Yorkie Bear

Rangers 2 - 0 Livingston

FGS Sakala

Sakala for me. Most of the play seemed to be from his side of the pitch, particularly in the first half. Never stopped running and scared a good goal.

Rangers 4 - 0 Stirling Albion

FGS Itten

19 minutes ago, DMAA said:

Much tougher in the tackle and more physical than Lundstram, absolutely the right decision imo. Lundstram looks built better but I think Sands has a more physical game, and importantly in these games better mobility and stamina. 

I'm reassured.

I hope Sands is ready for this. His physique does not look very robust and it would not surprise me if Aberdeen target him.

15 hours ago, 26th of foot said:

Albert Henderson managed Arbroath for nearly 20 years, creating a number of very watchable footballing teams. They won promotion to Scotland's top tier twice, spending four seasons in the top flight. In the early 70s, the Lichties had an exciting front three of John Fletcher, Billy Pirie and, Tommy Walker; deservedly defeating Rangers 2-3 at Ibrox in 1974.

 

My first visit to Gayfield was in 1968, Colin Stein had just signed and his debut was against Arbroath, scoring a hat-trick in a 1-5 victory.

I was at Arbroath as well that day, right behind the goal. Stein scored his hat trick in about 5 minutes.

Aberdeen 0 - 2 Rangers

FGS Morelos

10 minutes ago, Uilleam said:

"Giovanni van Bronckhorst glad to land versatile James Sands"

 

I see that we got JS from Ronnie 'The Dildo' Deila. That pleases me almost as much as it will displease the fhilth.

 

He seems to be a versatile player, so I suppose we might call him 'Shifting Sands'.

 

 

 

Yes, but is he Quick Sands?

10 hours ago, Bill said:

No matter how assimilated they might appear, there seems to be an endless reservoir of pique lurking beneath every black skin. Some reveal it more readily than others. This is a case in point, albeit Ian Wright is plumbing new depths of fantasy to make it. 

 

This could be the most contrived and witless example yet.

You can say what you like about Ian Wright as an individual but to claim every black person is the same is getting into very dodgy ground.

Have a good Christmas and above all -  don't let the b.... get you down.

Rangers 2 - 0 St Mirren

FGS Morelos

2 minutes ago, RANGERRAB said:

Hope Ross and Gio were asking him when he’s getting his UEFA pro licence

Maybe Ange was sounding them out about buying Aribo in January

Rangers 2 - 0 Dundee Utd

FGS Morelos

3 minutes ago, Frankie said:

Very dominant performance and team looked confident on the ball - even if that meant we perhaps overplayed it at times.

 

Thought Morelos, Aribo and Kent were all excellent whilst Hagi had one of those nights were nothing came off for him.  I was a bit frustrated that we seemed to concede territory somewhat as the game went on but we still looked dangerous on the counter and hopefully this will have helped conserve energy ahead of another game on Saturday.

Good point about conserving energy. When we are playing 2 games a week, it's understandable that the intensity falls off in the second half. That's why an early goal makes life so much easier and that's why other teams play so deep to frustrate us. Though having said all that, it would be nice to have a 3 goal margin before we begin to play out the game.  

At the moment we just don't look like being beaten. Celtic are hanging on by their fingertips. One slip and they are gone.

Rangers 3 - 0 St Johnstone

FGS Morelos

It’s interesting that, so far, under GvB we’ve become more consistent in our performances. Previously we could be very poor one game and outstanding in the next game.  I think this is down to the defence being much better. Goldson now seems to be commanding again and Barasic is defending well.  Between them they seem to be looking after Bassey, who is improving in his role. A few weeks back there were calls for McGregor to be dropped. Now he seems back to his best.

Not having Tavernier and Barasic so high up so often makes the defence more compact . The team just seems more balanced and playing with confidence.

It could be down to who we have been playing. The Dundee game aside, all the games have been potentially tricky so we’ve not been going gung-ho so there has been more emphasis on having the defence functioning well.

I don’t begin to fully understand the subtle changes in our tactics but I like what I see.

Hearts 0 - 2 Rangers

FGS Morelos

Lyon 1 - 1 Rangers 

FGS. Roofe

Rangers 3 - 0 Dundee

FGS Sakala

Hibernian 0 - 2 Rangers

FGS Morelos

Livingston 0 - 1 Rangers

FGS Morelos

Rangers 1 - 0 Sparta Prague

FGS Aribo

I’m going to stick my neck out here. From what I’ve read to date, I do not expect anyone to agree with me😊.

I do not think that yesterday’s result was inevitable. A few weeks ago it was being said that our performance against Motherwell was the most complete performance of the year. Against Ross County, we played well and won easily. I know these are hardly world beating teams we were playing against but neither are Hibs. Because we are so inconsistent, it’s hit and miss whether we’ll get a good performance or not so talk of inevitability of being beaten by Hibs side… well I just don’t  agree.

From past performances, the most likely outcome was to not play particularly well but to eventually come out on top. That’s how we are top of the league.  Because of the inconsistency, we could just as easily have blown Hibs away or, as turned out, gifted them the game.

If (big if!) we can address the inconsistency, we will have little to fear.

Glass half-full Loyal

Forget hoodoos. Forget bogey sides. Modern football is all about facing what is coming and not looking to the past.

While a semi is a semi and anything can happen on the day, the present Rangers team has nothing to fear from Hibs.

A big day for Tavernier to show his captain's credentials and lead the team to victory.

Rangers 4 - 1 Hibernian

FGS Kent