**** The Official Rangers V Hibernian Thread ****

[GOAT 30,449]

Hibs.

[TheKingObv 10,860]

Burnley didn't come to Ibrox wanting to win? That Burnley team which came to Ibrox were miles better than Hibs today, even in "Friendly"

They came to Ibrox in an early pre season friendly

[NeoGeo7 11,285]

I think today highlights a few things.

1) we need eustace to sign. Having someone that plays the defensive midfielder role naturally would have helped today no ends, also feel that this role needs to cover for fullbacks when they go forward i.e. Follow the play and know what side to drift in to in order to cover.

2) we need a goal scorer. I still think waghorn is capable but he likes to drop deep or go wide and his close control, hold up play and awareness are great but it seems he just doesn't have that clinical edge. Will it come? I don't know but I know that Clark just can't cut it and isn't the answer.

[kaiser1041 9,107]

Law had an outrageous piece of control in there box.

All in poor display from us but the win was the most important thing

Another bonus was big fordeingham apart from one poor pass he had some good saves and really releaved pressure by his great catching.

[jafrfc 614]

Didn't play our best football but this result shows that we've got it in us to go and grind out a result. Not pretty but it's three points and a key win.

[EastEnclosureBear 3,024]

They came to Ibrox in an early pre season friendly

Did they?

[GOAT 30,449]

I think today highlights a few things.

1) we need eustace to sign. Having someone that plays the defensive midfielder role naturally would have helped today no ends, also feel that this role needs to cover for fullbacks when they go forward i.e. Follow the play and know what side to drift in to in order to cover.

2) we need a goal scorer. I still think waghorn is capable but he likes to drop deep or go wide and his close control, hold up play and awareness are great but it seems he just doesn't have that clinical edge. Will it come? I don't know but I know that Clark just can't cut it and isn't the answer.

Said at the start Eustace was the man for games like this, tight games vs Hibs, away games at Queen of the Souths etc, games were teams can be dangerous in counter.

[kaiser1041 9,107]

Hibs ?????????????

[G.E.C. 19,594]

Highlight for me was Cummings ending up on his arse when he was raging with the chants aimed at him

[SteveEarle 10,139]

I think today highlights a few things.

1) we need eustace to sign. Having someone that plays the defensive midfielder role naturally would have helped today no ends, also feel that this role needs to cover for fullbacks when they go forward i.e. Follow the play and know what side to drift in to in order to cover.

2) we need a goal scorer. I still think waghorn is capable but he likes to drop deep or go wide and his close control, hold up play and awareness are great but it seems he just doesn't have that clinical edge. Will it come? I don't know but I know that Clark just can't cut it and isn't the answer.

Was just going to post something similar.

We do look a bit of a bomb scare at the back when the full backs push up so high.

We don't want them to stop doing that so we do need cover.

A decent striker is surely a must. I can't believe W&W are not sniffing around one somewhere.

They must see Clark is struggling and Kenny is knocking on.

Waghorn does seem to like to come deep too. He needs a couple of goals to get him up and running.

[kaiser1041 9,107]

Highlight for me was Cummings ending up on his arse when he was raging with the chants aimed at him

for me it's when the tavinator turned a junkie on the bye line and he slid right out of the park???

[Gillete 1,338]

Henderson looks a player. Great miss as well.

I actually think he's better than allan

He was the best player on the pitch in the 1st half.

Thank fuck he wasnt the 2nd

[TheKingObv 10,860]

Did they?

Light years between the games with regard to intensity

You're clearly clueless

[Inigo 33,338]

I agree that we need could do with a more natural finisher up front and we desperately need a Eustace sitting in midfield.

Too slack today. Some wayward passing, some juggling from poor first touches, sometimes taking too much time on the ball, too slow in general, not so much of the zippy passing we've had, losing the ball in silly places, some bad decisions. Everyone seemed a little out of sorts.

However, we won playing far from our best and are already 6 points above our main rivals. A wee dip today, but it's still 6 out of 6.

[NeoGeo7 11,285]

Was just going to post something similar.

We do look a bit of a bomb scare at the back when the full backs push up so high.

We don't want them to stop doing that so we do need cover.

A decent striker is surely a must. I can't believe W&W are not sniffing around one somewhere.

They must see Clark is struggling and Kenny is knocking on.

