gregswanson 19 Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 46 minutes ago, Tenerife Bear said: I think the group stages could be more difficult than winning the Scottish Premiership title if i'm honest. Depends on the draw of course. It's a complete lottery. i think two home old firm game wins is really a must and to beat the sheep and hearts at least three times Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarcelonaBear1690 19 Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 We need to cut out the draws at home to pish teams first and foremost. Ibrox has to be the fortress it once was. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
giffnockger 4,840 Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Difficult one to judge at the moment Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Hume 12,679 Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 LETTER TO SANTA ..... To seriously make this season a proper contest between us and the scum .... not settling for draws with all the rest. Putting the pressure onto them .... any repeat of last season is just not acceptable .... at least one cup .... preferably the Scottish cup. Although a remote one .. I would be delighted if we did well in the qualifiers in the EL and showed promise at least of things to come. I would also like to see Pedro stamp his authority on the game next season .... and become another successful manager of our Club. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
We Will Follow Rangers 12,892 Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 The leagues a big ask, you're expecting all the new players to be an instant success, to gel immediately and acclimatise to Scottish football from the first kick of a ball, unrealistic. To those who said that we've invested 10m we should be winning it, had we invested £15 -20m I'd mibbe agree but imo 10m was never enough, we've done the basics, think we'll need another 2 windows to bring in one or two players of genuine quality to have realistic expectations about winning the league. get as close to the tarriers as we can, take points off them, win a cup, reach both finals, get as close to Europa league qualification as we can, if we can sell out qualifiers its good income for the club and it will help to gel the players together in preparation for the league. We do that and manage to bring in some quality in January and next summer, with this years players bedded in and competitive, 55 should be a serious consideration next season. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemac 4,972 Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Single digits from winning it, miles clear of the sheep. Beating them at least once to end their run, I'll be happy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smile 26,592 Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 I think this season we may start off slower but improve as the season progresses when the players start to gel and find their feet in this League, having a Scottish contingent who has played here should help with that., Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemac 4,972 Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 21 minutes ago, Smile said: I think this season we may start off slower but improve as the season progresses when the players start to gel and find their feet in this League, having a Scottish contingent who has played here should help with that., I think it'll help having the Scottish players in and around and supporting the imports will help a lot. The likes of jack in the middle, along with Pena and Herrera/Morelos potentially having miller in support, i do agree though I think it may be a slow start and thankfully the first few games are what id call easy games so hopefully we can still pull off results while they are bedding in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sket 13,610 Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 9 hours ago, HuistraHairDo said: This Too many surrender monkeys in this thread, how do ppl know we won't do anything in Europe? Some crystal ball u ppl have, having not seen a ball kicked. I expect us to win every single game we play at Ibrox. We are Rangers. Wee staunchy Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
plymouthranger 3,842 Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 I think a lot of people are forgetting that if we qualify for the Europa League groups, we will have a lot of Thursday night fixtures. Our track record in Europe is that we usually drop points after a midweek game, so that won't make the league easy. I'd say group stages of the Europa, pushing for the league, and a cup would be an acceptable season. I wouldn't say successful, as at Rangers anything other than 1st isn't success, and it never will be. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC10 1,449 Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Win a cup and come within 10 of the taigs. Getting europa group would be an added bonus but wouldn't say it's expected given it's a new squad and there's some good teams to play in qualifiers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goianegra 4,647 Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 10 hours ago, Sportingintegritymyarse said: 2nd, and considerably closer than last season. I'd say max 10 to 12 points behind. That's it. Don't expect to beat the bheasts at their place so given that could happen in the cups then they're not in my list of minimal expectations. Europe is just gravy, it's all about significant progress in our footballing style and league results. Don't be silly. The higher power will assure we never get an away draw in a cup. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeyserSoze 14,438 Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Haven't seen us play competitively therefore not got a clue what to expect which is fair doos tbh Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BridgeIsBlue 66,498 Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 We won't make the group stages imo. The league title is a must. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnberry18 3,204 Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Has to be to win the league. Alves and Dorrans would be a statement of intent on winning the league. Rossiter looks a very good player, could potentially be the best midfielder in that particular role. Whether we win the league or not is another matter, but we must go for it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneDavidCooper 2,505 Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 He won't be successful. I think he will be gone by January. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuistraHairDo 12,449 Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 1 hour ago, Sket said: Wee staunchy Yup 'supporter' all the way here. ... won't find any of that ' fan' malarkey round these parts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue_Devil 350 Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Europa group stages. Within 10 points of Celtic. An old firm win. Ideally a cup but that can be a bit of a lottery. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanzmeanzheinz 4,312 Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 12 hours ago, Sportingintegritymyarse said: 2nd, and considerably closer than last season. I'd say max 10 to 12 points behind. That's it. Don't expect to beat the bheasts at their place so given that could happen in the cups then they're not in my list of minimal expectations. Europe is just gravy, it's all about significant progress in our footballing style and league results. Spot on ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
We Will Follow Rangers 12,892 Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 1 hour ago, OneDavidCooper said: He won't be successful. I think he will be gone by January. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Jela 20,016 Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Should definitely be challenging for the league and to win a cup. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithgersbear 3,225 Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Win the league. It always has to be. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhrfc 2,242 Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Let's take them out the equation for the time being. Of the other 34 league games we won 19, drew 9 and lost 6. The 15 games we didn't win is where I expect us to make up points, maybe winning 8 of those games, drawing 5 and losing 2. I would also expect us to score more goals in the games we do win so we improve markedly on our goals total of 56 last time out. We only picked up 1 point in the OF games last season. With improved form this time out I will go for parity with 1 win, 1 defeat and 2 draws. Overall I would expect something like P 38 W 28 D 7 L 3. Pts 91 As for them, I expect that they will lose maybe 3 players and be less efficient than last season. Pressure mounts and Brenda doesn't do pressure so it could be very interesting if we can make a slick start to the campaign. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweetheart 8,458 Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 18 hours ago, He's blue he's white said: What does Pedro need to achieve this coming season to call it successful. I was allowing myself to go a bit OTT because of all the good news pre-season, but trying to be sensible what do we all think? Group stages of Europa Scottish cup Within single digits of the great unwashed. SILVERWARE Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gersandy 594 Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 18 hours ago, He's blue he's white said: What does Pedro need to achieve this coming season to call it successful. I was allowing myself to go a bit OTT because of all the good news pre-season, but trying to be sensible what do we all think? Group stages of Europa Scottish cup Within single digits of the great unwashed. Were going to have to beat two top european teams to get to the group. For me, minimum: 1. A close second (no more than 9 points) 2. Cup run (semis) 3. The last stage of europa qualifiers. 4. Dont get embarrased in ANY of the old firms. Number 4 is really important. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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