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27 Aug 2016 14:44:31
How Rangers play tactically. My Breakdown.

First of all before I start to explain my thoughts on this I'd like to highlight one thing MW constantly reiterates and that's the fact he won't sign a player who brings something we already have so every player in our squad is there to provide and bring something different.

In goals because of the way we play and the way the modern game is going we need a goalkeeper who can play with the ball at his feet, and with Wes I feel we have a very good ball player and shot stopper. Is he the most commanding goalkeeper? No. Is he perfect? No, if he wouldn't be here but he definitely has potential. Gilks in comparison for me highlights the gaffers desire for diversity as he seems like a lot more well rounded but maybe he isn't the ball player or shot stopper that Wes is.

In the fullback position I feel that Hodson has been fairly unlucky since Tav has been on fire and Wallace is the captain but he really impressed me preseason. The goal of the fullbacks is to provide the width and overlap when necessary. Last season you would see both attacking at the same time but now you see on more occasions than not that one will sit if the other goes. There are at times when both go and our centre backs are exposed (particularly last season) but that hasn't really been an issue this season if we are being honest. Our fullbacks must be attacking fullbacks for our system to work and they must overlap at the right times to stretch the defence.

At centre back we have Kiernan, Wilson and Hill. Wilson is the younger of the three by a year on Kiernan and I feel he is a classy player again reiterating the MW philosophy of passing from the back. We will never have a proper solid centre back if he can't pass the ball and players that can do both generally go for a lot of money. The goal of these players is to get on the ball under pressure when playing out from the back and to pass it to someone as well as always being open to receive the ball back if the midfield is pressured. It is also expected that these player will be able to play long diagonals to our wingers if the other team sits off them and gives them space (DW in particular against Motherwell was fairly outstanding at this) . For me outside of Hill who I feel isn't fully fit yet the Kiernan Wilson partnership has looked fairly ok since we now defend as a team and a unit. MW would ideally start the same back four every game, these aren't positions he likes to rotate he's just looking for the correct partnership in there and to then let these players settle.

In defensive mid we have Rossiter, Barton, Haliday and Crooks. It's easy to see the diversity of these three players Barton being the man with experience, a long ball player someone who can chop up play. Rossiter being similar but more of a short ball player and Crooks being a tank whose fairly classy on the ball as well and for me is actually the more balanced of the two. Crooks hasn't unfortunately been ready for selection for some time now and I feel he would add that different dimension in there which we have been lacking against teams like Kilmarnock the physicality he would have brought might have helped us grind out the three points. Haliday provides a similar option to Barton but is left footed whereas the others are right. (Don't rate him as highly as the other three in this position) . The purpose of this position is to break up play, sit in front of the back four and give them protection while our fullbacks bomb on as well as sliding passes into our wingers to help forward attacks.

In our engine room we only really have Holt as a box to box player (Although I do feel that Windass can provide this also) and he in my opinion is the player we have been missing the most. His energy and desire is contagious, when he plays the whole team just seems to kick on to another level. Windass looked class in preseason and was providing real drive in midfield which is another quality I feel we have lacked so far this season. Can also play just off the striker and out wide. The purpose of this position is to do all the running work, if you watch MW's subs he always takes off the box to box player at some point since they do far more running than the others. Think to what Jason Holt did last season for what they are supposed to provide going forward. If you look to last season I feel we looked at our poorest offensively when Holt was injured.

In attacking midfield we have the previously mentioned Windass, with the potential of McKay and Forrester and the classy Kranjcar. Each one of those players is a completely different asset from the other. Forrester has looked our best player this season (with tav) and Windass looked our best player in preseason. Kranjcar needs time to get fitness. The purpose of this position is to find the killer pass, link up with forwards and to generally get involved in the attacking play. Involves a lot less running hence why someone like Krancjar can play in there. Again the diversity between each player is very apparent.

On the wing we have Mckay, O'Halleron, potentially Forrester and Windass, and any of the strikers my have to rotate to this position too. Mckay is very creative but isn't as direct as the rest, Forrester's creativity is different from McKays as well as Windass's ability to run and drive with the ball being another completely different dimension. O'Halleron is the pacey 60 minute option for when there defence starts to tire.

Up front we have the legend that is Kenny Miller whose purpose is to drop off and link up the play, Joe Dodoo whose purpose is to hold up the ball and has the ability to turn players, Garner being the pest up front who doesn't stop running, can win the ball in the air as well as O'Halleron who can but is yet to be put through the middle. There purpose is to link up play and obviously to score.

Having asserted all this information on you this is why I come to the conclusion that we are just lacking in midfield. You look at how diverse each player is in each position and you can see why MW is desperate to get everyone fit because everyone adds a different possibility to the team. When he said he couldn't do much tactically I agree with him with the players that are out we couldn't achieve the three points yesterday. If he had other options he might have set up differently especially away from home at a tiny plastic pitch but his squad is tight and he didn't have the options he would have liked. Just can't see where the criticism from the gaffer comes from.

As for the first half performances the whole purpose is basically to run there team into the ground for sixty minutes since every team we will come up against will be extremely organised. However having watched every game this season you can easily see every team tiring substantially as the game goes on.

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27 Aug 2016 14:58:47
Iv got shorter novels.

Fantasy based reality is probably right genre.

27 Aug 2016 15:05:20
Another attempt at a sly insult from you Mr Nice most likely but I don't understand the point you are trying to make. All I did was sum up the diversity in the squad and why I feel MW said, due to injuries, that he couldn't really do anything tactically. Are you trying to imply what I have said is fantasy? It's a fairly simplistic assessment on what I feel every part of the team brings a different aspect to how we play and its crucial if we want to be successful. Nothing I have said has been inaccurate if you can't be arsed reading it then don't your opinion will never matter to me anyway since you never actually say anything nice about anyone on here, there opinions or the team as a whole. Going to put in a request to an Ed to change your name to Mr Negative.

27 Aug 2016 15:26:23
RossW1995

How can you say Kiernan and Wilson have looked ok? The partnership doesn't work and was exposed in the championship as for Hill he is 37 with a recent history of injuries it's nothing to do with fitness he is finished.

27 Aug 2016 15:33:25
I agree in the championship but we aren't playing anything like we were then. If you look at our current set up running Barton and Rossiter that's two sitters with an inverted diamond in comparison to how we normally play. I think this coupled with our fullbacks defending properly will allow us to actually defend as team this season. Although I'm not sure if RK is the answer to partner DW, I wouldn't be too disappointed if that ended up being our regular defensive pairing but like most I'd like to see another cb coming in.

27 Aug 2016 15:33:57
Although I do agree with what you said about Hill, but he just might need time to get fully up to speed, I point to Krancjar and Barton as examples of this.

27 Aug 2016 16:35:42
You let yourself down with your inability to condemn our centre backs and the comment that Hill is not fit yet defies belief. Hill will never be fit enough. He is too slow and simply won't improve that! For any Rangers defender to be caught out by Boyd the way Hill was is nothing short of a disgrace. Hill should not be playing for Rangers, he is a waste of a jersey and a waste of a wage.

As for Kiernan, I must have been watching different games! He gets caught out consistently with balls over the top, he is slow, he can't tackle, head the ball or read the game. Another one that should be nowhere near the first team.

We need two quality centre backs, right now Wilson is the best of a bad lot!







 

 

 
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