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A great afternoon. Particularly enjoyed watching Dumbcaster and McLennan handing over winners medals to the Rangers players 😋

Did Jack Butland have a save to make all game?

Just hope Thursday night hasn’t taken too much out of the players. I think it’s scandalous to be playing this final on the Sunday after European games midweek

Thought that was one of our best away performances of all time tonight alongside Dortmund a couple of years ago. 
However important games still lie ahead this month. Don’t forget that. A win on Sunday is essential. And a win at the bheggardome would send a clear message  to all our enemies 

The referee was about 6 yards away & had a perfect view of the tackle. He gave a yellow card. Why did VAR need to get involved? 

16 minutes ago, ian1964 said:

Not for me. I think we persist with McCausland, he is doing well and will improve with more game time.

Correct.

MacCausland must be given his chance.

So far the signs look good.

I thought he did well yesterday when he came on. A couple of times he was waiting for a pass & was the through on goal but didn’t get it. Perhaps he’s not vocal enough yet. All part of his learning process 

2 hours ago, Gonzo79 said:

Not at all.  Aberdeen would've charged us £8m for Ferguson!  😀

And too many of us don’t realise this is why we didn’t sign Lewis Ferguson 

Crash helmet on   ⛑️ 

I thought Dessers played well today 

1 hour ago, Graeme Ro55 said:

Missed out on Lewis Ferguson 🤣 3 goals & 2 assists in 14 games, aye he's killing it. He is outwith the top ten players for both goals & assists in Serie A. He would have no impact on our squad imo. There are no players in the other spl teams who would boost our current team imo.

Absolutely agree.

Looks like Angeball is bust. Yet another Spurs defeat.Will he last much longer?

The Celtic/RC vote is the SNP core vote. No chance of a public enquiry unless useless Westminster get involved

A tough watch at times. I thought we were going to regret the missed chances. Other than Sima we have no one up front who looks capable of getting a decent amount of goals over the course of the season. Unless that get sorted we won’t win the league 

25 minutes ago, MacK1950 said:

Ah well Ridvan v Shankland again!!!!!!

Where’s Barasic anyway?

1 hour ago, CammyF said:

Two pieces of quality and two goals. Not the best of performances, but 3 points a clean sheet.

 

Is it worth giving Sima a run at centre forward?

My thoughts too regarding Sima

He's 6ft2 strong in the air, can hold the ball up & got pace.And can finish well.

We need to do something following Beale’s disasterous summer signings. Dessers simply isn’t working up front & Danilo lacks the physical presence to play the lone striker

12 minutes ago, Rousseau said:

Cantwell wide right is forced, as PC said in his press conference. He's a #10, or wide left cutting in; the latter was his usual position at Norwich. 

 

Matondo is a RW, but again has been injured. 

 

We've got very few wide options because we've not played with wide players too often. It's a choice. It's not wrong, per se - although it is an issue now when we want to play with wide players. 

I’d suggest young MacAusland might solve our wide right problem although maybe too early to say.

24 minutes ago, Rousseau said:

Lammers is not a #10. I don't understand why he's continually played there. 

 

He's a forward, and - if we're to get anything out of him - must be played there. 

 

Although, he's behind Danilo and a fit Roofe, for me. 

Perhaps I’m in a minority when I say I think there is a player in there regards Lammers but time is running out fast for him to prove himself.

Hes not a number 10 as you say and won’t get a look in at that position if Tom Lawrence is back fit

9 minutes ago, Gonzo79 said:

I'd have thought so.  He's doing quite well at Bologna and I reckon they'd want £7m+.  

I think they’ll be looking for a lot more than 7m.

Ultimately he’ll be judged (initially) whether he can get rid off Beale’s poor signings and thereafter whether he can recruit the quality we require. 
He has the advantage of not having to do a lot to better the achievements of his predecessor Mr Wilson.

One bit of advice I’d give him is to consult the Rangers manager at all times before pursuing signings. We don’t want any more Aaron Ramsey type signings 

If(and it’s a big ‘if’) this is true, need to find buyers first. Won’t be easy

11 minutes ago, SykseyBear said:

A shining light. Well done Sir. 

 

Decent isn't good enough at Rangers. Decent is 2nd place. Decent doesn't get you where this club deserves to be. 

 

Squad's 30+ deep. That's the 4th time i've told you that in as many weeks. Loads of alternatives all over the squad. Exciting ones at that. You keep saying there are no other options. God knows why. Is that what lets you sleep at night Gonzo? ffs pal, c'mon man. I told you all McAusland deserved a shot before he was given one, he got it, and has done relatively well. He's been better than what's there. What's Roofe being paid for? Why are we stifling Rice and McKinnon? Why are we playing Cantwell out of position to accommodate Sam Lammers? Why are we still playing Lundstram and Barisic when they are out of contract in a matter of months? Get young Fraser up and in. Play Yilmaz when available. Give Rice a chance. McKinnon. Give him Lunnys place. It felt like we played last night with 8 men. At most. You can't win games with 8 men. Why did we sign Sterling? Where's Dowell? What's young Devine hanging about for? 3rd choice right back, at his age? There are literally so many things we can do to change things up. Excite fans. Try something different. We've got Bealeball under a different manager. Nothing has changed. 

 

Gods honest truth Scott. I'd go

 

Butland

Sterling

Souttar

King

Yilmaz

McKinnon

Rice

Cantwell

McAusland

Matondo

Roofe

 

No f*cking about. No lets downs. No crap from the last 3-5 years. Imagine the buzz we'd all get turning up at Ibrox and hearing wee Rice and McKinnon are starting. The favourites are dropped. Roofe starting. Cantwell IN position. Pace on the flanks. That's my wish. I dread line ups right now because i know PC isn't brave enough to change it up. It's the same crap every week. 

 

People can laugh all they want. It's my club too. That's what i want to see. The back of the perennial losers. The kids coming through. The season has been shite. I just want to feel excited again. I want to see our manager acknowledge what we can all see. What we've all seen for years. 

 

Hey listen, i know it's not going to happen. But you asked what my 11 was.

 

What's yours Scott?

 

King? Sterling?

this is a wind-up ?

4 minutes ago, CammyF said:

Less than 2 years ago we destroyed Dortmund in Germany! 

 

But I get what you are saying, however we should be beating them at Ibrox. 1 point out of 6 against them isn't great. 

We have regressed badly since then. 

The other thing I think worth pointing out from last night is that Aris Limassol are probably a better side than anyone we face domestically apart from maybe the yahoos. I think too many of us expected an easy game last night

What’s worrying too is Sima and Danilo have gone off the boil the last few games. They were both pretty much non existent last night

8 minutes ago, Blue Moon said:

He couldn't be any worse than Lammers when he plays in his own position.

Which position does Lammers play?

Not sure. 

We were awful up front today. Sima is beginning to look like a luxury player & Danilo doesn’t have the stature to play thro’ the middle on his own. Difficult to see how we can resolve this with what we’ve got at present.

Their goal apart I thought we were reasonably good today against a team playing at home who just wanted to get 11 behind the ball second half but we do lack creativity 

We didn’t start well and conceded a poor goal. The two CB’s should have been capable of dealing with the knock on. 
Once again we’re huffing & puffing up front unable to find a breakthrough