02 Jul 2023 19:39:22
Panzo to rangers! Here we go!

1.) 02 Jul 2023
02 Jul 2023 20:01:24
I think we may be playing a back 5 next season. Can’t see Sterling and Panzo coming in to not play. Reckon our starting 5 will be Tav Sterling Goldson Panzo Yilmaz.

2.) 02 Jul 2023
02 Jul 2023 20:06:09
Hopefully panzo, cifuentes and Danilo will be with us soon ?⚪️?.

3.) 02 Jul 2023
02 Jul 2023 20:10:12
T4O on twitter saying Rangers do have an interest in the player but no deal has been agreed.

4.) 02 Jul 2023
02 Jul 2023 20:13:53
Were no going to play a back 5. livi at ibrox. Let play a back 5.

5.) 02 Jul 2023
02 Jul 2023 20:19:14
No danger will we start with 5 at the back this year.

6.) 02 Jul 2023
02 Jul 2023 20:21:14
So our best cb is left out davidb?

7.) 02 Jul 2023
02 Jul 2023 20:25:43
532 with both Tav and Yilmaz pushing on would be my preferred formation. Can't see it tho.

8.) 02 Jul 2023
02 Jul 2023 20:30:08
I actually don't think Panzo's coming in to be a starter right away. At 22 he could be soon enough much like Bassey.

9.) 02 Jul 2023
02 Jul 2023 20:36:32
It's certainly looking like we'll play 3 at the back - which I don't see as the negative that a lot of posters see it to be.

3-5-2 or 3-4-3 is probably more attacking than we usually set up.

10.) 02 Jul 2023
02 Jul 2023 20:44:52
4th Official saying we are interested in Panzo as we have been all summer so far, but no deal has been agreed.

11.) 02 Jul 2023
02 Jul 2023 20:57:58
T4O have already rubbishd the msm report and said no fee agreed but remain interested.

Why would you ever believe the Scottish msm?

12.) 02 Jul 2023
02 Jul 2023 21:03:51
I don't know anything about Panzo but at 6ft 1 i would guess he isn't a powerful centre half that's going to win everything the air.

Could someone tell me what kind of player he is?

13.) 02 Jul 2023
02 Jul 2023 21:08:44
We play three cb's it will be in a 3421 or 3412 formation in my opinion. can see us playing it but not our main formation.

14.) 02 Jul 2023
02 Jul 2023 21:22:45
Weeridvan your joking panzo coming straight into 1st eleven.

15.) 02 Jul 2023
02 jul 2023 21:23:06
the abuse of the media is hilarious, we relied on them for generations, many are still hard working people, , talking of which,

tavsonloyal, hope your well.

16.) 02 Jul 2023
02 Jul 2023 21:29:50
Guys there’s rarely going to be the same 11 week in week out. It’s a squad game when your competing in the league, cups and Europe.

Different combinations of players for different opponents.

17.) 02 Jul 2023
02 Jul 2023 21:31:46
Why would we not paul? Celtic played 3412 under Martin O'Neil and it was very successful for them.

18.) 02 Jul 2023
02 Jul 2023 21:41:47
5 at the back? how's about asking if we can play 2 keepers as well!

19.) 02 Jul 2023
02 Jul 2023 21:45:46
Can see us switching formations this season maybe 3 at the back in Europe or the piggery but would like to see us always go with 2 strikers at ibrox.

20.) 02 Jul 2023
02 Jul 2023 21:54:12
Why would we play a back 5 in the spfl.

21.) 02 Jul 2023
02 Jul 2023 22:00:36
I think he will change formation between Europe and domestic

Back 5 in Europe will make sense considering what happened In last season's euro campaign.

22.) 02 Jul 2023
02 jul 2023 22:31:38
again machines, your not picking this up, 5 at back would only apply in a very few games if the coach deems fit,

23.) 02 Jul 2023
02 Jul 2023 22:33:01
People were losing there sh£t at times when we played with 2 holding midfielders but are now all for playing 5 at the back?‍♂️.

24.) 02 Jul 2023
02 Jul 2023 22:39:35
Martin O'Neil Did well with a 3 at the back system 20 years ago. Football has moved on a great deal since then. MON’s tactics wouldn’t be nearly as effective in the modern game. What MON’s team did well, that this current Rangers side could potentially replicate, is use bigger players to score a lot of set-pieces. MON’s team would out all 3 CBs in the oppositions half, along with Sutton and Hartson, and just fire the ball into the opposition box whenever they had a free-kick. Rangers have Lammers who is 6,3. Sima who is 6,2. Dessers and Cifuentes look like big lads. So I do expect Rangers to score more from set-pieces.

