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Our whole season summed up in one match!.

I find the criticism of Clement's team selection baffling. I mean, have you not seen our injury list?

My thoughts exactly, hopefully Clement can get rid of the wishy washy players who turn up when they want and bring some serious characters into the dressing room. Imo we need a huge clear out of the old guard and dead wood we need fresh blood hungry for success.

We're coming to the end of the season and as night follows day, the youngsters are being brought in for some game time in dead rubbers. Yet this season we've seen an academy graduate contribute, start in a cup final and looking like he might get another. Ross McCausland has had his critics this season, rightly or wrongly, but could this be the start of a new era under Clement for Rangers and our academy? I was reminded of the John Henry quote in Moneyball I know you've taken it in the teeth out there, but the first guy through the wall. It always gets bloody, always. Ross could be the first of a wave of academy graduates under this manager and board, if his comments in press conferences are to be believed. If he is then it will get easier for each passing graduate as the fans get more accustomed and more patient with the development process required. He could almost be the patron Saint of the B team - not quite fed to the lions, but as quoted above, he took it in the teeth. What are your thoughts? Just some general musings. I'll include some stats of his this season to try and give some analytical context to his first season in senior football: 1858 mins this season (20.6 90's) 8 G/A 0.38 G/A per 90 2.31 chances created per 90 Some league percentiles: 92nd for Assists p90 (0.25) 93rd for expected Assists p90 (0.29) 96th for Key Passes p90 (2.31) 93rd for Dribbles p90 (3.38) 90th for Dribble Success (1.50) I make no apologies for having the lads back and firmly believe he could develop into a player we can rely on in rotation - we don't need him to be a future Balon D'or Winner. What do you think, is he taking flak for potentially being the start of a movement within the club? Hopefully the numbers are right, I've tried my best haha. Cheers.

We have had injuries, but his selections have still been baffling. Anyway, just stopped in Girvan for a Blaggis Supper and town is swimming with unwashed on their way to ferry - put me off my chippy

The time for judging Clement will be after the summer. If he goes into next year relying on the same losers then he'll deserve everything he gets. He has more than enough quality history to suggest he isn't the problem here and is due some time. I'm not particularly enamoured with his winter signings but it's a tough window.

I genuinely wonder if PC regrets not bringing in a CB in January. We’ve conceded 9 goals since the split. Let that sink in

We really need a Rangers AI to write our matchday posts. All the possession/missed chances/poor refereeing/awful defending/can't make simple passes/abysmal in final third/easily outmuscled etc etc etc. Would save us all a lot of time. At least the sun is shining...

Their striker clinical = ours cant hit a barn door. Rinse and repeat

If you want a reason for why slaughtering McCausland for his goal contributions is moronic, that's it. Dessers is almost offside when Ross plays that pass as well. There's sweet fa the boy can do if he's setting up 3 or 4 chances a game and the forwards are spooning those chances over the bar.

Mad how Raskin hasn't been given a chance. The difference in legwork and dynamism between him and Lundstram is pretty stark. He's started well.

This annoys me. Too many fans demand our youngsters to be top, first-team stars straight away or they want them punted. As long as they can contribute to the team, then they're useful. If he can work on his weaknesses and improve his numbers to 10-20 G+A next season then that's fantastic. He's only just turned 21.

I didn't know that. Thanks for the heads up.👍

What are we supposed to judge at the end of the summer, our dealings in the transfer market? It'll take a a good run before we know what quality he's brought in. The first quarter of the season, after we've played all teams once, may be a better gauge as to whether we're going to be up for a title fight or not but I would be hesitant to judge Clement too quickly (and it depends on how much he can change in one window). It would do more harm than good if, like Beale, he was sacked in October due to a bad start. I would be prepared to give next season and the one after just so we don't find ourselves in the same position season after season - I'm note sure the majority of our fan base wouldn't be so patient though. I think we just have to stick with what we have for the foreseeable and hope he eventually gets it right as we don't have the money to replace almost everyone.

I don't disagree. Except for Yilmaz: we should build the team around him.

If the tie ends in a draw at the end of the two legs, then promotion should be given to the team that has finished higher in the league. That would eliminate the need for a stupid penalty competition.

You know what the solution is, don't you? A DoF. Our defensive issues have come on over the last month or two. Up until then we we had the best defense. The problems are a combination of players out of form (Barisic, Goldson, Tavernier), injuries (Balogun, Goldson, Yilmaz, SOUTTAR - And to those in front) and poor team pressing (that won't improve until PC gets them for a pre-season, IMO).

Yes was Tav's biggest assistant in that area.

What if ‘his players’ don’t perform & we end up in the same situation we were in with Beale? We sack the manager & bring in someone else and the process starts all over again? And I feel like banging my head off a brick wall because we find ourselves in the same situation as last season with a lack of fit CB’s. This needs addressed.We are conceding too many goals.

