OlegKuznetsov 10,816 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 More of the same please bears! Book yer tickets now! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Godfather 72,872 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Results are low down on my priority list...we as fans are needed more than ever these days. I will be making as much effort as I can to get to every single game that's remaining this season, I am sure others will be the same. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adoniram 1,919 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 I will book and go but deep down i fear we are not going to hold down 3rd place with this team.For me administration is conveniently taking the spotlight off our players and manager.If those players and McCoist couldn't conjure up a performance in front of 50,000 enthusiastic bears then that sends out massive alaram bells as far as i am concerned.At the very least i expected a win by a couple of goals. Maybe not free flowing and totally dominant but i did expect a lot better.The only player who ran about flying in to tackles and not giving up anything was Kerkar.Hibs showed yesterday why they are an utterly shit team as have Dunfermline. Beating them merely papered over some huge cracks.Like all the others (i hope) i went , i sang, i encouraged but ultimately walked out the ground after the game in total shock at what i had just witnessed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNuts 552 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 i hope when all this mess is sorted, the club will reward the loyal support!!!!!!i have a ST anyway so will be at next game. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rupert thebear 7 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 I will book and go but deep down i fear we are not going to hold down 3rd place with this team.For me administration is conveniently taking the spotlight off our players and manager.If those players and McCoist couldn't conjure up a performance in front of 50,000 enthusiastic bears then that sends out massive alaram bells as far as i am concerned.At the very least i expected a win by a couple of goals. Maybe not free flowing and totally dominant but i did expect a lot better.The only player who ran about flying in to tackles and not giving up anything was Kerkar.Hibs showed yesterday why they are an utterly shit team as have Dunfermline. Beating them merely papered over some huge cracks.Like all the others (i hope) i went , i sang, i encouraged but ultimately walked out the ground after the game in total shock at what i had just witnessed.I see what you are saying, but you have to consider the fact that the players don't know if they will have a job next week. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
debear 603 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 I see what you are saying, but you have to consider the fact that the players don't know if they will have a job next week. They've played like that for the bulk of the season.We've had 3 batches of redundancies in my work in the last 2 and a half years, and I didn't use it as an excuse to be shite at my job. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adoniram 1,919 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 I see what you are saying, but you have to consider the fact that the players don't know if they will have a job next week.Again i think that is a cover and a convenient one at that for poor players and poor performances.I would expect at a time like this for the players to be going out and busting an absolute gut for the very reason you mentioned.If it was me and i thought there was a chance i may be unemployed next week or at the end of the season then i would be doing my damndest to make potential employers sit up and take notice.Take Aluko for example...free agent. Paid his way in to a contract. Club was heading for an uncertain future but he has played like there is no tomorrow. Some good games some bad but he hasn't let things affect him.And for that you can bet your bottom dollar that should he be released there will be no shortage of potential suitors vying for his signature.Only the real crap will be worrying and in all honesty shouldn't be at Ibrox in the first place. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluepeter 5,627 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 They've played like that for the bulk of the season.We've had 3 batches of redundancies in my work in the last 2 and a half years, and I didn't use it as an excuse to be shite at my job.What excuse did you use? I agree with you - although I think we'll finish second - that the performance on Saturday was disappointing to say the least. If the players showed half as much heart and guts as the fans we'd be talking about catching celtc up, not losing ground to Motherwell Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adoniram 1,919 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 What excuse did you use? I agree with you - although I think we'll finish second - that the performance on Saturday was disappointing to say the least. If the players showed half as much heart and guts as the fans we'd be talking about catching celtc up, not losing ground to Motherwell I have to say that i am nowhere near confident of us retaining 2nd place. If 50,000 bears in full voice giving all that backing couldn't inspire them...what will?The fundemental basic problem is not admin, not the crowd but a real serious lack of talent and tactical nous. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skip 13 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 I think the numbers will dwindle unfortunately, yes extra fans bought tickets to show their support but ultimately the displays on the park will drive away the occasional ticket purchaser. Emotion masked an absolutely awfull display on sat much like the Dundee Utd match. Ally has been great through last week but ultimately his job is to get the team wining and I am afraid he is void of ideas on how to get our current squad able to break teams down. Same as usual for me though, every game. