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

[superallysbears 8,173]

Mon Rangers! Let's start the season properly 1 - 4 🇬🇧

[left winger 15,493]

1 minute ago, Don54 said:

Can't say I'm bursting with confidence about today, a scrappy win will do

 

[KingKirk 26,412]

6 minutes ago, Tiger Shaw said:

We’ll he’s wrong because that’s exactly the position we are in now, we’ve not got the financial pull to do a complete rebuild in one window. 

If it goes tits up again fan pressure will push the manager out and we’ll start all over again with the same results. We need to give him time. We won’t though .

As he says what's it all about winning games of football. 

If we need a project to do that imo we are fucked. 

[bluenoz 32,285]

Balogun has become the new Beckenbaur this season. He made about 90% of posters starting line-up. 

Great guy and a reliable player, but he will be further down the line when Propper appears.

Davies is the right call today.

[BlueSuedeSambas 56,283]

Just now, bluenoz said:

Balogun has become the new Beckenbaur this season. He made about 90% of posters starting line-up. 

Great guy and a reliable player, but he will be further down the line when Propper appears.

Davies is the right call today.

Were you not wanting him to start at right back ahead of Tav about two days ago? 

[DeanMK 5,211]

11 minutes ago, KingKirk said:

Boyd is bang on the money. No such thing as a project at Rangers never has been never will be. 

Gerrard was a project and he brought back our first title in years. Ironically 12 months on from people calling for his head.

The board have turned us into a project after 2 years of outrageous decision making.

So yes, there is such a thing as a project at Rangers, and we're in the depths of a big one.

[Laudrupsleftfoot 12,160]

11 minutes ago, Malkytfp1 said:

Just heard Clement saying we're not totally ready, we'll be ready in two to three months. League will be done by then.

Is that what he said?

Fucking hell 

[Tiger Shaw 31,868]

Just now, KingKirk said:

As he says what's it all about winning games of football. 

If we need a project to do that imo we are fucked. 

We’ll win games of football but we need time to strengthen the squad to become the dominant force in Scotland again that’s the reality call it fucked or whatever you like.  

[bluenoz 32,285]

Just now, BlueSuedeSambas said:

Were you not wanting him to start at right back ahead of Tav about two days ago? 

Yes. 

[cameron1873 538]

That starting 11 is a disgrace. 

The board should be ashamed how they have managed the last few years

[CXB 4,652]

Alcohol is the answer today, that line up gives me the fear.

[Big Al 55 9,503]

If ever a teamsheet was an indication of failed preseason recruitment it’s that one 🤬😢

[born a blue nose 92,441]

We've had a massive clear out then forgot you had to replace the players leaving 

[Kents_Hook 1,690]

12 minutes ago, Ivybank said:

Yeah he said that at the press conference yesterday , “ we’ll be ready october onwards” fucking scandalous thing to say

i took that to mean injuries and player fitness

[BlueCafu1872 513]

1 minute ago, cameron1873 said:

That starting 11 is a disgrace. 

The board should be ashamed how they have managed the last few years

And if that lineup wins comfortably?

[Big Al 55 9,503]

1 minute ago, BlueCafu1872 said:

And if that lineup wins comfortably?

Not sure that makes any difference, unless that would make you happy with ithe team of course.

[OrangeRab 3,362]

One player from that starting line up gets in our team from 2-3 seasons ago.

How have we got to a state where we are fielding a team worse off in 10/11 positions in a few years having spent the best part of £40million. 

[Kents_Hook 1,690]

2 minutes ago, BlueCafu1872 said:

And if that lineup wins comfortably?

not with that back 4

[SIRB_72 4,148]

A win is all that matters today. In terms of performance I want to see much more defensively from us.

Keep the clean sheets and we'll win games even with Dessers and Wright in a front 3.

[Tiger Shaw 31,868]

1 minute ago, OrangeRab said:

One player from that starting line up gets in our team from 2-3 seasons ago.

How have we got to a state where we are fielding a team worse off in 10/11 positions in a few years having spent the best part of £40million. 

Beale 

[The Specky Forum Organiser 69,295]

1 minute ago, OrangeRab said:

One player from that starting line up gets in our team from 2-3 seasons ago.

How have we got to a state where we are fielding a team worse off in 10/11 positions in a few years having spent the best part of £40million. 

Who?

[Rangers_no1 34,420]

1 minute ago, OrangeRab said:

One player from that starting line up gets in our team from 2-3 seasons ago.

How have we got to a state where we are fielding a team worse off in 10/11 positions in a few years having spent the best part of £40million. 

Who's the one player?

[SPWF 8,904]

Been off work all week with a heavy dose of COVID. Woke up this morning feeling better than I have for a week, then that line up came out. 

[Swagger 8,901]

Feels like last season just continuing. Nothing fresh about what’s coming this afternoon - it’s fucking diabolical 

[BigBearButt 3,896]

The team sheet is a very sobering reality of where we are unfortunately.

The board and beale have majorly set us back in terms of such poor recruitment and we simply do not have the funds available to make the sweeping changes and surgery that this squad badly needs. Realistically we are probably looking at 3 or 4 transfer windows and within that it will probably mean shifting on our better performers to fund more additions. Its going to be painful unless we get significant investment or make extremely clever buys/loans going forward.

Hoping for a positive result today