G13 3,038 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 9 hours ago, johanvanhentze said: Is this the Golden Age of European football for Rangers? We have gotten further in the past, but in the modern era of football, we have beaten some very good teams, with far superior resources, with convincing performances. What are yoiur thoughts? This is the modern age and we're doing very well, the stuff of yesterday bears zero influence over us, anyone who says any different is a fenian bastard Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TamCoopz 19,605 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 1 minute ago, G13 said: This is the modern age and we're doing very well, the stuff of yesterday bears zero influence over us, anyone who says any different is a fenian bastard Being honest I’ll fight you in a bush right now Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Williamson. 82,391 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Nah, not for me. If we won the tournament then aye possibly, but the last 16 of the Europa league for a few seasons isn’t exactly “golden age” material TheFamousPigeon 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiamondDan 2,386 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 6 hours ago, GOAT said: No this is Rangers doing what they should always be doing. But they don't do it, history shows us that. So that's what makes it a golden age, its stands out way over and above the usual catalogue of embarrassments we usually get in Europe, this is a peak a much longer trough will inevitably follow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGM_72 3,643 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Our most consistent era, but not a golden era for me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElBufalo20 7,902 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 How can it be a golden era when we got put out in thr Champions League qualifiers this season. We’ve been excellent in the Europa however you can’t compare to Advocaat and Smith teams in the late 90s/00s who didn’t get the safety net of another competition. If 3rd place teams dropped down in the Advocaat era especially the year with Bayern and Valencia there is no doubting we’d have made the latter stages regularly and potentially won it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G13 3,038 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 5 hours ago, TamCoopz said: Being honest I’ll fight you in a bush right now phone box TamCoopz 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiamondDan 2,386 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 2 minutes ago, ElBufalo20 said: How can it be a golden era when we got put out in thr Champions League qualifiers this season. We’ve been excellent in the Europa however you can’t compare to Advocaat and Smith teams in the late 90s/00s who didn’t get the safety net of another competition. If 3rd place teams dropped down in the Advocaat era especially the year with Bayern and Valencia there is no doubting we’d have made the latter stages regularly and potentially won it. Fair point, but in terms of the fan experience it's a golden era. Consistently competing and beating top sides, progressing from group stages has been extremely rare to see. Regardless of the reason. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIRB_72 4,001 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 45 minutes ago, ElBufalo20 said: How can it be a golden era when we got put out in thr Champions League qualifiers this season. We’ve been excellent in the Europa however you can’t compare to Advocaat and Smith teams in the late 90s/00s who didn’t get the safety net of another competition. If 3rd place teams dropped down in the Advocaat era especially the year with Bayern and Valencia there is no doubting we’d have made the latter stages regularly and potentially won it. We did have the safety net though from about 97 onwards. After losing to Gothenburg we got papped out the UEFA Cup by Strasbourg. In 2000 we dropped down into the UEFA Cup from the group you mentioned and lost to immeadiately to Dortmund in the last 32, same the season after with Kaiserlautern and the year after that when Fenerbache knocked us out the CL qualifiers. plymouthranger 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmcf 34,263 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 13 hours ago, ForeverAndEver said: Fucked Forrest off after Berwick, Willoughby was in great form iirc, and played Hynd who wasn’t a striker because he scored a few in the reserves We certainly shot ourselves in the foot there . When you look at the stats Jim Forrest ( 83 goals , 105 apps ) and George McLean ( 49 goals , 69 apps ) were the two blamed for the Berwick defeat and never played for Rangers again , which , as you said , left us short up front for the ECWC final Garnock Blue and ForeverAndEver 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenoz 30,902 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 This season is starting to mirror 2008. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thermopylae 15,286 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 I think it is a golden age for us in Europe although for example during the Walter years it was the champions league and so tougher opposition Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cr3_bear 14,876 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 2 hours ago, bluenoz said: This season is starting to mirror 2008. I’m not really sure . I was always confident that the 2008 team was going to deliver the title . The congestion at the end played a huge part unfortunately . Without Europe that team would have delivered the title at a bit of a canter in my opinion. