub on Naismith and took too long to get Diouff off - but should have went attacking at 2-0 down.All in all, the team were pish but it was a team we guessed would be on the park. No leader on the park and no leader available to Walter Smith. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dado1 23 Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 fucking tactics thats how.his usual negative self was our downfall as usual.but i do agree the players have to take some of the blame aswell Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz52 11,837 Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Whittaker was at fault for their first 2 goals, way too high up the pitch leaving Boogie to cover and Weir exposed, Weir is just a sitting duck, every team knows this now, he's past it and thats that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM1872 3,744 Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Walter is supposed to be motivating the team and encouraging them on, giving them belief and pointing them in the right direction; because David Weir isn't doing that.The players shouldn't need motivating against they gremlins though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestDillinger 9 Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 They were all atrocious and have received plenty of stick, but it's Walters job to rectify that. Unfortunately, for the third old firm game in a row he didn't. Hence the criticism. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
papaguy51 912 Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 And Smith bought nine of them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the brown brogue 1,922 Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Which other manager in world football spends the majority of the match sitting in the stand with his arms crossed regardless of how things are going on the pitch? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordo7 147 Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 That's easy mate. He's the manager, and the buck stops with him. His tactics are awful, and his use of subs is mindboggling. As for the players not getting stick, have you read the match/aftermatch threads. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allzo 91 Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 I blame everybody, but Walter's awful tactics and his lack of change is costing us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylan_rfc 0 Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 hes the most negative manager ive ever seen his buys in the transfer market are terrible bar jelavic who is not a lone striker and wont play youth he can get too fuck never liked the guy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverBlue_Since91 2,895 Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 The players are getting the blame aswell. But the management should get the blame for not getting them up for it.Look at the fenians,everythime they went in for a foul they were winning it, & winding up Rangers players after it etc. Rangers players lost the ball to easy didn't even try to win it back,just shitebags all of them today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
djgazbcm 55 Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 And Smith bought nine of them.this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
real boydie9 17,848 Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Which other manager in world football spends the majority of the match sitting in the stand with his arms crossed regardless of how things are going on the pitch?Thats the thing that really hacked me off he sat there as if he'd chucked it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AW-WATP 112 Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 NEGA FUCKING TIVITYWS has a mindset of hitting teams on the counter attack.We got played off the pitch for 90 minutes so were are these tactics going to actually pay off.Fucking pathetic and the sooner you lose your rosy tinteed glasses the better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombaybadboy08 15,660 Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Walter has chose to persist with Weir,we looked at Georgie Welcome and missed his team-mate who is one of the fenians best players.We should have signed a centre half and Papac hads been nothing more than decent..is that good enough for Rangers?Everytime Diouf got the ball he was screaming for support,did you see celt*c having a problem with that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 11,453 Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Buck stops with the manager.He's signed the players, his job to set us up the right way, his job to motivate and so on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirWalterSmithLegend 206 Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 They are set up the way Walters tells them, they play how Walter tells them and their motivation comes from our clueless coaches and manager.Players are not blameless but the buck stops at the man in charge, he signed that team! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillete 1,338 Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 I've never slagged walter It's time nowfucking horrendous tacticsget to fuck Lafferty before weiss sims it uplast time I pay £40 to watch an old firm game , disgusted Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caddy 7 Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Well, the players definitely do deserve some stick, and they are getting it (Weir and Edu especially), but it isn't one or the other. Both Smith and the players are at fault. Awful all around. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJ 743 Posted February 20, 2011 Author Share Posted February 20, 2011 Buck stops with the manager..... end of.Why oh why does Smith stay up in the stand for 70-80 mins? I can't think of another successful manager that does this, especially when things are not going to plan.Walter has done that for a long while and it was acceptable when we were winning. I am looking forward to times without our manager spending that long up there and feel our manager should be on the ground with the players but I am not going to turn against him because of his methods.What I am saying is that he gets ripped for setting his team up so defensive and when he sets his team up to sit forward, he gets beaten more convincingly and it is still his fault.If we sacked Walter tomorrow, who would we expect to take the job? I doubt Ally McCoist would take the role, or Durrant, so we would have no caretaker. We would have to look outwith the club and quickly, yet with no money from the bank, we would end up with some fanny from the conference league who thinks FM 2011 experience is all that is required. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Govan Front Antz 15 Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 I can't believe some fans are sticking up for smith.Stop following blindlyIt's a fucking joke, tactics and guttless performance.Wake up people 10iar season all over again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarcheVinny 1,003 Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 when your arguably first choice XI is playing badly, you get on the touchline and fuck them for it. when they go 1-0 down, or 2-0 down, you change it...before half time.both players and management are equal blame. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJ 743 Posted February 20, 2011 Author Share Posted February 20, 2011 Walter has chose to persist with Weir,we looked at Georgie Welcome and missed his team-mate who is one of the fenians best players.We should have signed a centre half and Papac hads been nothing more than decent..is that good enough for Rangers?Everytime Diouf got the ball he was screaming for support,did you see celt*c having a problem with that?In the world of Football Manager 2011 mate, yes, but this is the world of 'we have no fecking money' and in that time, we cannot sign players just because you think we need them.If we cannot keep our two best goalscorers because each of them wanted £20k a week, how can we afford Kris Commons or any other Celtic target? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJ 743 Posted February 20, 2011 Author Share Posted February 20, 2011 when your arguably first choice XI is playing badly, you get on the touchline and fuck them for it. when they go 1-0 down, or 2-0 down, you change it...before half time.both players and management are equal blame.I accept this as an argument - BOTH are responsible, not just the management team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wearethemighty 186 Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 WS has been using the same tactics for the last three fkn years and they're not working anymore. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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