We Must Find Consistency

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ALLY MCCOIST admits the month of September was a frustrating period for his side as disappointing league displays against Alloa and Hibs overshadowed positive performances and results against Raith Rovers, Inverness Caley Thistle and Falkirk.

 

Monday night’s 3-1 defeat to the Hibees was a sore one for the manager and his players who gave themselves a mountain to climb by conceding three poor first-half goals in the space of 15 minutes.

 

Nicky Law gave the Ibrox faithful a glimmer of hope when his superb half-volley flew past the visitor’s number one Mark Oxley before the hour mark but it proved too little too late for the Light Blues who now sit six points behind Championship leaders Hearts after seven games.

 

There is, of course, a lot of football still to be played but McCoist hopes his squad can now push on in October and go on a winning run, starting this weekend against John McGlynn's Livingston.

 

Speaking at Murray Park to RangersTV he said: “We’ve found the consistency in very short periods, sadly not long enough consistency.

 

“We’ve had some good performances and good results, I think we’ve played the best part of 12 games, lost two and our cup form would indicate we’re still in the cups as well.

 

“As I said our league campaign has barely started, there is a long, long way to go so we’ll continue to do our jobs, work hard on the training ground and continue to progress. The consistency and getting a good run of games is obviously the ideal scenario and that’s what we’ll strive to do.”

 

McCoist knows his side will need to play better than they did against Hibs if they are to take three points from Saturday’s trip to Livi’s Energy Assets Arena.

 

He said: “It was really disappointing and frustrating (on Monday) because we haven’t been defending as we did at the start of the season in these previous games.

 

“That said we’ve had a couple of reasonable performances with clean sheets, with performances against Raith Rovers and Inverness, so I couldn’t see that coming. All three goals, particularly the first one, it was inexcusable defending.

 

“I said at half time when you come in losing by three goals you do need a minor miracle to get back into the game.

 

“We couldn’t find the second goal that would have given us that impotence to go on and attempt to get an equaliser so it was a poor night at the office in terms of the result.

 

“We’ll do our jobs and look at it, look to improve from it and learn from it but it’s a league defeat and not a death in the family.”

 

McCoist and his players have come in for fierce criticism following Monday night’s defeat but the manager knows from experience that this reaction comes with the territory.

 

He added: “I’ve been here long enough to know what to expect, it’s alright me saying it’s an overreaction but I’m used to it. I’ve been here long enough as a player, as a coach and as a manager so it goes with the territory.

 

“I don’t see that changing anytime in the future, it is part and parcel of a club of this size that a defeat is taken with far more seriousness than it is at the vast majority of other clubs.

 

"But as I said I don’t see that changing, it will continue to happen so we just have to accept it and move on.”

 

http://www.rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/item/7772-we-must-find-consistency?

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You've already found consistency!

 

Consistently rank rotten against any team who defends well and doesn't give us acres of space!

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He is embarrassing. The club should gag him if they ain't going to sack him.

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ALLY MCCOIST admits the month of September was a frustrating period for his side as disappointing league displays against Alloa and Hibs overshadowed positive performances and results against Raith Rovers, Inverness Caley Thistle and Falkirk.

 

Monday night’s 3-1 defeat to the Hibees was a sore one for the manager and his players who gave themselves a mountain to climb by conceding three poor first-half goals in the space of 15 minutes.

 

Nicky Law gave the Ibrox faithful a glimmer of hope when his superb half-volley flew past the visitor’s number one Mark Oxley before the hour mark but it proved too little too late for the Light Blues who now sit six points behind Championship leaders Hearts after seven games.

 

There is, of course, a lot of football still to be played but McCoist hopes his squad can now push on in October and go on a winning run, starting this weekend against John McGlynn's Livingston.

 

Speaking at Murray Park to RangersTV he said: “We’ve found the consistency in very short periods, sadly not long enough consistency.

 

“We’ve had some good performances and good results, I think we’ve played the best part of 12 games, lost two and our cup form would indicate we’re still in the cups as well.

 

“As I said our league campaign has barely started, there is a long, long way to go so we’ll continue to do our jobs, work hard on the training ground and continue to progress. The consistency and getting a good run of games is obviously the ideal scenario and that’s what we’ll strive to do.”

 

McCoist knows his side will need to play better than they did against Hibs if they are to take three points from Saturday’s trip to Livi’s Energy Assets Arena.

 

He said: “It was really disappointing and frustrating (on Monday) because we haven’t been defending as we did at the start of the season in these previous games.

 

“That said we’ve had a couple of reasonable performances with clean sheets, with performances against Raith Rovers and Inverness, so I couldn’t see that coming. All three goals, particularly the first one, it was inexcusable defending.

 

“I said at half time when you come in losing by three goals you do need a minor miracle to get back into the game.

 

“We couldn’t find the second goal that would have given us that impotence to go on and attempt to get an equaliser so it was a poor night at the office in terms of the result.

 

“We’ll do our jobs and look at it, look to improve from it and learn from it but it’s a league defeat and not a death in the family.”

 

McCoist and his players have come in for fierce criticism following Monday night’s defeat but the manager knows from experience that this reaction comes with the territory.

 

He added: “I’ve been here long enough to know what to expect, it’s alright me saying it’s an overreaction but I’m used to it. I’ve been here long enough as a player, as a coach and as a manager so it goes with the territory.

 

“I don’t see that changing anytime in the future, it is part and parcel of a club of this size that a defeat is taken with far more seriousness than it is at the vast majority of other clubs.

 

"But as I said I don’t see that changing, it will continue to happen so we just have to accept it and move on.”

 

http://www.rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/item/7772-we-must-find-consistency?

 

Deary f@#* did he say impotence or was that a typo?

This guy is going nowhere anytime soon. Basically saying the fans can piss off cos he knows best..

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We couldn’t find the second goal that would have given us that impotence to go on and attempt to get an equaliser so it was a poor night at the office in terms of the result.

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"We must find a manager" screams thousands of fans.

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That could easily be another deliberate mistake from Andrew Dickson who seems to have a habit of making mistakes in articles in order to mock the manager.

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That could easily be another deliberate mistake from Andrew Dickson who seems to have a habit of making mistakes in articles in order to mock the manager.

 

He has blocked and fell out with numerous fans on twitter after they criticised Ally.

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Next weeks game plan. Pop a few Viagra's pre match. Then we'll see who goes in hard!

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He has blocked and fell out with numerous fans on twitter after they criticised Ally.

 

Going by the vitriol some people use on twitter I wouldn't read too much into that.