Tav's time is up.

[five stars 1,656]

He's been a great servant to the club but he doesn't have the pace anymore to play.

Fortunately, Sterling is ready to take over.

And none of this changing the team around to play him right midfield or whatever. 

It's time.

 

[The Godfather 72,328]

Sterling should be in midfield.

 

[The Archer 1,158]

Gave great service but not a leader of men for me.He is very poor as a defender and I think we have relied on his forward play when we should have a RW doing that work and a good RB doing the basics.

[RDB14 2,776]

This is utter bollocks.  Been one of our top players this season.

[RealWorldRich 702]

Tav is a great choice for domestic football.  He won't have to worry about defending vs Dundee in the next game and could well pop up with a goal or assist, odds-on I'd say.

 

But in the big game's, we need to defend and he's not good enough.  Maeda terrorised him in the first half by simply being faster.

[Broxi 11,533]

Behave

[Jamie0202 12,465]

Honestly get this thread in the bin. Take him and his goals out the team and the scum would have won the league by now.

[five stars 1,656]

Just now, RDB14 said:

This is utter bollocks.  Been one of our top players this season.

Far too slow for this level. He's better to bow out now before he gets embarrassed further.

[LaaRFC 4,804]

Dread to think what the table would look like without his 20+ goals this season 

[Blacky Bear 883]

5 minutes ago, The Godfather said:

Sterling should be in midfield.

 

100 percentage and MOM 

But covering for shitebags and unworthy 

[ExiledWeegie123 1,269]

there was a one on one with Maeda in the second half that he easily out paced him and passed back to Butland so I dont think its about pure pace, I think Tav's problem is that his head is going forward 99% of the time and then when the play changes he struggles to get back, when hes already thinking about defense then he can keep up or get it front of anyone. That said he never has been the best defender which is ultimately what he should be concentrating on.

[the brown brogue 1,913]

Hopefully a treble this season and he'll see that as the perfect send off and he'll be off to pastures new, followed by Goldson. Sick of the pair of them confusedly looking at each other with their arms in the air after yet another mistake.

[graeme_4 34,850]

Absolutely shat the bed again.

Great pen, but pish in general. 

[five stars 1,656]

1 minute ago, Jamie0202 said:

Honestly get this thread in the bin. Take him and his goals out the team and the scum would have won the league by now.

Nah, obviously we'll need to find someone else to take the penalties.

Tav scores some amazing free kicks but he's so inconsistent with them.

His corners are also nowhere near the level they once where.

[bluenoz 31,060]

He is poor too often in OF games and those are the ones that count. Today, he was horrific.

[five stars 1,656]

This passing is also shocking.

[The Godfather 72,328]

It is a daft thread. He's one of the main reasons we are where we are in the title race. 

He's a poor defender but this team relies on his output more than any other player.

[Number5 2,128]

9 minutes ago, five stars said:

He's been a great servant to the club but he doesn't have the pace anymore to play.

Fortunately, Sterling is ready to take over.

And none of this changing the team around to play him right midfield or whatever. 

It's time.

 

Sterling should be a CM.

Offers everything.

His figures are as good as ever. If they were falling I'd understand.

That first half was an absolute embarrassment from Rangers captain.

Doesnt shirk and came out 2nd half and bag an incredible pen.

Easy saying his time is up though, he'll be very very hard to replace and we might not realise what we had until he's gone.

 

 

[Malkytfp1 18,664]

The life of Tav. Praised for all his accomplishments midweek and be brilliant all season. Has one poor game and cunts are shipping him of to the UAE on the next Ryan air flight.

He was poor today but fucking relax.

[Jimfanciesthedude 24,701]

Just now, The Godfather said:

It is a daft thread. He's one of the main reasons we are where we are in the title race. 

He's a poor defender but this team relies on his output more than any other player.

Therein is the issue, if he doesn't score that penalty today he's had a shocker of a game, even with the penalty its still a poor game 

We can't disregard his numbers going forward but we're also hoping that teams dont capitalise on him being a very very poor defender

Its something we really really need sorted

[ritchieshearercaldow 22,219]

6 minutes ago, RDB14 said:

This is utter bollocks.  Been one of our top players this season.

He has but he’s blowing hot and cold these days, he panicked for their first goal with Maeda on his shoulder

[psb07158 33,510]

The team is built off Tav and has been for years because we basically play without a midfield , we’ve always had to accept this defensive nonsense from him

That takes a few transfer windows to resolve and new players like Diomande need time

[The Godfather 72,328]

Just now, Jimfanciesthedude said:

Therein is the issue, if he doesn't score that penalty today he's had a shocker of a game, even with the penalty its still a poor game 

We can't disregard his numbers going forward but we're also hoping that teams dont capitalise on him being a very very poor defender

Its something we really really need sorted

Nearly all of the starting 11 had shockers. Thing is Tav does bail us out time and time again, he's our best bet for a crucial goal and without him we are fucked because no one else hits his numbers.

Until that changes he stays and plays.

[JWAC 2,264]

He had no support in the first half, I couldn't work out if it was Wright or Lundstram who weren't supporting but Sima being on changed the game so I'm fairly sure it was Wright. He had a bad first half but it wasn't just him.

Tav has always needed support defending and when our midfield works it's not a problem. They targetted Tav in the first half and we didn't react to that

[Hadron Collider 31,130]

Change the thread to make it about Goldson. Not Tav. FFS!