27 Dec 2024 08:39:32
Deja Vu.
Another Rangers team with different players / managers who have failed again to keep the pressure on Celtic with an Old Firm game on the horizon.
Undone by 2 individual errors.
I'm still trying to get my head around what Butland was attempting at the penalty?
And Sterling - who'd had a decent game as a stand in CH - was either lack of concentration or tiredness played a part.
Elsewhere, as the weeks go by I am struggling to see what Bajrami brings to the team.
And our up turn in performances of late all started with Clement choosing a front 4 of Igamane, Cerny, Hagi and Danilo. I don't think they have started a game together in weeks?
And I said at the time I was against Balogun coming back. Nothing to do with his commitment, hunger and desire ( which was exemplified at his injury as he still tracked back ) but more to do with his availability for games. A place / wage taken up in the squad which has now come back to bite us on the arse as we are down to the bare bones.
I thought St Mirren deserved the win. They were better first half by a country mile and when Rangers were running all over them 2nd half, Robinson had the tactical knowledge to change things up to nullify the threat and get St Mirren back into the game.
They also finished the game with two 17 year olds on the park. Young talent was sadly devoid again on the Rangers bench. But that's a moan for a different day.
We now have something like 10 games in 30 days. With a squad this threadbare at the back and still lacking quality elsewhere we could be in for another bumpy ride.
27 Dec 2024 09:05:13
Can't argue with any of that, MPH, you nailed it.
27 Dec 2024 09:08:45
Bajrami was best on pitch last week?
Yes he had an off day but is a quality operator in the number 10 position.
27 Dec 2024 09:30:25
I don’t think Sterling was expecting or wanting the ball, I thought Proper cost us that goal. I also thought Cerny was a little naive in not bring the st Mirren player down when he was running beside him, we’re at 92 minutes, just bring him down and take the booking.
Not got a clue what Butland was doing, it was awful and completely avoidable.
I think Bajrami needs a few weeks / month away from the first team, it’s not clicking for him and his lack of effort commitment is costing us. I’m not judging him just not as it’s too soon but he’s not playing well and perhaps getting him fitter might help for the latter end of the season. I actually fear when Hagi leaves and Bajrami is playing every week.
27 Dec 2024 09:36:52
Never seen much of the game but tough game in a tough place against a team that's had an upturn. Would love to have more strength in depth but we've not got it at the moment.
Doubt you both had many complaints about the team when it was announced but hindsight is a wonderful thing.
Said last week, were not going to win every game I'm afraid.
27 Dec 2024 09:54:59
cannot disagree with your post mr ph i really want to be positive but i am struggling the first half was dire to say the least we got back into it in the second half looking for someone to come of the bench and change the game so we can go on and win and he brings on yilmaz the number of stray passes heavy touches losing 50-50 chalenges all over the park our defence is a bomb scare i know we cannot keep sacking managers having rebuilds what the answer is i wish i knew just hope the changes at thetop are the right ones and it filters down the whole club i think we definatly need to tighten up our defense in january.
27 Dec 2024 10:01:05
All fair apart from Balogun comment, imo, he is still the best ch we have and is paid peanuts. pity he is not 10 years younger.
We are where we are and it's not a good place.
27 Dec 2024 10:10:36
You are spot on. Our performances improved playing a front 4 with Igamane and Danilo as our 2 strikers. I'll say it again 4231 433 does not work for us.
27 Dec 2024 11:26:24
Balogun was a no brainer and would play for us for nothing.
27 Dec 2024 11:35:12
Agree with Dado, thought Propper put Sterling under pressure, he should've punted it fwd??.
27 Dec 2024 12:24:13
MPH, good post there, and if their 17 year olds are good enough against us, why aren't our kids good enough against anyone else in this league?
27 Dec 2024 12:25:09
Not 100% sure how suspensions work dado but cerny was already on a yellow so would have seen red if he'd brought the boy down, i do agree we need central defenders in but for me the lack of goals is killing us we've seen last few weeks when bagging a few takes the pressure right off most of the season though we've been toiling to get more than 1 in games.
27 Dec 2024 12:54:11
Had Cerny brought down the player he’d have been booked and sent off!
27 Dec 2024 13:25:46
Totally agree with this MPH. But we weren't just undone by errors at the back but also lack of anything going the other way.
27 Dec 2024 13:45:05
Can’t possibly be taking plaudits for saying we shouldn’t sign Balogun. King is on the training field and hasn’t had a sniff, that and the people in the know on here tells you where we are with defensive talent coming through.
To say they deserved to win, for me, is too much influence from TV commentary. They countered but had one attempt in first half of any meaning and that was a gifted penalty.
We were poor but had enough chances in the second half to win it, defending outstandingly bad.
27 Dec 2024 13:41:33
Talking about Cerny, where was our RB?.
27 Dec 2024 13:52:06
I thought he’d have missed the Motherwell game? Personally at that point of the game I’d have taken the second booking.
27 Dec 2024 14:42:10
Dado my understanding is he would have missed the Motherwell game, clearly set out in sfa rules, one game ban in next match in the same competition.
28 Dec 2024 08:21:29
fork our RB was playing forward as he had all game when we had the ball starting to attack. it gives space for the CBs to spread and start attacks. It was a poor touch by one player and doesn't need there to be any attack or slight on others. I can hear PC now though that he has again learned from this site: right lads I want no-one going forward in case someone takes a bad touch.