***** The Official Rangers v Other Mob Match Thread *****

[Jakes Pal 5,648]

13 minutes ago, Canabear said:

I dread to think what would've happened if he had missed that.

Exactly what I was thinking, see above.

[OrangeRab 2,875]

20 minutes ago, Jakes Pal said:

Thought that he had missed it at first, had he done so who knows what might have happened, they could have took a boost and some doubts may have crept into our lads heads. As it was he managed to get it the right side of the post, and the rest, as they say, is history. 

Fashion may not be the greatest forward ever to play for us but he is developing the very nice habit of doing the business against Them.

Is he? He’s scored 1 in 6 against them this season. (And won 1 pen).

And missed a few sitters along the way. Thought he did ok and tried hard. But the game was won with the defence, set piece, the energy and quality from midfield and the press.

Our front 3 were bang average if we’re being honest 

[Jakes Pal 5,648]

5 minutes ago, OrangeRab said:

Is he? He’s scored 1 in 6 against them this season. (And won 1 pen).

And missed a few sitters along the way. Thought he did ok and tried hard. But the game was won with the defence, set piece, the energy and quality from midfield and the press.

Our front 3 were bang average if we’re being honest 

Cold hard stats are fine, however, it just seems to me that for some reason, that mhob do not like it when he is on the pitch. Perhaps it is simply down to his pace that they obviously cannot handle. The first game at Ibrox that we should bitterly regret not seeing out to the win, he was dragging Them all over the place. As someone said above, imagine if he had the quality to go with the pace.

[KingKirk 25,763]

10 minutes ago, Lord Lockin said:

Just watched the highlights on Rangers TV and Kevin Thomson said when Sakala went round Hart I was praying he didn't hit the post, must have been as worried as 50 thousand at Ibrox.

He just snuck it in the front post tbf😂 I thought he missed when he hit it

[Broxi 11,562]

Lack of mention of Lundstram anywhere feels agenda driven.

Two excellent games in a row against them now. Him and Cantwell were head and shoulders above in the semi final and another very good performance yesterday too. 

[RossS1873 1,685]

17 minutes ago, Broxi said:

Lack of mention of Lundstram anywhere feels agenda driven.

Two excellent games in a row against them now. Him and Cantwell were head and shoulders above in the semi final and another very good performance yesterday too. 

When he came out the tunnel he was jeering up the SJ stand, he looked right up for it and was excellent! He's much better when hes not playing in the double pivot and worked really well with Tavernier and Cantwell on the right hand side. he didn't look like he was towing a caravan but we need that more often. 

[OrangeRab 2,875]

27 minutes ago, Jakes Pal said:

Cold hard stats are fine, however, it just seems to me that for some reason, that mhob do not like it when he is on the pitch. Perhaps it is simply down to his pace that they obviously cannot handle. The first game at Ibrox that we should bitterly regret not seeing out to the win, he was dragging Them all over the place. As someone said above, imagine if he had the quality to go with the pace.

Yeh maybe. He was outstanding against Juranovic at Ibrox. But he replaced Taylor who went off injured and was playing out of position.

He’s not done enough in the other 5 matches that suggest they obviously can’t handle him. Few good runs here and there offset by some really poor crosses and finishing.

We need much better next season

 

[GersInCanada 7,775]

50/60 game season again coming up. I would be keeping Sakala as a squad player. Wright can go though. 

[Jakes Pal 5,648]

11 minutes ago, OrangeRab said:

We need much better next season

No argument on that score. A likeable wee Fella is Fashion, however nowhere near the standard that is required to restore us to domestic success and European competitiveness.

[PromDeAnglais 5,640]

1 hour ago, Broxi said:

Lack of mention of Lundstram anywhere feels agenda driven.

Two excellent games in a row against them now. Him and Cantwell were head and shoulders above in the semi final and another very good performance yesterday too. 

Not sure it's agenda as much as frustration. We all know he's got these performances in him, he needs to do it more often. Great performance yesterday.

[Lord Lockin 3,931]

1 hour ago, OrangeRab said:

Is he? He’s scored 1 in 6 against them this season. (And won 1 pen).

And missed a few sitters along the way. Thought he did ok and tried hard. But the game was won with the defence, set piece, the energy and quality from midfield and the press.

Our front 3 were bang average if we’re being honest 

Would you like to explain 

[Broxi 11,562]

3 minutes ago, PromDeAnglais said:

Not sure it's agenda as much as frustration. We all know he's got these performances in him, he needs to do it more often. Great performance yesterday.

Only fair he gets the credit when he does play well if he gets the criticism when he doesn't 

[NorthernLights 2,526]

35 minutes ago, GersInCanada said:

50/60 game season again coming up. I would be keeping Sakala as a squad player. Wright can go though. 

Think Wright will be moved on. Doesn’t look as if he’s part of the plans at all 

[ForeverAndEver 71,886]

@RFC55

[Loyal72 11,742]

8 minutes ago, Jakes Pal said:

No argument on that score. A likeable wee Fella is Fashion, however nowhere near the standard that is required to restore us to domestic success and European competitiveness.

Found it funny yesterday, talking of Fashion, if you watch his goal, as he hits it, everyone in the Govan puts their hands on their heads or over their eyes thinking he'd missed it 😂

Was good that he scored, but shows the confidence people have in some of our players.

Opposition players probably think the same.

[RFC55 109,706]

7 minutes ago, ForeverAndEver said:

@RFC55

you 

[OrangeRab 2,875]

1 hour ago, Lord Lockin said:

Would you like to explain 

Explain what?

[Lord Lockin 3,931]

27 minutes ago, OrangeRab said:

Explain what?

front 3 

[Madina 3,871]

1 hour ago, Jakes Pal said:

No argument on that score. A likeable wee Fella is Fashion, however nowhere near the standard that is required to restore us to domestic success and European competitiveness.

Hes got a good attitude and seems to appreciate the fans and the club. His attitude is night and day to Morelos but like you say, sadly lacking in the ability dept 

[Smile 26,622]

The daft thing is well what I think anyway is if we had gone more direct against them before we would have beaten them as well.

[don logan 8,077]

Rewatched the game today. Tillman, Raskin and Yillmaz very good. Also thought Fashion had a decent game. 

[SeparateEntityMyArse 54,061]

9 minutes ago, don logan said:

Rewatched the game today. Tillman, Raskin and Yillmaz very good. Also thought Fashion had a decent game. 

🤣🤣🤣

[Madina 3,871]

Tillman? Can only assume he means Matondo 🤣

[Jakes Pal 5,648]

28 minutes ago, Madina said:

Hes got a good attitude and seems to appreciate the fans and the club. His attitude is night and day to Morelos but like you say, sadly lacking in the ability dept 

He may well be one of those heading out the door as per Soapy, if so he leaves with my best wishes and thanks for his efforts. If he is staying, then he has to knuckle down, train like fuck, dramatically improve his finishing prowess and thus make himself a valued and effective  member of the squad.

[Madina 3,871]

Just now, Jakes Pal said:

He may well be one of those heading out the door as per Soapy, if so he leaves with my best wishes and thanks for his efforts. If he is staying, then he has to knuckle down, train like fuck, dramatically improve his finishing prowess and thus make himself a valued and effective  member of the squad.

Yip his finishing sure does need working on. The guy can run like the wind and do clever things but in the final 3rd he can be mince. At his age I doubt hes going to improve on that though