chilledbear

Could have been anything 6-1, 6-3, but it could also have been 3-0 at half-time.

I have copied this from FF, no idea which newspaper it has come from. Andrew Davies reckons Rangers are in danger of becoming one-dimensional. And the Ross County skipper believes that predictability leaves Mark Warburton’s side open to further setbacks. Davies and his County troops did a number on Rangers again at the weekend. The 1-1 draw earned at Ibrox made it three games without defeat to Warburton’s side this term. Evidence from 270 minutes of action suggests County manager Jim McIntyre has Rangers sussed and Davies says the confidence in his gaffer’s findings has seeped into the team. The Dingwall captain reckons a mixture of taking chances at the back and failing to mix-up attacking play could see Rangers falter against more rivals in the coming weeks. County have preyed on both aspects. Weekend goalscorer Alex Schalk spoke of a slow defence after the game, with Ibrox stoppers Clint Hill and Philippe Senderos having a combined age of 69. And Davies added: “I think you’ve just got to concentrate. It’s that simple. “The second you switch off against players like that, they punish you. I’ve played in England and played against top players and it’s the same down there. The minute you switch off they punish you. “Rangers move the ball so well and their movement is excellent. “Stick with your man and stick with the runners and that frustrates them and they can’t score. “Clint Hill and Philippe Senderos are experienced players who’ve had unbelievable careers, but the back four can be got at. “That’s what I said in the last game. They take little chances. “When it comes off, it looks great, but when it doesn’t, it doesn’t look great at all. “If you’re on the front foot and you nick the ball you’ve got a chance. "You’ve got to punish them when that happens. “It’s one of them that their manager thinks if we keep doing it, teams will switch off against us and we’ll open them up. “But our manager drills into us, stick with your men and he said before the game we’d get chances, which breeds confidence in us.” While County were able to cause problems for Rangers at the weekend, they were also strong in defence. Davies faced up to Joe Garner but was surprised at the way the Ibrox hitman, who was returning after a shoulder injury, was asked to operate. He said: “If I was a manager, I’d be saying mix it up because they’ve got Garner up top, “I’ve played against him a lot in England and he’s fantastic in the air. “To get the best out of him, putting balls in the box all the time and kicking balls long to him, that’s his game. When you don’t, he struggles. “That his game because he’ll win his fair share of headers. “If they don’t it suits us down to a tee, it suits centre-halves. It must frustrate him.” McIntyre’s team were able to build on his planning to get their point but left Ibrox feeling they could have got more. County could have added to the lead handed to them by Schalk and, with the home crowd restless, the Highlanders were annoyed at being pegged back by Lee Wallace’s late equaliser. Davies said: “We’re quite disappointed. In the first half we could’ve been 3-0 up. “But fair play to the boys, you could let that affect you but we were brave on the ball. “The boys were excellent, tracking runners and concentrating. You switch off once and you get punished, so full credit. “Scott Fox made some good saves, but that’s what he’s there for. He’s a fantastic ‘keeper and he’s been top-drawer since I’ve been here. “One came off my chest and he’s made a reactions save. He’s there when you need him. “You feel confident with him behind because he’s capable of pulling off them kind of saves and when you come to a place like this you’ve got to be happy with a point. “Rangers is a fantastic club but they want to win games, they want to score lots of goals and we know if we keep the ball and frustrate them the crowd will turn. “You saw that in the first-half, they turned straight away especially when we scored. “You could just feel them and I think you could feel their players struggling to cope with that. “We’re all human and it’s never nice when people are getting on your back and there’s a lot of them getting on your back, so it’s one of them that you’ve got to punish them when the crowd are turning like that. “If we’d taken our chances we could’ve been two or three up. But we can’t just come here and get a point, we’ve got to build on this now. “We’ve got to take points against the teams we should be beating.” Davies was also adamant that, although the result saw Rangers lose second place in the table and their failings exposed again, Warburton and his team will wrestle runners-up spot back by the end of the season. He added: “The manager’s been down in England and done really well. They’ll finish higher this season and they’ll only get better. “In my opinion the atmosphere’s better than Celtic Park. “They can get on their backs, but they can be really supportive as well, as you saw when they scored the goal. We thought: Oh God here we go, the last 15 minutes are going to be tough. “Rangers are a fantastic team with a fantastic manager and they’ll be fine. The way they move the ball around is great and it makes coming away with something even more pleasurable.”

