Gerrard comments - Real Men

[WCPRANGERS1 2,997]

Thursday’s clean sheet against Osijek was their third in a row.

Gerrard insisted: “From front to back, we defended like men.

“The Rangers teams I have watched over the years did that, they defended like men. I’m talking about the Richard Goughs of this world, your Barry Fergusons.

“Before the game on Thursday, we had lunch with Sasa Papac — he’s a proper man, too.

“These men went out there and defended the badge, the defended the team.

“When they came to places like this they hated getting beaten.

“That’s the mentality we need if we are going to go places.”

Alfredo Morelos struck what proved to be the winner midway through the first half.

Gers then weathered a second- half storm to secure their first away win in Europe in ten years.

Yet Gerrard is convinced the Rangers team of last year would have crumbled in Croatia.

 said: “Let us become a proper Rangers team. I believe that the sides I have watched over the last couple of years would have wilted under that pressure on Thursday.

“We are very pleased with the effort and application because we have been drilling them since day one.

“My staff deserve a lot of credit in terms of helping me get the shape and philosophy over.

“I’m just as interested in what the players do out of possession.

“How organised they are, the runs you have to do, the dirty runs that hurt your legs.

“When you come to places like the other night you’ve got to run for your teammate I’m more interested in that side of the game.

“I’m confident we have got the talent and the ability to create chances and goals.
“We were one of the highest scorers in the league last year.

“For me, the priority was to stiffen us up and turn us into men and let teams feel us.”

With his new-look side still knitting together, he has been delighted with the progress in Europe.

Allan McGregor had another outstanding match in goal with Connor Goldson and Nikola Katic impressing in front of him.

Gerrard said: “I think the word you are looking for is trust.

“I think Allan now has two centre halves in front of him that he trusts — and they trust him.

“Jon Flanagan is in there, another eight out of ten performance. Solid Flanno, that’s what he is.

James Tavernier up against their danger men for most of the game and handled himself really well. We’re building trust.

“You know when someone makes a mistake it’s fine lines.

“Nobody is pointing fingers. We are all in it together.

 

That’s what you try to build in an environment — trust.”

Gerrard is refusing to get carried away. Gers face Wigan in a friendly tomorrow before hosting Osijek in the return leg of their Europa League qualifier on Thursday.

The Rangers boss said: “We are building. We have only put the foundations in.

“We have a long way to go. There is still a lot of work to do. We are nowhere near finished yet.

What the lads have done – and credit to them – is they have applied themselves to found that base.

“I won European trophies with Liverpool.

“What I know is that you build on that foundation.

“You come to places like this and you are hard to beat. And then you get your rewards.”

[.Williamson. 82,211]

Generous to give the woman batterer 8 out of 10 in my opinion

[Thermopylae 15,286]

I agree very much the first part about becoming a winner is being hard to beat because you then have something to build on  ... it does seem that the board have done us a turn this time bringing in Stevie G 

[bluenoz 30,836]

Well said Stevie. A players manager.

[MattyBlue 17,115]

Love listening to what he has to say, he is a proper football man, obsessed with minute details which is what all the best players/managers do

 

keeps it simple and consistent, I have a lot of hope for him as a manager as a whole I think eventually he will go on and be a great manager for Liverpool 

[Jack The Flipper 5,936]

5 minutes ago, .Williamson. said:

Generous to give the woman batterer 8 out of 10 in my opinion

Yeah, I found that very strange guy was a donkey during that game then improved in the latter stages of the game.

He gifted that Croatian team a couple of good chances with his sloppy play

[.Williamson. 82,211]

1 minute ago, Jack The Flipper said:

Yeah, I found that very strange guy was a donkey during that game then improved in the latter stages of the game.

He gifted that Croatian team a couple of good chances with his sloppy play

I think he looks like a taig and it irritates me 

[GrandSuckMaster 1,775]

Saying Flannagan was an 8 out of 10 is worrying. Saying that, the team does look united. We are not as good as the other mob yet but I can't see us conceding more than 1 goal against all the other teams in the SPL and we do have the firepower to score against all of them so we should win the vast majority of games against them. I can't see us winning the league but we will at least be within touching distance.

[Lloyd 10,756]

1 minute ago, Jack The Flipper said:

Yeah, I found that very strange guy was a donkey during that game then improved in the latter stages of the game.

He gifted that Croatian team a couple of good chances with his sloppy play

He was sloppy in possession but he made a few really good interceptions that stopped them getting in on goal. Wouldn’t have given him 8 personally but maybe Gerrard is trying to boost the confidence of the defence.

[Laudrup1984 25,100]

Impressive comments again, and just something as little as having lunch with Papac, tells you so much about Gerrard. 

[Jack The Flipper 5,936]

1 minute ago, .Williamson. said:

I think he looks like a taig and it irritates me 

 

He looks like Darren Hayman

[Laudrup1984 25,100]

1 minute ago, Siwel said:

He was sloppy in possession but he made a few really good interceptions that stopped them getting in on goal. Wouldn’t have given him 8 personally but maybe Gerrard is trying to boost the confidence of the defence.

