Gio Discussion Thread

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50 minutes ago, MattyBlue said:

 

I’d rather see a player do the tricks in training. It lightens the mood among the players. The serious shit is in real games. 

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40 minutes ago, MattyBlue said:

Somewhat agree, think the coaching might have killed his creativity and flare nonetheless 

His best games came under this coaching

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43 minutes ago, .Williamson. said:

Was shite well before that. Kent was never capable of trickery to begin with, he has always just done a couple of step overs or cut back on himself before mostly doing nothing with the ball 

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1 minute ago, Laudrupsleftfoot said:

No interest in arguing with you about it mate, I’ve always thought he was mad overrated. He’s our best wide option when he’s in form but he’s rarely consistent and he’s been well off it for ages now.

I stand by the trickery point I made aswell, he’s never actually been about that at all, other than the step overs he loves to throw in. 

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Just now, .Williamson. said:

No interest in arguing with you about it mate, I’ve always thought he was mad overrated. He’s our best wide option when he’s in form but he’s rarely consistent and he’s been well off it for ages now.

I stand by the trickery point I made aswell, he’s never actually been about that at all, other than the step overs he loves to throw in. 

Mate just watch that video someone posted in the thread about him. Mad you can say this.

That step over too is unplayable when he gets it right, you're talking about it as if it's Antony's spin that does fuck all.

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9 minutes ago, bluenoz said:

Your comments are all valid, especially injuries.

But it is our style of play, a seeming lack of interest and effort from the players and Gio's negative comments that are the issues. Not to mention losing nine times this season, eight of them by two goals or more. Not many managers survive that.

I agree and on Sunday thought he sounded like a man who was about to throw the towel in. I honestly thought his time was up. The piss poor form started with the heavy defeat against celtic and then our champions league campaign has been disastrous.To top it all, lowly opposition Livi and St Johnstone took points off us.

But going back again to last season’s European run,  Gio showed with good players available he’s more than capable of getting great results with a team playing entertaining attacking football and he also demonstrated he was capable of changing tactics to counter other teams.

 

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1 hour ago, MattyBlue said:

The look on Kent’s face then! Lucky he never see Nathan Oduwa 

 

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The fact the scum scudded us then he set us up and didn’t learn for the exact same thing again to happen should have been curtains for him.He then let’s us get fucked all over Europe with his poor tactics and setup.

There is no chance we will ever change under him and his coaching team.The players look scunnered

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37 minutes ago, Laudrupsleftfoot said:

Mate just watch that video someone posted in the thread about him. Mad you can say this.

That step over too is unplayable when he gets it right, you're talking about it as if it's Antony's spin that does fuck all.

He's got it right about 3 times in 3 seasons.

He's pish

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53 minutes ago, Laudrupsleftfoot said:

Mate just watch that video someone posted in the thread about him. Mad you can say this.

That step over too is unplayable when he gets it right, you're talking about it as if it's Antony's spin that does fuck all.

I don’t need to watch a video of him, I have watched every game he has played for us this season and he has been well below par. He runs into a man more often than not when he does those step overs lately 

Have wanted him to come good for the longest time this season, but it’s at a stage now you’re wasting your time trying to defend him mate, it’s just not happening with him 

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21 minutes ago, .Williamson. said:

I don’t need to watch a video of him, I have watched every game he has played for us this season and he has been well below par. He runs into a man more often than not when he does those step overs lately 

Have wanted him to come good for the longest time this season, but it’s at a stage now you’re wasting your time trying to defend him mate, it’s just not happening with him 

Hopefully he'll find his form when we appoint a new manager. 

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https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/23110947.rangers-manager-brands-brian-laudrup-comments-stupid/

Giovanni van Bronckhorst has hit back at Brian Laudrup and branded comments from the Rangers legend as ‘stupid’ following criticism this week.

We’re really just waiting for the inevitable, aren’t we?

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1 minute ago, The FF Snitch said:

https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/23110947.Rangers-manager-brands-brian-laudrup-comments-stupid/

Giovanni van Bronckhorst has hit back at Brian Laudrup and branded comments from the Rangers legend as ‘stupid’ following criticism this week.

We’re really just waiting for the inevitable, aren’t we?

Brian Laudrup was spot on, he was also a better footballer 👍

[bluenoz 32,491]

Too many players are out of form at the same time - Kent, Kamara, Morelos, Lundstarm, Tavernier and now young Lowry.

