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Don't think we've played too badly at times. They are always going to up for it so no great surprises there. We could have scored 4 goals IMO and why wasn't it a penalty? Ref bottled it. His hand moves towards the ball and denies Sima the chance of kicking the ball when it lands.

Just now, Gonzo79 said:

Yeah, he's really lackadaisical looking today and his role is so important. 

He's playing well but has to be quicker with everything. Too many touches!!

Just now, SykseyBear said:

100% believing the hype. Clement this Clement that. Clement hadn't played Celtic yet.....PC has had a nightmare today as much as his players. 

Calm down for goodness sakes

We look sluggish.

We are not winning second balls. 

We are standing off them too much. Poor

Wright for McCausland now. 

Press as a team Rangers

Be quick, brave and bold Rangers. Leave it all out there on the pitch. That's all we ask of you! No regrets.

Heart and Hand pod mentioning the rumour that both Barasic and Ridvan have got injuries? Not heard this one personally. 

17 minutes ago, SykseyBear said:

We thought that at Ibrox as well.....forward line is the weakest area of our team so i don't see him being out as making much difference. 

I would say we are a significantly more functional team than we were 4 months ago. We played right into their hands that day. Saying that we should have never lost that game. We still missed a lot of chances.

Carter-Vickers out apparently. That's a big bonus for us IMO.

12 minutes ago, lenny3k said:

I have no concerns about big Phil's mentality or approach what-so-ever, the players ability to deal with the amount of hostility remains to be seen

Score first and the hostility will move from our players to their board and manager. They are on edge and simply waiting to pounce on Brenda if we come away with anything tomorrow. 

28 minutes ago, Thinker said:

I hope the players are focused on the win. You should never go into a match like this with the attitude that "a draw will be fine". That's a recipe for disaster.

I don't think that's in Clements playbook tbh

Goldson and Lunny 50/50 by the sounds of it

Don't know why but I have strange feeling we are going to do well tomorrow. Feel we are due something and there seems to be a belief in the team. Time will tell. 

I would honestly take Jermaine Defoe back before wasting time and funds on Silva. Van Veen (or a player of that like) fits the bill IMO. Experienced, knows his way to goal, knows the rigours of our mad game

I genuinely hope my words above come back to bite me. I suppose we've got to trust the manager...

Apparently Sima has made the final Senegal squad for the AFCON 24. Can Silva play left side? Or do we witness the 3rd coming of wee Rabbi

4 minutes ago, Gonzo79 said:

So, we definitely still need a No.9.  

Dessers to score on Saturday. You heard it here first...

1 hour ago, Scott7 said:

Wagner looks like a defender. 

He is also out of contract soon. 

With regards to Silva, does anyone see him also coming in off the right side as well as playing as a traditional 9? A lot of the clips show him coming in from that area and he also appears to be 2 footed. Sima on the left side, Silva on the other side, Dessers in the middle with Cantwell in the hole. That's starting to look promising...

Random observation. Surprised he's number 7 as I would have thought that would be a popular number and already be taken. Was Hagi number 7? 

1 hour ago, DJRFC said:

need Silva to hit the ground running ideally.

MF next?

Another striker please

Them 1 Rangers 2

FGS Dessers

2 hours ago, Gonzo79 said:

In the real world, football matches aren't won by belief bolstered comments on discussion forums by people who won't even be at the match.  

 

I'm in my 40s and our record at Parkhead has been utterly abysmal my entire life.  Recently, it has been worse than abysmal.  I'm a pessimist and that won't change, nor will it remotely impact Saturday's result.

 

Gerrard seemed to drill the correct mentality into the players when we went there and I hope Clement can have a similar effect.  

I think our recent record v them hasn't been helped by over cautious managers. The last game at Ibrox springs to mind. We are due a win there IMO. The two drubbings under Gio aside, we've always been in the games. We've just been undone by silly defensive errors (Davies) and bad finishing (Sakala). Apply that also to games at Hampden and Ibrox.

If we pkay an aggressive press like we did in Seville, I think we can cause them issues. Especially Hart and Taylor. And especially if their big American is injured.