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That has been a feature under BazBall. It maybe gets him involved in build-up and allows him to arrive later? I don't know.

A back three would match Fenerbahce's 3-4-1-2.

Back three/five?

We need to punt Cerny, too...

Finally! You're coming around.

I think we're getting pumped.

I believe that's the first time Xabi Alonso has been beaten by Bayern Munich as manager of Leverkusen. They hammered them in the league recently but it finished 0-0.

I knew PSV had been struggling recently but I didn't expect that.

Fenerbahce 0 - 1 Rangers FGS Dessers

Fenerbahce vs Rangers

Club Brugge 1-2 Aston Villa Borussia Dortmund 2-1 Lille PSV 1-2 Arsenal Real Madrid 1-1 Atletico Madrid Feyenoord 0-2 Inter Milan Bayern Munich 1-2 Bayer Leverkusen Benfica 2-3 Barcelona PSG 1-2 Liverpool

Filth. Have you got a link so I can avoid it...

Too soon?

Rangers' US takeover agreed in principle Leeds United chairman Paraag Marathe, who is 49ers Enterprises president, and health insurance tycoon Andrew Cavenagh are leading the takeover bid; US group aiming to buy at least 51 per cent of the shares in Rangers ahead of the new season; legal paperwork for deal being drafted https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11788/13320562/rangers-takeover-deal-with-us-investors-andrew-cavenagh-and-san-francisco-49ers-paraag-marathe-agreed-in-principle

We were a lot wider, too, compared to the Killie game where we were very narrow. You can see why everyone thought we were exposed in the midfield.

Look at the state of this shotmap...

I think Butland comes out on top - except for errors, sweeping and accurate long balls. I thought Kelly would be better at High Claims, but there is nothing between them. And both don't sweep, which I've always thought quite important when your opponent's main danger is the counter.

Do you not know who you replied to? @der Berliner has been arguing for playing 20 strikers for years.

I don't think it matters if he touches the ball or not; it's the movement towards it. We've seen this quite often.

I think the characteristics and styles you mention should be the remit of the recruitment department, not the manager. It should be taken out of the hands of the manager almost (they should have a little input) completely, IMO. I know not everyone feels this way.

I may be jumping to conclusions, but it may be an example of the 'Rangers Da' you were asking about before...

The reason we couldn't upgrade 'McGregor, Barasic, Lundstram, Goldson, Jack, Morelos, Kent and [...] Roofe' was because we kept hold of them too long. We gave too much power to the manager (SG, GvB and MB) who wanted to keep them. If we had given the power to the DoF they would have been sold and we could have then re-invested. We're only half-way through a rebuild. The new manager should not be in control of this.