*****The Official Rangers v Aberdeen Match Thread*****

[ger4life_1872 29,818]

18 minutes ago, bluenoz said:

Barring a few nice touches, Ridvan & Matondo are not the answer.

Morelos will be lucky if he is still playing football at 30, but Beale's comments were tasteless even if they were true. He should have kept them to himself.

Raskin to Chelsea? Not on what I'm watching. I still think he will be good with a proper pre-season.

Hagi was decent, but not great.

McCrorie's saves were fairly routine but deserves to start next week.

Guy has shit all over us but nobody should say anything about it 

[The Specky Forum Organiser 66,215]

3 minutes ago, ger4life_1872 said:

Guy has shit all over us but nobody should say anything about it 

Think he got off lightly tbh

[The Specky Forum Organiser 66,215]

7 minutes ago, ForeverAndEver said:

Wasn’t happy that shite like Wright and Arfield are still getting games ahead of Lowry, Kamara too.

McCrorie done well again, should’ve been in before now. Lundstram found a bit of form the last couple of weeks.

Goal was superb.

Think at this stage we need to accept it's unlikely that Lowry is going to be the player we want him to be

[B1872 21,082]

1 minute ago, The Specky Non Liar - Sometimes said:

Think he got off lightly tbh

Beale actually said the players got off lightly in terms of the abuse from crowd. 

[AberfeldyBlue 1,657]

16 minutes ago, BlueAvenger said:

Another poor performance as expected. McCrorie played well and Cantwell scored a great goal.  Matondo Hagi Sakala were fuckin rotten. Raskin was disappointing. I’m still not convinced by any of our new signings 

Hagi played his best game as he returns to match fitness and Matondo was not rotten

 

away and take your iphone to watch man city and post on Instagram 

[The Specky Forum Organiser 66,215]

4 minutes ago, AberfeldyBlue said:

Hagi played his best game as he returns to match fitness and Matondo was not rotten

 

away and take your iphone to watch man city and post on Instagram 

The fuck does this mean  

[CoplandRoad83 3,372]

Chronic as ever in final third.  Cantwell best player, McCrorie showing again he should have had more minutes this season, Ridvan and Lundstram decent, Scott Wright bright enough when he came on. Hagi made some good runs to find space but our passing was so slow and no-one spotted him free.

Hard to fathom that we spent 7 million pounds on Matondo and Ben Davies. 

[B1872 21,082]

Just now, CoplandRoad83 said:

Chronic as ever in final third.  Cantwell best player, Ridvan and Lundstram decent, Scott Wright bright enough when he came on. Hagi made some good runs to find space but our passing was so slow and no-one spotted him free.

Hard to fathom that we spent 7 million pounds on Matondo and Ben Davies. 

Just remembered Davies getting done for the sheep’s best chance in the first half, absolutely horrific.

[B1872 21,082]

14 minutes ago, AberfeldyBlue said:

Hagi played his best game as he returns to match fitness and Matondo was not rotten

 

away and take your iphone to watch man city and post on Instagram 

If you honestly think Matondo is good enough on that performance today then god help us.

[shaka 1,721]

28 minutes ago, B1872 said:

Thought McCrorie was calm and controlled his box perfectly. His performance was summed up right at the end when he came for that ball over the top. You just know McGregor doesn’t come for that and it’s panic stations.

Also proved wrong everyone who said we'll be much worse by playing him.  We really need to get over this belief that playing our own youth players will make us a weaker team.

Surely no one still believes that bringing on a youth player instead of Morelos would've made us worse for example or bringing on a youth player instead of Arfield would've seen us losing.

[CoplandRoad83 3,372]

Just now, B1872 said:

Just remembered Davies getting done for the sheep’s best chance in the first half, absolutely horrific.

was brutal

[stuart1994 4,417]

Might be in the minority but I thought Matondo was decent. 

[shaka 1,721]

1 minute ago, stuart1994 said:

Might be in the minority but I thought Matondo was decent. 

I thought he was OK as well.  Would've looked better if he had a forward there to get on the end of his crosses and cut backs.

[left winger 14,630]

Just now, stuart1994 said:

Might be in the minority but I thought Matondo was decent. 

He was. He got brushed off the ball a bit easily a couple of times,  but once he gets a yard he can create some good chances.

[The Specky Forum Organiser 66,215]

Thought he was better than in his performances earlier in the season but don't think he was 'decent'

[Jimfanciesthedude 24,958]

15 minutes ago, B1872 said:

Just remembered Davies getting done for the sheep’s best chance in the first half, absolutely horrific.

Wouldnt even have put all that on davies, we lost the ball in the middle of the park and left ourselves badly exposed as per usual

[Jimfanciesthedude 24,958]

6 minutes ago, left winger said:

He was. He got brushed off the ball a bit easily a couple of times,  but once he gets a yard he can create some good chances.

Doesn't help that we get absolutely no support up the park for our front men, there was one moment in the first half where yilmaz burst forward, he faced off against 6 red shirts and had one blue shirt up in support, the rest didnt bother their arses

This whole raskin and Lundstram sitting nonsense needs fucking binned, the two of them in the first half just got in each others way, and that isn't a dig at them, its the fucking system beale plays

[B1872 21,082]

1 minute ago, Jimbeamjunior said:

Doesn't help that we get absolutely no support up the park for our front men, there was one moment in the first half where yilmaz burst forward, he faced off against 6 red shirts and had one blue shirt up in support, the rest didnt bother their arses

This whole raskin and Lundstram sitting nonsense needs fucking binned, the two of them in the first half just got in each others way, and that isn't a dig at them, its the fucking system beale plays

We are so slow and static it’s frightening. Youth and energy is what we are crying out for. Preferably without a dodgy injury history also.

[FlippinEck 3,737]

Slated that Duk who lived up to his reputation as the worst ball retainer in the league. Lost it 8 or 9 times in the first 22 minutes then I stopped counting. But he was an outball, a threat and should have had a goal. Personally think he flatters to deceive.

[ritchieshearercaldow 22,242]

Missed the whole match day thread, just as well the game was crap as usual 

[ZZed 4,510]

 

[Prso's headband 35,928]

Hopefully closes the Duk door. Poor finishing. 

McCrorie good enough for back up. 
 

Matondo and Hagi were awful, not for lack of trying but it was really painful to watch. 
 

Cantwell was great, enjoyed watching him buzz about the park. 
 

Rest were what you expect. Didn’t think Yilmaz was any great shakes either, looks like he’d rather be anywhere else than here. 

[ayro 3,152]

Positives McCrorie, Yilmaz and Cantwell all had decent games and contributed to a solid win. Wright had a decent cameo.

Negative didn’t look like scoring as the front options were poor, still too slow and deliberate in build up play.

Fuck spending any money on Duk, he’s no better than Sakala or Matondo.

[BlueVanguard 7,046]

Poor game today but was really happy with McCrorie and Cantwell 

Cantwell shows a bit of dig and attitude and I fucking love it. 

[Smell the hotdog 4,052]

Surprised at lack of Yilmaz praise thought he was up there behind cantwell and McCrorie.

 

Like the positions he takes up inside the park, gives us a different option to both full backs getting high and wide.