***** The Official Benfica v Rangers Europa League Round of 16 Match Thread *****

[graeme_4 34,675]

1 hour ago, RS4_wul said:

Every single game we play in Europe the opposition have some crisis or other, according to our media. 

Every single time 

We must be the luckiest club in Europe given every game we play the opposition are always in ‘crisis’. 

[Amokachi 3,055]

Take it the press conference for this is this evening or tomorrow morning ? 

[esquire8 43,013]

 

[Loyal72 11,439]

4 minutes ago, esquire8 said:

 

Cheery and positive 🙃

[ForeverAndEver 71,678]

He’s got 5 wingers, 4 are out, and it’ll be 5 if McCausland isn’t fit, is Wright injured now too?

[.Williamson. 82,708]

5 minutes ago, ForeverAndEver said:

He’s got 5 wingers, 4 are out, and it’ll be 5 if McCausland isn’t fit, is Wright injured now too?

Must be counting Cantwell as a winger for some reason and just doesn’t consider Wright to be anything 

[esquire8 43,013]

2 minutes ago, .Williamson. said:

Must be counting Cantwell as a winger for some reason and just doesn’t consider Wright to be anything 

No idea who he is counting but his judgement of ability is spot on by not counting Wright as anything.

[Southsider 313]

5 hours ago, SeparateEntityMyArse said:

Big question for me is who pairs with Lundstram in the engine room.

Jack, Raskin, Lawrence, Diomande have all featured there but for me it's got to be Sterling for his athleticism.

Doesn't leave many options wide other than Wrightvand McCausland and maybe Silva or Lawrence but I think the holding 2 is going to be crucial tomorrow.

Agreed, we need Sterling back in a holding position, not out wide

[bluenoz 30,969]

"We come to win. I never play to get a draw. I don't believe in parking the bus and only defending." Big Phil 

[SkylineBlue 23,575]

Honestly, I've tried to put the injury list out of my mind and just pretend that we'll be getting most of them back soon; but when you actually think about what we have available right now, it feels almost impossible that we'll win the league.

[MonTheGers 207]

18 minutes ago, SkylineBlue said:

Honestly, I've tried to put the injury list out of my mind and just pretend that we'll be getting most of them back soon; but when you actually think about what we have available right now, it feels almost impossible that we'll win the league.

One game at a time! But understand what you’re saying, the injury list is ridiculous once again. Let’s just try and get ourselves a chance in the second leg 

[Ivybank 4,595]

Wright never travelled 

[SkylineBlue 23,575]

5 minutes ago, MonTheGers said:

One game at a time! But understand what you’re saying, the injury list is ridiculous once again. Let’s just try and get ourselves a chance in the second leg 

Honestly don't really care too much what happens in this tie. We don't have the squad to fight on 3 fronts.

[SkylineBlue 23,575]

5 minutes ago, Ivybank said:

Wright never travelled 

Another injury or just because he's shite?

[MurrayWilson 3,433]

4 hours ago, graeme_4 said:

We must be the luckiest club in Europe given every game we play the opposition are always in ‘crisis’. 

Hear this pish every time right enough. Going back years. One time valencia were "the aberdeen of spain" cos aberdeen had lost their first seven games and valencia had lost 3 in a row. They humped us and went all the way to the final. The "aberdeen of spain" with Mendieta, kily gonzales and claudio lopez playing for them.

[teddybear1975 2,031]

5 minutes ago, MurrayWilson said:

Hear this pish every time right enough. Going back years. One time valencia were "the aberdeen of spain" cos aberdeen had lost their first seven games and valencia had lost 3 in a row. They humped us and went all the way to the final. The "aberdeen of spain" with Mendieta, kily gonzales and claudio lopez playing for them.

What a team they had. Mendieta was unplayable 😁

[Super Ally Scores Again! 477]

19 minutes ago, SkylineBlue said:

Another injury or just because he's shite?

Either option is plausible….

Injured and didn’t travel

[Goofy The Scot 586]

Wonder if he's thinking about bringing Balogun in to a back 3 and pushing Tav and Yilmaz further up the park for attacking width, might be a more viable option than playing 2 players out of position on the wings.

[Loyal72 11,439]

 

 

[OrangeRab 2,781]

2 minutes ago, Goofy The Scot said:

Wonder if he's thinking about bringing Balogun in to a back 3 and pushing Tav and Yilmaz further up the park for attacking width, might be a more viable option than playing 2 players out of position on the wings.

Yeh makes the most sense if we’re looking at a system change

[Rangers_no1 32,639]

4 minutes ago, Goofy The Scot said:

Wonder if he's thinking about bringing Balogun in to a back 3 and pushing Tav and Yilmaz further up the park for attacking width, might be a more viable option than playing 2 players out of position on the wings.

Hope not or we will be handing them a 3-0 win.

[Rangers_no1 32,639]

1 minute ago, OrangeRab said:

Yeh makes the most sense if we’re looking at a system change

It makes no sense at all.

[born a blue nose 90,860]

2 minutes ago, OrangeRab said:

Yeh makes the most sense if we’re looking at a system change

Genuinely think we should bring back laudrup and the De Boers just for this round. Great point 

[OrangeRab 2,781]

3 minutes ago, Rangers_no1 said:

It makes no sense at all.

How? Manager has said we have 0 wingers and is thinking about a system change. Doesn’t leave you with many options. And it semi suits the squad strengths we have left.

What wd you go for?

[SkylineBlue 23,575]

18 minutes ago, Super Ally Scores Again! said:

Either option is plausible….

Injured and didn’t travel

Fucking hell. We're at the stage now where Scott Wright being injured feels like a loss. Grim.