Rangers Banter Archive October 27 2019

27 Oct 2019 21:32:32
It was good to see Tav getting another assist today that just reinforces the point I’ve made a few times about him winning us more points than he loses us. I still stand by my other point regarding team balance and personally I wouldn’t play him away In the harder games whereby we’re unlikely to control the game (Parkhead, Away Europe games etc. ) but I was glad to see him with the winning assist.

28 Oct 2019 06:25:00
So just play him in easy games? Naw.

28 Oct 2019 07:52:55
He hit a corner. Settle down.

28 Oct 2019 08:06:57
I remember years ago a similar scenario with a certain mr lorenzo amoruso. makin some amateur mistakes and the crowd on his back constantly. then came the Parma game in europe when his confidence looked shattered till the whole stadium got behind him screaming “ only one amoruso” to which nearly brought the big man to tears. ended up a legend with us. every player can’t be excellent every time. get behind tav n show him we got his back thru thick n thin. to me this is what being a supporter means. he's going thru a sticky patch but hasn’t became a bad player overnight.

28 Oct 2019 08:10:23
Defending the guy is a liability. Has been sine day of signing. Not like he played a great pass? He swung in a corner to which and half decent pro should be able to putnin that area. Unfortunately for tav he puts in 1 good cross every 20.

28 Oct 2019 09:07:27
Sir katic you cannot have a captain that you drop for the more difficult and play when it’s not so difficult, that’s absurd pal. And as the wags man says, calm down he hit a corner!

28 Oct 2019 11:08:28
Paul86.

If ‘swinging a corner in’ is so easy, why do teams only really ever has one or two players at the most who will take them?

28 Oct 2019 11:19:24
😂😂😂 it’s obvious Tav can never win. Fair enough, people are entitled to their opinions, but to try and say ‘it’s just a corner’, seriously defies any logic. It was a great delivery and it was half the reason we secured an important 3 points, along with Helander putting his head on the end of it.

Yes he is had a total nightmare of a start this season, he missed the penalty yesterday but it was his play that won the penalty. Taking him off penalties I would probs agree with.

Gerrard was not too bad a captain himself and he must see traits in Tav that justify his selection as club captain.

How’s about getting behind him during this bad spell rather than turning your backs on him? Tim like behaviour.

28 Oct 2019 12:25:15
Here here bear mode. Confidence is shattered but he will come through it. We are the worlds worst for slating our own players.

28 Oct 2019 12:49:36
I love Tav, great player. Made a couple of mistakes that have cost goals, that can happen.
He should take himself off penalties and take unnecessary pressure off himself.
He run his guts out yesterday trying to lead by example.
Get behind the players, support is what gets you through.
Steven Gerrard knows what he is doing so if he picks Tav every week its because he is the best man for the job. If he needs rested he will know. Let's get right behind our Skipper.

28 Oct 2019 12:54:39
Bgate W. I wouldn’t play Tav in the tougher games where he is expected to defend, simply it’s not his game and with Tav in the team we’re exposed. Teams are no starting to explode this. As for dropping our captain then it’s a different question as to should he be our captain.

Regardless I was glad to see him hit the winning assist, corner or no corner he got the assist, fair play to him.

28 Oct 2019 16:55:51
Don’t play the captain in games too hard for him, I’ve heard it all now mate.

27 Oct 2019 20:45:48
Tav was mince again today that cross was laughable. Am I the only one to notice that he almost cost us the game against Porto it was his hesitancy outside the box that allowed Porto the attack on goal that McGregor saved twice. Similar to the amateurish defending that cost us the game against Young Boys. Flanagan needs to be given a chance at right back. Aribo slows the attack down and can't tackle.

27 Oct 2019 22:18:35
And another penalty miss.

28 Oct 2019 09:08:20
sorry did i miss the misplaced Ryan Jack pass that cost us the goal against Porto. i agree he should be dropped for penalties for the moment to take the pressure off him until his confidence grows.

27 Oct 2019 19:13:53
At last stevie g contemplating taking tavernier off penalties! Give them to Alfredo or Defoe please.

27 Oct 2019 19:59:20
Stevie G needs to understand that this league is going to be tight and that he can't f**k about making 4 or 5 changes when he doesn't need to. crazy team selection today.

27 Oct 2019 20:30:59
Agreed stamford. play strongest team possible. Maybe 1 or 2 changes. Not 4.

27 Oct 2019 20:38:51
Don’t think is so much to do with Aribo playing as Jack not playing we miss jack every game he doesn’t play!

