What would you say are our main problems right now?
I think our main problem is our failure to adapt when other teams prevent our FBs getting forward and getting balls into our strikers. Kent is a huge miss, Helander also and we desperately need Jack to return. Morelos looks like he'll never score again. Goldson looks like he's playing out his contract. As for Tav, it looks like he is not coping at all well with the pressure being put on him by the emergence of Patterson. Gerrard said it very clearly in July: he can't afford to leave either Tav or Patterson on the bench. Since then, they haven't been on the pitch together for a single minute. We can't pretend this isn't an issue when the manager himself has pointed it out. Something has to change before our season implodes.
It did with Amoruso so why not Tavernier?
This isn't intended as a criticism of Tav but there are at least 2 players at the club who are more natural leaders and possibly more deserving captains than he is: Goldson and Davis. Gerrard said 2 weeks ago Tav has been overused and he was right. Until last season, he took pens, corners and free-kicks, while being our main provider of assists and team captain. That was way too much to ask of any player. Tav has given Rangers a great deal but he can't keep his place in the team based on previous years' stats. Particularly not when his understudy arguably offers more than Tav does.
How does Tav away with it then? Patterson at least has youth and inexperience as an excuse. I’m not sure what Tav’s excuse is this season.
Patterson will start Thursday for sure. The heat is on now for Tav as he’s got a player that will inevitably take his place within the next year breathing down his neck. Hopeful that makes him better. We shall see
Agreed.
Morelos not taking chances and playing with his usual fire and spirit is our biggest issue
He certainly is one of them.
Tav gives away a pointless free kick in the build up , Tav allows Halkett to step away and get a free header but is blameless?
Defending him is not helping the team.
The pointless free kick was cleared to near the half way line,it was then played to the left where a deflection off of Kamara ended up a corner.
Morelos has been ineffective all season. We have to strengthen our attacking and CB options in January. Both Celtic and Hearts have scored more and conceded fewer goals than we have. You don't win titles if you can't score and can't keep clean sheets
First two lines in a nutshell.
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The free kick was cleared and you illustrated the point perfectly, the keeper drops the ball but you want to blame Tav it's embarrassing
So Tav did not switch off and lose his man then?
I am not blaming Tav , it is clear the keeper messed up but that does not excuse Tav for switching off does it?
It's a moot point,the GK came and fucked it,any decent punch and the balls gone and whistle blown.Look at McGregor at the end,he knows it was all on him.
I don't think anyone is saying he is the only problem but we are losing goals through defensive errors by him that are costly and getting little from him going forward, I don't want to go over old ground but Tav has previous with really costly errors especially in defending, the hibs Cup final several big euro games and against the scum at their midden to name a few and he is badly out of form so if Gerrard is doing his job then he should drop to the bench until Patterson has a bad spell and he would then have another chance to prove himself.
It won't make him better unfortunately simply because he is a player who when he has a good game thrives on it but when his confidence is low he can't handle it, and that's his problem at the moment.
Why is it a moot point , the thread is about Tav not the keeper
It's the keepers fault trying to bring Tav into it is embarrassing
So you said already but have avoided the question?
If McGregor did his job we wouldn't be talking about Tavernier thats why.
Well yes I’ve already said that but your point was on the captaincy, that Gerrard made a mistake making him captain, not him being dropped. The captain point has proven now to be the correct captain over the time Gerrard has been here.
But the thread is about Tav hence the reason we are talking about him.
Tav has always lead from the front and never hid, which is why he’s captain, and it’s funny you listed Davis of more deserving of captaincy. Davis when he was captain here first time around was criticised every week for being weak as a captain.
Problem being there is that no one wanted to buy Tavernier.
Guess you'll need to reread my post. I said we lose most goals from our right flank. Buy the way, check the footage of the goal and see who is standing beside Halkett ball watching for the goal ffs.
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Exactly why do we employ Ross Wilson?
