*****Official Rangers v Motherwell Match Thread *****

[ElBufalo20 7,907]

18 minutes ago, ForeverAndEver said:

I like not going into games against them confident, every time I do we seem to get pumped

We’ve one 4 on the bounce yet no one is confident. I thought we’d get a bit of energy , confidence after the sheep game but the last 2 performances have been poor.

Hopefully the team surprises everyone on Monday.

No one’s even made a match thread yet for Monday cos we all seem to be dreading it!

[BlueKnight87 17,313]

4 hours ago, Swagger said:

Think you’re right - there’s too much shite to move on and get off the wage bill before we will add. 
The board will be banking on a cup win to tide us over till the summer - if the leagues not gone already there’s a high chance it will be on Mon. 
I reckon Jack will get a new deal. Fuck knows how though he is absolutely rotten 

Jack should be no where near a new deal. If he's resigned it's to fill the Scottish trained quota. 

He's missed tons of game time due to injuries and no chance he won't break down again. 

 

[hawkfalcons 2,306]

30 minutes ago, BlueKnight87 said:

Jack should be no where near a new deal. If he's resigned it's to fill the Scottish trained quota. 

He's missed tons of game time due to injuries and no chance he won't break down again. 

 

Couldn't agree more 

[BLUEDIGNITY 33,658]

If we can get a 3-0 and three points out of that performance I have great hope now for Monday. Ever the Optimist Loyal. 

[Ross-Gazza genius 1,908]

37 minutes ago, hawkfalcons said:

Couldn't agree more 

 

1 hour ago, BlueKnight87 said:

Jack should be no where near a new deal. If he's resigned it's to fill the Scottish trained quota. 

He's missed tons of game time due to injuries and no chance he won't break down again. 

 

Jack's recent performances have been terrible and he looks finished tbh, his legs look gone. 

[ayrshireranger 8,153]

As others have said, they looked slow and unsure first 20m vs Hibs. Get at them early. 

[J-Maestro 11,180]

9 hours ago, Jimbeamjunior said:

Same can be said of the opposite end though mate, theres an element of the support that will do whatever it takes to defend the players no matter what, 

Everyone knows my opinion on most of these players, they have a shocking mental attitude that isnt whats needed for us, they have shown it under 2 managers now so far and looking like a 3rd, they have flashes of brilliance and have shown they have ability in abundance, but when ability isnt enough and a shit load of heart, dig, fight or whatever is needed, a lot of them hide

Take kent for example, under gerrard he was excused because he was being doubled up when he came inside as a number ten, fair enough, then when gio takes over and puts kent 1v1 out wide the excuses then are that he is better coming inside as theres less space to take a man on out on the wing, 

Now he's a number 10 again and playing poorly and highly inconsistent it'll no doubt be back to him not being a natural number ten 

When in reality he's just not that good a player consistently for us, 

You’ve got people writing off Beale already, even when he’s not been happy with the performances. 

[Jimfanciesthedude 24,594]

43 minutes ago, J-Maestro said:

You’ve got people writing off Beale already, even when he’s not been happy with the performances. 

He didnt help himself when his first interview he claimed we had a squad of winners, the majority of whom have won two trophies while watching the tarriers win 8, theres then talk of new deals for jack, kent etc, guys who have offered fuck all really this season

And while we still have injuries etc, him not being happy with performances while continuing with the same players and set up is going to wear thin soon, as it did with gio, 

[The Godfather 72,027]

4 minutes ago, Jimbeamjunior said:

He didnt help himself when his first interview he claimed we had a squad of winners, the majority of whom have won two trophies while watching the tarriers win 8, theres then talk of new deals for jack, kent etc, guys who have offered fuck all really this season

And while we still have injuries etc, him not being happy with performances while continuing with the same players and set up is going to wear thin soon, as it did with gio, 

Will need to see what players he is allowed to bring in during the next 2 windows. 

He will know the likes of Sands and Matondo offer fuck all. 

He can't really change much when we have about 5 or 6 players out injured who would otherwise be used. He has changed things a bit to be fair but the players we have in reserve are just as useless as those starting.

We were never going to suddenly become a brilliant football side 4 games into his reign. 

[Jamie0202 12,364]

1 hour ago, ayrshireranger said:

As others have said, they looked slow and unsure first 20m vs Hibs. Get at them early. 

Have others actually said this? Who the fuck was watching them at the same time we were on? 

[Jimfanciesthedude 24,594]

8 minutes ago, The Godfather said:

Will need to see what players he is allowed to bring in during the next 2 windows. 

He will know the likes of Sands and Matondo offer fuck all. 

He can't really change much when we have about 5 or 6 players out injured who would otherwise be used. He has changed things a bit to be fair but the players we have in reserve are just as useless as those starting.

We were never going to suddenly become a brilliant football side 4 games into his reign. 

I agree, but like his last time here, its plan A and nowt else, maybe thats down to personnel available 

Biggest issue is that its the same players who were letting gerrard down, let down gio and havent improved one bit under beale so far, 

[ayrshireranger 8,153]

4 minutes ago, Jamie0202 said:

Have others actually said this? Who the fuck was watching them at the same time we were on? 

One or two on RM. As for me, I watched the Sky highlights when I got home until goal no 2. Def first 20m, Hibs came out the traps and actually scored, albeit offside. celtic looked a bit ropey. 

