Rousseau

Davies isn't starting...

Where are all these goals coming from?!

I benched Zinchenko in my fantasy side... 9 points. Wasted.

I'm ambivalent. If they get through, it's great for the co-efficient. If they get horsed, all is right with the world and I can have a good chuckle.

Yes, like Kamara, the prick!

Commiserations to Fulham for all but confirming their relegation by signing Shane Duffy.

He scored a couple of good goals for St Johnstone a few years back, too, but that was the extent of it.

I always thought Middleton could do a job for us, despite being a little one-dimensional. However, that's a couple of managers now that haven't rated him, so I can't argue with that.

PL returns tonight, with Crystal Palace against Arsenal. Arsenal have been quite impressive in their recruitment (Jesus and Zinchenko are good buys) and pre-season results. Whether that translates into league success remains to be seen.

You bring up an interesting comparison, which perhaps highlights our problem. Both Liverpool and Man City morph into a 2-3-5 in attack. Essentially, they always want wide players hugging the touchline, two players in the half-spaces, and a forward (creating the 5). Whereas Liverpool create this with wide FBs and inside forwards (Liverpool have quite a rigid midfield three), Man City have touchline-hugging wingers and free 8s in the half-space (Man City's FBs are inverted and play quite deep, creating the '3' with the #6). We're caught in the middle: Wingers hugging the touchline, getting in the FBs way, and no free 8s. It's like Man City's wingers and Liverpool's rigid midfield-three. It doesn't create the ideal 2-3-5 line-up. We need to keep the rigid midfield-three and get our wingers playing in the half-spaces, and high FBs; or keep the wingers wide and get some free 8s (which we technically have, in Tillman, Hagi, Lawrence, Jack at a push) to support the forward more closely.

Fabinho.

I mentioned this prior to the Livingston game: Kent - Colak - Matondo Tillman Lundstram - Kamara Red Van - Sands - Goldson - Tavernier McLaughlin Adding Morelos for Colak, and it's still the strongest squad, for me. I've not seen enough of Davies, yet. I would prefer having just one #6 against the diddies, bringing in Lowry for Lundstram or Kamara.

Back to being pessimistic. Thanks, Rangers... Rangers 1 - 0 Kilmarnock FGS Colak

Rangers vs Kilmarnock

What are your thoughts, folks?

Ugh... Correct Result (1 pt): compo and Lenny Correct Number of Rangers Goals (1pt): - FGS (2 pts): - Correct Score (3 pts): - Latest Standings:

Comment est ce qu'on dit "bad juju" en français?

The Europa League is the better competition anyway...

I loved Aribo, but he had to be sold. I will say this, though: I still don't think we ever found his best position. He's a unique style of player. He might suit playing 'wide' in Southampton's narrow 4-2-2-2.

Oh-no - the bad juju, here, is off the scale...

I still take the first Rangers goalscorer.

Age has nothing to do with it, for me. McGregor is the better shot-stopper. McLaughlin is better with his feet, his distribution and his command of the box. As a team, Rangers need the latter over the former, IMO.

No - I went for Tavernier. I thought Kamara, Wright and Tavernier were the best in the first half. However, whereas Wright didn't come out for the second, Kamara was replaced by a more offensive option - as we were all crying out for -, but Tavernier continued to do what he does. He scored the winner, but his overall play was good. I thought Kent had a good second half. It seemed like he was able to take on a defender one-on-one more, rather than getting outnumbered in the first half. I wonder if that was because we had more players central, dragging them away? Tillman was good, too. I did want him in the starting XI.

Glen Kamara.