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22 Apr 2024 17:49:21
Fair play to Dessers for his two goals yesterday. Can’t fault the guy for the effort he always puts in as well. However unfortunately, he’ll just never be good enough to be our main striking option going forward. 19 goals in 38 is a decent return but if you look back on all his games one major thing sticks out. He can not hit a ‘first time finish’. Almost every shot he takes he needs 3 or 4 touches first to set himself.
This results in either: him being tackled, defenders getting back and blocking his shot, or on occasions goals like his first on Sunday, which looked really good as he ‘beat’ 3 men before shooting. Proper strikers can hit first time finishes or at most one touch then shoot. How many times do we see him balloon first time efforts over or well wide.
He just can’t finish with out taking an age to get a shot off. Even both yesterday’s goals were a bit fortunate. The first went through Gordon’s legs, the second seemed to go through him completely some how. On another day both of those are saved. We are desperately Needing someone who can instinctively finish without taking an age to think about it.
1.) 23 Apr 2024 10:16:39
Dessers or alfie.
2.) 23 Apr 2024 12:43:03
Christen - A morph of the pair please - Dessers workrate and attitude and Alfies finishing (in his prime) - I will phone PC and see if he can oblige with this mash-up?.
3.) 23 apr 2024 17:38:43
think i would much rather have dessers finishing to be honest mate, in fact anyone's finishing.
06 Apr 2024 10:21:51
So the official Rangers facebook page just dropped an interview with Butland regarding the Old Firm game about 15mins ago. Doubt they would do that if they knew he was injured and wouldn’t be playing so hopefully it is just nonsense.
1.) 06 Apr 2024 10:43:57
There's nothing on the other main forums such as Follow Follow or Rangers media. If there was any truth in it, it would be all over those 2, but there's nada!
2.) 06 Apr 2024 12:16:49
It was just some wee attention seeking fanny on twitter posting bs.
3.) 06 Apr 2024 12:21:36
Wishful Declan thinking ??.
4.) 06 Apr 2024 13:11:04
Same as the rumours flying around ccv is out, all b. s.
5.) 06 Apr 2024 16:10:41
It was Twitter bs again I don’t know why people believe that rubbish I’ll never know.
6.) 06 Apr 2024 17:09:49
I never bother looking at those sites. complete and utter rubbish.
29 Mar 2024 16:56:55
Well Clement certainly seems convinced that Lundstram willl be staying!
1.) 29 Mar 2024 17:44:13
NRD did tell us???.
29 Feb 2024 16:12:05
A lot of discussion today about VAR and whether it’s working or how poor some of the decisions have been since its introduction m. A post further down saying it’s been way worse in Scotland than elsewhere. Firstly I don’t think that’s true, I’d say there have been a lot more ‘apologies from the authorities in the EPL in England after poor VAR calls than in Scotland.
Take the absolute farce of the Luis Diaz goal against Tottenham for example where even after they knew they had messed up the ‘rules’ stopped them doing anything about it. So far nothing that bad has happened up here. The main issue is just ‘how’ VAR is being implemented and the inconsistency of this. The idea is that, other than on offside calls, it is only meant to intervene in cases of very clear and obvious errors.
The trouble is that during a game of football many incidents and decisions are very subjective. Take last night. You could argue that VAR was probably actually used ‘correctly’. Their penalty it could be argued both ways, yes it clearly struck Lundstram’s arm but his arm wasn’t away from his body and if wasn’t there would have hit his body anyway.
So it could of been called either way. Was it a clear ‘error’ by the ref though? No not really. Same with both of their hand balls, yes it hit their hand / arm but in both cases were there arms in unnatural enough positions or the contact deliberate enough to say that the refs decision was fundamentally and clearly incorrect? Probably not.
The issue comes where those operating VAR seem to want to get involved in every decision or incident on the field and end up almost undermining the refs, leading them to second guess themselves on the pitch.
1.) 29 Feb 2024 16:37:30
VAR should improve referees performances.
Not make them worse.
For me refs have become lazy in their approach to games as they know they have a get out of jail free card in VAR which now means they are getting the basic decisions wrong. IMHO.
2.) 29 Feb 2024 17:51:55
Like many of you on here I played amateur football for many years at a reasonable level and everyone accepted the decisions of the referee and linesmen, whether they got it right all the time or not. VAR is a joke. Authorities are trying to turn football into rugby where the game stops regularly. Football is a fast-flowing game. VAR is spoiling the beautiful game. Leave it alone!
