So What is the Difference?

[Tiger Shaw 30,676]

Dun was pretty bad though 🤣

[Billy1984 6,314]

Team is set up for players to do the job the position requires first and foremost. Full backs aren’t as gung-ho all the time and are being defenders, kamara is athletic enough to be the only sitting midfielder instead of 2 or 3 in there which is giving arfield and even more so aribo a more free role to get forward. Morelos not playing so deep and our wingers are causing problems with their pace. We look a well oiled machine under gio and we’ll only get stronger the more he coaches us and we get the likes of helander back from injury. I’m delighted by his start and enjoying watching us again.

[Real Ranger 3,195]

46 minutes ago, McEwan's Lager said:

Our great club had stagnated though and it seemingly was down to the Manager not really bothering his arse. 

If you stand still you die and I’m not surprised the majority of the Fanbase are happy at a refreshed approach in terms of style of play and allowing the players a bit more expression.

When SG left we were still top of the league by 4 points, in the cup semi final and 1 victory from the knockout stages of the Europa league.
Sure the players haven’t performed to the same standards but also no one was saying last season Gerrard prevented the players from from expressing themselves, he actively encouraged it and in March we all thought Gerrard and his staff were heroes that we hoped would be here for years to come.

He did mention his frustration that he hadn’t been given a transfer budget that he felt was needed to keep the team progressing. This may have made his decision to head back to the mega rich EPL a bit easier. 

Like every supporter I hope the return to form continues and Gio will continue to keep us at the top but SG deserves great credit for what he achieved in his time. He got Rangers back to where we belong.

[BlueSuedeSambas 54,099]

The most interesting thing is that we still have spells in games where we aren’t playing that well.

We seem to start games well, then revert to type for a bit and lose control of games slightly. Thankfully we’ve been getting off with it but it’s going to be great to see what we become over a full 90 minutes which will happen as Gio spends more time working with the team and implementing his ideas.

[DrLaudrup 4,690]

Gio has recognised that we were leaking goals so has sought to stop that first and foremost. He’s curtailed the full backs and brought Bassey more centrally and to some extent it has worked. It’s clear though we need another defender.  To counter the loss of the attacking fullbacks he’s pushed Kent/Aribo etc wider and further forward.  It seems to have worked so far. It’s important to realise though that nothing has changed points wise in the league. 

[Billy1984 6,314]

5 minutes ago, DrLaudrup said:

Gio has recognised that we were leaking goals so has sought to stop that first and foremost. He’s curtailed the full backs and brought Bassey more centrally and to some extent it has worked. It’s clear though we need another defender.  To counter the loss of the attacking fullbacks he’s pushed Kent/Aribo etc wider and further forward.  It seems to have worked so far. It’s important to realise though that nothing has changed points wise in the league. 

We’ve been to Edinburgh twice and Livingston and got 9 points, if you think of it like that they’re 9 massive points when the bheasts got 3 points from their first visits to those places. 

[Blue Nosed Babe 20,840]

I can hardly wait to see what Gio does in the transfer window.

[ShaneRalfRoss 303]

He got all his players playing to their strengths . Today it look like he taking full advantage of Sakala and Kent’s pace it should be something we should be doing more often . 

[BlueSuedeSambas 54,099]

2 minutes ago, Blue Nosed Babe said:

I can hardly wait to see what Gio does in the transfer window.

Fuck all unless he sells a player first I would expect.

[Blue Nosed Babe 20,840]

Just now, DBBTB said:

Fuck all unless he sells a player first I would expect.

Well Villa are gonna try raiding us so this could be interesting

[McEwan's Lager 30,672]

13 minutes ago, DBBTB said:

The most interesting thing is that we still have spells in games where we aren’t playing that well.

We seem to start games well, then revert to type for a bit and lose control of games slightly. Thankfully we’ve been getting off with it but it’s going to be great to see what we become over a full 90 minutes which will happen as Gio spends more time working with the team and implementing his ideas.

Tend to agree with this. A decent team puts a few goals past us today.

[SPWF 8,317]

2 hours ago, KingKirk said:

Everyone after 55 had lost a bit of zip let's be honest fans included. 

Everyone needed a reset we have that now so we now kick on hopefully. 

I don't think it was meant but everyone in our club underestimated the effects of that title. 

The management team included btw I have no doubt they wanted to bring more sucess but just lost a bit of hunger for it

Not one fan I know had “lost their zip” for this season. 

