The atmosphere.

[vicbex]

Fans tonight were an absolute disgrace, don’t know if it was nerves or the fact most of the people with tickets couldn’t spell Ibrox or a combination of both but we needed the fans tonight and the majority let the boys down.

Not saying it would have made a difference but it was very bery noticeable how quiet our end was compared to theirs, too many prawn sandwich brigade and too many supporters missed out

So predictable. Our so called supporters were pathetic. No attempt to drive our team forward.

 

[Thewandofpedro]

Having been inside the stadium I have to agree.

I've never sat around such a miserable, quiet bunch of Rangers fans in all my time following in in Europe.

Miserable bastards.

Was it just glory hunters and day trippers mate?

I couldn’t believe how many folk I saw on tv who looked like they’d rather be somewhere else.

 

[Cammmyy1872]

That’s what happens when you let “fans” who can afford £1500 for a ticket but haven’t been to Ibrox all season into the game

 

[The Pontiac Bandit]

Frankfurt gave their whole allocation to their Ultras. Which caused a ruckus with the rest of their support.

But it seemed to work.

Ours seemed so much more nervier than their support.

That really is the main point.

The UB are integral to the atmosphere at every Rangers game these days.

They should all have been given a section.

Robertson just doesn't get it.

 

[vicbex]

I watched the game in a bar in Lanzarote, it was 30m into the game before I heard any song from the Rangers support. I thought at first it must have been the microphone positions.

Its because our tickets go to the wrong people.

 

[Saturnblue]

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[vicbex]

That really is the main point.

The UB are integral to the atmosphere at every Rangers game these days.

They should all have been given a section.

Robertson just doesn't get it.

Correct. The players had no backing but Roberton and Co had a great time.

 

[Shengus Malengus]

time to give the fans abuse now after Ramsey?!

fvck me gently!

It's not abuse though, is it?

There is no denying it was as flat as f uck tonight.
It was a European final, man.

We make more noise at Motherwell.

I think most of us think the place was awash with glory hunters.
I know about 8 from my work got tickets. Only one of them is a regular.

 

[otherworld0101]

Difficult to criticise any players when most of the stadium was blue, and the support thought that they were in a library.

Far louder with 5k in any other away tie.

 

[Chinggis_could_I_khant]

Rangers fans tonight were shocking I don't care if anyone calls me whatever

You're whatever!!!

Nah, seriously. I may have had a shit stream with bad audio but for the most part the Rangers fans were (unusually) silent. The occasion got to the players and fans. We need to get beyond the "happy to be here" philosophy if we want to be winning finals. We massively outnumbered them. Tonight should have been a cauldron of hate for the Frankfurt players.

 

[HMS.Temple.Garden]

The £1500 glory hunters cost us the game.

Shut the fvck up you idiot!

 

[Pol1_]

Team never turned up, apart from Bassey

Neither did the fans

Fair play to them spending that money to get there but that tonight was like Ross County at home without the union bears

 

[vicbex]

The £1500 glory hunters cost us the game.

Its not that simple but perhaps our real fans could have made a difference.

 

[Rangersalways]

Support was useless! Not in anywhere the levels of Ibrox! Nervous as fook! Displayed the anxiety onto the park, way off….. spur them on instead of spooking them!

 

[foxinthebox]

I was watching on TV and saw a few fans yawning when the ball was out of play, WTF is that all about, a european final and you are tired.
The “majority” of fans in their tonight were shocking. The only atmosphere was created by the germans

 

[HMS.Temple.Garden]

It's not abuse though, is it?

Calling our fans an absolute disgrace is out of order.

fvck sake, people need to catch a grip.

one just said 1500 quid glory hunters cost us the game!

Total nonsense.

 

[House]

Was completly flat.

Must have been the sun and the drink.

 

[vicbex]

It was as flat as a witch's tit for some reason.

Same as Manchester. Work it out for yourself.

 

[Macky]

It’s easy to clap the opposition when you have won .

Would have been decent if our own fans stayed to clap our own team though.

 

[Gizmo]

Absolutely embarrassing.

