Rangers Banter Archive September 01 2019

 

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01 Sep 2019 23:13:53
Shocking today gutted doesn't do justice to how I'm feeling but agree aribo looked lost 2day defoe was near non existent and not seen anyone mention the fact that Tav needs to remember he's meant to be our right back if he wants to press forward stick him right mid/ wing Flanagan rb and either barasic or halliday lb should have stuck with normal shape and team and started the buffalo from minute 1 good to see him control his temper amongst the wee digs thrown his way when he came on.



01 Sep 2019 21:37:31
Had time to came down after that performance today. The plus points are we played total rubbish yet still put up a fight against the so called best team in Scotland . SG won't get it as wrong the next time I guarantee that so chins up bears.



02 Sep 2019 07:19:56
Put up a fight? When?



02 Sep 2019 08:45:48
Your forgetting Celtic were not at full strength.



01 Sep 2019 21:10:48
Jones out of scotland squad with knee injury. Look at the picture of the 'tackle' that led to his dismissal. Looks to me like that's when he injured his knee and it could be a bad one.



01 Sep 2019 21:57:28
Jones doesn't play for Scotland. Northern Ireland mate.



01 Sep 2019 22:00:35
He is Northern Irish mate šŸ¤£.



02 Sep 2019 06:58:10
Sorry my mistake. Still raging about the performance when i put that out there.



02 Sep 2019 08:31:34
No idea how jones gets a straight red and mcgregor dosnt even get a yellow for his challenge or his dive.



02 Sep 2019 10:09:45
Bluethe Bear - you have no idea how Jones gets a straight REd he's lucky not be up on assault charges!
now he's out he game for months probably - numpty!



02 Sep 2019 10:56:52
It was the same challenge mcgregor made so if jones was straight red then so is mcgregors. McGregor didnā€™t even get a yellow so how is jones a red? Going by how the ref made previous decisions in the game it didnā€™t make sense. If mcg got even a yellow or yellows for some other challenges then yeah maybe but going by how he let everything go it didnā€™t make sense



02 Sep 2019 13:19:12
It was a professional foul, they happen in most games abd get a yellow card, rarely a red. He took the legs from the lad but I wouldn't say it was dangerous.



02 Sep 2019 14:50:12
Jones is Irish .



01 Sep 2019 20:48:38
There have been 4 league games lads, gerrard obviously got his tactics wrong today, but the reaction to this defeat is way over the top! Tbh I think with us losing there is more chance now of us signing kent.



01 Sep 2019 21:01:38
Lots of disappointed gers fans hurting tonight. Yes we will lose to better teams but they aren't and we got the tactis and formation disasterously wrong. That inept gutless performance at home afainst them doesn't cut it.



01 Sep 2019 22:32:07
If we got beat playing our usual 433 with two natural wide player then it would probably be easier to take. The fact that we changed our style so drastically and in doung so showing them far too much respect is what makes today hard to take.

We should have played the way we have been and let them worry about us. Instead we packed the midfield and left Defoe totally isolated. We had two natural wide players on the bench today and that left back was there for the taking if someone had just run at him from the first whistle. I was so confident we would beat them up until I saw the lineup. Poor selection and unfortunately the buck lies with the gaffer. Got it totally wrong.



01 Sep 2019 22:34:15
Celtic have been better than rangers for years, So much hype about this rangers team and they are crap.



01 Sep 2019 23:32:55
Listen boys I would not be too despondent. Think about it in the cold light if day. Rangers were made favourite, which fired them right up . Their tactics were totally to kill the game and if they got owt it was a bonus . This was evident from when A. They kicked the ball out to touch from kick off, and when they started to go down with cramp after 29 min. Ok we played rotten and stevo got tactics wrong, but they had much more to play for . You better believe if we had won that game Lennons head would probably have rolled . so he obviously got that through to his mob . We will learn . I think the hardest think to guard against in this game is complacency. Let them build it up again. You would think they had won the World Cup . They will be favourites next time . Keep believing.



02 Sep 2019 07:17:14
really? they had much more to play for. they have just won 3x3 and going for 9. I think rangers have more to play for. exact same team apart from Kent that won 2.0 in last game and everyone on here saying the team was better with Defoe.



02 Sep 2019 07:42:27
They had more to play for?



02 Sep 2019 08:23:35
So, Mols, it was the bookies fault?



01 Sep 2019 20:28:26
It's great that nobody is overreacting lol.



01 Sep 2019 20:40:38
Great to see people burying there head in the sand.



02 Sep 2019 07:13:18
Burying my head in the sand? It was one game that could've went either way against a team on the same level as ourselves. We are all disappointed but it's heads up time. We don't go after our team and manager after ONE result. That's the Celtic way!



01 Sep 2019 20:00:47
Another game making them look better than they actually are!
I'm hoping Ojo and Barasic never play for the Famous ever again. Both are no where near good enough and for the life of me I'll never understand why the left back problem hasn't been fully addressed.
Like many bears I'm hurting therefore I'm off to bed in a huff. Here's hoping we've signed a left back and Kent by time I've woken up in the morning.



01 Sep 2019 20:41:04
If Barasic had played Today then maybe you could judge him!



01 Sep 2019 20:41:27
Barasic didnā€™t even play ya dafty.



01 Sep 2019 20:57:01
Why Barisic? He didn't even play. He would have been playing if he hadn't suffered a concussion on Thursday and SG wouldn't risk him.
None of todays team played well and we were beaten by the team that were better on the day and wanted to win!



01 Sep 2019 20:58:11
We can but hope, but I fear Kent ain't happening. Gerard said in his post match interview he's expecting players to leave but none coming in. Far weaker without Kent and candy man - and it's showing.