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leftpegcoopz11 4,764 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 The next leg will be tough as fuck but I still expect us to score over there. Kent and Morelos are a different animal in Europe, it totally suits their style of play. Game at a time and see how we get on is the best way to go tbh. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOAT 30,449 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 10 hours ago, DiamondDan said: But they don't do it, history shows us that. So that's what makes it a golden age, its stands out way over and above the usual catalogue of embarrassments we usually get in Europe, this is a peak a much longer trough will inevitably follow. That says more about the teams of the past than this one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzalivesforever 1,987 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Might be tempting fate but I booked flights to seville this morning 🤣. Fly out Tuesday fly back Thursday. Stop off at Gatwick both ways. £160 return. Got a pal that stays in Los Remedios. Accommodation sorted. No told her yet 🤣 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leftpegcoopz11 4,764 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 23 minutes ago, GOAT said: That says more about the teams of the past than this one. What does it say about them? The 92/93 team that basically got to the semis of the CL, the spine of that team achieved alot domestically over a number of years, surely they weren't shite then. Recently we've done been better consistently in Europe though. Its how it all measures up I suppose. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZZed 4,510 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 I think we need to be getting into finals in Europe consistently over the next few years to make it a golden age. If you had only knew Rangers over the last 20 years, you can point to the odd year where we go deep in a tournament but this is the first period of consistently getting past Decemeber every year for the last 3/4 years. So, not a golden age but it has the potiential to become one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOAT 30,449 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 16 minutes ago, Leftpegcoopz11 said: What does it say about them? The 92/93 team that basically got to the semis of the CL, the spine of that team achieved alot domestically over a number of years, surely they weren't shite then. Recently we've done been better consistently in Europe though. Its how it all measures up I suppose. Don’t get why you mentioned that team? anyway, minimum expectation for a rangers team is europe after Christmas. If that doesn’t happen, then it’s underachieving. Certainly not a hard task to ask for either finish second in a Europa league group stage or finish third in the CL. Minimum expectation level reached. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leftpegcoopz11 4,764 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 1 hour ago, GOAT said: Don’t get why you mentioned that team? Do you not!? Like I've said, alot of the members of that team/squad were mainstays of our achieving 9 in a row, a very successful period in our history. So based on your previous comment, "what does that say about them?" Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Shaw 30,521 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 2 hours ago, Leftpegcoopz11 said: Do you not!? Like I've said, alot of the members of that team/squad were mainstays of our achieving 9 in a row, a very successful period in our history. So based on your previous comment, "what does that say about them?" Apart from maybe one season the 9 in a row team underachieved in Europe Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leftpegcoopz11 4,764 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 10 minutes ago, Tiger Shaw said: Apart from maybe one season the 9 in a row team underachieved in Europe I know that, that's not the point based on his comment. Does that mean they were shite then? We never done particularly well in Europe bar that year (92/93)then Manchester, doesn't mean we write they teams off. The Rangers team recently havent performed as consistently in cups/the league but have been very consistent in Europe, within reason. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Shaw 30,521 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 15 minutes ago, Leftpegcoopz11 said: I know that, that's not the point based on his comment. Does that mean they were shite then? We never done particularly well in Europe bar that year (92/93)then Manchester, doesn't mean we write they teams off. The Rangers team recently havent performed as consistently in cups/the league but have been very consistent in Europe, within reason. Who said they were shite? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanVeenRangers 2,537 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Our expectations are so high now that it'll be shite when we eventually dont qualify for the groups one year. Even on Thursday 3-0 up any slack passes were still getting shouts of.... you're fucking shite/fuck sake/ 😄 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leftpegcoopz11 4,764 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 43 minutes ago, Tiger Shaw said: Who said they were shite? No one, but what does it say about the teams of the past? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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