WCPRANGERS1 2,997 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 We will turn over teams most weeks but it's when we're not at our best and get 3 points that can make a huge difference to a season.Hibs coming to Ibrox and deploying spoiling tactics shows how far we've moved on from last season IMO. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyinroyalblue 16,478 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 It definitely wasn't a shocker. It was a bit sloppy and it wasn't of the standard we've grown accustomed to recently, but I can't see that 'shocker' is fair.Wouldn't have liked to have played a better team today, though. We might have suffered.Just shows that there's still a good bit of work to be done,because we can't afford a performance like that in the cups.Pretty fair summary of the game Inigo and would just remind any of the critics today we're still in August and this is almost a brand new team that's only had a month of competitive games behind them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jintybear 8,536 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Even Barcelona have bad days Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
True Azure 1,414 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 We will turn over teams most weeks but it's when we're not at our best and get 3 points that can make a huge difference to a season.Hibs coming to Ibrox and deploying spoiling tactics shows how far we've moved on from last season IMO.Indeed, Hivs came today to spoil and disrupt our possession and passing flow. In that they(partially)succeeded. However we dug in and showed determination to overcome Hivs negative tactics. Yes it was painful at times to watch, but far far superiour to watching the turgid shite we endured for 3 years prior. It's winning games like this that will ensure we get promotion this season. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loyal-Bear 229 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 canae believe the amount of people moaning. We cant win every game in style. No team ever has. We learn and move on. They used spoiling tactics and that was the best they could do and we still won. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dietspam 733 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 We can't play fantastic every single game. I agree we were off the pace today. Didn't move it quickly, indecisive and lots of long balls. Most important thing is we got the 3 points and put some distance between us and hibs early on. We've beaten the 2 teams that were going to challenge us. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCPRANGERS1 2,997 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Indeed, Hivs came today to spoil and disrupt our possession and passing flow. In that they(partially)succeeded. However we dug in and showed determination to overcome Hivs negative tactics. Yes it was painful at times to watch, but far far superiour to watching the turgid shite we endured for 3 years prior. It's winning games like this that will ensure we get promotion this season.I think Lee Wallace got it spot on in the post match interview, we dropped to their level and stopped playing our own game for a bit.Huge difference from last season, there's no way they'd have set up that way if we had the same set up as then. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wednesday Loyal 998 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Even Barcelona have bad days Yeah i went for the weekend and it fuckin` rained But watching today it looked at times like Rangers were trying to score the perfect passing goal Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speuan 1 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 I'd say the heat today will have played into it a little, took the tempo out the game - but will have helped our fitness overall. Worst we've played this season but still comfortably the better team. Just need to cut out any slack play that gives team chances. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumshie 205 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Hardly a shocker today. Do people not remember some of the performances over the last three seasons? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMB 14,167 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 We didn´t play well and Hibs could have easily got something from the game today. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
storyoftheblues 6 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 We won, who cares how we played today.I do. I said that in Leagues 2 and 1, but I never want to witness that turgid shoite in Royal Blue jerseys again. We may win ugly sometimes because winning is what RFC are about. But we can win with style and actually enjoy watching The Gers. Only 6 games in and we are going the right way about it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammy cox 664 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 And you fealt your opinion was too good for the match thread.Exactly Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverBlue1872 463 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Hibs stifiled our play and took the intensity out of it. We still won though and Hibs have two loses in their first three games, so its a good day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Band of Brothers 10,303 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Hardly a shocker today. Do people not remember some of the performances over the last three seasons?Still trying to get my eyeballs off my bbq fork from last 3 seasons. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WATP-FOREVER 5,231 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Perhaps he suffers from mononucleosisAnd monogamy Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergio 1,199 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Hivs beat us twice at Ibrox last season, they gave us a real going over, winning it 2-0 and 3-1 and we didn't compete at all. They played us off the park at ER in the 4-0 game. We improved results under McCall winning two of the last 3 games, squeezing through the playoffs. We are miles better than we were last season, even though we weren't at our best, the difference from last season ? we carried a real threat going forward today, that first 10 -15 minutes of the second half we were camped in their half and cut them open a couple of times. Like a few people have said, they played defensively, look what happened when they played an open game at ER .... enjoy the win, Airdrie next .. onwards and upwards. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangersMedia 35,961 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Think our quick switch pass failed today - key to our game when teams are sitting back and defending. We'll have better days. I'm happy. 6 wins from 6. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSM 20,892 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Grinding out a win when we're not at our best. The sign of a Championship winning team in my view.OP over-tightened his cilice this morning. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeparateEntityMyArse 53,802 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Poor performance today. Uncharacteristic play ie so many long balls.Lost possession regularly, launched ball out of park, some kamikaze play by back 5.We kept going, got a great goal and just about justified our win though Hivees chances would have them dispute that.Few excelled. Most just got pass marks.A very laboured performance and victory.Host is right to a large extent. Just because we won doesnt mean we played well at all, as MW has conceded. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegecko 306 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Great goal some good attacking football and a clean sheet. If this was a st season we'd be calling it a good performance.It can't all be silky passing we were below par and still won something winners have to do. The OP is an over reaction Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted E Bayer 484 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 And you fealt your opinion was too good for the match thread.Who are you to decide where people post? ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnberry18 3,204 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 This is a relatively new team who have found the opposition playing a fairly standard style, but in what is only this team's third league game together we had a different examination today. I felt the occasion got to some of the players in the first half, but in the second half we were back to our old selves. We will learn from this, and this team will be stronger for it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibroxholm 2,280 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Poor performance today. Uncharacteristic play ie so many long balls.Lost possession regularly, launched ball out of park, some kamikaze play by back 5.We kept going, got a great goal and just about justified our win though Hivees chances would have them dispute that.Few excelled. Most just got pass marks.A very laboured performance and victory.Host is right to a large extent. Just because we won doesnt mean we played well at all, as MW has conceded.I don't think anyone is arguing that we didn't play very well today. However, I don't think we should be overly down on the team and its performance. Similarly, we shouldn't go to over the top when we have a good game. Sense of balance needed, we've had a promising start, we've got a young team with a lot to learn, and there will be knock backs along the way but as long as we see continued progression think we should try to be positive about our team. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
born a blue nose 90,855 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Yes you are correct. I personally felt we didnt turn up, and it was far from a comfortable win. Foderingham deserves credit. Very poor from us imo but hopefully thats one of few ground out results we will have. I left very disappointed for the first time since the magician graced the old lady. 3 points accepted tho. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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