23 Feb 2013 13:56:03
honestly i'm sitting watching this and it is absolutely garbage punt, punt, punt up the park. no passes of note to any chance, cross after cross, just mingin! these players are payed a fortune to play this bad. it seriously is so bad. there is no difference in class of player from the berwick players today, I know where we are at the momment but why this poor?
jammydodger
They are playing on astroturf and the ball bounces everywhere. Also, maybe the players heard the embarrassing songs those persons were singing today and it put them off?
You can't play football on a pitch like that
23 Feb 2013 20:07:18
The pitch is the same for both teams. No excuses we were rubbish & the singing of our old classics a disgrace! Time to move into THIS century bears. There is a big world out there & this crap is going to hold us back unless we tackle & beat it. Before anyone comes on & gives it the "what about them?" I say grow up! Support the team & leave all this stuff that has no relevance in the past!
Sorry but this game was so bad I stopped watching and did the dishes, maybe its because they know that they will win the league eventually players are loosing the motivation
Todays astroturf is perfect to play on, the bounce of the ball is consistant and true, any excuse will do for another bad performance. Bobby
I play 5 a side on the new astroturf twice a week and can asure you it is easier to play on the deck than to punt up the field all the time. the surface was no exuse for that dross we all watched today. not even the weather until the last 10 mins it was cold but fine! I don't slate the team but on this occasion it was dire, too many go missing every week. apart from the penalty given and scored by shields he was not even noticed on the park in the second half. no joking we are not moving forward as a team and that is very worrying at this stage of the season we have been to all the away grounds at least once and should be gathering momentum as a unit but we look like we are just starting at the begining again can't cope with so called wee teams in about us, we don't play with a system, punt punt punt no 5-10 yard quick passes, they all look scared on the ball ( the defence that is ) does ross perry have a future at centre half? the jury is out on that lad.
im just typing on here what I and my mates are thinking at every home game we go to guys so let's hear it what do you think?
How about a bit of unity and intelligence for once? Yes, it wasn't the greatest Rangers performance - but we won 3-1? Why don't we all get behind the club, rather than greeting about tactics; slagging off our players, coaching staff or the guy who saved our club; or singing sectarian songs? It's been a fairly pathetic week from a section of our support. Oh, you play 5-a-side every week? Well you'd know all about tactics then! Embarrassing stuff. Pete
@Pete: he didn't say much about tactics, just that the surface is easier to pass on. Your constant slating of others and sticking to the party line of the club is what's embarrassing.
Anon
Fair point but are we forgetting its a team of boys not men apart from 3 so come on support them encourage them don't put them down.
has anyone thought of this we win our league the same day as celtic do we see it passing quietly and saying well done to each other or will the spl try to change things to avoid it happening as this will be the first time its happened
@pete: Tactics? I never mentioned the word but while we are on the subject what tactics do we show on the pitch? you tell me because a proffesional football team should surley have loads of tactics and different formations, what do we do if plan A fails? Punt! that's what we do. as for the 5 a side slur, looks like you have only ever played a kick about with your mates. we actualy do have tactics as such when my team plays in the league twice a week. Do we just go out and play as individuals and see who can score the most goals? My point was its much easier to control and pass on astroturf 3rd G and 4th G. So if you are happy to be watching our defence fail to make 5-10 yard passes and accepting that apart from Lee Wallace the rest of the experienced players can get payed a very reasonable salary and not be beyond critisism then that is your perogative. i'm more than happy winning 3-1 but are we really any further forward on the pitch? because I think we should be
It may not be pretty, but these young lads are learning, most wouldn't be near the first team without last years events, so give them a break. Promotion is the most important thing, although it is obvious that we need strengthening in a couple of positions in the summer before next season
What do u want barcelona style football stop your moaning and support team
stevie rfc
F*ck 5 a side 3g, 4 g are terrible pitches
john
Well said stevie, see if you so called supporters don't like what you are watching, then don't watch, we are playing third div football, go with the flow until we get back to the top, kenny
@kenny: if half of us so called supporters didn't watch what we don't like then ibrox would be 3/4 empty, just because we don't like what's on show doesn't mean we don't care. i'm am with the o/p when he says we are not moving forward, so because we expect to win this league and then the next does that mean that the team just does enough to win matches?
jon ger
We all love McCoist but we just wish he would adopt a better style of football, it would be good for him to watch some of the football we played when he was not at the club under Advocaat and even Le Guen (even if he was unsuccessful you could see a footballing strategy in his style of football). Instead of going along to ibrox and already knowing hours before kickoff that we are going play terribly. And as for not going along then, that won'thappen because we love the club and are loyal to the core, it would just be nice to get some entertainment once in a while. Zikos.
25 Feb 2013 00:11:43
Mccoist cv: a shot at glory
Question of sport
Mccoist and McCauley
What do we expect when our manager can't manage. The whole club needs cleaned out. Out with Mccoist, durrant etc. great players yes. Nice guys yes. But that doesn't help us now. We are at the bottom so let's build from the bottom and stop papering the cracks
Rangers have played this style of football for over 15 years why are you so up tight now. b
Didnt see match but according to wiki pitch is grass?
Totally agtree kenny not good to watch at times but we do what wr have to to win that's main thing and good ftball will come when we get better class of player in but in meantime let's get behind team we have had enough knocks from outside rangers nevermind our own supporters doing it lay off ally and team and back them
If you are talking about Berwick game, the pitch is grass not astroturf. It looks ok on tv but was pretty poor. As for comment it was the same for both sides-i didn't see Berwick play much football either. Rangers will never play good football with guys like Ross Perry in the team.
Because winning is considered enough
The people who are on here saying that the new astro pitches are terrible really don't have a clue do they. The astro pitches are true, no bobbles, no gouges, the surface is always flat, and the run of the ball is true. If you are a football player then you should be in your element on this surface as it favours technical players. Find it strange that the pitch gets blamed when all of the Rangers youth teams play on astro all the way through their education so they should be comfortable with it. There is also a full size 3g astro at "Murray Park" so I am sure that the 1st team would use that to prepare for any matches played on an artificial surface. One of the greatest managers this country has even known would say to his players, the pitch is bad, the wind in your face both halfs, the ball out of shape, the ref on their side, they will kick you, the crowd against you, the lineman will give you nothing. that's the excuses out of the way now go and play football like you have been coached. maybe the rangers player need to try playing without excuses and maybe the fans need to stop making excuses for their performances.
Did any of our fans not see we won it might not have been pretty but 3 points in the bag give the lads some credit unbelievable comments