3.) 29 Feb 2024 19:29:35
Taking away the accusations and arguments from the clubs point a view I feel that the refs are letting each other down. During the course of a fast moving game it is not surprising that the refs miss some incidents but then the VAR should step into help them . When another ref gets to see multiple angles and in slow mo and still can`t get it right it just makes them all look incompetent, which to be fair probably is the case up here .
4.) 29 Feb 2024 19:33:26
In a lot of cases var has caused more problems than it's sorted.
5.) 29 Feb 2024 19:51:06
For me the solution is simple.
VAR shouldn't interfere unless the referee asks for assistance.
The on field team make all the calls and if they were unsighted or unsure on a decision they ask for assistance.
We'd get a better product on the pitch, the referees would be more empowered and the governing bodies would be able to monitor and measure refs performances.
6.) 29 Feb 2024 19:56:39
Not a fan of it in any way shape or form tbh, killing the game n reducing it too a stuttering mess, decision making by refs and var assistant's can be ludicrous, then a Sfa/ Spfl/ Ref Chief review says that shouldn't have happened, oh sorry but your 3 points out of pocket. Not quick or decisive enough, in my opinion.
Apologies for earlier rant Ed? bugs the bejeesus out me, if not broke don't fix it.
7.) 29 Feb 2024 21:15:31
I'm all for var but the time it's taking to make easy straightforward decisions at times is a joke, it definitely does and will continue to affect the flow of some games.
8.) 29 Feb 2024 21:20:19
Gers78 I have to disagree with your take on last night regarding the pens lundstrums arm was close to his body not making his size any bigger or in an unnatural position and was called a pen which you say could go either way, var should've intervened and assisted the ref to make the right call, no penalty. Mayo incident his arm was outstretched in the penalty area it struck his hand and according to their rules it's a pen the ref should've called it or var should've intervened to make the right call, penalty. My take on it is these refs are aw pals they are simply covering each others backs that's it in a nutshell they won't hang each other out to dry at all.
A massive improvement in Var would be if they allowed you to hear the conversation of the ref and var officials to try and see what their logic is to how they come to the decision. Unfortunately the monkeys running the show will never allow that to happen as it will show our refs for what they are, purely incompetent!
9.) 29 Feb 2024 22:46:23
Doiger I don’t know where you played football but that’s bs about coaches players accepting it refs are abused left right centre at these games every weekend, I know because I have seen it.
10.) 29 Feb 2024 22:47:01
It was never a pen Lunny.
11.) 01 Mar 2024 08:46:18
I've done it Storm ?.
12.) 01 Mar 2024 08:57:03
Var is ruining the sport. A goal is scored and the player and fans have to hold their breath for 10 minutes to see if it’s going to be given or not. Sucks all the fun out of the game.
13.) 01 Mar 2024 09:14:13
I remember a time when there was only 2 or 3 minutes injury time. Now you have up to 10 minutes don’t they know that we have homes to go for our tea.
Agree with EHl should only be used if referee asks for help you can’t even cheer a goal being scored in case a mystery referee gets involved.
14.) 01 Mar 2024 11:29:30
Obviously Doiger means at the time he played. Nowhere near the levels of abuse dished out then as now. I know, because I also played around the same time. Reprobates took over during the 80's and the game has never been the same.
16 Feb 2024 15:21:53
Ricksen as a right back was actually pretty poor. He got absolutely slated in his first season, couldn’t defend at all and was rightly subbed after about 25mins of his first old firm as Bobby Petta was ripping him to pieces and he was very close to being sent off. Luckily we found a new pos For him as a central mid where he excelled and got voted player of the year.
As a right back Tav is light years ahead of him. Hutton was decent but for all he was thought of as an ‘attacking fullback’ in his days his numbers were minuscule compared to Tav. It’s always the same, folk have the habit of looking back on players of the past with partially selective memories. 100% a few years after Tav has left he’ll be thought of by most as a legend (and probably rightly so).
01 Feb 2024 21:54:14
Because he brought in Silva for that position and obviously we were unable to obtain anyone else who would have been worth while spending money on. No point in bringing in ‘the wrong person’ just now rather than wait and get the right long term option in the summer. Everyone is talking about how we only have Dessers and Silva, well Celtic only really have Kyogo and the guy they’ve just brought in from Norwich, so same position really.