[J-Maestro 11,180]

53 minutes ago, Jimbeamjunior said:

He didnt help himself when his first interview he claimed we had a squad of winners, the majority of whom have won two trophies while watching the tarriers win 8, theres then talk of new deals for jack, kent etc, guys who have offered fuck all really this season

And while we still have injuries etc, him not being happy with performances while continuing with the same players and set up is going to wear thin soon, as it did with gio, 

What’s he meant to do though? He can’t change the players until we get to the Summer? Play the U-18s and get mauled of St Mirren?

Gio fucked the teams fitness and that’s on him, the work done in pre-season is irreplaceable and you see it time and time again when players miss pre-season through injury. We look like we’ve got a whole team that’s missed it.

[Jimfanciesthedude 24,594]

19 minutes ago, J-Maestro said:

What’s he meant to do though? He can’t change the players until we get to the Summer? Play the U-18s and get mauled of St Mirren?

Gio fucked the teams fitness and that’s on him, the work done in pre-season is irreplaceable and you see it time and time again when players miss pre-season through injury. We look like we’ve got a whole team that’s missed it.

In what way did gio fuck the teams fitness?until livi at home we had only dropped 5 points and 2 of them were down to shambolic refereeing, 

Dont mistake lack of effort for lack of fitness, the players were fit enough to run their bollocks off away to psv to qualify for the CL, 

As for him changing the players, cant he try changing the system, we have a midfield struggling with injury (if you believe that lundstram is carrying one) and fitness (jack) so we play a system that requires them to cover more ground to fill in for our marauding fullbacks, one of whom is either unfit/injured/got the flu (delete as applicable), thats fucking madness

[J-Maestro 11,180]

12 minutes ago, Jimbeamjunior said:

In what way did gio fuck the teams fitness?until livi at home we had only dropped 5 points and 2 of them were down to shambolic refereeing, 

Dont mistake lack of effort for lack of fitness, the players were fit enough to run their bollocks off away to psv to qualify for the CL, 

As for him changing the players, cant he try changing the system, we have a midfield struggling with injury (if you believe that lundstram is carrying one) and fitness (jack) so we play a system that requires them to cover more ground to fill in for our marauding fullbacks, one of whom is either unfit/injured/got the flu (delete as applicable), thats fucking madness

We’ve looked off the pace and unfit from Day 1. It’s pretty clear with that and all the injury issues that there’s been big problems there.

Why would you play a different system than what the manager wants to implement? This is their audition to see if they have a part to play in this Rangers team just like Beale said. 

[Roy Hobbs 2,179]

12 minutes ago, Jimbeamjunior said:

In what way did gio fuck the teams fitness?until livi at home we had only dropped 5 points and 2 of them were down to shambolic refereeing, 

Dont mistake lack of effort for lack of fitness, the players were fit enough to run their bollocks off away to psv to qualify for the CL, 

As for him changing the players, cant he try changing the system, we have a midfield struggling with injury (if you believe that lundstram is carrying one) and fitness (jack) so we play a system that requires them to cover more ground to fill in for our marauding fullbacks, one of whom is either unfit/injured/got the flu (delete as applicable), thats fucking madness

If being able to play 90 minutes in August is the level we should be looking to fitness wise, then we're fucked.

[Jimfanciesthedude 24,594]

1 hour ago, J-Maestro said:

We’ve looked off the pace and unfit from Day 1. It’s pretty clear with that and all the injury issues that there’s been big problems there.

Why would you play a different system than what the manager wants to implement? This is their audition to see if they have a part to play in this Rangers team just like Beale said. 

Surely if we dont have the players to play a certain system you try something else, why try to put square pegs in round holes, why not put square pegs in square holes

As for off the pace and unfit from day one, how does that explain qualifying for the CL with good results against PSV and having better results than last season until end of October? 

[OrangeRab 2,775]

Come off it. We were not a fit team under Gio. Ajax out ran us by about 8km. Not a single player has looked at their peak fitness this season. Barisic was mocked at the World Cup for his levels. 

[Swagger 8,119]

7 hours ago, BlueKnight87 said:

Jack should be no where near a new deal. If he's resigned it's to fill the Scottish trained quota. 

He's missed tons of game time due to injuries and no chance he won't break down again. 

 

All this and the fact he looks completely done. 
Wont surprise me though if our lazy club award him a new deal 

[threshold 141]

Whats the general consensus, how did we play?? How was young Lowry??

[graeme_4 34,617]

57 minutes ago, threshold said:

Whats the general consensus, how did we play?? How was young Lowry??

Poor.

Lowry was ok but gave the ball away a lot. A player in there, but not the answer to all our problems some think he is. 

[threshold 141]

2 hours ago, graeme_4 said:

Poor.

Lowry was ok but gave the ball away a lot. A player in there, but not the answer to all our problems some think he is. 

3 nil and we were still playing poor?

 

By the scoreline looks like we played well, we have won all our matches under beale however most of them haven't looked convincing in my opinion.

 

 

[graeme_4 34,617]

20 minutes ago, threshold said:

3 nil and we were still playing poor?

 

By the scoreline looks like we played well, we have won all our matches under beale however most of them haven't looked convincing in my opinion.

 

 

They had a two or three really good chances, and a goal disallowed. We were very slack and laboured again. Deserved the win, but was a poor performance by most individuals and collectively.