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Fantastic performance. Bit of a lack of quality with the finishing but if we keep this up we’ll be fine.

I'll be waiting for the media outcry with baited breath...

Yesterday was a rare chance to see Rangers face Celtic at a neutral venue, while both sides were in top form and equally motivated for the occasion. Under those conditions, our players proved that they are a better team than this mob and should have no doubts whatsoever that they can win this league. Make no mistake about it, that was the toughest game Celtic have had this season and it will have come as a shock to every single one of them how one-sided it was and they now know they will have to fight tooth and nail for this league title because our boys are clearly up for the fight.

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A couple of comments on last night. First half hour was outstanding. But it’s worrying that even when we are in cruise control we all know that we could lose it. They pull one back and somehow we know deep down our players aren’t going to cope well with this. They equalise and we all know deep down we aren’t winning the game anymore. Maybe I’m just a pessimist but there’s a mentality issue there and very poor game management despite having a lot of experienced heads in the side. They still had a huge amount of luck with that second goal, what are the chances the deflection would set him up for an open goal. Final comment, boy did we miss Barisic.

Aberdeen have turned around their form with 6 games undefeated and 5 wins from those. However it was an particularly easy run of the games with only 1 of those being against a top 6 side. Considering Celtic beat them 4-0 at Pittodrie we should really be expecting to win the game comfortably, showing them no respect whatsoever. St Johnstone are absolutely dire and took 2 points off them 10 days ago.

Last season they won the league with 91 points, 20 ahead of Basel and with a ridiculous goal difference. This season they are still a point ahead but with a very poor record of conceding goals, 24 conceded in 16 league games and in 7 European games they've conceded in 6. We surely have to fancy our chances of scoring a couple at Ibrox to get through.

Anyone singing the word fen1an last night, after all warnings we've had of stadium closures, should be banned for the rest of the season. They have demonstrated to the club that they will not listen without consequences.

Morelos’s headers were world class. I think hisbheading has come on in leaps and bounds.

Yeh a good result that we would have taken but incredibly frustrating circumstances given the sucker punch counter attack when we were well on top

Arfield has struggled to get up to speed

Our midfielders are aggressive in the tackle but the defence keep standing off players!

That’s a really strange one. Looked like Ojo had been taken out on the edge of the box but there was very little contact. Disappointing from Ojo as he should have stayed on his feet and he’d have been through.

Jack has been outstanding

Fantastic pass from Davis. Fantastic delivery from Kent and fantastic header from Morelos.

YASSSS!

There’s a stark difference in the quality of set piece deliveries between the sides.

Poor showing so far. Some signs of what we can do from the centre midfielders. Morelos has been guilty of repeatedly giving the ball away very cheaply and opting to go down easily rather than really trying to compete.

Only on a Rangers forum could a thread showering praise on a Rangers player turn into a full blown debate on what constitutes being "slow"...

Feyenoord haven't lost at home and Young Boys haven't won away. I think we're realistically aiming for an away draw and a home win here.

That is incredible. Swope Park Rangers finished rock bottom in the Eastern Conference in the 2nd tier in the US last season. He was a very talented player despite his slight frame so I'm shocked he's sunk that low.

Who was also slow. My point obviously wasn't really about who was best and who was second best. David Weir was excellent for years but the point is our best centre back (or 2nd best if that is your view) was very slow and it wasn't that we just weren't very good, we dominated.

He was a key member of a side who dominated domestically and took us to a European final so I don't think more competition would have changed much

The best Rangers centre back of the last 12-13 years is David Weir

Just thought I'd share some stats on the big man since it's the international break and there is nothing happening. Domestic (with Helander) 8 games played (6 away, clean sheets in all 6) 7 clean sheets 1 goal conceded (Devante Cole at home) Domestic (without Helander) 6 games played (2 away, conceded in both) 1 clean sheet (Aberdeen at home) 6 conceded Domestic away games (this stage last season) 8 games played 1 clean sheet 9 conceded Europe (with Helander) 4 games played 2 clean sheets 3 conceded (all away) (imo, only very limited blame on H for 1 of those) European Group Stage (this stage last season) 4 games played 1 clean sheet 6 conceded Total Record 12 games (8 away from home) 9 clean sheets These stats are surprising and tbh fantastic. We have found keeping clean sheets away from home very difficult to do and that was no different this season without Helander. Our clean sheet record away from home remained terrible for all of last season, even Cowdenbeath scored against us. It is unbelievable how different that has been with Helander in the team, a 100% clean sheet record in 6 away games. This was unheard of last season when we didn't even manage 2 league clean sheets in a row away from home. Now, no these stats do not tell the full story, you can't draw conclusions from a small data sample. But Gerrard called Helander a natural leader when he came in. I think his positioning is second to none, his heading is excellent and also accurate, he seems to aim his headers. I also think Goldson looks more assured beside him, possibly because there is less reliance on him to take the ball out from the back. Helander as a left footer takes the ball a lot and distributes it pretty well. It's a small data sample but so far it is very encouraging, and the contrast with our record when he hasn't played is hard to dismiss.