***Official Rangers v Villarreal Match Thread***

[35 Yard Dangerman 3,478]

1-0 tomorrow. 

0-1 Sunday.

Rough as toast Monday.

[Blueshoff 11,874]

Defend like we did on Saturday and it's going to be a long night.

Can't see us winning tbh but it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world if we go out at the group stage.

[loyalfollower 1,543]

Tough game but as we’ve seen already we’re more than capable of a good performance.  Hands down Villarreal are the better side but they have weaknesses and are out of form.  A solid performance from us and we’ll sneak it but we need 11 good performances no carrying any passengers

[plumbGER 24,518]

10 hours ago, Rfc52 said:

Why are people comparing Vienna and villareal

 

Because they have 4 letters the same in their names.

[MattyBlue 17,132]

Any score win would see us above them on head to head anyway if we where tied on points surely ?

i keep confusing myself about this even 0-0 tomorrow does that mean we have better head to head with away goals ? Or is is straight win/draw/lose for head to head goals don’t matter ?

[RS4_wul 4,125]

7 minutes ago, MattyBlue said:

Any score win would see us above them on head to head anyway if we where tied on points surely ?

i keep confusing myself about this even 0-0 tomorrow does that mean we have better head to head with away goals ? Or is is straight win/draw/lose for head to head goals don’t matter ?

O-0 Would give us a better head to head but they will have one more point. So would need to at least draw with rapid and hope Villarreal lose to Spartak.........I think 

 

 

We'll pump them anyway 

[eejay the dj 31,964]

19 minutes ago, MattyBlue said:

Any score win would see us above them on head to head anyway if we where tied on points surely ?

i keep confusing myself about this even 0-0 tomorrow does that mean we have better head to head with away goals ? Or is is straight win/draw/lose for head to head goals don’t matter ?

The most important result tomorrow . Is the Rapid game with the Russians finishing a draw .

Then it's still in our hands in Vienna assuming Villareal take care of Russians at home

In fact . I would take 2 draws tomorrow right now .

Would mean a draw in Vienna would possibly be enough . With the Russians losing final game

[BLUEDIGNITY 33,652]

Ten games in 31 days starting with Villareal on the 29th of this month and finishing with the bheasts on the following 29th, a tall order to come out unscathed taking all things into consideration but it'll see who's made of what. I'll be happy going into the shutdown top of the shiteheap after putting st pats to the sword, not much to ask for in the festive season.

[Klos' Glove 260]

4 points puts us through regardless of other results. A win tomorrow is tough to ask, Villareal are the only unbeaten side in the group, but if we pull it off we're in touching distance. Qualifying from the group is not the be all and end all, but it generates more cash, and we need to remember a better co-efficient helps in the CL qualifying campaign next season (once we get 55).

A draw tomorrow night and a win in Vienna still sees us through, while 2 draws or a win and a loss and we're relying on other results.

[harlands plater 16,989]

Bit wary about this, given how we defended in Moscow. We’ll need to win the midfield, just as we will against the tarriers  on the 29th next month.

[MattyBlue 17,132]

As obvious as it is I want to see us win the game and qualify, I’m just really humble to see us where we are today actually in with a chance of qualifying from this group, let  alone qualifying for the competition itself.

but I really do feel focus should be on domestic affairs Iv been saying it before last seasons europa qualifiers came about, there is absolutely no reason we can’t win the league this season!

 

However we are Glasgow Rangers and should expect to win every game we play 😄 

[BlueThunder 8,454]

25 minutes ago, MattyBlue said:

As obvious as it is I want to see us win the game and qualify, I’m just really humble to see us where we are today actually in with a chance of qualifying from this group, let  alone qualifying for the competition itself.

but I really do feel focus should be on domestic affairs Iv been saying it before last seasons europa qualifiers came about, there is absolutely no reason we can’t win the league this season!

 

However we are Glasgow Rangers and should expect to win every game we play 😄 

We’d probably only get a couple more games out of the Europa league so I don’t think it would be a major distraction.

Like you i’m glad we have made it as far as we have, especially since we were being told how we’d get punted out in the first or second qualifier according to our experts on here.

[eejay the dj 31,964]

The worst case tomorrow night is us losing and Russians winning 

I'm almost certain that puts us out 

[OhW 4,669]

1 hour ago, RS4_wul said:

O-0

come on to fuck

[OhW 4,669]

2 minutes ago, eejay the dj said:

The worst case tomorrow night is us losing and Russians winning 

I'm almost certain that puts us out 

It does

[Queensferry Bear 3]

I think we'll go...

McGregor

Tav   Goldson   Worrall  Flanagan

Coulibaly  Jack  Arfield

Candeias  Morelos  Grezda


4 points guarantees us qualification so with that in mind I'd be happy taking a point on Thursday and head to Vienna knowing a win takes us through

[giffnockger 4,840]

19 minutes ago, eejay the dj said:

The worst case tomorrow night is us losing and Russians winning 

I'm almost certain that puts us out 

It does mate! Don't even wanna think about that though!

[G.E.C. 18,813]

20 minutes ago, eejay the dj said:

The worst case tomorrow night is us losing and Russians winning 

I'm almost certain that puts us out 

Puts us out as Spartak have the better head to head. A lot of what ifs in football but had Grezda scored right at the end against them we’d have the better head to head on away goals 😞

[eejay the dj 31,964]

1 minute ago, G.E.C. said:

Puts us out as Spartak have the better head to head. A lot of what ifs in football but had Grezda scored right at the end against them we’d have the better head to head on away goals 😞

He scores .We don't lose in Russia .

[RS4_wul 4,125]

30 minutes ago, OhW said:

come on to fuck

 

Read the last sentence of my post again 

[TheKingObv 10,647]

13 hours ago, Rfc52 said:

Why are people comparing Vienna and villareal

 

Place is with filled with idiots.

[cushynumber 25,178]

We certainly cant play as openly as we did in Moscow or we will get horsed. I'm going 2-2, but hoping they simply dont turn up.

[35 Yard Dangerman 3,478]

It's been a scoring draw in the 3 previous encounters with this lot. I would probably take another draw right now but i have a feeling we will round off this wee quartet of games with a victory. 1-0.

[Colin Traive 22,856]

1 hour ago, Queensferry Bear said:

I think we'll go...

McGregor

Tav   Goldson   Worrall  Flanagan

Coulibaly  Jack  Arfield

Candeias  Morelos  Grezda


4 points guarantees us qualification so with that in mind I'd be happy taking a point on Thursday and head to Vienna knowing a win takes us through

Ejaria for Grezda and a slight change in shape.

McGregor

Tav Goldson Worrall Flanagan 

Jack Coulibaly 

Candeias Ejaria Arfield

Morelos

Subs: Fod, Halliday, Katic, Grezda, Middleton, Lafferty 

[MoodyBlue1872 3,078]

Tempo, aggression, but keeping it tight when needed.

The template of the first half v Hearts would do me.

Done properly we can do this mob. Defensively they are nothing special.

Got the butterflies already.