01 Sep 2019 22:34:22
Ojo getting stick is a bit harsh. He came on for the second half and at least had a go. There was a few worse performers today, Defoe for one. But it seems Defoe is exempt from all form of criticism.



01 Sep 2019 23:22:13
Defoe was offside constantly. Overall your best players were mcgregor and davis. But special Steven was tactically skelped by a superior manager today.



02 Sep 2019 14:50:09
Barasic He didnā€™t play but he is good enough for Croatia right enough.



01 Sep 2019 19:59:09
The disappointing bit about today's result is that we lost to a very average Tic team, we just were poorer than them on the day. Aribo and Kamara really struggled, Arfield was off form and showed a shocking first touch, and maybe only Davis, Flanagan and Jack came out with any passmarks. Now we have to regroup and assert ourselves on this league. We are much better than Today's showing and hopefully this will spur us to greater things.



02 Sep 2019 14:51:52
Jack was rotten no way did he get pass marks.



01 Sep 2019 19:36:53
Think Stevie boy Got it all wrong today lads not playing Morelos in the starting line up and playing joe aribo out of position We didn't sign any quality wingers in the summer to replace the ones we lost and didn't replace lafferty with another big target man either i think jordon jones is a poor mans version of kent and Sheyi Ojo is a pretty average player it hurts me to say it lads but ryan kent was a big big miss today
like the song says he tore them apart last season.



01 Sep 2019 20:07:59
I wasnā€™t happy when I seen team either but I think itā€™s first time since SG has came to club that Iā€™ve criticised the man. We will have to take it on the chin and get behind SG the man will learn from this and we will bea stronger team for it.



01 Sep 2019 20:21:18
He probably did get it wrong. let's not overreact to one poor display. We've started the season well, one bad result/ performance doesn't change that.



01 Sep 2019 18:56:35
Gerrard has done no more than warburton at least he got us to a cup final and i think Ryan Kent was the guy who terrorised smeltic ladt year. Our support quite rightly will not accept being second and winning nothing. We need to wisen up and get the players to give their all. We can do it but it takes courage!



01 Sep 2019 19:23:04
Tommy, are you serious, Gerrard has taken us to the Europa Cup Group Stages two years running, we lost a football match today, nothing more.



01 Sep 2019 19:38:39
I agree Gerrard has done ok but today he got it wrong, to start with no width in the team and with a right footed left back was crazy also why Defoe he hasnā€™t the strength to play up there on his own Gerrard has became mr Tinker man change this change that he did it last year in central defence why try something new today of all days he made them look good it was a stroll in the park Iā€™m sorry but that wasnā€™t pretty to watch, after saying all that it took a right howler for them to score and we all know that changes the game the second came when we were pushing men up the park but all in all no complaints they were the better team on the day.



01 Sep 2019 20:08:23
The right footed left back wasn't the reason we lost today mate. I agree that steven gerrard got his team selection wrong today in what was also a poor performance, by far too many of our players. We had absolutely no width and glenn kamara has looked a shadow of the player he was last season. We should have played with at least one winger to give us much more width and i would have started with morelos today,
even though i like defoe. Morelos would have been very confident after thursday night and i would have definitely given him the nod today.
Yes Gerrard got it wrong but that doesn't excuse how poor, a lot of our players performed today. I still think we have improved a lot under gerrard and a lot of our supporters are getting too hysterical regarding the slating of the manager. We take this sore defeat together on the chin, learn lessons from it and move on, because they're nothing special!



01 Sep 2019 20:20:07
I agree. I was shocked when we had no width in the team and could work out how Aribo would fit in in a top 3. however when Ojo can e on he was woefull and looked disinterested. Just like the reports said he was in France last season.

It was our poorest game of the season and our passing was dreadful. The majority now need a massive kick up the backside as what was on display from everyone was very poor against a poor celtic team who just did the basics well.



01 Sep 2019 21:40:19
Steven Gerrard Loyal, I never said a right footed left back was the reason for the defeat what Iā€™m trying to say is we should have a recognised left back and play him I know Barasic had an injury from Thursday but he was on the bench and must then have been deemed fit but Flanagan is right footed and though he defended ok you donā€™t get much going forward as he canā€™t cross the hall with his left foot and when we had no winger there was no pressure put on them Iā€™m not having a go at Flanagan he did the best he could.



01 Sep 2019 22:37:12
Wow, this is a horrendous post. Done no better than Warburton? mate, that's an absolute joke of a statement.



01 Sep 2019 17:58:50
I never often watches defoe much in his younger years. is it because he's lost a yard of pace over the years that he's constantly offside not just on about today or has he been really bad at holding the line his whole career?



01 Sep 2019 18:58:15
He likes passing in behind or crossed for hom in the box not passes to him 30 yards from goal!



01 Sep 2019 23:14:22
Defoe always has played on the edge . he was just bullied today . Defoe has the record I think of being in the top four of offside positions given since the start of premier league in England.



01 Sep 2019 17:41:42
I think we made a mistake by not starting with Morelos and having no width.

We also lost a lot of personal battles in the first half.

Think we had a bit of a better second half, and probably with how much we had the ball we had could have had an equaliser.

But they deserved their win, they were the better team.



01 Sep 2019 18:24:49
The team that has the dominant midfielder in the old firm game, wins the game, simple as that. Their midfield were better than ours today and therefore won the game. Its always won or lost in there. Quite simply we had too many of our midfielders way off form and nowhere near their best. Steven Davis i thought was our best midfielder but that was never going to be enough.
Have to be honest and like many of our supporters, i thought today gerrard should have gone with more width, to go at their weak full backs. So gerrard has to shoulder a big part of the blame today,
although that still doesn't excuse how poorly most of our team played today, because celtic and i'm being totally honest, didn't Impress me greatly and although they deserved to win today, they are not a great team and are there for the taking!
A wee point to the some on here who still think that we are just as good without ryan kent, no we're NOT and kent is far better than jones and ojo will ever be! I wish we still had him. He's levels above both and if you can't see that, i honestly don't know what you're watching?



