Pre-Season 2022/23 Megathread | [FT] Rangers 1 (Colak 24') - 2 Tottenham

[Gonzo79 13,660]

Just now, Bluedell said:

They seemed to be saying it was hand ball. I thought the keeper was blocked. 

McLaughlin was suggesting someone had a hold of him. 

[Malangsob 1,207]

Encouraging.

 

Lawrence, Sands looked good.

 

Souttar...meh...

 

That Matondo has a leg. 

 

Good Stuff.

 

 

[buster. 4,808]

Got in last night and I knew the HT score to be 0-0.

By the time I had sorted my stuff out, organised and tuned into the game, I see 3-0 up in the corner of the screen !! 

 

Can't be bad, some creativity and firepower must have came to the fore. 

Unfortunately for me, I saw what was apparently, our worst 20 minutes (after a raft of subs).

One rapid counter attack apart, we couldn't get out of our own half.

 

Will be interesting to see the starting line-up against Spurs, as you'd imagine Gio will want to give his preferred XI minutes together, prior to the competitive KO.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[weebluedevil 1,173]

A lot of positives from last night. If we could only learn to play out more we would be more productive and create more chances and limit the dangers in our own box. 

Edited July 20, 2022 by weebluedevil

[Rousseau 9,382]

There's probably a time and a place for a 4-3-3 with the workmanlike midfield three (Lundstram, Jack and Kamara), like in Europe or a tough domestic fixture that requires more of a counter-attacking style. 

 

However, I think we need more creativity in our #8s in a 4-3-3. This could work in the league against the diddy teams, using Hagi, Lowry, Arfield, Tillman, Lawrence etc. as the #8s, giving us more creativity and penetration. 

 

The 4-2-3-1 gave us more balance. 

[Gonzo79 13,660]

There were a couple of moments when McLaughlin and the defenders were a bit ponderous on the ball, which we need to be wary about.  West Ham weren't going full pelt but the Belgians will (probably) be.  

[DMAA 3,603]

43 minutes ago, Rousseau said:

However, I think we need more creativity in our #8s in a 4-3-3. This could work in the league against the diddy teams, using Hagi, Lowry, Arfield, Tillman, Lawrence etc. as the #8s, giving us more creativity and penetration. 

Agree, and I am very much hoping Tillman will be that creative player. He has said he is an 8 or a 10 so you could see him.playing in front of Kamara and Jack/Lundstram. The issue will be if those three are fit Gio may push Kamara into that position and I don't think he natural there like Tillman hopefully will be. 

 

I’m hoping Matondo can be our Sterling on the right. I’m very excited to see Tillman playing balls in behind the full backs and Matondo getting to the byline, we've never really had pace like this in the team. 

Edited July 20, 2022 by DMAA

[JohnMc 2,473]

I enjoyed last night much more than I expected too. As has been said above Sands and Goldson looked good together, Sands looked really composed on the ball despite playing on the left side. Barasic had the kind of game you know he's capable of. How we went from Barasic running at our goal along our own byline to scoring 10 seconds later is a thing of wonder, what a move that was. 

 

Experience has taught me not to judge anyone on pre-season friendlies, but both Lawerence and Matondo looked like good acquisitions to the squad. Matondo is really fast, hopefully he's not this season's Diallo. 

Interesting that Lowry isn't in the squad. I've heard some say he's injured but not heard the club confirm this. Devine looked assured when he came on. He's right footed I think so not a natural replacement for Barasic, I think we can expect a left back to be signed as cover then. 

 

Lastly, a big thank you to the lady who paid for my son's drinks last night. He went down to the kiosk in the Broomloan rear and ordered two cokes and a water and tried to pay with a £20 not realising they only took card payments. He doesn't have a card and a woman behind him offered to pay and wouldn't take his money. I've no idea who she was and he couldn't point her out to me when he returned to our seats. On the off chance she reads this thank you very much, that was very kind. 

[Rousseau 9,382]

56 minutes ago, Rousseau said:

There's probably a time and a place for a 4-3-3 with the workmanlike midfield three (Lundstram, Jack and Kamara), like in Europe or a tough domestic fixture that requires more of a counter-attacking style. 

 

However, I think we need more creativity in our #8s in a 4-3-3. This could work in the league against the diddy teams, using Hagi, Lowry, Arfield, Tillman, Lawrence etc. as the #8s, giving us more creativity and penetration. 

 

The 4-2-3-1 gave us more balance. 

I was thinking: If we have a back-three formation up our sleeves too (we did last season, and we've signed defenders that can be utilised in a back-three), we're well-set.

 

And, we've got a manager that can get the best out of tinkering with formations, mid-match. 

[Frankie 8,151]

Family commitments last night meant I only seen the first half and the last 15mins of the 2nd.

 

First period we played OK, moved the ball well but struggled to cause any problems in attack as we couldn't get the ball to Colak early enough.  Second half we seemed to move the ball a bit quicker with Matondo and Lawrence providing a bit more quality.

 

All in all a very good result against a decent EPL outfit but I'm worried with the lack of depth in attack. Colak looks OK at the moment and works hard but we have no-one else should we he pick up a knock.  Apparently Tillman can play as a striker but if Morelos is still two months away and Roofe as unreliable as ever fitness wise then I think we need another number 9.