Rousseau

The fans are a double-edged sword. On the one hand, the roar when we scored gave me goosebumps. It's been too long. On the other hand, the groans when things don't go our way must be so disheartening.

Strangely, I'm not angry; I'm just disappointed. I'm mystified, and quite concerned, as to how we can play so poorly over three games. I didn't see the first half, but by all accounts we were quite good. I did see the second, and what I saw was a team of 10-men outplaying us and scoring two well-taken goals. But, we looked terrified, and the space allowed for those goals was embarrassing; defenders not tracking the attackers, and the midfield seemed to be posted missing. And then we actually created 4-5 excellent chances, that should have been taken. I can somewhat understand why Gerrard would say it was tactically fine (defensive lapses are not generally tactical issues); score those chances and the game changes. However, you need to change things when you're chasing the game, and we didn't do much differently. We look out of sorts. Too many players are not up to scratch, yet. I feel like several of those players called on last night have not had a pre-season, or have had injuries recently (Barisic, Arfield, Hagi, Balogun, Aribo, Helander (OK--he didn't play), Morelos, and even McGregor has been in and out of the team). Some of those are unlucky injuries or after-effects of the Euro's, but you have to question whether we've just not prepared them properly. Covid has apparently affected us too. The formation is not the issue. The personnel are just not performing, for one reason or another. We need our players to show up, and/or make tactical changes to find alternate way of attacking etc; to find new solutions. It's a cop-out to base our struggles on the formation; the game is more complicated than that. That's not to say a change in formation can't be beneficial, though. I would certainly like to see the 3-4-2-1 seen in Europe, and even in England now who are usually late to these things. I don't think we've been "found out", either. Domestically we've faced one shot on target. The issue is we've not had the same zip in the final third. That needs to change. Our strength comes from our Full-backs and inside forwards, with a stabilising 3-man midfield that controls and penetrates with through balls and driving runs. All of those components have not really got going, though. I'd drop Kent for a bit; I don't think he's started well at all. Or, do you keep playing him to get him through it? It's up to the management to now get us through it. I'm disappointed.

Rangers 4 - 0 Dunfermline FGS Morelos I'd like to see something different, or at least a reaction.

Horrific.

I get your point, but FFP only uses 3 years data, so PSG are within that; it was 4 years ago that they signed Neymar for 220M euros. Something like that...

We're all reliant on Alfie for points this round. Correct Result (1 pt): - Correct Number of Rangers Goals (1pt): Bill, Franc FGS (2 pts): Rousseau, r_s, T-1000, Yorkie, BEAR, One, compo, GS, Franc, TB and WB91. Correct Score (3 pts): - Latest Standings:

Yeah, we need to go gung-ho now.

They're two free shots on goal but I'm still disappointed McGregor doesn't get closer to them.

Shocking defending.

We're getting outplayed by 10 men. Not good.

It's always more difficult against 10 men...

Just waiting for the team news...

You're wrong, but is that not enough?

Candeias was a great worker, but couldn't cross to save his life. Didn't score much either.

3 years yesterday since he left me...

That's fine. But only one of us is right...

Candeias was sh*te. We don't even play with a RM anymore. Move on. Imagine being hung up on a player that left years ago... ?

Difficult. I thought Wright, Morelos and Aribo did well but not for the whole game. Davis shades it, for me, just for a consistent effort.

You're able to post it yourself... ?

Ugh...

@Govan Rear Bear @Frankie

I assumed his attitude issue last season was because he wanted to leave and was refused that; he was just playing out his final year. I think it's too early to draw conclusion about fitness. Edit: I've just seen that there are some stories about us struggling with Covid cases during pre-season, so not everyone is up to speed.

I actually thought Lundstram would be that link player between defence and attack, breaking the lines, getting into the box. Maybe he's just taking time to get settled?

I always take the score AET, if there is any.

Rangers 3 - 1 Malmo ? FGS Morelos