chilledbear 16 Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Hope you have your ticket Forlan. RANGERS will adopt the same approach to tonightâ??s game with Elgin as they did at the weekend against Brora, with every fit player set to play a decent chunk of the match. Of the travelling party in the north of Scotland, only Ross Perry has been ruled out after hurting his ankle in Sundayâ??s friendly. The defender has sustained some sort of ligament damage but with the injury still swollen, he wonâ??t have a scan on it until he returns home to Glasgow. Andy Mitchell is available again and after being unwell three days ago, Sebastien Faure has also recovered and should therefore be involved. Cammy Bell, meanwhile, is expected to feature despite jarring his ankle in training yesterday and the same applies to Lewis Macleod, who suffered a burst nose in the same session. This eveningâ??s fixture rounds off what has been a hugely successful tour, with the squad in good shape with almost well over two weeks still to go until 2013/14 begins. The team will return home straight from Borough Briggs, reaching Glasgow in the early hours of tomorrow morning. Theyâ??ll then fly to England on Friday for a game with Bristol City on Saturday lunchtime before leaving there for a week in Germany at another training camp. In those games thereâ??s every chance Gers will change their policy but for now theyâ??re sticking with the status quo. Assistant manager Kenny McDowall said: â??Weâ??ve got a big squad and thatâ??s why we played two groups for 45 minutes each against Brora. â??We wanted to work everyone as much as we could on top of the double sessions they have been going through. â??There are a few permutations in terms of what sort of teams we could put out so weâ??ll see what we do against Elgin. â??We will probably do the same sort of thing as we did before, with a lot of players getting 45 minutes or maybe an hour for some of them. â??Weâ??ll keep it along the same lines though and we are looking forward to the match. The boys have been working hard and they just want to play now. â??Games allow the players to kick on again and they get stuff in them that we canâ??t really give them in training. â??Weâ??ve worked them really hard and after not getting any preparation last year, weâ??ve certainly made up for it this summer. â??At the moment weâ??re telling the players to go and burst themselves for a half if thatâ??s what theyâ??re playing because itâ??s really important for their fitness.â? Rangers fans travelling in cars and buses to tonightâ??s game can park in the Lossie Green Car Park around 100 yards from the stadium. The road in front of the main stand at Borough Briggs will be closed to traffic but the car park is easily accessible from the ground. http://www.rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/item/4434-gers-to-use-full-squad 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilledbear 16 Posted July 10, 2013 Author Share Posted July 10, 2013 ALLY McCOIST will play two different teams as Rangers continue their pre-season schedule against Elgin City at Borough Briggs this evening. Only Ross Perry is unavailable from the original 23-man party which travelled north to Brora at the end of last week for the Ibrox outfit’s northern tour. And although goalkeeper Alan Smith met the team this afternoon in Inverness, he came from Glasgow as a precaution more than anything and won’t be involved. Cammy Bell had jarred his ankle at training yesterday morning and sat out the remainder of that session before rejoining the group for more work after lunch. He is fit enough to play the second 45 minutes, while Andy Mitchell and Sebastien Faure will play either side of the interval respectively after missing out three days ago. McCoist combines Nicky Clark and Lee McCulloch to begin with in a 4-1-3-2 formation, with Mitchell, Lewis Macleod and Nicky Law comprising the midfield. Kyle McAusland continues in a holding role in front of the defence after impressing three days ago at Dudgeon Park and he makes his first start for the club. So too does keeper Scott Gallacher, with Darren Cole, Emilson Cribari, trialist Belil Mohsni and Stevie Smith in front of him. After the restart Jon Daly and Andy Little will team up in attack in a 4-4-2 shape against last term’s Third Division rivals. Kick-off is at 7.30pm and you can follow the match live on Twitter with updates coming on the official club account @rfc_official. We’ll also have highlights on our television channel RangersTV tomorrow – click HERE to find up how you can subscribe now. RANGERS FIRST HALF: Gallacher; Cole, Cribari, Mohsni, Smith; McAusland; Mitchell, Macleod, Law; McCulloch, Clark. RANGERS SECOND HALF: Bell; Foster, Faure, Gasparotto, Wallace; Crawford, Hutton, Black, Aird; Daly, Little. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Cooper 0 Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Both formations with 2 up front. Exciting stuff. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilledbear 16 Posted July 10, 2013 Author Share Posted July 10, 2013 Wearing the new Home kit http://t.co/EJBL7jJ9dn 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveC 150 Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 official twitter is covering the game: '23 - Excellent period of neat passing from #Rangers! Lots of short, crisp passes brought to a halt as Macleod was brought down. '23 - Smith stepped up to swing in a high, looping ball to the box & it was met by the head of Mohsni, but it landed just wide of the post. Still 0-0; Jig had a fierce freekick saved earlier https://twitter.com/rfc_official 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveC 150 Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Rangers FC Official @RFC_Official 2m HT: @ElginCityFC 0:0 @RFC_Official - At the half way point it's goalless at Borough Briggs. Some excellent passing by #Rangers. #GersOnTour 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54andcounting 0 Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Have we not scored yet?? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 yes 1-0 aird 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Rangers FC Official @RFC_Official 1m '62 - Aird yet again bursting down the left wing, beating two defenders then rattling a near post shot in off the post. Great play! 1:0 Rangers FC Official @RFC_Official 38s Attendance at Borough Briggs is 2,382 #BearsOnTour #GersOnTour 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilledbear 16 Posted July 10, 2013 Author Share Posted July 10, 2013 Aird seems to be having a decent game. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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