 

[Business_Bear]

Same as Manchester. Work it out for yourself.

Yip.

 

[Super_Rangers72]

They seemed more organised, and had simple and repetitive chants that lend themselves more to volume.

Let’s face it we’ve been neutered by the banning of a lot of the traditional songs.
Belinda Carlisle or TBB..know what I prefer.

 

[Bear all]

Folk who can pull out a grand or 2 for a one off match ticket today safe in the knowledge that they won't be paying for another ticket in years were sadly in the majority by the looks of that.

Shame on UEFA for giving auch a pitiful allocation and allowing that to happen.

I knew someone I work with who goes home and away who was prepared to pay £700 for a ticket so I don’t think he is a big game hunter, there’s no denying it our Supporters never showed up tonight Sun and Booze is a lethal cocktail and I’m not knocking anyone cause I would have done the same ffs I did it in Manchester went to the game and don’t remember much about it .

 

[Rangersalways]

Atmosphere? What atmosphere I had my telly up at 50 and it was near silent! Dross!

 

[Albert Bridge Bear]

Can criticise the atmosphere but to say things like the wrong people got tickets is a bit out of order , most of the people I know who were at the game are die hard Rangers fans who go everywhere to watch Rangers and have done for decades and we’re all absolutely gutted not to win tonight. Just because there’s some people who got tickets in a ballot or can afford a couple grand to pay a tour doesn’t mean every Rangers fan there was a part timer. Heat, fatigue and dehydration a factor aswell. No chance of a drink of water or anything at the game unless you were prepared to que forever and miss some of the game I was done in by half time had to sit down for a lot of the game.

 

[vicbex]

Calling our fans an absolute disgrace is out of order.

fvck sake, people need to catch a grip.

one just said 1500 quid glory hunters cost us the game!

Total nonsense.

You're missing the point.

If fans make a difference, then fans not giving the team backing, make a difference. I posted before the game about this and as predicted our fans were posted missing.

 

[Kingwoody]

Turning on the fans now.

Not really. Pointing out that the 12th man failed to turn up.

It wasnt a great performance on and off the field.

 

[vicbex]

Atmosphere? What atmosphere I had my telly up at 50 and it was near silent! Dross!

Like Manchester, it was pathetic.

 

[HillbillyRFC]

90 per cent of our support spent the week on the piss, were gassed most of the day and fücked come kick off.

Pish.

 

[HMS.Temple.Garden]

Fvcking done with this cesspool now.

fvck right off.

 

[grascots]

we went for a 3 day bender and were gassed before the match even started.

The Germans typically prepared to give their backing from the off.

It is what it is. I wasn’t there so in no position to criticise anyone

Just back in Seville central having been to thr match. We were totally outsang from the start. Never witnessed us so quiet abroad. The Germans fulled there end an hour before kick off and it set the tone.

 

[otherworld0101]

Too many supporters that wanted to be able to say I was there and paid £1500 for a ticket.

To be outsung by a minority support says it all.

 

[BobbyShearer55-65]

The tension and the nerves stopped most people from being able to fully enjoy it. There was simply too much at stake to relax.

 

[vicbex]

Did you watch a different game to me?

That wasn't a normal Rangers crowd, the crowd was dead.

£1500 glory hunters killed it.

They dont give a shit. Next time maybe.

 

[Coisty09]

Probably a diffferent make up from the usual away support in Europe. Ticketing priorities need a rethink.

With a European final you are always going to get people in there who have enough money to buy a ticket fir a once in a lifetime experience for them.
It’s impossible to stop but it also meant that that we did not have that electric atmosphere we needed.
To be fair to the players, they were a lot stronger than the Germans at the end and we almost nicked it at the death.
It is a sore one tonight but when we will remember with fondness and pride when the pain recedes.

 

[FordRanger]

Don’t think I heard us the whole game. Apart from after we scored. embarrassing considering we had the majority of the crowd

 

[Shengus Malengus]

Calling our fans an absolute disgrace is out of order.

fvck sake, people need to catch a grip.

one just said 1500 quid glory hunters cost us the game!

