More dropped points – the chase is on

[Bruno55 0]

If we keep our cool we will win the school , what we need is our own shoot to kill policy lets see our players have a buzz at goal a little more often and maybe a poacher would be handy ,but I think we will all agree its a dam sight better than what we had to endure last season ,MON THE GERS

 

It sure is compo...

[Zappa 0]

Another great read Frankie.

 

I know the team has a few issues which need addressed, but personally I think one of the major factors which has caused us to stumble, go off the boil or whatever folk want to call it, is simply the international breaks literally interrupting and breaking our squad's rhythm and momentum.

[RANGERRAB 3,254]

Another great read Frankie.

 

I know the team has a few issues which need addressed, but personally I think one of the major factors which has caused us to stumble, go off the boil or whatever folk want to call it, is simply the international breaks literally interrupting and breaking our squad's rhythm and momentum.

 

That's got to be the worst excuse ever

[Zappa 0]

That's got to be the worst excuse ever

 

It's not even an excuse, it's a reality. The international breaks have disrupted our momentum.

[RANGERRAB 3,254]

It's not even an excuse, it's a reality. The international breaks have disrupted our momentum.

 

How come the breaks don't seem to affect other teams?

There are plenty reasons we've started to struggle:-

1) no planB when planA doesn't work

2) teams are wise to the slow tempo,predictable way we play & plan accordingly

3) expecting Clark & Miller to score consistently after their miserable efforts last season

4) continuing to select Oduwa who has no end product to his game

5) continuing to select Zalelam who plays nice, neat football in areas of the pitch which don't matter

 

There's five for starters.....

[forlanssister 3,050]

How come the breaks don't seem to affect other teams?

There are plenty reasons we've started to struggle:-

1) no planB when planA doesn't work

2) teams are wise to the slow tempo,predictable way we play & plan accordingly

3) expecting Clark & Miller to score consistently after their miserable efforts last season

4) continuing to select Oduwa who has no end product to his game

5) continuing to select Zalelam who plays nice, neat football in areas of the pitch which don't matter

 

There's five for starters.....

 

Hullllo, Hullllo.....

 

[Bearman 9]

Veterans may help Rangers return to form

 

http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/livingston/four-takeaways-veterans-may-help-rangers-return-to-form-1-3957144?

 

Mark Warburton has made it very clear that Rangers will not be changing their football philosophy even if the Ibrox club have come back to earth somewhat since their rip-roaring start to the season.

 

Before it was not a question of if, but of how many goals Rangers would defeat the opposition by. Against Livingston at the Tony Macaroni Arena they only carved open three truly clear-cut chances, taking one of them when Jason Holt fired the visitors in front. It used to be that they’d score five and lament not making it ten, so there’s certainly been a drop-off.

 

Warburton rightly observed that teams will put everyone behind the ball against the title favourites and that it’s hard to break down. This is undoubtedly true, but Rangers have faced against such opposition since August, when everyone realised this was a very different animal than the one neglected by a succession of uninspiring carers last season.

 

There was no problem getting through the defensive wall then. Something has changed.

 

Warburton insists it’s a case of showing true quality in the final third. It’s also been caused by opposition teams knowing what’s going to come at them, particularly the full-time sides who have the resources and extra hours through the week to study film and learn how to deal with the seemingly infinite number of attackers flying at them.

 

To face up to such relentlessness, opponents still have to scrap, fight and work themselves into the ground to even get a point, which is what Livingston did on Saturday. The undoubted superior talents of Holt, Nathan Oduwa, Gedion Zelalem and Barrie McKay meant Rangers still had much more of the ball in midfield, but there was often a lack of urgency and perhaps even a lack of fight when compared to the home side.

 

Warburton introduced Dean Shiels and Kenny Miller as the match went on, and he may wish to bring those players into the starting XI with increasing regularity as the winter months roll on.

 

They may not possess the skill or finesse of an Oduwa or Zelalem, but they have experience, a bit of dig and can be assets for the team in games where it’s less about quality and more about winning the war of attrition, which will happen when the pitches get bogged down more by the weather.

 

Nicky Law is another option in the centre who could provide something different and a bit of balance to the centre midfield duo, which can lack variety when it’s Holt and Zelalem as both like to dictate the flow of Rangers’ passing.

 

I tend to agree with this view...get Shiels, Miller and Law back in as first picks.

[craig 5,195]

Another great read Frankie.

 

I know the team has a few issues which need addressed, but personally I think one of the major factors which has caused us to stumble, go off the boil or whatever folk want to call it, is simply the international breaks literally interrupting and breaking our squad's rhythm and momentum.

 

I disagree. The signs were there before any international breaks that we were losing steam.

[calscot 0]

Only watched the 13 minutes of highlights but I recall about 5 reasonable chances including the goal, rather than 3:

 

McKay's shot that hit the post.

Waghorn's ball juggling that was dinked rather than blasted.

Halladay's long ranger.

Miller's short range blast at the keeper who made an instinctive save.

[calscot 0]

Seemed a reasonable piece without any hate in it at all. Is Fowler a Rangers fan?