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlegKuznetsov 10,816 Posted February 20, 2012 Author Share Posted February 20, 2012 Well I've just bought my ticket. Hopefully we have another sellout. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StudsLonniegan 9 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 12th man invaluable as club continue to lose numbers game Share 20 Feb 2012 ALLY McCoist added just one player to his squad last month due to financial ills which have now pushed Rangers to the edge of the abyss. And even that solitary acquisition, Swedish Under-21 cap Mervan Celik, did precious little, if anything, to strengthen his resources. Yet, McCoist can always rely on a 12th man, one who is available every week for free, to assist the on and off-field fortunes of the Ibrox club. To say the Light Blues faithful has rallied around their club in the darkest hour in its 140-year history is an understatement. The red, white and blue-clad hordes flocked to the Govan home of their heroes in huge numbers at the weekend in a very public display of their undying support. The crowd of 50,268 was the club’s highest home attendance of the campaign, even beating the turnout for the Old Firm game back in September. Young and old, male and female, lifelong season ticket holder and occasional attendee; they all united as one to show the world they will stand shoulder to shoulder with their club in its time of need. “We don’t do walking away,” declared Rangers legend McCoist last week after the club was plunged dramatically into administration. Too true. The size and volume of the crowd for the Kilmarnock game on Saturday highlighted that Gers supporters will meet the crisis engulfing the Glasgow giants head on. Heck, even the visiting manager, Kenny Shiels, was taken aback. He said: “The Rangers fans came out to show solidarity. They were absolutely magnificent.” That the reigning champions lost 1-0 to their Ayrshire opponents was, for a change, an irrelevance. The threat of closure has a tendency to make losing three points insignificant. Anyway, having been docked 10 points on Tuesday to fall 14 points behind Celtic at the top of the SPL table, their chances of a fourth consecutive league success became virtually non-existent. No amount of vocal backing could compensate for the stark fact that this Rangers squad has been starved of much-needed investment by those in charge at Ibrox for far too long. The home team started their latest SPL outing with 5ft 8ins 32-year-old hitman David Healy playing up front by himself in attack. No disrespect to the Northern Irishman, a proven and prolific marksman at the highest level, but that could possibly be as weak a forward line as Rangers can ever have fielded on their own turf. Yes, the likes of Carlos Bocanegra, Steven Davis, Maurice Edu, Dorin Goian and Allan McGregor, fine players and established internationalists all, were in McCoist’s starting line-up. There is a flatness, though, in much of that group’s play these days. It is the collective malaise of a group of who too much has been asked to go to the well too many times. The need for freshness is glaring. In addition, the Rangers bench, so often an indication of a side’s strength, comprised Celik, Gregg Wylde, Salim Kerkar, Ross Perry and Rhys McCabe. Who out of that ragtag bunch could come on and turn the match if, as turned out to be the case, things did not go well? What Plan B could the manager possibly resort to if he needed a change of approach with those players as back-up? It was impossible not to feel a degree of sympathy for McCoist as he threw on first Perry for the sickly Goian in the first half and then Celik and Kerkar for Healy and Kirk Broadfoot respectively. Perry has a bright future ahead of him and once again performed with great maturity during his time on the park. But he is too young to playing centre-half for such a massive club on a regular basis. The jury is out on Celik while Kerkar was signed for a nominal fee to make up numbers after failing to win a deal at Motherwell. The red-carding of Sasa Papac for a rash high tackle on Liam Kelly just before half-time was the last thing the beleaguered manager needed. The Bosnian should have known far, far better. Then, just when McCoist thought things could not possibly get any worse for his team, referee Iain Brines decided to chalk off what appeared to be a perfectly legitimate Lee McCulloch goal. But take nothing away from Shiels, whose son Dean scored the only goal, and his Kilmarnock team. When they are in the mood they are a match for any team in the country. They compete, too, playing with a fair amount of flair. This was their second win over Rangers this term. Richly deserved it was as well. A 1-0 loss to a team like Kilmarnock would normally be greeted with disgust by Rangers. The full-time whistle would invariably be heard by a half-deserted stadium. That so many stayed to the bitter end to sing, applaud and cheer on an afternoon full of raw emotion showed there is some way to go before Rangers Football Club loses its fight for survival. The unfortunate choice of songs from the home fans was the one black spot on the day and it will be interesting to see if, given the Scottish government’s new anti-sectarian legislation, the SPL take any action. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott-RFC 308 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Would love another sell out although I doubt there willBe the same determination in some folk to make the game 48k would be nice Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunslinger 270 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 we scored 2 perfectly good goals on Saturday. maybe we should have scored 4 to win the game then again maybe if we had we would still have lost. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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