alexscottislegend

On 17/04/2024 at 12:06, ChelseaBoy said:

Blue socks!!!!

That's Everton.

Chelsea, royal blue shirt and shorts with white stripe on shorts and white socks. Plus original badge was very similar to Rangers. I thought I read somewhere the same person designed them or the ground? 

 

 

While we are on the subject, I wish people would stop referring to us the 'Light Blues.' Our colours were always Royal blue; my first Rangers strip was that colour. In fact I have an LP with John McDonald singing a song called 'Royal blue.'

12 hours ago, compo said:

Would be nice to have game between the winners of both cups maybe make it an annual game with the money going to a worthwhile charity.

Nice idea but the calendar wouldn't allow it.

Just now, Fa1833 said:

What does WTF supposed to mean that’s my take on the game! I put the game on 5 mins before kick off as today was hectic. Have I stated something on here that wasn’t correct? 

Ignore mate. Poster just being rude.

1 hour ago, ian1964 said:

 

I just love listening to him talk...

3 hours ago, Scott7 said:

That chap used to play for the Hearts - what was his name, Knott-Goodenough Simms? - has scored for Coventry. Coventry let United get three first, unfortunately.

You sure it's Ellis Simms? He's been on fire lately. By the way, (not predicting or hoping) but if we find ourselves looking for a new manager in the near future. look no further than Mark Robbins; he has worked wonders yet is never mentioned when EPL jobs come up.

3 hours ago, der Berliner said:

I was under the impression that Raskin was to be the ready-made replacement for Davis. that is, a C/DM that knows his job, plays in his position and took the responsibility off the centre-halfs in playing the ball out of defence and up to the front. Jack could do that too, but not at the level of Davis, but he's still IMHO the best DM that we have at the club. The use of Lawrence, Dowell and Lundstram in these roles backfired heavily on us, and while Diomande (how can a thumb injury keep a professional player from playing?) looks good, he's somewhat erratic when it comes to consistency. Having him and Raskin playing in CM might work, if these chaps finally get some playing time together. 

 

Aside from tactics, the amount of injuries to important players and some signings never really get going has seriously hampered any improvement this season. Given how tight the league is, this sort of thing can quickly break a "season's neck".

 

Defense-wise, Ridvan, Sterling, and Souttar should stay, but we do need improvements in the summer, including back-ups. Hence, throwing away this season may set us back even more, given that automatic CL group participation is on the menu ... mainly thanks to our runs in Europe (oh the irony).

it's sticks in my craw that Keltic would benefit from automatic qualification for the CL, given that the co-efficient was earned entirely by us, while they did hee-haw about improving it.

27 minutes ago, der Berliner said:

Well, you wouldn't want to hand the Scum the Double, and it is another major trophy for the Ibrox Treasure Vault.

 

As for the last few games: we've had our fair share of injuries, especially to players that you hoped would improve us, even change the course of how we play, namely Danilo, Cantwell, Sima, and now Cortes and Ridvan. What irks me most - and has for about 5 years now - is that we simply fail to learn that the way we play (better players or not) against Scottish opposition is simply not working. While it is totally fine for Europe or against teams that play more open (Dundee did, but we never got our act together), time and again we are a blunt force that hammers at the door, yet fails to get in. The last game against Ross County at Ibrox we chad 40+ shots, 23 on target, but scraped through 2-1. By now, the alarm signals are as loud as a Kinzhal homing in on its target. Yet, we stubbornly soldier on and on and on.

Wondering if maybe we should apply park-the-bus tactics against them when we play them. We just may be able to hit Keltic on the break and they won't have Maeda this time round while we have Matondo and Sima.

Is it disloyal of me to not care about the Scottish Cup? Just one, maybe 2 more games to take its toll of us. I only want the League.

Just now, RANGERRAB said:

Anything less than a win tonight and the league is as good as over. It looks like PC finally had enough of the wasteful Dessers 

Even a 1-0 may not enough given that we are behind on goal difference now.

31 minutes ago, der Berliner said:

Much like Helander is Swedish is for Prodan? Really, these silly remarks about people being unfortunate with illness and injury are utterly sad. 

Just humour Db. I'm impressed you remember Prodan - he was set to be a great signing.

6 hours ago, Scott7 said:

Was there ever a sight more fluidly elegant than Lillee in his run-up?

 

On a par with Nijinsky the racehorse and well superior to Nijinsky the ballet guy.

You sound like Hugh McIlvanney. (That's a compliment by the way.)

3 minutes ago, Rousseau said:

Haud yer BOABBie - is this ... a unanimous vote?!

Wonderful! 🤣

11 minutes ago, PoohBear said:

It doesn’t matter if we are stuck with players, if they aren’t good enough we have to find better. 
 

I actually like Tav and Goldson, but just like Morelos and Kent, we’ve let them stay too long. Individually I think they are excellent players, however they have been battered from pillar to post by Celtic for years and have barely put a dent in them. There is something wrong with their mentality.  We can’t be starting next season with these guys in our strongest lineup.

At least Tav won't be facing Maeda again - he has a mental block with him.

We've been beaten by a side with players drawn from the National League South, and from clubs like Salford, Oxford City etc. A team who might still be relegated.

12 minutes injury time please.

Just now, CammyF said:

Questions need to be asked of manager - his recent selections, set-up and tactics have been mysterious 

He definitely made an error in picking players just to give them minutes. We should pick our strongest team every time. Forget the Scottish Cup; I'm only interested in the title.

1 minute ago, Rousseau said:

I don't mind him being annoyed at being subbed. 

 

We cannot afford him anyway, so it's unlikely. 

He's got no right to be annoyed - he was woeful. 

Just now, Sutton_blows_goats said:

Aye we haven’t had an injury yet 😂

It's come to something when all we have is our grim humour to cheer us.😂

Don't like Silva's attitude - hope we do not sign him. 

1 minute ago, ian1964 said:

Is this a case of bottling it?

Complacency. That simple.

Disgraceful. This could be the day we lost the league.

Interesting that Dowell gets a start; I thought he added something last time he came on.

39 minutes ago, Scott7 said:

Ripping Yarns, you could say.

Beat me to it.

34 minutes ago, Sutton_blows_goats said:

I think some markets offer more value than others. If we are recruiting from SA or Scandinavia we are less likely to have to pay massive wages unlike recruiting from EPL (Lundstram, Ben Davies) or Germany (Matondo).

How about recruiting from Scotland (Lewis Miller, David Watson for example)?

35 minutes ago, Rousseau said:

I think they should abandon the game and award us a 0-3 win. 

It's one thing us getting the points but to improve our goal difference as well.....🤣