18 Aug 2026 11:00:18
Much better on Sunday, played with with pace & attacked. Feel sorry for whoever plays striker as Naderi was in the box by himself a lot & we need to get more bodies into help them, midfielders are still too deep at times when we are attacking. Raskin needs to decide is he the player that gets the ball off the defenders or is he going forward, Drago had to eventually drop in & cover just like Chukwuani had to last season when he stopped.
Fernandez looks worried more than disinterested imo, so wondering if he does have a groin problem & it's affecting him more than we think as he's definitely not sprinting around like last season & isn't jumping as high.
18 Aug 2026 11:37:32
I know Manny has not been in the best of form, but I do think there's a player there. If he can cut out his lacklustre approach, and be fully focused and on it from the get go, he won't be here long. He needs to realise that he's not getting a big move for his form last season, which was good at times but lost focus.
He will have to work extra hard to get that move he wants. I do think his head's been turned, as lots of big teams are sniffing about. So get it together, big man, you have the world at your feet. Time to prove you are worth the big move.
18 Aug 2026 12:05:33
I posted a couple of days ago. Big Manny is carrying a small knock.
18 Aug 2026 12:39:10
I thought Penrice's ability to slide passes up the wing brought the best out of Gassama. He did this and then supported him rather than trying to overlap him. It's a different style of left back than Rommens who likes his winger to move inside so that he can bomb on past him. Gives us good variations when Rommens is fit again.
18 Aug 2026 14:11:42
If Manny has an injury why is he playing? That's plain crazy. Far from ideal to play Mcrorie or Nsiala etc, but better than an injured player running the risk of aggravating the injury and being without him longer term.
18 Aug 2026 14:27:55
Manny was limping as far back as the second half of the West Ham match, so there may indeed be something in that he's been playing through an injury.
18 Aug 2026 14:58:43
If we are risking an injured player, it is crazy with our track record.
If Fernandez is injured, he should not play, as much as I think sport science is way overused, but if that is the way things are, surely they would advise against this.
Are our options that limited that we need to play an injured player? If so, someone has to take responsibility for this.
18 Aug 2026 15:13:06
We don't have many CB options right now. Souttar isn't fancied, Nsiala, I think, should be given a chance, isn't either & McCrorie is also said to be carrying an injury too. Groin problems can be played through like Palmer did at Chelsea & it affected his performances. Seems the injury curse we have is continuing.
18 Aug 2026 15:33:23
Whether Fernandez is injured or not, he can't be putting in poor performances like that.
18 Aug 2026 15:47:52
Must have been injured most of last season also.
18 Aug 2026 16:32:42
Surely, if he is injured, then the fact he is willing to play when we have no-one else shows the complete opposite of the disinterest everyone claims to see. He can play, but not at 100%, but then most players are probably carrying knocks at some point throughout the season.
Last year as well: Is this the same player who was scoring higher than 7 out of 10 every game and every month on average from December to April? Just the new Tav for some fans.
18 Aug 2026 16:57:49
He was all over the shop against St Mirren. Very poor and probably his worst performance in a Rangers top.
I don't really see the disinterested thing. I just see a player who's having quite a poor run of form. Doesn't mean he's disinterested.
Michael Stewart trying to say he's disinterested because of where he was standing before the game. 🤣 Give it a rest. Was probably standing outside the group to be polite to everyone else given the fact he's about 9 ft 2.
18 Aug 2026 20:42:15
Is Manny the new Tav. 👀😉