Waghorn does seem to like to come deep too. He needs a couple of goals to get him up and running.

There's little doubt waghorn will score goals and obviously the manager likes the fact he offers more to the team however if you think about the front 3 we have 3 strikers and we have about 4 wide players, that gives us the flexibility to chop and change, but there is no one who is a real poacher. Clark SHOULD be but he isn't. It looks like Hardie isn't going to get much game time.

I just get the feeling W&W see goals being shared evenly throughout the team as was the case for burnley, though their main striker scored the most anyway. Therefore I don't think we are looking for a striker, it's a tough position to fill anyway.

[Kai_Johansen 978]

Highlight for me was Cummings ending up on his arse when he was raging with the chants aimed at him

Highlight for me was Ibrox, and our support. What other league would contrive to have such an asset removed from their top division!

[DietofWorms 2,079]

I agree that we need could do with a more natural finisher up front and we desperately need a Eustace sitting in midfield.

Too slack today. Some wayward passing, some juggling from poor first touches, sometimes taking too much time on the ball, too slow in general, not so much of the zippy passing we've had, losing the ball in silly places. Everyone seemed a little out of sorts.

However, we won playing far from our best and are already 6 points above our main rivals. A wee dip today, but it's still 6 out of 6.

9.....

[theclothmonster 1,893]

Seemed to be a massive gap between defence and midfield today. Noone coming back to pick up the ball and dictate play like recent games. Too many times the defence was looking for an easy ball with noone offering. Thought Law and Oduwa showed real composure and retained possession well while others were sloppy. I'd much prefer Walsh and Oduwa to be our starting wide men. McKay loses the ball far too easy for me and has a habit of slowing things down when we are attacking at pace.

Nice to get a win while performing below expected standards and we are only going to get better with more matches under our belt.

[Inigo 33,338]

9.....

6 wins out of 6.

[MarvinAndrews 80]

I agree that we need could do with a more natural finisher up front and we desperately need a Eustace sitting in midfield.

Too slack today. Some wayward passing, some juggling from poor first touches, sometimes taking too much time on the ball, too slow in general, not so much of the zippy passing we've had, losing the ball in silly places. Everyone seemed a little out of sorts.

However, we won playing far from our best and are already 6 points above our main rivals. A wee dip today, but it's still 6 out of 6.

Think we were out of sorts but I think that's got a lot with how hibs played the game. They were trying to frustrate us and slow the tempo right down and it worked. They dragged us down to their level.

Although we can't expect to be at our brilliant best week in, week out unfortunately so we'll need to grind out results. And as you said, it's good to win even when you're not playing your best. 6 points clear and the future's bright.

[ChampionsAgain 1,373]

We were poor today, no where near our best.

Hibs played a blinder defensively.

They gave us no space whatsoever, was always going to be a set piece/late goal/penalty to win it.

[West_Side 1,571]

Except when he drops deep to offer a out all then turns his back. Kiernan was absolutely raging.

This.

Could easily have cost us the game there.

[NeoGeo7 11,285]

Think we were out of sorts but I think that's got a lot with how hibs played the game. They were trying to frustrate us and slow the tempo right down and it worked. They dragged us down to their level.

Although we can't expect to be at our brilliant best week in, week out unfortunately so we'll need to grind out results. And as you said, it's good to win even when you're not playing your best. 6 points clear and the future's bright.

It's ironic that they played today how we did at their dump in the play-off semi 2nd leg, just sat in deep, rode their luck and tried to score on the counter. Watching highlights of the game show it could easily have been 6-5 to us.

We are showing fighting spirit and togetherness (apart from kiernan and shiels little dispute) which is what we need for winning the title. It's easy to win when you're playing well and scoring goals. It's tougher when teams sit in and for the large part are well organised.

[Getstiffed 8,863]

Dissapointing part for me is that within 20 minutes of the game starting it was obvious what was happening and none of our players really went all out to take the game by the scruff of the neck and bring it back up to our speed.

[NeoGeo7 11,285]

Dissapointing part for me is that within 20 minutes of the game starting it was obvious what was happening and none of our players really went all out to take the game by the scruff of the neck and bring it back up to our speed.

That's where someone like eustace in the middle will boss the game. We saw it countless of times with Ferguson and I think we are missing a player that can do this just now.