Rousseau

FFS! He's had two sniffs of goal. Two goals. Antonio-Mirko Goalak.

Kent and King on for Matondo and Davies.

Yeah... I'm back to being bored. I feel like there's no plan when we get the ball into the front players; it's all based on individual play, which is non-existant.

Main is a thug. He knows what he's doing.

You know what? I like the two attacking wingers; I like the position the #8s are taking up, and their runs in behind; and I'm excited by Tavernier's position, which is inside, like Alexander-Arnold. What's letting us down is the combination-play. As soon as we do the work and ping the ball into the wingers or #8s (Tavernier has done so a few times, along with Lundstram and Barisic), the ball goes backwards. We need to work on the next pass, once it gets into the wingers or #8s.

Damn! Missed the goal. Apparently it was a tap-in for Colak after Barisic's shot came off the post.

I agree with the frustration at two holding midfielders, but it's not as bad as it appears, because Jack can play as an #8, so it could be a 1-2 set-up in midfield. However, I would prefer a more attacking #8, like Tillman.

Rangers 3 - 0 St Mirren FGS Colak I'm feeling light-headed...

Rangers 1 - 0 St Mirren FGS Morelos.

'02 Scottish Cup Final. Magic.

If he's good enough, get him on the pitch!

I've not seen enough of him, to be honest. He did well enough when he started the Old Firm game a couple of years ago. But he's not played since, so it appears he's not good enough - certainly not to start ahead of McGregor and McLaughlin. Now we're giving him a new deal, which suggests he's got something about him. So, is he good enough or not? (Or, is he just a permanent back-up? That would be a waste of the lad's career.)

Topic split off. I'll make a poll of the options, if there's interest.

Hull have reached an agreement with Olympiacos manager Pedro Martins to become their new manager. He's won three titles on the bounce. Why can't we target someone like that? I wonder how much Hull are offering him?

Rangers 1 - 0 St Mirren FGS Colak

Rangers vs St Mirren

It does highlight how big our squad is (joint most in the CL), and yet we're always light because of all the injuries!

Club Squad ø-Age Market Value ø-Market Value Manchester City 23 27.2 £949.77m £41.29m Liverpool FC 27 26.7 £832.50m £30.83m Paris Saint-Germain 28 25.3 £801.32m £28.62m Bayern Munich 24 25.5 £790.83m £32.95m Chelsea FC 25 26.6 £775.35m £31.01m Real Madrid 23 27.4 £753.75m £32.77m FC Barcelona 25 25.4 £732.33m £29.29m Tottenham Hotspur 25 26.2 £616.77m £24.67m Atlético de Madrid 22 27.8 £550.35m £25.02m Inter Milan 28 27.5 £533.66m £19.06m AC Milan 31 26.1 £495.50m £15.98m Juventus FC 27 26.7 £452.16m £16.75m RB Leipzig 25 24.8 £436.03m £17.44m Borussia Dortmund 31 24.4 £434.70m £14.02m SSC Napoli 27 25.6 £432.50m £16.02m Bayer 04 Leverkusen 28 24.4 £422.87m £15.10m Ajax Amsterdam 27 24.7 £266.22m £9.86m Sevilla FC 25 28.4 £248.85m £9.95m SL Benfica 30 25.5 £234.27m £7.81m FC Porto 28 26.0 £231.30m £8.26m Olympique Marseille 27 24.6 £229.50m £8.50m Sporting CP 28 24.4 £206.82m £7.39m Eintracht Frankfurt 30 24.7 £204.80m £6.83m Red Bull Salzburg 32 22.1 £183.53m £5.74m Club Brugge KV 31 24.2 £144.95m £4.68m Rangers FC 32 26.2 £114.59m £3.58m Celtic FC 27 25.8 £97.11m £3.60m GNK Dinamo Zagreb 29 25.4 £86.36m £2.98m Shakhtar Donetsk 29 24.7 £72.27m £2.49m FC Copenhagen 29 24.8 £61.47m £2.12m FC Viktoria Plzen 27 27.8 £25.65m £950Th. Maccabi Haifa 27 27.4 £18.54m £687Th.

Transfermrkt... Average of £3.5m per player, which I don't think is too far off. (Celtic are valued at £97m, but with 5 fewer players, which works out roughly the same average per player.) There was another value placed on our side prior to the CL, which was similar, I think?

Don't get me wrong: I'm not expecting us to beat Liverpool - they've reached 3 CL finals in the last 6 years (I think?). But I am expecting us to come up with a tactical plan and execute it properly. At the moment we're just... blah.

And Atletico have way way more cash than Brugge. Money is only part of the equation. (Actually, their squad value is £144m compared to our £114m, which is not a huge difference.)

What about the save from Jota in the second half?

I suspect foul play...

Boo! The record is gone.