bornabear 6,208 Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Drumloyal said: Something fishy about their no 8. No, it's a typo, should read Crap. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueThunder 8,454 Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 From the BBC: “If the Scottish Premiership side progress, it will be the first time they will have reached the group stage of European competition since the 2010/11 Champions League.” I think there should be armed guards around BBC Scotland tonight. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bg1872 6 Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Hope it's not a long prawn out affair with extra time as we have the piggery 3 days after the 2nd leg in Russia. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM1872 3,714 Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Looking at their results do far and squad, the lads shouldn't need any motivation. Crush them at home and its job done. Quietly confident here. Don't let me down Rangers. giffnockger 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy Vandenbroucke 26,204 Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Apparently in their first tie they struggled against Domzale (who finished 3rd in the Slovenian league) and were lucky to get through on away goals. Out of four games they've played in Europe so far, they've only won one (2-1 at home to Progrès), drawing the rest. I actually watched the whole second leg against Progrès, Ufa were fucking terrible, their players kept losing the ball every second touch, and if Progrès hadn't missed several sitters and conceded a goal due to a defensive fuckup then Ufa would be out. They genuinely didn't look interested, like they knew they were only there on a technicality and saw it as a distraction. It's odd, because on paper their squad is decent and probably not much worse than ours, so I can only conclude that they don't really give a fuck about the Europa League. Hopefully we thump them 4 or 5-0 at Ibrox so we can relax for the second leg. BridgeIsBlue, Rum Ham and lidorfc 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
feda16 136 Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share Posted August 17, 2018 1 hour ago, Bronzy said: Apparently in their first tie they struggled against Domzale (who finished 3rd in the Slovenian league) and were lucky to get through on away goals. Out of four games they've played in Europe so far, they've only won one (2-1 at home to Progrès), drawing the rest. I actually watched the whole second leg against Progrès, Ufa were fucking terrible, their players kept losing the ball every second touch, and if Progrès hadn't missed several sitters and conceded a goal due to a defensive fuckup then Ufa would be out. They genuinely didn't look interested, like they knew they were only there on a technicality and saw it as a distraction. It's odd, because on paper their squad is decent and probably not much worse than ours, so I can only conclude that they don't really give a fuck about the Europa League. Hopefully we thump them 4 or 5-0 at Ibrox so we can relax for the second leg. Ive updated the initial posting with more info from last season, seem very average, i reckon we'd need to get the job done at Ibrox as going to Russia is never easy for any team. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brubear 2,927 Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 19 hours ago, DrLaudrup said: True but I actually think the number of games has helped us bed in our new players. Especially with getting good results we hopefully will have real momentum going into that game. Wasn't complaining about number of games was only thinking about recovery time based on a long flight and time difference return from Ufa as opposed to Luxembourg. I now see it is a 15.00 UK time ko so should still be able to get team home in early hours of Friaday which would be same as a 19.45 ko in Luxembourg so less of an issue that I was concerned about. DrLaudrup 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillySastard 238 Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 As others have already mentioned, we need to smash them at a sold out Ibrox. I'd be comfortable with 3-0. Great opportunity here to make the group stages! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essandoh 21,224 Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 They play away to Dynamo Moscow on Monday night before they travel to Glasgow the next day. It’ll be interesting to see how they get on. I can’t say I keep up with Russian football but everyone knows Dynamo and you’d expect they’d be capable of giving them a gubbing if Ufa are as bad as has been made out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd 10,756 Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 50 minutes ago, Essandoh said: They play away to Dynamo Moscow on Monday night before they travel to Glasgow the next day. It’ll be interesting to see how they get on. I can’t say I keep up with Russian football but everyone knows Dynamo and you’d expect they’d be capable of giving them a gubbing if Ufa are as bad as has been made out. UFA are meant to be a decent defensive unit it seems so dunno if they’re likely to get gubbed. http://russianfootballnews.com/who-are-Rangers-europa-league-opponents-fc-ufa/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy Vandenbroucke 26,204 Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 19 minutes ago, Siwel said: UFA are meant to be a decent defensive unit it seems so dunno if they’re likely to get gubbed. http://russianfootballnews.com/who-are-Rangers-europa-league-opponents-fc-ufa/ The whole of the 2nd leg against Progrès their defence was fucking awful, the CBs weren't marking anyone and were practically nonexistent. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd 10,756 Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 1 minute ago, Bronzy said: The whole of the 2nd leg against Progrès their defence was fucking awful, the CBs weren't marking anyone and were practically nonexistent. Never watched it but that sounds promising, the score line didn’t suggest they were that much better than Progres so we should be looking at killing this tie off in the first leg. Davy Vandenbroucke 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy Vandenbroucke 26,204 Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 1 minute ago, Siwel said: Never watched it but that sounds promising, the score line didn’t suggest they were that much better than Progres so we should be looking at killing this tie off in the first leg. Every one of Progrès' goals in both games were from set pieces/crosses over the top, if I was a betting man I'd stick a large amount on Goldson or Katic scoring. Lloyd 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakes Pal 5,618 Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 On 16/08/2018 at 22:12, Drumloyal said: I'm no a manta mess with mate. Ah, the banter, a Ray of sunshine on a dreich Saturday morning. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiet Jim 897 Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 On 17/08/2018 at 03:02, bg1872 said: Hope it's not a long prawn out affair with extra time as we have the piggery 3 days after the 2nd leg in Russia. Disagree, love prawn, watch it now and again with a bucket of chicken. Jack The Flipper 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangersMedia 35,961 Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 10 hours ago, Essandoh said: They play away to Dynamo Moscow on Monday night before they travel to Glasgow the next day. It’ll be interesting to see how they get on. I can’t say I keep up with Russian football but everyone knows Dynamo and you’d expect they’d be capable of giving them a gubbing if Ufa are as bad as has been made out. Dynamo Moscow are fucking shite mate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy Vandenbroucke 26,204 Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 One positive is that Russian police probably won't be that violent towards us, they seem to hate their own people more so it's quite likely the Ufa fans will get battered Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakes Pal 5,618 Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Hope we can batter them in the first leg, there will be a few crabbit Bears otherwise. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
raging blue 1972 894 Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 On 17/08/2018 at 05:06, feda16 said: Ive updated the initial posting with more info from last season, seem very average, i reckon we'd need to get the job done at Ibrox as going to Russia is never easy for any team. feda16 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GersInCanada 7,775 Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 They are nothing like as good as Osijek or Maribor. Would have bitten your hand off for this draw back in July for a spot in the group stages. Watched the game against Progres and was not impressed. giffnockger 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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