01 Sep 2019 19:35:19
Stevie Davis was appalling today, showed every day of his 34 years. If he was playing today he should have been rested on Thursday, canā€™t play two big games a week at 34.



01 Sep 2019 20:13:03
If you thought steven davis was appalling today pal, i honestly don't know what game you were viewing! šŸ¤”
He was one of our players that i thought got pass marks today along with allan mcgregor and flanagan. If you thought davis was appalling, is there a word in the dictionary you could find for glenn kamara's performance today? He doesn't look nowhere near the player, he was last season and i wouldn't have started him.



01 Sep 2019 20:27:58
Felt sorry for Aribo first half today. The guy looked like he didnā€™t know where he was playing .



01 Sep 2019 21:00:41
Agreed Jaws, he looked lost, but is a quality player and will do well.



01 Sep 2019 21:35:15
Davies was poor today gave possession away numerous times. Not the worst offender. Ojo why? Tav poor Goldson sold the jerseys, what was he even trying to divfir the first goal.



01 Sep 2019 23:12:47
Sir Rock katic I've no idea what u were watching pal because if davis wasn't in that team today it would've been a lot more than 2. Maybe if aribo didn't bottle it everytime he was near brown or the rest of the team helped wee davis out a bit eh. Also is it just me or has tav been absolutely dreadful start of this season?



02 Sep 2019 15:14:27
SGL, how did Kent get on in his first 6 games for us?

I seem to remember that he was a bit lightweight, had a terrible final pass and had people suggesting he should be sent home to Liverpool.

Time will tell whether you know better than SG and the Liverpool coaching team but I suspect you will be forced to eat your words long before the end of the season.

Ā£5 to Ā£7m for such a fantastic player is pocket money even in the Championship - can you explain why he has been left rotting in the Liverpool reserves?



01 Sep 2019 17:41:37
Ojo back to Liverpool ASAP, and tell Ryan Kent to jump in his car and get up here.



01 Sep 2019 17:02:27
Really poor performance today - this was a cup final, an opportunity to put down a marker that we are genuine title challengers. However the manager and the majority of players were poor. Mcgregor / flannigan were the exception.
Why play aribo in the same area as brown when arfield was excellent in there! He was bullied all day long. Why start the game with no natural width when both their full backs are awful.
Why donā€™t we have a natural left back - we all know barisc flannigan and Halliday are not the answer. Weā€™ve had all summer to sort.



01 Sep 2019 17:17:49
Airfield lol, the world was watching him trying to pull Ntchams shorts off. Chasing ghosts all day long in your own patch šŸ˜”.



01 Sep 2019 17:19:43
Literally just said flannigan got passmarks then said he ain't the answer.



01 Sep 2019 17:24:35
We have a natural left back who balances our side and gives us a more attacking threat from deep. Not knocking flanno who done OK. Just think were a better side when we have the balance of the two attacking fullbacks and also the joy we had last season with Kent and candias either side of morelos was missing today.



01 Sep 2019 17:52:46
Orange tinted - just cause he got pass marks today doesnā€™t make him the long term answer - not a difficult concept to understand . We need a full back to get to the byeline and deliver crosses.



01 Sep 2019 17:54:57
J-zer - bang on . We were much stronger with candias and kent. Ojo - aribo today was a wake up call.



01 Sep 2019 18:57:11
Gers09 agree mate. Aribo was out of his depth today and will take time to be able to handle the vigour of an Old Firm game.
Iā€™m baffled as to why Ojo is held in such high regard at Liverpool. He was also found wanting today. I would gladly take Kent instead of him any day. At least Kent was up for the fight.



02 Sep 2019 14:21:59
Not easy to watch that, Goldson should definitely be rested that's been coming for a while and Aribo today shown to be lacking in that midfield against legohead - Arfield should have been there with Aribo more in a supporting role. Naive play from players not up to that kind of game. Regards Kent, is he the answer - what about his consistency? The odd game of greatness is not enough.



01 Sep 2019 16:36:41
A know everyone is on about gerrards team selection today but let's be honest what changed when he brung on to wide men we had a spell in the second half but jones couldn't get past his man then gets sent off ojo was sloppy with his passing and kept running the ball out of play and was out muscled at times they got there game plan right today and took there 2 chances and never let us settle on the ball that's the bottom line today we tried a narrow formation and a wide formation neither worked for us at all and we had no end product.



01 Sep 2019 16:06:03
Gerrard, in my opinion got his team selection and therefore his tactics all wrong for today's game.
But does that excuse so many of our players having an off day?
Defoe, an experienced striker caught offside but also starved of quality service.
Davis, Aribo, Jack, Arfield and Kamara all giving the ball away at times or caught in possession.
Goldson giving the ball away.
Tav not getting forward as he can.
I thought Katic looked more a wee bit more nervous than his recent assured performances. Are we needing to see Helander alongside him and drop Goldson?
I thought Flannigan done alright.
Fortunately this game has come early in the season. That's the first I've seen of Celtic. They are nothing special.
Yes Gerrard made mistakes. Yes the team played badly. But we gifted them both goals.
In Gerrard We Trust!
Let's Go!
#55.



01 Sep 2019 16:48:07
They wanted it more Haribo was rubbish goldson cost us the game. Gerrard made choice mistake.



01 Sep 2019 21:47:44
Letā€™s go, itā€™s just excuses excuses excuses. We always have been and still are vastly superior in every area and thatā€™s without a settled defence. You say tav didnā€™t get forward like usual. you right he didnā€™t because Bolingoli who you all want to laugh at had him on toast all game tav still trying to find a way past. All the talk for the last few weeks and when it came to the crunch you just werenā€™t good enough, just like past years, get used to it, 55 ainā€™t coming anytime soon son šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚.