There are 'games' being played by various people, who should know better. I'm not sure that MW isn't one of those involved.

Whatever the truth is between Manager and Board, it will come down to the Support. If they turn against MW, which may be happening, I cannot see him being here next season.

Do you really think the decision has been made? I've been critical of the Manager for a while, but I'm not sure that changing the Manager would be the right decision going forward.

Under 14s sounded really promising. Have you heard anything of the U20s in Portugal?

Defence - Tell both full backs to defend, stay in your own half. Loans - You will never build a team for next season with players who will not be here. Forwards - Is Miller a striker or midfielder, why does Waghorn only have a left foot, why not play Dodoo? Motivation - There is none, Tynecastle on Wednesday night we should have gone at them from kick off, especially after the last game, we never started. Very poor all round.

THE CLUB is aware that a number of Rangers supporters who attended the match at Tynecastle last night were denied entry to the stadium despite having purchased tickets for the match. We have made Hearts aware of the complaints received and they will investigate the circumstances and intend to issue a statement later today. We can only apologise to supporters who took the time and expense to travel to Edinburgh and were denied entry. Supporters who were denied entry should retain their ticket and await the outcome of the investigation by Hearts.” https://rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/tynecastle-tickets-statement/

'As a TEAM, there was no cohesion what so ever, marking & movement on the pitch was all over the place - Hearts players found themselves in acres of space constantly.' I don't think 'marking' is mentioned at team talks.

We supposedly film every game, go through it thoroughly with the players pointing out there mistakes etc. Now if the players are making the same mistakes week in and week out, not doing as the Manager tells them, then the Manager must act. What he does now will determine whether he is here next season.

So are the 1st team. It's more the idea that the Managers first priority is to Bournemouth and not Rangers.

Mark Warburtons answer to those asking about the Hyndman substitution. The Rangers boss said: “He is 20 years old, hasn’t played many 90 minutes and on Saturday he played an outstanding 90 minutes. He is a young, precocious talent and Saturday took a lot out of him. “The pitch out there is so heavy. We’ve got a responsibility to his parent club. We have got to look after their asset.” Read more at: http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/competitions/premiership/mark-warburton-defends-emerson-hyndman-substitution-1-4355703 I would rather see us playing our own U20s, than have a Rangers Manager saying this.

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Anyone interested this from twitter @tedermeatballs curious. Question. In your opinion. Will Warburton be manager next season? @BMCRangersRants At this point in time, I would doubt it. There's a lot of friction behind the scenes. But things can change.

KJ in the record again this morning about tensions between MW and the Board. No doubt much of it nonsense, but there seems to be something going on at Board level.

Reece Oxford........A poster who has a good track record on FF Club very hopeful this will be done,due to come up tomorrow for a medical.no one needs to move on for it happen is what I am told!be ideal if someone does though Jac Alnwick should be completed tomorrow.

I thought Tav. had one of his better games, Miller is a big player for us and played very well with Hyndman, who looks very good so far. Both teams going down to 10 men suited us, giving us more space to use the ball.

Ross McCrorie to Dumbarton on loan.

One of the first pictures on my bedroom wall, Simpson and Hubbard.

#Rangers have had a £250,000 bid for Port Vale keeper Jak Alnwick accepted, thus triggering his release clause Twitter

Seen online Dave King is here possibly could have been from yesterdays meeting. There has been rumours of a big announcement. Here's hoping. Posted by Jellybeans.

Several under 20's training with the 1st team. Myles Beerman, Liam Burt, Jordan Houston, Billy Gilmour & Zak Rudden.

Training with the first team. https://rangers.co.uk/news/galleries/tuesday-training-gallery-4/

As Frankie says we don't get enough/anybody in the box. Miller is in midfield as often as he's at centre forward, ok if you play with two up. I must admit I thought when they scored our heads would go down, so we did well to come back. I still don't see any improvement in our overall play which is a disappointment.

It all depends on his contract, we cannot afford to let it enter the last 18/12 months.