27 Oct 2019 20:55:59
Spot on Stamford Bear, I didn't see Lennon making similar changes, I get amused at the tiredness comments, Ryan Jack looked perfectly fit to me, although I don't work with the players every day though like SG. we should have had at least 2 penalties today with a possible third, but Tav does need taken away from set pieces, as he's failed too often recently. Well done though on a great 3 points, on to Dingwall now, which is never easy, but these are the games we must win.

27 Oct 2019 22:06:28
Fed up with his tinkering to be honest stamford👍.

28 Oct 2019 07:07:12
Horrible game to watch yesterday. didn't understand the team selection to be honest and I agree with all that's being said here. Aribo was sand dancing for most of the game and although he can be silky, he is not a strong tackling midfielder. Tav is most definitely off the boil and is not the player he was when Candias played. He needs that type of support and don't tell me ojo is the plan for a Candias replacement because he clearly is lost in the hussle and bussle of the Scottish game. 3 points in the bag and we march on, but too much team changes are going to lose us unessessary points. Give Polster a crack on the right with Tav and let's see what changes. Follow Follow folks. 🇬🇧.

28 Oct 2019 08:06:47
You are coldo? Am sure Dave and the board will tell SG your concerns. 👍.

28 Oct 2019 14:28:42
Ojo was a sub so don't see how he can get the blame for not covering Tav?
And when he did come on he made a couple of blocks. One on the right wing and one in the LB position. So criticism of not tracking back unfair yesterday in my opinion.

27 Oct 2019 17:47:57
In many ways I’m happier tonight than I’ve been with other wins.
Not playing great but getting 3 points after going a goal down is satisfying. Yes there were some issues that need addressed but overall a good gritty win over a decent side.

27 Oct 2019 19:32:23
Agree 87shenderson, always good to pick up 3 points without playing well. Quality of Barasis and Helander evident which is good. When Jack and Kamara absent think we look weaker in midfield. We need to get off Tav’s back although sensible to relieve him of penalty kick duty at least for a short while.

27 Oct 2019 20:33:59
agreed 87

that’s a huge 3pts today we were not even close to our best, went a goal down, missed a pen and mwell wasting time at every chance and battering lumps out our players

but we still won.

27 Oct 2019 22:01:33
Its relief hendo👍.

27 Oct 2019 22:08:45
These are the type of games where we lost out last season. This year we are grinding out results as a team and fighting for each other.

Onwards.

27 Oct 2019 17:08:33
We let Tav take a pen and a dangerous free kick. He is going to cost big time. Aribo, Ojo Airfield and Stewart. Very poor. We have no legs in MF and that's a huge worry!
We rely too much on our strikers. Hellender and barasic were fantastic. Motherwell got what they deserve. Nothing! Fouling and time wasting!
Dallas is a joke of a referee.

27 Oct 2019 18:04:12
Couldn't disagree with that As1974. I thought aribo looked lost, wasn't surprised that tav missed and who would go and watch motherwell. Ground out the result which is positive, I thought it was a strange team selection again from the tinkerman. 👍.

27 Oct 2019 17:38:26
Barker and stewart in the front 3. doesn't exactly get the fans going. jamie murphy be better in there. surely no its time fir someone else to take the penalties. as tav is lackin serious confidence at the moment. aribo off the pace. and from midweek on if ryan jack is fit he must play its as simple as that. Got told last week jones would be a bit part player. Cannot tell me he isn't going to pose more of a threat that barker and stewart. cmon.

27 Oct 2019 17:40:17
Ojo was very poor. Guy had 25 mins, give it a rest. I know he hasn't set the heather a blaze but that's just putting him down for putting him downs sake. Agree Arfield was poor today, and aribo wasnt outstanding but thought Stewart played not bad. Going to get games like this throughout the season, it's how we deal with it and dig out results. Nothing is a given and we need to start facing up to that fact.

27 Oct 2019 18:31:03
I actually thought big ojo looked better today when he came on 🤷‍♂️ don't know how folk can abuse him for 20 mins. Big big 3 points today and we move on! Last point, definitely time for tav to come off penalty duty, he's had enough misses now.

27 Oct 2019 22:00:19
thought Ojo was ok, arfield posted missing. wasnt making run into the box from midfield when we were getting forward and not getting second balls either. Motherwell, supposedly a better team now. not from where i was looking, bruising and time wasting until we went in front. pleased at the result, tough one to grind out but not pleased on the performance. Tav needs to stop with the penalties and free kicks, take a bit of pressure off himself until he has the confidence back.

