*****The Official Motherwell V Rangers Match Thread*****

[MacBoyd 5,478]

19 minutes ago, BlueKnight87 said:

Good chance we'll be going into this needing to win to retake top spot. 

We absolutely need to come out the blocks in this one from first whistle.

Start pressing again and push forward. Stop sitting back and inviting opposition on.

McGregor

Patterson Goldson Balogun Bassey 

 Kamara Davis Aribo

 Hagi  Morelos  Wright

 

Well will come flying at us like st mirror we have to combat that by going at them and using our ability to take advantage of the space they leave.

Unfortunately I imagine we will look to weather the storm early, we have been terrible at that this season and even when the opposition doesn't score it sets a bad precedent for the rest of the game.

[Amokachi 3,046]

32 minutes ago, Rangers_no1 said:

Barisic offers far more offensively.

Yep as he should being a 28yrs old Croatia international we paid over 2m for, however his performances recently have been similar to a 21yr old we got on a free from Leicester. 

[Bears r us 30,810]

I normally don't pick a team because it is unlikely Stevie will be doing what I want, but I would like to see Patterson and Tav start this game, I think it would work.

               McGregor

Tav   Goldson   Balogun   Bassey 

Patterson  Davis/Lundstram   Aribo

      Roofe     Morelos    Sakala

 

[MacBoyd 5,478]

3 minutes ago, Bears r us said:

I normally don't pick a team because it is unlikely Stevie will be doing what I want, but I would like to see Patterson and Tav start this game, I think it would work.

               McGregor

Tav   Goldson   Balogun   Bassey 

Patterson  Davis/Lundstram   Aribo

      Roofe     Morelos    Sakala

 

It's honestly worth a try. Patterson is quick and good on the ball. In pre season it was tav further forward though 

[Bears r us 30,810]

6 minutes ago, MacBoyd said:

It's honestly worth a try. Patterson is quick and good on the ball. In pre season it was tav further forward though 

I would like to see it, Nathan seems so passionate and I feel that is something we are missing along with his ability.

I would start him in the middle three, but Tav and him could swap around at any time as the game requires.   

[MacBoyd 5,478]

Midfield badly needing pace and someone to carry the ball forward I think it's a good call. Gerrard will surely be reading this 

[Amokachi 3,046]

20 minutes ago, MacBoyd said:

Midfield badly needing pace and someone to carry the ball forward I think it's a good call. Gerrard will surely be reading this 

Hope he forwards it onto Beale then. 

[SIRB_72 4,001]

2 hours ago, Rangers_no1 said:

Something that seems to have been talked very minimal, if at all, was how shit Bassey was in midweek bar a 5-10 minute spell. Offered us fuck all, no idea why some on here think he's anywhere near good enough.

Offered very little on his own on Wednesday.

I think we see the best of him when we can let him loose in the final third and let him get to the byline and get balls across the face of goal.

We need to use his physicality and pace more often when he plays. Especially against back 3s like Aberdeen were playing on Wednesday

[BlueAvenger 10,270]

1 hour ago, Bears r us said:

I normally don't pick a team because it is unlikely Stevie will be doing what I want, but I would like to see Patterson and Tav start this game, I think it would work.

               McGregor

Tav   Goldson   Balogun   Bassey 

Patterson  Davis/Lundstram   Aribo

      Roofe     Morelos    Sakala

 

Sakala starting….Please don’t pick a team again mate !!! 

[Bears r us 30,810]

2 minutes ago, BlueAvenger said:

Sakala starting….Please don’t pick a team again mate !!! 

I knew that would be controversial old chap  but I thought he did well when he came on, on Wed night, he won the penalty and without that we would have probably lost.  

I just feel we need to give him the first half on Sunday to see what he can do. So many of the players are not playing anywhere what they can and we need some changes. 

