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What's with all this moaning about the team? I'm sitting Top of the Pops. Let me enjoy it while I can.

I never will or have boo'd my team. If, like yesterday, the performance was not to my liking then i don't applaud them off the park but up to each individual how they show their displeasure.

I always think a growing injury list is synonymous with players chucking it under a manager.

What concerned me yesterday was the players seemed bemused by the tactics/game plan if there was one. Matondo being replaced by Souttar was incredible

We’ve had too many managers. That’s a big part of the problem

I wouldn't boo a manager either. I find the atmosphere a bit toxic at Ibrox at the moment. The fans are nervous and angry and a mass groan at every mistake doesn't help anything. I am not blaming anyone just stating the obvious. I didn't want Beale and think this was an inevitable outcome of his appointment. I feel for him on a human level but he just doesn't have the experience to manage this club. What an utter mess.

That seems to be the general opinion right enough 😄

Their players and coaches can be signed up without us becoming part of the franchise.

Yes it does - otherwise it's not effective.

You can pull off Roy Keane if it pleases you. It's a free country 🤣

The footballs to drab to negative in fact it’s downright boring players are playing to whatever system he’s thought up and honestly I don’t think any of them have a clue Rangers teams should be driving forward all the time this lot seem content in knocking the ball square and backwards I imagine if most fans hadn’t prepaid their season tickets they would probably give Ibrox a miss .

Just watching Sportscene and Aberdeen running riot against Ross County. Wonder what it feels like to watch your team running riot?

We’ve only got three fit first team MF players at the moment - Lundstrum, Cifuentes & Jack. And 16 year old Bailey Rice. Let that sink in.

Pace and unpredictability would certainly offer alternatives to what's currently on display.

Keep it in the corner at home to Motherwell with 5 minutes to go..... and the frightening thing is I was shouting at them to do it too. That's when you know this MB Rangers side has gone. Times up. We want our Rangers back

Go defensive at home to a Celtc side missing their two central defenders. Go defensive at home to Motherwell to hold on to a one goal lead. Not the signs of a winning mentality.

If only we had a magic two footed Romanian midfielder to take his place. 🤔

Makes you wonder what's the point of relying on cross balls when we almost never score from them and no longer have the forwards who can make something of them. Just another one of Beale's many mysteries.

I don't think that's what RANGERRAB said. He said we are allowing ourselves to be convinced things are worse than they really are. We aren't playing well - but currently out season isn't finished, or close to being finished. Some Rangets fans are attempting to down play a 1-0 EL victory of a Spanish team - our first victory against a Spanish team since 1985. We've won our last 3 games without conceding a goal, which must be an achievement since we're told our defence is terrible- Tavs shit, Borna is a shitbag, Davies is honking etc etc Even good rangers teams with players like Gazza, Laudrup, Goudhurst, Ally et al sometimes struggled to beat Motherwell at times

I'm not being pedantic, you said the players were booed off twice in 4 days

I feel at the moment that any manager that comes in isn't going to get time. There is too much angst in the crowd, ready to turn on anyone in an instant. So I'm not sure if what you are hinting at is actually a way out.

The players weren't booed off against Betis. Or are you predicting them being booed off on Wednesday no matter the score?

In any case, any loyalty is to the club and not players or managers. Beale is walking dead. No Rangers manager comes back from being booed off the park at Ibrox twice in 4 days. It's clear he's lost the players, some of whom clearly have no idea what he wants of them. The much-vaunted tactician who apparently kept Gerrard in a job has turned out to be just a gobby boy in a man's job. He should save himself further punishment by asking for a deal to walk away.

Still without a club. He did well at New York Red Bulls; won back-to-back doubles at Red Bull Salzburg; bombed at RB Leipzig; prematurely sacked at Leeds, IMO, but wasn’t brilliant. He has the right CV, but I would have question marks about him being an option for us.

Butland. Lundstram played fairly well across the piece but was still a bit slack a bit too often for my liking. Lammers did largely fine, as did Goldson and Davies but the rest of the team were very disappointing. Not sure if it was a lack of effort at times but we were absolutely appalling later in the second half. Wright and Jack were particularly poor and seemed to have no idea what or where they were supposed to be playing.

But style and effective football doesn't always equate to success. Personally I want success over style at the moment

Toss up between Butland and Lundstram but went for Lundstram.

