Bounce game against Liverpool u23’s yesterday.

[pcbear 10,913]

7 hours ago, To Be A Ranger said:

Maybe their club has something more to interest them. Just a guess though.

They are fans the same as us and most will be interested in what goes on right through the club.

[.Williamson. 82,159]

12 hours ago, coopsleftboot said:

Only four I'd keep on for next season. 

Polster because he's just here and worth it for his missus, Barisic and Grezda because there might just be something there, and obviously Morelos.  The rest are loans or had their day with us.

How have you decided to keep Grezda, Polster and Barasic but let Halliday go when he's came on leaps and bounds this season? 

Mental

[.Williamson. 82,159]

12 hours ago, Gandhi1872 said:

According to Heart & Hand pod it was:

Fod, Polster, McAuley, Worrall, Barisic, Coulibaly, Halliday, Dorrans, Grezda, Lafferty and Morelos. 

Christ 

[thehost 11,061]

How old is that boy with the crazy curly hair (I know, ive reached the fucking stage that I have no idea of names and can only describe things by random haircuts) that we signed. Seen him rip up a few youngsters games, is he too young for this team?

[SeparateEntityMyArse 53,715]

6 minutes ago, thehost said:

How old is that boy with the crazy curly hair (I know, ive reached the fucking stage that I have no idea of names and can only describe things by random haircuts) that we signed. Seen him rip up a few youngsters games, is he too young for this team?

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/3823366/Rangers-nathan-young-coombes-chelsea-england/amp/&ved=2ahUKEwiH3av3mOjhAhUFJ1AKHaOHAUkQFjANegQICRAB&usg=AOvVaw0hwg_fOCTzGHvah8hrM8cQ&ampcf=1

Nathan Young-Coombes. He's 16. I think it's been said he's a huge prospect but not near ready for the physicality of the spl. Might have been Elfideldo who said that, was someone who has seen him play regularly.

[thehost 11,061]

26 minutes ago, SeparateEntityMyArse said:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/3823366/Rangers-nathan-young-coombes-chelsea-england/amp/&ved=2ahUKEwiH3av3mOjhAhUFJ1AKHaOHAUkQFjANegQICRAB&usg=AOvVaw0hwg_fOCTzGHvah8hrM8cQ&ampcf=1

Nathan Young-Coombes. He's 16. I think it's been said he's a huge prospect but not near ready for the physicality of the spl. Might have been Elfideldo who said that, was someone who has seen him play regularly.

that's the kid, didn't realise he was that young. Just remember his hair and him running by folk. Thanks for giving me his name.

[SeparateEntityMyArse 53,715]

5 minutes ago, thehost said:

that's the kid, didn't realise he was that young. Just remember his hair and him running by folk. Thanks for giving me his name.

👍

[magic8ball 27,901]

15 hours ago, Laudrup1984 said:

Got to admire the boy. Many would have been upset, frustrated and disappointed going from first teamer to primarily playing with the youths but he seems to have a great attitude and willingness to learn and improve. Good luck to him. Some older players could maybe learn from the young man.

It all depends on how the situation is explained .

I doubt he was told .you had a first team chance and you fucked it .back to the youths fannybaws.

However an approach of .Well done .That was a great start .now we reckon you need a few months back with the younger players and get working in the gym .

 

[magic8ball 27,901]

52 minutes ago, thehost said:

How old is that boy with the crazy curly hair (I know, ive reached the fucking stage that I have no idea of names and can only describe things by random haircuts) that we signed. Seen him rip up a few youngsters games, is he too young for this team?

wee sideshow bob .hes 16 

[coopsleftboot 5,512]

6 hours ago, .Williamson. said:

How have you decided to keep Grezda, Polster and Barasic but let Halliday go when he's came on leaps and bounds this season? 

Mental

Halliday has been with us for a number of years and what's obvious is this "improved" version of him is appreciated, but he's never going to be good enough to command a starting place in a title winning team.  If he stayed, and to be honest I wouldn't be overly averse to it, then he's a bench player at best but more likely a squad player getting a place on the bench through suspensions/injuries. 

Grezda and Barasic both joined us late in the summer transfer window and both seem to have struggled with settling in to a foreign country and a different style of football...and they've both been unable to maintain a decent run in the team because of niggling injuries.  However, they are both full internationals who built good reputations at previous clubs and with their respective national teams.  I'd like them to have a full pre-season with us and a good run in the team.  If it's not working out next season then fine, move them on.  However, given their background I'd be inclined to stick with them a little longer.

Polster is pretty much in the same boat as Grezda and Barisic, and nobody really knows that much about him.  If nothing else, we need to keep Mrs Polster around for a little longer.

[LaudrupsPatrickBoots 13,510]

13 hours ago, Colin Traive said:

1. Give Dapo some game time

2. End the Barezda experiment and punt them both.

3. Keep Halliday and Polster

4. Break the sad news to Dorrans it’s clearly just not meant to be for him. 

5. McAuley and Worrall for emergency cover only from now until they leave.

6. Help Wes get a new club.

Still not convinced about Middleton if I’m honest although the kid has the right attitude.