Can't disagree with that. Clement has not lived up to his early hype unfortunately, and I can see fans' patience running out with him, especially if we lose to them again next weekend. If he can't build a team that is robust and talented enough to go head to head with Celtic for the title next season - and that means beating them twice at least, then I believe the fans will start to turn on him. I like the guy but he'll need to be absolutely ruthless if he wants to win the title, so I do hope that some of his press conference comments over the last few weeks were not what he really thinks. Otherwise, he is doomed.

Coming round to that way of thinking tbh. His selections are strange and so is the setup of the team. It is worth saying though, a long injury list to first teamers can crucify a team. Case in point being liverpool in 20/21 when they lost VVD and all of their CB's for a large portion of the season. It was only until Klopp actually played the youngsters in defence in their natural positions instead of shoehorning players in that they righted themselves and went on a run, then subsequently took a quadruple to the final day of the season in 21/22. Clement should've smelt the coffee in that regard, dropping McCausland and shoehorning Sterling into RW or even at LB when he could've put his faith in Fraser was indicative of a manager desperately trying to find solutions when there's plausibility staring him in the face. Plugging away with Lundstram when freezing out Raskin until it's shit or bust at Parkhead another example. I'll back the man but this Cup final could be seminal for him, especially with the first OF being at Parkhead. Sigh.

I’m sure I counted Tav not clearing the box on 4 separate occasions in the space on 2 mins, on the other hand it was quite good to change the game up today with Cantwell and others taking the corners and not our usual predictable play. Let’s hope we have a massive clear out indeed CB top top Priority 🤜🏼♥️🤍💙

That's the easy answer, and if it makes you feel better about our capitulation in the closing stages of the season, good on you. Current manager shoulders some responsibility. Baffling team selections, no real playing style, no width in the team, players unable to perform their basic tasks. We look unfit and poorly coached. Clement deserves time to get his players in, but he isn't blameless for where we currently are.

This is mainly because Beale had an absolute shitshow of a summer transfer window though. It's not a wonder we are worse off, it's because we made a terrible mistake.

Had to endure their coverage as I worked in the garden. Each Rangers goal was met with the same despondent tone you hear when a European side scores against a Scottish side in Europe. I wasn't even sure if we scored a third as Silvas goal was so low key from the commentator (Rob McLean)

There's talk that Nathan Paterson is willing to call it a day at Merseyside and head home to the famous. We shall see ...

Good man.

Cracking goal there

I'm not a keeper and maybe I'm being harsh but I think Butland sells himself for their goal. There's a chance King recovers enough to force him wide and then Butland can guard his near post imo. Cracking finish mind.

Training game!.

Excessive effort spend on creating chances and scoring goals, part 2,984. They have a couple of chances and score. Sick and tired of this one-striker trash that yields so little end product, no matter who's wearing the 9.

McCausland has done well in a hard first season when you consider the injuries to himself and the players around him. I look forward to a fitter better prepared version of him after a good pre season, training with (hopefully) new and improved players.

Hearts 1 Rangers 2 FGS : Dessers.

A very worrying line-up. we must never find ourselves in this predicament again

Like lots of young players they get a few games then dispatched to to sidelines to make way for the tried and tested duds that managers seem to favour at Ibrox

Hearts 1 - 5 Rangers FGS Dessers C'mon The Gers

Two years ago Rangers sent their apprentice boys to beat Hearts 3-1 at Tynecastle, Lowry scoring and running the show. Whatever became of that likely lad?

At least you can spell Candeias

As another season of disappointment draws to close, I really took some encouragement from that Presser from young Ross McCausland. A real mature head on young shoulders. Confident, articulate and comfortable in front of the press, I thought he was a real "ambassador" for our academy and what can be achieved. Remarkable that in such a short space of time, he made 28 appearances now, and already has a winners medal. Lets hope one or two others can follow his lead next season. Well done, young Ross!

"You're not Rangers anymore" closely followed by "same old Rangers always cheating". They should have been put under when Romanov was in charge

Yeah. His final ball was erratic. I thought that his defensive play, supporting Tavenier, was good.

we dont need VAR in our country weve got Wullie Column

Good young player never stops trying cant say that for some of them and he is only 21 a bright future ahead and lets hope its at Ibrox

Is he better than Cadeias?

McCausland has been fine this season and think we missed him after he got injured against Motherwell. He sometimes takes the wrong option, but that can be said about many players and hopefully that will improve with experience. I hope we buy decent wide players in the summer (if we can't get Cortes and Sima back) but McCausland is a great option to have in reserve.

I think McCausland has done very well actually. Yes, he's limited in some ways: he's not that fast, he doesn't have a huge of amount of tricks and his final ball needs a lot of improvement. However, what he does have is confidence to take the ball, isn't afraid to try and beat his man and is unpredictable in terms of style and direction. He also works very hard defensively but, as we seen the other night, he does need to work on anticipating opposition play as he can react too late. When he first broke into the team, I was far from convinced but we played some of our better football in the season before he got injured and fell out of favour.

I'd take Barron, then loan him back to Aberdeen for two years. The others... Nah.

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