01 Sep 2019 15:28:40
Stevie g on sky sports yesterday saying we no longer fear Celtic but today he sets up in the most negative fashion he could? Just don't understand it they have a left back who is struggling and a midfielder at center back but we set up with no wingers.



01 Sep 2019 15:28:18
Just listened to Gerards post match interview - never really explained what he was thinking of with selection and formation but he certainly expects players to leave but nobody to come in. That brings me to Ryan Kent, for those who say Ojo has started better than Kent and we don't need Kent as we've got Ojo and JJ, then look at today - Ojo was hopeless and JJ had a moment of madness and straight red. I'd say we certainly do need Kent. Now to Aribo, he was shocking and was like a rabbit caught in the headlights. Could Aribo be another Sean Goss, a player who arrived and was getting talked up, then had an OF shocker and was never the same player again? Anyway, back to today, that was an unforgivable performance (I can accept getting beat if we show passion, fight and determination) but there was none of that. Their fullbacks are hopeless and we should have been targeting them all day but again our tactics were shocking, 2 shots on target was disgraceful.
McGregor - 7
Tav - 5
Goldson - 5
Katic - 7
Flannigan - 8
Kamara - 3
Davis - 8
Jack - 7
Arfield - 5
Aribo - 3
Defeo - 4 (although no service)
Morelos - 6 (pulled their defence about)
Ojo - 2
JJ - 5 (tried to be direct and run at them but getting sent off will not indere yourself to fans)
Gerard - 2 (team selection and performance was biggest problem today)



01 Sep 2019 16:11:33
Hold on a minute, yes we got beat at home and of course it hurts but your Aribo comparison to Goss is bonkers!

Aribo has been class from day 1, Our biggest problem today was Thursday night. We put so much in to the Legia game and it cost us today.



01 Sep 2019 16:35:45
Our biggest problem today was Gerrard and his abysmal team selection. He absolutely ****ed it with that team today.



01 Sep 2019 16:48:24
From day one I named ojo Ohno now will you believe me? Missed Kent today we played with no wingers and not for the first time no idea what SG was thinking we were never going to score using Defoe up front alone with Aribo acting as a centre forward at times sorry thatā€™s ridiculous. We should break the bank to get Kent surely we can sell a couple of players and use the group earning to get Kent. No excuses today the best team won they pressed us and stopped us playing our pretty little triangles but triangles and cute passes with no penetration is useless.



01 Sep 2019 20:08:49
Sir struth that is got to 1 of the worst comments I've heard regarding aribo. He has been exceptional so far apart from today when he was played out of position. Gerrard to blame today totally wrong personel in the positions.



01 Sep 2019 20:10:07
SirStruth, totally agree with your player rankings. BTW Andy Wa*ker is a totally dyck, the way he praised anything Tic did, but kept quiet when we did anything (not that we did much) was abysmal. Needs sacking along with the pitiful buudy of his (was it Ian Crockersh*t? )



02 Sep 2019 01:22:15
I can't stand walker but there wasnt much we done today that would make anyone praise what we done.



01 Sep 2019 15:26:06
We deserved nothing today, very little creativity to give our strikers any chance of a goal, shot shy and toothless for weeks now, and still no additional striker brought in. Tavernier was a liability today, his defending, distribution were not that of a Rangers Captain., we also had a Ā£3million centre half on the bench what's that all about, Goldson was shaky today, as for his giving the ball away for their 1st goal, why did our Captain not give him a option for a pass. We need to get this sorted over the next 2 weeks and get back on track thereafter, and Jordan Jones, what were you doing man, 2 game suspension now for utter stupidity.



01 Sep 2019 16:56:51
Tav passing has been poor for weeks Flanagan should play on the right his natural position and a left back should have been found before the window closed. Letā€™s get helander in now along side katic and for gods sake bring back Kent or we can forget the league.



01 Sep 2019 15:25:28
Hope SG puts his hands up and says I got it wrong. We were schooled in every department by a really poor Celtic team. Only one team was set out to win and that lies with the manager.



01 Sep 2019 15:08:26
Got too agree with all the comments
And put my hands up I really thought we would have won today
Gerrard what happened mate that performance was god awfull
Flanagan on left back he's so one footed it's unreal and it's not his left unfortunately.

Goldson was very poor today the occasion got to him along with most of the players on the pitch we were out fought and our run in every department and I thought our team from what I've saw this season would have ran them into the ground
And it was total opposite

Arfield should not have started
Morelos should have started
Jordan jones should have started
And I'm going to say Helander or Edmundson would probably have played better than 2 centre halves played today but that's hindsight as the whole team never turned up
Came down to Arfield pulling jerseys Jordan jones losing his cool and getting sent off

Eduard Ā£7m and kept his cool and slotted home like a Ā£7m striker

Performance like that and at home too,
anyone says we're still behind them, got to agree on that performance no winning the league if we play any more games like that
A lot the players either didn't show up or we have been too naive thinking our team are better than they are and we have all been firmly put in our place today
It was too easy for them and we missed someone to get hold of the game for us and slow down and get our play together the amount of misplaced passes today was awfull
Honestly could go on all day
But definitely not as good as I thought we were
And hands up better team won on the day

Maybe if Gerrard hadn't changed our play and had not put Flanagan on left
Maybe if Morelos started blah blah

Bottom line we were S H I T E.



