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Still think we have nothing to lose by bringing in the young guy from Ayr United. He's mobile and can grab goals in the penalty box. Can't be any worse than Lafferty?

I'm really starting to get rather tired of our insistence on cross after flippin cross. It doesn't work. We really need to be more inventive in the final 3rd

Still 2-0 on Rangers TV. Missed the first 8mins. What's the score??

Good point Ian

Europe has been a fantastic distraction but it has also helped paper over the cracks in our domestic form. When you consider we are 1pt better off than we were at this time last year it shows how erratic we have been. We need to attempt to find a settled XI and stick with it. IMO squad rotation can only work with teams that have played together for a while and have a recognisable style of play.

Middleton needs a wee rest from the starting XI. Barasic more than capable of delivering good crosses from the left

Not sure if the tactics were that bad tbh. With more quality and better decision making we could have had a decent result.

His kicking has been poor all evening tbh

I think you're being kind ?

Our first touch has been dreadful at times. The pitch is not helping tbh

Barasic definitely adds a bit quality and composure to the team

Time to make change now Stevie and go for it. They are poor

The formation is working to a degree but our passing and decision making has let us down.

My god Rapid are really bang average. Unfortunately so are we. The quality on show here is shocking

Not sure. I think he'll look for Tav and Barasic to get forward and we'll extra protection in the middle. Bit like the 2nd half in Villareal

We will definitely need Coulibaly to support Alfie and Arfield.

Are you at the game Bearger? That looks official

A repeat tonight from the big boys would be sweet. Well done the young swifts

No great surprise tbh. Good luck to the big man. He's going to need it based on what we've seen

If we are hopeless at corners maybe the solution is to stop simply crossing balls in directly? Let's be more imaginative than solving a problem with a big guy. Look at Man City for example, they would never use this tactic. Everything is short and designed to move defenders around to make gaps to get in behind. I know they are on a different planet and have grade A players but it's more about imaginative play than personel. When we get a corner we rarely benefit and it looks like we don't do much work on them in training tbh.

I'm loving the sympathetic tone in the press. Talk of the Celtic "family" rallying around poor Leigh. If this was a Gers player the tone would be less than sympathetic.

Just a point of interest...They were chatting about the trials and tribulations of Southampton on TalkSport this afternoon and the south coast correspondent said Davis to Rangers is a certainty

Still not conviced by the idea of a big man. We need more ball players not target men

Granted but with all due respect, Bayern are not shopping in League 1. It's true we have good crossers of the ball but it's the type of crosses that is our downfall. We insist on putting speculative crosses into the area which are easily lapped up by the goalie or a CB. By all means I want Middleton, Barasic and co to deliver decent balls in but not in the air. I want them to get to the byline and play balls into the danger area on the ground (like Laffertys offside goal on v Dundee).

Am I the only one that is completely left cold with us being linked with 6 foot 5 striker? We need a striker with craft, that can hold the ball and play other players into the game. The idea of introducing a tall striker just gives me the impression that we will end up going route one and insist with this nonsense tactic of lumping balls into the box ad nauseum. How many crosses do we have to put over before we get that it doesn't work? 6 foot 5 Eaves? No thanks. I'd rather go for the Shankland at Ayr United.