Match Thread Rangers v Coventry City, Friendly, Saturday 25 July 2020 - 5.15pm kickoff - live on Premier Sports 1

[DJ Blue]

Good Break, Patterson has done well

 

[CF3 Bear]

Stonewall penalty which Collum again chooses to ignore

Think it was outside the box, definitely a foul though.

More shocking was the corner not given a few mins later.

 

[audiorealis]

he’s our only fit striker, he knows why he’s being taken off, no need to behave like that at all.

He’s showing frustration at his own performance. I’ve no problem with that at all.

 

[Sasa-]

Big fan of Patterson. He's played really well.

 

[AnglianBear]

Just wait till he’s actually sold, see how far this team gets with someone like Dykes in his place, or even an ageing Defoe. See how long we stay in touch with Celtic without him digging us out of holes, I reckon if we pushed hard we could stay with them till about Halloween.

Out of our 36 squad players, you don't appear to have much faith in 35 of them.

 

[Main Stand]

Patterson’s growing confidence is evident.

 

[Kilwinnin Bluenose]

I'd like to see a lot more of Patterson this season.

 

[jdm1873]

Absolute ping from Barjonas and good decision making from Patterson.

What a ball with the outside of the foot.

 

[BrooklynBlue]

Great stuff from Patterson. If he continues to work hard and develop, he'll be our first choice right-back for season 2021-22.

 

[Laudrup is God]

Roll on Aberdeen but the warning is there if we get that sloppy they will cause us problems.

We play like we started they won’t live with us.

 

[Johnnieblue]

Aribo stretched tonstab the ball to a team mate. He pulled up right away.

Patterson clearly fouled but was outside the box.

 

[Blue Steel]

Nathan Patterson has impressed.

Can’t see game mate , how long did he get ?

 

[dh1963]

I get that people don’t like him and he’s a huffy bastard at times. But reading the comments you’d think he was just some expendable striker and not the player who really drove us on during our best spells of the last 2 seasons, or the player with whom his loss of form saw more or less the collapse of our entire season.

As a player I love the guy. When he's on his game, he can ragdoll just about any centre back you can think of, he scores all kinds of goals, and we will be very lucky to find a replacement near as good.

But at the same time, we shouldn't let our admiration for him hide his glaring deficiencies. Every season so far he has had spells he looked hopeless in front of goal, but worse also spells he blatantly disrespected his team mates with either huffs or indiscipline. He's been great for us, but by God we've been every bit as good for him.

Running up the tunnel in a huff today in a friendly was ridiculous. And no matter how much I love the guy, it needs called out as not good enough.

Morelos comments get painted as either fanboy stuff or as hating him.

You can actually criticise but like him too.

 

[DoubleWhopper]

Watch the game back and watch his build up play.

It certainly hasn't passed him by.

He set up the first goal FFS.

You’re ignoring the critical point though.

We simply cannot afford an Alfredo Morelos who only scores 1 or two goals in 20 odd games.

If he stays and is our main striker, then we don’t have much of a chance of winning the league if his 2020 output continues as it has.

 

[EndOfDays]

Helander can’t start next week

With 30 minutes football in 7 months I think it's safe to say he won't be.

 

[Blue Max]

Great pass by Barjonas with the outside of his right foot out to Patterson who had made a great run down the right, then put in a great ball for Stewart. Superb to see.

 

[Mr_Miscellaneous]

Stewart looks like a decent enough back-up striker for the time being.

He's linking up play well, getting shots on target and is being a nuisance to their defence.

 

[Jaws II]

The play with Barjonas and Patterson is the pace we have to play domestically, we don’t see enough of that.

 

[DJ Blue]

Full time 2-0

 

[longtimedead]

We have to call out Collum for his refereeing performance.

Video compilation, the lot.

We cannot let this standard of refereeing undermine the integrity of the game.

 

[hms]

That was a well fought 2-0
4 games
10 goals
0 conceded

Bring on the sheep

 

[Graemelins]

Looking a bit ordinary now the better quality creative players are off.

 

[Blue Max]

Patterson with a crunching tackle right at the end.

 

[Greggy75]

How do you know?

I've just watched him play 80 odd minutes in a friendly

 

[Main Stand]

feel for the poster @Defoe_9 unlucky mate

 

[Truffle Shuffle]

Big fan of Patterson. He's played really well.

Performed better than Tav

 

[cambie gers]

Can’t see game mate , how long did he get ?

Around 25ish.

 

[Boab4]

You’re ignoring the critical point though.

We simply cannot afford an Alfredo Morelos who only scores 1 or two goals in 20 odd games.

If he stays and is our main striker, then we don’t have much of a chance of winning the league if his 2020 output continues as it has.

I'm not, he's been unlucky in front of goal.

It will come, just needs that first one against the sheep.

 

[Liviger1984]

100% sure collum is disabled.

 

[jones65]

Helander can’t start next week

agree, he looked pretty shaky there.

 

[dh1963]

We were right to sell Polster, young Patterson is ready to be our other right back.

 

[Its-Sebo]

Excellent throughout the pre-season, promising improvements with the players we already have.

The squad is still short.

 

[Neilston-Bear-13]

4/4 Happy with this pre-season

 

[Allybear]

Patterson is a great wee player.

Hes very composed, I hope he gets a run out more often this season.

 

[Boab4]

I've just watched him play 80 odd minutes in a friendly

Aye and he came off injured.

 

[EndOfDays]

Good to see the manager speaking to the ref.

 

[noucamp72]

This is Coventry's second 11 on the park for the 2nd half

And we beat them 2-0.

 

[Rathcoole Ranger]

No it hasn't

Watching on phone via streaming channel it def did go to Villa v Leeds mate

 

[Mr Wilton]

3 points in the bag!

 

[Arkanoid]

Lot of positives again today, too many to mention.
Negatives? Not clinical enough & Collum will be a big problem for us again this season!

 

[Captain Cutlass]

So far:
Played: 4
Won: 4
Goals For: 10
Goals Against: 0
If you read the comments on here at half time you'd be forgiven for thinking we'd be as well just throwing in the towel and locking the gates!

 

[Main Stand]

Barjo should be one of our back up midfielders, I really like him.

 

[Defoe_9]

feel for the poster @Defoe_9 unlucky mate

Win some you lose some mate. A win next Saturday will make up for it

 

[sw26]

Can definitely see Barjonas fulfilling the Andy Halliday utility man role this year if we don’t send him out on loan again.

Thought Patterson showed up well there as well.

Decent workout all in, which is what you want from pre-season ultimately.

 

[Colinrfc2]

Do we pick the ref for friendly games or are they allocated to us by the sfa?

 

[IM BLUE]

Good pre-season. 4 wins and no goals conceded.

 

[The Janny]

Well i'm happy with our pre season, let's see next sat before we kick off so to speak.
FF would find faults in the Brazil 1970 team

 

[Rathcoole_bluenose]

Some of our fans on twitter etc are some of the biggest wallopers ever to grace this earth. They have us beat next week already.

 

[CaliforniaBlue1872]

I really like the look of Patterson, hope to see a lot more of him this season

Covers the ground very well and has consistently got into good areas in the final third every time I've seen him. Also love the fact he obviously seems to have a bit about him too in having a nibble at the ref about the lack of a pen and then leaving one on the opponent at the end there to stop their counter attack

 

[Boab4]

Helander can’t start next week

He's had half an hour in pre season.

Him starting won't even be being considered.