01 Sep 2019 18:03:55
For me Goldson has to be dropped for Edminson. defo.



01 Sep 2019 15:04:42
Gerrard went out not to lose today he got it wrong which I don't think he has too many times before. Aribo who seems to be getting the brunt of it was played out of position so couldn't affect the game! Playing 5 CMs didn't work Boly Boly wasn't tested no pace or width then you have one full back who can over lap and one that can do nothing going forward surely if your going to play CMs in and inside forward position you have to play attacking full backs both sides? . And for everyone out there who thinks Defoe brings more to a Rangers than Freddo I hope you watched that we're simply not the same against better sides with Defoe in the team!



01 Sep 2019 15:00:01
Well I was proved right. Starting line up was was terrible. What SG was thinking was beyond me. I said to start JJ. Now I'm not sticking up for his red card but the guys frustrated and no wonder. Ojo has been poor of late. I said Arfield is off the pace and needs dropped. I don't think he's fit. We play a striker who is 5ft 6 against 2 centre backs over 6ft and drop our top goalscorer. SG have a look at yourself after that. Bit wake up call. I think your doing a great job but that today. WTAF! By the way McGregor wipes out Arfield then takes a dive and doesn't even get booked? Aye very good Bobby M! celtic deserve their win. First to every ball. We lacked guts and fight.



01 Sep 2019 21:37:01
Didn't think JJ tackle was a red card, you will see professional fouls like that every game and only a yellow.



01 Sep 2019 14:52:22
Think SGs naivety there for all to see today. Team selection/ strategy very poor. We all know he's young/ learning manager and this might happen at times but every fan knows there is no room for mistakes against mhankies. This will have raised questions about his infallibility. Still his #1 fan but he does have to look at himself.



01 Sep 2019 15:59:27
Cant argue mate.



01 Sep 2019 14:47:06
Just watched Gerrard interview. He looked and smirked a couple of times. It doesn't seem to hurt as much as ir did for smith. Mcleish etc. I like Gerrard still not sure he gets that rangers don't like losing. Never won a league as a player and not sure he knows what it might take.



01 Sep 2019 16:55:27
No not having that he's hurting to talk about smirking is total c**p! sorry but it is crazy post.



02 Sep 2019 01:26:00
Won the European cup when his side were 3 nil down. He grabbed the game by the scruff of the neck. So, I think he knows what it takes to win. Utter muck that statement.



02 Sep 2019 14:48:50
Stevie G is a born winner, of course losing hurts. I just don't know what he was thinking today, wrong team and wrong tactics but the team should still be putting in 100% plus and most of them didn't get close.



01 Sep 2019 14:41:11
I think the shape of the team was the big mistake today we needed one maybe two wingers given Boli and their RB where their weak links we needed to get at them early. Not doing so meant they both grew into the game. I don't think we played with the high tempo we have done past 2 occasions we have won at Ibrox. I also felt Arfield wasn't as close to brown snapping at him and not giving him time on the ball. Aribo has a bright future but the occasion passed him by today I felt he was played out of position in first half on the left. He looked better in second half. Easy to say after losing today but I can't help feel Kent would have caused them a lot of problems. Don't tight of Ojo or Jones just yet but Kent is the xfactor to help us win the league.

Please SG make it happen!



01 Sep 2019 14:39:32
A disappointing performance today no question but that's all it is. Th league is not won at the start of September. I've still got high hopes for this season. (as long as we play with some width)



01 Sep 2019 14:33:41
Gerrard got it all wrong let's start with Goldson can someone tell him you don't get time to dwell on the ball in a old firm match that's what basically caused the first goal then there's the passing it was totally off no rhythm to the play then Aribo was hiding or mabye it was a level too much for him on Defoe I can't blame him he got no service but to sum it up we didn't turn up at all oh and kamara like Goldson was caught on the ball many times and we tried to play long balls that didn't work either Gerrard got his set up wrong end of.



01 Sep 2019 14:56:14
Dont think anyone can disagree with this Ger667. Small consolation but it's the first old firm of the season so need to step up at the next one.



01 Sep 2019 15:00:52
You can't just single out Goldson mate. Us to a man were terrible. That's the bottom line.



01 Sep 2019 15:11:34
Ger667, it's easy to criticize when things aren't going well but I'm going to add to that, Tav had a terrible game on Thursday and again today, every pass, cross was wasted. I for one have to question Gerrards starting 11. We simply didn't look like scoring, I think we had 1 shot from Ojo. Terrible performance from all at Ibrox. If there was a bit more fight and desire then I'd take the defeat slightly better but we were well beat at HOME.



01 Sep 2019 14:29:50
What a disappointment, the setup lack of individual performance. We just seemed to have no real fight or answer the them closing us down. There is no doubt the best team won wee lemon will be justified in his gloating, l did not see that coming and 10 days left before l fly back over the pond, no doubt l will have some of my timmy work mates waiting for me, deepjoy
And no they are not ex Tim's nor do they wear suits timmyloy.



01 Sep 2019 15:56:55
We can have no excuses not good enough today. Too many players off form and young Aribo looked like he didnā€™t know what position he was playing first half. Like many fans I couldnā€™t understand starting with no wingers. That was a strange call from the manager. we will have to dust ourselves down and get on with it.



02 Sep 2019 14:00:11
apologies canada bear for coming so far to watch that pish. no spine, no fight, lost the midfield and tried a long ball to the smallest guy on the pitch. we lost every battle today though the war ain't over.



01 Sep 2019 14:29:43
Absolutely sickened by that performance
I can always deal with losing a game if we are not the better team etc
But I simply can't accept a game like that where we have **** all fight
Balls being passed direct to them and straight out of play is a joke

We need to get this game behind us and learn from it big time.



01 Sep 2019 14:29:02
Poor poor poor Stevie G played right into their hands. 2 inexperienced full backs and no wingers played. crazy.
Out fought in every area of the park.
Maybe this is the wake up call we need. Players believing all the hipe about how good we are. You need to earn it and today we didnt.



