14th Oct, The Gers visit Inverness

[Dons_1988]

We're team who have a poor defence yet teams sit in and don't pressurise our weakest area.

 

Teams hit you on the counter as your possession football played mostly in front of the back 4 is done with 8 men in the opposition half leaving only 2 slow centre halves at the back.

Hence, let you have it and create very little then push forward.

I had no problem letting you have the ball in our game but our counter attacking football for he most part was well below our best.

[CityDave]

1 hour ago, bennett said:

We're team who have a poor defence yet teams sit in and don't pressurise our weakest area.

 

You're being harsh on your team.

This is what happens most of the time when you try to play possession football, we should know this is how we played under John Hughes. If the opposition get back in front of the ball all your team can do is hold the ball, pass it around to the side and back with the occasional pass forward when there's space. Many pot shots at goal that end up off target which shows impatience and lack of discipline with some of your players. Eventually the support start to get bored watching it, like we did especially when most of the time there is little end product. Playing football the Rangers way???

The stats are starting to show for Rangers as well, less goals (Rangers have scored the same number of goals as Hamilton) but few conceded, shaping up this way for the season.

[bennett]

 Every top level team we've played in the last four years have apparently played below their best. (Reply to sheep fan)

 

 

 

 

 

26 minutes ago, CityDave said:

You're being harsh on your team.

This is what happens most of the time when you try to play possession football, we should know this is how we played under John Hughes. If the opposition get back in front of the ball all your team can do is hold the ball, pass it around to the side and back with the occasional pass forward when there's space. Many pot shots at goal that end up off target which shows impatience and lack of discipline with some of your players. Eventually the support start to get bored watching it, like we did especially when most of the time there is little end product. Playing football the Rangers way???

The stats are starting to show for Rangers as well, less goals (Rangers have scored the same number of goals as Hamilton) but few conceded, shaping up this way for the season.

Apart from not having a settled team for most of the season, dressing room issues and players coming to terms with the more defensive nature of the slpf premiership, there's only three points separating 2nd and 4th.

I've a feeling that we're going to start grinding out results now, we've got a regular starting 11 and the team spirit seems to be back, obviously there will be days when shit happens (sheep game).

 

[CityDave]

1 minute ago, bennett said:

 Every top level team we've played in the last four years have apparently played below their best. (Reply to sheep fan)

Apart from not having a settled team for most of the season, dressing room issues and players coming to terms with the more defensive nature of the slpf premiership, there's only three points separating 2nd and 4th.

I've a feeling that we're going to start grinding out results now, we've got a regular starting 11 and the team spirit seems to be back, obviously there will be days when shit happens (sheep game).

It the same for most teams. New players trying to find their feet, experimental tactics, teams having to make do with makeshift starting line ups and adjusting to play to a new style etc. Rangers are no different from everyone else with problems and finding ways to overcome them.

Not taking away from the Rangers win, you deserved that, we didn't. We have our own changes and problems to deal with, new manager in his first job, injuries to players including two center backs, adapting to a new more direct style of play, new players who are not up to speed yet. We are in a transitional period and so we should expect inconsistency from game to game. I'm expecting this not to change for the first half of the season as we find our feet, so as long as we don't fall of the cliff in both form and results and we keep progressing forward I won't complain.

You have St. Johnstone next up in the league, a game where you need to win to stay on the tails of Aberdeen and Hearts now that it looks like they are hitting form and are pulling away from the pack.

[jimmy boo]

On 14/10/2016 at 20:04, Dunning1874 said:

Apart from West Ham fans.

1-0 to the cockney boys