BlackSocksRedTops

This. The constant tinkering does not work with a team struggling to find consistency.

Or on the pitch.

My god. We are a mess. Whatever we were doing well 3 weeks ago has evaporated at the first sign of pressure.

At least 3 Rangers pods this week have mentioned Danilo and Raskin rotating as they have played a lot of football. Please define a lot of football... both are young and eager to play and will be lucky to have accumulated 20 starts between them over the last month or so. We must be the only club in the world that micro manages our players to this level. We simply don't have the quality to rotate to this degree. I get Raskin was on a potential suspension but you have to win the game the game in front of you. There's no point in worrying about the Celtic game if you lose in the build up. That game is now irrelevant IMO. 12 pts (13 with GD) is insurmountable. We should be going into that game with a chance of reducing their lead to 6 points and at least give them something to think about.

Rather randomly, Umbro produce designs for many Brazilian teams including Gremio, Santos and Fluminese. Their strips are quite minimal and tasteful IMO

I popped in to read comments regarding the penalty, the subsequent fall out and the SFA baloney. Am I missing something? I cant see an chat or threads on it. Is it a litigious thing?

Of course he is but he is refereeing a game that is going 100 miles an hour. VAR was created to step and help refs. Like they did last season when the disallowed Dessers goal for the previous foul. The onus is on VAR here.

It was poor but he's a young player with very little experience. Cerny is the better option obviously but I think Igamane is caught in 2 minds.

The referee should not have to ask. VAR are checking everything in the game. It's not like they are sitting in a wee room with their feet up drinking coffee and are waiting on a buzz from the ref. A foul that close to the line should be heavily scrutinised. This bloody stinks.

Considering they chalked off our goal last season (Dessers) by looking back way into the build up, I'm surprised they didn't look at this. Or am I?

Might be clutching but didn't Kuhn have a wee nick on Diamonde prior to scoring their 3rd?

Cerny and Diamonde were subbed off.

Hardly dominated.

Maybe much of their poor performance was down to us? Just saying...

I disagree. We are seeing signs of progress. What are the alternatives? Sacking the manager and going back to square one (again). And spare me the most successful club nonsense. That has always been an embarrassing and utterly empty title.

On the plus side...that was the best they have to offer. We were missing Souttar and big Kasa (with Cortes and Matondo yet to return).

I see you waited until AFTER the game to make your point.

Ultimately its disappointing to lose in that manner but I'm still proud of the team. Personally, I would have started with Danilo and Igamane but hindsight is a wonderful thing. One nit pick...why did Tav move onto corners (outswinging floater) after Hagi caused chaos with the in swinging corners?

Subs!!!

Maybe multiple assists and the ability to integrate well with the 3 other attacking players?

Agreed. Tav and Ridvan are great options coming off the bench IMO. Especially if legs are tired and the game is stretched. It will also be interesting to see what happens if we score first. We've not scored first in a meaningful OF game since Hellanders header.

Rangers 3 Celtic 1 FGS Danilo

So if everybody's fit...who starts? Ridvan or Hagi? Sterling or Tav? Decisions, decisions... If Souttar and Hamza make it, I would go with the same team as last week (RC) but with Sterling replacing Tav at RB and Diamonde coming in for Baron.

Just a wee side note. Gusty winds and rain expected around 3pm today.

Regardless of the starting XI we need to give them something new to think about. Too many of their midfielders and defenders get to stroll through these games with ease. Much of that has been down to our piss poor press and the lack of mobility in our number 9. I don't want to Dessers bash but the fact that we have effectively had to play him has majorly hampered our progress in these games. The last run of games has shown that if we defend from the front we can control games and our mobility in the front 4 will be key.