01 Sep 2019 14:53:38
Right on the button Stewarty.



02 Sep 2019 01:27:57
Better get your cv dusted off and updated then stewartyyblue.



01 Sep 2019 14:24:30
Celtics keeper was the weak link and no one saw it---love the manager but he got it all wrong. he is becoming the ultimate tinkerman.



01 Sep 2019 14:20:06
If that's Aribo at ibrox can't imagine what he would be like at ibrox. Remember Matt Goss. Decent player melted in the old firm game and never seen again. Its a big jersey the rangers one and sometimes too big for some. Shame for defoe today no service at all.



01 Sep 2019 14:47:07
Bit harsh on aribo. He was played out of position and was 1 of prob 9 players who didn't play well.



02 Sep 2019 01:31:44
All I remember about Matt goss Tommy, was that he was a lead singer with bros šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚. Probably melted in that old firm game because he was wondering when he would be famous.



01 Sep 2019 14:19:18
Couldnā€™t resist coming on tae a wee hello to the deluded! Did u happen to catch the stroll in the park the 8 in a row champions enjoyed today! Alexander McCall seeker let's go 55 Iā€™m having beer on yous lads! Hahaha!



01 Sep 2019 15:27:22
Fair enough danny but we got it wrong today no more no less and we will run it close this season it was there for all to see.



01 Sep 2019 14:18:32
No excuse team all wrong no natural width completely put us on back foot. I still think Jones and ojo are a downgrade on Kent and candeis but we've enough time to learn lesson from today. Never allow us to change how we play especially at ibrox.



01 Sep 2019 14:17:13
Hated that game and can't believe Christie was still on the Park by the end of the game - 1 definitely foul and one "professional foul" but d sod all done by Madden. Don't like conspiracy stuff re refs but I can't understand why Christie was on the park after the second one.



01 Sep 2019 14:29:49
It's not a conspiracy, you are just crap.



01 Sep 2019 14:16:28
We were rubbish today but they really werenā€™t much better. There 1st goal massive mistake by Goldson there 2nd was us pushing so far up for an equaliser.
For me wrong starting line up. Morelos run them ragged the 20-30 mins he was on shld have started. Jones shld have started yes he was daft at the end and sure that will b knocked out him quickly and wnt happen again. Ojo shldnt b at rangers never mind on the park against Celtic another joe Worrel situation I think having to give him minutes on the pitch. Aribo been outstanding so far this year think occasion myt have got to him today hopefully will be a big learning curve for him and will go on to be a lot better for it. Kamara needs to have a long hard word with himself was one of rangers go to men last year nw this year rubbish is the competition for places to much for him if so mibi needs sold need players who thrive with competition not go into there shells if we want to win trophyā€™s.



02 Sep 2019 14:33:39
100% agree. Enough said.



01 Sep 2019 14:04:47
Jones getting a straight red deep into injury time isn't smart. Will deprive us of a decent player and give the media and the haters more negative comment agaist us. Will they never learn.



01 Sep 2019 14:08:54
A blame StevieG for that red card.



01 Sep 2019 14:22:00
Mr G got the team selection tactics and formation all wrong. No idea what he was thinking but that's utterly unacceptable. Trying to be too clever for his own good perhaps and he won't be more disappointed or fed up than we are. He can't have many more like that and hope to keep his job.



01 Sep 2019 14:04:15
I had never been more confident going into an old firm match than today. Until i seen the team. No wingers? WTF

Every game we play with at least one winger but today out of the blue we push Aribo forward and have no Jones or Ojo?

Gerrard is the man. I can't speak highly enough of the man but that was the wrong team selection today. Simple as that!



01 Sep 2019 14:11:02
Totally agree we let ourself down by not sticking to our principles of havin width and getting good quality into the box.



01 Sep 2019 14:34:42
The manager got it all wrong. The selection and tactics were crap end of. We have squad in depth but still lack quality were it hurts. That should have been sorted during the summer but it wasnā€™t. We will suffer for that.



01 Sep 2019 14:02:18
Disgusting performance end of.



01 Sep 2019 14:02:00
Same tactics over and over and over again with no plan b or c. Run into the final third and lose the ball and repeat x 100.



01 Sep 2019 14:01:34
Now we need to read Sutton telling us our wins last year only happened when it didn't matter
Hard to disagree though outplayed all over pitch today make shift defence and we made them look like Franco baresi was playing yet another false dawn! only positive nup not got any shocking performance from a shocking team selection.



01 Sep 2019 14:00:17
Gaffer got it totally wrong today. This game was crying out for Jones and Morelos to start. We were two men down with Aribo and Defoe. Handed them our arse on a plate today. Katic and Shags only pass marks for me. Woeful.



01 Sep 2019 14:06:53
totally agree, they did to us what we did to them at ibrox in May. Think aribo was totally shocked by the occasion, we needed an attacking set up from the start and gerrard was too cautious there. We played with no width and were second best to most balls.



01 Sep 2019 14:21:21
I can see Helander taking Goldson's shirt. Fair play to them, they earned it but we never put up a fight. Tav was s**t, Davis was off. Couldn't play from the back. Hoof ball all day.

I'm on the night shift. Should've stayed in my scratcher. Good night.



01 Sep 2019 13:58:54
Sorry to say this but only person to blame from this performance is SG, team selection just not on when we are at home.



01 Sep 2019 13:58:21
Awful display from the whole team today. Last few games there has been no attacking intent from anyone, most of the possession with zero end result. Will not be winning anything this season unless that changes asap! First time today the defence was also all over the place. also. Celtic were not even worthy of the win.



01 Sep 2019 13:57:21
Got what we deserved today. Absolutely appalling team selection from Gerrard. Flanagan offers nothing on the left, so negative with 5 centre midfielders and no wingers, and Defoe ahead of Morelos was a stupid decision.



