Match Thread Rangers v Malmö - 20:00 Tuesday - Premier Sports

[QueensferryCR3Bear]

Quite an embarrassment considering the half time position.

I want answers and I want action.

Our strongest 11 on Friday, an absolute barrowload of goals and a clean sheet, nothing else acceptable after this start to the season.

 

[Alvor]

Just not good enough to beat 10 men

 

[whitbyontbear]

There goes goldsons meaty contract he was after

Wonder how he will feel trotting out for Bolton Wanderers.

 

[Johnny Yen]

Tens of millions of pounds in revenue disappears out the window, lost to a bang average side who played half the game with 10 men, scored 4 goals and beat us in both legs.

Totally unacceptable.

 

[final_straws]

Probably the 1st team that has really stuffed us tactically.

The 2 strikers completely unnerved our centre halves & their 3 centre halves blocked anything in the middle. We are nowhere near as effective down the wings as last season at the moment.

Of course we need to defend better but also think McGregor stepped too far over & should be saving the 2nd

 

[-ZED-]

I love our manager, however he got it wrong tonight.

 

[Frajo]

F uckin head cases on here.
The team gave it all.
They just aren’t at that level yet.

We are no where near champions league level the money would have been nice though

 

[SuperRanger]

Absolutely scunnered. That 2nd half performance was disgraceful.

 

[rst99]

That Colak is some player though.

 

[Northhiglander]

Maybe now we stop believing our own rhetoric. We are at best a Europa league side. Leaving out Hellander for Balogan is rerunning tge nightmare of the Slavia game. We have seen this movie before and seen the same ending.

We need a quality CH been saying that all season. If we want to progress in be Ehrope we need better quality in defence. We also need Ryan Jack or someone who can do that role.

 

[Kinbo]

Played with a bit of intensity and desire up until Alfie’s goal then deflated

 

[Mosschops]

Not good enough. This season isn't going to be the stroll people thought it was TEN FUCKING DAYS AGO

 

[FriendsDontLie]

How is that

 

[Arkansasgerstill]

We really have learned a lot about the true level of the payers we have on our books in the last week. It is not anywhere near what we thought they were and that ultimately is disappointing.

 

[daveyn85]

Aribo and Morelos the only plus marks, the rest dire!

This is it. So many below par

 

[Stuart pid]

How can you lose 2 goals in 5 minutes to 10 men? Shocking second half performance.

 

[daviemc1872]

Hes done we have been embarrassed by a lower league Swedish team with 10 men Pedro moment get the malmo manager in now fcking up there with the biggest embarrassments we have suffered SG Fan boys fcking wake up

they are top in sweden

 

[Tugay1872]

Yes, it is the teams poor play at fault and it resides with the manager and the defensive unit for this tie

Fine, respect your opinion. Just thought it was a complete lack of awareness for a few minutes, freak goals.

 

[DeeCeeTee]

Have to watch what gets said for fear of a ban.

Gerrard and this whole setup have been a complete embarrassment. There is absolutely no way we should be accepting this level from Rangers. I don’t care who is manager or how far into the season we are.

Having this level or performance is criminal, and if it was any other manager except for Steven Gerrard, they’d be on a shoogly peg. He should be no different.

 

[ao2]

Embarrassing second half. I'm speechless really. There are so many players off form in this team it's not true. There can be no excuses. This is just not good enough and we have big decisions to make.

 

[Peachy Catboy]

Kazakhstan or Armenia for a play off before the Old Firm game is a load of shite.

 

[Let’s Gio]

Im not an apologist of the team btw. Im raging at that champions league opportunity and fortune to elude is. I just don't think we deserve to lose. Freak goals.

But aye, tbh if people are raging go with it. Im raging as well, just totally knocked out with how that unravelled.

notvsure the goals were freak, nice ball to a free man as balogun left him, second one balogun let’s same man get 1sr and second and doesn’t really try to block shot.

goals over there lundstram left the guy for the first goal in acres and the second was also a duck up

no freak about it

 

[al-bertz]

Absolutely gutted. A massive opportunity gone. Morelos even harder to keep now.

 

[Sticky Fingers]

Absolutely unforgivable to lose this tie when I’m almost total control.

Sone serious questions about attitude and application need to be asked. Somethings not quite right, and it’s ok to say it. Tavernier hasnt helped himself with the claims he claims up in front of crowds, plus his old tricks came back with his abysmal crossing.

