Rangers Banter Archive March 01 2017

01 Mar 2017 23:31:58
McKay hyndman and holt had cracking games tonight. The defending letting us down as per usual but only difference this time was we were shooting on sight tonight. Something that we just weren't doing under warbs. 24 shots with 11 on target is far more like what we expect at ibrox. When you have a defence as bad as ours we need to out score teams because we pretty much start every game a goal down. Barrie McKay is frightening at times with that first touch and ability to drift into the spaces over the park. Refreshing to see.

02 Mar 2017 10:22:06
Mckay for me is frustrating he has so much potential, but disappears in games and doesn't track runners. Sits in soaces where nobody is. I might be being a bit critical but if he gavee 100% the full game then he would be a real talent.

02 Mar 2017 10:00:23
I love the fact we were getting crosses into the box much earlier as well

02 Mar 2017 14:06:33
got t say i disagree a lot of our games we had 20+ shots and not too many on target as was warbs words after most bad results we where nearly always the better side but couldn't defend and couldn't score so we got beat

01 Mar 2017 21:39:46
Anyone else think Toral was a standout in tonights game, played absolutely brilliant in the holding role.

01 Mar 2017 22:00:26
He made some important contributions but also gave the ball away a couple of times.

Definitely a better performance from him though.

02 Mar 2017 08:40:43
I said weeks ago to try the boy there and got shot in flames.

02 Mar 2017 10:03:08
Toral doesn't do it for me, i thot he was awful on Fri nite and marginally better last nite

01 Mar 2017 21:14:27
Luis Enrique has just announced he won't be at Barcelona next season. Who's going to be first to link him?

01 Mar 2017 21:49:49
Red Bull starting to put our team together for next season then!

01 Mar 2017 21:59:34
Eh just went into 1/ 12 favourite fur gers 🖕

01 Mar 2017 13:30:16
Good afternoon Gents,

I would firstly like to voice my anger at Clint Hill.
"3rd would represent a successful season"?
That statement is unacceptable from anyone at Ibrox when we have held second whilst having a poor season.
They should be fighting tooth and nail to get back there and solidify 2nd and close the gap to first as best they can. Nothing less is acceptable.

Now most people here are crying out for 4-4-2 and I would like to see us give it a go but my concern is we do not have the midfield players for this. We need at least one dynamic, defensive mid to support our 2 CB's. There is NO-ONE in our squad who can do this to an acceptable level.
Looking at our squad and our frailties I think 3-5-2/ 3-4-1-2 is our best option.

3 CB's - One playing slightly in front of 2 (almost CDM) trying to break play up early if being attacked centrally and dropping back to cover spaces if we are attacked on wing and CB's drawn wide.

Our wing backs Could sit in more centrally with 2 CM's forming a barrier of 4 in front of CB's when not in possession but going wide when we get ball.

1 AM in free role behind strikers

2 strikers!

E. G

Fods

Hill Wilson
Kiernan

Tav Halliday Hyndman Wallace

McKay

Garner Miller.

01 Mar 2017 15:07:51
Like your optimism blue genius and your dynamic thoughts on how game should be played. GENIUS I'm contacting my mate who does the odds for William Hill to install you as favourite for managers post

01 Mar 2017 15:54:20
Hill meant in regards to finishing in a Europa spot that 3rd is no different than 2nd in terms of where we start the qualifyers.

01 Mar 2017 16:37:53
bluedrama, think your mate will have him at long odds, after all that dynamic thinking and then has Halliday in his line up.

01 Mar 2017 17:10:03
Definate rangeken. Football is matter of opinions and I would not have Kieran or Halliday near the team. It shows the options we have. Why Warburton never addressed defence is beyond me.

01 Mar 2017 17:36:37
Govanite I did get his point but you have to stand up and say 3rd is unacceptable no matter what. 2nd is bad enough for Rangers!
Rangeken I understand your doubt over my team selection but I was not meaning the particular players just giving an example of how they should set out. Having said that Kiernan I have named 3 out of our 4 centre backs we have and Kiernan is one of the better passers hence him being at front.
As for Halliday well I would also have dropped him but I do sympathise with him as he is never a CDM and has been made nervous by being pushed into that position. When he was further forward the other night he looked better (still not the best tho) .

01 Mar 2017 19:42:21
You destroy your argument by putting Halliday in your team! That is like playing with then men!

01 Mar 2017 19:28:36
When a player comes out and says 3rd place is successful, you now have the reason we are in 3rd. Not one player from the past would ever think 3rd is good enough never mind make a statement claiming this. Total lack of any kind of leadership why is the ream captain allowing player to think this no way would previous captains BF, RG, TB let this happen Shambles

01 Mar 2017 10:58:11
It may or may not be fair enough for the players telling newspapers criticism is unfair and Clint Hill saying there's plenty of fight in the team. I say prove it then and show us that you're right. Don't talk about fine margins at high level football, simply put the ball in the back of St Johnstone's net a few times and prevent it from going in the back of our own a few times tonight.

01 Mar 2017 19:35:28
at least 6 of the starting 11 should never have been able to say i played for rangers as they don't they turn up but they don't play with the intensity and hunger for the win that any rangers player of the past has

01 Mar 2017 08:50:25
Ave got a worrying feeling its the head players that are calling for the same formation. I believe murty told kenny miller to go 442 in last game and he told him no. Am sure in the commentary they said 'murty has told kenny to change the formation and he just shook his head at him'. Think murty is just there so they can say they have a manager in place and that's it.

01 Mar 2017 09:00:56
From what I heard, it was quite the opposite regarding Miller and Murty, Miller wanted to change the formation, Murty said it was staying the same. Murty then brought on a striker in the 90th minute and changed the bloody formation, Murty is unfortunately out of his depth.

01 Mar 2017 11:34:34
Fair enough onlyshow, I may be taking the idea of who is choosing the formation the wrong way round. I think am just sturggling to work out why we are still playing a formation that doesn't work.

01 Mar 2017 17:33:12
For goodness sake play Dodoo and let's see goals.