[LaaRFC 4,792]

Listened to a Dutch guy talking about Gio when he first came in. The interview gave me the fear to be honest. He painted a picture of a very defensive set up with slow paced football. 
 

We’ve seen some nice attacking football already under Gio to ease any fears I had.

But it’s clear that if we have the lead he is going to be happy at times for us to fall back a bit and just hold on to what we’ve got which I think is essentially what that Dutch guy was on about. 

[BlueSuedeSambas 54,099]

6 minutes ago, McEwan's Lager said:

Tend to agree with this. A decent team puts a few goals past us today.

Being quick out the blocks has helped us massively too. Hopefully that’s something we carry on with because today and against Livingston we’ve basically won the game within 20 minutes.

[KaiserJon 12,422]

1 minute ago, LaaRFC said:

Listened to a Dutch guy talking about Gio when he first came in. The interview gave me the fear to be honest. He painted a picture of a very defensive set up with slow paced football. 
 

We’ve seen some nice attacking football already under Gio to ease any fears I had.

But it’s clear that if we have the lead he is going to be happy at times for us to fall back a bit and just hold on to what we’ve got which I think is essentially what that Dutch guy was on about. 

That maybe true but under Gio the lead will be a lead of more than one goal, thank fuck😃

[The Godfather 72,262]

8 minutes ago, McEwan's Lager said:

Tend to agree with this. A decent team puts a few goals past us today.

Yeah but we should have had at least 4 or 5. We missed some amount of sitters. 

[magic8ball 27,901]

3 hours ago, Tiger Shaw said:

Gerrard was full of shite and now saying all the same stuff at villa, his time there will also end the same way 

 

He will go undefeated in Europe though 😉

[BlueSuedeSambas 54,099]

5 minutes ago, The Godfather said:

Yeah but we should have had at least 4 or 5. We missed some amount of sitters. 

Missed three within about three minutes in the second half today

 

[magic8ball 27,901]

9 minutes ago, LaaRFC said:

Listened to a Dutch guy talking about Gio when he first came in. The interview gave me the fear to be honest. He painted a picture of a very defensive set up with slow paced football. 
 

We’ve seen some nice attacking football already under Gio to ease any fears I had.

But it’s clear that if we have the lead he is going to be happy at times for us to fall back a bit and just hold on to what we’ve got which I think is essentially what that Dutch guy was on about. 

There’s a difference in what a Dutchman thinks is defensive and what a Scotsman does 😁

[Tiger Shaw 30,676]

1 minute ago, magic8ball said:

He will go undefeated in Europe though 😉

Might make the Europa conference next season be drawn against the tarriers 🤣

[Hadron Collider 31,123]

It’s so nice to score first. 

[McEwan's Lager 30,672]

36 minutes ago, DBBTB said:

Being quick out the blocks has helped us massively too. Hopefully that’s something we carry on with because today and against Livingston we’ve basically won the game within 20 minutes.

Kind of reminds me of Liverpool’s side under Rodgers the year they came close to the title. Nearly all games they won they blitzed the opposition in the first 10 or 15.

[Prso's headband 35,669]

1 hour ago, Real Ranger said:

When SG left we were still top of the league by 4 points, in the cup semi final and 1 victory from the knockout stages of the Europa league.
Sure the players haven’t performed to the same standards but also no one was saying last season Gerrard prevented the players from from expressing themselves, he actively encouraged it and in March we all thought Gerrard and his staff were heroes that we hoped would be here for years to come.

He did mention his frustration that he hadn’t been given a transfer budget that he felt was needed to keep the team progressing. This may have made his decision to head back to the mega rich EPL a bit easier. 

Like every supporter I hope the return to form continues and Gio will continue to keep us at the top but SG deserves great credit for what he achieved in his time. He got Rangers back to where we belong.

He wanted a transfer budget to spend on Kevin Nisbet lol. To go in that much of a huff you stink the whole place out is a mark of the man who is media trained out his banger. Not one word he said do I believe 

He was backed to the tune of £30m, one league title was the absolute minimum requirement.

[don logan 8,077]

We were top of the league when Gerrard left and in good shape. We never sacked him, he fucked off.  Gio has came in and gave us impetus. We're in a better place now.

[eskbankloyal 19,446]

2 hours ago, McEwan's Lager said:

A lot of it down to a new manager who wants to be here but tactically players have much more of an ability to express themselves. Gerrard’s system was far too over complicated imo.

Bodies in the box, players running beyond the striker. 

Gerrard’s system was great for games such as OFs & in Europe hence getting a lot of success in it but it was far too cautious for run of the mill SPFL games.