[El-Hadji Spit RFC 733]

Toss of a coin! Sadly

[ElBufalo20 7,905]

5 hours ago, Rangers_no1 said:

Something that seems to have been talked very minimal, if at all, was how shit Bassey was in midweek bar a 5-10 minute spell. Offered us fuck all, no idea why some on here think he's anywhere near good enough.

Was decent earlier on as you said at even got their right back booked and I was thinking target him all night. Didn’t even attempt to get by him for the rest of the night it was an awful performance 

[Prso's headband 35,510]

6 hours ago, Moody Blue Legend said:

Why do we constantly get strung along regarding our injuries?  Kent being the latest in a long line.  

Possibly back for Aberdeen but if not the next game.

One thing Gerrard’s done consistently. Kent was meant to be back after 3-4 weeks, then it was St Mirren then Aberdeen and now he might be back before the next break. 
 

Timescales on our injuries are way off, sometimes by several weeks. 

[SPWF 8,256]

No confidence in these players at the moment. What a change from last year. Will take any win but wouldn’t be surprised if we drew again. 

[bluenoz 30,914]

                 McGregor

 Patterson. Goldson  Balogun  Aribo

             Davis Kamara

                 Arfield

Wright       Morelos      Roofe

 

All indications are leading to Arfield starting.

[Snake Plissken 151]

I am bereft of confidence in us right now and that is not exactly a pleasant feeling. We really need to get some consistent form going and that needs to start on Sunday.

Hopefully the guys go out there from the first whistle with some fire in their bellies and not like they got a stick up their asses. Of course would be nice to have a good 3 or 4 to 0 win but we just need the 3 points period regardless how that is achieved.

Will be getting up early to watch hopefully we get it done.

[Drunk and disorderly. 14,483]

1 hour ago, bluenoz said:

                 McGregor

 Patterson. Goldson  Balogun  Aribo

             Davis Kamara

                 Arfield

Wright       Morelos      Roofe

 

All indications are leading to Arfield starting.

 

1 hour ago, bluenoz said:

                 McGregor

 Patterson. Goldson  Balogun  Aribo

             Davis Kamara

                 Arfield

Wright       Morelos      Roofe

 

All indications are leading to Arfield starting.

What position is Aribo playing?

 

[docspiderman 1,228]

I take it that McGregor is rested enough and recovered from the exhausting experience of dealing with a few pass backs against Brondby.

[KingKirk 25,656]

I'll say it now this games In real doubt. This tinpot mob needed a pitch inspection before Wednesday nights game. 

[jjbscotty12 3,560]

I’m fucking dreading this game we are brutal to watch at the minute.

[jjbscotty12 3,560]

2 hours ago, bluenoz said:

                 McGregor

 Patterson. Goldson  Balogun  Aribo

             Davis Kamara

                 Arfield

Wright       Morelos      Roofe

 

All indications are leading to Arfield starting.

Aribo won’t be playing left back unless bassey gets injured, and Morelos and roofe don’t work well together so I’d rather see one of them drop out.

[bluenoz 30,914]

4 minutes ago, jjbscotty12 said:

Aribo won’t be playing left back unless bassey gets injured, and Morelos and roofe don’t work well together so I’d rather see one of them drop out.

I know that about Aribo. Just playing about.

[Fergie_6 1,078]

1 hour ago, docspiderman said:

I take it that McGregor is rested enough and recovered from the exhausting experience of dealing with a few pass backs against Brondby.

Bit of a stupid comment, considering what’s happened this week.

[Toronto2Glasgow 1,824]

Wouldn’t be shocked to see Arfield start this one. Offers something different in midfield and can’t really be much worse than what we’ve seen recently. 
 

Tav Goldson Balogun Bassey 

Kamara Lundstram 

Hagi Arfield Sakala 

Buff 

[The Ibrox Derry 8,905]

It's mental to think that we have only lost once in the league so far.

Add that to last season and your talking one defeat in 50 league matches.

Draws are defeats in my eyes though.