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Aye.... a couple o them tho have to finish on working!Dugshyte. But I’d rather lose a friendly against Tranmere than dropping points in the league. We simply have to work on finishing.
Aye.... a couple o them tho have to finish on working!Dugshyte. But I’d rather lose a friendly against Tranmere than dropping points in the league. We simply have to work on finishing.
Mate he did not get starts last season even with AM out. If you don't think Itten is well out of being a top player for us your in denial. The manager has consistently failed to play him even from the bench. Some of us can see further than just today's game, even if you can't.Cant even get a start? Its a pre season with pre selected teams. Its not a first XI ffs.
Folk that dont understand football need to watch another sport or stay off of FF.
I despair with some folk
Haha aye ok. You know better than Gerrard? You should contact Rangers with your obvious expertise. It's wasted on hereMate he did not get starts last season even with AM out. If you don't think Itten is well out of being a top player for us your in denial. The manager has consistently failed to play him even from the bench. Some of us can see further than just today's game, even if you can't.
Typical nonsense response, have a good night.Haha aye ok. You know better than Gerrard? You should contact Rangers with your obvious expertise. It's wasted on here
Our fringe players arent very good.Agreed....
Middleton won't make it with us. Jones & Barker have had their chances & just look the same unconvincing players they always have.
I had hopes for Bassey & Edmondson but as time goes on I now doubt they'll be regulars - although Bassey might get his chance if Barisic was suddenly sold late in the window. Simpson doesn't look to be imposing enough.
Kelly is neat & tidy on the ball but I think would probably benefit from another loan.
None of them have the slightest chance of ousting any of our current first pick players & IMO today simply cemented it.
Turning point in our season was Itten scoring against Motherwell at Ibrox and then again against Motherwell at Fir Park. But you are right he's not good enough.Typical nonsense response, have a good night.
It’s a friendly, half the team missing, rest of lads very little game time in legs. And the biggest one, these boys are league champions and went last season unbeaten in league so they deserve a break and not criticised during a pre-season friendly by absolute bangers. That enough for you?Explain more as to why, I should give it a break.
I'm intrigued to understand why.
Aye, kind of what I expected though. You didn't disappoint.It’s a friendly, half the team missing, rest of lads very little game time in legs. And the biggest one, these boys are league champions and went last season unbeaten in league so they deserve a break and not criticised during a pre-season friendly by absolute bangers. That enough for you?
I read a few posts and then got to f uck out of the thread.Folk getting upset at a pre season friendly with an mix of 1st and 2nd teams. Calm down ffs
Where do you want to go with your critique? Sack the manager? Get rid of tav? Kent not good enough. Wind it inAye, kind of what I expected though. You didn't disappoint.
Talk about people over reacting. :shh:Where do you want to go with your critique? Sack the manager? Get rid of tav? Kent not good enough. Wind it in
Who is over reacting exactly?Just got back in, was expecting to hear of a comfortable win and the team line up would've suggested such, but no.
Getting beat 1-0 by EFL League Two, come on, regardless of it only being a friendly, that a ridiculous result.
Pre-season friendlies are all about building confidence and getting the players into condition for the season ahead.
Yes different players were used and different formats introduced, but do me a favour, getting beat by Tranmere, with the so called talent we have at our club, that's embarrassing in anybody's language.
Still it was only a friendly..............
100 percent m8!! Said it for a while, no harm to the big fellow, but I don't think he will cut it at rangers!Itten is million miles away from being replacement for Alfie. He won't be our starting centre forward. No way.
Granted he was very poor todayItten is million miles away from being replacement for Alfie. He won't be our starting centre forward. No way.
How has this conversation came up in a pre season friendly match thread against tranmere ridiculous manWe have very few openly SNP fans. Good. I don't think you'd enjoy showing yourselves openly.
After todays performance who will cut it?100 percent m8!! Said it for a while, no harm to the big fellow, but I don't think he will cut it at rangers!
I agree and disagree. I'm not concerned about a loss in a friendly where we've played a mix of players who never usually play together. However you're 100% right that if it was celtic we'd all be getting excited about their poor result.I dont pay to much attention to friendly's but expect a much better performance than that and let's be honest if it was them with that result against Tranmere we would be taking great delight in discussing how the league was now a formality. They went 1 behind against Sheffield and the league was as good as over. Complete over reaction at all times on here.
Itten has never been given a consistent run of games. I'm not saying he will be amazing, but what I am saying is I won't make that judgement until he has a consistent run of games.Granted he was very poor today
Itten is the new whipping boy. We have a bad performance which is a mix between players who haven't played together playing together, inexperienced players and players who lack sharpness and/or haven't ever had a proper run. A pre season friendly is an experiment. That's all it is. It's the gaffer and coaching testing stuff out. It ls rarely about winning. It's purely used an experiment. We've saw the best teams in the world lose friendlies to poor teams then go on and do something incredible the next season. And sometimes the negatives in these games become the positives in the important games. That's the whole point of these. The whole team was poor today because it was nothing but an experiment and to start picking out players and making Itten the whipping boy just because he's an easy target as he didn't get a proper chance to prove himself last season?? Mentalists on here man.After todays performance who will cut it?