27 Oct 2019 17:03:17
Don't think my heart can take watching us this season. That was a slog, but got there in the end.

27 Oct 2019 15:58:44
I said last season when we were going through our period of not creating anything that arfield offers very little and it's been painfully evident again recently. I like the guy but he's got no pace and doesn't have a clever touch like Stewart. He doesn't look suited to a team that dominate possession, most of our play bypasses him.

27 Oct 2019 17:02:29
Arfield is inconsistent. He can take a hit and keep playing in tight. It's 50/ 50 for him getting it right but he does have a high work rate and he can see the game well, he just can't execute well. He'd be a squad player on a better team. Right now though his form is like he's exhausted. Too be fair he put in the same shift as Aribo who is almost half his age. Neither Aribo or Ojo have the patience? or Confidence? to hold a ball in traffic.

27 Oct 2019 19:30:36
Blue_north hahahahaha just how old do you think arfield is?

27 Oct 2019 20:17:55
Yep 23 is almost half of 30 right enough. I blame the schools myself.

27 Oct 2019 15:47:20
Tav again. AGAIN. The people who keep defending him need to get a grip. The arrogance to still be hitting penalties after 2 missed already this season.

27 Oct 2019 16:06:33
He is our nominated spot taker and has scored 20 out of 24 penalties for us in last 3 years, get off his back!

27 Oct 2019 16:19:58
No. Because he is terrible. The worst Rangers captain in the top flight in my 30 odd years of watching us.

27 Oct 2019 17:18:05
We looked very slow again today right from the kick off. I don't really want to mention those across the city, but they attacked the sheep at speed, and were rewarded for it. Far too many passes around the box, I'm sat here sceaming SHOOT! I know we played Thursday night but we looked very leggy. If we could just have more driving runs from midfield instead of sideways passes it would help. Another three points though, we must keep the pressure on them, they will slip up when least expected.

27 Oct 2019 17:29:15
Ed - Theswagman is a very unhappy supporter of Tav and wants him transferred. It didn't take him long to get on today. Can we give him a free transfer to another fan site?

27 Oct 2019 18:39:22
Should be off pens now tbf. Very lucky it didn't cost us points today most around around me wanted defoe on the pen 👍.

27 Oct 2019 19:10:46
Sorry Blue Toon, am I not allowed an opinion? I got on him because he missed a penalty, which he has done twice already this season, along with the many goals his pathetic attempts at defending have cost us.

28 Oct 2019 05:44:50
Theswagman - no problem with having an opinion about a player, but be realistic. As I have posted previously from the beginning of September Tav has been culpable for 3 goals, not many as you say. So far today you have posted a few times berating Tav.

27 Oct 2019 15:34:26
Never F!? ing fails.

27 Oct 2019 13:08:13
I think 5 mil for kamara, 20 for Alfie and 5 for Tav, next window. Think about who could be brought in with that cash or how it could be invested in the club. Also glad to see the sheep bein pumped and how lucky we were to dodge the McInnes bullet.

27 Oct 2019 13:19:33
I'd rather see Celtic being pumped to be honest, considering it's Celtic who are pumping Aberdeen it's hardly the result we should be wanting just cause Aberdeen are getting beat.

27 Oct 2019 13:31:44
Thank god we dodged macinnes. What were board thinking offering him a job the size of our club.

27 Oct 2019 13:49:16
Why would any Rangers supporter want Celtic to win. Unless it benefited us, What a 🤡. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇦🇺👍.

27 Oct 2019 14:36:43
The next window? If we sell morelos next window we ha e absolutely zero chance of winning the leage.

27 Oct 2019 14:48:20
Next window? Why not just give that mob the title just now. Dumplin . Also, can’t stand Aberdeen but would rather Celtic dropped points. Surely that post is a joke?

27 Oct 2019 16:22:18
Would flog Tav and Kamara no problem but not Morelos. Also think £5m for each is selling ourselves short, even though I think Tav is woeful. Full backs who can’t defend go for a fortune down south.

27 Oct 2019 16:34:07
So we sell morelos for £20m. Who do you buy to replace the goals? I've never seen supporters so desperate to get rid of the top performers rather than keep them.

27 Oct 2019 18:02:39
So in one breath you say Tav is useless but then suggest that we should sell him for £5m+?

Mmmm, not sure that computes.

27 Oct 2019 18:40:50
John stones went for 50m and he's hopeless haha.

27 Oct 2019 19:12:13
DK19 - if you read the full sentence, it absolutely computes. Absolute garbage goes for tens of millions in England, so it’s all relative. If someone wanted to buy your old banger used car for £50,000, would you tell them it was only worth 50 quid?