Bill

I'm surprised the media hasn't already started to undermine Philippe Clement. He's had a 5 month honeymoon but it won't last and it's only a matter of time before he gets a target painted on his back. Hopefully he knows this is inevitable and is ready to see it for what it is.

1 hour ago, RANGERRAB said:

I do feel Wright’s time is up. He has no final ball.

For all his faults, I think Wright is always a better option than Matondo, who has no ball at all, final or otherwise, and may be the only player who hasn't responded to the new manager.

I think Sunday will take care of itself and we won't have too many problems staying at the top of the league. This isn't the team that folded on a whim under GvB and Beale.

18 minutes ago, DMAA said:

Manager has to take some responsibility for last night’s goal. 1 punt up the field and we are left 2 on 1. There was no reason whatsoever to leave ourselves so exposed on 60 minutes when we were on top. McCoist was in shock and rightly so. 

In terms of football management and coaching, McCoist is a nobody who should generally be ignored.

Souttar

1 hour ago, Gonzo79 said:

There were a handful of corners where it looked like Benfica were going to score on the break.  Definitely needs looked at.

I can't remember the last time I didn't feel uneasy when the opposition took a corner kick.

Just now, Frankie said:

Can we take it to PM please gents...

cant think of anything worse

Dundee 0 

Rangers 3

FGS - Tavernier

Just now, CammyF said:

Off course it is, but life on football and social media in general is easy. Just ignore anything you find boring and tedious rather than becoming involved.

 

Your time and effort (and undeniable knowledge) would be better served in the Russia / Ukraine thread where there is no tedious arguments or boring posts.

Tiresome

15 minutes ago, CammyF said:

And yet, here you are getting involved. Tedious and predictable? 

Yup, that’s what I’m talking about.

Wales must be waist deep in shit if they think Rabbi Matondo is the answer to their prayers. There's another Welshman in the Rangers dressing room who could do a job for them.

1 hour ago, CammyF said:

You DID misquote and bow your changing the narrative. 

 

I don't think we were favourites to beat Benfica (that's 3 games at Ibrox against them in the last few years and we are yet to defeat them).

 

If we had a fully fit and firing squad, we would have had a better chance of beating them. 

 

Putting things into perspective, going into the game tonight they were 4tg or 5th favourites to win the competition, whilst we were 14th.

 

If you think we should be beating Benfica, that's your perogative. Others see it different and are entitled to. 

I just look forward to a time when the game topic isn't reduced to this sort of petty and pointless bickering over who said what to who. I mean, it's as tedious as it's predictable.

6 minutes ago, Malangsob said:

Yes...they were shit...but we couldn't best them...so what does that make us?

If you are truly better than the other team...you walk the dog on em.

All this "they were offsides...VAR...blah blah woof woof"

If you go out and stomp ass all that falls by the wayside.

We were never any real threat. 

Thems the facts. 

Truth is we often get our expectations out of kilter with reality. Anyone who's seriously upset at going out to Benfica by the minimum margin is expecting way too much. As we rebuild yet again, I regard our EL run as another success. So much more to look forward to.

It will be interesting to hear what PC has to say tonight.

I usually detest international breaks but this one could be instrumental in winning the league title.

On the whole it has been another creditable run in Europe, which is about all we can hope for. It's over now but the good news is we have several other fish to fry between now and the end of the season.

Sadly, our Broomloan Drum Collective appear to think themselves above the interests of the club and other supporters. And far too many others seem willing to follow their lead.

5 hours ago, Scott7 said:

On the occasions when Beale did pick Sterling, I don’t remember much praise for him here.

Possibly because Beale had made it clear he thought Sterling didn't deserve a place on the pitch. Clement has players feeling ten feet tall. That's the difference that translates to how players perform.

I think Benfica could be a step too far tomorrow but I've been pleasantly confounded so many times by Ibrox results that I wouldn't bet against us.

3 hours ago, ian1964 said:

he reality is nobody is offended, it's just another show of hatred towards Rangers by Scottish football in general, they all tried to kill Rangers and failed, this is where it all comes from. The whole of Scottish football hate Rangers, including the SFA and the Scottish gutter press.

Exactly right. All so-called offence is motivated by hatred and envy.

Ghengis Khan. He knew how to get shit done without DEI.

He'll be ready by the end of July, fit and focussed.

My instinct is that people should be free to be offensive if they so wish and those who are intent on being offended should grow up. However, given the deeply held animosity towards Rangers throughout the political and judicial world, I think this is a tide we can no longer swim against without risking considerable harm to our club.

That said, our enemies will always find a reason to call for sanctions against us. Where reasons don't exist, they will simply create them. There's no escaping the hatred and envy.

Rangers 1

Benfica 2

FGS Silva

Well that was an obvious choice

I wouldn't think there's a cat's chance in hell of Lundstram being released by Rangers. Whether he can get a better deal elsewhere is another matter altogether