I actually wonder how some of the folk on here function on a day to day basis. Some of the stuff that is written is a genuine cause for an intervention.Itten is the new whipping boy. We have a bad performance which is a mix between players who haven't played together playing together, inexperienced players and players who lack sharpness and/or haven't ever had a proper run. A pre season friendly is an experiment. That's all it is. It's the gaffer and coaching testing stuff out. It ls rarely about winning. It's purely used an experiment. We've saw the best teams in the world lose friendlies to poor teams then go on and do something incredible the next season. And sometimes the negatives in these games become the positives in the important games. That's the whole point of these. The whole team was poor today because it was nothing but an experiment and to start picking out players and making Itten the whipping boy just because he's an easy target as he didn't get a proper chance to prove himself last season?? Mentalists on here man.
BTW I'm agreeing with you mate
I actually wonder how some of the folk on here function on a day to day basis. Some of the stuff that is written is a genuine cause for an intervention.
So basically preseason friendlies are all about progression, Is that what you're suggesting? They are, I agree. They're about experimenting and finding out your flaws aswell as strengths. And progression sometimes comes from making negatives into positives. The best teams on earth have lost friendlies to really poor opposition prior to going on and achieving incredible moments in their following competitive seasons. Friendlies are a productive experiment in which you go on to make any negatives in to positives. Friendlies are matches in which the aim is not necessarily to win but to figure stuff out. And you my friend, are just coming across as absolutely mental. If our aim against Tranmere was soley to win we'd have humped them, and you must surely know that yourself given what you watched us achieve last season? This friendly was purely just for the coaching team to have a wee look at some experimental stuffJust got back in, was expecting to hear of a comfortable win and the team line up would've suggested such, but no.
Getting beat 1-0 by EFL League Two, come on, regardless of it only being a friendly, that a ridiculous result.
Pre-season friendlies are all about building confidence and getting the players into condition for the season ahead.
Yes different players were used and different formats introduced, but do me a favour, getting beat by Tranmere, with the so called talent we have at our club, that's embarrassing in anybody's language.
Still it was only a friendly..............
Yip. Well said. And also has to play games with his team mates before they can all click together. People forgetting the purpose of a friendly on this thread. Apparantly it's all about winningFar too many writing off Jack Simpson, I think we’ll see more of him than they expect. At this point he needs a steadying influence and he’s not going to oust Goldson or Helander but if one, or possibly both, go due to bids we can’t refuse, he’ll play.
Also think a partnership of Katic and Simpson has future potential.
He needs to strengthen mentally and physically but that’ll come.
Theres nothing wrong with a wee reality check at this time of pre season get there feet back on the ground their heads back in the game and LETS GO AGAIN
After reading your post above and (I agree with most of it)do you think that was a success yesterday?So basically preseason friendlies are all about progression, Is that what you're suggesting? They are, I agree. They're about experimenting and finding out your flaws aswell as strengths. And progression sometimes comes from making negatives into positives. The best teams on earth have lost friendlies to really poor opposition prior to going on and achieving incredible moments in their following competitive seasons. Friendlies are a productive experiment in which you go on to make any negatives in to positives. Friendlies are matches in which the aim is not necessarily to win but to figure stuff out. And you my friend, are just coming across as absolutely mental. If our aim against Tranmere was soley to win we'd have humped them, and you must surely know that yourself given what you watched us achieve last season? This friendly was purely just for the coaching team to have a wee look at some experimental stuff
Agreed, wasn't a great performance from several players, but do you think itten will come good for us? I just don't see it with him.After todays performance who will cut it?
I do. Remember people wanted Borna sold. People wanted Hateley sold. You can see he has what it takes. You arent an international striker for nothing. He is a different type of striker from Alfie. Itten scored a number of crucial goals last season. He will do so again this seasonAgreed, wasn't a great performance from several players, but do you think itten will come good for us? I just don't see it with him.
Fair enough m8, it's a no from me. As I've said before though, I'd love it if he proved me wrong!I do. Remember people wanted Borna sold. People wanted Hateley sold. You can see he has what it takes. You arent an international striker for nothing. He is a different type of striker from Alfie. Itten scored a number of crucial goals last season. He will do so again this season
I don't think anything went wrong mate. I think it was a friendly.After reading your post above and (I agree with most of it)do you think that was a success yesterday?
I always looked at friendlies as a chance to blood young players,new guys who are coming to the club,gain match fitness,score goals and get the confidence up.
Some of the players yesterday have had a good while to prove to the manager if they are up to the mark and yet again seem to be lacking when it counts.
Now I’m not reading anything into that yesterday but any Rangers team selected should have been good enough to beat a league 2 side.I didn’t see the game as I was working.I can only take from it what I’ve been told and read.What do you think went wrong?Im not coming the cu*t here I genuinely want to know.
I think there were players there who have and never will be good enough for Rangers.That’s not just on yesterday’s result either.
I'm out the match threads till the real football starts.
So who do we loan him out to for that to happen?Itten has never been given a consistent run of games. I'm not saying he will be amazing, but what I am saying is I won't make that judgement until he has a consistent run of games.
What you asking me for go ask someone at the club. I'm no making the decisions. I simply stated that I don't judge players until I've saw them get a good run of starts.So who do we loan him out to for that to happen?
Certainly not, just do the usual and wait for a ýyyaaasss, between the moans.Expecting an improvement in the quality of match day threads then?