01 Sep 2019 14:04:17
Easy to pick the team after it's done but I honestly would have kept the shape and system we're good at so Jones for kamara would have been my choice but they stopped us playing and the worrying bit is they didn't have to work too hard to win.



01 Sep 2019 14:35:04
The second I saw it I said we were losing.



01 Sep 2019 13:54:59
No getting away from it, poor/ nieve team selection today. Time will tell if he learns from it.



01 Sep 2019 14:00:24
If he doesn't learn and quickly.
. there will only he one outcome.!



01 Sep 2019 14:04:18
What was the manager thinking about with that team selection?! We never played anything like how we have so far this season. Lumping it up the park, never exposed their defence on the deck at all. Morelos had to start today to test them. No width to go at the full back, who were both OF rookies. Steven Gerrard has to have a look at himself for those tactics, trying to be too clever. Never thought I'd say it, but glad of the international break. Then we go again!



01 Sep 2019 13:54:32
Sadly we were out fought today. Tavs worst game in the blue and ojo and aribo not good enough. Ryan kent we really need you!



01 Sep 2019 13:49:47
Coldo you were right I was wrong Ojo not up to it jersey too heavy for him another passenger.



01 Sep 2019 13:46:43
Only our manager knows what he was trying to do with that team and formation today - if we fans could see from the start it was wrong, then what was his plan? Was there one?
Players can't find a pass, Defoe caught offside how many times?, Kamara - shocking, Arfield - off the pace, Aribo - rabbit in headlights, Goldson - shocking clearance led to the goal. The bigger picture - you can't go 3 points behind after 4 games and still expect to win anything. This should be 3 or 4 to that mob if it wasn't for McGregor. Disgraceful performance. Thanks Rangers, this week at work is going to be a long one with the amount of celtic fans I work with.



01 Sep 2019 13:37:49
I'm not ever going to question player selection because I'm not manager but why oh why has it taken so long to see Jones/ El Buffalo. Is SG scared Buffalo going to get his marching orders early on? If this case he's not Rangers class. Before sign off Davies brilliant and should be used as measure for any Rangers player.



01 Sep 2019 14:04:54
Davies and McGregor the only ones that turned up today.



02 Sep 2019 14:02:26
Davis was poor.



01 Sep 2019 13:26:17
I don't want to hear gerrard blaming the players he picked the team and set out the formation and tactics which were wrong. His fault end of.



01 Sep 2019 13:59:33
Most Celtic fans will say Lennon
Has no clue what does that about
Gerrad
But he will say he takes all the blame and all the other rubbish.



01 Sep 2019 13:11:49
Celtic full backs there for the taking and nobody in the team to get at them. Poor, poor selection by Gerrard. Lose this and the honeymoon period is over.



01 Sep 2019 12:54:09
Wow how wrong has the gaffer got that today. Bonkers line up. If he doesbt get jones and morelis on at half time he's lost it . defoe gets caught offside in average 40 times a game.



01 Sep 2019 12:53:22
Gerrards got the tactics and team selection wrong on the evidence of the first half. We've got no threat at all. Aribo has had a wake up call, he looks lost. Their right back has had him in his back pocket so far. Kamara needs a a rocket up his *rse. He needs to learn that he can't just jog about trying flicks. Flanagan is the right choice but there's nobody in front of him so nothing coming down the left. Kamara off for jones and defoe for morelos.



01 Sep 2019 12:46:30
Cant believe this performance celtic bossing all over pitch Kamara passenger Arfield off pace Goldston WTF! No width
Our midfield is so far off it as it stands I'd snap your hand of for a draw.



01 Sep 2019 12:36:01
We've been utter crap, wrong team selection - end of.



01 Sep 2019 11:35:20
Just saw the line up, no Morelos, WTF.



01 Sep 2019 11:37:59
No wide players.



01 Sep 2019 12:37:07
No outball. no width. Aribo out of position to fit Kamara in. Strange call.



01 Sep 2019 12:58:57
Absolute šŸ’©first half Midfield has been šŸ’© The way to play football is pass it to one of your own players, How many passes went astray, ME to fecking many, They are there for the taking, But Rangers have to raise there game. šŸ“󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁓ó æšŸ‡¦šŸ‡ŗāš½ļø.



01 Sep 2019 11:13:11
Just seen the team. Don't want to sound negative but I think its the wrong team. No JJ? Arfield is off the pace but he plays better with Defoe. El Buffalo benched. Mmmmmm.



01 Sep 2019 11:20:28
Agreed, I might be reading it wrong, but it appears there's no width?



01 Sep 2019 11:24:43
Pretty sure Stevie is not confident enough to trust Alfredo to cool it with that chancer Broon out to get him sent off.



01 Sep 2019 11:27:27
Defoe and arfield will find more space in tighter situations, aribo given the license to roam and create chances. Ability to bring on Jones or Ojo with Morelos later in the game.



01 Sep 2019 11:30:00
I hope he SG has something up his sleeve with this one. What had JJ got to do to get a start?



01 Sep 2019 12:37:04
Need to change it. Aribo and Camara are posted missing. No dig. Their defence us pish. You've got it wrong SG.



01 Sep 2019 09:08:45
To all fellow Bears lucky enough to be attending the game, first and foremost be safe, its great going into match against that mhob with more than just hope and fingers crossed, I'm sure we'll win today but to predict a scoreline šŸ¤” not a clue, so with that in mind I've had a tenner on big Katic to score 1st at 40/ 1 the amount of times the beast gets his head to the ball from corners makes him such a threat. Enjoy the dayšŸ»šŸ».