Modern teams almost always play variations of the 4-3-3. Brendan Rodgers did it, Gerrard did it, and Ange did it. The 4-3-3 is one of the best systems in modern football and it’s key when it comes to pressing the opposition (something that wasn’t prevalent during MONs era) . In fact, Rangers use to adopt a 3 up front system against Celtic back then and force them to go man-for-man at the back and we had a lot of joy doing it. When McLeish was manager Rangers won more Silverware that MON did.

25.) 02 Jul 2023
02 Jul 2023 22:51:42
Rangers have enjoyed enormous success in Europe over the last 5 years while playing a 4-3-3 for the most part. Rangers problems started to come when GVB moved us away from being a side well drilled in that 4-3–3 and kept chopping and changing it to suit the opposition.

26.) 02 Jul 2023
02 Jul 2023 22:54:05
No issue with aa 5-3-2 in certain European nights but with that formation and with a midfield of Cifuentas, Raskin and Cantwell, where's the room for Dowell, Hagi, Lammers, Lawrence, Sima, Danilo, Colak, Matondo, Sakala. I know there's a few in ther that might move on or maybe won't sign but for me we're playing with 2 up top and one behind or 1 up top and 2 number 10's behind. No chance of 5 at the back week in week out.

27.) 02 Jul 2023
02 Jul 2023 23:10:27
Football has moved on? Its still 11 v 11 with goals winning games. 3 at the back with wing backs is quite popular in europe and with international teams.

28.) 02 Jul 2023
02 Jul 2023 23:15:19
I think it's clear Beale wants a flexible squad that can play in different formations. This is a good thing, means we can switch things up and we have plan b and plan c if need be.

29.) 02 Jul 2023
02 Jul 2023 23:17:18
Cifuentes Raskin Cantwell Lammers Dessers Pappy, but that's the manager decision.

30.) 02 Jul 2023
02 Jul 2023 23:18:05
Verd, was that the season when gio took us to europa league final, where he was being lauded for his tactical knowledge, in particular going 3 at the back and matching against the strikers.

Mb is building a team that has loads of options available to him.

31.) 03 Jul 2023
03 Jul 2023 00:03:06
Beale is signing players that can play in many positions and we will be able to change our formation for different teams like he wants.

32.) 03 Jul 2023
03 Jul 2023 00:03:28
Tomthumb, I'm doing okay, mate, still reading this stuff on here occasionally even if it depresses me so much. Don't post now, as it's turning into fantasy football for kids on here. Hope you are doing well, I really only come on here to see what you, John and Copland are saying. Keep healthy, keep safe and keep loving the Rangers, my friend.

33.) 03 Jul 2023
03 Jul 2023 01:32:26
Formations can be over complicated. Beale favours rotations and flexibility in that. dunno why some get so hung up on it. We played lots of variations in latter part of season in matches. Times have moved on from a rigid shape and set up.

34.) 03 Jul 2023
03 Jul 2023 02:07:10
@Mols73 - I’m talking about GVB’s time at the club as a whole. We went from a team that had an identity, to becoming a team that had no clear footballing physiology. Rangers ended up playing a horseshoe formation every match just endlessly crossing balls into the box.

Our defense was never better under GVB than when he played 4 at the back with Bassey being deployed as a stopper next to Goldson.

35.) 03 Jul 2023
03 Jul 2023 06:32:04
Sure, I can see Beale tweaking the formation. Going from a 4-3-3 to a 4-3-1-2 split striker formation (similar to that of the 4-3-3 but with a false 9). But 5 at the back? I doubt it.

Ange played a 4-3-3 every week while he was at Celtic and won 5 trophies in 2 years. If a team is well drilled to play a certain way they can enjoy a lot of success. The high pressing 4-3-3 is one of the most widely used formations in European football and there is a reason for that - It works.

36.) 03 Jul 2023
03 Jul 2023 08:42:37
Tomthumb aye picked it up ok thanks don't fret over that .

jeez.

37.) 03 Jul 2023
03 Jul 2023 11:41:17
MB said himself that he was considering 3 at the back.

Both Man City and Inter played with a back 3 in the champs league so I'm not sure where you are getting the high press 433. Conte won the leagues with Juve Inter Chelsea playing 3 at the back. A lot of international teams now favour it aswell. I think it could be a serious possibility.

I wonder if we could retrain Matondo as a wing back? Before anyone laughs remember cuadrado and moses, to be fair it revived moses career.

For me it would have to be 3412. Interesting tho.

38.) 03 Jul 2023
03 Jul 2023 11:58:37
Funny I can't remember people complaining over gios euro tactics when we went to final or made the champions league ?.

Our team was made up of reserves and lower league English players something that still concerns me now the champions league is a cut above that.

Scottish teams level is Europa League anything In champions league is a bonus

Hard to hear but true.