Probably the only thing I slightly disagree with was his assessment of Flanagan's performance but ultimately he played his part in another dogged, professional performance and helped get a clean sheet, Think he made a pretty good challenge before the infamous Couilbaly one near the end too. But I guess Flanagan overall has been a Papc type to an extent but not quite as good yet IMO.

Trying to praise his team publicly, toughen them up physically, mentally, bending the ear of Papac, and trying to get players to continually produce Papac, 7 out of 10 type performances is a great benchmark to set, and hopefully we can then push on. Being difficult to beat is the trademark of all great teams, an ability we have failed miserably at for far too long.........

 

[.Williamson. 82,211]

5 minutes ago, Jack The Flipper said:

 

He looks like Darren Hayman

Hes an ugly bastard and I cant ever see me accepting the guy.

Hope he turns out to be a solid defender for us but hes a cunt all the same.

Taig looking as fuck

[backup 4,724]

4 minutes ago, .Williamson. said:

Hes an ugly bastard and I cant ever see me accepting the guy.

Hope he turns out to be a solid defender for us but hes a cunt all the same.

Taig looking as fuck

Jonathon Patrick Flanagan

[Courtyard Bear 41,357]

More like it from a manager of Rangers. 

None of this loading in training and pitch geography. 

[Misteral 2,932]

Hope the players can live up to their billing on Thursday. Being hard to beat, especially at home, gives you a real chance of success and we all know it. 

[sairheid_bear 166]

49 minutes ago, WCPRANGERS1 said:

“I’m just as interested in what the players do out of possession.

To me this is most important point.

He's saying we won't tolerate players standing with their hands on their hips when we lose the ball, there will be no trotting back to make a can't-really-be-arsed attempt at closing down. If you're on the pitch you work for the team and you'd better look like you want to be there.

[Ivybank 4,580]

48 minutes ago, .Williamson. said:

I think he looks like a taig and it irritates me 

He does and he's a donkey

[Reformation Bear 6,453]

There are probably very few interviews given by football managers where some issue or other could not be picked out where folks disagree with what is said.  Fair enough.  Each to his own opinion.   Looking at SG's words in the round I take him to be trying to talk up the team, the performance of the team, the hard work they put in as a team and learning to play as a team for the shirt.  I see him recognising there is a long way to go for the team but they are responding to the way he wants them to play and he is instilling the sort of tough resilience that has been missing for far too many seasons.   All he seems to me to be telling us, or reminding us, is what he's already battering home to the players. 

I reckon they are in no doubt at all about the sort of performances SG needs each and every one of them to deliver if they are to be winners for Rangers.   Winners know what it takes to produce wins.  SG knows better than most.   Talking up the positives while not shirking away from the aspects that need more work are probably part of instilling a winning mentality.  So I suppose that when players play well in his opinion they'll hear about it and so will we, and the converse will be true too with players dropped quickly if they don't deliver.   Candeias and Windass for instance for the game in Croatia.  

The gap between seemingly trying but not winning, and winning when the going is tough is a big one.   SG, it seems to me, is hunting for the players that will make the transition to become Rangers winners.    It may not be a quick process but I sure do hope SG, and the Club, and the Support are rewarded with success for his efforts.

[bordersbear 1,105]

1 hour ago, .Williamson. said:

Generous to give the woman batterer 8 out of 10 in my opinion

Thought he did pretty well as did the back 4. Why bring his personal life into this? Not the first to give his bitch a slap and won't be the last.

[WATP-FOREVER 5,231]

2 hours ago, .Williamson. said:

Generous to give the woman batterer 8 out of 10 in my opinion

 

2 hours ago, .Williamson. said:

I think he looks like a taig and it irritates me 

Aye, a very ideal way of encouraging our enemies - as well as discouraging non Presbyterians to our club. 

[Inigo 32,526]

41 minutes ago, bordersbear said:

Thought he did pretty well as did the back 4. Why bring his personal life into this? Not the first to give his bitch a slap and won't be the last.

Lolz. You sound like the kind of guy you pray your daughter has the sense to avoid.

[scottyc06 6,915]

Would explain Windass being shown the door. As much talent as he has, he’s a shitebag! 

[Clemdog 39,389]

I love that and is exactly what I said we needed.

Surprised this is how Gerrard wants us to play, with all the speculation about how his youth side played at Liverpool, but pleasantly surprised.

It'll take a bit of time getting used to it and trusting our defence at set pieces and not thinking we'll crumble every time we play HIVs or the tarriers. But I fully support this style of play.

I just hope we spend some more money on our attacking threat. 

[Clemdog 39,389]

22 minutes ago, scottyc06 said:

Would explain Windass being shown the door. As much talent as he has, he’s a shitebag! 

Exactly. 

Card well and truly marked.

Good!