*****The Official Ajax v Rangers Match Thread*****

[TEFTONG 60,310]

28 minutes ago, DiamondDan said:

Thought you'd be too rough to post today after a celebrating all day yesterday.

 

[Laudrupsleftfoot 11,137]

Will be an interesting forum if we beat Ajax, particularly if the performance is excellent.

Wouldn't put it past us tbh.

[esquire8 43,089]

8 minutes ago, Laudrupsleftfoot said:

Will be an interesting forum if we beat Ajax, particularly if the performance is excellent.

Wouldn't put it past us tbh.

Euro Charlies will always turn up for them matches. 

[AGM_72 3,682]

7 minutes ago, Laudrupsleftfoot said:

Will be an interesting forum if we beat Ajax, particularly if the performance is excellent.

Wouldn't put it past us tbh.

I'll be happy, but very wary. A win in the CL could potentially allow us to sign a player (no laughing), it's a ridiculous amount of money, but the reality is I've got no faith that we're coming out of the next two away league games with maximum points - which is the bare minimum required.

[Laudrupsleftfoot 11,137]

1 minute ago, esquire8 said:

Euro Charlies will always turn up for them matches. 

You sound like you'd prefer if they didn't.

[.Williamson. 82,876]

1 minute ago, Laudrupsleftfoot said:

You sound like you'd prefer if they didn't.

He’s a mess. Loves to see things go poorly so he can stick the boot into the club a bit more 

[esquire8 43,089]

2 minutes ago, Laudrupsleftfoot said:

You sound like you'd prefer if they didn't.

European matches right now are treated like our bread and butter due to the finances that come with it. 

Getting far in European and getting pumped fae them in the meantime isn't a fucking great feeling.

[DiamondDan 2,386]

1 hour ago, Scottywellhousetb said:

You couldn't give a toss about your team playing in European footballs premier competition where the exposure enhances your clubs reputation and earns them millions of pounds in revenue that we could only have dreamed about 5/6 years ago? Ok then, can't wait for our next victory in the league cup against Dundee, cos domestically that's where its all happening, fucking hell. 

Europe is the equivalent of a nice wee quarterly bonus to boost your annual salary.

If your annual salary drops to substandard levels then the additional bonus does not compensate for it.

At the end of the day football is a sport. It's about winning trophies and pride, not how a balance sheet looks. And right now we are being utterly humiliated by Celtic. Nothing in Europe, other than winning the tournament can make up for that.

[G.E.C. 18,871]

We’ll win the whole thing IMO.

[RockwellGers 14,736]

Hopeful that this game can make me like football again. Still numb 

[JackAlex93 11,457]

Still hurting after yesterday's game but come kick off against Ajax on Wednesday I will be raring to go.

[Orange and Blue 1,173]

Hope to fuck we go on a run like we did last season in Europe(and the league) like we did last season after our 3-0 defeat th the smelly cunts. Hope the defeat to them the other day was a kick up the ass we needed. 

[HG5 11,222]

4 hours ago, Scottywellhousetb said:

You couldn't give a toss about your team playing in European footballs premier competition where the exposure enhances your clubs reputation and earns them millions of pounds in revenue that we could only have dreamed about 5/6 years ago? Ok then, can't wait for our next victory in the league cup against Dundee, cos domestically that's where its all happening, fucking hell. 

To be fair, we’d maybe best wait on the results before we make any claims about enhancing the clubs reputation, but the rest of your post is valid!

[6superbarry6 14,197]

9 hours ago, Laudrupsleftfoot said:

Will be an interesting forum if we beat Ajax, particularly if the performance is excellent.

Wouldn't put it past us tbh.

We’ve probably more chance of winning in the Amsterdam Arena than Pittodrie tbh. 

[Gaffbear 4,100]

Wouldn't surprise me if we get a result on Wednesday. Gio' s team is set out for Europe.  

[plymouthranger 3,897]

9 hours ago, DiamondDan said:

Europe is the equivalent of a nice wee quarterly bonus to boost your annual salary.

If your annual salary drops to substandard levels then the additional bonus does not compensate for it.

At the end of the day football is a sport. It's about winning trophies and pride, not how a balance sheet looks. And right now we are being utterly humiliated by celtic. Nothing in Europe, other than winning the tournament can make up for that.

Whilst I get your point, the problem for us is that financially, domestic football is a job that pays less than minimum wage and European football is the commission which is worth 5-10x the basic wage. 
 

We need to find a balance between being competitive in Europe and in the league, currently we’re waited too much towards Europe and it shows.
 

Managers such as Souness, Walter, Waddell have all found it difficult, Gio appears to be as well. 

[cr3_bear 14,906]

10 hours ago, Laudrupsleftfoot said:

Will be an interesting forum if we beat Ajax, particularly if the performance is excellent.

Wouldn't put it past us tbh.

Can more than see us getting a decent result on Wed only to make a dugs dinner of Pittodrie on Saturday 

Rangers doing Rangers things 

[graeme_4 34,787]

I think we’ll get skelped on Wednesday the more I think about it. 

[ayro 3,044]

          McLaughlin

Tav Goldson Sands Barisic

       Jack Lundstram

           Tillman

  Wright Colak Kent

Sorely tempted to drop a few but that makes them a scapegoat for the weekend and due to them all being shit that would be unfair.

1-1 with Alfie getting the goal from the bench.

[OrangeRab 2,848]

Got to imagine Ajax will try play similar to celtic. 
 

Let’s hope Gio and the players have learned a few things

[graeme_4 34,787]

34 minutes ago, ayro said:

          McLaughlin

Tav Goldson Sands Barisic

       Jack Lundstram

           Tillman

  Wright Colak Kent

Sorely tempted to drop a few but that makes them a scapegoat for the weekend and due to them all being shit that would be unfair.

1-1 with Alfie getting the goal from the bench.

Be interesting to see if Gio sticks with McLaughlin or not. 

[King Jela 20,529]

Only Rangers can kill the excitement going into this with the ticket prices, no more signings and then Saturday. 

Anyway, 3-2 Rangers. McLaughlin hattrick. 

[ayro 3,044]

1 minute ago, graeme_4 said:

Be interesting to see if Gio sticks with McLaughlin or not. 

I think he has to for Wednesday and possibly the weekend, if he bins him he makes him the scapegoat for the weekend.

If McGregor comes in and makes a few mistakes does he get binned and we are on to McCrorie?

It’s a clusterfuck situation as imo as soon as McGregor signed the new deal he should have stayed number 1 as he is a better GK based on what he has done, the problem with McLaughlin is he looked good in small sample sizes.

Are any of them good enough to be the current Rangers No.1, that’s probably the bigger question now.

[cr3_bear 14,906]

2 minutes ago, King Jela said:

Only Rangers can kill the excitement going into this with the ticket prices, no more signings and then Saturday. 

 

It should be a massive occasion. The club’s official return to the biggest stage in club football . But you are spot on just has a really underwhelming feeling to it all just now . Hopefully get myself more up for it as kick off gets closer 

[ForeverAndEver 71,752]

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