Finally cheered up enough to post something. Usually I post in the car on the way home (wife driving!) but tonight was too depressed and angry to do so. Now I've calmed down a bit.
First of all I listened to some of the pish from Phil after the game and it was terrible. Players who have been injured, players who haven't been playing much, players who are too young to play 2 games in a row, a player who has just "..had a baby" (Sima - er, no he hasn't Phil - his partner did, and so what?), etc. etc.
He tried to blame Cantwell because he wouldn't play like a winger, followed it up 2 mins later by saying he knows Cantwell's not a winger but he had nobody else to play right wing. Tell you what Phil - play with no fcuking right winger then!! Or play McCausland from the start even for a 2nd game, or start Matondo! Do any of that and play Cantwell as the 10 where he should be. Or Lawrence even.
But strangely he never mentioned his star man Mr Lammers - quite possibly the worst Rangers player of all time in his position, including when we were down the leagues. No, he plays ahead of Cantwell and Lawrence. His fresh air shot after 2 minutes told me all I needed to know as if I didn't know already.
And Cifuentes?? Apparently he's been injured and is not up to speed. Well why start him then?? Plus,, even if he was fully up to speed would that make him pass in a straight line or trap a bag of sand?? The guy is a fcuking dud full stop.
That was one of the worst post-match interviews I've heard. Even the extremely tame BBC shortbread reporters who served him up dollies to smash away must have been pissing themselves at his answers. Not good enough Phil - you fcuked up the starting line up and cost us the points. Stop blaming circumstances - it was Aris Limassol not Real Madrid we were playing.
On the performances tonight I have just replied to a diddy who gave both Lundstram and Cifuentes 3 out of 10. Where do I start with that? Lundstram was immense until he tired from trying to do 9 other player's jobs for them. A solid 7, possibly 8 out of 10 over the 90. On the other hand , to give Cifuentes 3 is an insult to any other players given an honest 3 for poor performances. What were the 3 marks for? The three straight passes he made? That guy is not a footballer. I'd be checking his passport etc. because I think he may be someone's gardener or something, who's faked an identity. He actually took attention away from how pish Lammers was until he went off. He has to be shipped out in January. Free transfer. Off the wage bill. Lammers should go with him.
For me tonight - Butland, Lundstram, McCausland get pass marks. Danilo and Sima early on were okay. The rest were mainly poor. Lammers and Cifuentes were criminal. I hope he doesn't get stubborn about Lammers in particular because if he does he will get the sack as a result of it.
Awful performance, awful result, awful pishy excuses from the manager - not a good night at all.
PS - it might get worse because in his interview he told us that several more players were "..having babies .." in January and February and that we should therefore expect more of the same drops in performance from them also. Jeezus.
