KEEP THE FAITH

[StaunchLondonGer 1,651]

This is no time for knee-jerk reactions.

There's a shed load of positives about Gerrard and he's obviously still learning and growing in the role (I'm sure he'd be the first to say so).

He came in, got rid of a lot of dead-wood and he's bought wisely with the likes of Katic, Barisic, McGregor and Goldson (forgive the latter a bad game today). Lafferty will likely prove an excellent addition to a rejuvenated Morelos up front and Ejaria is starting to show a real threat dancing around defenders and keeping the ball and even scoring a blinder today (we might soon be wishing he wasn't just on loan). Tav has always offered some great sweeping balls going forward (he just needs close cover behind due to his defensive frailties) and, whilst I don't think he's a Rangers captain, I think he can be a key player for us.

There was a mountain to climb after how we ended last season and those last two games against the scum. I honestly feel we're already half way up it.

Gerrard is building not only a team but a professional winning mentality. The foundations are solid but there is still a lot of work to do. Let's keep the faith.

[kaiser1041 9,088]

To form a winning mentality you have to win 

[lewislaudrup 859]

Can we stop the sensible posts please.

Gerrard oot

[sausagetrunks 6,094]

we need to strengthen midfield. one or two injuries and were fucked.  

[Davie Mr Magic Cooper 515]

28 minutes ago, StaunchLondonGer said:

This is no time for knee-jerk reactions.

There's a shed load of positives about Gerrard and he's obviously still learning and growing in the role (I'm sure he'd be the first to say so).

He came in, got rid of a lot of dead-wood and he's bought wisely with the likes of Katic, Barisic, McGregor and Goldson (forgive the latter a bad game today). Lafferty will likely prove an excellent addition to a rejuvenated Morelos up front and Ejaria is starting to show a real threat dancing around defenders and keeping the ball and even scoring a blinder today (we might soon be wishing he wasn't just on loan). Tav has always offered some great sweeping balls going forward (he just needs close cover behind due to his defensive frailties) and, whilst I don't think he's a Rangers captain, I think he can be a key player for us.

There was a mountain to climb after how we ended last season and those last two games against the scum. I honestly feel we're already half way up it.

Gerrard is building not only a team but a professional winning mentality. The foundations are solid but there is still a lot of work to do. Let's keep the faith.

Good post mate.

I think we'll all keep the faith if what we've seen this season is anything to go by. I know I've been delighted in what I've seen up until today and even today could be dismissed for the right reasons, but it's frustrating as hell when the same problem/s rears it's ugly head and cost us points now and we know it's going to keep happening.. It's not the draw, or if it was even a defeat today, it's the same errors over and over that will cost us big time. As you say though, we are looking a million percent better than we were after some serious surgery to the team. Small margins eh? WATP.

[Sket 13,610]

Fenian title

[6superbarry6 14,228]

1 minute ago, Sket said:

Fenian title

Or Bon Jovi 

[bluenoz 31,079]

38 minutes ago, kaiser1041 said:

To form a winning mentality you have to win 

To form a losing mentality you have to lose.

[King Jela 20,582]

Anybody in meltdown today after that is a genuine retard. 

[StaunchLondonGer 1,651]

7 minutes ago, Sket said:

Fenian title

for the past 7 years but hopefully not for much longer

[Blue Avenger 22,567]

40 minutes ago, StaunchLondonGer said:

This is no time for knee-jerk reactions.

There's a shed load of positives about Gerrard and he's obviously still learning and growing in the role (I'm sure he'd be the first to say so).

He came in, got rid of a lot of dead-wood and he's bought wisely with the likes of Katic, Barisic, McGregor and Goldson (forgive the latter a bad game today). Lafferty will likely prove an excellent addition to a rejuvenated Morelos up front and Ejaria is starting to show a real threat dancing around defenders and keeping the ball and even scoring a blinder today (we might soon be wishing he wasn't just on loan). Tav has always offered some great sweeping balls going forward (he just needs close cover behind due to his defensive frailties) and, whilst I don't think he's a Rangers captain, I think he can be a key player for us.

There was a mountain to climb after how we ended last season and those last two games against the scum. I honestly feel we're already half way up it.

Gerrard is building not only a team but a professional winning mentality. The foundations are solid but there is still a lot of work to do. Let's keep the faith.

I doubt anyone is losing faith ffs.

Tav will always be Tav no matter who the fuck the manager is.  A fucking blind man would see he is never a defender ond others need to compensate for him.

Drop him, and then watch a real meltdown.

[sandyinroyalblue 16,478]

Anybody who doesn't realise the positives outweigh the negatives so far this season is an idiot but we were terrible today and there's no point ignoring it either.

