Rousseau

12 G+A in 35 games for a 19-year-old? Not bad at all. He's only costing £400k. Actually, looking at the twitter comments, there are a few calling our league Mickey Mouse!

The stats give it to Cantwell, with McCausland a close second.

What are your thoughts, folks?

I don't disagree. Except for Yilmaz: we should build the team around him.

Possibly, but they still should have been involved in the training; that's negligence.

The injury record is awful, but it's not Clement's fault. He stated he knows the cause, so hopefully it will get fixed.

I am frustrated as to why Fraser (and other youngsters, I suppose) hasn't been given more minutes in a problem position, but Clement explained that when he said our youngsters hadn't been training with the first team properly, which is fair enough; they can't play when they're not up to speed with the style of play. That goes back to Beale, GvB and SG.

I find the criticism of Clement's team selection baffling. I mean, have you not seen our injury list?

You know what the solution is, don't you? A DoF. Our defensive issues have come on over the last month or two. Up until then we we had the best defense. The problems are a combination of players out of form (Barisic, Goldson, Tavernier), injuries (Balogun, Goldson, Yilmaz, SOUTTAR - And to those in front) and poor team pressing (that won't improve until PC gets them for a pre-season, IMO).

I thought I had given myself an outside shot with 3 points today, but I'm too far back. It's between BD and Yorkie, but the former has a significant lead going into the final game.

We go into the final game with two with a chance of winning it all. Correct Result (1 pt): Lenny, Devil, Franc and Mal. Correct Number of Rangers Goals (1pt): Rousseau, DJ, FA, MacK and Ted. FGS (2 pts): Rousseau. Correct Score (3 pts): - Latest Standings:

FGS McCausland

Clement: 'There will be changes, we need changes. I think we are at the end of a cycle as a club, we need to change some thing and I want to end this cycle with a really big moment next Saturday at Hampden.'

This annoys me. Too many fans demand our youngsters to be top, first-team stars straight away or they want them punted. As long as they can contribute to the team, then they're useful. If he can work on his weaknesses and improve his numbers to 10-20 G+A next season then that's fantastic. He's only just turned 21.

'Mon the Leeds!

Jimmy Hogan is a fascinating figure: 'Hogan believed that possession-based football was the answer, but that it must be founded upon constant passing and movement, and added versatility in his players and increased fitness that would allow them to bamboozle an opponent with the fluidity of their attacking moves. 'In 2012, Spanish magazine Panenka published a pedigree of several influential managers and teams from the 1910s to the 2010s—such as the Brazil national team of the 1950s and Pep Guardiola—placing Hogan as its progenitor; Hogan created a direct lineage for modern football tactics. Influenced by Burnley-born manager Harry Bradshaw and his adoption of the Scottish combination game, Hogan was directly responsible for the coaching foundations of two of the most influential footballing sides in history – Austria's Wunderteam and Hungary's Golden Team. 'Hogan is credited with the revolution in European football that saw Hungary defeat England 6–3 at Wembley in 1953, ushering a new football era. After the match, Sándor Barcs, then president of the Hungarian Football Federation, said to the press: "Jimmy Hogan taught us everything we know about football." 'Helmut Schön, 1974 FIFA World Cup-winning manager, whom Hogan lectured in Germany, stated: "I greatly admired Jimmy and always regarded him as a shining example of the coaching profession. In my lectures to coaches today I still mention his name frequently". 'Gusztáv Sebes stated: "We played football as Jimmy Hogan taught us. When our football history is told, his name should be written in gold letters". After his death in 1974, the head of the German Football Association labelled Hogan as "the father of football in modern Germany".' It's crazy to think that the Scottish passing and combination game of that time was virtually the basis of the Mighty Magyars, Dutch Total Football and Cruff, to Barcelona and Guardiola. And yet we're still stuck with an out-dated game. In his book, Jonathan Wilson compares the way in which football was discussed in Budapest and Britain: In Britain, football was discussed in pubs by men standing up with a pint in their hand. In the coffee house, customers sat down at a table, and so it became possible to illustrate tactical arguments using simple props, like a cup, a spoon or sugar bowl. It's a short step from that level of abstract thought to drawing diagrams and formations - something that would have seemed preposterous in Britain. Herbert Chapman found that push back when he organised tactical discussions. I believe there's still a lot of that push back today - 'Laptop manager'? Sure, criticise results, but engage with the ideas.

I've been reading Jonathan Wilson's book, The Names Heard Long Ago. The history of modern football was born in the coffee houses of Budapest. It was inspired by the short passing game in Scotland, which was brought to MTK Budapest by Englishman Jimmy Hogan and Scot John Tait Robertson (who played for Rangers). Hungarian coaches like Imre Hirschl, Árpád Weisz, Bela Guttmann and Gusztáv Sebes took their tactical ideas to Italy, Germany, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, across Europe and the Americas. The greatest example of these tactical ideas was the golden team, but what many thought was the beginning of an era was actually the end of over 50 years of development.

Taking the huff.

Hearts 2 - 3 Rangers FGS Silva

Hearts vs Rangers

Beale!!!

I missed that - what did he say?

I thought Raskin and Diomande had a few issues playing together, but hopefully it'll come good the more they play together.