fraser54 0 Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Rangers manager Paul Le Guen has urged his players to kick-start their season with a clean sheet against Livorno. The Ibrox side travelled to Italy eager to put their poor domestic form behind them after falling 10 points behind league leaders Celtic. Looking ahead to the Uefa Cup clash, Le Guen said: "I hope we can get back to winning ways." Full-back Phil Bardsley failed to travel with the squad after an alleged training ground bust-up with Le Guen. The Frenchman was criticised by some Rangers fans for dropping goalkeeper Allan McGregor in favour of Lionel Letizi for Saturday's 1-0 defeat by Inverness Caledonian Thistle. We must aim to get a clean sheet and defend well but also to counter-attack Rangers manager Paul Le Guen Letizi appeared at fault for Inverness' goal, but Le Guen has urged his players to put their domestic troubles behind them and concentrate on the Livorno game. "We know there is a lot of criticism for us right now, but that is normal," said Le Guen. "When we have a poor game, we cannot expect a different situation." The Frenchman said Rangers would face a "very good side" in Livorno. "We must aim to get a clean sheet and defend well but also to counter-attack," he said. Cristiano Lucarelli is expected to return against Rangers "We know they will be hard to break down. They have some very experienced players. "We must be far better than we played last weekend. Our aim is always to win every game, but we know it will be difficult." Livorno, who are unbeaten in seven games, lie in sixth place in Serie A after a 2-0 win at Ascoli on Sunday without Italy striker Cristiano Lucarelli, who has scored 73 goals in three seasons. Le Guen said: "Livorno have done well since the beginning of the season. "We know they are a good team and their main striker, Lucarelli, will be back. "My main preoccupation though is to be better than we were on Saturday. "We cannot accept another performance like Saturday." 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunn_1873 0 Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Surely , we must have a look at this Lucarelli , bangng them in in the Serie A? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewarty 1,876 Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Surely , we must have a look at this Lucarelli , bangng them in in the Serie A? He's a home boy apparently. He's knocked back big money moves to Torino (I think) in the past telling them they can stick they're billion lire (or words to that effect); also he is an Italian international. Furthermore he apparently wrote a book about Torino's efforts to get him 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beattie 0 Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Turned down 3 million Euros a year from Zenith St. Petersberg in the summer aswell. But Fraser, no offence.. but how many threads do you need to make? You could of just posted this as part of the Livorno match thread. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 743 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 But Fraser, no offence.. but how many threads do you need to make? You could of just posted this as part of the Livorno match thread. Its slightly a different topic so Fraser was right to start a new thread. C'mon Beattie whats your problem over the past day or so, your having a sarky comment about most things. We want as much good posts on here as possible and most of them have been good recently. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 743 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 PS on a similar note I think the Euro games will be more suited to Le Guen's items and system as he hasnt quite grasped the SPL yet. So fingers crossed. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmck 117 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Its slightly a different topic so Fraser was right to start a new thread. C'mon Beattie whats your problem over the past day or so, your having a sarky comment about most things. We want as much good posts on here as possible and most of them have been good recently. agreed, Beattie, its becoming pretty tiresome. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraser54 0 Posted October 19, 2006 Author Share Posted October 19, 2006 sorry if it offended you beattie but im trying to make it busy becuse it has been quite lately 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon 0 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 sorry if it offended you beattie but im trying to make it busy becuse it has been quite lately Ignore it Fraser, you've done nothing wrong and it seems a few people have noticed how picky things have been over the last few days. As Barry said, very tiresome. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 743 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Ignore it Fraser, you've done nothing wrong Not sure about that Jonc, he has said Rae should be at RB and started a thread about liking songs from Girls aloud and Paris Hilton, id say thats a yellow card. Only joking Fraze, take no notice!! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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