Total nonsense.

Nice of you to edit my post down to the one line, despite me giving a possible cause.

Folk are commenting on a dreadful atmosphere.
25,000 in there for a euro final. I'm actually astonished at how poor it was.

That's not abuse, It's an undeniable fact that is impossible to argue against.

 

[vicbex]

The tension and the nerves stopped most people from being able to fully enjoy it. There was simply too much at stake to relax.

Bollocks. I posted about this before the game. Too many just wanted to say they were there and that's the truth.

 

[Jose Calypso]

Not blaming the fans. But it was similar to Manchester. Waiting for it to happen. The occasion got the better of us.

 

[BomberBrownFan]

There was more atmosphere in a pub cellar in London.

 

[RangersForever]

I found it bizarre that we couldn’t hear our fans hardly during the game.
The Germans with a third of the support seemed to out sing out supporters virtually the whole game.

German fans sing more In synch. We are all over the place in terms of timing. We create a great raucous atmosphere at times but singing at the same time is louder.

 

[longtallsally]

As far as the players go I think too many of them ran their final against Red Bull, and Tav amongst others had one of his worst games, but redeemed himself as a Captain should by stepping up and slotting hone the first penalty. The players get a pass.
But the Rangers fans in that stadium were a vacuum. It was the worst atmosphere I’ve heard from a Rangers support for an important game in years, never mind a European final. Embarrassing.

Worst I can remember. Those at Manchester said the same. Too many peoples first game and it shows. Bad night all round.

 

[BigAlmj1]

Can criticise the atmosphere but to say things like the wrong people got tickets is a bit out of order , most of the people I know who were at the game are die hard Rangers fans who go everywhere to watch Rangers and have done for decades and we’re all absolutely gutted not to win tonight. Just because there’s some people who got tickets in a ballot or can afford a couple grand to pay a tour doesn’t mean every Rangers fan there was a part timer. Heat, fatigue and dehydration a factor aswell. No chance of a drink of water or anything at the game unless you were prepared to que forever and miss some of the game I was done in by half time had to sit down for a lot of the game.

The Germans managed it most of the game.

 

[Albert Bridge Bear]

The Germans managed it most of the game.

Good for them

 

[Big John Knox]

Was a strange one. Rangers fans in the City been generating an absolutely phenomenal atmosphere for days but was flat in the ground. As people have mentioned I think the heat and the rest of the days’ festivities contributed but more than anything I think the fans could see quite quickly that the system and shape was all wrong and it caused an anxiety amongst the support.

 

[Clementime]

Finals are nervous affairs….we were rotten the first half, then went unexpectedly up and then lost a stupid goal.

No surprise that the mojo in the fans was muted

12th man.

We know it, the players know it.

 

[vicbex]

Nice of you to edit my post down to the one line, despite me giving a possible cause.

Folk are commenting on a dreadful atmosphere.
25,000 in there for a euro final. I'm actually astonished at how poor it was.

That's not abuse, It's an undeniable fact that is impossible to argue against.

It was pointed out after Manchester but as normal no one took a blind bit of notice.

It'll happen again and again and again unitll someone with brains inside Ibrox starts to listen to real fans.

I tried over 20 years ago but without naming names a former legend hadnt a clue what I was talking about.

 

[GarMckin]

Most of our fans there have spent more following us than most posting on this thread have in 5 years

If it means that much to you spend more than them and commit to the level they do

You've just described part of the problem, being able to spend the most doesn't make you a better or more passionate supporter, it just means you have more money.

 

[Rangersalways]

People at the game actually agreeing proves the point! Getting pished for 3 days then going to the game without a bottle of water then complaining about hydration. Get a grip!

 

[waldo 1160]

As far as the players go I think too many of them ran their final against Red Bull, and Tav amongst others had one of his worst games, but redeemed himself as a Captain should by stepping up and slotting hone the first penalty. The players get a pass.
But the Rangers fans in that stadium were a vacuum. It was the worst atmosphere I’ve heard from a Rangers support for an important game in years, never mind a European final. Embarrassing.

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