[Bad Robot 21,399]

13 games undefeated 

[danger ranger 922]

2 minutes ago, Bad Robot said:

13 games undefeated 

The wheels could come off that bogie quite quickly going by todays performance.

[Jakes Pal 5,648]

1 minute ago, danger ranger said:

The wheels could come off that bogie quite quickly going by todays performance.

We could also learn from today and kick on with even more determination to succeed.

[MarzM 1,256]

THis was bound to happen sooner or later. Motherwell will cause a lot of teams problems and they wont be down the bottom for long. All they do is load up with Gorillas and shell the box. It's something we're going to just have to face. We need another CB. He has to be experienced, big and good in the air. Not many teams in the SPFL can play the way they do...the bigger concern is Tav not marking his man or stopping crosses at source. In many ways i'd prefer him to play RW not RB. 

 

This doesn't change a thing. We can still get through in mid-week and we can still beat them at the Girodome.

[Bad Robot 21,399]

8 minutes ago, danger ranger said:

The wheels could come off that bogie quite quickly going by todays performance.

Ufa just got beat 0-2 by Zenit at home.

A different team will start on Thursday.

I felt a lot of blame today was on the manager who I’ve highly praised since getting here.

The past few games his subs and their timings was spot on, today not so good.

[MarzM 1,256]

2 minutes ago, Bad Robot said:

Ufa just got beat 0-2 by Zenit at home.

A different team will start on Thursday.

I felt a lot of blame today was on the manager who I’ve highly praised since getting here.

The past few games his subs and their timings was spot on, today not so good.

He probably shouldn't have made a change at the corner. All my life i've been told that's a no no. However Wallace wasn't at fault for the goal. I think we lost our way a little today. Both with the personnel and the formation. I like that Stevie wants us to be tactically flexible and be able to change week in week out...but due to injuries, perhaps today wasn't the best time to do it. However that's in hindsight. When i saw we were playing a 3-5-2 was genuinely thought it was a great idea...but some of the guys didn't look certain. Goldson has been a rock...as has Shagger...but today they looked nervous. How many time have we seen McGregor hoofing the ball out the park accidentally. He doesn't do it often TBH. Perhaps we put this down to Motherwell going about their business well and  us having an off day. We're still unbeaten...We still believe.

[ritchieshearercaldow 22,241]

We will have other bad days (not next week hopefully) M’well got the tactics spot on fast pace and bullying, the game was ours until the 93rd minute, we just lost concentration.

Hopefully UFA haven’t learned any lessons and there’s no repeat on Thursday.

[danger ranger 922]

Just now, Bad Robot said:

Ufa just beat 0-2 by Zenit.

A different team will start on Thursday.

I felt a lot of blame today was on the manager who I’ve highly praised since getting here.

The past few games his subs and their timings was spot on, today not so good.

Its a real worry tho, apart from Coulibaly we don't have much in midfield, although Ejaria is good in patches. Todays showing is a real concern in controlling a game, especially in Europe.

If Coulibaly isn't fit then I think it will be backs to the wall stuff, although European football is usually a open game with time on the ball.

[plumbGER 24,518]

Good post @StaunchLondonGer

[King Jela 20,582]

24 minutes ago, MarzM said:

THis was bound to happen sooner or later. Motherwell will cause a lot of teams problems and they wont be down the bottom for long. All they do is load up with Gorillas and shell the box. It's something we're going to just have to face. We need another CB. He has to be experienced, big and good in the air. Not many teams in the SPFL can play the way they do...the bigger concern is Tav not marking his man or stopping crosses at source. In many ways i'd prefer him to play RW not RB. 

 

This doesn't change a thing. We can still get through in mid-week and we can still beat them at the Girodome.

It doesn’t matter where Tav is on the pitch. He was further up the park today and still cost us 2 goals and 2 points. He’s a liability defensively. 

[SkylineBlue 23,972]

I'm disappointed by the performance of the last two games and don't think our standards have been good enough and others are the same. The team are quite rightly getting some criticism, but no-one is in melt down. 

[Courtyard Bear 41,357]

27 minutes ago, ritchieshearercaldow said:

We will have other bad days (not next week hopefully) M’well got the tactics spot on fast pace and bullying, the game was ours until the 93rd minute, we just lost concentration.

Hopefully UFA haven’t learned any lessons and there’s no repeat on Thursday.

The game wasn’t ours the whole second half. 

Motherwell made changes to win the game, we didn’t make changes to stop them. 

[theclothmonster 1,723]

Get the fucking cheque book out and add the couple of bits of quality that could make the difference, If we have budgeted for cash in the January window then use it now and plug the gaps.