He's only 5' 11" Not very big at all really 😉

Well, in the cold light of day, we managed similar dire results for decades, even with the likes of Gazza and Co.. I would assume the pubs in Scotland after the game were similarly downbeat. What I can't tell - for obvious reasons - is whether we managed to perform as dire as the results suggest, which I doubt for most cases. In that same cold light of the day after, having acquired so many IMHO quality players, it was still a crime to let both Hagi and Lowry leave on loan with but one creative player left, and most of the other attackers un-tried in the Premiership. As per usual, that one creative player got hacked down (by a Yahoo at that) and soon after, Raskin followed, who is probably the most prominent one of our midfielders who can do a part-time job in that department. Roofe has been what we expect him to be, a top penalty box predator. Let's hope he stays fit for the best part of the season. Dessers is more that Hateley type of a robust striker, and I would combine these two from now on up top. Lammers is more the Laudrup type, but like Cantwell, the "always thinks forward" and ain't shy to have a shot. He would be my central creative player behind the strikers, at least in the absence of Cantwell. Sima, Matondo, and Wright should be used as wingers (sided-attackers) and told to stay there too. For what we see is people running about with seemingly no cohesion whatsoever, flanks left unoccupied, so defenders have it not that difficult to get out of trouble that way. I was hopeful that, going back to a 3-at-the-back, we'd throw on more attackers to put the nail in Motherwell's coffin for that game. Obviously, I forgot that for one reason or another, Beale will never sub Tavernier and hardly ever Borna (unless injured), which saw us playing with de facto 5 defenders. People will argue that both are more WINGbacks than fullbacks, but TBH, while Borna whips in most crosses (unless he plays the ball back) with success, Tavernier was rather terrible yesterday. And once we switch to 3ATB, we don't need a "right midfielder" who can't do anything useful with the ball. Once people have a bad day, sub them. Not least when we needed width. Too bad we don't have a right-sided Ridvan. The ultimate shock came around the 70 min mark, as Beale decided to go into the shell and essentially defend a 1-goal lead at home. 5 defenders, 2 DMs, 1 CM and but 2 attackers. While it was brutal before, it was shocking thereafter. We are closing in on the end of September, and while MD 10 is some weeks away, this does not augur well for the next few months. I am not sure whether Beale can get his players to work in a decent manner, especially tactic- and position-wise. Well, well ...

At least Butland did his job 😉

No...

When many SPFL teams come to Ibrox, they sit deep and hope to frustrate us. If they are successful in this, they hope to have a go in the last 10 minutes to sneak a goal. We seem to be the opposite. We expect to have lots of possession and plug away, get the breakthrough and then build on it. When this does not happen, we seek to protect what we have towards the end of the game. When you are only 1 goal up with 10 minutes to play and you know the other team will come at you, you have a choice – seek to exploit their openness and risk giving them space, or shore up and play out the game. It seemed yesterday that the players’ mentality was the latter. Whether that was the Manager’s preference, I don’t know. We have the best defensive record in the SPFL and that’s not to be sniffed at. We also have some players who are not playing as well as we would have hoped. We would all like to see expansive attacking football with silky skills on show. But when that is not happening, maybe we need to be grateful for 3 points and move on. As the other Mick said – You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you’ll find you get what you need.

A photo from your Banking days?

Magpies eight goals by different players Jimmy Greaves was correct it's a funny ol' game.

Did you really think I was asking for a number? 😂

If Beale goes, how many managers will it be that Tavernier has seen off? Asking purely out of interest. Honestly.

I'm intrigued who is going to sack the board ..... the board perhaps?

Our cat would improve this Rangers team.

I do think there’s been a bit of an overreaction to today’s 1-0 win. Let’s see how we get on in the next 2 home games this week against Livingston then Aberdeen

Worth bearing in mind that Hagi has not long since returned from a long injury, which is maybe contributing to him not starting in Spain.

I think it needs pointed out we are missing cantwell, raskin & Danilo atm. And we were maybe a bit weary after thursday night. But today’s performance wasn’t a one off as we’ve seen already since the start of the season

Lowry was another one that turned into a superstar without even playing for us

I voted to get rid of him but I genuinely wish he could turn it around - mainly for the sake of Rangers of course but also for his own sake. I'm sure he wants to be successful and I'm sure he's working hard to achieve success. No one should want to see him suffer on a personal level, whatever the state of the team. However, the reason I can't change my mind about sacking him is I'm convinced he now leads a deeply divided camp and when that rot sets in at a football club there is only ever one conclusion. Whatever anyone thinks of Beale's selection today or the way he set out his team, it should be clear to everyone the players are confused, demotivated and as close to downing tools as makes no difference. They've largely switched off and just seem to be going through the motions. The longer this is allowed to continue, the deeper the hole we will eventually have to climb out of. The players desperately need someone who can close ranks and inspire some confidence, not someone who devotes his energies talking far too much to the outside world.

Magic? When was Hagi "magic"? He was bog standard for most of his time here. Kent, Aribo, Morelos and many others contributed much more than Hagi.

I've changed my mind and think we should stick with Beale. His tactics and substitutions today kept Motherwell at bay and things are starting to click up front. Just kidding. GTF Beale.