That’s a huge amount of potential income getting lost too.

Questions need asked. Terrible second half, unforgivable defending and some serious questions needing asked about some of our more attacking players, Kent and to a degree aribo.
Morelos was only pass mark for me.

 

[Rt. Hon. Bearman]

How is it possible that we looked okay in the first half against 11 men but played worse in the second half against 10 men.

Complacency.

A disgusting performance.

 

[chickenhawk]

Too loyal to guys who cant defend properly. Tavernier, Glodson, Barasic,
Guys who cant make the right choice in the final third

 

[Ally Shuffle]

Stunned at this

 

[Elvis]

If we're constantly saying these games are coming too early, then start pre-season sooner. Sick of that excuse.

 

[CaliforniaBlue1872]

Incredibly deflating that.

A few players absolutely miles off form and being rewarded for previous performances it would seem.

A performance and form that certainly raises a number of questions about certain individuals and the wider collective group now

 

[Ian1872]

Got what we deserved from the tie. Each of the 4 goals we lost were avoidable but mistake after mistake was made and we were punished by a more ruthless side.

We gave ourselves a chance and blew it.

Big, big improvements needed from what we've seen in the last week if we want to even make the EL groups.

 

[iaatpies]

Im not an apologist of the team btw. Im raging at that champions league opportunity and fortune to elude is. I just don't think we deserve to lose. Freak goals.

But aye, tbh if people are raging go with it. Im raging as well, just totally knocked out with how that unravelled.

Your defence of that performance is admirable, but we deserved to lose tonight. We stopped playing around 35 minutes. First leg might have been freak goals - I'd call them defensive lapses. Last week it was Goldson and Tav. Tonight it was Balogun.

Thats not a freak result.

 

[Deleted member 3807]

Credit to Malmo. They've beaten us handily.
This is a reality check. We have some glaring vulnerabilities.

 

[Chryston Bear]

We offer absolutely nothing thru the middle,,poor poor performance tonight

 

[biggee]

Well they’ve beaten us twice in a week.

If they aren’t good what does that make us?

Similarly e couldn't beat St Johnstone once in a week over 2 gamesThis squad is finished. Job done but it's clear it was a one off.

 

[AppleBear]

Absolutely embarrassing. Aribo, Morelos and Davis the only ones getting pass marks.

Gerrard should've made a positive substitution much earlier but nope, left it until well after they get their second. Shocking.

 

[Craig Vidmar]

100% right.
Gerrard, and Wilson got this badly wrong. Unless the board said no dice?
We have screwed this up because of our in ability to strengthen in major areas in the team.
And we should have off loaded players who were not willing to totally commit.

Don’t want to push the panic button too early but there seem to be some parallels with that lot’s season last year…

 

[douzpwa]

Jeckyll and Hyde performance again!

 

[Fifty+five]

It was always going to be a major ask making the group stage, but 1-0 up against 10 men - what more did the players want?

That is exactly why it hurts so much.

 

[servicepoint]

Terrible tonight, just terrible.
Gerrard got it badly wrong but the players are just heartless.

 

[Relentless]

I'm not sure we strengthened the playing squad enough for champion league level..
Not want to bash sakala and Lundstrum...but I don't think they're any better than what we already have.

 

[monkey magic]

Its every players dream to compete in the Champions League. Our team seem scared to want to be there.

 

[Corkinator]

That wasn’t even a decent team who put us out.1-0 up, 1 man advantage. And lose!! WTAF! Wave after wave of mediocrity.
very very disappointing tonight.

 

[The Iceman]

Arfield looks done. Too many players still not returned from holiday and the management team have not came out of this well.

 

[Turrabear]

To put it bluntly arses need to sting for this.

 

[GarryB]

The defence have been found out why did we not strengthen is baffling

 

[exiled_bear]

2 - 4 against 10 man Malmö. FFS.

 

[Mabearette]

How do we lift ourselves out of this pit
Gutting

 

[QueensferryCR3Bear]

I don’t even want to hear the lame excuse from the manager and team tonight.

"its on me" etc

 

[Thesuperger]

Contrary to how poor tactically Gerrard is at times, Jon Dal out thought him tonight.

 

[Ticketybloo]

Er........SHITE