***The Official Forres Mechanics v Rangers Thread***

[Teebear 120]

If we play a better standard of football, we'd win more comfortably. Winning and playing poor football don't have to be linked

I agree.. But.. The standard of football against Motherwell on Wednesday night was fantastic.. I watch the away games against 3rd division etc and we do struggle.. But to be fair in the main theses teams haven't really being playing football.. It always seens like a scrapping match.. Would love to see us play away against an SPL side.. Just to see how we do..

[Reformation Bear 6,453]

Disappointing but its a victory and I'll take all the positives I can from that. One of which is it puts us one positive step further forward on the journey. The need to see better performances and more decisive wins will not be lost on Ally or the squad. The fine print of finding ourselves in Div 3 with a new team being built is that it is going to take some time to get the level of gel needed to produce much better away performances. Every game and every step of the journey back to the very top is, IMO, going to require the best and biggest support we can give home and away even when the team are not as commanding as we'd like.

There are no short-cuts back to the very top. It's a long enough march through the divisions and more cup-ties away from home against teams who will see a visit by Rangers as being their cup final. We knew that when we accepted Div 3 and then suffered the consequences of a huge chunk of the squad who chose to jump ship. Despite that massive loss of experienced talent we won today so well done and on to the next game and see if we can win by a better margin and with better play.

[Jimfanciesthedude 24,792]

for all the talk of players getting their legs broken when we are cuffing teams, im struggling to remember injuries in the East Fife, Elgin and Montrose games

perhaps we were just shite today because we were just shite today, i see the loveable long ball was back in full action again (even though the wind made it virtually impossible to judge a flighted ball

ah well its chalked up as a win, fuck performances everyone wants a win only

[Marco Negri's Beard 1,423]

I agree.. But.. The standard of football against Motherwell on Wednesday night was fantastic.. I watch the away games against 3rd division etc and we do struggle.. But to be fair in the main theses teams haven't really being playing football.. It always seens like a scrapping match.. Would love to see us play away against an SPL side.. Just to see how we do..

Indeed. The away games are all I'm discussing. Delighted with our home form

[Teebear 120]

Disappointing but its a victory and I'll take all the positives I can from that. One of which is it puts us one positive step further forward on the journey. The need to see better performances and more decisive wins will not be lost on Ally or the squad. The fine print of finding ourselves in Div 3 with a new team being built is that it is going to take some time to get the level of gel needed to produce much better away performances. Every game and every step of the journey back to the very top is, IMO, going to require the best and biggest support we can give home and away even when the team are not as commanding as we'd like.

There are no short-cuts back to the very top. It's a long enough march through the divisions and more cup-ties away from home against teams who will see a visit by Rangers as being their cup final. We knew that when we accepted Div 3 and then suffered the consequences of a huge chunk of the squad who chose to jump ship. Despite that massive loss of experienced talent we won today so well done and on to the next game and see if we can win by a better margin and with better play.

[goldenbaws 6]

Excuses for a 1-0 win in the cup? What should we excuse?

Travelling back I am at a loss as to what would be excusable about struggling against a pub team, you must have lesser standards.

[Misteral 2,932]

Nobody seems to be taking into account the really bad conditions. Playing football in that kind of wind is fucking awful and difficult to score in for any team. We managed to score one goal and the weak opposition didn't. It was too fucking windy to expect a decent scoreline. Forget about this game and move on.

[THE_Ibrox_Preacher 2,812]

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[minstral 5,375]

Nobody seems to be taking into account the really bad conditions. Playing football in that kind of wind is fucking awful and difficult to score in for any team. We managed to score one goal and the weak opposition didn't. It was too fucking windy to expect a decent scoreline. Forget about this game and move on.

Funny how the Berwick game was played on a lovely warm day and we were brutal.

[Teebear 120]

Indeed. The away games are all I'm discussing. Delighted with our home form

Me too.. But would like to see how we played away against an "SPL" side.. The SFL teams away have been very scrappy games.. Anyway might do after the draw for the league cup next week

[stevenray201 28]

After watching today my only comment is ...... Rangers win 1-0 and advance to the next round

Next match v. Sterling Albion. Nothing more I want to think about.

[Teebear 120]

After watching today my only comment is ...... Rangers win 1-0 and advance to the next round

Next match v. Sterling Albion. Nothing more I want to think about.

Absolutely

[Tiebreak54 151]

Did not see the game, so will not comment on the performance. Having checked out the side prior to kick off, I am just relived we are through. The tactics, formation and style of play are issues that still concern me, but not today. Job done.

[Smile 26,622]

Job done dont see why all the negativity.

These games are always going to be very Physical so getting a win without a lot of injuries is a positive for me.

[looky 1]

McCoist is doing a fine job get off his back.

[El Carpintero 546]

McCoist is doing a fine job get off his back.

Heard numerous tims say this, not that you are a tim of course. Gets on my wick, as if they are mocking us.

[simplythebest 11,453]

Job done dont see why all the negativity.

These games are always going to be very Physical so getting a win without a lot of injuries is a positive for me.

As we've seen often you won't get the result.

[Madina 3,887]

At the end of the day a win is a win and we are into the next round. I said to my dad before the game that I wouldn't be satisfied unless we won by 5 goals given the standard of the opposition, but as I said its a win

Congrats to Forres though they put up a good fight

[Smile 26,622]

Heard numerous tims say this, not that you are a tim of course. Gets on my wick, as if they are mocking us.

Why would anyone listen to them

[El Carpintero 546]

Why would anyone listen to them

There is hearing and there is listening.

[plain of the herbs 0]

Hi bears new on here just to say well done today and job done a win is a win, its the away form in the league

needs looking at they we will be on the way back.

[scarkev 3,540]

Look as Ally said the other night it is still very much a work in progress. A very good performance vs Motherwell does not solve everything and likewise our inability, thus far, to play well away from Ibrox does not make us or Ally in general incapable.

There is no doubt that we need to work on a way to play better, especially away from home and a big factor in that is our approach and tempo in games. We showed in parts the other night we can pass the ball and play good attacking football so clearly motivation is a major factor we need to address. Don't get me wrong today was brutal against effectively a junior team but like others have said...its a win..move on....bigger challenges to come.

[Smile 26,622]

There is hearing and there is listening.

You seem to be quoting them on here as if their opinion on Ally should decide whether he should stay or go i find this rather odd.

[Misteral 2,932]

Funny how the Berwick game was played on a lovely warm day and we were brutal.

The Berwick game is irrelevant to my point. I didn't say we weren't awful, we were poor, as I said in an earlier post. My point is that the wind had a lot to do with the standard of football on display, TODAY.

[kp501 6]

I'm sick of people defending pish performances like this and taking pops at anyone who brings up any brutal truths. Before this game, anyone saying they'd take a 1-0 win would have been told to feck off by the majority or laughed at... now some of you are blaming the 'wind'... we have a team of professional footballers, their technique and ability should shine through against teams of this calibre EVERY MATCH.

Away games are a culture shock to what we're used to i'll agree, but the team we have should be destroying teams like this. 1-0 is NOT acceptable. BOTH teams today faced the same 'awful conditions' by the way.