Popular Post 26th of foot 5,827 Posted November 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 24, 2020 'One Game at a Time' - a hackneyed old phrase or a necessary strategy going forward? Starting this Thursday, the 26th November we play Benfica at Ibrox in a Europa Group stage match. Ending on the 30th December, we play St Mirren away in our last Premiership game of the year. It's a total of eleven games in thirty-four days. Do the arithmetic, that's one match every three days. We have a large squad, we are playing extremely well, and our mental approach appears to have improved. This run of matches will be a real test, knocks, strains, and injuries will kick in. Suspensions, refereeing decisions, and the fickle finger of Covid all await. Let's break it down, six league games, two at home, four away. Three Europa Cup fixtures, two at home, one away. Hopefully, two League Cup ties, one definitely away on plastic, and another(probably Livi' away), a quarter-final midweek on the 15-17th December. The six League matches are : Ross County and Dundee United, both away, followed by Motherwell at home. St Johnstone and St Mirren are also away, with Hibs at home squeezed in between. After Benfica, we have Standard Liege at Ibrox finishing against Poznan in Poland a week later. Inevitably, Rangers supporters will want to compare and contrast with our separated brethren's fixture list. I think we must desist. We must set out our plan, and adhere to it. All members of the squad should be informed they have a significant part to play. This includes players who are receiving little or no game time recently. I don't think prioritising competitions will work either. Gerrard must win silverware, we must progress in the League Cup. Our finances demand further advances in Europe. The League speaks for itself. I am tempted to ensure Europa Cup qualification occurs as soon as possible, certainly by the end of the next two games, both at Ibrox. The League Cup tie at Grangemouth on plastic should see a few changes. Falkirk are a club two divisions below and we have a record of serious injury on such a surface. On current form, all the league fixtures are comfortably winnable, but the merest hint of a wrong attitude, two or three of them could degenerate into battles. Gerrard and McAllister's ability to micro-manage will be tested. The games are coming thick and fast, the reward at the conclusion will be a visit to Ibrox from ra green'n'grey hooped horrors on the 2nd January. Will Neil still be manager? Let's take it one game at a time. 10 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulsonic5791 408 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 56 minutes ago, 26th of foot said: 'One Game at a Time' - a hackneyed old phrase or a necessary strategy going forward? Starting this Thursday, the 26th November we play Benfica at Ibrox in a Europa Group stage match. Ending on the 30th December, we play St Mirren away in our last Premiership game of the year. It's a total of eleven games in thirty-four days. Do the arithmetic, that's one match every three days. We have a large squad, we are playing extremely well, and our mental approach appears to have improved. This run of matches will be a real test, knocks, strains, and injuries will kick in. Suspensions, refereeing decisions, and the fickle finger of Covid all await. Let's break it down, six league games, two at home, four away. Three Europa Cup fixtures, two at home, one away. Hopefully, two League Cup ties, one definitely away on plastic, and another(probably Livi' away), a quarter-final midweek on the 15-17th December. The six League matches are : Ross County and Dundee United, both away, followed by Motherwell at home. St Johnstone and St Mirren are also away, with Hibs at home squeezed in between. After Benfica, we have Standard Liege at Ibrox finishing against Poznan in Poland a week later. Inevitably, Rangers supporters will want to compare and contrast with our separated brethren's fixture list. I think we must desist. We must set out our plan, and adhere to it. All members of the squad should be informed they have a significant part to play. This includes players who are receiving little or no game time recently. I don't think prioritising competitions will work either. Gerrard must win silverware, we must progress in the League Cup. Our finances demand further advances in Europe. The League speaks for itself. I am tempted to ensure Europa Cup qualification occurs as soon as possible, certainly by the end of the next two games, both at Ibrox. The League Cup tie at Grangemouth on plastic should see a few changes. Falkirk are a club two divisions below and we have a record of serious injury on such a surface. On current form, all the league fixtures are comfortably winnable, but the merest hint of a wrong attitude, two or three of them could degenerate into battles. Gerrard and McAllister's ability to micro-manage will be tested. The games are coming thick and fast, the reward at the conclusion will be a visit to Ibrox from ra green'n'grey hooped horrors on the 2nd January. Will Neil still be manager? Let's take it one game at a time. I concur 26th. The next six league games will have a bearing on our league season. If we are in a position to heap serious pressure on the yahoos come 2/1/21 with a victory it’ll be thanks to being relentless in December. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7 5,135 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 I would have been willing to sacrifice the Europa but having come so close to qualifying, that’s not really an option now. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,146 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 The schedule won't be getting any easier but the more games the better as far as I'm concerned right now with so many players in good form. We've already coped quite well with some key players being unavailable so it's ideal to be hitting the busiest period of the season so far with a full squad (barring Katic, Jones and Edmundson for now). 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
compo 6,109 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Its after the new year break that concerns me we seem to find it hard just to slip into gear again . 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil's advocaat 1,275 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 (edited) As was rightly said on the weekly blog after horsing the Dons, we need to keep the foot on their neck. We play another league game when they play the cup final, we beat Motherwell , and we could potentially be 17 points clear. If TLB is still in charge then, he'll be throwing the players into the fires of Mordor again, and Declan will be in the car park. They keep going on about us faltering, when they know fine well they are more likely to stutter. They are shiteing themselves, and quite rightly so. Bring it on. Edited November 24, 2020 by Devil's advocaat 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo79 13,582 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 20 hours ago, Devil's advocaat said: Declan will be in the car park. The Green Brigade have been in the car park today with a 'time to go Neil' banner. ? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7 5,135 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Will they be going too? They are all Neil Lennon. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uilleam 5,409 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 3 hours ago, Gonzo79 said: The Green Brigade have been in the car park today with a 'time to go Neil' banner. ? It's not the Car Park: It's the Celtic Way; (it's the Celtic way). 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,409 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 6 hours ago, Gonzo79 said: The Green Brigade have been in the car park today with a 'time to go Neil' banner. ? 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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