DMax399 3,698 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 29 minutes ago, tayside said: Big Hellander gives me the fear anytime he plays I think he’s been good to be honest mate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiritofBillStruth 167 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 32 minutes ago, tayside said: Big Hellander gives me the fear anytime he plays Helander is a terrific international level player. The stick he gets is completely unfounded. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smile 26,604 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Looked good so far Killie/Livi were embarrassing though so hard to judge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essandoh 21,208 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Gimme gimme gimme Helander at midnight Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenoz 30,835 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Jackamara is the reason 😉 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeyserSoze 14,532 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 It’s an embarrassing feature of the majority of teams that play us. All they want is a point. Not prepared to do anything other than gain a point. therefore our defence has little to do. Shameful I’d say. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fantana 28,894 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 1 hour ago, eskbankloyal said: So far this season domestically (5 games) we’ve conceded just 5 shots on target. Averaging 3 shots against us per game & conceding just 1 corner. Granted, the opposition this year looks really poor but that’s an impressive level of dominance Get rid of goldson and we could have a solid back line. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIRB_72 4,000 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 1 hour ago, SpiritofBillStruth said: Helander is a terrific international level player. The stick he gets is completely unfounded. I think it's because he's slow and people have a bit of a Katic fetish. Katic is a good strong defender but for me Helander is much better. He actually reads the game a lot better which means he doesn't get caught out by pace as much as others would. He's also never been bullied, off the top of my head, by the big powerful strikers in this league like Katic does from time to time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sket 13,610 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Fully expect maximum points up to the fenians. No excuses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanVeenRangers 2,535 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 2 hours ago, tayside said: Big Hellander gives me the fear anytime he plays Your comment is frightening more like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanVeenRangers 2,535 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 12 minutes ago, Brian Fantana said: Get rid of goldson and we could have a solid back line. You haven't watched us this season then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fantana 28,894 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 8 minutes ago, MorelosRangers said: You haven't watched us this season then? Fuck sake...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
British_Empire 9,648 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 The defence (having had little to do) look very solid. I said after the Aberdeen game that I think this season we will be a lot harder to beat and won't concede a lot of goals - my only worry is when it comes to breaking teams down and where the goals might come from. But back to the defence - they've been comfortable and dealt with everything, with ease. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McEwan's Lager 30,522 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 2 hours ago, BridgeIsBlue said: Posts like this make me wonder if I'm watching a different game from everybody else. Helander has had one dodgy game since he signed and that was Livingston away last season where he had issues tracking the ball in the floodlights. For some reason it’s been held against him ever since by some. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanVeenRangers 2,535 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 3 minutes ago, McEwan's Lager said: Helander has had one dodgy game since he signed and that was Livingston away last season where he had issues tracking the ball in the floodlights. For some reason it’s been held against him ever since by some. The same people who love windass and want him back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tayside 295 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 1 hour ago, MorelosRangers said: You haven't watched us this season then? Every game and all last year and I have seen milk turn quicker , but just my opinion Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverAndEver 71,481 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 55 minutes ago, MorelosRangers said: The same people who love windass and want him back. I'll get you banned anymore of this pish pal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewisWATP 298 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 I’m liking big Helanders contribution, hope he keeps it up. Overall we look very good defensively, just hope we can start smashing teams. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimjim1690 4,534 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 I'm probably gonna get shit for this but I actually think that Helander has been looking quite a bit quicker across the ground than he was last year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
British_Empire 9,648 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 1 hour ago, McEwan's Lager said: Helander has had one dodgy game since he signed and that was Livingston away last season where he had issues tracking the ball in the floodlights. For some reason it’s been held against him ever since by some. People who actually have a brain and watch him will know that when it comes to the actual art of defending and doing the basics at the back, he does it very, very well. Sure his pace can be an issue, but if he was younger, had pace and could do the things that he already does well, then he wouldn't be with us. He'd be the Juventus center half. I know he's not pacy, but there was a point yesterday about about an hour in where there was a loose ball out towards the Govan Front and he covered some ground next to a Kilmarnock attacker and got it with ease. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Williamson. 82,184 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 3 hours ago, tayside said: Big Hellander gives me the fear anytime he plays Some post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
British_Empire 9,648 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 8 minutes ago, Rangers_no1 said: He has had other dodgy games/periods imo. Feyenoord away, Motherwell H, Aberdeen A second 45 minutes and Hamilton away. On the whole hes been good. What did he do wrong the Feyenoord game? was it the deflection for their first goal? if so, they things happen. The second goal, my memory of it (and it could be scewed as I was about 60 foot above the goal behind a net, pished) was the goalscorer walked right through Tav and Goldson un-tested and un-challenged. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterC 12,270 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 32 minutes ago, British_Empire said: People who actually have a brain and watch him will know that when it comes to the actual art of defending and doing the basics at the back, he does it very, very well. Sure his pace can be an issue, but if he was younger, had pace and could do the things that he already does well, then he wouldn't be with us. He'd be the Juventus center half. I know he's not pacy, but there was a point yesterday about about an hour in where there was a loose ball out towards the Govan Front and he covered some ground next to a Kilmarnock attacker and got it with ease. He reminds me of big Chiellini but maybe not quite as physical. Both are excellent readers of the play and their positional intelligence makes up for a lack of pace. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogzy 31,195 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 4 hours ago, SeparateEntityMyArse said: I prefer not to be impressed by players fucking up and then praising them for rectifying it. He has done well, if he could prevent the mistakes that he then needs to recover from, he'd be doing even better. He's an 8/10 for me this season. Have to disagree here. I'm very impressed when a player makes a mistake and then covers for that mistake on his own rather than hoping a teammate helps them out. Everyone makes mistakes, even Rangers players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeparateEntityMyArse 53,717 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 5 minutes ago, gogzy said: Have to disagree here. I'm very impressed when a player makes a mistake and then covers for that mistake on his own rather than hoping a teammate helps them out. Everyone makes mistakes, even Rangers players. So if he continues making more mistakes he's impressing you more? Its like chances. Give less away, less chance of losing goals. Id rather a keeper had little to do but did that little well, than was pulling off saves left right centre. Its commendable fixing your own fault, its not an impressive quality though imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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