 

No.

[born a blue nose 90,756]

44 minutes ago, LaudrupsPatrickBoots said:

No.

Grarasic 

[RangersMedia 35,961]

How on earth did that team go 4-0 down to the Liverpool u23s  

[Reformation Bear 6,453]

He says he probably learnt more about the players in that 90mins than he has in the whole season.  I don't think he confines that to just the development players either.  Then we go from embarrassment in the first half to fantastic in the 2nd half.    

That's all a bit cryptic from Gerrard in the short video clip.  It might have been more useful to have had a fuller interview / video clip provided somewhere.  One which explained what he and the coaching staff learned from one game that they'd not learned in the entire season so far.   Whatever it was must have been pretty profound for the manager to admit that the game had provided such a landmark learning experience for him.   

To swing from embarrassment in one half to fantastic in the second half would, it seems to me, tend to indicate that some or many of those who started the game did not take it anywhere near seriously enough and nowhere near as seriously as the manager himself seemed to take it.     If, after nearly a full season under Gerrard, enough of the starting players have simply not absorbed enough of what Gerrard wants to see in a Rangers side even when its a bounce game then surely they have marked their own exit cards, or if not exit then dropped right out of serious contention for first team duties until the lesson is shown to have been learned.       If the first half was an embarrassment then at the very least it marks some or all of those who started the game as being nowhere near professional enough.   If that's the case then they should be asking themselves if they really should be plying their professional football trade at Rangers.

PS - well done to those who came on in the 2nd half and put the effort in to turn it into a fantastic (Gerrard's word) 2nd half performance.   

[philiprfc 1,799]

18 minutes ago, psb07158 said:

How on earth did that team go 4-0 down to the Liverpool u23s  

I looked their team from recent games and it's had some very decent players in it. People like Woodburn, Brewster, Camacho and guys like Oxlade-Chamberlain coming back from injury.

[Helicopter Sundae 5,983]

20 hours ago, STEPPS BOY said:

Morelos got sent off after 22 mins for an off the ball incident.

He was in the dressing room at the time as well. Poor cunt can't catch a break.

[graeme_4 34,441]

1 hour ago, born a blue nose said:

Grarasic 

I’d shift Coulibally out wide, gives us Flanibally down the left. 

[j1mgg 3,766]

We should be giving some of the young guys doing well in the development team more time in the first team.

How can 4 youngsters come on and change the game, guessing Liverpool made a whole host of changes at half time.

I would rather put on one of these guys over the like of Lafferty.

[Bakbear 3,586]

Unless someone was there this is really all speculation.

Maybe during the first half, everyone was treating it like a Sunday kick about. The gaffer made it known that it meant more than that to their careers and they knuckled down second half?

it seems bizarre that they have released an interview with Steven Gerrard about some closed door kickabout but not shared any footage, report or live tweets. 

 

[.Williamson. 82,159]

36 minutes ago, Bakbear said:

Unless someone was there this is really all speculation.

Maybe during the first half, everyone was treating it like a Sunday kick about. The gaffer made it known that it meant more than that to their careers and they knuckled down second half?

it seems bizarre that they have released an interview with Steven Gerrard about some closed door kickabout but not shared any footage, report or live tweets. 

 

He subbed 4 of them in the second half to change the game and brought on 4 players all of which were 17 and 18 years old to save it.

It was an embarrassment no matter how you look at it. If anyone at that club is treating a training exercise against a club like Liverpool as a Sunday kick about then they'd be best fucking off now 

[Ross-Gazza genius 1,907]

The boy camacho for Liverpools youths is decent if he was involved. 

[bluenoz 30,824]

I'm thinking Grezda has played his last game for us. Reading between the lines mind you. Really bad signing, football and attitude wise.

[Ross-Gazza genius 1,907]

Liverpool Under-23s team v Rangers:Atherton; Whelan, Masterson, Gallacher, Johnston; Coyle, Randall, Christie-Davis; Jones, Camacho, Woodburn

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/what-really-happened-liverpool-u23s-16173651.amp?__twitter_impression=true

 

[magic8ball 27,901]

1 hour ago, j1mgg said:

We should be giving some of the young guys doing well in the development team more time in the first team.

How can 4 youngsters come on and change the game, guessing Liverpool made a whole host of changes at half time.

I would rather put on one of these guys over the like of Lafferty.

These younsters still need to develop physically .Look at the pelters Middleton has been getting

[Gandalf the Blue 1,384]

Few bits from Liverpool Echo:

Ben Woodburn led the way as Liverpool Under-23s ran riot in a friendly against Rangers before being pegged back late on.

The Wales international scored twice with Rafa Camacho and Curtis Jones also on target at Ibrox.

Liverpool led 4-0 midway through the second half before Gerrard's raft of changes helped the Scottish Premiership outfit launch a late fightback. Rangers ended up salvaging a 4-4 draw courtesy of a last-minute equaliser.

Liverpool Under-23s team v Rangers: Atherton; Whelan, Masterson, Gallacher, Johnston; Coyle, Randall, Christie-Davis; Jones, Camacho, Woodburn