Match Thread [FT] Rangers 2 (Dessers 60' pen; Danilo 68') - 1 Morton

[compo 6,227]

1 hour ago, Scott7 said:

Certainly better than 2-1 but neither is good enough.

That goal lost cost me £400 😆

[Rousseau 9,508]

Just now, compo said:

That goal lost cost me £400 😆

And, more importantly, a maximum in the GPL. 

[CammyF 6,898]

1 minute ago, compo said:

That goal lost cost me £400 😆

Or a pair of boots?

[Uilleam 5,506]

6 minutes ago, compo said:

That goal lost cost me £400 😆

You'll win it back at York. 

[RANGERRAB 3,306]

I often wonder if we’re our own worst enemy going into this sort of cup tie against lower league opponents.

Morton are a decent championship side probably comparable to the bottom half of the SPFL premiership. They played well today.

They gave us a fright today as did Partick Thistle in the SC last season, another Championship side.

We think it’s gonna be dead easy in cup ties(especially at home)as it’s a lower league team. Not always the case.

That said, once again we struggled against a team who sat in & played to hit us on the break. We played the same way we do every week with one up front and struggled to get any service to the lone forward who was heavily marked.

It’s been said before, but could we go 3-5-2  & used two wide players putting in endless balls into the box? 
Or( I hate to say this) do what Postecoglou did with the yahoos and have one forward but two wide players who need to contribute with goals as well as feeding the forward?

I found it very frustrating to watch for long periods today

[Rousseau 9,508]

7 minutes ago, RANGERRAB said:

We played the same way we do every week with one up front and struggled to get any service to the lone forward who was heavily marked.

 

It’s been said before, but could we go 3-5-2 [...]

Not only have we been playing with two up front for weeks (months, even), we did do something different today. We looked to be playing a 3-1-4-2 in attack. 

 

We discussed it at half-time (see page 8 above).

 

The structure is irrelevant, for me. It's the principles of play that are not working: there's no movement, the passing is slow and unsure, there's no intent. 

 

It'll be the same whether it's a 4-4-2, 4-3-3 or 3-5-2.

[Gonzo79 13,768]

We're too slow and lack intensity, which makes us easy to handle for mediocre opposition. 

 

I hate him but Postecoglu figured out how to deal with Scottish sides by going at them, fast and relentless.  

[Rousseau 9,508]

Just now, Gonzo79 said:

We're too slow and lack intensity, which makes us easy to handle for mediocre opposition. 

 

I hate him but Postecoglu figured out how to deal with Scottish sides by going at them, fast and relentless.  

Exactly. 

 

It won't matter what formation we use if these issues remain. 

[BlackSocksRedTops 3,495]

Didn't expect too much today as its the League Cup. Let's be honest, if we looked at the last 20 or so years, we could count good LC/SC cup performances at Ibrox on one finger. These games are always dire IMO and especially the LC.

 

A few positives...

Dessers looks like he is slowly getting there. He definitely has something (first half volley was nicely worked) so I'm remaining patient. Still a stick on to score against the Dhims IMO. 

 

Matondo looked lively again and if he starts to calm down a bit and use his head he could be useful. 

 

Sterling, Dowell, Balogun, Hagi, Roofe got minutes in the tank. 

 

The negatives...

As much as I am willing to be patient with Dessers, my patience is fading fast with Lammars. I'm still unsure what he is going to bring? Granted, he's regarded as a "technical" player but in old fashioned money he looks like a fan dancer. A luxury player who needs too many touches and forgets that football is a simple game.

 

Crossing...In the absence of Pinky and Perky today, I was hoping that we might abandon the aimless tactic of lobbing in cross after cross. Alas, it turned out that we other players that excell in the pointless tactic.

[RANGERRAB 3,306]

17 minutes ago, Rousseau said:

Not only have we been playing with two up front for weeks (months, even), we did do something different today. We looked to be playing a 3-1-4-2 in attack. 

 

We discussed it at half-time (see page 8 above).

 

The structure is irrelevant, for me. It's the principles of play that are not working: there's no movement, the passing is slow and unsure, there's no intent. 

 

It'll be the same whether it's a 4-4-2, 4-3-3 or 3-5-2.

Really? Who were the two up front in that starting line up? Lammers isn’t my idea of a centre forward as he’s never in that role often enough that I can see & Matondo is a wide player. Only Dessers is an out and out striker in my book & he got little service 

The reality is more and more managers have got Beale’s number & a good manager will be able to change a game by changing formation & tactics 

Edited August 19, 2023 by RANGERRAB