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16 minutes ago, Whosthedado said:

I agree. Play Raskin in the next two league games and Final. They'll win the Final anyway though .

A midfield of raskin ,sterling and dio and we will beat them .

14 minutes ago, compo said:

 Stats XGs go for nothing when we field a bunch of second raters who have no heart and a manager who looks incapable of changing our fortunes I dont think we have a lot of money in the cash tin so the future is looking rather grim 

If he thinks Tom Lawrence has the fitness/energy/heart to win a midfield battle at the piggery I would not trust him with any money at all.

He had to play Sterling in the midfield today instead he went with Lawrence.

Lots of bears knew that Lawrence would be a man short  in midfield yet he was tasked with closing down mcgregor  who was their motm.

Double agent Clement sent to lead us up the garden path ?

2 hours ago, Fa1833 said:

I don't know about use but I put the game on 5 mins before kick off and that’s never happened before! I thought Goldson coming off for Balogun was a good idea ! Yes he had a few dodgy moments let’s call them lack of game time but overall solid allowing Tav to move up field and more or less contributed towards the first goal, Soutar on the other hand was usual with  Matondo who is always  trying to replicate his two goals previously and lacked any real threat or input , Dessers and John Lundstram were the key men along with Sterling, Diomande has the energy and the pace to play a full 90 mins but JL just lacked the pace towards the 80 mark in which I thought Diomande and Raskin could of caused some more trouble in the midfield if he had stayed on the pitch. If silva wasn’t so desperate to score so many goals then he may have had one but was so blindsided by thinking Dessers was going to score he flung himself forward in a strop and tripped up on his own feet. It’s a step forward indeed and that’s the main thing. The one thing I was concerned about was when PC said he was going to play LB last week instead of CG but LB got injured surely he should of played BD regardless as surely that game against Ross county CG was shocking! Apologies Cantwell was brilliant I thought along with the link up play with Dessers played well today. 

Wtf.

Sterling was a revelation in midfield beside Lundstram yet he doesn't get played there , somebody needs to ask Clement why not.

39 minutes ago, Gonzo79 said:

Raskin did okay when he came on against Benfica. 

 

Maybe we should give him more of a chance.  

I would start Jack with Raskin replacing him when needs be.

Don't play Raskin from the start , that cost us last week against Motherwell.

I think big Leon will come in to give Souttar a rest and maybe Jack could start.

I would keep Roofe on the bench until the last 15 minutes of every game from now on otherwise we risk losing him again ,

he can still do damage when he comes on.

Hope so , we missed him on Saturday.

He made a mistake playing Raskin yesterday  , needs to play Sterling with Lundstam as the midfield two and pick the rest from that .

Stating the obvious.

1 hour ago, Frankie said:

Diomande can play anywhere across the midfield positions - attacking or defensive.

Davies back fit but not sure he'll start.

Balogun not available until next weekend as needs sessions to get used to new mask.

McCrorie might start but I guess it all the above depends on how the manager views the quality of the opposition. 

Best news of the day Big Leon back next weekend ,was fearing he could have been out longer.

24 minutes ago, yuddie said:

Looking forward to it, the lads have had a full week so hopefully we see some zip in the passing and movement.

 

                           Butland

 

Tav       Souttar       Balogun        Ridvan

 

                  Lundstram   Raskin

 

McCausland        Cantwell     Matondo

 

                           Dessers

 

That's my PREFERRED, predicted would probably include Goldson and Silva. Personally I think Goldson isn't playing well at all and we need Matondo's pace otherwise we're reliant on Ross' legs.

 

Cortes and Silva to come off the bench would be great to see also, add in Jack and Lawrence and you've got something promising if you want to change/kill a game.

 

Let's go lads! Clean sheet and a few goals before 60 would make a nice change against Livi, let's not rely on subs eh.

Fine except Sterling instead of Raskin.

Great win in a difficult venue.

1 hour ago, 26th of foot said:

Steve Davis was entitled to act similarly to Naismith and Whittaker.

 

When he departed the club for Southampton, he insisted upon Rangers receiving a fee.

 

A proper professional, a proper Ranger.

This is nonsense , it was big hawns Charles Green who threatened to with hold his registration unless we got some money.

Sandy Jardine who was a real Rangers man said they all let us down including Davis.

Don't reply with any PR bullshit.

2 hours ago, SykseyBear said:

Cup finals are well beyond Tavernier. He just can't handle the ocassion. Another awful performance. 

 

Here we go. Relying on Wright....

 

Dessers still on. LOL 

Yip.

Good to see King getting some time , maybe  holding midfielder will be his best position rather than center back.

9 minutes ago, CammyF said:

That is part of it but we never looked like scoring when Dessers and McCausland were replaced.

 

Sima wasn't a his best, Danilo spent more time sliding about the astro-turf and Cantwell was too busy looking for a fight and picked up another stupid booking. 

 

Lawrence played well but tired (as expected) and shows what little options we have that we had to play Ridvan left wing

 

Ridvan for Sima was a clever sub to see the game out .

Big Phil did the same on Thursday with Lawrence for Sima after Sima never tracked back for Sparta's goal .

1 hour ago, SykseyBear said:

 

 

 

 

No it wasn't. Prague away was fine. A terrific away clean sheet. In fact i was far more comfortable watching us in Prague than i was the other night. 

 

 

Prague away we got battered for over sixty minutes and could have been 3 or 4 down.

29 minutes ago, Sutton_blows_goats said:

Who was the rat who asked about Todd Cantwells social media at the presser? Sounded 100% like a left footer.

 

glad Jack Ryan is getting back to fitness, has a clear and present danger about him.

Raman .

Maybe just as well that Davis is clueless , if he had taken us all the way to Dublin he would walk away again at the first offer from England with his devotees telling us that he is too good to manage in Scotland.

57 minutes ago, ranger_syntax said:

We've gifted another goal to Celtic today.

 

We had no coherent pattern of attack other than the ball over the top.

 

I think I'm right to say that Cantwell and Raskin have yet to beat Celtic in a competitive match.

 

 

They both played in last seasons 3-0 win at Ibrox.

In the 3-0 win at the end of last season when the league was already lost he had Cantwell closing down McGregor and it worked.

Why not today ?

Beale is toast , the sooner the better.

St.Mirren drawing with Livi means a win tomorrow we go top and hopefully stay there unless Motherwell win at Hearts.

Even after last Wednesday I'm cautiously optimistic that at this time tomorrow we will be top of the league.

The crowd will pull us through this one.

Play Davies at  left back .