pete 2,499 Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 (edited) Rangers may have defeated Cowdenbeath 4-1 on Saturday but there was one moment in the game their fans will want to forget. Rangers were 1-0 up when defender Bilel Mohsni failed to clear the ball while under pressure from Kudus Oyenuga before inexplicably passing the ball straight to Colin Marshall who played Oyenuga in for the equaliser. With just 14 minutes of normal-time remaining, Rangers may have been left to rue that moment of madness, but Darren McGregor and Haris Vukcic had other ideas. McGregor put Rangers back in front with seven minutes left before the on-loan forward scored two goals in two minutes to put the match to bed. It meant Mohsni’s blunder did not prove costly but it does leave Rangers fans wondering how many more chances the Tunisian defender will get. I think there is a good player in there somewhere but i am not sure whether a good coach can bring it out on him. I have not seen many defenders that are better at getting in front of the man they are marking. He is excellent at that. it seems to be if he has time to think that it all goes wrong. Thoughts? Edited March 29, 2015 by pete 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Must be hard playing alongside Jig. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,499 Posted March 29, 2015 Author Share Posted March 29, 2015 Must be hard playing alongside Jig. That is indeed another point. Having confidence in your team mate(s). 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,283 Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 One of our main problems is that the "goals scored from chances against us" ratio is horrible. The opposition needs 3 or 4 chances to score a goal or two against us, whereas we squander chances by the dozens. Last season, we scored more goals so any slack defending was not as important as it is now. Mohsni sure is a decent enough footballer, but we simply should not play him in central defence. Unless you have cover like we did against Hibs. I haven't seen the full game against Cowdenbeath, so can't comment on it. Obviously, if defenders and goalies make mistakes, it can cost you games. As I said before, if we have to play him, utilize him in a holding midfield role with the opportunity to go forward, as he can pass and head a ball and sure poses a threat in the opposition's box. Wouldn't mind playing him next to Murdoch in front of the back four in a defensive line-up away at Hearts, for example. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrahimHemdani 1 Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 (edited) There are two big problems with Mohsni: He thinks he can play football which he cannot; hence his over confidence which leads to mistakes such as v Cowdenbeath and Hibs. He is an absolute disgrace of a person. I have said it before and I will say it again; taking account of his previous misdemeanors he should never have kicked another ball for Rangers after his flying head butt in Derby. Quite simply he is not fit to wear the colours. Edited March 31, 2015 by BrahimHemdani 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrahimHemdani 1 Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 One of our main problems is that the "goals scored from chances against us" ratio is horrible. The opposition needs 3 or 4 chances to score a goal or two against us, whereas we squander chances by the dozens. Last season, we scored more goals so any slack defending was not as important as it is now. Mohsni sure is a decent enough footballer, but we simply should not play him in central defence. Unless you have cover like we did against Hibs. I haven't seen the full game against Cowdenbeath, so can't comment on it. Obviously, if defenders and goalies make mistakes, it can cost you games. As I said before, if we have to play him, utilize him in a holding midfield role with the opportunity to go forward, as he can pass and head a ball and sure poses a threat in the opposition's box. Wouldn't mind playing him next to Murdoch in front of the back four in a defensive line-up away at Hearts, for example. We were beating Cowden 14-1 on shots in the first half. Over 90 minutes we had 24 shots, 8 on target and scored 4 goals (and their goalie had two fantastic saves from McCullocch and Mohsni headers at corners); Cowden had 2 shots, both on target and scored 1 goal. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,283 Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 We were beating Cowden 14-1 on shots in the first half. Over 90 minutes we had 24 shots, 8 on target and scored 4 goals (and their goalie had two fantastic saves from McCullocch and Mohsni headers at corners); Cowden had 2 shots, both on target and scored 1 goal. I saw the highlights from Russian Rangers and the SPFL site actually has all the relevant facts. (How the latter managed to miss out the goal as a shot on target is debatable though.) 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
barca72 440 Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 dB, Could you post the Russian Rangers highlights, the STV link won't play in this location? Thx. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,447 Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 dB,Could you post the Russian Rangers highlights, the STV link won't play in this location? Thx. Here you go mate http://rangersfc.org/index.php?dn=news&to=art&id=1493 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoodyBlue 0 Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 I'd have him start in defence every week. Head and shoulders above our other centre half's. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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