01 Sep 2019 08:27:16
Wow, butterfly's in the stomach already. Huge huge opportunity to put pressure on them going into the international break. Don't want to tempt fate, but was talking to a couple of my Celtic supporting mates yesterday who both said they would take a draw right now - how many times was it us saying that over the last couple of seasons? Just shows, their not confident. My team for today would be:
McGregor,
Tav, Goldson, Katic, Flanagan
Aribo, Jack, Davis
Arfield, Morelos, Jones.



01 Sep 2019 11:07:33
Cannot believe he's benched the main man. and playin with no wingers. Hopefully don't come back to bite us having zero width.



01 Sep 2019 11:26:30
Oh it will for sure.



01 Sep 2019 12:52:24
BlueBilly, so far you're right, we've been utter rubbish. Just blow full time whistle now cause that mob will score again - WTF was Goldson doing with that supposed clearance. They are doing to us what we should be doing to them. They look fitter, faster and better in all dept's. **** sake Stevie, get a grip of them.



01 Sep 2019 08:15:26
Today let's restore the natural order of things and find the Rangers three points clear at the summit of Scottish Football.



It's time for Ole to blood the youngsters in at Manchester United

01 Sep 2019 07:39:01
{Ed's Note - DLIB has posted a new article entitled, It's time for Ole to blood the youngsters in at Manchester United



01 Sep 2019 07:07:50
I don't care what other fans do I just want to see Rangers stick up for us fans for once. Get uefa to define offensive singing and define sectarian singing (is The Sash sectarian for example) . EVERY club has songs that contain swearing and words that are "offensive" to their opposition should they be censored? Every week i'm called a person (usually followed by the B word) up and down the country.

I only speak English so I don't know (or care) what abuse is being thrown my way when we travel abroad but it would be naive to think no racial or indeed religious insults are being dished out. I just want fairness and Rangers should be ensuring we get that rather than just rolling over and taking what's unfairly given to us.



01 Sep 2019 08:35:23
Jyf, I don't care what other fans do I only care about what we do and in my opinion Rangers as an institution need to move on from our association with any sectarian crap. What other clubs do or whether they are just as bad as us is irrelevant to me, we should act according to our own standards.

I would say though that now we have been punished by UEFA, the SFA will be looking for the next available opportunity to jump on the bandwagon. Please don't give them the chance, let go and support our team with passion but in a manner we can be proud of!



01 Sep 2019 10:21:03
Why do we need UEFA to tell the fans what they can and can't sing? Let's get real here for a minute - EVERY fan should know and feel what their songs mean and the implications contained within them - if not then the fan is either a liar or a dolt. We should be honest amongst ourselves first and look in a mirrior and ask ourselves why we sing certain songs. If we can do that then we don't need UEFA - we just need the common sense and maturity to stop it. The problem is the trickle down of hate and intolerance to our young ones - a few of our fathers made a stand to wipe it out - can we do the same and give our kids a team to follow instead of a cause? I have been reading this page for a while and some of the comments from some of you guys in blue have been VERY encouraging so well done to you guys.
Now let's have a cracking game and do the Scottish league proud.



01 Sep 2019 10:22:43
Behave Jyf you know full well what songs are offensive. Stop being a snowflake. You also know Uefa aren't trying to stop swearing. The club has stuck up for fans for years, allowing all that sectarian p*sh to be song at Ibrox. Its now got to stop, the club has to move on, maybe you should try to the same.



01 Sep 2019 11:12:31
JYF,
Don't think UEFA need to tell us what is offensive. We ain't stupid. Remember as wee boy at JG testimonial we all got song sheets with non offensive songs on them. Start? And cmon, of course sash offensive, it's historically anti catholic. I can just hear some saying but it's our heritage. Baloney, no more, we are Rangers, Super. Rangers, now youll like us, to be fair (Joke) You could almost say new club, brilliant new manager, new start?



01 Sep 2019 was 11:45:48
Excellent post Jyf. I've lived in England since 1984 and have often been called a 'Jock' or a 'sweaty sock'. I don't consider that to be offensive or sectarian. The Sash and Derry's Walls are about history so why would they be deemed as sectarian, though the swearing should be left out. Sectarian simply means of or characteristic of a sect, a sect being a small group of followers within a larger group.
However, in this day and age we should ditch these songs and avoid controversy, especially those shouting . Follow Follow and the Blue Sea of Ibrox are great songs. Swearing happens all the time at matches and I don't see that as necessary and consider it offensive if I'm at a game, especially if my wife is with me. As for today's team, I agree with Paul86 apart from I'd have Barisic starting ahead of Flanagan.



01 Sep 2019 06:47:36
Team today will be.

Mcgregor
Tav goldson Katic Flannagan
Aribo jack davis
Arfield morelos jones

Be a few tired legs but the buzz of this game should get u through knowing couple wee international break coming up.



01 Sep 2019 09:43:25
Said it elsewhere here but Jones is a must for me, thinking Stevie G rates Ojo more right enough so if heā€™s fully fit then he may well start.



01 Sep 2019 10:47:17
cant argue with that.



01 Sep 2019 02:09:49
Katic wants to end his career at Ibrox I think not if he plays like he is all season long he will go for 15M no doubt.



01 Sep 2019 01:37:37
Alfies on fire.



01 Sep 2019 01:33:47
NI song Will Giggs on fire. change to alfie song n get that place rocking.



01 Sep 2019 01:30:06
"What have you done to your leg? " Asked my Celtic Supporting neighbour as I limped down my garden path

"I tripped over my son's fidget spinner and landed in the bath"

"Not sure what one of those is" he replied

"It's a big white tub that we wash ourselves in. " I explained. šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚.



31 Aug 2019 22:50:44
Really hope we do this tomorrow lads. If we get the win then it will be the beginning of the end for Lennon. Whatever fans he has left on his side will disappear after one 90 minutes. Come on the Teddy Bears, step up and play!

LET'S GO!



 
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