The training methods must be all wrong and the players are not buying into them for this to happen.

The shite summer signings and the injuries play a role.

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12 minutes ago, superallysbears said:

Brian Laudrup was spot on, he was also a better footballer 👍

He was a forward, Gio was a left-back, there's no comparison

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18 minutes ago, The FF Snitch said:

https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/23110947.rangers-manager-brands-brian-laudrup-comments-stupid/

Giovanni van Bronckhorst has hit back at Brian Laudrup and branded comments from the Rangers legend as ‘stupid’ following criticism this week.

We’re really just waiting for the inevitable, aren’t we?

Has felt like that for weeks 

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19 minutes ago, The FF Snitch said:

https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/23110947.Rangers-manager-brands-brian-laudrup-comments-stupid/

Giovanni van Bronckhorst has hit back at Brian Laudrup and branded comments from the Rangers legend as ‘stupid’ following criticism this week.

We’re really just waiting for the inevitable, aren’t we?

We are indeed.  It’s only a question of how long.

[NeoGeo7 11,284]

Gio has the look of a wet fish when things are going wrong during a game. He’s not ripping into the team.

That lack of passion and his infamous post match interview after the first ajax game put together show exactly why the team are regressing so much both individually and collectively, he doesn’t inspire anyone.

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5 minutes ago, psb07158 said:

He was a forward, Gio was a left-back, there's no comparison

In terms of ability there's no comparison.

That said Gios honking management doesn't take away from his playing days. Just like Ally 

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1 minute ago, psb07158 said:

He was a forward, Gio was a left-back, there's no comparison

Not trying to make comparisons, just saying it how it is.

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6 minutes ago, .Williamson. said:

Has felt like that for weeks 

It's felt like that since the glitter dome tbh, I personally felt then that he wouldn't see the season out.

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26 minutes ago, The FF Snitch said:

https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/23110947.Rangers-manager-brands-brian-laudrup-comments-stupid/

Giovanni van Bronckhorst has hit back at Brian Laudrup and branded comments from the Rangers legend as ‘stupid’ following criticism this week.

We’re really just waiting for the inevitable, aren’t we?

Has a whiff of popcorn teeth in his death throes at the paedos tbh. He’s fully in denial about how bad it is, has mates in the media defending him (Advocaat), and now he’s arguing with ex players via the media.  The guy is a fucking embarrassment. I honestly can’t stand him now. 

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16 minutes ago, psb07158 said:

He was a forward, Gio was a left-back, there's no comparison

Was a much better mifielder than a left back as well

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12 minutes ago, SPWF said:

Has a whiff of popcorn teeth in his death throes at the paedos tbh. He’s fully in denial about how bad it is, has mates in the media defending him (Advocaat), and now he’s arguing with ex players via the media.  The guy is a fucking embarrassment. I honestly can’t stand him now. 

It seems a lot of people are worried about this season going the same way as Lennon’s last, with their board letting him limp on to (nearly) the end of the season.

One big difference for me between that season and this one (and something which I think means Gio won’t see out the year) was the lack of fans, which meant that while their supporters showed a lot of anger and some actually turned up outside the stadium, their board could still fool themselves that it was just a lunatic fringe that were wanting him gone. When your own ground is full of actual season ticket holders who are consistently voicing their displeasure about the management team and doing it directly in front of you, that’s much harder to ignore and pretend it’s a minority.

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Too be honest we all love Gio ,we all wanted him to succeed because he is one of us.It’s true something’ stinks he has been  thrown under a bus transfer money wise but he has also done what happens to many managers and he dose t change things when they ain’t working ,leaves his subs too late tc.

The team fitness is beyond words,that’s not on the board or the players that’s down to the sport science team and trainers.

The fact we can’t even pass a ball to another player is also his coaching staff.

But then again as a man he has no bite or drive.He doesn’t have that wee bit of nastiness in him to make him ruthless.

I feel sorry in a way for him because his heart will be breaking knowing the show is over ,he has been greeting for sure and has he slept a wink?

In summary I think he just didn’t tick many boxes in what is required to be a modern Rangers Manager.

There will just never be another Walter Smith and that makes me greet because my heart breaks when I park my van behind Ibrox each day going to the office.