***** The Official Hearts v Rangers Semi Final Match Thread *****

[RFC55 110,259]

2 minutes ago, Valance1690 said:

Would rather Ridvan in & the fact he can't play Thursday either it seems weird to bench him

Rest is as expected 

Hearts targeted him in the league game 

[graeme_4 35,357]

Would rather Lammers was benched, but decent side with what’s available.

[Valance1690 3,947]

2 minutes ago, RFC55 said:

Hearts targeted him in the league game 

Aye that's true to be fair

[graeme_4 35,357]

6 minutes ago, esquire8 said:

Lawrence on the bench.

Dowell drops out?

 

Good to have a bit of competition. 

[STEPPS BOY 75,120]

Shankland targeted Davies and Ridvan last Sunday.

No surprise that both don’t start.

[Bad Robot 21,512]

5 minutes ago, Valance1690 said:

Would rather Ridvan in & the fact he can't play Thursday either it seems weird to bench him

Rest is as expected 

Strange on Wright but Lammers does keep getting a start. 
 

Cmon Rangers let’s get to this final and win the fkn thing ❤️🤍💙

[SkylineBlue 24,438]

Decent line up. Get right at the throat of these bastards, Rangers.

[VladimirWeiss69 839]

I'm happy with that team I can see why ridvan was benched after last time against shankland and after the last performance happy to see balogun start, certainly didn't deserve to be dropped

[Jakes Pal 5,675]

Balogun deserves to keep his spot, here's hoping for a few aggresive bursts out of defence this afternoon.

[HG5 11,417]

2 minutes ago, Bad Robot said:

Strange on Wright but Lammers does keep getting a start. 
 

Cmon Rangers let’s get to this final and win the fkn thing ❤️🤍💙

I think Lammers’ goal the other night must have helped his cause a lot.

[J-Maestro 11,888]

Barasic is the right choice, gets him ready for midweek too after Beale’s great Euro Squad choice.

[LegendofCoop 17,489]

As good as we can have hoped for I guess!! Great to see Lawrence back in the squad again!! 

Come on Rangers!!!

  

[Darth Bear 15,310]

1 minute ago, J-Maestro said:

Barasic is the right choice, gets him ready for midweek too after Beale’s great Euro Squad choice.

That was my thinking, get some minutes into his legs before Thursday. Would expect to see him substituted at some point as we do appear to be bringing players back properly now.

[Moody Blue 9,549]

No repeat of last weekend please Rangers, dominate this shower of shite, score early and then destroy them.  

[Jakes Pal 5,675]

3 minutes ago, HG5 said:

I think Lammers’ goal the other night must have helped his cause a lot.

Small signs of life from him, any confidence he may have gained from Dens  would have been destroyed had he been dropped. Sensible from Clement IMO.

[Bad Robot 21,512]

4 minutes ago, HG5 said:

I think Lammers’ goal the other night must have helped his cause a lot.

Yes I hope we get more of the same 

[Colin Traive 23,280]

5 minutes ago, Darth Bear said:

That was my thinking, get some minutes into his legs before Thursday. Would expect to see him substituted at some point as we do appear to be bringing players back properly now.

Even the bench is beginning to look stronger.

Raskin, Souttar, Roofe, Matondo still to come back too.

We were on our knees just a few weeks ago.

Clement making his presence felt across the club imo.

[rangersross 6,579]

Really enjoy listening to Clement. Very impressive. 

[GA1972 9,846]

17 minutes ago, RFC55 said:

Hearts targeted him in the league game 

Just as they’ll target Barisic in different ways

Reality is Ridvan should’ve been helped by the centre backs who as usual took zero responsibility dealing with Shankland

Really harsh on Ridvan, he hasn’t been amazing and maybe he’s not the answer but I don’t dread him being near the ball which is an improvement on Barisic 

[Blues Brother 1,124]

It’s quite depressing, after all the money spent on new players we are starting Tav,Goldson, Balogun, Barisic, Jack and Lundstram…. Same as about 3 years ago….

Not having natural width worries me as I think we’ve been at our best when we go with natural width. I think Tav also plays better when someone is in front of him… hopefully Cantwell will stay wide and not play to central 

[Blues Brother 1,124]

2 minutes ago, GA1972 said:

Just as they’ll target Barisic in different ways

Reality is Ridvan should’ve been helped by the centre backs who as usual took zero responsibility dealing with Shankland

Really harsh on Ridvan, he hasn’t been amazing and maybe he’s not the answer but I don’t dread him being near the ball which is an improvement on Barisic 

To be fair I think it was the only occasion Davies didn’t cover Ridvan in the match 

[RFC55 110,259]

2 minutes ago, GA1972 said:

Just as they’ll target Barisic in different ways

Reality is Ridvan should’ve been helped by the centre backs who as usual took zero responsibility dealing with Shankland

Really harsh on Ridvan, he hasn’t been amazing and maybe he’s not the answer but I don’t dread him being near the ball which is an improvement on Barisic 

Him and Davies were the weak link v hearts and they aimed almost every ball over at the two of them, both were at fault for the goal, both aren’t playing, it’s the correct decision 

[GA1972 9,846]

1 minute ago, Blues Brother said:

To be fair I think it was the only occasion Davies didn’t cover Ridvan in the match 

It happened at least twice in the game, happened for the goal and there was a similar instance where Ridvan got isolated with Shankland at the back post second half 

Not saying Ridvan is perfect but I feel much more comfortable with him playing 

[GA1972 9,846]

Part of me wants to piss and moan about Jack playing but then honestly I don’t know if Cifuentes is any better 

[STEPPS BOY 75,120]

Ridvan isn’t a better defender than Barisic and certainly not better in attack.

Not being Barisic isn’t enough to justify him playing.