MacBoyd 5,562 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 36 39 34 36 year old players down our spine tonight. You cant do that and try to press. Maybe one or two of them but thats ridiculous. And Worrall plays like a 60 year old. docspiderman 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
To Be A Ranger 4,032 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 2 minutes ago, MacBoyd said: 36 39 34 36 year old players down our spine tonight. You cant do that and try to press. Maybe one or two of them but thats ridiculous. And Worrall plays like a 60 year old. Did you copy this from one of the other threads tonight? ElBufalo20 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacBoyd 5,562 Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 1 minute ago, To Be A Ranger said: Did you copy this from one of the other threads tonight? No is there another one? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 54,210 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Easy excuse IMO because we also had three 22 year olds and a 26 year old down the spine of the team too. JimmyCR1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeSS 512 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Very good point  Surely Katic and McCrorrie must start on Sunday  and hopefully Goldson will be fit  too and we never see that clown Worral again   Defoe is a strange one as he is a decent enough striker however it’s an either or with him and Morelos and it’s a no brainier  Alfie  wins hands down. Which then begs the question why did we sign Defoe  ?  Certainally not to sit on bench with the wages he costs. So are we cashing in on Alfie?  Is Defoe the sweetener ?  Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
To Be A Ranger 4,032 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Nah just this from another thread 59 minutes ago, Gman36 said: Mcgregor 36 McAuley 39 Davis 34 Arfield 30 Defoe 36 That's a far too old spine of a team. Gman36 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBearButt 3,702 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Thought defoe and Davis were both poor tonight and considering their inclusion was the cause of the formation change it leaves gerrard with some decisions to make come livi. I'd start neither. Both need to be eased in to side not thrown in to the expense of playing people out of position. I don't think we needed davis. I think Arfield is a better player tbh and still has the legs Courtyard Bear, The No.9 and To Be A Ranger 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMB 14,167 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 If you want to press, if you want intensity, then you play Daniel Candeias. I don't think the ages of players had anything to do with it these players still have a lot to offer. It's the change in formation that killed us tonight. BigBearButt, broomloanjamie and Blue Avenger 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lidorfc 6,677 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 It was poor tactics and the team bottling it after going a goal down, it's happened time and time again with younger players. Age isn't an excuse. Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjbscotty12 3,577 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 1 minute ago, TMB said: If you want to press, if you want intensity, then you play Daniel Candeias. I don't think the ages of players had anything to do with it these players still have a lot to offer. It's the change in formation that killed us tonight. Hes fucking pish aswell. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Avenger 22,567 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 2 minutes ago, TMB said: If you want to press, if you want intensity, then you play Daniel Candeias. I don't think the ages of players had anything to do with it these players still have a lot to offer. It's the change in formation that killed us tonight. Bang on the money! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
To Be A Ranger 4,032 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 4 minutes ago, BigBearButt said: Thought defoe and Davis were both poor tonight and considering their inclusion was the cause of the formation change it leaves gerrard with some decisions to make come livi. I'd start neither. Both need to be eased in to side not thrown in to the expense of playing people out of position. I don't think we needed davis. I think Arfield is a better player tbh and still has the legs Including them seemed to make Morelos and Arfield less effective. Defoe and Davis should never have started tonight. The manager should have had them on the bench watching us going all out attack tonight and then give them a game if needed. BigBearButt 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElBufalo20 7,929 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Haha what another laughable thread tonight. I understand the negativity as I myself am usually like that as a poster at times but it was tactics not age. Worrall 22 Jack 26 Kent 22 Morelos 22 Spine of the team too young?? ritchieshearercaldow and ForeverAndEver 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacBoyd 5,562 Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 4 minutes ago, ElBufalo20 said: Haha what another laughable thread tonight. I understand the negativity as I myself am usually like that as a poster at times but it was tactics not age. Worrall 22 Jack 26 Kent 22 Morelos 22 Spine of the team too young?? Daft comment. Shouldnt have 4 players in their mid to late 30s playing for Rangers Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElBufalo20 7,929 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 1 minute ago, MacBoyd said: Daft comment. Shouldnt have 4 players in their mid to late 30s playing for Rangers Why not? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenoz 31,073 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Jack and Arfield are old and experienced enough at their age. Would rather play Kamara than Davis. We need flair in there. Not side passing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacBoyd 5,562 Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 3 minutes ago, ElBufalo20 said: Why not? Far too slow. Did you see us tonight? The No.9 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mor3los_1 3,672 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Just now, MacBoyd said: Far too slow. Did you see us tonight? The change of formation and individual errors cost us the game tonight, not the age of the players ffs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElBufalo20 7,929 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 1 minute ago, MacBoyd said: Far too slow. Did you see us tonight? Yeah what’s that got to do with age?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterD 7,442 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 We got beat off Livi when our spine apart from McGregor was all mid to early 20s. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacBoyd 5,562 Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 2 minutes ago, Tak3rNo1 said: The change of formation and individual errors cost us the game tonight, not the age of the players ffs. We were fucking no where second half a couple of extra players who could run would help Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacBoyd 5,562 Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 2 minutes ago, MasterD said: We got beat off Livi when our spine apart from McGregor was all mid to early 20s. This is true. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangersMedia 35,961 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Nothing to do with the age of the players Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenoz 31,073 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 3 minutes ago, Tak3rNo1 said: The change of formation and individual errors cost us the game tonight, not the age of the players ffs. we changed the formation to accommodate two old players. It was a combination of both. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangersMedia 35,961 Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 Depending on the style of the player. It's only really explosiveness and recovery time that get effected quickly by the "30" barrier. Players that rely on explosive attributes will diminish earlier and injuries the wrong side of 30 are harder to rehabilitate. As evidenced in many sports, with modern scientific understanding, training and monitoring of athletes. Those that stay injury free and live the right life are able to perform to a high level into their mid 30s. It wasn't that long ago most footballers were done by 33-34. I don't think that is true any more, although most folk still seem to think that is the case - indeed I'd say that these days, more and more hit their peak on the wrong side of 30! Certainly, even in my life time, I'd say a typical footballers peak has moved back from say 25-29 when I was growing up, to maybe 28-32 and probably even older still for more defensive/technical minded players! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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