01 Feb 2024 20:28:43
Here we go, folk jumping on the ‘our board are awful, shocking, sack the board’ guff already. So let’s look at things properly. Prior to the window (and with lots of injuries) under Clement and with the players we had we, win the league cup, cut the gap in the league and qualified for last 16 in Europe. This window we have brought in 3 creative / attacking players. Players that clearly the manager wanted, and we’ve managed to do so in very creative ways to get around spending much money in this window which won’t have been easy. The reason we’ve had to do this? NOT because the board don’t want spend, or ‘dip their hands into their own pockets (which actually, by the way, isn’t the way a board/ club should do things) but in fact due to FFP RULES. In any season clubs now have to prove they can break even financially and as we spent more than we brought in in the summer, in terms of tranfer dealings we are already in the red. Yes other revenue streams will help to balance that over the course of the season, but we can’t continue to over spend in this window and risk potential UEFA sanctions.
Look at Newcastle, on paper probably the richest club in the world due to Saudi backers, yet right now can’t buy anyone and in fact having to sell players so as not to get into trouble. People need to realise the way the business of football works before slating the club.
31 Jan 2024 16:28:47
Would it not likely be Danilo….
31 Jan 2024 14:36:36
Absolute nonsense Fraser. There is no where stating that any deal of any kind with anyone has been ‘done’ for Butland. ?.
22 Apr 2024 13:54:33
You’re right Tom but Matondo needs to be able to offer more than the occasional run when in open space or his new found ability to cut in on his right and hit a shot. He’s useful as an impact player in the last 20mins or so when teams tire but if he’s going to start then he has to be able to offer more. He doesn’t track back well, he shirks out of 50/ 50’s, he can’t beat a man from a standing start (or is afraid to even try most of the time) . His crossing and passing is poor. Yesterday isn’t the first time he’s basically been like a man down.
22 Apr 2024 13:07:31
Sorry stig but Matondo was absolutely horrible yesterday, worse than a man down. First thing he did was run the ball out of play because he can’t control a ball properly, last thing he did was fall over on the ball looking for a non existent free kick. Everything in between was just as bad. The awful thing is we are left with a choice now between him and Silva on the left side of attack. Out of the two I’d almost have to go for Silva just now as although he is also horrendous he can actually just about control a ball, occasionally pass to others and does work back and help out cover his left back. Matondo doesn’t even do any of those things. We are really struggling in forward areas now if Sima is out again.
08 Apr 2024 21:10:42
I’ve seen / heard a lot of folk saying Clement got the starting line up wrong. However unfortunately due to circumstances his hand was forced. He alteady clearly stated that a number of players weren’t able to play 90mins (some probably weren’t ready for anything more than 45). Therefore Sima could not have started. Also due to Ridvan’s injury and Barasic ‘being ill’ (was that just a polite way of Clement saying he doesn’t trust him? ) Sterling who probably would have started wide right had to play left back. So that leaves Wright or McCausland who is also not fully fit and has looked a shadow of himself the last few times he’s played. So reallly there wasn’t any other option. He obviously hoped we could keep things tight first half then go for it last 30mins and bring on the likes of Sima, Matondo and Cantwell to go for it. Unfortunately that game plan was gone in under 30 seconds?.
05 Mar 2024 16:24:35
Yeah, I saw that and thought the same. It’s kind of embarrassing how much crap ex pros tend to talk in the press in general. You’d think if they know they are going to be asked their opinions that they’d at least keep up to date with the goings on at their old clubs. Then again for the folk that write these articles to go ahead with the story also goes to show just how little these blogging sites know as well.
16 Feb 2024 16:28:32
100% correct MPH. A lot of fans are getting hung up that we didn’t score 5 or 6 and end up mathematically top on Wednesday. However the most important thing was to win and make sure we were level on points. We still have 13 more games to improve the goal difference and if we keep on creating chances the way we were on Wednesday then we WILL end up turning over some teams by 5 or 6.
The good thing is that we are now creating far more chances than we were at the start of the season. Keep doing that and the goals will come. Wednesday was just one of those freak games where nothing seemed to want to go in, no matter how much we threw at them.
For all we know they could struggle on Saturday against Killlie, maybe only win by a goal and we could put 3 or 4 past St Johnstone. But even if that happens and we go top, overall it’s more important to keep winning as it’s likely that it may not come down to goal difference in the end.